Chapter 235: Slave Auction House: Humanoid Soul Beasts?

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"Since Count Silver Blue has spoken, I'll give him some face," Xue Xing reluctantly sat down, refraining from bidding further. Instead, he pondered why Tang San would appear here.

Wasn't he supposed to be back in his hometown visiting family?

After visiting family, he should have gone directly to the Spirit Hall City. Why has he come to Tian Dou City again?

It can't possibly be just to oppose him, right?

There's no enmity between them, right...

Unable to comprehend, Xue Xing decided not to dwell on it, merely lamenting the missed opportunity with the cat girls before his eyes. How frustrating! Could it be that he truly has no chance with such rare commodities?

This is the second time someone has interfered!

The auctioneer called out loudly, "One hundred and sixty thousand once!"

"Seventy thousand," at this moment, Ning Fengzhi spoke up, deliberately lowering his voice to avoid revealing his identity in the crowd.

Someone dares to compete with Count Silver Blue?

The crowd looked towards Ning Fengzhi, seeing him in a black robe with a mask, unsure of his identity but assuming he must have some confidence.

"Eighteen thousand," Tang San, representing Xiao Wu, raised the bid and nodded slightly at Ning Fengzhi.

Why did Ning Fengzhi do this?

Certainly not because he's interested in the cat girls, but to prevent Tang San from being labeled as a bully.

When Xue Xing revealed his identity earlier, he used his power and status to suppress others. Although Tang San intervened, displaying his strength, it would still affect the mentality of others in bidding.

Ning Fengzhi's actions were to save face for Tang San.

In this way, the world would only see Tang San as wealthy and generous, rather than using force to dominate.

As for the matter of buying slaves...

Major sects and families often purchase slaves to serve as servants, which isn't criticized in this era where there isn't much emphasis on "human rights" ideology.

After reaching eighteen thousand, a few more people bid, and finally, the price settled at two hundred thousand.

"Two hundred thousand once!"

"Two hundred thousand twice!"

"Two hundred thousand three times!"

"Congratulations to the customer in Room Three for winning this pair of cat girls!"

The auctioneer exclaimed excitedly, both thrilled by the high price the cat girls fetched and by seeing Count Silver Blue in person.

That's none other than—

The Master of Martial Soul Theory!

The Holy Son of the Martial Soul Palace!

Count Silver Blue!

The master of soul device "Sunset"!

And the captain of the new generation's Elite Soul Master Academy Championship team across the continent!

As the cat girl dressed in maid attire was brought before Tang San, he swiped his card, unlocked their shackles, and returned the contract, saying, "Now, you're free..."

"Please don't drive us away!" the elder cat girl knelt down with the younger one, pleading, "We're willing to work in your manor!"

"Don't be so tense," Tang San helped them up, "Your freedom doesn't mean you have to leave. I can employ you... What are your names?"

"Reporting to the esteemed Soul Master, I am Lingxi, and my daughter is Lingmeng."

"Very nice names," Tang San praised briefly, not delving into their past occupations or why they became slaves, but instead asked, "Do you know how to manage an estate or similar matters?"

"Sir, I do. Before becoming a slave, I was the steward of the Tianmao Clan," Lingxi hurriedly replied, "The Tianmao Clan was small, with only thirteen direct disciples before being annihilated by enemies, so you might not have heard of it."

"Tianmao Clan?" Tang San nodded, then suddenly asked, "So, are you adept at business? My Silver Blue Manor is mostly vacant, so you should have plenty of free time. I also have a legitimate workshop producing soul devices in Tian Dou City. Can you handle the management?"

"I can try," Lingxi's eyes lit up, seeming to have ideas about managing shops and workshops, but considering that she had just met this handsome young man, she didn't want to sound too presumptuous.

"In that case, I now officially hire you as the steward of Silver Blue Manor," Tang San smiled, introducing her to the others, "These two are Xiaowu and Guangling, also the owners of Silver Blue Manor. And this is Lan Yinzi, hmm~ you can heed some of her reasonable suggestions and ignore the unreasonable ones."

Lan Yinzi protested, "Hey, no need to differentiate like that! Even though I'm... at least I'm a member of the Tian Dou Royal Team!"

Ignoring Lan Yinzi's "enthusiasm," Tang San continued to introduce the other four, "These are Fan Niu and Fan Ma, who will be the captains of the manor's guard team in the future. These two... I don't know your names yet."

The elder sister said, "Lord Count, I'm Mu Yanluo."

The younger sister said, "Lord Count, I'm Mu Qiluo."

"These two will also be workers at the manor," Tang San finished, then asked about the mother and daughter's soul power levels, "What level is your soul power?"

