Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 138 An Exorbitant Demand

Lin Yun completely ignored Yan Shaozhe's words, treating them as mere nonsense.

Change?

What did Yan Shaozhe offer in exchange?

It wasn't that Lin Yun looked down on him, but this old Bi Deng himself didn't even have a 100,000-year spirit ring. His highest-level spirit ring was only a black-and-red spirit ring with a 90,000-year spirit ring, which was incredibly weak.

Although Ma Xiaotao is valued at Shrek Academy, she is not really indispensable.

The immortal herb, as the scoundrel would say, is something that "should only exist in heaven, how often can one hear of it in the mortal world?" Lin Yun did indeed bring the true form of the Fiery Apricot, and its effects were even better than those of the Blazing Glue, making it easy for Ma Xiaotao to transform into a true ultimate fire phoenix.

The question is, do you, Yan Shaozhe, have that much money?

"As for Dean Yan's disciple, I happen to have a magical herb that can solve her problem, but Dean Yan should understand how precious magical herbs are, right?" Lin Yun looked at Yan Shaozhe with a smile, and his words stunned Yan Shaozhe and Xiao Xiao beside him.

"I won't ask for much from you. It's an equal exchange: a 100,000-year-old fire-attribute immortal herb in exchange for a full set of six 100,000-year-old soul bones. Cash on delivery!"

Soul bones increase combat power, and immortal herbs increase aptitude!

Shrek Academy has a ten-thousand-year-old tradition, and almost every generation of Sea God Pavilion Master is a level 99 Limit Douluo (Xuanzi: ?). The cultivation levels of the Sea God Pavilion Elders are basically all above level 95.

How could such a power, which has been passed down for ten thousand years, lack a soul bone that is ten thousand years old?

The number of 100,000-year-old soul beasts killed by Shrek Academy alone is probably already in the double digits.

Asking them to produce a set of 100,000-year-old soul bones would be painful for them, but they could grit their teeth and produce it.

The original body of the 100,000-year-old Fiery Apricot is definitely not worth a set of 100,000-year-old soul bones without the Fiery Glue, soul rings, or soul bones. But the Shrek Academy group just doesn't know its value!

For ten thousand years, no other immortal herbs have appeared. Only the original Shrek Seven Devils, who consumed immortal herbs ten thousand years ago, became gods at the same time. Now, consuming immortal herbs is equivalent to having the potential to become a god.

Is becoming a god more important, or is the soul and bones more important?

There's not even a second's time to think about it.

Hesitating for even a second longer would be disrespectful to the immortal herb, but Yan Shaozhe was short of money! He himself only had one 100,000-year soul bone, which was allocated to him by Mu En at the Sea God Pavilion meeting when he took office as the dean of Shrek Academy.

Even this 100,000-year-old soul bone needs to be returned to Shrek Academy after his death.

While it may be tempting, if you were to let Yan Shaozhe impulsively give away a whole set of 100,000-year-old soul bones, Mu En would simply jump out of his spatial dimension and kill him.

Wait a minute, it seems like Moon might actually agree.

Among the current leadership of Shrek Academy, apart from Moon, the rest are a motley crew, a bunch of useless teammates who only know how to drag the team down. Moon's vision is far superior to theirs, especially given that the Sun Moon Empire could launch a war at any moment, the continent is in a state of panic, and Shrek Academy is on the verge of collapse.

If a Soul Master of the Ultimate Flame level were to emerge, it wouldn't be impossible for them to defeat the Sun Moon Empire again like the Ultimate Attribute predecessors from four thousand years ago, but it would certainly be possible to preserve Shrek Academy's legacy and even maintain Shrek Academy's status as the number one academy on the continent.

The lineage is almost broken, what's the point of keeping those soul bones?

Given Mu En's foresight, he might actually choose to extract the soul bone to settle the matter peacefully and befriend Lin Yun. The fact that he could produce two immortal herbs was enough to show that Lin Yun was no ordinary person.

But...

Who told Mu En to be so blind and end up with such a troublesome bastard as Yan Shaozhe?

After the initial excitement, Yan Shaozhe almost immediately rejected the idea in his mind. He had been taught to always be loyal to Shrek Academy and to bring the greatest benefit to Shrek Academy.

Ma Xiaotao is indeed his disciple, but in the face of the Shrek Academy's faith, Ma Xiaotao has to step back a little and use the academy's resources to save his disciple? If it's a small amount, it's fine; as the dean of Shrek Academy, he himself still has a small treasury.

But the first thing he said was six 100,000-year-old soul bones, and he had to equip them with a complete set.

What constitutes a complete set?

A complete set of soul bones consists of the skull, torso bones, left and right arm soul bones, and left and right leg soul bones. All six soul bones that a soul master can absorb are collected.

The limbs' soul bones are one thing, but the problem is that the head and torso soul bones, which are 100,000-year-old, are almost twice as precious as the limbs' soul bones.

Lin Yun's request was tantamount to asking for eight 100,000-year-old soul bones from Shrek Academy.

Isn't this asking for the moon?

Even if Yan Shaozhe felt that the 100,000-year-old immortal herb was really worth the price, he was reluctant to take it out, and he was not qualified to do so!

"Could you... allow me to consider it?" Yan Shaozhe finally managed to close his mouth, which was agape in shock. After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke.

"Of course, even if a deal falls through, we can still be on good terms. As long as Dean Yan makes a decision, he can just come and tell me." Lin Yun smiled. "If the academy is sure about the exchange, I will send a message to the sect and have the sect's Guardian Douluo bring the immortal herbs to Shrek City to verify their authenticity with Dean Yan in person and then make the exchange."

"Moreover, the Guardian Douluo of my Beast Taming Sect has reached the level 99 limit. Dean Yan can rest assured that there will be no accidents during the transaction."

"...?" You call this putting my mind at ease?

That's clearly a blatant threat!

Yan Shaozhe was completely numb, and the few thoughts that had just arisen vanished without a trace.

Regardless of whether the immortal herb is on Lin Yun, Yan Shaozhe felt that it was highly unlikely. Even if Lin Yun was highly regarded in his sect, it was impossible for him to carry such a thing with him at all times.

As for whether Lin Yun's sect has any limits?

Yan Shaozhe thinks there's a high probability of that.

Is it strange that a powerful expert with strength around level 98 could hide by Lin Yun's side to protect him, and that there is another hidden expert at the limit within the sect?

The Beast Taming Sect is truly a terrifying sect!

Yan Shaozhe left.

Lin Yun's words were only effective on Yan Shaozhe. He was a little clever, but not much. Ironically, this cleverness made him cautious enough to devise some underhanded plans, rather than act rashly.

If it were Xuanzi, he wouldn't be so particular. His level 98 strength is enough to give him the confidence to face anything. But if it were this old beast, he might actually try to take Lin Yun away in one fell swoop.

"The bait has been cast, now it's just a matter of whether the fish are satisfied with the aroma of the bait~" Lin Yun smiled meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)