Chapter 103 Xuan Zi's Death Pass

"This carving knife is called the Soul-Devouring Fierce Knife, and it ranks 99th on the carving knife list. In fact, with its ability, it shouldn't be ranked so low, and it should even be in the top 30. The reason it's ranked so low is because it's a cursed carving knife." As she spoke, Qingya looked at the ancient carving knife with some regret.

"The Soul Devouring Knife has a history of more than 3,000 years. 3,000 years ago, it appeared in the Sun-Moon Empire. Its creator was a ninth-level soul master with extraordinary talent. However, he was not only a soul master, but also an evil soul master. His existence once brought a bloody storm to the continent."

After hearing this, all the bidders in the venue fell silent, and many people's faces became solemn.

This carving knife is extremely famous in the soul guide world, not only because of its superb performance, but also because of its evil nature. It is said that this carving knife carries a powerful curse, and no one who has used it will have a good end.

After listening to Qingya's subsequent series of introductions about the curse of the carving knife, everyone finally understood why the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife appeared at the fourth-level auction. Many people who were originally eager to try remained silent.

Although the reputation of the listed carving knife is astonishingly great, the curse of this soul-devouring carving knife makes people extremely fearful. What's more, the level of this auction is not high. It only auctions some mid- and low-level soul guides. The transaction price of the second to last auction item is only 25,000 gold soul coins.

The starting price of the Soul Devouring Knife is 100,000 gold soul coins. Due to the curse of the Soul Devouring Knife, it can only be bought as a collectible. The person who can casually spend 100,000 gold soul coins to buy a collectible is unlikely to appear at an auction of this level.

If nothing unexpected happened, this murderous knife should have been unsold, but as luck would have it, at this low-level auction, there happened to be two forces that did not care about a mere 100,000 gold soul coins.

He Caitou sighed and shook his head, saying, "We can't have this vicious knife. I've heard the teacher tell us stories about it. The horror of the backlash of this vicious knife is definitely not as simple as the auctioneer said. So far, no one, including the owner who created it, has lived for more than ten years after getting it..."

Hearing this, Wang Yan's eyes showed a hint of disappointment. He was ready to give up this vicious knife.

At the same time, Jing Hongchen was also hesitating whether to buy the Soul Devouring Knife. But at this moment, in Xiao Yan's spiritual sea, Alex's sigh suddenly came: "It's really a waste of treasures like the Gold of Life to be made like this. Xiao Yan, try to get it. This thing is extremely important to me, you and your teacher."

"What?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan frowned slightly. When he was puzzled, the gray bead suspended in his sea of ​​​​consciousness suddenly released a gray light and merged into his memory.

Suddenly, Xiao Yan felt that there was a complex piece of information in his mind. After searching carefully, he was immediately shocked and muttered to himself:
"It turns out to be something that can restore soul power. It's really a piece of cake to find it without any effort."

At this moment in the auction, the leaders of both the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy and the Shrek Academy were hesitant about this Soul Devouring Knife.

Jing Hongchen saw that the leader of the Shrek Academy seemed to have given up on the carving knife after carefully questioning the soul guide student beside him.

Then, Jing Hongchen turned his gaze to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen beside him and asked, "What do you two think about this notorious carving knife? I want to hear it."

Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen touched his chin and said nonchalantly: "Although I don't believe in any curse, after all, all the previous facts are there, which is enough to explain the strangeness of this Soul Devouring Carving Knife. Anyway, I have no intention of buying it."

Meng Hongchen, who was sitting next to Xiao Hongchen, also had an indifferent attitude and said calmly: "The starting price is only 100,000 Year Gold Soul Coins. I have no opinion on whether you buy it or not. It's up to you, Grandpa, to decide."

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen did not give any substantive opinions. Then, Jing Hongchen looked at Xiao Yan, narrowed his eyes and said, "Friend Yan Xiao, what do you think?"

