Chapter 472 – The Special Exchange Center
Lan Xuanyu was stunned. “Why is it so unfair?!”
Tang Zhenhua looked at him and said, “Because these are the core resources of the academy. Relatively speaking, it is only for the inner disciples. The Outer Court’s disciples are not considered Shrek Academy’s true inner members. They can be considered only after entering the Inner Court. Hence, such precious resources cannot be easily given out. Generally speaking, very few Outer Court disciples would come here. Speaking of which, how much did you borrow to make you so confident to come here? I will help you analyze what you can buy.”
“50 purple emblems,” Lan Xuanyu replied honestly. He didn’t dare to say that he had won a lot through gambling. After all, betting wasn’t a glorious thing, especially for someone his age.
“How much?” Tang Zhenhua raised his voice.
“50 purple emblems,” Lan Xuanyu repeated.
Tang Zhenhua’s lips twitched. “Do you know what my salary is?”
Lan Xuanyu shook his head curiously.
Tang Zhenhua said, “Without special benefits and subsidies, it’s only ten purple emblems. You little brat, you actually borrowed five years of my salary. How many rare metals did you get for your final exam?”
Lan Xuanyu replied, “The rare metals might not be worth so much, but I’ve already proven to the Blacksmith’s Association that I have the ability to forge first-grade Thousand Refined metals, so they’re willing to lend it to me.”
“First-grade Thousand Refined? Fourth-rank blacksmith? How many days have you been learning forging?” Tang Zhenhua suddenly realized that he didn’t recognize this student.
Lan Xuanyu scratched his head. “Teacher, would you believe me if I said that I was gifted?”
“I do…” Tang Zhenhua suddenly felt a little helpless. Not only was he chosen by Ying Luohong and himself, but many of the big shots in the Inner Court were paying attention to this kid. What was there not to believe if he said that he was gifted?
Ding! Just at this moment, the elevator doors opened and they arrived.
Lan Xuanyu followed Tang Zhenhua out of the elevator and was faced with a glass wall. Through the glass wall, they could see the outside. Lan Xuanyu then realized that they seemed to have arrived at the top floor of the Exchange Center! The view was very wide. The Special Exchange Center was actually at the top floor of the Exchange Center, it was indeed different!
Not far ahead, there was a sofa area. The plush sofa looked very comfortable.
Right at this moment, a young lady walked over. She looked to be in her twenties and the most eye-catching thing about her was her red school uniform.
The red uniform represented the Inner Court. There was no doubt that this was an Inner Court senior.
“En, hello, little Ying. Long time no see,” Tang Zhenhua replied with a smile.
“Please do it first. What do you need today?” Little Ying asked with a polite smile.
Tang Zhenhua said, “I don’t have any special requests. This is my student and he might be my last disciple. I’ll bring him over to take a look and see what he’s capable of. I’ll also get him an entry card.”
“Alright, please wait a moment, I will fill in the form for this junior. Hello junior, my name is Tang Ying.” The young girl greeted Lan Xuanyu. Although she was not as beautiful as the senior he saw downstairs, she was very friendly.
“Hello, senior sister.” Lan Xuanyu quickly greeted her politely. His good looks immediately earned her a smile. He was simply too good looking. His skin was soft and fair, not much different from a girl’s, and he was too easy to like.
Tang Ying invited Tang Zhenhua and Lan Xuanyu to rest here and turned around. Not long later, she returned with a document and handed it to Lan Xuanyu.
“Junior, please fill in this form. Although all of your basic information is already in the academy’s database, the main reason you’re here is to prove that you have enough emblems to spend here. The Special Exchange Center has its own rules, let me introduce them to you.”
“Firstly, to qualify for this place, you need to have 30 purple emblems after deducting your debt. I just checked the records and it shows that you have a loan of 50 purple emblems from the Blacksmith Association. So, you need to prove to us that you have 30 purple emblems other than these 50. Of course, with Teacher Tang as your guarantor, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“Secondly, the Special Exchange Center has an additional requirement, which is that you cannot spend less than 15 purple emblems per year here. Otherwise, your access will be revoked. But if you are able to enter the Inner Court in the future, this requirement will no longer exist. Inner Court disciples do not need any qualifications and can come to the Special Exchange Center anytime. Of course, they usually do not come here and will mostly exchange at the Special Exchange Office in Eternal Sky City.”
Lan Xuanyu was enlightened. It was no wonder that he rarely saw seniors from the Inner Court in the Exchange Center. It turned out that there was also a branch in Eternal Sky City!
It was very simple to fill in the details. After he was done, Lan Xuanyu asked, “Senior, can I just show you the number of my emblems?”
Tang Ying nodded. “This is the simplest method.”
“Alright.” Lan Xuanyu took out a stack of purple emblems from his storage bracelet. Under Tang Zhenhua’s shocked gaze, 80 purple emblems appeared before him and Tang Ying very quickly.
Tang Ying couldn’t help but exclaim, “Junior, you’re really rich!”
Tang Zhenhua asked in surprise, “Where did you get the extra 30?”
Lan Xuanyu coughed. “I earned them, Teacher.”
Tang Zhenhua glared at him in confusion. He was originally planning to lend him other resources worth 30 purple emblems to help him obtain this qualification, and he didn’t expect this brat to take them out directly. It wasn’t appropriate for him to ask too much here.
The following procedures were not complicated and only needed to wait for seven working days.
“Teacher Tang, shall I bring you and junior to browse?” Tang Ying asked Tang Zhenhua.
Tang Zhenhua nodded and said, “Let’s go, I haven’t been here for a long time, let’s go take a look.”
“Please follow me.” Tang Ying gestured for them to go ahead.
After passing through a silver metal door, Lan Xuanyu felt as though the scenery before him had opened up. They directly entered a hall.
In the hall, there were silver-white pillars that were about 1.5 meters tall. On each pillar, there was a hologram. It was a 3D projection with various items on it. Of course, it wasn’t real, it was just a projection.
“This is the display area of the Special Exchange Center. All the items that we can sell to the public at the moment are here. There will be updates from time to time. All the members who can enter the Special Exchange Center will receive our prompts when the items are updated,” Tang Ying introduced.
In fact, the Special Exchange Center in the Outer Court’s Exchange Center was mostly used for teachers, and there were also some Outer Court students who could use it.
Just as Tang Zhenhua had said, if there wasn’t a high-ranking teacher, Outer Court disciples would have to spend more emblems to exchange for various resources. But some of the resources were a form of reward and encouragement for the Outer Court students, especially for the senior students who had contributed to the academy.
Lan Xuanyu found those illusory figures very novel. There were over a hundred pillars here, which meant that there were over a hundred items that could be exchanged.
Initially, he thought that they would be exchanging for more precious treasures, but he quickly realized that it wasn’t the case because the first thing he saw was actually a soul device…
Single origin source core, small-sized, can be used as a core reactor for mechas below purple rank. It was extremely powerful and could support short-distance space flight.
This was the first pillar that Lan Xuanyu saw. There was only a ball of light on top of it, a ball of white light that looked to be about the size of a fist. Its internal structure was obviously made of metal, but because of the intense light, he couldn’t see its internal structure.