Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 680 Tang Hao: The Phoenix Feather of the Ages - She's just so arrogant!
As soon as Yu Zheng finished speaking, before Su Youli could reply, Jia Lin jumped off the chair and immediately entered the Martial Soul Possession state.

Under Jialin's deliberate control, even after entering the Martial Soul Possession state, her body did not change; only a red flying dragon appeared beside her.

In addition, rings of spirit rings also spiraled upwards.

Black, the first spirit ring, is pure black.

[A ten-thousand-year spirit ring?] Yu Zheng's eyes widened instantly. Even he, the dean of Donghai Academy, couldn't have a ten-thousand-year spirit ring as his first spirit ring!

Since the base rings are all ten-thousand-year spirit rings, it goes without saying that the ones that follow will also be ten-thousand-year spirit rings.

When Yu Zheng saw four jet-black, ten-thousand-year-old soul rings hovering around Jia Lin, he was completely astonished and could not calm down for a long time.

"Dean? Dean?" Jia Lin couldn't help but call out when she saw that Yu Zheng hadn't spoken.

Yu Zheng then came to his senses, and his gaze toward Jia Lin held a mixture of relief and helplessness. He was relieved that Donghai Academy would soon have such an outstanding student.

Unfortunately, he also understood that such an outstanding person could not stay here forever; she would definitely leave after three years.

"Sister, can he really teach me? He seems so weak!" Jialin tugged at Su Youli's hand and asked.

"..." Upon hearing this, Yu Zheng was so embarrassed that he froze on the spot, his face turning red, and he was at a loss for what to do.

Although he was the dean of Donghai Academy, he was only a six-ring Soul Emperor with two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, while Jialin already had four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Moreover, Yu Zheng could sense that Jia Lin's martial soul was also extraordinary, far superior to his own.

Although there is a difference in cultivation level between them, before reaching the seventh-ring Soul Saint level and possessing a Martial Soul True Body, the difference in cultivation level is not as great as imagined.

“Jialin, don’t be rude. Dean Yu has many merits, and the academy’s environment should be more suitable for you,” Su Youli said.

"Dean, please excuse my poor appearance."

Su Youli's words only made Yu Zheng more embarrassed. [What do you mean the academy environment is more suitable? Is this little devil here to make friends?]

However, Yu Zheng still managed a forced smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't care, I don't care. Children say the darndest things, children say the darndest things."

After a brief chat, Yu Zheng said, "Because final exams are coming soon, followed by graduates leaving the school, there will be a large-scale change for both students and faculty."

"Can you two stay at the college for a while, and make arrangements for each other after you graduate and leave the school?"

Yu Zheng was actually in a difficult position. Jia Lin was clearly here to study, so arranging the best class for her would be enough.

However, Chen Hanyu only recommended Su Youli, without mentioning at all why she brought her over.

Although Yu Zheng strongly suspected that Su Youli was also a Soul Master, and that her cultivation level was not low, he could not sense any Soul Power fluctuations from Su Youli, which made him unsure of what to do.

However, he dared not offend Chen Hanyu. Otherwise, Chen Hanyu wouldn't even need to take action herself. As long as someone knew that he hadn't given Chen Hanyu face, there would be plenty of people to make trouble for him and try to curry favor with Chen Hanyu.

Therefore, he could only stall for time and wait until the two experts left before discussing the matter with others.

Su Youli said, "I have no problem with it, but since we're already here, let Jialin participate in the graduate assessment as well."

[Who takes a graduation exam before even enrolling in school?] Yu Zheng wanted to complain, but he agreed.

...

After Su Youli and Jialin left, Yu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called Long Hengxu in.

"Dean, who exactly are those two women? Why do you have to treat them like this?" Long Hengxu couldn't help but ask.

Yu Zheng threw the two recommendation letters at Long Hengxu and said irritably, "Take a look for yourself."

Long Hengxu took the letter of introduction and immediately began reading it. "This is so unprofessional! This Su Youli has no cultivation, no martial spirit, what's the point of recommending her? Just to freeload..."

"What? Chen Hanyu? Is the Dean the Chen Hanyu I understand?" Long Hengxu's voice was instantly filled with surprise.

"That...that Fleet Admiral...Duke of Poseidon?"

Yu Zheng nodded. "She can't be wrong, otherwise it would be hard to explain why that little girl would have such talent."

"Nine years old, fourth ring?" Long Hengxu let out another sharp, explosive sound after seeing Jia Lin's recommendation letter.

"Dean, is this...is this true?" Long Hengxu's face was full of disbelief. You should know that, let alone students who graduated from intermediate academies, even students who graduated from advanced academies could only reach the fourth ring.

