Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 669 Tang Wulin's First Time

Seeing Tang Ziran's increasingly grim expression, the spirit medium grew even more uncertain. [No, brother, don't mess around. Normally I wouldn't even bother talking about this unless you asked!]

Seeing that his father's expression was not good, Tang Wulin couldn't help but worry, "Dad, what's wrong?"

Tang Ziran took a deep breath and said, "Actually, my wife and I are from the Star Luo Continent, not natives of the Douluo Continent."

"If we do it this way, can we still take this soul for free?"

The spirit medium was stunned upon hearing this, but he quickly recovered and said, "I'm sorry, in that case, I'm afraid you'll have to pay for the spirit for your child yourself."

Tang Ziran sighed helplessly. He knew his family's situation; with their financial means, they couldn't afford to buy Tang Wulin a good soul spirit.

Although Tang Wulin didn't understand the intricacies of the situation, he guessed from Tang Ziran's behavior that they had encountered a problem. He looked at the Spirit Master and asked, "Uncle, is there really no way?"

The spirit medium said helplessly, "Let me ask again for you. This is the first time I've encountered something like this."

Aolai City is a small city, and it is rare to encounter people from other continents. It is even rarer for someone to come from another continent and not have the money to buy a soul spirit.

After helping Tang Wulin complete the basic Soul Master registration, the Spirit Master said helplessly, "Originally, once you register as a Soul Master, you would receive a certain subsidy every month."

"But like the free soul spirit, you can only receive it on the continent where you were born, or your place of residence will issue you a special talent certificate."

"In that case, you can also receive the Soul Master stipend."

Providing stipends to Soul Masters was one of the benefits they enjoyed during the Spirit Hall era, but this benefit was canceled after the Spirit Hall was destroyed.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu ascended the throne, he reinstated this benefit, with funds coming directly from the national treasury, thus providing maximum convenience for Soul Masters.

However, for the same reason as free soul spirits, only people from this continent can enjoy them.

However, in order to encourage the flow of talent, the Ancient Phoenix Feather specifically stipulates that as long as the place of residence is willing to issue a talent certificate, the Soul Master allowance will still be paid even if the person leaves the continent of birth.

There are three types of talent certificates. Soul Master: As long as your cultivation reaches the fifth ring, you can get the most basic certificate.

Talent type: This is for younger Soul Masters who have not yet fully matured. The minimum requirement is innate Soul Power Level 6. However, if they have other talents such as a second profession, they can be considered.

Special Talent Type: If none of the above conditions are met, but there is special talent in a second career or other areas, talent certification can also be obtained.

However, it is clear that Tang Wulin currently possesses none of these qualities.

The spirit master said, "Although you may not be able to enjoy these benefits, the Soul Master Academy is still free to enroll. I glanced at your address, and you should be going to the Red Mountain Junior Soul Master Academy. Please don't be late."

After Qian Gu Huang Yu ascended the throne, he also reformed the education system, which can be simply described as combining compulsory education with special training.

In the Douluo Empire, both Soul Masters and ordinary people must go to school. The only difference is that Soul Masters attend Soul Master Academy, while ordinary people attend cultural academies.

Starting from the age of six when they awaken their martial soul, the ages of six to nine are in the primary soul master academy, the ages of nine to twelve are in the intermediate soul master academy, and the ages of twelve to eighteen are in the advanced soul master academy.

The empire also pays for the children's schooling.

Although individual Soul Master academies are allowed to conduct their own entrance examinations, the Empire will directly arrange schooling for children who fail the exams or are too lazy to take them.

In the current Douluo Empire, if parents do not want their children to attend a Soul Master Academy, they need to go through an extremely complicated procedure.

Simply put, you need to write a report to the local education and municipal departments explaining the reasons and guaranteeing that the child will receive an equal education.

However, even if an application is submitted, it is difficult to get approved. One of the assessment criteria for local officials is the number of school-age children and the number of children enrolled in college.

If the proportion falls below the standard value, the local official will be summoned by his superiors and asked to provide an explanation and make a review.

This often represents two problems: firstly, there are too few colleges to accommodate all the children of school age.

That proves that the local authorities have not invested enough in education, which is not just a minor dereliction of duty and must be dealt with severely!
Secondly, the local colleges are so bad that parents don't want them, which also proves that the local authorities are not investing enough in education, and they need to take strong measures.

