Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 34 On the Correct Way to Get Things for Free

"It's just a three-ring Soul Master, what's so interesting about that?"

After examining Huo Yun for a while without being able to discern anything, Hu Yan Hong, a rough and uncultured man, asked with some confusion.

Just then, Lei Batian, who had been observing more carefully than Hu Yanhong, suddenly frowned, turned to look at Huo Lie, and asked in a deep voice, "A third soul ring from around two thousand years ago? Is this the major discovery you mentioned?"

Although they are all thousand-year-old soul rings, if you look closely, you can still see that the colors of soul rings that are 1,400 to 1,500 years old are actually different from those that are over 2,000 years old.

Although both are purple, the latter is undoubtedly much darker than the former.

While it's not impossible for a Soul Master to refine Soul Bones to improve their physical attributes and attach a Soul Ring that transcends limits, in the current situation, it certainly wouldn't be because of the Soul Bones; otherwise, Huo Lie wouldn't have bothered to bring it up specifically.

"Brother Lei has a good eye. It is indeed a third soul ring from over two thousand years ago! Moreover, Huo Yun has not refined any soul bones."

Huo Lie said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, both Lei Batian and Hu Yanhong immediately narrowed their eyes.

Perhaps neither of them was particularly knowledgeable, but they were certainly well-informed and naturally understood the benefits that a Soul Master could gain by attaching a transcendent Soul Ring.

Moreover, unlike refining precious soul bones, the method discovered by Blazing Fire Academy is applicable to most soul masters, rather than being an isolated case.

In fact, Huo Yun wasn't the only one in Blazing Academy to have an extra-limit spirit ring attached; Mu Yang did too. Moreover, the second spirit ring, which was over a thousand years old, undoubtedly demonstrated the effects of the whale glue better than the third spirit ring, which was over two thousand years old.

However, if possible, Huo Lie would not want Mu Yang to come into the sights of any force too early.

Yes, that's referring to the ambitious Spirit Hall.

Hu Yanhong is a direct descendant of the Elephant Armor Sect, which is a lackey of the Spirit Hall. If a prodigy emerges from the Blazing Fire Academy, Hu Yanhong will definitely report it to the Spirit Hall.

Because prodigies are the future strongmen, while for the Spirit Hall, strongmen who are not under their command are unknown variables.

Even if Mu Yang is just a food-type Soul Master on the surface, there's no guarantee that his Martial Soul might be doing something shady in secret.

Prematurely eliminating talented Soul Masters from non-allied forces, especially hostile forces, is something that various factions on the continent love to do.

Of course, purely academic forces are not included in this category.

Because academy-type forces are merely platforms for cultivating Soul Masters, they generally do not have conflicts of interest with other forces.

With no conflict of interest and its own strength not being bad, it is generally not something that other forces dare to provoke, so naturally it has no enemies.

As long as no one comes to cause trouble, even if other forces have super geniuses, it will not have a significant impact on the academy itself.

You guys do your thing, I'm only responsible for training the trainees. As for which faction the trainees will join after graduation, that depends on whether the conditions you offer are attractive enough.

This is why every renowned advanced soul master academy on the mainland has extensive connections, with its graduates spread across various factions. Some of the best graduates have even risen to high positions in their respective factions.

Immediately, Lei Batian, regaining his senses, got up and quickly walked to Huo Yun's side, grabbing his arm and examining it carefully.

A moment later, Lei Batian released Huo Yun's arm and turned to Huo Lie: "As expected, I didn't detect any signs of refining the soul bone! Brother Huo, name your price for the method to add this transcendent soul ring; Thunder Academy will buy it!"

Thunder Academy is backed by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the three major sects on the continent. Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is not as powerful as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it is not lacking in material possessions such as gold soul coins.

Moreover, since Thunder Academy bought it, it's equivalent to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan also buying it. After reporting this method, Thunder Academy can probably get a freebie by having the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan foot the bill.

"My Elephant Armor Academy is the same!"

Hu Yanhong also spoke up.

If Lei Batian thought so, Hu Yanhong thought even more so.

Moreover, compared to Thunder Academy, Elephant Armor Academy not only has Elephant Armor Sect as its backer, but even Elephant Armor Sect, which is its backer, has another powerful backer.

If we pay for this method and the Elephant Armor Academy shares it with the Elephant Armor Sect, then the Elephant Armor Sect can foot the bill.

If the Elephant Armor Sect obtains the method and reports it to the Spirit Hall, the Elephant Armor Sect can get the Spirit Hall to pay for it, and will most likely also receive a reward from His Holiness the Pope.

At this moment, Hu Yanhong was making his own calculations.

However, Hu Yanhong was unaware that the envoy sent by the Spirit Hall was already on his way to Blazing Academy with gold spirit coins.

The Elephant Armor Sect will be able to cover the expenses for the Elephant Armor Academy, but whether the Spirit Hall will cover the expenses for the Elephant Armor Sect, or whether the Spirit Hall will end up paying for the Elephant Armor Sect but then find that due to communication difficulties, the message could not be delivered in time, resulting in an unnecessary expense, remains to be seen.

"Haha, thank you so much, Brother Lei and Brother Huyan!"

"Speaking of which, this discovery by my Blazing Academy cost a fortune! Ru Huo, please explain it to the two deans in detail~"

Huo Lie chuckled, then turned to Yan Ru Huo beside him and said.

When it comes to buying and selling, there's bound to be haggling involved, which he's not good at. It's better to let Yan Ruhuo, who's quick-witted and better at talking than him, handle it.

After half an hour of negotiation, a price of five million gold soul coins was finally agreed upon for each store.

Lei Batian took out three gold coin cards with a face value of one million gold soul coins and handed them to Huo Lie, saying, "Brother Huo, this trip was rushed and I did not bring enough funds. My Thunder Academy will pay three million for now, and the remaining two million will be sent later."

As he spoke, Lei Batian couldn't help but glance at Shui Yanyu and Feng Zhen, who were sitting calmly to the side.

Needless to say, these two had probably discussed this with Huo Lie long ago. Even if it wasn't free, it was definitely an "insider price".

However, Lei Batian wasn't too envious, since compared to his own Thunder Academy, Tianshui Academy and Shenfeng Academy were indeed closer to Blazing Fire Academy.

Moreover, five million gold soul coins is not a huge sum of money, and with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan set to foot the bill later, Thunder Academy is definitely not losing out.

Similar to Lei Batian, Hu Yanhong also didn't bring enough funds because Huo Lie hadn't given him much detail beforehand, and he was even one million less than Lei Batian. He also planned to pay part of the money first and the rest later.

Without much hesitation, Huo Lie agreed.

We are all people of status. Since we have already reached an agreement, we will not go back on our word for a mere two or three million gold soul coins.

Of course, it's not so much that Huo Lie believed in the two people's character, but rather that he believed Thunder Academy and Elephant Armor Academy couldn't afford to lose face.

(End of this chapter)