"My boss wants a high-age Whale Dragon for his collection; I really cannot give you Face."
"Eleven thousand gold coins."
Yu Yan, speaking with a pinched throat and an apologetic tone, raised the price again.
"What is your boss's name? Tell me so I can hear it."
The pot-bellied noble did not continue bidding; he stood up and looked at Yu Yan, asking about Yu Yan's boss.
He was a hereditary Baron of the Empire. As long as he knew the name of the other party's boss, he had plenty of means to make them hand over this Whale Dragon.
"Sorry, but someone like you isn't qualified to know my boss's name."
Who doesn't know how to act tough? Especially since Yu Yan had hidden his Face and disguised his voice, he naturally acted as formidable as possible. Anyway, it was impossible for them to find him afterward.
"You cowardly rat, how dare you speak to this Baron like that!! Give me your boss's name; I will make him wish he were dead."
The pot-bellied noble, perhaps hearing such arrogant words for the first time, had a Face that had turned flushed red.
"Just a mere Baron, are you really that impressive?"
Unlike the people of the Douluo Continent who had a deep-rooted awe for nobility, Yu Yan, who had undergone Transmigration from Blue Star, did not care for those nobles who lacked cultivation at all.
In Yu Yan's eyes, they were nothing more than a bunch of insects.
"You, you, you..."
His proud status was dismissed with such contemptuous attitude that the pot-bellied noble was so angry he couldn't even speak properly.
Yu Yan's arrogant and haughty attitude did not draw the ire of the other nobles; instead, they began to ponder why his attitude was so arrogant and his tone so dismissive.
Could it be that this person's boss was truly some powerful figure with immense influence?
Purple Pearl, who could hear the disdain in that voice, once again focused her gaze on Yu Yan. She similarly looked down on those trashy nobles, and Yu Yan's attitude piqued her curiosity.
"Eleven thousand gold coins for the third time. If no one else raises the bid, this Whale Dragon will be won by this gentleman."
Zhou Qingyun, who was hosting the auction, had no intention of mediating this dispute. He stood on the stage diligently hosting the auction, asking if anyone else would raise the bid.
Because of Yu Yan's domineering attitude, even after Zhou Qingyun called for the third time and waited another minute, no one continued to bid.
Seeing that no one else was bidding, Zhou Qingyun gave a helpless smile and announced the result:
"Congratulations to this gentleman for successfully bidding on this piece of Whale Dragon for eleven thousand gold coins. After the auction ends, please go to the backstage to pay and collect your item."
The small-scale disturbance caused by Yu Yan came to an end when the next auction item was brought up.
'Is this a Hongyi Cannon?'
When he saw this item, Yu Yan subconsciously thought of the Hongyi Cannons he had seen in museums.
"Everyone must be very curious about what this is, right?"
"Before introducing this item, allow me to first demonstrate its function."
Zhou Qingyun clapped his hands, and a Spirit Master walked onto the auction stage, standing opposite the machine that looked like a Hongyi Cannon.
The Spirit Master performed a Martial Soul Possession, and the phantom of a giant sea turtle appeared behind him. The floating white, yellow, and yellow spirit rings declared his status as a Three-Ring Soul Venerable.
The three floating spirit rings flashed one after another. A giant turtle shell appeared, enveloping the Spirit Master. The shell then turned black under the effect of the second spirit ring. The effect of the third spirit ring was not immediately apparent.
"This is our auction house staff member, Gui Shou, a Level 37 Defense-type Spirit Elder. His First Soul Skill can summon a turtle shell for defense, his Second Spirit Ability can make the shell even harder, and his third spirit ring's ability enhances Gui Shou's own strength and defense."
After introducing Gui Shou's Spirit Abilities, Zhou Qingyun went behind the Hongyi Cannon and activated the machine.
Energy fluctuations appeared in the cannon barrel, and then a beam of energy blasted out, hitting the turtle shell protecting Gui Shou's body.
Gui Shou only held his ground for a few breaths before the turtle shell on his body shattered, and he was sent flying.
No one paid attention to Gui Shou as he hit the padding; everyone present looked with burning eyes at that Hongyi Cannon-like machine.
"This is an offensive spirit tool found in a recently discovered underwater ruin. After being filled and stored with spirit power through special means, it can unleash a powerful attack. You have all just seen for yourselves how strong its attack power is."
"There are six of these offensive spirit tools in total. We have decided to sell all six together. The starting price is ten thousand gold coins, and each bid increment must not be less than 100 gold coins."
While Zhou Qingyun was introducing them, he clapped his hands and ordered people to carry out all the offensive spirit tools. Five more Hongyi Cannon-like offensive spirit tools were placed on the stage, attracting many people's attention.
"Thirty thousand gold coins."
Sitting in the front row, Purple Pearl's gaze had already been captured by the offensive spirit tools on stage. As a pirate group active on the ocean, she knew all too well the role these offensive spirit tools could play in naval warfare.
Purple Pearl's bid prompted those who understood the value of these offensive spirit tools to start competing with their own bids.
spirit tools appeared in Douluo 1, but they only gradually became known to the world in Douluo 2 due to the arrival of the Sun Moon Empire.
The Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang gave to Tang San, Dugu Bo's Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse, the Dragon Abyss Boat that could sail on the sea, and the Heaven Dou Empire's integrated offense and defense Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud—these were spirit tools that had clearly appeared.
Thinking carefully about these, and then looking at the offensive spirit tools appearing before him, they seemed to fall within the normal scope.
Yu Yan remembered that in the original work, Yu Xiaogang once said that the storage-type spirit tool, the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, was obtained while he and a friend were exploring ruins.
Recalling this, Yu Yan developed a significant interest in ruins.
If he could find the manufacturing methods for spirit tools in the ruins, he would surely be able to gain an advantage in this era where spirit tools were undeveloped.
The five offensive spirit tools were bought by a serious-looking noble. In terms of financial power, even though Purple Pearl was a Spirit Emperor, she could not compete with the nobility.
Purple Pearl, who failed in the bidding, stared gloomily at the noble who succeeded; it was unclear what she was thinking.
The auction drew to a close, and Yu Yan, who lacked financial resources, had gained a lot of insight.
After the final item was auctioned, the host Zhou Qingyun stood on the stage:
"The formal auction has concluded. Next, we will auction some items that failed to sell at other auction houses. If you are interested, you may stay and listen; if not, you may leave on your own."
"The first unsold item is the cultivation insights of a Level 67 Spirit Emperor."
Yu Yan, who was just about to get up and leave, stopped in his tracks the moment he heard about the Level 67 Spirit Emperor's cultivation insights and sat back down. He wanted to hear why a Level 67 Spirit Emperor's cultivation insights would fail to sell.
Many Spirit Masters who had originally intended to leave all stood in place upon hearing Zhou Qingyun's words, wanting to hear what he would say next.