Douluo Continent: I can overdraft the future in advance

Luo Yun and Chen Jiyong entered the gate of Jubaoge.

Several girls in matching uniforms stood at the entrance. They were all around eighteen or nineteen years old, with pretty faces and proper manners. When they saw Luo Yun and Chen Jiyong enter, one of them stepped forward and bowed slightly.

"Excuse me, are you here for the treasure hunt?"

Both of them took out their respective invitations from their pockets and handed them over.

The girl took it and looked at it, her smile becoming even more genuine: "You two are core disciples of Shrek Academy, please follow me."

She led the two through the hall and up the stairs. The handrail was made of dark wood with finely carved patterns on its surface, and it made no sound when you stepped on it.

"The treasure appreciation event will be held on the second floor, but you two have arrived a little early; the venue is still undergoing final setup," the woman said as she walked over. "You two can rest in the VIP room for a while, and by the way, would you like to ask if you would like to participate in the evaluation?"

"Evaluation?" Chen Jiyong asked.

"Yes," the girl explained, "The Treasure Pavilion offers a special service to core disciples of Shrek Academy—based on a comprehensive assessment of your age, cultivation level, martial spirit, and academy honors, you are granted a corresponding credit limit. The higher the assessment level, the larger the limit, and the more flexible your purchases will be."

Chen Jiyong's eyes lit up: "There's such a good thing?"

The girl smiled and nodded: "This is a long-standing practice between Jubaoge and Shrek Academy, and it is only open to core disciples and inner court students."

Luo Yun thought for a moment. He didn't need the credit limit; his family's money was basically enough for him to buy the cultivation resources he needed. If he couldn't afford them, then they weren't things that money could buy. But he was curious about the assessment itself—he wanted to know what level he was at now according to the Treasure Pavilion's standards.

"Okay, let's do it," Luo Yun said.

Chen Jiyong nodded in agreement: "Let's do it! What if the limit is high? We'll make a profit today!"

The girl led them into a VIP room on the second floor. The room wasn't large, but it was elegantly furnished, with a long table, several chairs, and tea and snacks on the table. A huge map hung on the wall.

The girl took two forms out of the drawer and handed them to Luo Yun and Chen Jiyong respectively.

"Please fill in your basic information. Someone will conduct an evaluation shortly."

Luo Yun took the form and looked down at it.

The list includes columns for: Name, Gender, Age, Soul Power Level, Martial Soul, and Academy Honors.

The two picked up pens and quickly filled in the forms.

The girl took the two forms and bowed slightly: "Please wait a moment, the evaluation results will take about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea."

She left the room and gently closed the door.

Chen Jiyong leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and looked on with anticipation.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, there was a knock on the door.

A middle-aged man in a dark suit walked in, holding two cards in his hand. He looked to be in his forties, with a kind face but sharp eyes.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." He walked to the table and handed two cards to Luo Yun and Chen Jiyong respectively. "These are your evaluation results."

Luo Yun took the card.

The card is red, with the Treasure Pavilion logo printed in gold on the front.

The middle-aged man explained, "Red is the highest level VIP card at Jubao Pavilion. Red cardholders can choose one item for free each year, regardless of type or price."

Luo Yun gently stroked the card with his fingers.

He was offered one free item every year, regardless of type or price. This privilege was undeniably outrageous. But he knew in his heart that the free things were often the most valuable. Taking something from the Treasure Pavilion meant owing them a favor, and behind the Treasure Pavilion was the Sea God Pavilion, and behind the Sea God Pavilion was Shrek Academy. The academy had already given him a 40,000-year-old Frozen Eagle Soul Bone and pre-booked him the privileges of an inner court disciple. If he took something from the Treasure Pavilion as well, he would never be able to repay the debt of gratitude.

The middle-aged man then looked at Chen Jiyong: "This student's evaluation result is a purple card, with an annual credit limit of 100,000 gold soul coins."

"Gentlemen, the treasure appreciation event has begun. Please follow me." The middle-aged man gestured for them to enter and led them out of the VIP room, along the corridor towards the venue.

The venue was accessed by two heavy wooden doors. Once opened, the space inside was much larger than Luo Yun had imagined. The entire second floor was an open hall, at least five or six hundred square meters in size. Large soul-guiding lamps were embedded in the surrounding walls, illuminating the entire hall with soft light.

The hall was filled with dozens of booths, each displaying different items—soul bones, elixirs, herbs, soul tools, rare metals…you name it, they had it. Next to each booth stood a staff member in uniform, responsible for introducing the items and answering questions.

There were quite a few people attending the treasure appreciation event, probably close to a hundred, since each grade in the outer academy had core disciples. Luo Yun glanced around and saw that most of them were senior students from the outer academy, with a few wearing inner academy uniforms who looked much older than him.

Chen Jiyong had already run to the nearest booth, where he lay down and looked at a gray stone, muttering to himself.

Luo Yun did not follow. He walked slowly along the edge of the hall, his eyes scanning between the various booths.

This treasure appreciation event was of very high quality.

There were at least five soul bones on display in the hall, ranging in age from 10,000 to over 60,000 years, with different attributes, but none of them satisfied him. The first soul bone was 40,000 years old, which was already a bit low in age, but it was only because its attributes and the soul beast were too compatible.

Luo Yun shifted his gaze from the soul bone and began searching for what he wanted.

Luo Yun's gaze fell on a piece of whale glue in the corner of the booth.

The piece of whale glue wasn't large, slightly smaller than an adult's fist, and its color wasn't the normal yellow, but black.

The label on the booth reads: "Millennium Whale Glue, due to improper storage, has turned black and its efficacy has slightly decreased. Special price: 6,000 Gold Soul Coins."

Luo Yun's heart skipped a beat.

that's it.

He recognized the whale glue. The description in the original work was exactly the same as what he saw before him—it was black in color and mistakenly judged to be a thousand years old, but it was actually ten thousand years old.

Luo Yun observed it for a few moments, then took it.

The two walked around the venue again. Chen Jiyong took a fancy to a 20,000-year-old earth-attribute soul bone, priced at 150,000. His purple card limit was only 100,000, far short of the price, so he could only look at it longingly for a few moments before reluctantly leaving.

Luo Yun offered to help cover the price difference and give it to him, but unexpectedly Chen Jiyong refused: "Brother Yun, I know you want to repay the favor for that soul bone from the Freshman Competition, but I've already said that the capable should get more. We won the championship because of you, so you should take it. You don't need to compensate me."

Hearing this, Luo Yun didn't bring up the money again, but he still thought highly of Chen Jiyong, thinking that the guy was a good person.

Back in his dorm, Luo Yun sat on his bed, took the wooden box out of his storage bracelet, and opened it.

I've received the Wan Nian Whale Glue.

The question is, how do you eat this?

Ordinary whale glue can be softened by heating it with fire and then eaten directly, but ten-thousand-year-old whale glue is different. Ten-thousand-year-old whale glue is extremely hard and cannot be burned by ordinary flames; it requires a higher-level flame to soften it.

A higher level of flame... Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix has an extremely high temperature and can definitely soften it.

Perfect timing, tomorrow is the weekly day to suppress Ma Xiaotao's inner fire.