A Bargain Find: Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber

A moment later.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng lay limply on the bed.

The two wore only underwear and bras.

A Silver Needle had been inserted into every acupoint on their backs.

"All right. The Silver Needles will disappear after the time it takes to burn an incense stick. You'll be able to move then." Ye Chen clapped his hands, but his gaze was...

It had to be said that both Ning Tian and Wu Feng had exceptionally good skin.

Wu Feng had a full, curvaceous figure brimming with healthy vitality. Her fair, elastic skin was firm and felt quite nice to the touch.

Ning Tian, meanwhile, was a little Princess. Not only was her skin fair, it was incomparably delicate, as supple as lychee flesh and nearly flawless.

It was soft to the touch as well, with an equally pleasant feel.

Overall, Wu Feng had the better figure, particularly her more pronounced curves.

Ning Tian was slightly lacking in comparison, though she was hardly flat. Perhaps she simply had not finished developing yet.

"Mmm... Ye Chen, don't keep staring..."

Ning Tian secretly glanced over, met Ye Chen's eyes, and immediately buried her face in the pillow in embarrassment.

Wu Feng did the same. Everything above her neck was flushed red, and she did not dare say a word.

Although acupuncture did require them to remove their clothes, they could not help feeling embarrassed with Ye Chen watching them like this.

If Ye Chen merely snuck a few glances, they actually would not have minded.

After all, they had been the ones to ask for acupuncture...

Still, Ye Chen's acupuncture really did seem to have some effect. Though many needles had been inserted into their backs, they felt an inexplicable comfort flowing through their blood and energy...

Their moods had improved considerably as well.

"Haha, then I'll head back first."

Ye Chen was not embarrassed either. After confirming that the two were fine, he turned and left the room.

He had the system-rewarded A Hundred Explanations of Acupuncture, along with his family's inherited acupuncture techniques. He certainly could not use them to raise cultivation, but he could unblock one's blood and energy and soothe the mind.

In any case, once the needles were in, people would feel comfortable and happy.

Well, he had also been quite pleased while administering the needles. It had been a feast for his eyes.

Downstairs.

Mu En watched Ye Chen's departing back and quietly sighed. "Young people really know how to have fun..."

He had not peeked into the girls' dormitory. He had merely eavesdropped...

No, as the dignified dean of Shrek Academy, he naturally could not possibly eavesdrop.

It was simply that his Spiritual Power was keen enough for the sounds in the dormitory to reach his ears on their own... That did not count as eavesdropping.

However, what surprised him was that Ye Chen was actually a wielder of Twin Martial Souls. Even Yan Shaozhe seemed not to know that.

Although his first Martial Soul was only a needle, if his Soul Ring configuration was good enough, it might not be unusable in battle.

Meanwhile.

At the Academic Affairs Office.

Zhou Yi stormed up to Du Weilun's desk and demanded, "Director Du, why didn't you assign Ye Chen to my Class One?"

Du Weilun:?

"Uh, Teacher Zhou Yi, why should Ye Chen be assigned to your class?" Du Weilun was rather dumbfounded as well, having no idea why Zhou Yi was suddenly acting up.

However, out of consideration for Zhou Yi's husband, he could not say much.

After all, many Outer Court teachers had their Soul Tools made by Fan Yu.

Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er focused on research and generally did not do such work. Beneath them, Fan Yu was the strongest Soul Engineer.

Du Weilun even had a set of Soul Tool armor still unfinished at Fan Yu's place. If Zhou Yi went home and whispered in her husband's ear, delivery of his armor might be delayed by decades...

"Hmph. You know Ye Chen's talent. Such an outstanding seedling should naturally be taught by me. Even if I am not allowed to teach him, Mu Jin is merely a useless Soul King. She probably could not even take a single punch from Ye Chen. What right does she have to teach him?"

Zhou Yi snorted coldly, clearly extremely displeased that Du Weilun had placed Ye Chen in Class Nine.

"Teacher Zhou Yi, you may have misunderstood. It was not my arrangement. Ye Chen chose it himself."

Having recovered his senses, Du Weilun spread his hands helplessly.

"Then why didn't you recommend Class One to him? He's a new student, what does he know? Didn't you tell him that Mu Jin is only a Soul King?" Zhou Yi remained relentless.

"I did... But Ye Chen said the number '9' was auspicious, so he chose Class Nine. Ye Chen is Dean Yan's disciple. I couldn't exactly force him into Class One, could I?"

Du Weilun gave a bitter smile. Zhou Yi was truly being unreasonable.

Still, no matter what, he had to indulge her. Who told her to have such a good husband...

"You..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi's face alternated between green and white.

Clearly, she could not accept that she had lost over something like this.

"Teacher Zhou Yi, I advise you not to try persuading Ye Chen to change classes. It would violate the rules." Du Weilun seemed to have guessed her intentions and offered a warning.

Poaching students was a serious taboo. If it were discovered, not even Fan Yu could protect Zhou Yi.

"Hmph!"

Zhou Yi snorted coldly. Too lazy to argue with Du Weilun, she turned and left directly, a fire burning in her heart with nowhere to vent it...

After leaving the dormitory, Ye Chen took a stroll around Shrek City and bought a few things for himself along the way.

Coming from a family of physicians, Ye Chen lacked money least of all.

His Storage Soul Tool contained several thousand Gold Soul Coins, as well as a stored-value card with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins that could be exchanged at any major merchant house.

Ye Chen went straight to Wanbao Pavilion.

Ye Chen had originally been a top-tier guest of Wanbao Pavilion, and all purchases there came with a forty-percent discount.

Of course, even at forty percent off, Wanbao Pavilion still made a profit. This showed just how high the profit margins on its goods were—at least two or three times the cost.

There was nothing to be done about it. This world had no antitrust laws.

Wanbao Pavilion and the other major merchant guilds had practically monopolized the trade of all sorts of treasures, so their prices were naturally exorbitant.

Of course, they knew their place and only fleeced ordinary people.

For disciples of Shrek Academy and other major powers, they generally offered quite favorable discounts in order to maintain good relations.

"Honored guest, may I ask what you need?" The moment Ye Chen presented his guest card, two young and beautiful saleswomen in revealing outfits approached and surrounded him.

Normally, even honored guests would receive only one saleswoman, but Ye Chen was simply too strikingly handsome. The two saleswomen at the entrance could not resist wanting to serve him.

"Mm. Do you sell Whale Rubber here?" Ye Chen nodded and asked curiously.

"Ah, I'm sorry... Sir, all of this month's Whale Rubber has already been reserved..."

The saleswoman on the left looked troubled, her face full of apology.

Whale Rubber was extremely rare. Premium thousand-year Whale Rubber cost at least fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, while slightly older thousand-year Whale Rubber approached one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins in price. Its preciousness and scarcity were obvious.

Each month, this Treasure Gathering Pavilion received only three allotments of thousand-year Whale Rubber, all of which had long since been reserved. How could there be any extra to sell?

However, if Ye Chen made a reservation now, he might receive one share in half a year.