Seeing Yu Zheng nod, Long Hengxu immediately cheered, "Great! We're saved for the next Tianhai Grand Prix!"

The Tianhai Grand Competition, officially known as the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, is a multi-faceted competition among outstanding young people from various cities within the Tianhai Alliance, showcasing their strength and capabilities.

After the cheers subsided, Long Hengxu noticed that Yu Zheng still looked sullen and couldn't help but ask, "Dean, why are you so serious? This is a great opportunity given to us by the Marshal!"

Yu Zheng said, "Hengxu, there's a rumor I don't know if you've heard: our Navy Marshal Chen Hanyu is actually involved in that kind of thing."

Long Hengxu frowned. Chen Hanyu hadn't married all these years, and her story was a well-known urban legend in the Tianhai Alliance.

"Dean, are you saying that this Su Youli is actually Chen Hanyu's..." The more Long Hengxu thought about it, the more sense it made. Su Youli had the air of a divorced wealthy woman, and Jia Lin's talent was also rare in the world.

Moreover, whether facing herself or Yu Zheng, Su Youli remained calm and composed, clearly having met important figures before.

Absolutely! Is there anyone more important than Chen Hanyu in the entire Tianhai Alliance?

It's unclear whether the important person was riding her, or she was riding the important person.

Yu Zheng quickly interrupted, "I didn't say anything, you can just guess."

Long Hengxu instantly understood Yu Zheng's concerns; this was not as simple as just having another genius.

If things are really as they imagine, then Su Youli and Chen Hanyu must have had a huge disagreement to be kicked out.

After all, Long Hengxu was also self-aware. Although he always said that Donghai Academy was a great academy, in the eyes of the real big shots, what was Donghai Academy?
If they show excessive enthusiasm at this time, will it backfire?

Just as Long Hengxu was hesitating, Yu Zheng said, "No matter what, since Chen Hanyu is still willing to give them recommendation letters, then there is still some affection between them. Besides, a woman's heart is unfathomable; who knows when they will make up?"

"Give them the best treatment, but keep a close eye on the people underground and prevent them from disturbing them."

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Jia Lin had no idea what Yu Zheng was imagining; all they knew was that a new life was about to begin…

Since Tang Wulin and Qian Gu Huang Yu parted ways, Mortis has never contacted him again, and his life has gradually returned to normal.

Although Tang Wulin was surprised that the old fisherman at his door was actually a former super agent of the Empire's secret service, this did not affect his relationship with Halosa.

Besides cultivating according to the methods taught to him by Qian Gu Huang Yu every day, Tang Wulin would still go fishing with Halosa whenever he had time.

Although the mission to monitor Tang Wulin had ended, Qian Gu Huang Yu did not assign any new tasks to Halosa.

So Harosa was too lazy to move and continued to live next door to Tang Wulin's house.

In addition, since completing the second awakening of his martial soul, Tang Wulin has become a prominent figure at Red Mountain Soul Master Academy with his level 15 cultivation and the super martial soul Blue Silver Emperor.

After completing his primary school degree, he went to Donghai Academy for further studies on the recommendation of his teachers. Although he lost the essence of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, a small portion of the remaining Golden Dragon King's bloodline still greatly improved his physique.

Tang Wulin now feels that not only has his appetite decreased slightly, but his strength has also increased, and he has become more energetic in forging iron.

Even Mang Tian praised him repeatedly.

With his parents' relief, his teachers' praise, and his classmates' recognition, Tang Wulin felt this was the happiest day of his life.

However, happy days are always short-lived. His summer vacation was about to end, and then he would head to Donghai Academy.

...

In a vast, ethereal mist.

"Brother Hao, although that Thousand Ancient Phoenix Feather stole Wu Lin's Golden Dragon King bloodline, Wu Lin's situation seems to have improved," Ah Yin said.

Ever since Qian Gu Huang Yu came into contact with Tang Wu Lin, A Yin and Tang Hao have been keeping a close eye on Tang Wu Lin, worried that Qian Gu Huang Yu might attack him.

Ah Yin noticed that Tang Wulin had laughed more often during this period than he had in the three years since he awakened his martial soul.

Tang Hao snorted and said, "If the Golden Dragon King's bloodline were still in Wu Lin's body, Wu Lin's talent would only be even greater."

Ah Yin said, "But that would be too pitiful for Wu Lin. Xiao San and Xiao Wu don't know when they will be able to come back, and we won't be by his side, so we can't take care of him at all."

