Chapter 83: Another Plunder Treasure Chest

Shi Quan naturally had no interest in window shopping; he searched along the way for a full hour before finally discovering that special shop.

The hanging sign was carved with a circular mark, depicting a sword, a hammer, and a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, exactly the same as described in the original work.

The shop door was open.

Before even walking inside, Shi Quan had already sensed the special energy fluctuations within; it was the soul power fluctuation of a Soul Guidance Device.

The shop was very spacious, with no counters and no shelves; all the items were hung and displayed on the three walls.

In front of the inner wall was a recliner, and a figure was lying leisurely upon it. From the feedback of his Spirit Sense, that face, which bore a slight resemblance to the sole of a shoe, left no room for guessing: this person was none other than the Dean of Shrek Academy, Flender.

Hearing the *tap-tap-tap* of the wooden stick on the floor, Flender on the recliner finally opened his eyes, lying there and sizing up Shi Quan with great interest.

Shi Quan did not use the Phantom Concealment Mask to hide his soul power fluctuations. Although Flender could not see through Shi Quan's specific strength, he could tell from the soul power fluctuations radiating from Shi Quan that he was a Spirit Master.

A blind Spirit Master—even with Flender's extensive experience, this was his first time seeing one, and he could not help but feel a bit curious.

While Flender was sizing up Shi Quan, Shi Quan's head had already turned toward a piece of crystal the size of a human head by the wall.

This crystal was transparent in itself, but it contained large patches of dark yellow impurities; it was precisely the slab crystal that Tang San purchased in the original work.

"Boss, how much for this crystal?" Shi Quan raised his hand and touched the slab crystal on the wall.

"One hundred Gold Soul Coins." Flender looked at Shi Quan with interest, thinking to himself, "Not blind?"

But the problem was that there was indeed a strip of cloth tied over Shi Quan's eyes. Even if he weren't blind, with the cloth blocking his vision, he shouldn't be able to see; yet, how did Shi Quan know there was a crystal by the wall?

Shi Quan looked at Flender with interest and asked, "Boss, this price won't change, will it?"

Flender raised an eyebrow, feeling that things did not seem simple, and asked, "Little friend, who sent you here?"

"Boss, what do you mean by that?"

"Not talking?" Flender closed his eyes, lay back down, and said indifferently, "Five hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"Boss, don't bully me just because I'm blind. It was just one hundred a moment ago, how did it become five hundred now?"

"I saw it wrong just now," Flender said lazily.

Shi Quan raised his hand to touch the slab crystal and said, "Then are you sure now?"

"You mean this one? This one is one thousand. I am very sure. If you want it, you can take it once you pay."

Hearing Flender's words, Shi Quan could not help but be speechless.

This Flender was truly cunning and treacherous; in the original work, he charged Tang San at most five hundred Gold Soul Coins, but with him, it had become one thousand.

He only had himself to blame for being too clever for his own good, asking one extra question for no reason, which made Flender think someone had deliberately sent him to cause trouble.

"Fine." Shi Quan took one thousand Gold Soul Coins from the Hundred Treasure Bag inside his clothes and tossed them to Flender.

Flender reached out and caught the one thousand Gold Soul Coins tossed to him. Only then did he open his eyes again, looking at Shi Quan with a strange expression, thinking to himself, "Could this kid be deliberately sending me money? Buying such a piece of rotten crystal for one thousand Gold Soul Coins?"

He shook the money bag in his hand, hearing the sound of the Gold Soul Coins clashing inside, and the corners of Flender's mouth could not help but lift into a smile. "No problem, that crystal is yours."

To him, there was no guilt in scamming a blind person.

Hearing Flender say this, Shi Quan immediately raised his hand and hugged the crystal to his chest.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the slab crystal, triggering the Plunder Treasure Chest. It has been opened for the host. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Millennium Soul Ring Age."

Hearing the sound from the system, a smile also appeared at the corners of Shi Quan's mouth.

It turned out that as long as he snatched Tang San's things, he could trigger a reward.

But what exactly was this Millennium Soul Ring Age?

After getting the slab crystal and triggering the Plunder Treasure Chest, Shi Quan turned and left directly. After walking out the door and taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he put the slab crystal into his Hundred Treasure Bag and immediately summoned his Storage Space.

In the last grid of the Storage Space, there was an extra cluster of golden light flickering.

Millennium Soul Ring Age: A gift from the gods. After absorption, it can increase the age of a soul ring by one thousand years.

Note: This item is a one-time consumable and can only be designated for one soul ring to absorb; it cannot be divided.

One thousand Gold Soul Coins in exchange for one thousand years of soul ring age—no matter how he thought about it, it was a profit.

Fortunately, Shi Quan was not short of money; he could still afford these one thousand Gold Soul Coins. However, since Flender had scammed him, he would have to find an opportunity to scam him back.

Returning to the hotel, Shi Quan immediately absorbed the reward from this Plunder Treasure Chest, adding the millennium soul ring age to the second soul ring of his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

The first soul ring of the Blue Silver Grass was a hundred-year one; adding a millennium would change its color, and the third soul ring was already nine thousand years, so the second soul ring was the best choice.

