Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber

The Freshman Assessment was something every new student had to go through. About three months after enrollment, nearly half of the freshmen would be eliminated outright.

Xiao Xiao needed to take this assessment now. Even though she had long since become a Core Disciple, she still had to participate.

It was probably to let everyone see Xiao Xiao's strength and acknowledge her status as a Core Disciple, so no one would question Shrek Academy.

At the moment, Xiao Xiao was cramming at the last minute, training desperately and hoping to raise her Soul Power Level a little more.

After three months of training, Xiao Xiao's Soul Power had reached the peak of Rank 24 and could break through at any moment.

That was despite the considerable time she had spent training her body alongside Chen Yuan.

It had to be said that Xiao Xiao's Second Soul Skill was truly useful. Not only could it adjust weight, but it could also suppress the circulation of Soul Power within a Soul Master. It was practically made for body training.

In Chen Yuan's view, Xiao Xiao's martial soul was more useful than those Soul Tools. Unfortunately, it could only apply Heavy Pressure and could not be worn like specialized weighted equipment.

It was worth mentioning that Huo Yuhao had now reached Rank 19. After all, Bei Bei had later bought another Mystic Water Pill from Xu Sanshi.

Three Mystic Water Pills plus one Soul Ascension Pill—if that still could not give him even a little more improvement than in the original story, it would be hard to justify.

Although Huo Yuhao had not said where he got that Soul Ascension Pill, even if he did not say it, Chen Yuan knew it had been used by some stingy bastard to keep him quiet.

Previously, Ma Xiaotao had basically sought out Xu Sanshi once every month. Yet during this period, she had not appeared at all.

It seemed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Heavenly Dream Finger had suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire quite thoroughly.

During this time, nothing major happened in the Outer Court either. If there was anything worth mentioning, it was that Zhou Yi had apparently offended someone and received a major disciplinary demerit from the Outer Court's Martial Soul Department.

Then, the next day, Chen Yuan learned from Xiao Xiao that Wang Dong'er had actually transferred classes! She had even transferred precisely into Class Nine.

Just like that, Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny, still met. However, without the fight from the original story, Wang Dong'er's attitude toward Huo Yuhao was not particularly good now.

At this rate, Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao definitely would not develop a deep connection anytime soon. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill was even further away.

Poor Huo Yuhao still did not know that a dog chain was waiting to be slipped around his neck at any moment.

He just wondered whether Huo Yuhao, faced with Wang Dong'er presenting herself as a woman this time, would fall for her like he had in the original story.

Come to think of it, Chen Yuan had found it strange even in the original story. A brother who had accompanied him for so many years suddenly became a girl, and Huo Yuhao had just accepted it like that?

And that Big White Goose, Wang Dong'er, had become completely unlike herself later on.

Chen Yuan felt slightly emotional, but with Huo Yuhao ahead of him drawing God King Tang's attention, Chen Yuan could buy himself more time.

Chen Yuan had no intention of voluntarily putting that dog chain around his own neck.

After training with Xiao Xiao for so long, Chen Yuan had broken through again. His Soul Power had already reached Rank 46.

As long as he raised it another four levels within the next year, he could become a Soul King before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

Still, those four levels would be somewhat difficult. Even though his Soul Power had long formed a self-circulation system and could cultivate at every moment outside of battle, it would still be difficult.

Chen Yuan was fairly satisfied with his current cultivation, but who would not want a higher cultivation level?

He was definitely going to the Soul Fighting Tournament. Not for the lifelong title of Shrek Seven Devils, but for the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.

As long as things followed the normal course, after this tournament ended, each of the seven Reserve Team members could receive a Soul Bone suited to them.

Chen Yuan coveted that kind of reward too. Even an ordinary Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone cost several million Gold Soul Coins. If Chen Yuan did not like one when the time came, he could sell it or trade it for something else.

To speed up his cultivation for a short while, Chen Yuan went to the Treasure Appreciation Fair once again.

One reason Ultimate Martial Souls cultivated slowly was that part of the Soul Power cultivated by their possessors was used to strengthen their bodies.

