Douluo Continent: I can overdraft the future in advance

The three followed their teacher into Du Weiren's office.

Du Weilen didn't say much, but directly took out a silver-white metal box from his storage soul tool and placed it on the table. The box wasn't large, and its surface was covered with densely packed magic array patterns. Each of the four corners was inlaid with a light blue gemstone, making it clearly not an ordinary item.

"You should already know the reward for the champion of the freshman assessment." Du Weiren leaned back in his chair, his gaze sweeping over the three of them. "Soul Bone."

Chen Jiyong's breathing became noticeably heavier, and his eyes were fixed on the box.

As soul power was injected, a circle of blue light lit up the magic circle pattern on the lid, and it popped open with a "click".

A chilling aura emanated from the box, causing the office temperature to plummet. Chen Jiyong shivered, and Su Xiaowan shrank her shoulders as well.

Luo Yun's expression was calm at first, but the moment his breath surged out, his pupils suddenly contracted.

There was an inexplicable sense of familiarity in that aura, as if something was calling to him. The Ice Falcon Martial Soul within him stirred restlessly, and the soul power in his meridians began to circulate and surge involuntarily—it felt like two magnets attracting each other.

He involuntarily straightened up, his eyes fixed on the box.

Du Weilen took a soul bone out of the box and placed it on the table.

It was a translucent, ice-blue piece, as if sculpted from the purest ice crystals. A faint light flowed across its surface, and at its core, a deep blue halo slowly rotated, like a closed eye.

"This is a 40,000-year-old Frozen Eagle left arm bone." Du Weilun's fingers gently stroked the surface of the soul bone. "The Frozen Eagle is one of the ice-attribute flying soul beasts of the far north. This soul bone was given to me by a senior from the academy three years ago, who had graduated many years ago."

He paused for a moment, then revealed the most crucial information.

"Its skill is Ice-type Soul Skill Enhancement—it increases the power of all Ice-type Soul Skills by 30%. In other words, your Ice Mist, Ice Thorns, and all your future Ice-type Soul Skills will be enhanced by it."

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Luo Yun's heart skipped a beat.

Moreover, this boost is permanent; the effect will become stronger as soul power increases and soul rings are added. This is not a simple soul bone; it is a growth-type support soul bone, becoming stronger as the game progresses.

His expression had been calm, but now he could no longer hide the desire in his eyes. He had to get his hands on this soul bone.

Seeing the three's reactions, Du Weiren said, "There's only one soul bone. You can decide for yourselves who gets it. The academy won't interfere."

Luo Yun took a deep breath and turned to look at Chen Jiyong and Su Xiaowan. The two of them were also looking at him.

Chen Jiyong grinned first: "Brother Yun, this one's yours. It's ice-type, so it's perfect for you."

Su Xiaowan nodded: "You're the main player, it's only right that you get it."

Luo Yun did not refuse, but his tone was sincere: "This soul bone is indeed very useful to me, and I need it. But I won't take it for free. I will compensate you with spiritual herbs, pills, or gold soul coins. We'll discuss it further once I've come up with a plan."

Chen Jiyong waved his hand: "Brother Yun, what are you saying? We wouldn't have won this championship without you. No need for compensation or anything."

Su Xiaowan also shook her head: "You deserve the most credit, this is what you deserve."

Looking at them, Luo Yun felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He didn't refuse anymore, but still decided to prepare some other cultivation resources to compensate them.

Stepping out of the office building, the sun was shining brightly. Chen Jiyong walked ahead, muttering "I'm the champion," his steps practically breezy. Su Xiaowan followed behind, her steps lighter than usual.

The three returned to the teaching building, where Zhou Yi was already waiting downstairs. Leaning against a doorpost with her arms crossed, she saw them approaching and said, "Come with me."

Arrived at Zhou Yi's office.

Zhou Yi's office was small, with a desk, a chair, and a cup of tea that had gone cold next to it.

She sat down behind her desk, took out a gray-blue cloth bag from the drawer, untied it, and placed a soul bone on the table.

