In the end, Chen Yuan decided to sell the Soul Bone to the Treasure Appreciation Fair.
If he took it to auction, unless he ran into some sucker, it definitely would not fetch a higher price. At the end of the day, it was only a ten-year Torso Bone.
Afterward, Chen Yuan and the other two took another lap around the Treasure Appreciation Fair, but none of them found anything they wanted.
The ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber Huo Yuhao had picked up for cheap did not appear here.
Maybe this was an Inner Court exclusive event? So that piece of weathered thousand-year Whale Rubber was not worthy of appearing here?
Or perhaps that Whale Rubber had not fallen into the Treasure Appreciation Fair's hands yet?
They did not even see the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone.
Seeing there was nothing left to pick up for cheap and nothing they needed, the three immediately headed back.
The next day, Chen Yuan arrived at the New Student Registration Office early. This morning should have been when Wang Dong came to register.
Huo Yuhao had met Wang Dong only after breakfast, after chatting with Bei Bei for a while, and then returning to the dormitory.
Going by the timing, it should have been around now.
Even for new student registration, this was far too early. There were barely any students responsible for registration at the office.
"Hm? Someone's here."
The Second Grade junior had just put down his breakfast and stood up when Chen Yuan pressed him back down.
"I'll do it. Finish your breakfast first."
The newcomer had delicate features, fair skin, and short pink-blue hair. What was even stranger was that her eyes were pink-blue as well.
She held her head high, exposing her fair, slender neck. She looked exceptionally proud, too lazy to spare the other people at the registration office even an extra glance.
Chen Yuan had to admit that this person was indeed far more handsome than him, Bei Bei, or Xu Sanshi.
Wait? Why was he using handsome to describe a girl?
Wasn't this just a silly Big White Goose?
Chen Yuan felt as though his brain had short-circuited.
Taking the letter of introduction Wang Dong had tossed onto the table, Chen Yuan felt somewhat displeased. She truly had no manners at all. Was she not afraid of running into someone with a bad temper?
Then again, Wang Dong really did not need to be afraid.
"Wang Dong, level 21. Martial Soul: Light Goddess Butterfly."
Wang Dong nodded, indicating that her information was correct.
Level 21. Her Martial Soul had Awakened early at the age of three. Excluding the Soul Power provided by Soul Rings, she had risen nine levels in nine years, averaging one level per year.
She was even lazier than Xiao Xiao.
If Chen Yuan had not Awakened his Martial Soul only after turning eight, he might already have become a Soul King! Dali Gu could have undergone Dragon Fighting Evolution too!
Seeing this, Chen Yuan rubbed his forehead and stopped himself from lamenting the unfairness of fate.
Unfortunately, everything had already been assigned its price in the unseen order of things.
Looking at Wang Dong, Chen Yuan thought that perhaps he should not interfere with her class assignment after all and let Wang Dong go to Zhou Yi's side.
With Wang Dong's temper, without Huo Yuhao around, she would definitely blow up with Zhou Yi within a few days.
That was settled, then!
Huo Yuhao was no longer in Class One anyway. As long as Wang Dong was assigned to the Female Dormitory, it would be difficult for the two to have any contact during the early stages.
"Here's your dormitory key. Oh, right, the third floor and below are the Male Dormitory. Although the school rules do not explicitly state it, girls should not casually enter the Male Dormitory."
"Hah? Look carefully! I'm a boy! A boy!"
At the mention of the Female Dormitory, Wang Dong seemed to have had a sore spot stabbed. Her entire body bristled like an angry cat.
"Junior sister, why don't you read the name of your Martial Soul again?"
"Light Goddess Butterfly. What about it?"
Though she did not understand why Chen Yuan wanted her to repeat the name of her Martial Soul, Wang Dong still did as she was told.
"Goddess Butterfly, Goddess Butterfly. This Martial Soul only appears randomly in exceptionally beautiful girls. And you're telling me you're a boy? Do you take me for an illiterate?"
On the Douluo Continent, even teachers at Soul Master Academy rarely knew this kind of knowledge. There was no other reason than strength being paramount; no one cared about this sort of information.
Only certain dedicated researchers understood knowledge related to Martial Souls.