From this, it could be inferred that if his physical condition met the standard, the Soul Power consumed in strengthening his body would definitely decrease. Perhaps that portion of Soul Power could instead be used for the Ultimate Martial Soul's automatic compression of Soul Power.

Compressing more Soul Power in advance might not increase Chen Yuan's current cultivation speed, but it would certainly benefit him when he condensed a Soul Core as a Soul Saint in the future.

Moreover, improving his physical condition meant improving Chen Yuan's own attributes. Combined with the enhancement from his four percentage-boosting Soul Skills, he could go head-to-head with a Soul Emperor.

Once he obtained his Fifth Soul Ring, he might even be able to slap an ordinary Soul Emperor to death.

So no matter the reason, Chen Yuan was determined to obtain that Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, which was considered Spoiled Thousand Year Whale Rubber.

During this academic year, he had already visited the Treasure Appreciation Fair several times, afraid that he might not obtain it soon enough.

With opportunities like this, only once they were in his hands could he truly feel at ease.

He had heard that the Treasure Appreciation Fair had received another batch of goods today. He wondered whether that piece of Whale Rubber was among them.

The current Treasure Appreciation Fair was not an exclusive venue for the Inner Court and Core Disciples, so there were quite a few merchants from all over the continent inside.

When he arrived at the front desk, the receptionist immediately came forward to greet Chen Yuan upon seeing him in Shrek's purple school uniform.

"Esteemed guest, how may I assist you?"

"Do you have any Whale Rubber here?"

"Yes, esteemed guest. Please follow me."

In this era, the uses of Whale Rubber were already well known to most people, so the young receptionist did not give him any strange looks.

Following the girl toward the second-floor exhibition area, Chen Yuan saw crystals of varying sizes placed in three display cases in the corner.

The largest crystal was as big as a human head, while the smallest was only about the size of a fist.

There were simply too many factors affecting the price of Whale Rubber: the species of Soul Beast it came from, its age, the size of the Whale Rubber itself, and its state of preservation.

Because of these factors, the usefulness and price of the Whale Rubber here varied tremendously.

The most expensive one cost a full 250,000 Gold Soul Coins. It was the head-sized piece of Whale Rubber, golden in color with a faint dark golden sheen. It looked like a Thousand Year Whale Rubber that was nearly ten thousand years old.

The label said it had come from an Evil Spirit Orca. No wonder a piece of Thousand Year Whale Rubber could sell for so much.

For Whale Rubber, which was valuable yet rarely available, this price was truly too low. It would probably be bought before long.

His gaze swept quickly across the display counter, and Chen Yuan locked onto his target this time: the black lump currently placed in the corner.

It was Whale Rubber produced by a Ten Thousand Year Demon Whale, two fists in size. It had indeed weathered slightly, but that did not affect its usefulness at all.

Huo Yuhao had relied on it to directly increase the number of years his body could withstand for Soul Rings by one thousand.

"Please get me that piece of Whale Rubber."

"Esteemed guest, that piece of Whale Rubber is only an inferior product." The girl hesitated before continuing, "If you still want it, please come this way to complete the procedure."

At the counter, Chen Yuan took out a black card.

This was Chen Yuan's rating at the Treasure Appreciation Fair. Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and most Inner Court students were basically at this same level.

This card allowed him to buy on credit at the Treasure Appreciation Fair up to one million Gold Soul Coins, and purchases received a twenty percent discount. Unfortunately, Chen Yuan did not like spending money he did not have, so he had only ever enjoyed that discount.

The Whale Rubber cost the same as in the original story: 6,000 Gold Soul Coins. After the discount, Chen Yuan spent only 4,800 Gold Soul Coins to secure it.

Inferior Whale Rubber was not anything rare, so the Treasure Appreciation Fair handed it directly to Chen Yuan.

After placing it into his Storage Soul Tool, Chen Yuan planned to find a quiet place to consume it. He was a fire-attribute Soul Master, so he could heat it himself.

"Eh? Senior Chen Yuan, you're at the Treasure Appreciation Fair too?"