Chapter 193: After Obtaining the Carving Knife, Alex Wants to Take in a Disciple

Looking at Xue Qingci in front of him, Lin Yun's expression beneath the mask was somewhat helpless.

Why is she able to be so familiar?

Xue Qingci also realized that her behavior was a little inappropriate, and her little face turned red, but from Lin Yun's perspective, her eyes just became a little evasive.

"I... I just rarely left the palace... left home, and rarely knew other people..." Xue Qingci pursed her lips and said softly.

After hearing this, Lin Yun's expression became even more helpless.

He had originally guessed that the person in front of him might be a fugitive princess of the Douling Empire, but without even waiting for Lin Yun to test her, she blew herself up on her own initiative.

With Lin Yun's hearing, he wouldn't think that he had heard it wrong.

Leaving the Emperor...?
This little princess is really inexperienced!

However, the little princess obviously did not realize that her identity had been exposed. She continued to chat with Lin Yun and kept asking him about what life was like in Shrek Academy, like a lively lark.

Anyway, the auction hasn't started yet, so Lin Yun is happy to chat more with the little princess.

Young girls who are young and inexperienced in the world are the best.

Uh...it's so deceptive!

Even though Lin Yun had no intention of tricking her, it was still interesting to tease this naive girl.

By the way...

“Ah? It turns out that Shrek Academy is not as good as the rumors say!” Xue Qingci exclaimed in a low voice, feeling that her filter of Shrek Academy as a holy land of soul masters was shattered.

If someone else said something bad about Shrek Academy, Xue Qingci would most likely not believe it. She was just a naive person, not really stupid, so how could she believe it so easily?

But Lin Yun is different!

He was originally a member of the Shrek Academy's participating team, and was also the strongest main player. If he had said this about Shrek, could it be false?
Actually, Lin Yun didn't say anything. He just recounted the whole story of Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Zhou Yi and the others without adding any personal details.

But there is a good saying.

Telling the truth is already a fatal attack (don’t you agree, Kunkun?).

Be it Zhou Yi's cerebellar atrophy-style education, Yan Shaozhe's forced binding method, or Xuan Zi's drunken and insolent behavior, all of these are rumors that have shattered the little princess's worldview.

In addition, Xue Qingci had also read books such as "Harmony of Dragon and Phoenix", which made it even more difficult for her to look at Shrek.

"Oh my God, I even fantasized about going to Shrek Academy before!" Xue Qingci covered her mask with her hands, her voice as thin as a mosquito's hum, and she was obviously greatly shocked by Lin Yun's words.

Lin Yun smiled secretly, he never expected that the little princess's mind would be so pure.

Of course, it is also possible that he is the naive one, and he was completely deceived by Xue Qing's resignation from the role, but Lin Yun feels that this possibility is not great. It is not that Lin Yun is confident, but the average IQ of people in Douluo Continent is really just that low.

Smart woman?
It's not that Lin Yun is discriminating. Looking at the entire Douluo history, the IQ of the heroines and supporting actresses written by a certain San is really not good...

How high can the IQ of a passerby who didn't even appear in the original novel be? Even if Xue Qingci's acting skills were really explosive and he deceived Lin Yun, he would accept it.

Anyway, the impact is not big, I am just telling the truth. Shrek will not send me a lawyer's letter just because I tell the truth, right?

At this time, the auction finally began.

Xue Qingci also stopped chatting and started watching the auction seriously. For her, who seldom went out, every activity in the outside world was worth her serious experience.

"Good evening, distinguished guests. I am Qingya, the auctioneer of this auction. I am very happy to host this auction for all of you." Qingya, dressed in a purple dress, walked out gracefully, and her voice spread throughout the venue with the help of a sound-amplifying soul guide.

"It's settled." Lin Yun smiled slightly, looking meaningfully at the elegant auctioneer who almost made Wang Yan crazy in the original novel.

This is the fierce guy who almost defeated Han Ruoruo.

Her appearance at this auction also means that the Soul-Devouring Knife will soon fall into Lin Yun's hands.

And because the specifications of this auction were not high, the highest-level soul guide device was just the third-level milk bottle, and the others were all first to third-level soul guide devices, which resulted in Lin Yun having no desire to bid at all.

