19: Chapter 19 Finding a New Supplier

"Principal, did you forget an important matter?"

Seeing that Principal Yan Shaozhe had no intention of mentioning the matter regarding his compensation at all, Lin Yan had no choice but to take the initiative to remind him.

"Oh, there is indeed another matter I forgot to mention."

"From now on, the head teacher of Freshman Class 1 will be taken over by Teacher Wang Yan. You should have already met him this morning."

"Is that it?"

Seeing Principal Yan Shaozhe play dumb and give evasive answers, Lin Yan raised an eyebrow and asked back,

"There really is nothing else."

Something was wrong. Could this stingy old coot Principal Yan Shaozhe actually want to renege on his "compensation"?

Judging by his previous attitude, that shouldn't be the case!

"Since the Principal has no other business, I will take my leave first. After all, if I delay any longer, I'm afraid I won't make it to the branch of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before dark."

Hearing this, Principal Yan Shaozhe's face instantly turned dark. This was never-ending, wasn't it! Did he want to go to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that badly?

No, it seemed he had to take some necessary measures today. If he remembered correctly, the young Sect Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was in the same grade as him this year. If that little girl really seduced Lin Yan away, he, Principal Yan Shaozhe, would be flayed alive by that group of veteran elders in the Sea God Pavilion!

"You get back here!"

"I haven't forgotten about your compensation, but before I give it to you, you must honestly answer a few questions of mine."

So that was how it was!

It turned out that Principal Yan Shaozhe knew something and was deliberately trying to hold it over him.

However, Lin Yan had no intention of coddling him!

By now, he also saw through it: as long as he wasn't dead set on leaving Shrek, Principal Yan Shaozhe would never fall out with him.

Sure enough, seeing Lin Yan turn around and leave without saying a word, completely ignoring him anymore, Principal Yan Shaozhe immediately compromised.

"Fine, I'll give it to you! Won't it do if I just give it to you directly?!"

Lin Yan paused his footsteps, smoothly turned around, and his face instantly piled up with smiles: "Oh my, Principal, why are you shouting so loudly?"

"I was just joking with you earlier. I really, really love our Shrek, so how could I ever go defect to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

"Although the branch of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is right in the West District of our Shrek City, No. 85 Third Street, I will definitely not go there."

At first, Principal Yan Shaozhe felt his heart lighten upon hearing this, but when Lin Yan fluently reeled off the precise address of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect branch, his vision instantly darkened, and he felt as if a flock of crows was flying overhead while cawing "caw, caw, caw".

Taking a deep breath, Principal Yan Shaozhe forcibly suppressed the speechlessness and grievance in his heart, pretended not to hear the second half of this black-bellied kid's words, and spoke neatly and decisively: "The academy has prepared a 30,000-year top-grade fire-attribute Spirit Bone for you. Put in the outside World, this Spirit Bone is worth at least five million gold coins."

5 million gold coins!

For nearly two hundred years, the Lin family had worked diligently and conscientiously. Excluding fixed assets, the total value of all accumulated treasures and gold coins was less than 500,000. Just this single Spirit Bone was worth the family fortune of ten Lin families combined!

As expected of Shrek with its Legacy of ten thousand years, something casually leaked out was a supreme treasure beyond the reach of ordinary people!

Although his heart was somewhat tempted, Lin Yan still asked: "Principal, can you change the form of compensation for me?"

After all, a 30,000-year Spirit Bone was a supreme treasure to others, but to him, it was somewhat of a tasteless burden.

Absorb it directly? The age was too low.

Keep it? It had no temporary use.

Therefore, it would be better to exchange it for other resources that would be of greater help to him at present.

A sharp glint flashed in Principal Yan Shaozhe's eyes, and he asked in a deep voice: "Then tell me, what kind of compensation do you want?"

"I hope the academy can provide me with long-term supplies of living thousand-year or even ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts possessing beast flames."

Sure enough!

