Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 247 The Past Is the Past (Bonus Chapter)

night.

"Teacher Wang Yan, where are we going?" Bei Bei asked in confusion.

A day has passed since the end of the first round of matches, and tomorrow Shrek will face their opponent in the second round of the round-robin tournament.

After dinner, Wang Yan led the seven members of the reserve team out of the Star Emperor Hotel.

This place was originally the liveliest spot in the entire Xingluo City.

In addition, it was during the competition, and as soon as they went out, they were overwhelmed by the bustling crowds.

Wang Yan smiled slightly: "I'll take you to a nice place, just follow me. We've been through so much lately, everyone's nerves are constantly on edge, and this can't go on forever. Tonight I'm taking you out to relax, it'll be good for your upcoming matches."

Relax?

The expressions on everyone's faces turned somewhat strange.

Chen Ping felt even more embarrassed upon hearing this, since Wang Yan's words sounded too much like a construction foreman who had just received payment for a project and was taking his men to a brothel.
In the past few days, Wang Yan seemed to have figured out the surrounding terrain. After a period of crowding, he led the group and seemed poised to break through the encirclement. Finally, there were fewer people around.

After walking through a few more streets, we stopped in front of a building with a pointed roof.

The building is not particularly eye-catching. Compared to the tall buildings around it, although it is not small, it is not particularly prominent.

Above the main entrance hangs a sign with a hammer image. Below the hammer appears to be a golden tabletop pattern.

"Hmm, does Teacher Wang Yan also like to relieve stress by shopping? Feng Mei and I do too. Whenever we're in a bad mood while studying, we go out and shop all day, and our mood improves quickly."

Upon seeing the auction house sign ahead, Ning Tian immediately delivered an outrageously extravagant speech, causing a significant psychological blow to everyone present, including Wang Yan.

After all, if they could, they'd like to spend the whole day shopping when they're in a bad mood.
No, if they were all that rich, what worries would they have?
Wang Yan had prepared a long speech for the young Soul Masters present, but Ning Tian's words made his train of thought somewhat disjointed.

After reorganizing his thoughts, Wang Yan finally spoke: "Although you haven't seen the other academies' matches, I must tell you that this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is quite different from previous ones."

"The difference is that there are very few pure Soul Master academies now. All academies are developing in the direction of fusion between Soul Masters and Soul Masters."

"Merge?"

Upon hearing Wang Yan's words, everyone instinctively looked at him.

Wang Yan said, "There are many ways to integrate. For some ordinary academies, the simplest approach is to work hard to cultivate their own soul masters and then purchase soul tools to equip them."

"Even if their operation of soul tools is not as exquisite as that of soul masters, it can still enhance their combat power. Pure soul masters are becoming increasingly rare."

"This is also why the teacher brought everyone to the auction house today. I hope that starting with our reserve team, we can also try to equip ourselves with soul tools for combat, improve our strength as much as possible, and make up for our shortcomings with soul tools."

After saying these words, Wang Yan looked at the reserve team members with some hesitation.

He was well aware of how serious the academy's martial spirit department's disdain for soul tools was. In his opinion, today, apart from Chen Ping and He Caitou, the fact that even one or two people were willing to try using soul tools to assist them in combat was already a huge success.

However, the performance of the reserve team members completely exceeded Wang Yan's expectations. None of the seven people in the reserve team expressed any objection to Wang Yan's words; they all nodded in agreement.

"I know it's hard to change your minds. Hey? You're all willing to try using soul tools?"

Wang Yan's long-awaited words of persuasion were instantly swallowed back. He looked at the reserve team members with disbelief, completely unprepared for how things would develop.

Wu Feng shrugged and looked at Wang Yan to explain, "Ning Tian and I definitely have no objections. After all, we've bought at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, soul tools. It's just that we don't use them often in the academy." "Anyone with eyes can see how much a soul tool can improve a soul master in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. Naturally, we can't resist using soul tools."

Wu Feng's explanation was indeed reasonable. Soul Masters from other families might be resistant to Soul Tools, but if you say that the people of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School are resistant to Soul Tools, then these people are either not very bright or have been cursed.

"What about Beibei and Sanshi, you two?"

Wang Yan shifted his gaze to Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi. These two twin stars from the outer academy seemed to have never used a soul tool since they made a name for themselves. Bei Bei, in particular, was from the Tang Sect, so her resistance to soul tools should be even stronger.

Xu Sanshi could only smile wryly at this: "Teacher Wang, we did have the idea of ​​looking down on soul tools in the past."

"But the past is the past, and the present is the present. We still have the most basic awareness that if we are bad, we should practice more, we should stand up straight when we are beaten, and we should face up to the gap."

"Ever since the last mission of the inspection team, there was a round of corpse explosions in that cave, then the Evil Soul Douluo made his move, and then the fixed soul-guided cannonballs were detonated. If it weren't for the defensive soul-guided devices that Chen Ping brought, the senior students in the inner academy would probably have been wiped out several times over."

"With such a brutal battle unfolding before us, even if we're incredibly stupid, we can't keep stubbornly refusing to use soul tools."

Beibei chimed in, saying, "Yes, Teacher Wang, no matter how strong we are, we can't possibly be stronger than those senior students in the inner academy."

"Even they only survived thanks to the defensive soul tools. Even if we had any initial resistance to soul tools, after this battle, we will no longer have that thought."

"To be honest, ever since the inspection team's mission ended, I've been wanting to get two defensive soul tools for myself. Without them, I can't even sleep soundly."

Beibei's words drew a burst of good-natured laughter from everyone.

Although everyone knows that Beibei's words were somewhat exaggerated.

But it's clear that the battle with the Death Hand bandits in the Mingdou Mountains last time really woke up everyone in the reserve team. They no longer clung to the so-called Shrek traditions and muttered nonsense like "the ancestral laws cannot be changed".

"And Jiang Nannan, what about you?"

Wang Yan looked at Jiang Nannan, the only one among the seven who was still hesitant, and asked her with some curiosity.

A blush crept across Jiang Nannan's pretty face, and her tone became somewhat hesitant: "Can I pay for the soul tool in installments later? Can the academy cover it for me first?"

"I am not opposed to using soul tools, but my financial situation is not enough to prepare a set for myself."

Jiang Nannan finally revealed the real reason for her hesitation—she was poor, had no money, and couldn't afford a soul tool.

Xu Sanshi said almost subconsciously: "I'll buy it for you!"

Jiang Nannan seemed to remember something, and immediately raised her eyebrows and shouted angrily: "Get out!"

It turns out that Jiang Nannan was only worried about this.

Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry about the funding. You kids are already in the reserve team, but you have to shoulder the arduous task of winning the championship for the academy. Spending some money to equip you with soul tools, what can the academy say?"

"As long as it's a soul tool you need, and the price isn't too outrageous, your teacher can give you a guarantee. Buy it and use it as you please, and the school will reimburse you for everything."

"Long live Teacher Wang!"

Everyone, including Chen Ping, cheered. Who wouldn't love a free shopping mall!

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