Chapter 118: Soul Bone Trouble (V)
On the auction stage.
After the soul bone display cabinet.
A drop of cold sweat seeped out of Romanak's forehead, and he looked at City Lord Xiao with a slightly stiff head.
He knew the identity of the man in black very clearly!
But now Darles won’t raise the price!
The smile on City Lord Xiao's face gradually froze, and he awkwardly signaled Romanyak to strike the auction hammer - otherwise the soul masters in the audience would be instigated by that bastard Daries!
"Once in a million!"
Romanak knocked hard for the first time, and the dull sound echoed throughout Nottingham Square.
Ten seconds later, no one else raised the price.
"Twice a million!"
The hammer fell for the second time.
But still no one raised the price.
Most of the soul masters in the audience wanted to get this soul bone, but they had no money. One million gold soul coins were already a fortune that most of them could never earn in their entire lifetime.
"One million, for the third time!"
Thirty seconds passed, and seeing that no one else raised the price, Romanyak realized that he could not drag it on any longer, and with a heavy heart, he struck the third hammer.
[Nottingham City will probably be in chaos for a while...]
Romanak knew very well that Darles wanted to cause chaos in Nottingham...
If this soul bone is obtained by Darles, it can be considered as a way to avoid disaster. At least Darles will not be able to do anything with the soul bone in the future.
But if this soul bone does not belong to Darles, then no matter whether he is sure that the man in black is City Lord Xiao's man, he will spread the word secretly and guide the soul masters who come to Notting City to investigate or even steal from the City Lord's Mansion and Xiao Mansion.
The members of the soul master group killed each other for a soul bone, and even killed their own flesh and blood.
This is not alarmist talk, but a bloody fact in the world of soul masters.
[We have to prepare tonight and send Romantina away from Nottingham City to avoid being in the spotlight, so as not to be affected.]
Romanak sighed secretly and ordered someone to bring out the next item for auction: a crystal rose necklace that was said to have been polished by a master sculptor.
However, most civilian soul masters are indifferent to such things that cannot enhance their strength. Only some noble children who come here for the sake of fame and soul masters who have formed small families will buy such luxury goods, hoping to interact with nobles with higher status and identity...
After the auction ended, Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu went to the guild to collect their rewards before they saw Romantina who had arrived late.
Xiao Wu handed over the bag of gold soul coins that belonged to Romantina and said, "We have already received it for you."
"Thank you."
Romantina took the bag of gold soul coins, feeling a little down, not as perverted and lively as before. She said with some sorrow, "My father will send me away from Notting City tomorrow. He said that he will take me back after the recent soul bone turmoil is over... How about you leave with me?"
Leaving Nottingham and not getting involved in this matter is the best option.
but--
Zhou Qing was hesitating.
After all, once they left Notting City, what would he, Tang San, and Xiao Wu do?
Although the Spirit Certificate issued by the Spirit Hall is also the qualification for admission to the Junior Spirit Master Academy, suddenly moving from one region to another without following the normal enrollment process will always attract attention.
Join Wuhun Palace?
Join a sect or family?
He didn't want to choose.
Or maybe it's the pride of being a time traveler that's at work.
Maybe I’m afraid—
You won't be able to control yourself.
Once you enter the systems of these two, you will probably assimilate yourself into the person that your current self despises - family members know their own business, and once you really become a vested beneficiary, you may really not have the courage to talk about change.
Tang San noticed Zhou Qing's hesitation again, but he didn't know what Zhou Qing was hesitating about, so he didn't know how to persuade him. He could only make up his mind to complete the gift as soon as possible...
"Leave? I don't want to." Xiao Wu shook her head. "I haven't even visited every corner of Notting City yet, how can I leave?"
Tang San said: "I won't leave either, my home is in Holy Soul Village."
It’s not that Tang San missed the blacksmith shop at home, but the forge built near Zhou Qing’s home.
In the one or two years before his martial soul awakened, he also became familiar with the villagers of Holy Soul Village. It would not be good to leave without saying a word.
but.
Tang San finally decided to see what Zhou Qing meant. If he wanted to leave with Romantina, then he would follow too.
"I stayed."
Zhou Qing was silent for a while and gave his answer.
He had temporarily convinced himself:
Since you want to make some changes to Douluo Continent, you can't hesitate any longer and need to stand up straight!
Just a Darles!
Just a possibility that will cause turmoil in Nottingham City!
If I retreat like this, what can I achieve in the future?
Moreover, his current strength is extremely strong. If he uses his first soul skill, theoretically, even a Soul Master would find it difficult to resist. So why should he be timid?
"Do you want to abandon me?"
Romantina changed her previous sadness and turned into tears, "The worm is still in my brain!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm: [... How sad! Until now, you are still unwilling to call me Brother Tianmeng! ]
"Hey! Stop hugging me! Don't let the people in the guild think that we really have a relationship! You don't want innocence, I still want it!"
Zhou Qing was speechless as he pushed Romantina who was hugging his thigh. Originally, Romantina was leaving, which was a happy... no, it was a sad thing. Who knew that she would change so suddenly?
They've only known each other for a few days?
now.
Other adventurers in the Notting Guild also came over to take notice and pointed at Zhou Qing, Romantina, Tang San, Xiao Wu and the others.
"Young people nowadays are having so much fun!"
"Isn't that the deputy city lord's daughter? How dare someone abandon her? They are so tired of living!"
"No! That guy seems younger!"