"Lingxi," said, "Sir, my innate soul power is at level eight."

"Level eight?" Tang San's eyes flickered, "In that case, your innate talent should be good. At your age, even if you've neglected it, your soul power should be at least thirty levels, right? Wait, your physique seems to be comparable to a Soul Sage..."

With his strong spiritual power, Tang San sensed Lingxi's physical condition, much stronger than an average person's, and the same applied to Lingmeng beside her.

Could it be that the mutation of their beast martial souls, completely merging with the human body, leads to the soul power fully acting on the body, making it imperceptible to others?

Moreover, this kind of enhancement seems to not require absorbing soul rings.

But without self-created soul skills and the ability to release soul power externally, their strength is indeed much weaker than soul masters.

"Well... we're not sure," Lingxi shook her head, "Actually, I've been practicing all these years, but every time my soul power reaches level ten, it inexplicably surges through my body and integrates into my physique. Although it makes my body stronger, I can never obtain soul rings and become a soul master."

"But there's one advantage: my appearance hasn't changed since I turned twenty. Now I'm nearly forty, but I still look around twenty."

"My daughter has innate full soul power. After reaching level ten, the soul power disappears and integrates into the body. So, after being measured with innate full soul power, it directly becomes innate zero soul power. But it can be retrained, and the speed of training is no different from the rumored innate full soul power. However, after training to level ten, it disappears again... I can never obtain soul rings."

"Like me, we're both cursed."

"But my daughter and I have been practicing, at least it can enhance our physical qualities."

Listening to Lingxi's description, Tang San's expression gradually became strange.

He felt—

These two didn't seem human, but rather humanoid soul beasts.

When soul power reached level ten, it would merge into the flesh... Strengthening the physical qualities might just be superficial, the true effect likely aimed at purifying and solidifying the bloodline purity of the martial soul manifested in the physical form.

However, as humans, without obtaining soul rings, they couldn't enter the next realm. Each time, they could only accumulate soul power at the Soul Master level, unable to break through this limit.

"I've understood your situation and have some guesses. When we return to Silver Blue Manor, I plan to conduct a detailed examination for you. Perhaps, your condition isn't a curse but rather an extraordinary talent beyond ordinary people's comprehension!"

Tang San believed in his speculation. If the limit could be broken, this mother-daughter pair could definitely pave another path, and their strength could even rival that of peerless Douluo, just a matter of time.

However, the time to go to Spirit Hall City would have to be postponed for a few days...

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed.

During the slave auction, Xiaowu and Guangling felt sorry for the slaves and bought them all. After all, Blue Silver Manor also needed its own people.

Finally, the auctioneer presented a little girl referred to as a "top-quality" item, pushed up by five burly men.

The cage was actually made of Mithril, extremely tough. However, even so, it was shaken by the little girl, and even the hands of those burly men were wearing gloves made of refined iron.

Crack!

Suddenly, the little girl bit down on one of the men's gloves and pulled hard, directly biting off a small section of the finger cot.

Fortunately, the man reacted quickly, or his finger might have been bitten off!

"So powerful!" Xue Qinghe's eyes lit up, feeling that his guess was correct. The little girl in the cage definitely possessed talents unknown to others.

That physique, that face, couldn't possibly be naturally delicate with divine power. It was like a work of art carved by nature.

Unable to awaken a martial soul?

It's just that ordinary means can't awaken her, but her Angelic Martial Soul must be able to help her awaken her Martial Soul!

As Tang San looked at the silver-haired, purple-eyed girl in the cage, he couldn't help squinting and asked Electrolux, "Electrolux, have you figured out anything?"

"Not human, but a silver dragon, most likely the Silver Dragon King," Electrolux said lightly, "Based on your memories of the Douluo series and the rules of this plane that I've investigated, as long as the divine realm still exists, she shouldn't come out to cause trouble. At most, she would release those fierce beasts."

"But she..."

After a moment of contemplation, Eletrolux seemed to perceive something again and smiled, "I see, it's incomplete, just a body forged from part of the source plus a soul, not the true body... perhaps attracted by you."

"Me?" Tang San frowned slightly, then thought of something, "Are you saying that the reason the Silver Dragon King expended part of its source and soul is because of my third Martial Soul: the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon?"

"Most likely. With my help, after you obtained the third Martial Soul, its pressure, even the powerful beings on this continent, could sense it."

Electrolux grinned, "This mother dragon probably sensed it and may have sent the fierce beasts to search for it. After failing, she found a way to create a clone... well, it's not exactly a clone, it has the same memories and soul as the original, but in terms of strength, it's much weaker."

At this point, the auctioneer didn't keep the suspense and began the introduction...

(End of this chapter)