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"It's actually a carving knife on the carving knife list!"
After the final auction item came up, Xu Tianyang, who had been waiting, was also slightly stunned.
The carving knives on the list are hard to come by, and no soul engineer can refuse a carving knife. For them, it is a magical weapon. As far as Xu Tianyang knows, most of the carving knives on the list have owners, and very few are lost.
I didn't expect that they would appear at the auction today. No wonder these guys who are rarely seen usually showed up in groups as if they had made an appointment.
Now if we look into it, the only things that can attract them are soul bones, carving knives and other top-level treasures.
"That's it!"
"Look at these lines, they are so beautiful!"
"This thing is destined to be with me!"
Zui Hongchen was now lying in front of the glass, staring at the carving knife on the table without blinking, and a slurping sound came from his mouth from time to time.
Xu Tianyang has excellent eyesight and can see the carving knife clearly even when sitting in his seat.
The Hanyue carving knife, as its name suggests, is as white as jade and emits bursts of coldness. It is very small, about half a foot long and only as thick as a finger, shaped like a crescent moon, with very sharp tips at both ends, and faint patterns engraved on them, giving off a faint and ancient atmosphere.
"Xiu Wen, don't you want it?" Xu Tianyang asked curiously, looking back at Huang Xiuwen who seemed to have no reaction.
No soul engineer would refuse the ranking carving knife. The reason why he was not interested in this carving knife was that there were seven ranking carving knives in his home that he knew of, and four of them were ranked higher than the Hanyue carving knife.
There's absolutely no need to bid.
"Boss, my grandfather said that once I break through level 30, my family's heirloom carving knife, Zi Lei, will be handed over to me." Huang Xiuwen scratched his head and said in a flat tone after hearing this.
"So that's how it is!" Xu Tianyang suddenly realized that the Huang family was one of the few families that took a casual attitude towards the cultivation of soul guides. Their family still focused on the inheritance of martial soul cultivation, so Huang Xiuwen was not so keen on soul guides.
Just keep an average level.
Zui Hongchen has an extremely high talent for soul guidance, and he also likes it. The Hongchen family has top soul guides from generation to generation. It can be said that soul guides are the foundation of the Hongchen family.
The Hongchen family also has its own ranking engraving knife, but they all have owners, so it won't be passed to Zui Hongchen for a while. That's why the other party is so interested in the new ranking engraving knife this time. He wants to have his own exclusive ranking engraving knife.
"I'll give you one million!"
"One million and two hundred thousand!"
"One million and a half million!"
"…"
"Two million..."
The sound of fierce bidding continued. In the blink of an eye, the auction price had doubled and was still rising, with no sign of stopping.
High-level soul masters will never be short of money. There are only so many ranking engraving knives in the world, and not every high-level soul master has one. Therefore, every time a ranking engraving knife appears, it will be auctioned for a sky-high price.
"Four million two hundred thousand!"
"Five million!"
Zui Hongchen finally couldn't help but make a bid, and directly raised the price to 800,000. Such a terrifying price increase shook the hot atmosphere in the venue and there was a brief silence.
"Five million and one hundred thousand!"
However, this time the reputation of the Hongchen family did not make everyone give in, and the price began to rise again.
Zui Hongchen and the others were bidding fiercely without giving in. Xu Tianyang and Huang Xiuwen watched with great interest. As for helping, there was no need at all. No matter how much Zui Hongchen raised the price, the Hongchen family would naturally pay for it.
As Zui Hongchen directly raised the price to 10 million, after two rounds of tug-of-war, he finally won it for 12 million.
After completely winning it, Zui Hongchen's chubby face flushed slightly with excitement, but when the auction hammer fell for the third time and the Hanyue carving knife was announced to be won by him, Zui Hongchen's excitement began to subside, and his whole body was soaked in sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water.
After the auction, Zui Hongchen couldn't wait to go home to study the newly acquired magic weapon, and Huang Xiuwen also had to go back to practice the family's special training.
Xu Tianyang did not return to school, but was taken back to the Prince's Mansion because Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu, who had been away for a long time, finally came back today.
"Father, Mother!"
Even someone as calm as Xu Tianyang was a little excited to see Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu again. To be honest, their family had not been together for more than half a year.
"Hahaha, Yang'er, come here quickly and let dad and mom see him." Mu Mengyu and Xu Yunxiao were very excited to see their son. They pulled him over and asked about his well-being.
Xu Tianyang also took the opportunity to tell his parents about what happened to him in the past year, including what happened at the Starlight Auction just now.
Xu Yunxiao and his wife nodded repeatedly as they listened, the smiles on their faces never fading.
After Xu Tianyang finished speaking, Xu Yunxiao said softly, "I know Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen. They are both promising talents. You can be assured of making friends with them. They may become your right-hand men in the future."
"I know, father." Xu Tianyang nodded. Zui Hongchen and Huang Xiuwen were both talented, and their personalities were very much to his liking. They were indeed worthy of training.