After touching his nose, Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "In my opinion, the curse on this Soul Devouring Carving Knife is nothing more than a special spiritual power, and this spiritual power undoubtedly comes from the evil soul master who made the carving knife. If it is a competition of spiritual power, I am not afraid of it. What's more, the evil soul master who made the carving knife is already dead, so how could the spiritual power he left behind last forever? There must be a way to eliminate it."

"Just considering the quality of this Soul Devouring Carving Knife and the value of the rare metals used to make it, it is probably already worth more than 100,000 Gold Soul Coins."

At this moment, Yao Lao's voice also rang in Xiao Yan's heart: "Brat, Alex is right. This carving knife is of great significance to both him and me. With it, perhaps my damaged soul can be fully restored. By then, I'm afraid no one in the entire continent will be my opponent."

Under the black robe, Xiao Yan's eyes were fixed on the Soul-Devouring Knife. If not for the cloak and mask, anyone would be able to see something from his excited face.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan suppressed his inner excitement. Then, he raised the sign in his hand and said, "I'll pay 100,000 gold soul coins."

A faint voice broke the silence in the venue. Suddenly, countless eyes moved in the direction of the voice and finally stopped at the young man wearing a mask and a black robe. Some mumbling sounds were also heard at this time.

"Is this guy mentally ill? He spent 100,000 years to buy a cursed sword? He really is not afraid of death." Everyone looked at Xiao Yan, who was wrapped in a black robe, with a little surprise and discussed.

Hearing this, auctioneer Qingya was also stunned for a moment. This was the first time someone had bid for the Soul Devouring Blade since it appeared at the Starlight Auction House. After a brief moment of surprise, she was filled with surprise and said:

"Ah? Great! A distinguished guest has offered 100,000 gold soul coins. Is there any other distinguished guest who would like to make another bid?"

Qingya's hope grew greatly. With the first person making a bid, there might be a second one. Even if the price was only increased by 5,000, her income would increase a lot.

As Xiao Yan called out the price, there was no reaction from the audience. It seemed that no one was willing to bid for this murderous knife, because everyone believed that this murderous knife was deeply cursed and would bring bad luck to themselves if they bought it.

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins, the first time." Seeing this, Qingya had no choice but to start the final three bids.

"One hundred thousand annual gold soul coins, second time, is there anyone else who wants to bid?"

After hearing the auctioneer's words, countless people rolled their eyes. Do you think there are really so many idiots in this world?
The auctioneer seemed to know that it was pointless to ask this question. After a wry smile, he was about to bring down the auction hammer in his hand.

"and many more."

At this moment, a slightly cold voice suddenly sounded, and the hammer in the auctioneer Qingya's hand stopped immediately. She looked in the direction of the voice with a puzzled look, only to see an old man wrapped in a gray robe, with a ghost mask on his face and a wine gourd in his hand.

"Sir, do you want to increase the price?" Qingya was stunned and asked in confusion.

Ignoring Qingya, the old man slowly stood up, staring at the black-robed young man who was sitting motionless on a chair not far away, and suddenly smiled and said, "Nothing, I just suddenly became interested in this thing. I'll give you 150,000." Old Xuan had been following Xiao Yan and the others. Although he didn't know what the carving knife was used for, he knew that he must not let his enemy get what he wanted, so he came out to stir up this muddy water.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyes, which were originally a little excited under his black robe, suddenly became sharp. He clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, and stared through the mask at the old man holding a wine gourd in his hand.

The next second, a faint fighting spirit suddenly surged in Xiao Yan's meridians like a roaring lake.

"Xiao Yan, don't get excited. It will not do you any good to lose your composure. This old fellow is the bull of Shrek Academy." Just when the fighting spirit in Xiao Yan's body was about to burst out, Yao Lao's light shout rang in Xiao Yan's heart, awakening him from his anger.

Taking a deep breath, under the gaze of countless people, Xiao Yan slowly exhaled and said calmly: "Two hundred thousand!"

Xiao Yan continued to raise the price, which made Old Xuan frown slightly. He immediately thought to himself, "Could it be that this fierce knife is very important to him?"

"Three hundred thousand." After staring at Xiao Yan for a long time, Old Xuan waved his hand again and directly raised the price by nearly one hundred thousand.

