“This is the phantom egg of the White Bone Ivory Elephant. This White Bone Ivory Elephant is an elite species, born with divine strength talent and regeneration ability, possessing astonishing potential… Starting bid is fifty thousand spirit coins, each bid must be at least one thousand. Begin!”
Inside the Central Auction House of Zhongzhou City.
The golden hall sparkled with colorful lights. Numerous rainbow fairies projected neon-like illumination onto the auction stage. The host, dressed in formal attire, shouted with an impassioned and enticing voice: “Sixty-three thousand! Sixty-four thousand! Sixty-five thousand once! Good! A guest bids sixty-five thousand. Any other bids? Sixty-five thousand twice!”
“Raise the price! Seventy thousand!”
“…Seventy thousand the third time. Sold! Congratulations to the guest in private room number 36. This phantom egg of the White Bone Ivory Elephant is yours…”
“Cheh… Just an elite species. Hou Yong, it’s a reward for you!”
Inside private room number 36, Wu Ming lazily leaned back in his soft chair. Behind him, Zuo Linling was giving him a shoulder massage. He spoke indifferently after winning the auction.
Crunch! Crunch!
Beside him, the demon wolf, using its shape-shifting ability to appear only at a juvenile level, was happily gnawing on a large bone on the floor.
Watching this scene, Bao Bu jue’s eye twitched: “Materials worth thousands of spirit coins are really being chewed by a wolf… Also, this White Bone Ivory Elephant is an elite species! I couldn’t even afford to buy it, yet he actually gave it directly to his servant…”
“Next… is a temporary commission received for this auction – selling a batch of outstanding species phantom eggs!”
On the auction stage, the announcer’s voice was filled with excitement: “There are nine outstanding species eggs in this commission, covering several different types. I believe everyone here will find a satisfactory choice!”
Whoosh!
The audience immediately became agitated.
While dozens of private rooms remained relatively quiet, obviously having already learned about the news beforehand.
“Hahaha!”
Wu Ming pretended to be overjoyed and kicked the evil wolf away: “Get lost! You damned dog, I’ve been wanting to replace you for ages!”
“Woof…woof…”
The evil wolf wagged its tail innocently, looking utterly aggrieved.
“I… damn! An elite evil wolf, and he says he doesn’t want it anymore!”
Beside them, Bao Bu jue couldn’t help but comment: “However… replacing it with an outstanding species is still worth it. But how could he be so certain? Could it be that…”
A vague idea surfaced in his mind, making his eyes immediately turn blood red.
“Alright, we will now display the auction items!”
The announcer shouted loudly, and the auction house’s defenses were immediately strengthened to the maximum.
Suddenly, nine spirit tamers stepped forward, each carrying a white jade tray. On them were phantom eggs of various forms and distinct auras.
“Swirling Shadow Snake! Outstanding phantom species, a rare shadow attribute!”
“Scarlet Flame Spirit! Outstanding species, with astonishing enhancement effects, capable of transforming the spirit tamer’s body into a flame body…”
“Earth Flame Poison Crow! Outstanding species, the ruler among crows, capable of commanding a large number of black-feathered poison crows, group spirit tamers must not miss…”
“Three-Tailed Spirit Fox! Outstanding species… This has the potential to evolve into a Silver-Ranked Six-Tailed Celestial Fox!”
…
Various astonishing phantoms appeared, instantly making the audience’s breathing heavier.
Outstanding species were already rare, let alone supreme beings like the Swirling Shadow Snake, Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, and Earth Flame Poison Crow.
After the announcer announced the starting price, the entire venue fell silent for a moment, then an amazing bidding war heated up.
“Hmm… It seems this time I can make a good profit again…”
Wu Ming watched this scene, murmuring to himself.
The mysterious client who entrusted the auction was naturally himself!
With the Eye of Observation and identification talent, and in Zhongzhou City, this commercial center, finding hidden treasures was just too easy.
He simply picked and chose at random, collecting a batch of phantom eggs that were top-tier even among the elite species.
Unfortunately, although he had been very careful, he still couldn’t detect any trace of Silver-Ranked phantoms, which made him slightly regretful.
In fact, each of these Silver-Ranked phantoms was a national strategic asset, and the probability of them being lost to the civilian population wasn’t zero, but extremely rare.
“From what I remember… opportunities to seize Silver or Gold-Ranked phantoms aren’t non-existent, but one requires the right timing, and the other depends on my current strength…”
Wu Ming rubbed his chin: “Stone City… Hmm? It seems there’s also an opportunity there, a Silver-Ranked Elemental Phantom will soon appear!”
“Exactly… The Dongfang family still has some unfinished business, and that high-grade jade mine… All can be resolved together…”
He fell silent as the auction downstairs reached its most heated moment.
“Swirling Shadow Snake, the guest in room number 13 bids 1.3 million spirit coins! 1.3 million once! Twice… Any other bids? If not, it will go to room number 13!”
The announcer roared desperately.
“Wait! 1.5 million!”
Wu Ming, with his deep pockets, shouted directly.
“1.5 million!”
