Chapter 103 Ulterior motives
In the morning, the teams that passed the elimination rounds all sat in the rest area on the west side of the competition arena according to their positions to watch the game. Just as Wang Yan said, they also wanted to see more of the abilities of the opponents they might encounter in the next games. Except for the injured players, no one was absent.
Although Wang Nan's attack in the morning was short, the golden soul ring still left a deep impression on everyone. Sitting in the rest area, he could feel the people from the Sun Moon Empire constantly scanning him.
In such a strange atmosphere, the afternoon game ended quickly.
"I'm going out for a walk tonight. Do you want to come with me?" On the way back to the hotel from Xingluo Plaza, Wang Nan asked Ma Xiaotao.
"Okay." Ma Xiaotao's mouth corners couldn't help but rise, and she nodded immediately.
Wang Yan looked back but did not stop him. "Be careful when you go out. The same goes for others. It's best to go out with a group so that you can look after each other."
Behind them, Xu Sanshi and Beibei had already huddled together in a sly manner.
"I know what you mean by that."
"What do you mean?" Beibei was puzzled. He had no idea how many words he had spoken to Xu Sanshi in a day, so how could he know what they were talking about?
"It's the thing that can't be known to others." Xu Sanshi said, raising his hands to indicate.
"Ahem." Beibei lowered her voice unconsciously, "It's enough for you to know that I'm doing this for your own good."
Separating from the crowd, Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao walked side by side on the street.
It was the time when the Fighting Spirit Competition was being held, and Xingluo City was more crowded than usual. As soon as you arrived on the street, you would be basically flooded with people.
Wang Nan was moving slowly forward along with the crowd, when an arm quietly came up to him.
Looking back, I could only see a piece of red hair, but not Ma Xiaotao's expression.
After walking through a few streets, there were finally fewer people around.
"Okay, this is it."
Ma Xiaotao looked up and saw an inconspicuous building in front of her. Above the main entrance, there was a hammer pattern and a golden table pattern painted below.
"Are you going to attend the auction?" Ma Xiaotao asked puzzledly.
"I don't know if there's anything I want in there yet, let's go in and take a look first."
Ma Xiaotao nodded. She didn't care where she was going.
As you walk into the auction house, you will see a staircase covered with red carpet.
There were no other staff members around, so Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao walked down the stairs until they saw the registration place twenty meters later.
"Hello, two guests. If you want to participate in the auction tonight, please register here." Several girls with good figures were standing at the registration area. When they saw Wang Nan and the other person coming over, they smiled.
"Could you please introduce the items for tonight's auction?"
"I'm sorry, we are not allowed to reveal our auction items in advance. However, in view of the holding of the Soul Fighting Competition, we will organize a special auction every night this month. Tonight's special topic is soul guides. I wonder if the guests are interested?"
Wang Nan was moved when he heard this and nodded.
After completing the formalities, one of the girls came forward, handed each of them a number plate, and then led the two through a quaint wooden door.
The scene in front of me suddenly changed. The corridor became wider, and the ground was paved with precious ivory white jade tiles. Every few steps there was a pair of pillars carved with gorgeous patterns. The walls seemed to be wrapped in gold foil, and there were crystal chandeliers hanging from the top of the corridor.
Even Ma Xiaotao, a Shrek inner courtyard disciple, looked up at the luxurious decorations around her. "Have you ever had any special items auctioned here before?" Wang Nan asked casually.
"What aspect do you mean? If it's the price, we have sold many expensive items here."
Wang Nan just tried to test it out, and didn't ask too many details. Those who could lead the way here were all very smart people, and asking more would only arouse suspicion.
"Then pick a few and introduce them to me."
"Okay." The girl introduced as she led the two of them deeper into the cave.
It was not until a big door appeared in front of them that the girl stopped and looked at Wang Nan.
"Hello, guest. This is the venue for tonight's special auction. The auction will start on time in half an hour. If you want to participate in other sessions after the auction, you only need to come to the front desk to get a new number plate."
"Okay, good work."
"Thank you. If you need anything else, you can always come to me in front."
Seeing the girl leave, Ma Xiaotao looked at Wang Nan with a puzzled look, "With Ye Xiaosheng here, you shouldn't be short of soul guides, right?"
“Now that I’m here, I might as well go in and see the world.” Wang Nan smiled and put on the monkey mask prepared by the auction house.
After finding seats according to the number plates, Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao chatted in low voices, and half an hour passed quickly.
"Welcome, distinguished guests, to the Starlight Auction House. Our auction will begin soon." A voice sounded, and the lights in the auction hall dimmed instantly, and a woman in a purple dress walked out.
He should be the auctioneer of this auction.
As time passed, one soul guide after another was brought to the auction table and sold amidst the bidding.
They were all low-level soul guides. For Wang Nan, soul guides below level six would be of much less help to him, so he did not make any bids until the auctioneer spoke again.
"Finally, we have another mysterious item to present. Although it is not a soul guide, it is closely related to every soul guide."
As he spoke, a cart slowly came up from the side of the auction table, covered with a bright red cloth.
As soon as it appeared, the Tianye Fusheng Dragon in Wang Nan’s sea of consciousness suddenly became active as if it had sensed something.
coming.
Wang Nan's eyes lit up slightly.
Although there is some luck involved in encountering it, it is actually destined.
This item was not the first time to appear on the auction table of the Starlight Auction House, but it had a bad reputation and no soul master or soul instructor was willing to buy it, causing it to remain unsold until it appeared in this low-profile auction.
The next moment, the red cloth was lifted, and a dark object about half a foot long and as thick as a finger appeared in front of everyone.
"Everyone knows that in Douluo Continent, there is also a ranking list for carving knives, and the ones ranked in the top 100 are also called ranked carving knives."
At this point, some in the audience have already guessed what this item is.
"And what you see in front of you is the 99th ranked carving knife, also known as the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, a fierce knife!"
(End of this chapter)
