Someone Got a "Tradable" Item!

To his surprise, Chrysanthemum Douluo shook his head.

"Of course not. I just wanted to tell you there's no rush to open jars right now. It's almost dark, and the owner might be closing up. Besides, if we go now, there's a good chance someone else has already opened all the good jars."

"Can that really happen? Doesn't everyone say what you get from a jar is purely down to luck?"

Ghost Douluo froze.

"Not necessarily. I think opening jars is a field of study in itself. You need the right timing, the right place, and the right people. Only at the proper moment can you get the finest treasures."

Seeing Ghost Douluo waver, Chrysanthemum Douluo added, "You should know opening jars costs no small sum... a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins apiece! Do you want to throw that money into the water?"

At last, Chrysanthemum Douluo's words hit the mark.

"Am I, Gui Mei, a man who lacks courage?"

"Absolutely not!"

"What I lack is money!"

Better to believe it existed than dismiss it outright. Ghost Douluo certainly didn't want to throw his hard-earned savings into the water. Still, he looked at Chrysanthemum Douluo and asked, "From what you're saying, you have a way to make sure we get something good?"

"To tell you the truth, I have a book of ancestral knowledge that's perfectly suited to things involving probability. I've simply never had a chance to put it to use before."

Chrysanthemum Douluo glanced around, then suddenly spoke in a mysterious tone.

"What? You know about this sort of thing too? What's this field of study called?"

"Mysticism."

Ghost Douluo paused at that, rubbing his chin as he considered it. "Sounds pretty profound. Come on, let's go study it."

Then the two figures disappeared with their arms slung around each other's shoulders.

"Nana, didn't we agree to ask His Holiness the Pope to lend us some money? Why didn't you say anything in the end?"

Xie Yue suddenly asked.

"You might not have noticed, but something was weighing on Teacher's mind. It wasn't a good time for us to bother her."

Hu Liena shook her head.

"Was it? Why didn't I notice?"

Xie Yue looked baffled.

"If you could notice, you'd be Teacher's student."

Hu Liena said irritably, "Don't worry. I'll ask Teacher to lend us money first thing tomorrow morning. At least enough for you to open four jars and qualify for a double reward."

"Really?"

"Hmph, Xie Yue, do you really think you should be doubting me like this? Besides, Yan is here as a witness." Hu Liena huffed and looked behind Xie Yue for Yan...

But...

Where was Yan?

"Where did he go? He definitely came out with us."

Hu Liena was a little puzzled.

Xie Yue declared, "He's obviously gone to open jars. Honestly, that guy! He didn't even invite us along. Even if we weren't opening any ourselves, we could at least feast our eyes."

Meanwhile...

Inside the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong slowly seated herself on her throne.

After a long while, a smile suddenly appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face, enough to steal anyone's soul. "Hehe, how interesting. Let chaos reign. The more chaotic the entire Douluo Continent becomes, the more opportunities I'll have to carry out my plan..."

"But I'll have to take a look at this miraculous jar shop myself..."

At dusk...

Quite a few people still stood outside the little shop.

Most of them, however, were waiting to see what others got from their jars.

In other words, they were there to feast their eyes.

After all...

A hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins was no small sum. It wasn't something an ordinary person could afford.

Moreover, after watching people spend a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to obtain bizarre "treasures," much of the crowd's enthusiasm had faded.

For instance, someone had gotten a Sky Fruit that could explode...

Someone had gotten Magic Juice that restored soul power...

And someone else had gotten a Molotov Cocktail that burst into flames when smashed...

Of those items, only the Magic Juice was decent, but even that wasn't worth a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins... getting any of the others was an even more crushing loss...

Only a handful of people with substantial fortunes still hoped to turn their lives around by opening jars.

Creak.

The little shop's door was pushed open again.

A middle-aged Soul Master emerged, and the people nearby immediately crowded around him.

"Brother, what did you get?"

"Don't keep it hidden. Let us take a look."

"..."

All sorts of voices rose around him.

"This."

After a moment's thought, the middle-aged Soul Master opened his palm.

It was an almost translucent... capsule?

"What does it do? How does it compare to that capsule that gives you experience when you eat it?"

Everyone looked curious.

"That's hard to say."

The middle-aged Soul Master shook his head gently and explained, "This is called a Speed Capsule. After you take it, it increases your speed by thirty percent for five seconds!"

Everyone froze at first, then their expressions turned strange. "Five seconds? Isn't that a little too quick?"

"My mother always told me growing up that being too quick isn't good for a man."

"..."

"What if this Speed Capsule is tradable?"

The middle-aged Soul Master spoke again.

The chatter abruptly died down, but everyone's breathing grew heavier.

"Tradable? In other words, you can give this Speed Capsule to someone else to use?"

Someone in the crowd asked.

"Yes."

The middle-aged Soul Master nodded.

"Give it to me, brother! I'll pay... five hundred Gold Soul Coins!"

"You want to buy it for five hundred Gold Soul Coins? I offer five hundred and fifty!"

"I offer a thousand Gold Soul Coins. Brother, let me add that the Speed Capsule itself isn't actually important. What matters is that I've dreamed of being a fast man since childhood... you have to fulfill that dream!"

"..."

Clearly, quite a few Soul Masters had a use for the Speed Capsule.

For agility-attack Soul Masters in particular, a thirty-percent increase in speed was simply too important.

Even if it lasted only five short seconds, that was enough for them to accomplish plenty.

"Twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins! Any higher and I really will give up!"

"If I didn't have a personal grudge to settle, I wouldn't be offering this much!"

The person offering twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins was a thin man.

He looked like an agility-attack Soul Master at a glance.

Still, he was right.

Twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins was enough to hire a very powerful support-type Soul Master to help.

"Ah, forget it. Twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins it is. That means I've only suffered a crushing loss of eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins..."

The middle-aged Soul Master agreed to the trade.

The sight left everyone with plenty to reflect on.

As wonderful as these jars were, ordinary people really couldn't afford to touch them.

Gradually, more and more people left.

"Once the excitement wore off, everyone came back to their senses..."

"Xie Yue opened six, the person after him opened two, and another nine people opened one each. Seventeen jars on the first day isn't bad."

"Now all I can do is wait and see how much of a stir Xie Yue and the others cause when they return to Spirit Hall."

Lin Xiao sighed, feeling helpless.

But there was nothing he could do.

There were far too many Dungeon City items, and the drop rate for anything good was far too low. Add the price of a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and it really wasn't something ordinary people could afford.

So it was only natural that few jars sold.

"I'll go ask at the door again. If no one comes, I'll close up and open jars myself!"

"Seventeen jars with ten times the drop rate. I wonder what they'll give me."

With that thought, he walked slowly to the shop entrance and asked the sparse crowd, "Are you still opening jars or not? If not, I'm closing up."