The soul bone was pale green and translucent, as if it were carved from jade, with a soft glow flowing across its surface.

"This is the right leg bone of a five-thousand-year-old medicinal spirit deer." Zhou Yi's tone was still the same as always. "Medicinal spirit deer are relatively rare life-type soul beasts, containing pure life energy. The skills of this soul bone are status recovery and acceleration."

Chen Jiyong and Su Xiaowan's eyes lit up.

"When you unleash a Soul Bone skill, the Soul Bone will automatically release life energy to accelerate recovery. It will also increase your movement speed, providing you with an extra layer of protection." Zhou Yi tapped the surface of the Soul Bone lightly with her fingers. "Although this Soul Bone isn't very old, its skill isn't limited by attribute; it can be used with ice, earth, and fire."

She leaned back in her chair, looking at the three of them: "Now, you can decide for yourselves which side you belong to."

The office fell silent.

Chen Jiyong looked at the pale green soul bone, a flicker of longing in his eyes, but he didn't reach out. After a few seconds of silence, he turned to look at Su Xiaowan.

"Xiao Wan, here, take this one."

Su Xiaowan was taken aback: "For me?"

"Hmm." Chen Jiyong nodded, his tone much more serious than usual. "I'm an earth elementalist, so I'm not really suited for acceleration."

He paused, scratched his head, and said, "My martial spirit is Earth Chess. Earth Wall and Earth Meteor are for stationary output or controlling the entire field, so I don't need to move around much. Besides, I have Earth Wall to block damage, so status recovery isn't that important to me. You're different."

He looked at Su Xiaowan with a sincere gaze.

"You rely on speed and burst damage. The speed boost and recovery from the Spirit Deer are like two lives for you—you can run faster and recover quickly after a fight. Your Spirit Fire Cat is considered one of the weaker physical martial souls among beast martial souls, but with recovery, your margin for error is much higher."

Su Xiaowan opened her mouth, as if to say something, but then swallowed it back. She lowered her head, looking at the pale green soul bone on the table, and remained silent for a long while.

Luo Yun didn't interrupt. He knew Chen Jiyong was telling the truth. Giving the right leg bone of the Medicinal Spirit Deer to Su Xiaowan would indeed be the most beneficial. Acceleration and status recovery are core attributes for agility-based attackers. He himself already possessed the 40,000-year-old Frozen Eagle Soul Bone. Chen Jiyong's Earthly Chess Formation was primarily defensive and control-oriented, focusing on stationary combat, so acceleration would only offer limited improvement for him.

"I have no objection," Luo Yun said. "Giving the Medicinal Spirit Deer to Su Xiaowan is the most reasonable allocation."

Su Xiaowan raised her head, looked at Luo Yun, and then at Chen Jiyong. Her eyes were slightly red, but she quickly suppressed it.

"...Thank you." Her voice was very soft.

Chen Jiyong grinned: "What are you thanking me for? We're on the same team. Giving the soul bone to the most suitable person is only natural."

After they finished discussing, Zhou Yi took out three timetables from the drawer and handed them over.

"The course schedule after the class division will begin tomorrow with classes in the new classes."

She glanced at Luo Yun: "You're in Class 1, the offensive and control types."

He glanced at Chen Jiyong again: "You're in Class One too."

Finally, he looked at Su Xiaowan: "You're in Class Two, the Agility/Attack type."

She had mentioned to Luo Yun before that after competing with other offensive-type Soul Masters in real combat, she still felt that she was more suited to the agility-type fighting style, and this class assignment just happened to suit her wishes.

Zhou Yi waved her hand, indicating that they could leave.

The three of them walked out of the office and down the corridor toward the outside of the teaching building.

When he reached the entrance of the teaching building, Chen Jiyong stopped and turned around.

"We'll be in different classes from now on, so we won't be taking classes together anymore."

Su Xiaowan said calmly, "It's not like we'll never see each other again. We can always bump into each other in the cafeteria."

"That's true." Chen Jiyong chuckled. "See you in the cafeteria then!"