The announcer took a deep breath, his chest heaving like a broken bellows, looking as if he might spit foam at any moment: “The guest in room number 36 bids 1.5 million! 1.5 million once!”
“Who is this idiot?”
“The Swirling Shadow Snake is worth at most one million, 1.3 million is already overpriced, give up!”
“He must be some rich guy who doesn’t know the value. However, it’s wise to withdraw from the auction now… Unfortunately, we still need to save our spirit coins for the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox auction, give up!”
…
Discussions erupted in the surrounding private rooms.
Although Wu Ming had made a fortune and inherited all the treasures of Princess Xing Qing, compared to the true wealthy merchants of Zhongzhou City, his financial resources were still far behind.
But these major powers weren’t fools either. They wouldn’t recklessly throw away spirit coins on useless matters, allowing Wu Ming to repeatedly succeed.
He didn’t stop while he was ahead. Instead, he acted again, purchasing the Scarlet Flame Spirit at a price 50% higher than the market rate.
“Anyway, these are all my own items. It’s just moving them from one hand to the other. At worst, I’ll just pay the auction house fee… “
With this ace up his sleeve, Wu Ming naturally felt fearless.
“Two… two outstanding phantom eggs!!!”
Beside him, Bao Bu jue was already hooked, his eyes filled with disbelief and crazed envy, suddenly making a decision.
…
After the auction ended, he became even more diligent, serving diligently and willingly, gaining the favor of the young master and Hou Yong.
Next, he gritted his teeth and spent over a thousand spirit coins to treat Hou Yong to extravagant gambling and drinking at Zhongzhou City’s largest den of vice. After several such occasions, Hou Yong seemed to have completely taken him as a brother, revealing many secrets.
“Come on! Brother Hou, have another drink!”
Finally, during one drunken occasion, Bao Bujue finally revealed his true intentions: “Brother Hou… our young master is just a novice spirit tamer. How can he contract other phantom eggs? And he even said he wants to replace the evil wolf?”
“Uh… you don’t know…”
Hou Yong’s face was flushed as he drunkenly muttered, “Our young master has lofty ambitions! What’s a mere wolf?”
“But breaking the contract will surely cause soul backlash…”
Bao Bu jue said with apparent concern.
“No problem… our master specially prepared Seven-Color Jellyfish Liquid…”
Hou Yong, slumped on the table, fell into a deep sleep. Beside him, Bao Bu jue’s body had already begun to tremble: “Seven… Seven-Color Jellyfish Liquid? This is the supreme spirit medicine for novice spirit tamers to recover from soul damage!”
He was so excited he started shaking: “I originally just planned to steal the Swirling Shadow Snake egg when they weren’t looking and immediately flee far away! But I didn’t expect there to be this item too!”
Thinking of the Scarlet Flame Spirit, his breathing became heavy: “If I had two outstanding phantom eggs, wouldn’t I…”
Bao Bu jue excitedly paced back and forth, then opened the door and walked out. He needed to devise a foolproof plan.
…
“Very well done!”
However, after he left, Wu Ming’s figure slowly emerged from the shadows.
“Master…”
Hou Yong’s body steamed off the alcohol: “It seems he’s about to take the bait!”
“Indeed…”
This matter was of great importance, and Wu Ming had always taken personal charge, carefully guarding against any leaks.
“Hou Yong is known in the future as the ‘Chaos Monkey King’, naturally a clever and insightful person… Looking at it now, he’s doing quite well. Otherwise, I would have spent heavily to hire several professional actors to replace him…”
Glancing at Hou Yong subtly, Wu Ming thought to himself.
Clearly, under his comprehensive scheming and with a huge power disparity, as long as Bao Bu jue harbored even a hint of greed, he would inevitably fall into his trap.
Soon! This golden opportunity arrived.
“What? There’s news of a Silver-Ranked phantom appearing… Take me there quickly!”
Bao Bu jue secretly investigated the young master’s preferences and the location of his treasures. First, he used valuable items to entice, then halfway back to create a diversion: “Trouble! Brother Hou, the young master is in trouble!”
With Wu Ming intentionally letting him through, he went through countless hardships, his life hanging by a thread, yet barely managed to obtain what he wanted.
After succeeding, Bao Bu jue immediately fled hundreds of miles, reaching a secret hideout he had prepared in the suburbs long ago, where he began to tally his gains.
“Finally… finally…”
He opened his bag, looking at the two radiant phantom eggs and a bottle of jellyfish liquid emitting a seven-colored glow, his face flushed with excitement.
“Contract!”
He first performed a soul contract on the Swirling Shadow Snake’s phantom egg.
Zila!
A ray of light appeared, forming into a strange rune that plunged into the egg.
Crack! Crack!
Soon, countless cracks appeared on the shell, shattering it open, and a pink little snake crawled out.
It was about an inch long, entirely pink, with black shadow patterns in rings around its body. It stuck out its red tongue, looking not fierce, but rather cute.
“It’s really the Swirling Shadow Snake! An outstanding species Swirling Shadow Snake!!!”
In an instant, Bao Bu jue’s eyes filled with tears: “Finally… I’m finally not a waste anymore!”
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