She gave way too much!
Eighty million gold soul coins, a full eighty million gold soul coins!
One Mora for eighty million, ten Moras would be eight hundred million...
In the original timeline, the auction for the "Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo" only sold for one hundred and fifty million gold soul coins, and that was when people weren't fully prepared.
If it had been advertised in advance, it definitely wouldn't have sold for just one hundred and fifty million gold soul coins.
What the Star Luo Empire wanted was never the gold soul coins, but to dig a pit for the Sun Moon Empire, forcing them to sell a ninth-level soul tool, thereby allowing the Star Luo Empire to study the Sun Moon Empire's ninth-level soul tool.
No matter how good the "Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo" was, it was still just a mortal item. But something with divine power was different; even if it was just a trace, it was still a divine item, representing a leap in class.
"After selling ten Moras, I... everyone probably won't call me poor anymore..."
Zhongli smiled, not really caring about this matter. At most, it was just a bit of fun before meals or after tea.
After chatting with Princess Jiujiu for a while, Zhongli left the Star Luo Royal Auction House with eighty million gold soul coins.
It wasn't that Princess Jiujiu was unwilling to offer more gold soul coins; it was just that the auction house only had eighty million gold soul coins!
After Zhongli left, Princess Jiujiu hurried to the palace to explain the specific situation to Xu Jiawei.
Regarding the purchase of one Mora for eighty million, Xu Jiawei only felt that his sister was clever, possessing the qualities of a hidden dragon and a phoenix!
"The remaining nine Moras must be well advertised for the Martial God, maximizing the benefits."
Advertise in advance so those guys can prepare their funds. If they don't have enough, the Star Luo Empire can always provide!
"By the way, we must secure at least two Moras; otherwise, those people might cause trouble."
In the Star Luo Empire's territory, securing two Moras wasn't difficult.
"Yes, brother!"
After their conversation, Princess Jiujiu left the palace and had people widely advertise the upcoming auction of Moras.
With only a few days left before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Duel Competition, the participants were idle, either eating, drinking, and having fun or training and preparing for battle.
The royal family personally promoting the auction was something they paid close attention to.
Especially the major powers from the Heavenly Soul, Douling, and Sun Moon Empires.
"What, auctioning Moras?"
Xiao Hongchen exclaimed. Of course, he knew what Moras were; he even had quite a few of them!
Now, he only had one left, a keepsake from his grandfather, Jing Hongchen.
As for the other Moras, they were "contributed" to that tenth-level soul tool master...
The true pillar of the Sun Moon Empire!
Everyone hoped that this tenth-level soul tool master could take a step further with the Moras, reaching the eleventh level.
"Xiao, are Moras something very valuable?"
Faced with his teammates' confusion, Xiao Hongchen smiled bitterly. It wasn't a matter of whether Moras were valuable or not; they were extremely precious!
"No, I must send the news back as quickly as possible, or it will be too late."
"Old Ma, return to the empire as fast as you can and inform my grandfather and the Grand Elder!"
"With our funds, we can probably only secure one Mora... this is far from enough!"
"???"
Seeing Xiao Hongchen's serious expression, Old Ma and the others were puzzled.
"Moras are creations of the Martial God, imbued with divine power!"
Hearing this, everyone's pupils contracted, and they couldn't help but swallow hard.
"That's right, the person promoting the auction said exactly that: Moras are creations of Morax, the Martial God, items imbued with divine power."
The person who brought back the auction news spoke up.
"Xiao, how did you know about Moras?"
Xiao Hongchen crossed his arms, looking smugly at everyone.
How did he know?
He still had one Mora on him!
But he didn't dare to say that.
"I stayed at the Martial God's residence for so long; it's not strange that I know about his creations, right?"
"I thought you had a Mora. Sigh, I wonder what a Mora looks like."
Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen almost took out his Mora but remembered his grandfather's words and decided against it.
A common man is innocent; possessing a treasure is his crime.
In this foreign land, if word got out that he had a Mora, wouldn't it cause an uproar?
Seeing Xiao Hongchen silent, Old Ma didn't hesitate either. After giving a few instructions, he set off towards the Sun Moon Empire.
He had to return before the competition started; time was very tight!
At the same time, some people headed for the Heavenly Soul Empire, while others went to the Douling Empire.
Everyone had the same idea: these divine creations must be in their hands.
Some "independent cultivators" were also very interested in the Moras, especially the peak-level experts, who were even more tempted by the divine creations.
This might be their chance to break through!
While everyone was busy, Zhongli transformed into Barbatos and strolled the streets.
Sipping tea, listening to music, life was quite pleasant.
If the country was peaceful and there was no war, spending days like this, idle and carefree, would be a wonderful thing.
You know, on the continent of Teyvat, among the seven nations, only Liyue was the safest. The probability of encountering monsters in the wild was the lowest, and as for demons, that was impossible!
Liyue almost had no orphans. These children weren't orphans; they had a connection with the immortals. Otherwise, how could they encounter immortals alone?
"Little brother, what's so good about tea? A real man should drink wine!"
At this moment, a middle-aged man with extraordinary looks, golden hair, and heterochromatic eyes sat down beside Zhongli with a smile.
Zhongli glanced sideways at the man. With his unique appearance, it was hard not to guess his identity.
Golden hair, heterochromatic eyes, these were the hallmarks of the Dai family.
"Wanting to buy osmanthus and share wine, but it's not the same as the travels of youth."
Zhongli shook his head.
He didn't have the habit of drinking alone. Drinking was something to do with good friends.
As for that wine-loving guy from Mondstadt, let's not mention him.
The middle-aged man looked at "Barbatos" again. Although he didn't understand what the young man was saying, he felt there was something interesting about it.
"Little brother, my name is Dai Hao. May I know your name?"
"I mean no harm; I just see that you have an extraordinary demeanor and wish to befriend you."
As Zhongli had guessed, this man was indeed Dai Hao!
Also known as Dai Huabin, Dai Yueheng, and Huo Yuhao's father.
The White Tiger Duke who secretly joined the army and eventually became a general!
Secretly...
The moment he left, everyone knew.
With the Dai family's traits and martial soul, could he really disguise himself?
"So it's the White Tiger Duke himself. My apologies, my apologies!"