Chapter 10: Xingluo Auction House
Fan Yu was slightly surprised to hear that Huo Yuhao's spirit power had reached rank twenty.
After stepping forward to investigate and confirming that Huo Yuhao's spirit power was not superficial, he agreed to help Huo Yuhao with the leave request.
"Teacher, the mental-attribute Spirit Beast I need is hard to find, so I might be back a bit late."
This trip to the Extreme North Land would likely not be short, so Huo Yuhao gave Fan Yu a heads-up in advance.
"Understood. I will apply for two months of leave for you. Regardless of whether you obtain your second spirit ring by then, you must return first," Fan Yu instructed.
"Okay, Teacher, I'll definitely be back within two months," Huo Yuhao promised, then walked towards the gate of Shrek Academy.
"This kid… I'll go see Teacher Zhou Yi myself. After all, taking leave on the second day of school, she's probably quite angry," Fan Yu naturally understood his wife very well and prepared to personally go to the first-year homeroom teacher's office.
By the time Fan Yu arrived at Teacher Zhou Yi's office, Huo Yuhao was already in a carriage heading for Star Luo City, the capital of the Star Luo Empire.
The reason he didn't go to the Extreme North Land first was that Huo Yuhao planned to bid for the Spirit Devouring Dagger first.
This dagger was made from spirit gold. By acquiring this dagger, he would be able to absorb the spirit gold within it with Electrolux's help.
spirit gold could greatly enhance Huo Yuhao's physical strength and the effectiveness of his self-healing. This would be of great help during the absorption of the Ice Empress's torso bone.
After entering Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao found a hotel to stay in first, then went to an auction house in Star Luo City, took out his spirit tool core disciple badge, and checked the catalog of recent auction items.
Soon, in the catalog of a medium-sized auction three days later, Huo Yuhao found the Spirit Devouring Dagger.
Having learned the specific time the dagger would appear, Huo Yuhao had no desire to wander around Star Luo City.
For the next few days, he stayed in the hotel to cultivate until the auction began.
When the auction started, Huo Yuhao found a secluded spot in the auction hall and sat down, having Tianmeng Iceworm use his mental force to alter his appearance.
As items were auctioned off one by one, it finally came to the last item.
"Next is the final, climactic item of this auction, a ranked dagger," the auctioneer said, drawing everyone's attention to the dagger on the display stand.
Some people who hadn't seen the auction catalog were initially shocked that a ranked dagger appeared at a medium-level auction, but upon seeing the Spirit Devouring Dagger, they quickly returned to normal.
After all, this dagger's track record was truly legendary: whoever held it died. Bidding on it to give to an enemy was indeed a good choice.
The auctioneer sighed inwardly, looking at the indifferent crowd below, estimating that this dagger would be unsold again, but still spoke with a smile:
"The starting price for this dagger is one hundred thousand gold coins, and each bid must not be less than five thousand gold coins."
As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, Huo Yuhao raised his bidding paddle, "One hundred thousand gold coins."
The auctioneer was immediately delighted, not expecting anyone to actually buy this dagger.
"One hundred thousand gold coins for the third time, sold!" With the third confirmation and the sound of the auction hammer, Huo Yuhao successfully bid for the Spirit Devouring Dagger.
"Yuhao, you can give this dagger to me to handle. I can help you purify the curse on it," Electrolux briefly awoke, having sensed the aura of spirit gold.
"So, you're trying to steal my person, huh? You actually dared to come out!" Tianmeng Iceworm immediately clamored in the Spirit Sea upon hearing Electrolux's voice.
However, Electrolux seemed to have gone back to sleep and did not respond to Tianmeng Iceworm.
Soon, the auction ended. Huo Yuhao used his number plate to find the auctioneer, paid the gold coins, and took the Spirit Devouring Dagger.
On the way, Huo Yuhao had Tianmeng Iceworm scout the surroundings. After confirming no one was following, he returned to his original appearance.
Upon returning to the hotel, Huo Yuhao quickly called out to Electrolux. The curse on the Spirit Devouring Dagger was extremely powerful, and the malevolent aura on the dagger was continuously impacting Huo Yuhao's storage spirit tool.
Electrolux quickly awoke and asked with some confusion, "Yuhao, you seem to know me. I can feel your closeness and trust towards me."
Tianmeng Iceworm immediately looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise upon hearing this. He had seen all of Huo Yuhao's memories and hadn't found any trace of this gray bead.
"Yuhao, you actually know him? Who is he?" Tianmeng Iceworm asked with some curiosity.
"He's like my future teacher. My Spiritual Eye Spirit is already at the critical point of its second awakening, which allows me to briefly see glimpses of the future," Huo Yuhao explained, finding an excuse.
"Yuhao, what did you say?! You actually have such an ability? Then did we become gods in the future?" Tianmeng Iceworm said excitedly.
"Let's talk about that later. First, let Elder Electrolux help purify this dagger. The spirit gold within it will be of great benefit to us," Huo Yuhao interrupted Tianmeng Iceworm, looking at his nearly shattered storage spirit tool.
"So that's how it is. The ability to briefly glimpse the future, no wonder you came straight for this dagger. Then leave the rest to me," Electrolux said, then briefly took over Huo Yuhao's body.
Huo Yuhao's eyes turned gray, and his entire being exuded a somewhat sacred aura.
After taking the dagger out of the storage spirit tool, the malevolent aura on it instantly rushed towards Huo Yuhao.
Electrolux merely waved his hand casually, and the malevolent aura dissipated into nothingness.
Immediately after, Electrolux chanted a spell. Huo Yuhao's eyes turned pure white, and the sacred power around him grew denser. Electrolux's purifying power then fell upon the dagger.
As the Spirit Devouring Dagger was rapidly purified, the curse on it still tried to make a final counterattack, but as soon as it touched the light of purification, it was directly dissolved without a trace.
"Yuhao, since you know there's spirit gold in this dagger, I won't elaborate further. Place it on your glabella, and I will let it fuse with your body," Electrolux said weakly after returning to the Spirit Sea.
"Okay, Elder Electrolux." Huo Yuhao placed the transformed emerald green dagger on his forehead. Instantly, an emerald green energy resonated with Huo Yuhao's body and Spirit.
As the resonance gradually strengthened, this energy began to cleanse Huo Yuhao's body and widen every one of his meridians.
Time slowly passed. As the emerald green energy weakened, the dagger slowly pierced into Huo Yuhao's glabella, forming a third eye there.
And as the dagger pierced in, the powerful force contained within the spirit gold completely erupted, and the entire Spirit Sea was tinged with a layer of green.
Under the washing of this green light, Huo Yuhao's mental force rapidly grew like a rocket.
According to the grading in Legend of the Dragon King, Huo Yuhao's mental force had already reached the peak of the Spirit Abyss realm, just one step away from entering the Spirit Domain realm.
"Yuhao, I used spirit gold to open the Eye of Life for you. From now on, I will stabilize my divine force there," Electrolux explained the situation of the third eye, then continued:
"With the help of the spirit gold, your body and Spirit have become one. Neither of us can take over your body anymore, so you must be careful in your actions from now on."