As soon as Chen Yuan said this, not only Wang Dong but also several Second and Third Grade students eating behind them blushed in embarrassment.
Chen Yuan's line about being taken for an illiterate had hit everyone in the area. It was better not to make a sound right now.
They could not exactly say they did not know and expose themselves as illiterates, could they?
"Get yourself to the Female Dormitory properly!"
"A girl wants to live in the Male Dormitory? Would your family allow it? Do you even understand self-respect and self-love?"
"You...! I...!"
Unable to say a single word, Wang Dong's eyes filled with tears. She forcibly held them back, grabbed the dormitory key from the table, and ran out of the New Student Registration Office.
Seeing this, the people behind them nearly exploded into an uproar.
That good-looking boy was actually a girl!
By around that afternoon, word had spread like wildfire that a girl wanted to disguise herself as a boy and move into the Male Dormitory.
However, aside from those involved, no one knew who the protagonist of the incident was.
They only knew that she was rather pretty.
Of course, it was all just gossip.
That afternoon, Xiao Xiao skipped into the New Student Registration Office and walked up to Chen Yuan under the gazes of the other students.
"Senior! I'm here! Hurry up and take me to the Beast Fighting Arena!"
Xiao Xiao could no longer wait to obtain her second Soul Ring.
After informing the others here, Chen Yuan left the New Student Registration Office with Xiao Xiao and headed toward the Beast Fighting Arena.
"The academy's Beast Fighting Zone is mainly divided into two sections. One is a place specifically for raising Soul Beasts, which students cannot see. It is called the Beast Pen."
"The other section is the Beast Fighting Arena."
"When you advance from First Grade to Second Grade, your promotion assessment will involve fighting Soul Beasts in the Beast Fighting Arena."
"Oh, I see. But isn't it a little too early for you to tell me this, Senior? I'm still a new student."
"It's not too early. You're already a designated Core Disciple, and barring any surprises, you'll definitely enter the Inner Court."
"Just don't tell anyone else, or Du Weilun will definitely give me an earful."
"By the way, have you decided what kind of Soul Beast you want?"
"The Beast Pen has basically every type of Soul Beast. Rare Soul Beasts are a little difficult to get, though. Those are Elder Gong's treasures."
Thinking of the Soul Ring combinations for Xiao Xiao's two Martial Souls in the original story gave Chen Yuan a headache.
Instead of using her perfectly good Cauldron for power attacks, she had gone for control.
The Soul Skills of the Nine-Phoenix Flute were basically all debuffs for enemies. Calling it a support Martial Soul would not be wrong either.
If Xiao Xiao wanted offensive power later, she only needed to choose a Soul Beast with soundwave-type offensive Soul Skills. Of course, Soul Beasts with phoenix bloodlines should still take priority.
Moreover, the names of Xiao Xiao's two Martial Souls, Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Nine-Phoenix Flute, sounded incredibly impressive.
Fortunately, there was still time to change things.
"I haven't decided. Do you have any recommendations, Senior?"
"Weight. Stack as much weight as possible."
Chen Yuan answered without hesitation.
"Huh? But my Martial Soul mutated, and my Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron was originally focused mainly on offense and defense."
"Shouldn't I continue emphasizing those aspects?"
Great, another illiterate.
In the original story, even Zhou Yi, a teacher, could say that the Soul Suppressing Cauldron's primary function was support. What insight could one expect from Xiao Xiao, a one-ring Soul Master?
The Soul Suppressing Cauldron could provide support? How? What buffs could it provide? Or could it inflict debuffs?
Was knocking opponents unconscious considered support too?
Compared to Zhou Yi, Chen Yuan felt that Yu Xiaogang was practically a truly excellent teacher.
"You can control your Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron with Spiritual Power, and you have three Cauldrons. Developing toward the Power Attack System is the better direction."
"A Cauldron's primary ability is suppression. It won't work without enough weight."
"If it is heavy enough, even the shockwave from smashing down can kill someone."
"Or you could try absorbing a spiritual-attribute Soul Ring to let the Soul Suppressing Cauldron shake souls and become worthy of its name, but there's a high chance it would become a mishmash. I don't recommend it."
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