Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 682 The Nine Gates and David Day

Seeing Tang Wulin's half-understanding look, Xie Xie sighed and continued to explain, "Our academy's dean is actually just a six-ring Soul Emperor."

"Even if our dean personally intervenes, let alone get a letter of recommendation, he won't even be able to see the Duke of Poseidon."

"Now you know the implications, right? Besides, the Sea God family is one of the nine founding families, so their status is unparalleled."

"What are the nine founding fathers?" Tang Wulin asked.

Seeing that Tang Wulin didn't know, Xie Xie said helplessly, "Good heavens, didn't you read any books when you were a child?"

Although helpless, Xie Xie still explained, "The so-called Nine Founding Families are the nine hereditary dukedoms that His Majesty conferred upon them after establishing the empire."

"Under normal circumstances, the titles of nobility in our country cannot be inherited; they cannot be passed on to children after the parents die."

"Only those who have made extremely outstanding contributions are entitled to this honor. To date, there are only ten families with hereditary dukedoms."

"Apart from the Dai family, who were once the royal family of the Star Luo Empire, the others were all ennobled for their military achievements after the establishment of the empire."

"And the Sea God family is one of them."

Tang Wulin was very excited. His life's ideal has always been to achieve great things on the battlefield after completing his cultivation, and then to make unparalleled contributions and leave an unforgettable name.

Xie Xie nodded with great satisfaction upon seeing this and said, "Let me tell you another secret. Although they are collectively known as the Nine Founding Families, there are actually differences between these nine families."

Under Tang Wulin's eager expression, Xie Xie whistled smugly and said, "These nine founding families are also known as the Nine Gates among the common people."

"However, among the Nine Gates, there are three upper gates, three middle gates, and three lower gates."

"The three upper families are the Qian Gu family, which is the emperor's own family. The Angel family, where Angel Duke Yue Qianxue has served as the commander-in-chief of the army since the founding of the empire. That is not something that can be summarized as just high position and power."

"In addition, there is the Gu Yue family. Although the Silver Dragon Duke Gu Yuena did not make any great military achievements, she led the development of the ten-thousand-year-old artificial soul spirit."

"We can now use free artificial souls mostly thanks to her."

"Among the three major families, the most powerful is the Sea God family. Back then, Chen Hanyu led the army to defeat the Douling Empire."

"After the war, His Majesty appointed him to lead the economic and trade relations between the Douling Continent and the Douluo Continent, and to be responsible for the security of the Douling Continent. I don't need to elaborate on how much profit was involved, do I?"

"Secondly, there is the Leng family. The current head of the Leng family, Leng Yaozhu, and her younger sister, Leng Yulai, grew up with His Majesty since childhood, and the two families are old friends."

"However, the Leng family's sphere of influence is more limited to the Spirit Pagoda, so we outsiders are not very clear about it."

"Besides that, there's the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. It's said that they donated a lot of money to His Majesty during both the One Year War and the Holy War."

"But if you ask me, if the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School hadn't been His Majesty's mother's sect, they wouldn't have been qualified to be among the nine founding families."

"What about the lower three gates?" Tang Wulin asked.

Xie Xie said, "The three lower sects are Shrek Academy, Tang Sect, and the Red Dust Family."

"Weren't they all families before? How did academies and sects appear?" Tang Wulin asked.

Xie Xie said, "You may not know this, but although the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy committed the crime of instigating civil war during the One Year War."

"However, His Majesty, mindful of their sacrifices in the Holy War, has specially permitted the successive Sea God Pavilion Masters and Tang Sect Masters of Shrek Academy to inherit the title of Duke."

"However, in reality, these two families have little influence on the outside world. The Red Dust Family is not without strength, but the reason they have fallen to the bottom three families is because they have too few family members."

"Compared to the previous families, they are not even close to being large-scale. Otherwise, with their family patriarch Yue Hongchen having served as a cabinet secretary for decades, they would never have fallen to the lowest level."

Even after Xie Xie finished speaking, Tang Wulin remained completely absorbed, as he had always been interested in the stories of these powerful Soul Masters since he was a child.

It's just that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue weren't quite aware of it, which is why they hadn't known about it until now.

Now, after listening to Xie Xie's story, I feel a strange excitement.

"Don't leave after you finish eating, I need to talk to you." A clear, cold voice suddenly appeared in Tang Wulin's mind.

Tang Wulin was startled, then immediately came to his senses, only to find that Su Youli was looking at him.

Tang Wulin felt no offense at being directly invaded in his spiritual sea; instead, he was filled with joy and excitement.

