Treasure Gathering Pavilion! Purchasing Soul Beast Essence Blood!

"Welcome!"

As soon as Jiang Yi stepped into the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, the attendant waiting at the entrance immediately stepped forward, wearing a professional and polite smile.

The Treasure Gathering Pavilion was the largest shop for Soul Masters in Shrek City, dealing in all sorts of items related to Soul Masters and Soul Tool Masters.

Viewed from a distance, the Treasure Gathering Pavilion stood over twenty meters tall, its exterior resplendent in gold and jade, resembling a massive cornucopia.

"Respected guest, what is it that you require?"

The attendant's movements were gentle and her voice was soft, making one feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

"I would like to purchase some beast blood, if you please."

Jiang Yi nodded slightly.

The Treasure Gathering Pavilion was, in fact, an enterprise owned by Shrek Academy; while the items were expensive, they were of high quality.

Especially for the academy's students, there were always some discounts to be had.

"Please, follow me."

The attendant walked ahead to lead the way.

Jiang Yi followed behind her, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding display cases.

There was a wide variety of goods; on this floor, most were special metals or low-grade spirit herbs and medicines.

"Are these all Soul Tools?"

Jiang Yi stopped in front of a row of cabinets, raising an eyebrow as he looked at the various weapons inside.

"That's right! These are all produced by the Shrek Academy Soul Tool Department, and they are absolutely top-tier quality on the continent..."

Seeing Jiang Yi stop, the attendant showed no sign of impatience; instead, she enthusiastically began to introduce them to him.

The attendants received a commission on what customers purchased, and in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, aside from Soul Bones and high-grade medicinal pills, Soul Tools were the most valuable items.

"It's fine, let's keep moving."

Jiang Yi shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

The value of these Soul Tools felt somewhat inflated; they basically started at over a thousand Gold Soul Coins, which was completely unaffordable for a Soul Master of the same rank.

However, the first thing that came to his mind was the White Tiger Dagger belonging to that little girl, Huo Yutong; that was a Level 5 Soul Tool.

According to the market rates here, it would be worth at least ten thousand Gold Soul Coins—she was quite the hidden little heiress.

"Understood, this way please."

The attendant nodded slightly and continued forward.

Soon, the two arrived at the section dedicated to Soul Beast materials.

Beast blood, beast bones, beast claws, beast hides... they had everything, with each item labeled with detailed age and origin.

Jiang Yi paused before the counter for a moment, carefully selecting for a while before finally choosing two types of thousand-year beast blood with wind and thunder attributes.

"This one... and this one, one portion of each."

"Very well, honored guest, please follow me to the front desk to settle the bill."

The attendant efficiently retrieved the jade bottles, packaged them properly, and led him to the front counter.

"That will be two thousand five hundred Gold Soul Coins in total."

"Mm."

Jiang Yi settled the bill crisply, stored the jade bottles in his Soul Tool, and turned to leave the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

As the night grew darker, the freshmen finally finished their first day of school.

The entire dormitory building was brightly lit, with the sounds of commotion rising and falling; everyone had received their first taste of Shrek Academy's grueling teaching style.

In the evening, the academy had privately organized a social mixer, but due to the exhaustion of the day, not many freshmen participated.

Dormitory 110.

"Click!"

As the door clicked shut, Jiang Yi looked at the empty room, already long accustomed to it.

He was quite lucky; the dormitory had been vacant, so he was the only one living there without any roommates.

This made things much more convenient.

"Xiao Lan! Come out."

Jiang Yi reached out and grasped the air, a purple Master Ball appearing in his palm. The next moment, a blue light flew out.

"Chirp~"

The Gale Thunder Falcon appeared, letting out an affectionate cry toward Jiang Yi and rubbing its fluffy head against his shoulder.

However, hindered by the cramped space of the dormitory, Xiao Lan took up nearly half the room just by standing there.

"I've wronged you! I'll see if I can find you a bigger place after a while..."

Jiang Yi rubbed its feathers with a hint of helplessness.

Although the Gale Thunder Falcon was not top-tier in terms of strength, it was his first pet, and he held a different kind of affection for it.

As for Tian Meng, that was different; she possessed complete consciousness and cognition, making her more like a person than a pet.