Therefore, if an official is summoned for education-related issues, he will face severe consequences, so officials generally ensure that all children attend school.

Of course, this excludes some extremely powerful families, since they often have Super Douluo or even Limit Douluo personally teaching them, which is incomparable.

Moreover, the local officials couldn't afford to offend them. After all, the Douluo Empire was still a nation of Soul Masters.

...

In the Heavenly Palace of Mingdu, Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yue Na, and Qian Ren Xue are remotely observing Tang Wu Lin's experience of awakening his martial soul.

A mirror was placed in front of the three of them, reflecting Tang Wulin's experiences.

This is naturally a treasure from the Gate of Babylon, and its effect is to monitor everyone and everything within the range of the Ancient Phoenix Feather's spiritual power.

With Qian Gu Huang Yu's current level of spiritual power, she can monitor the entire Douluo Star.

"Blue Silver Grass? Tang San's son's innate soul power is only level three?" Qian Renxue curled her lip and said with disdain.

Gu Yuena said, "His talent should be suppressed by the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King. Both of his parents were born with full soul power, so Tang Wulin's innate soul power should not be so low."

Qian Renxue said, "That's true, but with his lungs fogged up like this, I've completely lost any interest in taking action against him in the future."

Qian Gu Huang Yu laughed and said, "Sister Xue'er, I thought you were going to say that after Gu Yue and I extracted Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline, we would hand it over to you to deal with!"

After so many years, Qian Renxue is no longer the person filled with hatred when she was first summoned by Qian Gu Huang Yu. She has come to terms with many things.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Qian Renxue intends to let Tang San and Xiao Wu go; it just means she won't make things difficult for Tang Wulin because of them.

Qian Renxue said, "No matter what, Tang Wulin was not involved in our past grievances. If I were to make things too difficult for a child because of Tang San and Xiao Wu's relationship, wouldn't that make me seem petty?"

Qian Gu Huang Yu was naturally very happy that Qian Ren Xue had made such a change, as she never advocated letting go of hatred.

After all, the harm caused by hatred is real. When facing an enemy, one should retaliate in kind, otherwise I will not be able to think straight.

The message of "Eternal Phoenix Feather" is that one should not be swayed by hatred, which ultimately leads to a person's entire life being driven by revenge.

Putting aside whether she would harm herself and those around her while seeking revenge, by the time she actually completed her revenge, she would already be a demon even more insane than her enemy.

Simply put, with enemies, you can do whatever you want with them, even subject them to the ten most cruel tortures. But with the enemy's family and friends, although some might need to be killed for practical reasons—after all, if you killed their parents, they'll definitely want revenge.

There's no need for any performance art then; just a clean and quick death, sending the whole family to another world.

Originally, Qian Gu Huang Yu was thinking of doing some ideological work with Qian Renxue, suggesting that she shouldn't exterminate all members of Shrek Academy and Tang Sect according to their family genealogy. After all, if things continued like that, there probably wouldn't be many people left on Douluo Star.

Qian Renxue didn't dwell on the topic, and said, "But when do you plan to extract the Golden Dragon King bloodline from Tang Wulin? Is it really okay to just let him be like this?"

Gu Yuena also looked at Qian Gu Huang Yu. If it weren't for Qian Gu Huang Yu stopping her, she would have already made her move when Tang Wulin first arrived on Douluo Star.

Qian Gu Huang Yu laughed, "It's not the right time yet. Don't you all want to see Tang Wulin attack Tang San?"

"Father and son turning against each other?" Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow and laughed.

“No, no, no,” Qian Gu Huang Yu corrected with a smile, “It is putting righteousness before family.”

A hint of amusement flashed in Gu Yuena's eyes. "If that's the case, then I really want to see."

...

Aolai City.

After leaving the Spirit Pagoda, Tang Ziran took the dejected Tang Wulin into the car.

"Linlin, Dad is so sorry," Tang Ziran said, her voice filled with despair.

My son finally gained soul power, and the Spirit Pagoda also finally gave me a benefit. Two happy things happened at the same time, so how did it turn out like this?

Tang Wulin shook his head and said, "It's okay, Dad, I'll try my best!"