Because he recognized the voice; the owner of the voice was none other than his teacher, Qian Gu Huang Yu!
[Is Su Youli the teacher? Why is the teacher here? And who is Jia Lin?] Tang Wulin had many questions in his mind, but in the end, he didn't ask them.

There was nothing Tang Wulin could do; his cultivation level was currently too low, and he couldn't force sound into lines yet, so he could only wait.

Su Youli and Jialin finished eating quickly. However, to Tang Wulin's surprise, Jialin was also a person who could not be judged by appearances. She looked like a little girl, but she was actually a David Dai.

When Su Youli passed by Tang Wulin, she sent him a telepathic message, telling him to follow. Tang Wulin immediately followed Su Youli and eventually entered a cultivation room with her.

Once inside the cultivation room, Qian Gu Huang Yu stopped pretending and revealed her true form.

"Teacher!" Tang Wulin exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Qian Gu Huang Yu again. He felt nothing but gratitude for Qian Gu Huang Yu, who had changed his life.

"Teacher?" Jia Lin glanced at Tang Wulin upon hearing this and asked.

As she spoke, Jialin took Qian Gu Huangyu's right hand and stood in front of her, as if asserting her dominance.

Seeing this, Qian Gu Huang Yu couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Alright, Jia Lin, don't be temperamental. This is the disciple I told you about before, the one I recently accepted."

"Wu Lin, this is your senior sister. You can call her Jia Lin."

"Hello, Senior Sister!" Although Tang Wulin felt a little uncomfortable under Jia Lin's gaze, he still took the initiative to greet her.

Yes, you should present your most courteous self in front of your teacher.

However, Jia Lin showed no intention of greeting Tang Wulin and continued to watch him warily.

Seeing this, Qian Gu Huang Yu couldn't help but laugh and transmitted her voice to Tang Wu Lin, "You little glutton, didn't you bring any good food? Hurry up and share some with your senior sister."

Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin quickly took out a bag of snacks from his storage soul tool and handed it to Jialin, saying, "Senior Sister, these are snacks from my hometown. Try them and see if they're good."

Jialin's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing this, and she quickly ran over to take the snacks from Tang Wulin.

Jialin took the snacks from Tang Wulin and immediately started eating. After a few bites, Jialin's bright red eyes curved into pretty crescent moons, making her look very cute. After taking another bite, Jialin patted Tang Wulin's shoulder happily and said, "Not bad, it seems you have good taste. I believe people with good taste can't be bad people."

"I've accepted you as my junior brother. From now on, I'll protect you! If anyone dares to bully you, just say my name!"

Because she was so well protected by Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na, Jia Lin's thoughts have always been very simple.

It's just that Jialin spends most of her time in the Heavenly Palace with Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na, and doesn't have many friends her own age, so she cares a lot about Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na.

Today, she was suddenly told that she had gained a junior brother, which immediately gave Jia Lin a great sense of crisis. Besides her own feelings, she was also worried that Qian Gu Huang Yu would be deceived by Tang Wu Lin.

After all, Jia Lin had secretly overheard Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na's conversation, and the two people they criticized the most were Tang San and Tang Hao, who both had the surname Tang.

Therefore, Jialin subconsciously felt that the person surnamed Tang was definitely not a good person!
However, Jialin's opinion of Tang Wulin has changed significantly. Tang Wulin not only has great taste, but the snacks he chooses are also delicious.

She is also very willing to share, and is willing to give herself her snacks, which wins Jialin's heart.

Tang Wulin looked at the smiling Jialin. Although he didn't understand Jialin's thought process, seeing her so happy, he felt that this was a sure thing.

Seeing that Jia Lin and Tang Wulin did not have a conflict, Qian Gu Huang Yu nodded in satisfaction.

"Don't worry, senior sister. I'll take you back to my hometown when we have our holiday. It's a remote place, but there's lots of delicious food there!"

Seeing Jia Lin wolfing down her food, Tang Wulin could tell that she was a little foodie, and immediately suggested that he would take her out for a big feast in the future.

"Mmm!" Jialin was too lazy to stop eating, so she could only nod and continue eating.

Actually, it's not entirely accurate to say that Jialin is a glutton. As a dragon and the daughter of the Fire Dragon King, she naturally needs to absorb more energy.

Therefore, he appears to have a large appetite, making him a natural David Day.

"Teacher, what are you doing here?" Seeing Jia Lin busy cooking, Tang Wulin looked at Qian Gu Huang Yu.

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "Jialin is of school age now, so I had her come to find you. That way, you two can look after each other in the same academy."

Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin felt a warmth rise in his heart. How could he not understand that Qian Gu Huang Yu brought Jia Lin here mainly to find him?
Otherwise, given Qian Gu Huang Yu's status and position, would Jia Lin, as her eldest disciple, possibly be bullied? It would be good enough if she didn't bully others.

While they said they were looking out for each other, how could Tang Wulin not understand that it was mainly Jia Lin who was supposed to take care of him?

"Teacher, I..."

Before Tang Wulin could finish speaking, Qian Gu Huang Yu interrupted him, "No need to say these things. Just show your strength during the promotion competition."

Because Tang Wulin's martial soul is still listed as Blue Silver Grass, he will inevitably be assigned to the worst class, Class 5.

The promotion tournament involves a team of three students from a lower-ranked class challenging a higher-ranked class. If the challenge is successful, the two teams switch class order.

"Yes! I will definitely work hard!" Tang Wulin said with great enthusiasm.

Seeing Tang Wulin's enthusiasm, Qian Gu Huang Yu decided to strike while the iron was hot, "Has your body adapted during this time? After your martial soul evolved?"

Tang Wulin nodded vigorously. "I've completely adapted to it now. Even when using the Golden Clear Sky Hammer, I don't feel the same discomfort as before."

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "Very good, this proves that you do have good talent in Soul Master cultivation. However, you should still focus on cultivating the Blue Silver Emperor for now."

"Wait until you reach at least the Soul Saint level before you start cultivating the Golden Haotian Hammer."

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, teacher,” Tang Wulin said.

"How's your forging progressing?" Qian Gu Huang Yu still remembered that Tang Wu Lin was destined to become a master craftsman.

Speaking of forging, Tang Wulin immediately straightened his back, touched his nose, and looked very proud, "It can barely be forged a thousand times."

"Thousand Refinements" represents a Level 3 blacksmith, and to become a Level 3 blacksmith at the age of nine is something only a prodigy could describe.

Moreover, since awakening the Golden Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, perhaps due to an improvement in his physical attributes, Tang Wulin found it easier to undergo the Thousand Refinements.

Upon hearing this, Qian Gu Huang Yu replied calmly, "Hmm, not bad."

Although he didn't receive the praise he expected, Tang Wulin wasn't angry. After all, as the strongest person on Douluo Star, he had seen all kinds of storms and was naturally not surprised by such a trivial matter.

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "Wu Lin, I will find you a forging teacher in a few days. You should learn from him."

The forging teacher that Qian Gu Huang Yu mentioned was naturally Qian Gu Qing Feng.

Perhaps because Tang Hao had always disliked Qian Gu Huang Yu and wanted to make things difficult for her, after Qian Gu Qing Feng, the Douluo plane broke the ironclad rule that only one Divine Craftsman could exist at a time.

Decades after Qian Gu Qingfeng became a master craftsman, Zhenhua also became a master craftsman of his generation.

The simultaneous existence of two divine craftsmen shocked the entire Douluo Continent, but because they were no longer the only ones, the status of the divine craftsmen was actually somewhat lower than before.

Previously, anyone who wanted to obtain the Four-Word Battle Armor had to go to Qian Gu Qing Feng.

Now, they no longer need to curry favor with the Spirit Pagoda; they can choose Zhenhua to forge Heavenly Forged Metal.

Moreover, in addition to his high position and power, he is not only a Quasi-God of Limit Douluo in terms of cultivation, but also has the backing of the Spirit Pagoda and the Imperial Family of the Empire.

Zhenhua, whose cultivation level was only at the initial stage of Title Douluo and who had no powerful backing, was obviously easier to handle.

However, despite this, because Zhenhua's cultivation level was only that of a Title Douluo, the Heavenly Forging Tribulation caused him great harm during the Heavenly Forging process.

However, Qian Gu Qing Feng did not have this problem at all. As a quasi-god, the mere Heavenly Forging Thunder Tribulation was nothing to him.

Therefore, Qian Gu Qing Feng's forging skills are still superior to Zhen Hua's. However, Qian Gu Qing Feng is notoriously difficult to talk to, and coupled with his high cultivation level and strong background, he cannot be forced.

Therefore, apart from a few powerful individuals from major forces, most people actually go to Zhenhua for forging.

Tang Wulin nodded upon hearing this. Although he didn't know who the teacher Qian Gu Huang Yu was going to find for him was, he chose to trust Qian Gu Huang Yu.

After all, as the strongest in the world, anyone who catches her eye must be quite powerful.

(End of this chapter)