"Chirp~"

Xiao Lan responded briskly.

Even though it could not understand its master's words, it could sense his emotions through the contract between them.

There was warmth, trust, and a trace of apology.

"Drink this!"

Jiang Yi pulled two jade bottles from his Soul Tool, each containing beast blood of different colors.

One bottle was as green and clear as the wind, while the other was as blue and purple as lightning.

These two types of essence blood came from two thousand-year-old soul beasts and were products refined by the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, typically used for alchemy.

But for Jiang Yi, they were perfect for purifying the bloodline of the Gale Thunder Falcon.

Through his explorations over the years, he had discovered some unique characteristics of the soul beasts on the Douluo Continent.

The biggest feature was that their strength increased naturally as their age grew.

Simply put, soul beasts had no concept of a bloodline bottleneck; once the years were reached, their strength would rise accordingly.

A hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor might not have lived for a hundred thousand years, but a Blue Silver Grass that had lived for a hundred thousand years was definitely a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.

This was the reason why soul beast cultivation was usually calculated by age.

For soul beasts, bloodline talent was more about improvements in combat power and cultivation speed.

According to Jiang Yi's estimation, this might be a benefit left behind by the fall of the Dragon Clan, as soul beasts all possessed some degree of dragon bloodline.

However, Jiang Yi did not intend to delve too deeply into this issue; regardless, the lack of a bloodline bottleneck was a great thing for him.

"Gulp~"

The Gale Thunder Falcon opened its beak to catch the jade bottles, swallowing them whole along with the containers.

The next moment, two powerful surges of bloodline energy rose from its belly, circulating through its body along its meridians.

It spread its wings, and its feathers emitted a faint fluorescent glow, wrapping tightly around itself like a blue cocoon in the process of gestation.

While the Gale Thunder Falcon absorbed the essence blood, Jiang Yi did not remain idle and sat cross-legged to the side.

Within his dantian, surges of Bloodline Power also began to emerge.

This was the unique aspect of the Master Ball Martial Soul: when a pet improved, it would, to a certain extent, feed back into Jiang Yi.

Although there was a certain amount of loss during this process, it could be considered an external cultivation accelerator for Jiang Yi.

As the number of his pets increased, his cultivation speed would only get faster and faster.

However, this also brought about a new hidden danger: Jiang Yi's physical fitness might not keep up with his cultivation growth.

Tian Meng was the best example—

She possessed a million years of cultivation, but because Jiang Yi's body was too weak, she could only seal her origin and integrate it bit by bit.

If Jiang Yi possessed a divine body, she could absolutely push him to the Limit Douluo level in a short period.

But even so, Tian Meng alone was enough to make Jiang Yi comparable to those top geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power.

This was one of the reasons he had gone to such great lengths to intercept Tian Meng.

Downstairs in the dormitory building.

Mu En was resting with his eyes closed on a rocking chair.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes slightly, his cloudy gaze glancing toward a certain direction on the first floor.

"Interesting! What a unique Martial Soul... a good seedling."

Mu En whispered to himself, a hint of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

The aura of this kid was actually rising in sync with the soul beast he was raising; it was truly interesting.

A tamed soul beast that could continue to improve... perhaps the kid's thousand-year soul ring was not so surprising after all.

He narrowed his eyes, thinking of the information he had on the boy, his gaze thoughtful.

"What a lively generation."

Mu En smiled with gratification and leaned back into his chair.

He generally did not probe the students' dormitories, but he had been attracted by that unique aura just now.

However, he seemed to think of something else immediately after, rubbing his temples with a headache as his gaze shifted toward a certain direction on the third floor.

"Sigh, what a tangled web of fate! If I had known, I wouldn't have let this little guy join the Tang Sect; now they are hopelessly entangled..."

Bei Bei was the most outstanding among his descendants, yet he was now trapped by his emotions.

But Jiang Yi was also a student of Shrek Academy, and as the Sea God Pavilion Master, it was not appropriate for him to interfere too much.

"Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own fortunes..."

Mu En shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it.

He himself didn't have many years left to live; he would trust in the wisdom of the younger generation. After all, hadn't he gone through the same thing back in the day?