"Okay, it's getting late. Yang'er has just returned from the auction and I guess he hasn't had dinner yet. Our family has been separated for so long, so let's get together tonight." Mu Mengyu stood up with a gentle smile on her face and pulled Xu Tianyang out.
The three of them came to the restaurant. As soon as they stepped through the door, Xu Tianyang saw a familiar figure sitting upright at the dining table. His face was tense, revealing a nervousness that Xu Tianyang had never seen before.
"Xu Nianshuang, why are you in my house?" The person was his classmate, Xu Nianshuang. Xu Tianyang looked at her with a lot of questions in his mind and asked.
"Greetings to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess!" Seeing the three people coming, Xu Nianshuang quickly stood up and respectfully saluted Xu Yunxiao and the others.
"Shuang'er, it's only been a year, and you've already forgotten what I said?" Mu Mengyu immediately stepped forward to help Xu Nianshuang up, pinching her chubby cheeks and asking, "What should you have called me?"
"Aunt Yu!"
Xu Tianyang rarely saw a shy look on Xu Nianshuang's face. Judging from the current situation, his parents obviously knew each other for a long time. No wonder he had not been able to find out the other party's background after a year of investigation.
It wouldn't be surprising if it was one's own parents who took action.
He couldn't help but look back at his father, hoping that he could answer his questions.
Xu Yunxiao saw the question in his son's eyes and didn't explain. Instead, he pulled him to a seat and said, "I'm sure you two have met by now, so I won't introduce you any further. Shuang'er will live in the Prince's Mansion and go to school with you. You should support each other and grow together."
"Tonight is our first family dinner. Let's not talk about anything else. Hurry up and start eating. This is the soup made from the ten thousand year old Wood Soul Dragon that I specially asked someone to bring over. It can strengthen your body and replenish your energy. You two should eat more."
Listening to Xu Yunxiao's words, Xu Tianyang felt strange, especially when he saw Xu Nianshuang opposite him with a red face, who was about to hide in her mother's arms, the strangeness in his heart became even stronger.
A guess vaguely emerged in my mind.
He shook his head and shook off the thoughts in his mind. The most urgent thing was to eat first. This table was full of rare delicacies. As for the rest, he believed that his father would give him an explanation later.
After dinner, Mu Mengyu and Xu Nianshuang ran away somewhere unknown, while Xu Tianyang followed Xu Yunxiao for a walk in the aisle.
"I know you have a lot of doubts. Let me explain it to you slowly." Without waiting for Xu Tianyang to ask, Xu Yunxiao took the initiative to explain this time.
"That girl Nian Shuang was a pitiful person. When she was six years old, her village accidentally encountered an evil soul master."
"Evil soul master!" Xu Tianyang was a little surprised, but then he thought about it and it seemed normal. As long as the martial soul awakens, evil soul masters will appear. Compared with the Douluo Continent, the Sun and Moon Continent has no angel gods and no martial soul hall.
Therefore, the evil soul masters here are quite rampant. Although the empire is also trying to eliminate the evil soul masters, the evil soul masters' methods are strange and there are always some who slip through the net. Obviously, Xu Nianshuang's village is very unfortunate.
"Everyone in the village was killed except her. Later, a team from the Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Corps passed by there on a mission and found her. She was brought back to the military camp and helped awaken her martial spirit. I didn't expect this girl to be so talented. She has an ice element martial spirit and an innate ninth-level soul power."
"This talent reached your mother's ears directly, and she went to bring the person back personally, and also helped her get revenge."
The story is very simple. Similar things happen every day in the Sun and Moon Continent. The only difference is that Xu Nianshuang is very talented and is taken in by her parents to be cultivated.
"So you adopted her as your goddaughter?"
"Pa!" A slap landed on Xu Tianyang's head. Xu Yunxiao said angrily, "You bastard, you think you can hide this from your father? How could you not see it?"
Xu Tianyang held his head with a headache, looking at his father with a wry smile, "So, I have a fiancée?"
"You don't want it?" Xu Yunxiao glared at Xu Tianyang, then turned and said, "Then I'll go talk to Nian Shuang and your mother. Who do you think your mother and I are doing this for? You'll never find such a good wife in the future."
"I didn't say no!" Xu Tianyang said in a low voice. Given his identity, it is very likely that he will not be able to choose his future wife.
Xu Nianshuang is talented, beautiful, and has a good personality. She is indeed an excellent partner.
Naturally, he wouldn't be so pretentious as to push it away. He just didn't react for a moment.
"You little bastard!" Xu Yunxiao cursed with a smile, raised his hand, and seeing Xu Tianyang begging for mercy, he smiled and shook his head, saying, "Be nice to him. Although your mother and I have already settled your affairs, how you get along is your own business."
"Shuang'er has a rather aloof personality. I was originally worried that you two wouldn't get along, but now it seems I underestimated you. I can see that Shuang'er has a good impression of you, which is rare."
Looking at his father's approving eyes, Xu Tianyang scratched his head in some confusion. Does Xu Nianshuang have a good impression of him?
Where did it come from?
Have they had contact?