"That's... Elder Xuan? Why is he here at the auction instead of staying at the hotel to protect Xiao Tao and the others?" Wang Yan couldn't help but stand up when he saw the old man with a ghost mask on his face and a brown wine gourd in his hand. He muttered, "Doesn't Elder Xuan always look down on soul guides? Why is he bidding for this murderous knife?"

This sudden and inexplicable bidding competition made everyone present look a little stunned.

The hands in his sleeves were trembling slightly, and Xiao Yan tried his best to calm himself down. At this moment, Jing Hongchen patted his shoulder and whispered, "Friend Yan Xiao, you can bid with him. If the money is not enough, Mingde Hall will make up for it."

Faced with Master Xuan's increase in price, Xiao Yan immediately followed without hesitation, looking as if he was determined to win.

"one million!"

"Two million!"

"..."

"Eight million!"

When the price reached eight million, Old Xuan's face suddenly changed slightly. He had already discovered that this thing seemed very important to Xiao Yan. He secretly made up his mind that he would get this carving knife no matter what.

"Ten million!" With bloodshot eyes, after a moment's silence, Old Xuan said with all his might.

At this moment, Yao Lao's voice sounded in Xiao Yan's mind again. He said in a deep voice: "Don't bid against him like this anymore. If you continue like this, I'm afraid other forces will notice something. If someone interferes, the situation will become very unfavorable. Besides, the level of this auction is very low. I just heard someone talking not far away. There will be a top auction here soon. Although Mingde Hall is rich, if you spend too much money in advance, it will not be conducive to the competition in the top auction."

"Teacher, do you mean you don't want this carving knife anymore? The gold of life on it is a natural treasure that can restore your soul power. I don't want to give it up." Hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly and he said through gritted teeth.

"Who said you don't want this carving knife?" Yao Lao said indifferently.

"Teacher, what you mean is that we should let that stupid bull take the carving knife first, and then we can snatch it back afterwards?" Xiao Yan's dark eyes flashed with a cold light, and he whispered in his heart.

"Yes." Yao Lao nodded, his voice sounded a little cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Since he is so eager to die, I will send him off later. This carving knife must be ours in the end no matter what."

Exhaling slowly, Xiao Yan nodded silently, forcibly suppressing the thoughts surging in his heart. He glanced at Xuan Lao with a sinister look under his black robe, leaned back on the chair, and suddenly smiled, saying to the latter jokingly:
"Okay, you win."

Hearing this, Xuan Lao's face looked a little stunned. After a moment, his face darkened and he felt like he was being fooled.

"You... Xiao Yan, you are so cruel. Just wait for me!" After glaring at Xiao Yan with resentment, Xuan Lao immediately turned his head to look at the elegant auctioneer who was looking very happy not far away. His anger grew even stronger. In the end, he had to put on a gloomy face and try his best to suppress the anger in his heart. He said, "No one is bidding anymore. Shouldn't we announce the result of the auction?"

"Okay, okay." Nodding repeatedly, Qingya Auctioneer did not change because of Xuan Lao's angry glare. She smiled calmly, with a hint of teasing and mockery in her lowered eyes. She slowly knocked down the hammer in her jade hand.

“The Soul Devouring Carving Knife was successfully auctioned by this old gentleman!”

Looking at this last scene, Jing Hongchen frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Friend Yan Xiao, what do you mean? Why do you suddenly give up the auction?"

Xiao Yan leaned back in the chair, and the corners of his mouth raised a slight arc as he explained, "Old sir, don't worry, this carving knife will be mine sooner or later. I just heard someone vaguely say that there will be a top auction here soon, and this person seems to be determined to snatch it from us. If we spend the money in advance, it will be disadvantageous for us to compete in the top auction in a few days."

"Besides, if the competition continues, the true value of this carving knife will be exposed, and then other people may join in the fun."

After saying this, Xiao Yan's gaze lingered on Old Xuan, and a sinister smile gradually emerged on his face under the black robe.

Although Old Xuan temporarily obtained the Soul-Devouring Knife, he also received a pass to death.

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