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

Chapter 290 Chatting with Old Man Yi (Bonus Chapter)

Back in his room, after several twists and turns, Chen Ping finally found an opportunity to have a long talk with Electrolux.

Yes, there was no systemic crackdown, no evil soul masters lurking in the shadows, no major crisis of a collapsing spiritual sea, and no idiotic Title Douluo who thought he was the reincarnation of a 100,000-year-old soul beast.
Chen Ping suddenly felt like bursting into tears. What the hell had he gone through in the past two short years?!

He just wanted to find an opportunity to chat with his future mentor, but things have turned out so complicated. Is he still the same unlucky guy who can't even eat instant noodles without a seasoning packet?

Taking a few deep breaths to put his tragic past behind him, Chen Ping sat cross-legged on the bed, his face serious.

This time, no one can disturb his good chat with Electrolux.

Taking out the life-carving knife, Chen Ping skillfully guided the life force within it into the sea of ​​spirit. This time, Chen Ping's life force guiding work lasted for quite some time.

The reason is simple: Electrolux has been continuously drawing upon this life force.

Until one moment, Electrolux's voice echoed from Chen Ping's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Chen. That's all for today."

The gray current surged and churned, condensing into the shape of an old man within the sea of ​​consciousness.

Upon seeing the old man's face, Chen Ping felt an endless sense of majesty, wisdom, and vastness, as well as a subtle sense of ease.

Chen Ping immediately perked up: "Old Yi, how are you feeling?"

Electrolux chuckled lightly: "Not bad. Although I've forgotten quite a bit of what's in the memory network, at least I can be sure who I am, instead of just remembering a name. Hehehe."

"It's a pity that I haven't yet remembered how to integrate this carving knife, which is made of a single piece of living gold, into your body. Otherwise, I wouldn't need you to painstakingly draw on my life force to repair my divine sense every day."

"But it doesn't matter. In the next period of time, I will focus on repairing the part of the Divine Consciousness Memory Network related to the Metal of Life, and try to restore this part of the memory as quickly as possible."

"In this way, not only will your palm-sized spiritual sea become slightly larger, at least turning into a small pond, but I will also no longer need to trouble you to transfer life force every day, and I can slowly repair my own divine sense."

Upon hearing Electrolux's words, Chen Ping felt a sense of relief.

Thankfully, he wasn't foolish enough to just slash his own forehead with the carving knife back then. He felt that fusing these things together wasn't so easy and that there must be a special method to work with it!
If he had actually stabbed himself in the forehead back then, he would most likely have pierced right through, fallen into a pool of blood, and become yet another victim of the cursed "Soul-Devouring Blade."

After discussing the Living Creation Knife, Chen Ping finally spoke up, subtly inquiring about the useless system Electrolux had seen earlier. However, Electrolux seemed completely clueless about this matter.

"Hasn't this sea of ​​spirit always only consisted of the two of us?"

Electrolux's words could be straight out of a horror movie; the system spirit Chen Ping mentioned sounded like a ghost.

The key point is that, strictly speaking, the one who is currently only a wisp of a soul, Electrox, is the real demon, and the kind that is the bane of all demons.

According to Electrolux, he had been away from Chen Ping's spiritual sea for so long, but apart from Chen Ping occasionally coming in, his spiritual sea had always been empty.

As for why he had been staring at Chen Ping's back, it was only because he sensed Cheng Gang's arrival and wanted to give Chen Ping a heads-up.

This made Chen Ping swallow back all the words he had prepared. Fortunately, the two sides eventually had an open and honest conversation. Chen Ping didn't hide anything from Electrolux and directly told him that he and Electrolux were similar in that they were not natives of the Douluo Continent.

These are some of the most important secrets in Chen Ping's heart. If it weren't for the fact that Electrolux and he were both beings from other planes, Chen Ping, who had gradually adapted to the rules of Douluo Continent, might never have mentioned this aspect of his identity again.

After all, he is now more like a native than a native of the Douluo Continent. He is adept at using the various rules of the Douluo Continent to gradually become stronger.

At this point, casually mentioning one's identity as a reincarnated being or an extraterrestrial visitor would only ruin the peaceful life one has finally managed to establish.

He had struggled for a long time in the Douluo Continent to finally have this life, which, although he still faced life-or-death crises from time to time, was already quite stable compared to his previous life, so naturally he didn't want to go back.

"I thought you wouldn't tell me these things."

Electrolux's tone was tinged with surprise, but also with a hint of admiration.

"To be honest, even when I'm asleep, I can often sense the things around me and have a basic understanding of the world you live in."

"Therefore, I can still guess some clues about many of your ideas that are out of step with this world."

"After all, behind these ideas, there seems to be a very complete and magnificent ideological system."

Chen Ping was somewhat shocked by Electrolux's ability to determine early on that he was not a native from the slightest clues.

"Haha, silly boy, don't look so shocked. The reason I can really be sure you come from another world is that when you calculate various problems that require counting rods, your calculation formulas are different from those in this world."

"Your skill with counting rods is very high, so high that even a typical grand mage might not be able to surpass your calculation ability. This kind of calculation ability completely surpasses people of this era by two or three levels. This is definitely not something that can be explained by genius."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping was both amused and exasperated, realizing that he had already revealed his non-native identity right here.

But it's not bad. At least I left a first impression of being honest and reliable in front of Electrolux, right?

This will make it easier for him to ask Electrolux for some tips later, which would be great.

"Hmph, you have quite a desire for power, huh? You slippery little brat."

Seeing the desire for power in Chen Ping's eyes, Electrolux nodded almost imperceptibly.

To be honest, he had always wanted to find a young man skilled in the art of counting rods to inherit his mantle of the art of space.

However, it was obvious that neither Long Haochen nor Sheng Cai'er were skilled in arithmetic, and they were simply not up to the task of inheriting his legacy.

But if this successor is Chen Ping, perhaps there really is a chance, who knows?

At this moment, the sky was already beginning to lighten. Electrox said softly, "This time you told me about your origins. Next time you come, I will tell you about my past."

"If you still think I'm someone you could become an apprentice to, then maybe I'll take you on as my disciple."

(End of this chapter)