Just now when Lin Yan proposed changing the compensation, he had already guessed something. Hearing these words at this moment indeed confirmed what he had in mind.

Principal Yan Shaozhe rolled his eyes, put on the airs of a principal, and deliberately dragged out his tone: "It's not entirely impossible to change to this form of compensation, but... you must first tell me why you need a large number of Spirit Beasts possessing beast flames?"

Lin Yan was not surprised by this question at all; he never intended to hide it, nor could he possibly hide it anyway.

After all, Shrek was no fool. If he wanted to rely on Shrek's resources to continuously obtain beast flames and evolve his Di Yan Spirit, the effect of his first Spirit Ability definitely couldn't be hidden.

What's more, he didn't believe that Shrek hadn't investigated his past experiences. With just a little verification, they would surely discover that the Lin family had been purchasing Spirit Beasts with beast flames externally for over four years.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan instantly saw the light.

The question Principal Yan Shaozhe wanted to ask him earlier was most likely this matter!

Having figured out the crucial point, Lin Yan stopped beating around the bush with him: "Principal, the question you've been wanting to ask me all this time should be this one, right?"

With his thoughts exposed, Principal Yan Shaozhe was not surprised at all.

With the black-bellied and shrewd energy of this kid Lin Yan, it would be strange if he couldn't react. He simply and frankly admitted: "That's right, exactly so."

"Since the Principal could think of asking this question, you must already have some guesses about my situation, right? I'm a bit curious about how you guessed it. Can you tell me, Principal?"

Indeed, Lin Yan planned to seize the initiative after the opponent made a move!

Because he estimated that the subtle change in Principal Yan Shaozhe's attitude towards him during this meeting most likely stemmed from this guess of his.

Therefore, only by figuring out what Principal Yan Shaozhe and the others had imagined could Lin Yan decide how to "introduce" his own situation later, which would be more advantageous.

Hearing Lin Yan ask this, Principal Yan Shaozhe didn't think much of it. Instead, after excitedly rambling off a bunch of analyses, he laid out their two previous guesses in full.

Looking at Principal Yan Shaozhe's overly "cooperative" appearance, Lin Yan felt that he probably, maybe, perhaps wanted to showcase his intelligence and wisdom in front of him, thereby subjugating him...

"How is it? Little Lin, are you born with Ultimate Fire, or did it evolve and transform over time?"

"Ah?!"

Hearing Principal Yan Shaozhe's inquiry, Lin Yan immediately collected his mind, put on an astonished expression, and said: "Oh my! Principal Yan, you are truly a True God, your guess was spot on!"

"That's right, my Spirit did indeed mutate, and it was indeed due to the special effect of my first Spirit Ability that it ultimately transformed into Ultimate Fire!"

"The strength of my initial Spirit was just equivalent to an ordinary, mortal flame. Many people in my Lin family have witnessed this with their own eyes."

Your guess was correct!

Now it is mine!

Even the reason why every single one of his Spirit Abilities was so formidable and overpowered now had an explanation.

Don't know?

Perhaps this is just the effect after my Spirit mutated!

What are you nagging and asking so many questions for? If you have any questions, go ask my mutated Spirit!

Anyway, this was Douluo Continent, not some Xianxia World where people pulled tendons, dug out bones, and refined human pills at every turn.

Here, Spirits could only be inherited by descendants, and there was no such thing as seizing someone's Spirit at all!

No! This is bad!

Could this thick-eyebrow-big-eye fellow Principal Yan Shaozhe really be eyeing his little brother??!

Looking at Principal Yan Shaozhe's flushed, excited expression at this moment, the more he looked, the more Lin Yan confirmed his own guess.

It seemed he would have to be on guard against him properly from now on. If it were a honey trap, that would be one thing.

He was just afraid that Principal Yan Shaozhe would harbor some crooked thoughts; he certainly didn't want to end up like Huo Yuhao, gaining a grown-up "good son" out of thin air without even trying!