Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 175 Golden Apple

Having figured this out, Chen Ping said thank you, put away the red card, and began to examine the items on the display stand.

Gold crystals, good stuff.

The design blueprints for a soul tool created by a level 7 soul master are even more valuable.

In the original novel, Huo Yuhao generously helped Wang Dong buy the Golden Radiance Left Arm Soul Bone, which was an extremely valuable item.

To be honest, for Chen Ping, a penniless man who dabbled in everything but was desperately short of all resources, this situation was somewhat like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.

Well, if it weren't for the fact that Old Lin was in charge of Jubaoge, Chen Ping would have liked to smear his face with black paint and try to do zero-yuan shopping like his black friends.

After passing several more counters that made Chen Ping's eyes water, he suddenly stopped in front of one of them.

Inside the display case in front of me is a palm-sized fruit with a smooth, jade-like skin that radiates a pure and bright luster.

Even through the crystal display case, Chen Ping could still vaguely sense the rich light and vitality contained within the fruit.

Chen Ping had never seen such a fruit before. It looked somewhat like an apple, but the peel had a texture similar to that of a peach.

The entire fruit is a pale golden color, with a skin as thin as a cicada's wing. Chen Ping could even see the tender flesh inside through the skin.

Shifting his gaze downwards, Chen Ping looked at the accompanying text beneath the exhibit.

[Golden Apple: The fruit of the Golden Ancient Tree, which improves a Soul Master's cultivation talent without any side effects after consumption.]

The lower a Soul Master's innate Soul Power, the better the effect of consuming this fruit; Soul Masters with innate Soul Power exceeding level seven will have no effect from consuming this fruit.

[Note: The Golden Ancient Tree flowers once every three hundred years, bears fruit once every three hundred years, and matures after another three hundred years. In a short span of one thousand years, it produces only twelve fruits.]

[Redemption method: None available.]

What a wonderful golden apple! There's currently no way to redeem it.

Chen Ping was certain that this was a treasure that had never appeared in the original work; otherwise, there would be no reason for Huo Yuhao to choose the Golden Radiance Soul Bone instead of this item.

Ning Tian of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could casually pull out 20 million gold soul coins. If Wang Dong wanted this soul bone, could the Clear Sky School not come up with the money?

Moreover, in the original novel, when Huo Yuhao wanted to buy that soul bone for Wang Dong, Wang Dong clearly stated that she could buy it herself.

Therefore, Chen Ping was certain that this "golden apple" had never appeared at the treasure appreciation event in the original novel, and that this was definitely not what was originally displayed on the stand.

Chen Ping stroked his chin.

So, the golden ancient tree in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard can actually bear fruit? And it's an apple tree?
Well, it's highly likely that the golden tree can bear fruit, but whether it's an apple tree or not is hard to say.

The phrase "golden apple" is most likely just a metaphor for the fruit of the ancient golden tree, since it doesn't really look like an apple.

However, this fruit should obviously be useful to Huo Yuhao as well, so why didn't it appear in the original novel?
Unlike him, who was personally selected by Elder Mu to be promoted from black-level talent rating to red-level, Huo Yuhao was rated red-level based on his own talent after showing that his second martial soul was the ultimate ice at the beginning of the second academic year.
Chen Ping discovered the blind spot.

No wonder the golden apple wasn't displayed when Huo Yuhao came to the Treasure Pavilion.

Unlike him, Huo Yuhao didn't have a second uncle, Wang Yan, who knew him inside and out. Wang Yan knew about his innate soul power, which was equivalent to the entire school leadership knowing it. As for Huo Yuhao, some people might have initially guessed that his innate soul power level was very low.

But after Huo Yuhao revealed his ultimate attribute second martial soul, "Ice Jade Scorpion," no one would believe that the owner of an ultimate attribute martial soul would have low innate soul power.

With twin martial souls, his original martial soul, and his ultimate attribute martial soul, the combination of these three meant that, from the perspective of Shrek Academy's leadership, no one would think there was anything wrong with Huo Yuhao's initial slow cultivation speed.

Normally, the cultivation speed of a top-tier Soul Master will slow down between levels 30 and 70. It's not unusual for someone with Huo Yuhao's talent to have a slow cultivation speed from the start.

Therefore, since Huo Yuhao's innate soul power was not low in the eyes of the leaders, this golden apple would naturally not appear on the exhibition stage of the treasure appreciation event, since this thing was not suitable for other core disciples.

Thinking of this, Chen Ping readily raised his hand: "Help me take this out and put it at the checkout counter. I'll pay for it later when I'm done shopping."

Although Chen Ping wasn't sure if there were other exhibits in the exhibition hall that would appeal to him even more, for him, treasures that could improve his cultivation aptitude were always a top priority. Having the staff put them away for him was definitely a wise move.

Even if Chen Ping eventually discovers a treasure more worthwhile than the Golden Apple, he can simply put the Golden Apple back on the display stand.

"Ok."

The young girl bowed slightly to Chen Ping and gently tapped the display stand where the golden apple was located twice.

The next moment, the huge exhibition stand sank towards the ground without making any noise, and within a few seconds it had completely sunk into the ground.

Chen Ping's eyes widened when he saw this; now the exhibit he had his eye on was unlikely to be chosen by anyone else.

For the rest of the time, Chen Ping's visit seemed aimless.

Although that piece of ancient whale glue was very effective, he was now a strategic partner with the Imperial Beast and didn't lack this resource that could enhance his physique.

Chen Ping simply bought another piece of gold crystal just in case, and then reluctantly looked at all nine soul bones on the display stand one last time.

These soul bones on display are all at least ten thousand years old, each one a treasure. Of course, they are also the kind of items that Chen Ping couldn't afford even if he sold his underwear.

Chen Ping could only sigh at this.

Oh well, he can come back to the treasure appreciation event next year. By next year, he should be able to absorb a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, and it would be perfect to choose a soul bone then.

Just as Chen Ping was about to go find Ning Tian and Wu Feng to see what those two girls had bought, he saw Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi walking towards him.

"Brother Beibei, Senior Xu."

When Chen Ping saw the two of them coming over, he quickly greeted them.

"Hey, you kid."

Xu Sanshi walked over and complained, "Back then, you got several Xuan Shui Pills and 50,000 gold soul coins from me. I was taken advantage of so much, and you won't even call me Brother Xu?"

Hearing Chen Ping's clearly biased greeting, Xu Sanshi immediately came over to protest.

(End of this chapter)