Looking at her strong son, Tang Ziran felt heartache and sighed inwardly, secretly worrying about her own incompetence.

Tang Wulin's home is in the commoner district of Aolai City. His father, Tang Ziran, is a mecha repairman who specializes in repairing simple soul-guided mecha parts.

However, due to his mediocre skills and low level as a non-Soul Master mecha repairman, he could only earn a meager salary to support his family.

Tang Wulin's mother, Lang Yue, was a housewife who raised him single-handedly and was skilled at cooking delicious meals.

A living room of a dozen square meters, a small kitchen and bathroom, and two rooms of less than ten square meters each—that's all there is to the home.

"Son, you're back! Are you hungry? Mom has made you a meal." Lang Yue wasn't particularly beautiful, but she was very charming. She squatted down and hugged Xiao Wu Lin with a smile.

"Mom, I'm not hungry, I'm a little sleepy, I want to go to sleep for a while." Tang Wulin hugged his mother's neck and quickly ran to his room.

Watching his small figure disappear into the distance, Lang Yue looked at her husband and sighed softly, "This child has wanted to be a Soul Master since he was little, but becoming a Soul Master isn't that easy! Let's comfort him a bit more."

Tang Ziran walked to the small square dining table in the living room and sat down. Lunch consisted of stir-fried greens, stewed pork ribs, a cold dish, and a bowl of vegetable soup. Three dishes and a soup was considered quite a feast in the Tang family.

“This child has innate soul power, but I would rather he didn’t,” Tang Ziran sighed.

Lang Yue said, "Why do you say that? Doesn't Linlin's possession of soul power prove that he can become a Soul Master?"

Tang Ziran said with a wry smile, "It's not that easy! His martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, and his innate soul power is only level three."

"Moreover, since we come from the Star Luo Continent, Linlin cannot enjoy the benefits of the Spirit Pagoda and can only buy soul spirits herself."

"But we don't have much money, so it's difficult to buy him a good spirit."

"Moreover, Linlin's talent isn't particularly good, and I'm afraid he'll face too much pressure at the Soul Master Academy."

...

Before long, it was time for Tang Wulin to go to the Red Mountain Primary Soul Master Academy. However, he was very depressed when he returned home from the academy after school.

He grew up in a very ordinary working-class family, but the family was harmonious, his parents had a good relationship, and they loved him very much. Even when he made mistakes, they would give him earnest advice.

But today at the college, the attitude of the teachers and students towards him made him feel very sad.

Because his martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, his classmates ostracized him and didn't want to play with him.

Even the teachers didn't pay much attention to him; when the teachers were guiding the students in meditation this afternoon, they spent the least amount of time teaching him.

"Is my martial soul really that bad?" Tang Wulin's unhappiness gradually turned into stubbornness.

"Even if my martial soul isn't good, I'm determined to become a great soul master. My dad said that success is 99% effort and 1% talent. My martial soul isn't good enough, so I'll use 200 times the effort to change all of this!"

Tang Wulin was naturally cheerful. Once he understood things and had a goal, the depression and disappointment of the day naturally dissipated.

"But why am I hungry again?" Tang Wulin rubbed his stomach in confusion. The academy's student life included a lunch, and it was unlimited.

The students at the Soul Master Academy also have much better food than students at ordinary academies.

Tang Wulin ate a lot at noon, which earned him the nickname "glutton".

His portion was so large that it was almost equivalent to the combined portion of the other seven or eight students' portions, and even far exceeded the portion of an adult's portion.

He used to have a good appetite, but he never ate this much! Besides, it was only afternoon, and he was already hungry again.

"Go home and see if there's anything good to eat." Tang Wulin's eyes lit up at the thought of food.

However, since Gu Yuena had already been snatched away by someone, Tang Wulin naturally didn't encounter Na'er being bullied by thugs, and no heroic scene unfolded.

However, in reality, there are hardly any thugs left in the Douluo Empire. Since Qian Gu Huang Yu ascended the throne, social order has been quite good.

However, without a moment's mourning for Na'er's disappearance, the next to arrive on the battlefield was the legendary gatekeeper and fisherman, Harosa!

"Little Wu Lin, how was your first day of school?"

(End of this chapter)