"He has become a soul master. Didn't he also serve as a guard at the auction venue before?"
"At such a young age, he already has the nature of a scumbag. He has two childhood sweethearts around him, and he's even entangled with Romantina. Wow, he's quite romantic and amazing."
Tang San's face turned pale.
These adventurers really dare to say anything!
He is not a woman!
Zhou Qing immediately broke free from Romantina's restraints and ran out of the guild. He didn't dare to imagine what even more outrageous words these outspoken adventurers would say if he stayed in the guild.
Romantina was only a little bit perverted in words, but among these adventurers, there might be some who were truly perverted, the kind who had experienced it themselves!
"Wait for me!"
Romantina shouted as she chased after him.
Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at each other, and turned back at the same time, looking at the adventurers' eyes that were either sighing, mocking, amusing, or encouraging, they felt their scalps tingling, and ran out quickly...
Miss Alice behind the guild counter had not yet come to her senses, because she had seen the entire process between Zhou Qing and Romantina, but how could she describe this scene now?
it's wired!
It feels like reason and art are broken into pieces, kneaded together with humor, and then steamed with doubt. It tastes three parts crazy, five parts funny, and two parts tormenting at first... It lingers in my mind.
"These kids are really lively."
Su Yuntao sat at the counter, turned around, picked up the fruit wine brought by Miss Alice, took a sip, and laughed, "I remember that I also had such a beautiful youth, and I should be in Romantina's position."
"Same personality as Miss Romantina?" Seeing that Su Yuntao's dark circles had faded a lot, Alice also started a joke.
"of course not!"
Su Yuntao immediately refuted.
There are not many people in Nottingham who know Romantina's true character, but it just so happens that Su Yuntao and Alice both know it.
Alice was very attentive and noticed the "dirty smile" that Romantina showed when she accepted tasks in the guild. In addition, several teams that had partnered with Romantina immediately terminated their cooperation with her after returning...
Although these teams gave face to the deputy city lord Romanak and kept silent about Romantina's personality, Alice still learned the situation from an adventurer.
This adventurer is Su Yuntao.
After all, apart from the annual mission of awakening the martial soul, Su Yuntao has relatively free time most of the time, so he will naturally make money through other means (such as taking on missions).
Su Yuntao happened to be one of the few adventurers who had worked with Romantina. After learning about Romantina's "unnatural" qualities, he kept his distance from her and warned others...
"Alas, I don't know how many soul masters will gather in Notting City in the next one or two months." Speaking of this, Su Yuntao's eyes showed a trace of sadness. "In the past few days, the City Lord's Mansion and the Spirit Hall will cooperate to increase the intensity of patrols, and I came here to issue tasks. The Spirit Hall needs to recruit temporary soul masters and form patrol teams to cooperate with the soldiers in the city to patrol together."
"Master Matthewno won't go to the Palace of Reporting Sons?" Alice wondered.
Who actually auctioned off that soul bone... There is already a rumor among the adventurers in the guild: City Lord Xiao.
It doesn't matter whether he arranged a stooge to get some money from Darles or he fooled all the soul masters who came to Notting City.
The important thing is that the soul bone still exists in Notting City!
This will cause turmoil in the originally quiet and peaceful small city!
Logically speaking, Matthew Nuo should report to the Wuhun Temple immediately and inform them of the whole story. They would naturally send manpower to help with patrolling.
Why do they only help with patrolling and not deal with the problem?
The Spirit Hall cannot interfere in matters such as the internal affairs of cities of all sizes within the two empires, and can only participate in disputes and conflicts between spirit masters at most.
"Isn't it City Lord Xiao who is stopping it?"
Su Yuntao sighed, "Once our branch hall reports to the sub-hall, the sub-hall's master, or other people who have contact with the local city lord or officials, and leak this matter out, City Lord Xiao will be punished."
"He may be able to retain his noble status, but he cannot continue to serve as the city lord. After all, if Nottingham City gets into chaos, he will definitely be accused of dereliction of duty."
"In Tiandou, there are many nobles, big and small, but not many of them have real power. The small nobles without real power in other places are all hoping that the mayor of a remote town like ours will make a mistake, so that they can use their connections and find people to come over and become the 'city king' of a small town like ours."
"But if the storm of this incident is over, it means that City Lord Xiao has talent and ability, and it can even become his qualification for future promotion."
Unlike the Spirit Hall, the promotion method for officials in the Heaven Dou Empire does not rely entirely on strength, but on ability and qualifications.
Otherwise, the emperor of the Tiandou Empire, Emperor Xue Ye, should be the strongest soul master in the Tiandou Empire.
"City Lord Xiao is just using everyone in Notting City as his springboard." Alice took out a task paper and wrote down the task of recruiting temporary patrol spirit masters. "It would be great if Deputy City Lord Romanyak could take over."
"As the receptionist of the Notting Guild and the one who is in charge of the Soul Coin Machine, you can't say such things." Su Yuntao joked.
"I just felt inspired. Master Battle Soul, there's no need to be so serious, right?" Alice filled out the task content and handed it to Su Yuntao, saying with a smile, "Okay, go post it on the task wall yourself. I'm busy."
"Ah, it seems that I am hated!" Su Yuntao laughed, asked for the last glass of fruit wine, drank it all, stood up, posted the task paper on the wall, said goodbye to Alice, and walked out of the Notting Guild.
"see you later."
Alice looked at his back and smiled slightly, with a fleeting look of longing in her eyes...
(End of this chapter)
