Chapter 64 Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue.
Bei Bei watched Xu Sanshi slip away thoughtfully. Reminded by Wu Xuan, he too became curious about the past between Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan.
"Junior Brother Wu, there are many good things at the Treasure Appreciation Fair. You two take a look first, I'll go wander around too." With that, Bei Bei waved and left.
"Okay! See you later." Wu Xuan waved back.
"Brother Xuan! Do you want this soul bone? A wind attribute soul bone would suit you perfectly." Seeing the two leave, Qian Gu Ming stared excitedly at the soul bone.
"Yeah! Class monitor, didn't the waiter say you can get one free item at the Treasure Appreciation Pavilion every year?" Xiao Xiao also asked, slightly excited.
"No! This soul bone is too precious. Besides, there's no such thing as a free lunch. If I get this soul bone now, who knows what price I'll have to pay later!" Wu Xuan said, shaking his head as he left the display case.
"That's true!" Qian Gu Ming and Xiao Xiao nodded in agreement.
The soul bone of a 90,000-year-old quasi-super soul beast—to be honest, Wu Xuan was momentarily tempted. However, his memories from his past life told him that the quality and age of the soul bone determined the divine equipment he would use to become a god. If he wanted to reach the highest level, he had to do his best to lay the foundation from the very beginning.
The three continued strolling around, seeing quite a few good things along the way, including prepared medicinal baths and pills to aid cultivation. Wu Xuan and the others bought some of everything.
Just then, the Ice Emperor's cold voice suddenly echoed in their minds: "Wu Xuan, the thing on the third stand on your left is the 10,000-year-old whale glue you're looking for."
"Yes!" Wu Xuan nodded slightly and, following the Ice Emperor's guidance, quickly arrived at the third display stand on the left side of the hall.
On the stand was a black crystal. It was dull and uneven, a world apart from the soul bone they had seen before.
It also had a description: Thousand-year-old whale glue. Whale glue is a special substance produced in the brain of a whale, a soul beast. It has excellent nourishing effects on Soul Masters, strengthening their bodies and enhancing the resilience of their muscles, bones, and meridians. This piece of whale glue was acquired by our pavilion; the seller claimed it came from a thousand-year-old demonic whale.
However, generally speaking, the whale glue of a thousand-year-old demonic whale should be golden yellow and extremely expensive. Such a large piece of whale glue is enough to bring about a complete transformation in a Soul Master's body. Unfortunately, this piece of whale glue is black. Based on our pavilion's judgment, it has weathered over a certain period of time and has slightly deteriorated, but it is still usable, only the quality will be somewhat reduced.
The price is not very expensive, only six thousand gold soul coins.
Wu Xuan glanced at it a few times and then accepted it directly. Ten-thousand-year-old whale glue is extremely rare in human history.
The Treasure Pavilion's treasure viewing event will continue until midnight. But after getting what he wanted, Wu Xuan certainly wouldn't linger for that long. After discussing it with Qian Gu Ming Xiao Xiao, they returned to the academy together.
Watching the three leave, an old woman with white hair and a youthful face slowly appeared from behind the counter. All the clerks inside bowed respectfully when they saw her.
The old woman was none other than Elder Lin Huiqun, a senior figure in the Sea God Pavilion whose cultivation and experience were second only to Elder Mu and Elder Xuan. She was also the head of the Treasure Pavilion.
The Treasure Pavilion was an asset of Shrek Academy, but it did not belong to the academy. Instead, it was only subject to the constraints of the Sea God Pavilion meetings. Apart from that, only she could control everything in the Treasure Pavilion.
After Elder Xuan convened the Sea God Pavilion meeting, presented three high-quality soul bones, and determined Wu Xuan's future status, Elder Mu immediately decided to transfer Shrek Academy's most treasured 90,000-year-old wind-attribute soul bone to Wu Xuan. Shrek Academy would never hesitate to invest in talents of this caliber. That's why this soul bone appeared at this treasure appreciation event exclusively for the core disciples of the outer academy.
Giving Wu Xuan benefits through the Sea God Pavilion was essentially a cover-up from all the students. After all, only the absolute high-ranking members who could attend the Sea God Pavilion meetings knew about the relationship between the Treasure Pavilion and Shrek Academy.
In this way, the academy both won over and helped Wu Xuan, without causing dissatisfaction among other core disciples or even inner court students, achieving the best of both worlds.
What Elder Lin hadn't expected was that Wu Xuan's temperament far exceeded her expectations. Faced with such a top-quality soul bone, he could forcefully suppress his greed; even she might not have been able to do that.
Watching Wu Xuan's figure from afar, Lin Huiqun couldn't help but smile. "He's truly an extraordinary little fellow. Wen Hui, you've really raised a good son! Elder Mu will have a worthy successor now, haha."
Half a month after the treasure appreciation event ended!!
Early in the morning, Wu Xuan washed up, ate breakfast, and arrived at the classroom early.
The weather was still very sunny, and the new academic year at Shrek Academy had begun.
Students in each grade faced different pressures. Freshmen had their freshman assessments. Students in other grades also had promotion assessments and more complex courses.
"Bang, bang, bang." Wu Xuan lightly knocked on the office door a few times.
"Come in." Mu Jin's gentle voice rang out.
Wu Xuan and Qian Guming pushed open the door and entered.
The room was already full of people, all core disciples of Class One. Besides himself and Qian Guming, there were Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wu Feng, and Huang Chutian, who had officially become a core disciple. Including Huo Yuhao, the core disciple for soul tools, there were exactly twelve people in total.
Mu Jin said gently, "I called you all here today because there's a special situation I need to inform you about. In three days, the outer academy will be holding a core disciple selection competition. Originally, it wasn't supposed to involve us second-year students, but the academy suddenly decided to let our second-year core disciples participate as well. So, you all need to be prepared."
Zhou Sichen asked curiously, "Teacher Mu, what is this selection competition for?"
Mu Jin said, "You don't need to worry too much. There won't be any punishment for losing this selection competition. All participants are core disciples under the age of fifteen from the outer academy, including those from the Soul Guidance Department. I counted, and there are about thirty people. Seven people will be selected from them to participate in a mission. As for what this mission is, only the winning students will know. Originally, these spots should have belonged to third, fourth, and fifth-year students. But you're lucky to be able to participate this time, so do your best."
Hearing Mu Jin's words, everyone except Wu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, you can all go back to the classroom now. Wu Xuan, you stay behind. The rest of you go first."
"Yes," everyone replied in unison.
Wu Xuan asked helplessly, "Teacher Mu, what's all this secrecy about?"
Mu Jin smiled faintly and said, "I'm just relaying the words of several elders from the Inner Court. They specifically instructed that you must be in the top seven this time."
"Since the elders from the Inner Court specifically instructed me, then I'll be in the top seven," Wu Xuan said, spreading his hands.
"Haha! To be honest, I really like your innate confidence. Alright, go to class!" Mu Jin chuckled twice, teasingly.
"Goodbye, Teacher Mu!" Wu Xuan waved.
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