Douluo Continent: I can overdraft the future in advance

Luo Yun pushed open the door.

Before me stood an ordinary wooden cabin. The entire room was slightly bright, emanating from the wood itself—warm, gentle, and carrying an ancient and sacred aura.

Golden Tree.

Standing at the doorway, gazing at the room filled with gold, Luo Yun suddenly had a thought—this was the power of the Golden Ancient Tree. The foundation of Shrek Academy, its millennia-old heritage, was all concentrated in this ancient tree.

He stepped into the room, and the door closed silently behind him.

Luo Yun walked to the middle of the room, sat cross-legged, and was about to begin meditating—

The light has changed.

The golden hue faded, replaced by a pure white, and the temperature plummeted.

Luo Yun opened his eyes, his pupils suddenly contracting.

The room vanished. He was no longer sitting in the wooden cabin, but inside a sphere made of ice and snow. The sphere was not large, about three meters in diameter, and its inner and outer walls were all made of crystal-clear ice, each wall reflecting countless images of him.

The space inside the snowball seemed to breathe slightly, as if it were alive.

Luo Yun didn't have time to think and instinctively activated his Martial Soul Possession.

However, this time, the oppressive feeling that naturally radiates outward when facing any opponent was completely absent from this snowball.

Luo Yun closed his eyes and began to meditate.

His soul power circulated slowly within his body, just like before. But soon, he sensed a change—the chill inside the ice ball was gradually seeping into his body.

He felt like he had turned into a block of ice.

His body, his soul power, his martial spirit, and his consciousness all became transparent, pure, and hardened under this chill.

Then, he felt the ice.

What is the essence of ice? It is coldness, solidification, indestructibility, and transformation—water can become ice, and ice can melt into water; all things cycle endlessly.

Previously, when he released ice mist, ice thorns, and ice blades, he simply commanded his soul power to transform into ice, then launched the ice to hit the target—nothing more. But now he suddenly understood that wasn't the true way of ice; it was merely using brute force. True ice isn't something to be "used," but rather something to be "perceived."

He stopped thinking about how to transform his soul power into ice, and instead focused on sensing the moisture in the air and the ground beneath the surface. Water was everywhere, and his Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was naturally the master of this.

The meditation continued.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Yun's senses suddenly returned from the depths of the ice.

He felt he had changed, and it was a fundamental change—reflected in his understanding of ice.

He opened his eyes.

The snowball disappeared. He remained sitting cross-legged in the golden wooden house, feeling no discomfort whatsoever, but rather an unprecedented lightness.

He stood up, stretched his body, walked to the door, and pushed it open.

As soon as I entered the corridor, I heard a sound.

"If you wake up, just go back the way you came. Go up the stairs and find me in the attic."

It was Mu En's voice, old and calm, yet it reached Luo Yun's ears clearly.

Luo Yun walked back along the corridor, through the corridor lined with room doors on both sides, back to the stairwell, and climbed the steps.

The attic was on the third floor. Pushing open the door, Moon was lying on a deck chair by the window, his gaze fixed on Lake Poseidon outside. Sunlight shone on his gray hair, making him look older than usual, but there was still a light in his cloudy eyes.

"Sit down." Moon didn't turn around, but simply pointed to the chair next to him.

Luo Yun walked over and sat down, without rushing to speak.

Mu En took a sip of tea, placed the teacup on the windowsill, then turned his head and looked Luo Yun up and down.

"How was the harvest?"

He asked casually, as if he wouldn't react much whether Luo Yun answered "great gains" or "no feeling".

Luo Yun considered his words carefully before finally choosing to tell the truth: "I have a deeper understanding of ice."

Moon nodded without asking any further questions.

After a moment of silence, Moon suddenly spoke up: "Do you know what material that house's mimicry was made of?"

Luo Yun shook his head.

Moon leaned back in his chair, his gaze returning to the Poseidon Lake outside the window, and said in a calm tone.

"The previous Sea God Pavilion Master once ventured deep into the core area of ​​the far north. Back then, the far north was even more desolate than it is now, and the core area was almost never visited by humans. It was there that he encountered the Ice and Snow Maiden."

Luo Yun's heart skipped a beat. The Ice and Snow Maiden, the Snow Empress, ranked third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, was the true ruler of the far north.

"A great battle." Mu En's tone remained calm. "There was no victory, no defeat, it was a draw. The Snow Empress disappeared, and the Pavilion Master also left with injuries. Before leaving, he took something from the Snow Empress's territory—the essence of ice and snow from the far north. Although it was only a small amount, it was the essence accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years by the world's strongest ice and snow user—the Ice and Snow Maiden."

He looked at Luo Yun, a glint of light flashing in his cloudy eyes.

"The mimicry of that room was constructed using that wisp of ice and snow essence."

Luo Yun remained silent for a few moments, then slowly nodded.

"No wonder," he said. "When I was inside with my martial spirit infused, I didn't release any pressure."

Moon's lips curled up slightly, as if he had expected this answer.

"The Snow Empress's icy essence is the highest manifestation of her willpower. No matter how strong your Ice Phoenix Martial Soul is, you'll have to hold back in her presence. It's not that your aura is weak; it's that her willpower is too strong. However—"

He paused.

"The fact that you were able to meditate inside for so long means that your martial spirit's origin has gained the approval of the ice and snow origin. Not everyone can do that."

Luo Yun didn't reply, but silently memorized the sentence.

Moon picked up his teacup, took another sip, put the cup down, and resumed his unhurried, calm tone.

"You've been meditating for thirty-seven days this time. For nearly forty days you haven't eaten or drunk anything, and your consciousness has been immersed in the deepest levels of meditation, yet your body hasn't collapsed. This shows that your physical condition is far superior to that of your peers. However, after being hungry for so long, you should go and eat something first."

He waved towards the door.

"I've arranged for someone to wait for you at the inner courtyard cafeteria. You'll go there once a week for nutritional guidance."

Luo Yun stood up and bowed slightly to Mu En.

"Teacher, I'm going now."

Moon nodded, picked up his teacup again, and looked back at Lake Neptune outside the window without saying anything more.

Luo Yun turned and walked out of the attic, his steps light and quick.

The inner courtyard dining hall is located on the east side of the Sea God Pavilion, in a separate two-story building. Luo Yun entered the dining hall, which was very quiet, with only a few inner courtyard students eating. When they saw him enter, their gazes lingered on him for a moment before they looked away.

A woman wearing a white chef's hat sat at a table in the corner of the cafeteria.

The moment Luo Yun saw her, he had a guess.

Luo Yun walked up to her.

The woman looked up, sized him up, and smiled slightly, revealing a professional expression.

"You're Luo Yun?"

"it's me."

"I am Lu Xiaoxiao." She stood up. "From now on, you will need to come to the inner courtyard cafeteria once a week to receive my nutritional guidance. This is Elder Mu's arrangement."

Luo Yun shook hands with her, but his heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough it was her.

Lu Xiaoxiao—this name was only something he had glanced at briefly when reading the original novel, but now, standing before her, all the information about her instantly surged from the depths of his memory. She was skilled in identifying and combining various precious natural treasures, had a strict pursuit of food and nutritional balance, was the top nutritionist in Shrek Academy's inner court, and one of the most outstanding nutrition experts on the entire continent.

Moon assigned her to take charge of his meals, which meant that the academy valued him more than he had imagined.