Chapter 9: Black Jade Marten
"Why don't you keep it for yourself? This is your first soul guide device?" Xu Jiujiu stared blankly at the soul guide device in her hand. She had never thought that an ordinary first-level soul guide device would bring her an indescribable feeling.

You have to know that as a princess, she can get whatever she wants. From childhood to adulthood, she has never failed to get what she wanted for a long time.

However, today, Xu Jiujiu felt that this gift was particularly heavy.

You know, for a soul engineer, the first soul guide is of great significance, because it means the first step for him to embark on the path of becoming a soul engineer.

Therefore, many times, for soul engineers, this soul guide device is truly not for sale.

I will never exchange it for money no matter what.

Xu Jiujiu never thought that Huo Yuhao would give this soul guide to him. Even though they had become very familiar with each other over the past few months, their relationship didn't seem to be that close yet?

“I can make it myself anytime I want, so why do I keep it?” Huo Yuhao asked in confusion, then smiled sheepishly and said, “Your Highness, you don’t think this thing is too cheap, so you don’t want to take it, do you?”

Huo Yuhao didn’t know much about the traditions of soul guides. Although he also believed that the first soul guide was meaningful, Huo Yuhao’s eyes were mostly fixed on the distant future.

It is better to leave these things that mark the past in the past.

Moreover, although he had made a deal with the Xingluo royal family, they had been really nice to him during this period of time. This period was the best time in Huo Yuhao's life since he was born.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao, who was kind-hearted by nature, wanted to give the first soul guide to Xu Jiujiu to express his gratitude.

“How is that possible!” Xu Jiujiu held the soul guide in his arms, looked at Huo Yuhao seriously and said, “I will definitely cherish this soul guide.”

"Yeah." Huo Yuhao looked at Xu Jiujiu with a smile on his face and nodded.

Huo Yuhao's face is similar to that of his mother Huo Yun'er, and since Huo Yun'er was chosen by the Duke of White Tiger at first sight, her appearance must be impeccable.

Huo Yuhao, who inherited his mother's beauty since childhood, has a warm and strong temperament after several months of training and study, coupled with Huo Yuhao's charming eyes.

Even Xu Jiujiu, who was used to seeing handsome men and beautiful women, couldn't help blushing after seeing this.

Why didn’t I realize before that this guy is so good at teasing people!

After resting for two days, Huo Yuhao continued to devote himself to the intensive learning process. Without the support of the magical skill of mental detection, Huo Yuhao really failed to engrave the core formation of the second-level soul guide in just one month.

Seeing the core magic array fail again, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sigh.

Su Yunhai comforted her, "It's okay. It's only been a month. You've done very well."

However, after comforting Huo Yuhao, Su Yunhai looked at the core magic formation that was almost completed, and secretly comforted himself in his heart.

It’s okay, Su Yunhai, remember that you are the best!

Woo woo woo, believe in yourself.

At this moment, a crisp sound of footsteps came from outside the yard. One could tell at once that it was the sound of a girl's light footsteps stepping on the bluestone slabs.

"Yuhao, do you have time?" Xu Jiujiu looked at Huo Yuhao expectantly.

Before Huo Yuhao could say anything, Su Yunhai made the decision for him.

"Go out for a walk, combine work and rest, maybe you can make faster progress."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement. Then Xu Jiujiu took Huo Yuhao's hand with a look of joy and walked outside.

Ever since Huo Yuhao gave Xu Jiujiu the soul guide that night, Xu Jiujiu's attitude towards Huo Yuhao has obviously improved. At the beginning, Huo Yuhao felt a little overwhelmed, but now, at least he has adapted.

“Sister Jiujiu, why are you taking me to the auction house?” Huo Yuhao asked puzzledly after following Jiujiu into the auction house.

"Of course I'm here to buy something!" Xu Jiujiu said naturally, "I found a good thing on the auction list of the auction house yesterday. It's being auctioned today, and I plan to buy it and give it to you."

The soul guide was given to the other party as a token of gratitude, so how could Huo Yuhao possibly ask for a return gift?

Reject immediately.

"Sister Jiujiu, no need. I don't need anything now."

"It is necessary, and you must need this thing." Xu Jiujiu said seriously.

“Why not just buy it from the backend? Why spend more money bidding against others?” Huo Yuhao shook his head with a wry smile.

"No, that won't work. I can't save money on the things I give you. It's the right amount." Xu Jiujiu smiled and puffed out her chest and said proudly, "Don't worry, my sister Jiujiu has plenty of money."

"Besides that one, if there's anything else you like, just make an offer directly."

"Don't feel burdened. The level of this auction house is not high, and the upper limit is only 100,000 gold soul coins."

One hundred thousand gold soul coins is not high?

This is no wonder, after all, 100 million gold soul coins can be considered a high price.

As the lights came on, the auction officially began.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Qingya. I will be in charge of this auction today. I hope you will come and support me."

"Okay, enough nonsense, please take a look at the first auction item."

Qingya? Isn't this the auctioneer I first met in the book? What a fate!
As time goes by, the auction items are sold one by one, and so far not a single item has been left unsold.

Soon it was time for the long-awaited auction items.

"The following is the thirteenth auction item - the spiritual eye mask." Qingya opened the box, revealing a simple black cloth strip inside.

Huo Yuhao, who was sensitive to the word "spirit", noticed this treasure at the first time and became curious.

"As everyone knows, a thousand years ago, there was a soul beast called the Black Jade Spirit Marten on the continent. This soul beast has a rare spiritual attribute."

"And by chance, some soul masters discovered that once this kind of soul beast has been around for ten thousand years, wearing its fur will have the ability to nourish the spirit. There are naturally many benefits to improving the spirit."

"With the improvement of spiritual power, soul masters can better engrave magic arrays, and ordinary soul masters will also have the opportunity to absorb soul rings of higher age."

“But it was also because of this that the Black Jade Spirit Marten was hunted crazily by the spirit masters at that time. As a result, there were not many Black Jade Spirit Martens to begin with, and they disappeared without a trace in just a few hundred years.”

"Plus, the Black Jade Spirit Marten needs special methods to resist the erosion of time, so as time goes by, there are not many Black Jade Spirit Marten skins left now."

"It can even be said that this is very likely the last mink fur left that has not yet lost its function."

(End of this chapter)