Chapter 4: Auction, A Competition Without Suspense
After determining his future plans, Lin Qinghan made sure to maintain sufficient training time almost every day, and time passed quickly.
One year later, at the family training ground…
"Cousin Qinghan, you are too powerful. I'm level 36 and I can't even compete with you." A young man around fourteen or fifteen years old, standing on the stage, said to Lin Qinghan.
At this moment, the young man looked a little embarrassed. His clothes had several holes, and his hair stood up from the electricity. He couldn't help but complain inside. Despite being level 36, he couldn't defeat a 7-year-old at level 25.
"Haha, brother Lin Hai, thank you."
Lin Qinghan smiled and responded. He was seven years younger than Lin Hai, and defeating him had already caused Lin Hai to lose face, so he didn't mock him.
After chatting briefly with his peers who were resting in the training ground, Lin Qinghan left.
The Soul Master Competition would start in a few days. He had already booked his ticket in advance and planned to leave tomorrow.
For a noble family like his, which was somewhat like a sect, the Continental Youth Soul Master Competition—only allowing students from the academy to participate—was not so important. His parents couldn't accompany him due to their other responsibilities. However, for the future heir of the family, this small matter was not a problem, so a Soul Saint guardian was sent to follow him.
Lin Qinghan understood this arrangement. After all, his future was linked to the rise of the Lin family, but it also made him feel a bit stifled. He was only seven years old, and there were still many things he couldn't decide.
Shaking off those thoughts, Lin Qinghan boarded the carriage and prepared for the journey.
There was no conversation along the way. Lin Qinghan spent the entire two days meditating and cultivating.
The Soul Master Competition was being held in the Heavenly Soul Empire, so it wasn't too far away. By the time they arrived, the carriage journey was complete.
The hotel where Lin Qinghan stayed had five floors. The higher the floor, the more luxurious it was. Lin Qinghan could only stay on the third floor, not because he couldn't afford a better room, but because the fourth and fifth floors were already occupied by participating teams.
As for Shrek Academy, the academy that had won first place in the competition for ten thousand years, it naturally took the top floors.
Lin Qinghan was here only as a spectator, so contacting Shrek Academy directly was not easy, but that wasn't his main purpose for coming either.
His goal was to try his luck at the newly opened auction house to see if the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, which had repeatedly gone unsold in the original story, would appear at this auction.
Even though there was no Electrolux with him, Lin Qinghan was confident that the combination of his bioelectric martial soul and brain wave martial soul could eliminate the evil thoughts in the knife.
He had discovered this about half a year ago. The combination of his two martial souls had a restraining effect on the evil soul masters, especially those who used mental pollution-type abilities.
Lin Qinghan's second soul ring was a 4,000-year-old soul ring with life attributes, obtained from a lightning-type lizard soul beast that had both life and lightning abilities.
The second soul skill allowed Lin Qinghan to release lightning with healing properties, greatly enhancing his bioelectric martial soul's self-healing abilities. Not only could he heal himself, but he could also heal others.
The healing effect was already quite strong, and if he acquired the gold of life, Lin Qinghan believed it might even be able to regenerate severed limbs.
The competition started as scheduled and was in full swing from the beginning.
As Lin Qinghan had expected, Shrek's regular team this time was the Shrek Seven Devils, who had appeared in the original novel for two generations. Among them, Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming were both Soul Emperors, and Zhang Lexuan had even reached the Soul Saint level. With such strength, the competition result was no longer suspenseful.
Only three other teams had Soul Emperors, and each of them had just one Soul Emperor.
Lin Qinghan watched the game like an ordinary spectator. Just as he expected, Shrek didn't lose a match until the middle of the competition.
However, what surprised Lin Qinghan was that Shrek had actually arranged for the preliminary players to participate when facing an unknown small academy midway through the game.
This academy's team had only two Soul Masters, with one being a Great Soul Master. Meanwhile, Shrek's preliminary team had three Soul Masters.
The preliminary team of Shrek had no tactics and rushed forward without hesitation, especially Ma Xiaotao.
Lin Qinghan observed her flames, which were a bit black when she was at full strength. It seemed that they were showing signs of being out of control. The whole team was in disarray, and it appeared that the evil soul master incident five years later wasn't just a momentary lapse in judgment.
After the battle, Lin Qinghan looked at the arrogant faces of Shrek's pre-selected players and secretly thought that such arrogance would eventually lead to trouble.
At this point, a notice for the auction was received, and Lin Qinghan eagerly looked forward to the event, hoping to find the Soul Devouring Carving Knife he had been seeking.
This auction was the only one for the competition. The Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent hadn't yet realized that ordinary soul masters of the same level could have an overwhelming advantage in battle when using soul guides.
Thus, they hadn't used high-level soul bones as bait to induce the Sun and Moon Empire to take out advanced soul guides. Instead, they treated it as a regular money-making event.
After most of the auction had passed, the Soul Devouring Carving Knife had not yet appeared. Lin Qinghan was about to leave when suddenly, a surprised voice rang out.
"Dear guests, the next item we are going to auction is a carving knife comparable to the list carving knife. I believe all the soul guides here understand what a list carving knife means to soul guides."
"However, in accordance with the principle of integrity, I will fully introduce the advantages and disadvantages of this carving knife." A pedestal slowly rose, and on it rested the Soul Devouring Carving Knife that Lin Qinghan had been waiting for.
"The performance of this carving knife is beyond doubt. Unfortunately, a few hundred years ago, an evil soul master, Title Douluo, injected evil thoughts into it before his death, causing subsequent owners to die tragically while using this carving knife."
"The carving knife has been unsold many times, so the starting price is 250,000 gold soul coins, and each bid must be no less than 5,000 gold soul coins."
The lively auction room fell silent. After all, no one wanted a carving knife that could kill them, even if it had high potential.
"250,000 gold soul coins," Lin Qinghan bid, even though the starting price was higher than he had expected. He was determined to get the carving knife.
"250,000 gold soul coins. Any other bids?" the auctioneer asked.
"250,000 gold soul coins once, 250,000 gold soul coins twice, 250,000 gold soul coins three times—sold! Congratulations to this buyer." The auctioneer was overjoyed that this item finally found a buyer.
The auction concluded normally, and Lin Qinghan successfully acquired the Soul Devouring Carving Knife he had dreamed of.
Because the carving knife would corrode the storage soul guide, it wasn't packaged as usual with the purchase of 100,000 gold soul coins. Instead, it was sealed in an unknown metal box and delivered to Lin Qinghan.
Lin Qinghan didn't mind and carefully stored it.
As soon as he returned to the hotel, he planned to purify the Soul Devouring Carving Knife.
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