Although Ah Yin previously felt it was a great pity that Tang Wulin had his Golden Dragon King bloodline stolen, seeing her grandson's smiling face made it all worthwhile.

Tang Hao said in a deep voice, "No rainbow without rain. How can the men of the Tang family be afraid of such difficulties?"

"Alright, alright, anyway, the essence of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline is with the Ancient Phoenix Feather now, what are we going to do about snatching it back?" Ah Yin said helplessly.

Tang Hao said, "Ah Yin, do you think it's possible that the Thousand-Year Phoenix Feather is actually trying to curry favor with us?"

"?"

Seeing Ah Yin's confusion, Tang Hao wisely replied, "Look, the entire human society is now under the control of Qian Gu Huang Yu. If she really wants to make things difficult for Wu Lin, there are countless ways to do so."

"But instead of doing so, she helped Wu Lin in every way. Perhaps she knew she was wrong before, but she was unwilling to admit it to us."

"That's why they're trying to curry favor with us in this way."

"Brother Hao, is it really... really like that?" Ah Yin said, speechless.

A glint of wisdom flashed in Tang Hao's eyes. "That must be it. She must have realized that she couldn't possibly defeat the Abyss Saint on her own."

"Moreover, although she is now unparalleled in the world, no matter how amazing she is now, she will be nothing but a mound of yellow earth a hundred years from now."

"Even if she has the backing of the old plane lord, the positions of the plane lord and the core of life are in our hands. The old plane lord cannot help her become a god."

"She's a hundred years old now. She's been arrogant for so many years, and she's been an empress for decades. How could she possibly be willing to die like this?"

"If she doesn't want to die, the only way is to become a god, and she will have to rely on our help."

"But she had already offended us badly back then, so she definitely wouldn't have the nerve to beg us directly. That's why she had to do it indirectly."

In the lower realms, this is generally called...tsundere!

...

At the East China Sea City Soul Guide Train Station, a dark blue soul guide train slowly entered the station and slowed down.

In the East China Sea, almost all soul-guided trains are predominantly blue.

The train came to a stop, and the doors opened. People filed off the train, many carrying large amounts of luggage.

Suddenly, the station became bustling with activity. A steady stream of people headed towards the exit.

Tang Wulin tightened his backpack and followed the crowd out. It was his first time in this big city, and he looked around with curiosity.

The roof of the train station was made of many metal pipes pieced together. Just by looking at it, he could tell that these metal pipes were all cast metal, made by the most common stamping process.

His complexion wasn't good, and he seemed somewhat downcast.

Faced with an unfamiliar environment, the nine-year-old boy inevitably felt some fear.

He came to school, to register at Donghai College in Donghai City. He had thought that his father or mother would come with him.

However, Tang Ziran said that he was already a big kid and should have more experience on his own. She bought him a ticket and sent him onto the Soul Guidance Train.

It's definitely not because he's broke. Although Tang Wulin's monthly Soul Master subsidy and the talent subsidy specially issued by the Spirit Pagoda are already a considerable sum.

However, Tang Ziran still believed that the subsidies for Soul Masters should be spent on Soul Masters.

He, as a father, doesn't take advantage of his son's subsidies.

This was Tang Wulin's first time traveling far from home, even though Lang Yue had given him many instructions and told him a lot of things to be careful about before he left.

However, even after arriving here, he still felt somewhat lost. He followed the flow of people out, his face full of confusion.

The events of a few months ago felt like a dream to him, ever since he was taken away by Mortis, the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, and then met Qian Gu Huang Yu.

He felt as if he were living in a dream, having become the disciple of the strongest Soul Master in the world and completed the evolution of his Martial Soul.

After his martial soul evolved, he became invincible throughout the Red Mountain Primary Soul Master Academy. His teachers liked him, and his classmates enjoyed playing with him.

Even forging iron became incredibly energetic.

But now, Tang Wulin is all alone again, which makes him feel a sense of loss.

Teacher, where are you?

However, Tang Wulin quickly forced himself to calm down. [A new life is about to begin, and my teacher certainly doesn't want to see me looking so pathetic.]

I need to pull myself together and make more good friends!

If there's anything different about Tang Wulin compared to before, it's that he's become more confident.

Previously, Tang Wulin felt that he was just a useless martial soul, with low innate soul power and poor talent, so he was always very self-conscious.

But now he has become the disciple of the strongest soul master in the world, and is a genius with twin martial souls, plus he is invincible in the Red Mountain Primary Soul Master Academy.

Tang Wulin now felt that he was terrifyingly strong.

What Tang Wulin didn't know was that he was about to meet his strictest father.

(End of this chapter)