In Douluo Continent, what is a martial soul? It's like Luckin Coffee.

Chapter 29 Eighty-Thousand-Year-Old Purple Lightning Flood Dragon, Haji Xuan, you bastard!

Inside Shrek Academy's inner courtyard dining hall.

Bai Ran followed behind his uncle Ye Tian into the cafeteria kitchen.

But as soon as they entered, they saw the corpse of a huge soul beast, which looked like a snake-like soul beast with dragon blood.

Even after death, it still exuded a powerful aura, clearly indicating that it was a soul beast that was over ten thousand years old, and most likely no less than fifty thousand years old.

"uncle?"

"what?"

Seeing this 80,000-year-old purple lightning serpent, Ye Tian was completely dumbfounded.

This wasn't here before. Who sent it?
"Hey, Master Ye."

Just as Ye Tian was about to ask who had sent the soul beast, a familiar figure walked out.

It was none other than Xuan Zi.

Clearly, this purple lightning serpent is related to him.

Xuanzi's own martial soul, "Taotie Divine Ox," possesses dragon blood, so eating soul beasts containing dragon blood is of great help to him.

Ye Tian's nutritional supplements can almost perfectly preserve the energy contained in the flesh of soul beasts.

Therefore, whenever there are any good ingredients, Xuanzi will send them over for Master Ye Tian to process.

However, the ingredients sent in the past were all soul beasts that were 30,000 years old, with a maximum of 50,000 years old. Now, this 80,000-year-old Purple Lightning Flood Dragon is enough to serve as the ninth soul ring for some Title Douluo.

To acquire such a soul beast, Xuanzi paid a heavy price, almost exhausting his entire allowance for this month and the next two months.

(You're asking about past expenses? With Xuanzi's eating habits, he was definitely living paycheck to paycheck.)
Under normal circumstances, the corpse of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast is worthless.

However, with the development of the times, important parts of soul beasts can be made into pills, soul tools, or other miscellaneous things. Moreover, the older and rarer the soul beast, the higher the price of its corpse.

The extravagant behavior of those who, like those from ten thousand years ago, would casually discard the corpses after hunting down high-level soul beasts and absorbing their soul rings, once they discovered they had no soul bones, is no more.

To some extent, this is also related to the fact that after tens of thousands of years of hunting, the number of soul beasts has become increasingly small.

In another ten thousand years, even thousand-year or hundred-year-old soul beasts may become extremely rare.

Huo Yuhao: Don't worry, kids, I'll take action.

"It's Elder Xuan. Are you asking me to help process this Purple Lightning Flood Serpent?"

If you count the days, it seems it really is time for this person to take the place.

Since it was within the rules, Ye Tian really couldn't refuse, even though he had already blacklisted the other party.

"That's right. Xiao Ye, just stew the whole snake into a pot for me."

Eating a snake in several ways might make it taste even better, but seasoned gourmets know that only stewing it in soup can lock in the essence of the meat to the greatest extent.

What's more, in addition to being able to eat a pot of meat, you can also drink a pot of soup. For Xuanzi, a gourmand who spends almost all his money on food and drink, this is the most cost-effective option.

"No problem, Elder Xuan. Please come back in three days."

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Ye."

Ye Tian does not charge any processing fees to members within the academy.

Xuanzi naturally wouldn't hesitate to express his gratitude.

"Wait for Elder Xuan."

"What's wrong, Master Ye?"

Hearing Ye Tian call out to him, Xuanzi immediately stopped walking out.

Xuanzi: Could it be that the processing is too difficult and Master Ye is going to charge me a fee? Oh no, I've already spent all my money on this Purple Lightning Flood Dragon. Do I have to offer something else to settle the debt?

"Elder Xuan, could you please look after my nephew and take him to the outer courtyard cafeteria around five o'clock?"

Because he had to deal with the 80,000-year-old Purple Lightning Flood Dragon, Ye Tian had almost no energy left to take care of Bai Ran.

The inner courtyard is not the outer courtyard. If Ye Tian runs around in the inner courtyard and accidentally bumps into something, he will also have a headache.

"Oh dear, I thought it was something serious. Leave this to me."

Xuanzi breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out he was just helping out with the kids. He just happened to be free this afternoon.

If Bai Ran were to go out with Xuan Zi, he would be scared half to death, but within Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi should be quite reliable.

Was he killed by friendly forces at the base?
Those weren't undercover agents; they were outright traitors.

……

The kitchen staff were busy dealing with the purple lightning serpent.

Bai Ran was led by Xuan Zi to sit down in the dining hall.

Perhaps it was influenced by the martial spirit, or perhaps it was a habit.

As soon as Xuanzi sat down, he pulled out two steamed buns from somewhere.

"Little one, do you want some?"

Seeing that the child in front of him was staring at him, Xuanzi felt a little embarrassed to eat alone, so he handed over a steamed bun while talking to him.

"Elder Xuan, have you become so poor that you have to eat steamed buns?"

Bai Ran didn't reach out to take it, but instead asked a question that Xuan Zi didn't know how to answer.

"Young man, don't underestimate these steamed buns. They're freshly made by Dongbao, and each one costs a whopping 21 gold soul coins."

Bai Ran: Dongbao steamed buns, freshly made, 21 gold soul coins? I have reason to suspect you're implying something.

"Elder Xuan, please eat. I'm not hungry."

Bai Ran waved his hand, saying he wasn't interested in 21 gold soul coins, or even 210.

After all, compared to the food my uncle makes, any food sold outside seems rather bland.

"You little guy..."

Seeing this, Xuanzi shook his head helplessly.

Just as Xuanzi was eating a steamed bun, Bai Ran suddenly smelled a sour and foul odor, whether it was his imagination or not.

After a careful search, it was discovered that it was Xuanzi who had taken off his shoes.

This behavior is not only uncivilized, but also unhygienic.

However, to Bai Ran's surprise, Xuan Zi, who was eating a steamed bun, suddenly reached out and scratched his toes twice, while also taking a sniff.

"Elder Xuan, what are you doing?"

I thought taking off my shoes before eating was the ultimate skill, but I never expected there were even more experts out there!
While we were eating, someone suddenly grabbed my foot. That's incredibly sneaky!

"Oh dear, this old man..."

Xuanzi was a little embarrassed; clearly, this old man was used to being unrestrained.

At this moment, Bai Ran could only be thankful that she hadn't eaten the steamed bun that Xuan Zi had just handed her.

Otherwise, he estimated that he would have already thrown up.

Bai Ran: Haji Xuan, do you even have a human being?

"By the way, young man, your martial soul seems to be a food-type martial soul, right? Get some for this old man to try."

Although he went to the Star Dou Great Forest with her last time, an accident happened before Bai Ran could absorb the martial soul.

As a result, Xuanzi had never even seen what Bai Ran's martial soul was.

"Ok."

Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Ran took out a cup of Luckin Coffee Iced Americano and placed it on the table.

It's all coffee anyway, so I'll just have to make do with it.

"what?"

Black drinks are really quite rare.

Xuanzi remembered that the last time she drank a black beverage was in a coastal town in the south, where she encountered a specialty drink called "squid ink".

(End of this chapter)