On the contrary, Xue Qingci next to her seemed to like small toys like soul guides very much. She bought several of them in a row, including the third-level milk bottle.

And the auction finally came to an end.

After selling another item, Qingya's face was full of smiles. Today's performance was really good. She was very satisfied with both the transaction rate and the transaction price.

After this auction, she will get a lot of commission.

It would be great if the next item could be sold as well. Qingya felt a little regretful, but whenever she thought of that strange and evil carving knife, her little heart couldn't help but twitch violently.

If that damn thing could be sold, it wouldn't have failed to sell so many times.

But the process still needs to be completed.

"Dear guests, the next item is the last item of this auction and also the most precious item of this auction." Qingya smiled gently, made a gesture of invitation with her right hand, and then uncovered the red cloth on the cart that the auction staff had just pushed over.

A rectangular box-type soul guide was quietly placed on the cart.

"As we all know, a powerful soul engineer must have a carving knife that suits him. The quality of the carving knife can even directly affect the success rate of the soul engineer in making a soul guide." Qingya did not open the box directly. Instead, she took the initiative to open the topic by taking advantage of the soul engineer's pursuit of a high-quality carving knife.

This woman knows how to market, she is worthy of being an auctioneer trained by the Starlight Auction House.

Many people present were indeed moved by Qingya's words, and they also vaguely guessed that the final auction item might be a carving knife of good quality.

They began to look forward to it.

But the Starlight Auction House is a large and powerful company, and they will not damage their reputation for a Soul-Devouring Carving Knife that only costs 100,000 Gold Soul Coins. Since they have put the carving knife up for auction, they certainly cannot hide anything.

If they concealed the truth about the Soul Devouring Knife, causing uninformed people to spend large sums of money to purchase the Knife at their auction, and then later die from the curse of an evil soul master or become an evil soul master, then the reputation of their Starlight Auction House would really be smashed to the ground and trampled on.

Totally not worth it.

"Due to the importance of carving knives to soul masters, the Sun Moon Empire, after the efforts of countless ninth-level soul masters, finally ranked 100 powerful carving knives, and these 100 carving knives are also called the ranking carving knives." Qingya smiled slightly, and then pointed to the box on the cart. "Perhaps some distinguished guests have guessed it. Yes, our last lot is a carving knife, and it is even a carving knife on the carving knife list."

List carving knife!

These four words made many people who knew what was good at the scene feel dizzy and their breathing became heavy. They looked at the box containing the carving knives with greed in their eyes.

This is a ranking engraving knife, a good thing that even ninth-level soul masters are vying for. Yet it actually appears at an auction of this scale.

What a bargain!
If this ranking engraving knife appeared in a large-scale auction, they might not be able to get it with their financial resources. But now it is just a small-scale auction, and their enemies are only other people around them, not those powerful tycoons!
Their greed for the ranking engraving knife made them completely fail to think deeply about why the Starlight Auction did not put the ranking engraving knife in a large auction to gain more profits, but instead put it in this small-scale auction, preventing its value from being maximized.

Could it be that Starlight Auctions are fools?
Then Qingya's next words poured a bucket of cold water on them.

“You distinguished guests may be wondering why a ranking engraving knife would appear in such a small-scale auction.” Qingya’s smile remained unchanged, but there was a hint of regret in her tone.

"In fact, it's because this carving knife is flawed. Its creator is a ninth-level soul master, and even more so a powerful Title Douluo evil soul master. Perhaps it's because its first owner was an evil soul master that everyone who got this carving knife had a bad end. It has had a total of thirty-seven owners. Except for the evil soul master who first created it, everyone else who used this carving knife either died an untimely death or became an evil soul master."

"The bad reputation of this carving knife has caused it to fall from the top 30 on the carving knife list to the current 99th place."

"The name of the carving knife is - Soul Devourer."

Qingya stretched out her hand, and with trembling fingertips she opened the box that sealed the carving knife, revealing the hideous carving knife inside that was dark green with gray-black colors.

The vicious sword eats the soul!

