Whale Rubber

This was only because Flender knew he was saving up for something, so he had opened a back door for him and discounted his tuition quite a bit.

Otherwise, it would have been several hundred coins less.

And the item Lu Fan wanted to buy was Whale Rubber.

Since he knew the effects of Whale Rubber and was not without the means to purchase it, he naturally would not let this opportunity slip by.

His first soul ring was only around 370 years old.

Over this past year, he hadn't slacked off on physical training, so absorbing a plant-type soul ring for his second ring—something around seven hundred years—shouldn't be a problem.

However, Lu Fan also wanted to try for a thousand-year second ring; at the very least, he wanted to reach eight or nine hundred years.

He also wanted his fourth ring to be a ten-thousand-year ring.

That way, he could stun everyone at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

He wasn't even afraid of being targeted by Martial Soul Hall.

Relying on his martial soul, he could just pretend to surrender; by then, he might even manage to secure the protection of two Title Douluo.

Over this past year, he had thought things through clearly.

Although Martial Soul Hall wasn't exactly a great place to be, the flames of war hadn't ignited yet, so going there to scrape together some resources wouldn't be a bad idea.

It just so happened that after the tournament ended, the members of Shrek Academy would go their separate ways for a few years, and he planned to spend some time in Martial Soul Hall then.

Following the normal plot, it was a certainty that he would break through to become a Soul Emperor five years later, and breaking through to Soul Saint wasn't out of the question either.

By then, he could even swindle two suitable, high-age soul rings from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

As for actually joining Martial Soul Hall?

That was absolutely impossible.

Not to mention that Martial Soul Hall was the villain of the entire world.

Its opposition was Tang San, the Son of Destiny of the entire continent.

Just look at the final Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong.

Many people said that the Martial Soul Empire unifying the continent would be a good thing.

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

Therefore, joining Martial Soul Hall was a path to certain death.

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

It was just that with idiots like Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu around, Martial Soul Hall was truly beyond saving.

But the Douluo Continent didn't necessarily need Martial Soul Hall, nor did it need the angelic Qian family.

As long as one properly replicated the system of Martial Soul Hall, what did it matter if those people didn't exist?

Of course, in Lu Fan's view, such a force wouldn't be Shrek Academy, nor could it have anything to do with Tang San.

But for now, the most important thing was saving money to buy Whale Rubber.

In this era, Whale Rubber was merely an aphrodisiac.

It was something similar to a miracle oil.

So, the price wouldn't be as high as it would be ten thousand years later.

Ten thousand years later, a thousand-year Whale Rubber would be worth several thousand Gold Soul Coins.

But in this era, the price of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber might not even break one thousand.

The price was even lower than that of thousand-year or hundred-year Whale Rubber.

Because as an aphrodisiac, the effects of the ten-thousand-year variety were simply too potent.

And this gave Lu Fan the opportunity to purchase ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber at a low price.

Taking advantage of his free time on the weekend, Lu Fan ran 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 that here."

Hearing this, Lu Fan immediately ran to many other shops, but the results were all the same; none of them had ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

Lu Fan had been mentally prepared for this result.

If this were a coastal city, or a prosperous place like Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, Martial Soul City, or Seven Treasure City, perhaps they would have it.

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

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

However, Lu Fan didn't give up, and after wandering around, he returned to the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce.

The manager of the chamber saw Lu Fan return and quickly greeted him with a smile: "If the guest needs 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 have ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber shipped in from somewhere else?"

The manager thought for a moment after hearing this and shook his head: "Sorry, I'm not sure about that."

Lu Fan sighed helplessly and said: "Alright, then bring out the thousand-year and hundred-year ones so I can check the quality. Bring out quite a few; I need a fair amount."

Seeing that Lu Fan truly intended to make a purchase, the shopkeeper's attitude became extremely enthusiastic.

However, the way the other people in the shop looked at Lu Fan also changed.

"He must be buying it for the adults in his family, right?"

"It has to be. Such a small child couldn't possibly be using it for himself."

The other customers in the shop whispered among themselves one after another.

Lu Fan heard them, but he didn't say anything in response.

After all, him being a child and buying what others considered an aphrodisiac was indeed a matter easily prone to sparking heated discussion.

The shopkeeper left for a moment.

When he returned, although his hands were still empty, he took out quite a bit of Whale Rubber from his storage Soul Tool.

"Please take a look, guest..."

The shopkeeper began to introduce them to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan nodded, pointing as he said, "This one, this one, and these few here—I want them all. How much is the total?"

Seeing Lu Fan being so generous, the smile on the shopkeeper's face grew even brighter.

"Three pieces of century-old Whale Rubber and two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber, that comes to a total of two hundred Gold Soul Coins."

Lu Fan readily took two hundred Gold Soul Coins out of his storage Soul Tool.

He then packed away the Whale Rubber and left.

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

"He has a storage Soul Tool; it seems he must be a disciple from some great family."

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

"Could it be that he really is using it for himself? Maybe he's afraid his elders will find out, so he snuck out alone to buy it."

"Now that you mention it, if you think about it carefully, that's probably exactly what it is."

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

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

He was completely unaware of the crowd's gossip.

Even if he had known, he likely wouldn't have had much of a reaction.

Having left the chamber of commerce, Lu Fan headed straight for a blacksmith shop.

"What does the guest need forged? Our craftsmanship is guaranteed to satisfy you. We have ready-made goods over here too, feel free to take a look."

Seeing business, the blacksmith in the shop immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Upon hearing this, Lu Fan simply took out all the Whale Rubber and said, "Help me melt these down."

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

The blacksmith, who had initially looked somewhat reluctant, immediately changed his expression and eagerly took the Whale Rubber, smiling as he said, "Alright, guest, please wait a moment."