Whale Rubber

Flender knew he was saving money to buy something, so he pulled some strings and reduced his tuition considerably.

Otherwise, he would still have been short by several hundred coins.

And what Lu Fan wanted to buy was Whale Rubber.

Since he knew what Whale Rubber could do and had the means to buy it, he naturally would not let this opportunity pass him by.

His first Spirit Ring was only around 370 years old.

Over the past year or so, he had not neglected physical training. Absorbing a plant-type Spirit Ring for his second ring that was over seven hundred years old should not be a problem.

However, Lu Fan also wanted to try absorbing a thousand-year Spirit Ring as his second ring. Even if that failed, he at least wanted to reach eight or nine hundred years.

He also wanted his fourth ring to be ten thousand years old.

Then, he would astonish everyone at the Soul Master Tournament.

Nor was he afraid of being targeted by Spirit Hall.

With his Martial Soul, at worst he could pretend to surrender. By then, he could even get the protection of two Titled Douluo.

Over the past year or so, he had thought things through.

Although Spirit Hall was not a good place to go, the war had not begun yet. There was nothing wrong with going there to obtain some resources.

It just so happened that after the Soul Master Tournament, the people from Shrek Academy would part ways for several years. He planned to spend some time in Spirit Hall then.

Following the normal course of events, breaking through to Soul Emperor after those five years was practically guaranteed. Breaking through to Soul Saint was not impossible either.

Then, he could also get two suitable high-year Spirit Rings from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

As for truly joining Spirit Hall—

That was absolutely impossible.

Leaving aside the fact that Spirit Hall was the villain of the entire world,

Its opponent was Tang San, the chosen son of destiny for the entire continent.

Just consider Bibi Dong, the last Pope of Spirit Hall.

Many people said it would be a good thing for the Spirit Hall Empire to unify the continent.

But they had all forgotten that Bibi Dong's true goal was to destroy the entire Douluo Continent.

So joining Spirit Hall only led to death.

Even if he truly were to join Spirit Hall, it would only be after he had killed Bibi Dong.

It was just that with those two fools, Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall was truly beyond saving.

But Douluo Continent did not absolutely need Spirit Hall, nor did it absolutely need the angelic Qian Family.

As long as Spirit Hall's system was properly replicated, what did it matter without them?

Of course, in Lu Fan's view, such a force would not be Shrek Academy, much less have anything to do with Tang San.

However, the most important thing right now was still saving money to buy Whale Rubber.

In this era, Whale Rubber was merely an aphrodisiac.

Something similar to medicinal oil.

So its price would not be as high as it was ten thousand years later.

Ten thousand years later, thousand-year Whale Rubber was worth several thousand Gold Soul Coins.

But in this era, even ten thousand-year Whale Rubber might not cost more than a thousand.

Its price might even be lower than thousand-year or hundred-year Whale Rubber.

Because as an aphrodisiac, the effects of the ten-thousand-year variety were somewhat excessive.

And that gave Lu Fan the chance to buy ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber at a low price.

Taking advantage of the weekend, Lu Fan went alone to the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce in Suotuo City, hoping to find ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

"Ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber? Sorry, we don't have any here."

Upon hearing that, Lu Fan immediately went to many other shops, but the result was the same. None of them had ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

Lu Fan had already been mentally prepared for that result.

If this were a coastal city, or a prosperous place like Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, Spirit City, or Seven Treasure City, they might have some.

After all, ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber came from ten-thousand-year whale-type soul beasts in the sea.

Without the cultivation of a Soul Saint, it was extremely difficult for Soul Masters on the continent to obtain ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

Still, Lu Fan refused to give up and eventually returned to the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce.

When the shopkeeper saw Lu Fan return, he promptly greeted him with a smile. "If you need it, we also have hundred-year and thousand-year Whale Rubber available for purchase."

Lu Fan nodded, but he still asked, "If I wait, can you transfer some ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber here from somewhere else?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment upon hearing that, then shook his head. "Sorry, I don't know about that."

Lu Fan sighed helplessly. "All right. Then bring out the thousand-year and hundred-year ones so I can inspect their quality. Bring out several; I need quite a lot."

Seeing that Lu Fan genuinely intended to spend money, the shopkeeper became even more enthusiastic.

However, the looks people in the shop gave Lu Fan changed as well.

"He's probably buying it for an adult in his family, right?"

"Probably. A child that young couldn't possibly be buying it for himself."

The other customers in the shop began whispering among themselves.

Lu Fan heard them, but he said nothing.

After all, a child buying what others considered an aphrodisiac was indeed bound to draw attention.

The shopkeeper left for a while.

When he returned, he was still empty-handed.

But he took out quite a bit of Whale Rubber from a Storage Soul Tool.

"Please take a look, sir..."

The shopkeeper began introducing the products to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan nodded and pointed. "This one, this one, and these ones too. I'll take them all. How much altogether?"

Seeing how generous Lu Fan was, the shopkeeper's smile grew even brighter.

"Three pieces of hundred-year Whale Rubber and two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber come to a total of two hundred Gold Soul Coins."

Lu Fan readily took out two hundred Gold Soul Coins from his Storage Soul Tool.

After putting away the Whale Rubber, he left.

When the others saw that Lu Fan actually had a Storage Soul Tool, the way they looked at him changed again.

"He has a Storage Soul Tool. He must be a child from some great family."

"But would a child from a great family need to come out and buy this stuff himself?"

"Could he really be using it himself? Maybe he was afraid his elders would find out, so he secretly came out alone to buy it."

"Now that you mention it, that really does seem likely."

"Tsk, tsk. Kids these days really are..."

Lu Fan had already left the chamber of commerce by then.

He knew nothing of everyone's discussion.

Even if he had known, he probably would not have reacted.

After leaving the chamber of commerce, Lu Fan headed straight for a blacksmith shop.

"What would you like forged, sir? Our craftsmanship is guaranteed to satisfy you. We also have ready-made goods over here if you'd like to take a look."

Seeing a customer, the blacksmith immediately came forward.

Lu Fan merely took out all the Whale Rubber and said, "Melt all of this for me."

As he spoke, Lu Fan took out a Gold Soul Coin.

The blacksmith, who had initially looked somewhat reluctant,

Immediately changed his expression, eagerly accepting the Whale Rubber with a smile. "Certainly, sir. Please wait a moment."