Visible black mist is wrapped around the carving knife, and ferocious ghost faces can be vaguely seen in the mist. People with strong mental power can even feel the spiritual wails coming from them.

The moment they saw the carving knife, it was as if Lin Yun had poured extremely cold water over their heads and faces. They woke up instantly, and their eyes turned terrified as they looked at the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.

Damn it, the vicious sword devours souls!

The thirty-seven masters either died or degenerated into evil soul masters.

After buying a carving knife, you have to have the life to use it!
Only the smile under Lin Yun's mask gradually widened and eventually became a little crazy.

Hehehehe, the gold of living beings!
The thrill of picking up a bargain even made Lin Yun fail to notice that Xue Qingci beside him was behaving a little strangely. Her silver-grey eyes seemed dazed and empty, with a strong aura of death lingering deep in her pupils.

Lin Yun didn't notice it, but someone did!

The moment Qingya opened the soul guide that sealed the Soul-Devouring Knife, Alex, who was sleeping in Lin Yun's sea of ​​consciousness, woke up immediately.

Whether it was the familiar yet strange breath of curse or the powerful vitality in the golden essence of living things, they were the best bait to attract Electrolux, and directly caught Lao Deng into a black carp.

Just as Alex was about to ask Lin Yun to buy the Soul-Devouring Knife at any price, he saw Xue Qingci next to Lin Yun.

Wow, Lao Deng’s eyes lit up immediately.

"What the hell, what the hell!!!" Alex's eyes widened, and the gray bead instantly turned into its original form, and he couldn't stop exclaiming.

"How is it possible that there is someone so suitable for my inheritance? She is absolutely the best choice for me to inherit the Undead Scourge!"

"Ah?" Lin Yun naturally noticed the movement in the sea of ​​​​consciousness at the first moment.

"Old Yi, what are you talking about? How can there be anyone suitable to inherit your Undead Scourge?"

Alex took two deep breaths and calmed his restlessness: "Just look at the girl next to you and you will know. If she is not suitable to be my successor, who else is suitable?"

Ah? ? ?
Lin Yun was stunned again.

The girl next to me? There's nothing but Xue next to me...wait, Xue Qingci?
Lin Yun turned his head suddenly and noticed that Xue Qingci was different. At this moment, she had completely lost her previous agility and instead had a dead and cold feeling.

This aura is indeed very similar to Electrolux.

How could a princess of the Douling Empire have such a strong aura of death?

As if she had noticed Lin Yun's gaze, Xue Qingci quickly recovered from her previous state. She turned her head and looked at Lin Yun with an innocent face, but there was still a hint of panic in the depths of her eyes that was difficult to conceal.

This hint of panic could not be hidden from Lin Yun and Alex who were keeping an eye on her all the time.

It seems...she seems to understand that she is unusual...

Lin Yun did not delve into it further. There would always be a chance to figure out such things. Since Electrolux had already expressed his desire to take Xue Qingci as his disciple, Lin Yun would naturally help Electrolux with a small insignificant favor.

We’ll talk about this later.

What was more important now was to buy the Soul Devouring Knife. With some people's exclamations, everyone present also understood the threat posed by the Soul Devouring Knife. Even though its price was almost a bargain compared to other knives on the list, no one bid for it.

As I said, you have to have the life to use it after buying it. One hundred thousand gold soul coins are indeed nothing to many people, but you can't just throw them away.

What's more, after losing these 100,000 gold soul coins, you may also lose your life.

Not worth the candle.

Under Qingya's helpless gaze, she was almost ready to announce that the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife had failed to sell. Just before she was about to announce that the carving knife had failed to sell, Lin Yun raised his sign.

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins!"

Qingya's eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to look in the direction of the person bidding the price, and then her eyes met Lin Yun's golden eyes.

But Qingya didn't have any romantic thoughts. What mattered most was that she really wanted to make money. Nothing could compare to her commission.

"VIP No. 114514 is bidding gold soul coins. Is there anyone else who wants to raise the price?"

Obviously...no.

So, under the mocking gazes of others, the Soul-Devouring Knife finally fell into Lin Yun's hands.

Price: One hundred thousand gold soul coins.

(End of this chapter)