With the millennium age added, after a simple test by Shi Quan, although the age had doubled, the Hardening ability only increased by about ten percent compared to before. Although it wasn't much, it could be considered a gain.

From the current situation, the quality of the Plunder Treasure Chest's reward was related to the item plundered, and the rewarded item also seemed to have a certain connection to the plundered object.

Since even the slab crystal could yield a reward, then his plundering of the Eight Spider Lances treasure chest was almost a certainty.

However, he would have to look at the specific planning process.

For the next two days, Shi Quan practiced peacefully in the Mei Gui Jiu Dian.

It wasn't until two days later.

Roar!

The sound of a fierce tiger roaring came from downstairs.

While practicing, Shi Quan followed suit, a smile at the corners of his mouth, and rose to leave the room, silently arriving at a corner of the first-floor lobby.

"Your martial soul is just Blue Silver Grass?"

"There are no trash martial souls, only trash Spirit Masters."

Listening to the two of them talking, a mocking smile could not help but appear at the corners of Shi Quan's mouth; Tang San's blind trust in the Master was truly something.

Even though he had confronted them so harshly when he left, intending to sow discord between the two, judging by the current situation, Tang San still seemed to have the same trust in the Master.

Shi Quan watched their battle quietly from the side.

The scene of their battle was still vastly different from the original work. Perhaps because of Shi Quan, Tang San had a deeper understanding of the use of Blue Silver Grass and had begun to combine Blue Silver Grass with his Martial Arts.

In the original work, Tang San only realized this after the blow of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Because of Shi Quan, Tang San had thought of this point in advance.

Actually, logically speaking, such a simple thing as combining martial arts and martial souls—for Tang San to need a setback to think of it as the male lead, one didn't know if it was to highlight his frustrations or if he was just inflexible.

Because Tang San combined his martial soul with martial arts, Dai Mubai had not been able to gain any advantage against Tang San from the very beginning.

It was not until he released his Third Soul Skill that Dai Mubai finally leveled the playing field and pushed Tang San onto the defensive.

After gaining the advantage, Dai Mubai did not press his attack; instead, he retracted his martial soul and chose to leave.

"I think we will meet again soon. If anyone gives you trouble at Shrek Academy, just mention the name of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, Dai Mubai."

After Dai Mubai finished speaking, he put his arms around the twin beauties and walked out of the hotel.

"Are you alright, sir?"

Seeing Dai Mubai leave, the hotel manager sent people to take control of the scene, and upon seeing Shi Quan sitting in the corner, he immediately had the new waiter go to ask about Shi Quan's situation.

Meanwhile, the hotel manager himself went to attend to Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"I'm fine."

Although the battle between Tang San and Dai Mubai had left the lobby in a mess, the area around Shi Quan remained unaffected.

Seeing that the excitement had ended so quickly, Shi Quan felt a lack of interest and headed toward his room.

Tang San and Xiao Wu also noticed Shi Quan's unique attire, but they did not pay much attention to it, and soon followed the hotel manager, walking behind Shi Quan as they all arrived at the third floor.

Currently, everything was developing without much difference from the original story; Tang San's strength was still at twenty-nine levels.

Knowing this, Shi Quan felt much more at ease. Now he just had to wait for Ning Rongrong to stimulate Oscar into a Breakthrough to Thirty Levels, though Ning Rongrong was also a variable; after all, the current Ning Rongrong had a significant difference in personality from the one in the original story.

Moreover, if Ning Rongrong really came to Shrek Academy, her purpose would be to find stronger companions, not to run away from home like in the original story, so she should not be as arrogant and domineering as she was in the original.

In the original story, Oscar reached a Breakthrough to Thirty Levels on the second day of school; if Ning Rongrong didn't stimulate him, then he would have to help him himself. Otherwise, if the Eight Spider Lances were gone, that would be a huge loss.

Shi Quan carefully calculated the time to avoid any unnecessary accidents.

Two days later.

After Tang San and Xiao Wu checked out and left, Shi Quan finally went downstairs at a leisurely pace, checked out, and walked toward Shrek Academy unhurriedly.

Just after leaving the city, Shi Quan suddenly noticed a cold figure. Unlike the lonely solitude of Ye Lingling, this figure gave off a feeling of pure coldness—a coldness like deathly silence.

The figure had long black hair and a magnificent bosom.

"Is this Zhuqing?" A smile curled at the corners of Shi Quan's mouth. Among the characters in the original story, Zhuqing was one he recognized the most. If she hadn't been with Dai Mubai, he would have truly admired the character of Zhuqing.

Facing a playboy who had once abandoned her and lived a life of debauchery every day, she had actually chosen to forgive him.

Sorry, as a man, he truly could not accept that; this wasn't some Mary Sue "white moonlight" novel.

Thinking this, the wooden staff in Shi Quan's hand tapped lightly against the ground as he walked toward Zhuqing. Hearing the noise from behind, Zhuqing turned around to look, her gaze meeting Shi Quan's handsome face and the cloth strip covering his eyes.

"Hello."

"Something the matter?" Zhuqing said coldly.

Shi Quan smiled and said, "Hello, I am going to Shrek Academy to enroll. May I ask if you are also going to Shrek Academy to enroll? If so, shall we go together?..."