Daily Bargain Hunting

After Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, he glanced at the Elite Class students below. Once they had put away their training uniforms and swimsuits, he continued, "You'll find out about the afternoon physical training, Soul Power control training, and so on later. For now, we'll begin the Soul Beast theory lesson. Take out the Complete Guide to Soul Beast Species and turn to page thirty-eight, Earth-attribute dragon species. Today, I'll introduce the methods for distinguishing the cultivation levels of Blazing Fire Dragon Lizards in the Blazing Flame Desert..."

Yu Xiaogang began another day of theoretical instruction. There were two classes in the morning, with a half-hour break between them. Time slipped away before anyone noticed, and soon it was time for the noon dismissal.

Yu Xiaogang stopped lecturing and looked at the clock on the wall. With one minute left before class ended, he said, "That's enough for today. Class is dismissed early! Eat lunch and get some proper rest at noon. There's a new training program today. And Xiao Zhan, stop spacing out during class. By next lesson, I want you to hand in several of the most effective ways to determine direction in the desert at night! Everyone else, dismissed!"

Xiao Zhan had been drowsily listening to Teacher Yu Xiaogang's theory lesson. He had been delighted to hear that class was ending early, but then Teacher Yu Xiaogang assigned homework to him alone, and his face immediately fell. He instinctively stood up and said, "Huh!? Teacher, I'm the only one getting homework?"

When the other Elite Class students saw Xiao the Boss, who usually strutted around the academy so arrogantly, standing there with a bewildered expression, they all began to laugh.

"What do you mean, 'huh'?! If you don't listen properly in class, someday when you go out to hunt Soul Beasts or venture into a Soul Beast Gathering Ground, you might encounter a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast and not even know to run! The rest of you need to pay attention too, or I'll assign all of you homework as well."

"Understood, Teacher!"

The Elite Class students knew that Teacher Yu Xiaogang was doing this for their own future, so they replied in unison with great spirit.

Yu Xiaogang was very satisfied with the effect of making an example out of Xiao Zhan. Sure enough, assigning homework to others felt pretty good. After announcing the end of class, he packed up his things and returned to his office.

After Yu Xiaogang returned to his office and put down his teaching materials, he left the academy gates. He was in a good mood today and planned to eat out. After finishing lunch at a distinctive tavern in Notting City, he began strolling through the Notting City market.

Notting City held a market roughly every seven or eight days. At that time, farmers from villages far and wide, as well as Soul Beast hunters, would come to sell agricultural products and strange plants and animals from the forest. He had bought Snow Tuanzi there last time, so Yu Xiaogang planned to browse this market and see if there was anything good to buy.

Yu Xiaogang carried Snow Tuanzi in his arms as he walked through the streets of Notting City under the mild afternoon sunlight, taking in scenery completely different from Earth's style. Before long, he arrived at the market where he had bought Snow Tuanzi last time. Many people had already gathered there, and the bustling noise woke Snow Tuanzi, who had been sleeping with her eyes narrowed in his arms. Tuanzi opened her beautiful heterochromatic eyes and curiously looked around.

Yu Xiaogang wandered through the crowd with Snow Tuanzi in his arms, stopping whenever he saw something novel to inspect it for a while. If he needed it, he bought it.

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang stopped before a stall selling ornamental Plant Soul Beasts and examined them. Yes, ornamental Plant Soul Beasts—strange, wasn't it? Some especially beautiful plants, after becoming Soul Beasts, had no offensive ability at all. The Soul Rings they dropped after death were only White Ten-Year Soul Rings, their Soul Skills were terrible, and ornamental Plant Soul Beasts with even a hundred years of cultivation were practically nonexistent. Moreover, ornamental plants only became more beautiful after turning into Soul Beasts. Perhaps this was natural selection.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang lingering before his stall for so long, the old farmer running it noticed that he was dressed as a teacher from the junior Soul Master academy and eagerly stepped forward to introduce his wares. "Esteemed Lord Soul Master, which pot of ornamental Plant Soul Beast have you taken a liking to? I dug all of these up from the forest myself. Every one of them is easy to keep alive—just water them daily and let them get some sunlight."

Yu Xiaogang looked speechlessly at the potted plants on the stall. These ornamental Plant Soul Beasts had clearly been artificially pruned and cultivated. The old farmer before him had probably deliberately mentioned digging them up in the forest to imply that they were wild, hoping to sell them for a good price. Yu Xiaogang could only play along and said, "Then introduce them to me, boss. I quite enjoy researching Plant Soul Beasts. It wouldn't be impossible for me to buy a few pots afterward, but I'll need you to deliver them to Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy. My name is Yu Xiaogang. Just ask around at the academy and you'll know where I live. Don't worry, you won't be shorted on Gold Soul Coins!"

In his previous life, Yu Xiaogang had not only liked small animals such as cats and dogs, but potted plants as well. However, the original owner of this body had only been interested in powerful Soul Beasts and knew nothing about these ornamental Plant Soul Beasts without any offensive power. That was why he needed the stall owner's introduction.

The stall owner immediately became even more enthusiastic upon hearing that he had found a major customer. "Esteemed Lord Soul Master, look at this pot of Golden Sunflower. It absorbs sunlight during the day, and at night its blossoms emit a golden glow, glittering like stars. It's especially beautiful at night. This pot here is Silver Moon Light. Its flower shape is exceptionally lovely, and it also glows beneath moonlight at night, scattering silvery-white specks of light! Keeping it indoors can even drive away mosquitoes! And this pot is Dream Butterfly. As long as you touch its blue butterfly-shaped flowers, it can create an illusion as dreamlike as fantasy. Rest assured, esteemed Lord Soul Master, it's completely safe. There's also..."

Yu Xiaogang watched the stall owner endlessly introduce the traits of the ornamental Plant Soul Beasts. Curious, he reached out and touched the flower on the Dream Butterfly that resembled a large blue butterfly. A mysterious ripple spread from the blue butterfly flower, constructing a dazzling starry sky. Yu Xiaogang was greatly astonished, because it was exactly the same as the one he had seen in outer space when he had first transmigrated to Douluo Continent.

Yu Xiaogang guessed that Dream Butterfly could draw upon the most beautiful thing in the heart of whoever touched it and display it. His eyes immediately lit up. Wasn't this the Douluo version of a 3D projection? And a medium-free projection at that! He quickly stood up and turned to look at the stall owner, only to find that the man was also gazing at the dazzling starry sky with an entranced expression. The stall owner then withdrew his gaze and asked Yu Xiaogang, "Esteemed Lord Soul Master! Where did you see such a beautiful starry sky? I've lived for half my life and never seen anything like it! It's truly too beautiful, too magnificent! I forgot to tell you that Dream Butterfly manifests the most beautiful thing in the heart of the person who touches it. That is what makes Dream Butterfly so magical."

Yu Xiaogang said that he had seen that starry sky in a dream, which greatly disappointed the stall owner. However, Yu Xiaogang immediately stated that he wanted to buy every Golden Sunflower, Silver Moon Light, and Dream Butterfly at the stall. He also said that he wanted ten pots of each of those three kinds of ornamental Plant Soul Beasts.

When it came time to pay, Yu Xiaogang felt quite pained. Just nine pots of flowers had cost him fifty-eight Gold Soul Coins. Sure enough, the prettier something was, the more expensive it was!

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