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

Chapter 344 A Turn of Fortune (3K)

"What happened just now?"

At this moment, Elder Xuan frowned slightly. Although he was not a Soul Master with the attribute of spiritual power, his cultivation level was still there.

Such a large fragment of soul traveled hundreds of kilometers straight towards them. Even if Xuanzi was stupid, he could sense that something was wrong.

"It's nothing, Elder Xuan. Just now, something seemed to fly over right after I finished the attribute connection with the auspicious beast, but it was immediately blocked by the protective shield emanating from me and the auspicious beast."

"Now I feel like I have more memories of auspicious beasts in my head."

"Oh? What memories do you have?" Elder Xuan asked in surprise.

Chen Ping smiled wryly and said, "It's roughly about which soul beasts can be killed by strangling them, which soul beasts have a higher probability of succeeding by ambushing from a downwind position, and some fragments of memories about the taste of some soul beasts when they are being eaten."

"You know what, from the perspective of the auspicious beasts, these soul beasts actually taste pretty good when eaten raw."

As he spoke, Chen Ping subconsciously swallowed, clearly drawn into the memories of the auspicious beast.

Upon hearing this, Elder Xuan chuckled and said, "It seems that the matter of attribute attraction mentioned in the ancient academy books is not false. As long as there are no side effects, there is no problem. We can study the rest when we return to the academy."

"This Imperial Beast has lived in the entire Star Dou Forest for over ten thousand years, and it must have seen quite a lot of all kinds of soul beasts. In the future, you can use this to get a specially appointed soul beast expert position in our academy's outer courtyard."

Hearing Elder Xuan's words, Chen Ping laughed even harder: "Elder Xuan, you've forgotten something. Right now, my mind isn't just filled with knowledge about soul beasts, but also with distribution maps of various rare soul beasts."

Upon hearing this, Elder Xuan's eyes widened in shock.

Yes, Chen Ping now has what's essentially a detailed database of the distribution of soul beasts throughout the Star Dou Forest in his mind!

From now on, if the academy really wants to find a soul beast, they can just ask Chen Ping. He'll be right every time. As long as it's a rare soul beast that exists in the Star Dou Forest, Chen Ping will most likely be able to name it off the top of his head.

Is this okay?
Elder Xuan was dumbfounded. If he had known that exchanging memories with Rui would be so enjoyable, he would have wanted to try it too.

It is said that Chen Ping gained something from exchanging memories with the auspicious beast, and the auspicious beast must have also gained something from exchanging memories with Chen Ping, right?
Just as Elder Xuan was thinking this, his gaze unconsciously fell on the auspicious beast that was lying on the ground and dozing off.

At this moment, a glistening drop of liquid even trickled down the corner of the auspicious beast's mouth, as if it were having a sweet dream, and it even started muttering to itself.

"Hehe, I'm the champion, hehehehe"

This statement left Elder Xuan and the Crimson King beside him speechless.

But soon, the auspicious beast's face turned pained: "No, no!"

The Red King immediately became highly tense.

"Why, why can't I do any of these questions?"

The mythical beast clutched its head in anguish with its front paws, then rolled over and lay sprawled out on its back, continuing to sleep.

Chen Ping, Xuanzi, and the Red King:
A beast king with a prestigious reputation on the list of ferocious beasts, an auspicious beast with the luck of the stars, a human who is only one step away from the limit of the realm, and three junior soul masters are all resting quietly within a range of less than a hundred meters, each busy with their own affairs.

This scene would be a rare sight anywhere, but Chen Ping was the only one with a headache.

Because no matter whether it's a Soul Master or a Soul Beast that wakes up tomorrow morning, they're all here to eat, but he's the only one who's cooking.

Considering that the Crimson King was also on the free meal list, Chen Ping could only continue dealing with the massive, nearly half-ton body of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear while running to the camp, and discuss what had just happened with Elder Yi.

"The power of destiny that was just channeled through the attribute was truly formidable."

Electrolux didn't care at all about the divine thought and soul fragments he had captured alive.

Instead, he felt the transformation of Chen Ping's spiritual sea from pure green to gold and exclaimed in amazement.

"What a powerful force of destiny! Young man Chen, your luck is about to change from today onwards."

Electrolux's words made Chen Ping's hands tremble as he washed the bear intestines.

"Is it true, Elder Yi? Will I have a miraculous encounter after jumping off a cliff, win big at casinos, and with a wave of my hand and the release of my domineering aura, countless underlings will bow down to me, and beautiful girls from all walks of life will throw themselves into my arms?"

Chen Ping was so happy he was practically snotting from his nose; his hard times were finally over.

Over the years, those who know him call him a time traveler, while those who don't might think Chen Ping is a descendant of Qimen Dunjia, born with five deficiencies and three lacks.

Electrolux's expression stiffened upon hearing this: "Kid Chen, you only basked in a little bit of the auspicious beast's luck, you didn't take all of its luck."

"Think about it yourself. Which of the things you just said has anything to do with your bad luck?"

Now it was Chen Ping's turn to freeze; he had been too optimistic.

"Don't be too discouraged, kid. Although what you said is unrealistic, at least the auspicious beast's luck can suppress this bad luck on you, so you won't have to go through several near-death experiences every time you go out, like before."

"Although you can make a living off the dead by walking through the gates of hell every time, I bet you don't want to encounter this kind of dangerous business so frequently anymore."

Hearing Electrolux say that, Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this treatment was far from the standard protagonist treatment he had imagined, it was still much better than his previous bad luck, wasn't it?
The most important thing for a person is to be content; that's good enough. Seeing how easily Chen Ping accepted what he had said without any discouragement, Electrolux couldn't help but smile.

Such a mindset is truly admirable.

"This power of destiny has also improved and amplified your spiritual sea to some extent, and it seems to even increase the speed of your spiritual power cultivation to a certain extent. You will gradually experience this benefit."

"After all this work, I'm a bit tired. I'll go rest for a while and then help you study that soul fragment and the divine power of the remnant soul in that divine sense. Such power, with its ability to transfer and integrate all things, is truly rare."

Old Yi's voice slowly faded from Chen Ping's mental sea, clearly indicating that he was busy with his own affairs.

Chen Ping subconsciously touched the vertical pupil between his eyebrows, which had closed again. Besides changing his luck, according to what Elder Yi said in the original work, he should also have a similar effect to the solidification of the Eye of Fate, which could make a person's luck extremely good or extremely bad for a short period of time.

Why didn't Yi Lao mention this point at all? Did he forget it?
Chen Ping was a little puzzled. He subconsciously summoned the system and saw that his academic points, which he had accumulated for who knows how long, had suddenly increased by one digit.

"My grass!"

The case is solved, and Chen Ping now knows what the "Gaze of Fate" effect he was supposed to have become.

The next morning.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng were awakened by the aroma of roasted meat. Even though they were sleeping in the tent, the aroma of the extremely tender roasted dark gold dinosaur bear tenderloin still penetrated the thin tent and went straight into the two women's nostrils.

When they woke up, the scene before them shocked them.

A three-headed giant dog, over five meters long and extremely robust, with three identical large heads, was not far from the camp, vying for a freshly cooked bear rib.

The braised bear ribs were incredibly fragrant and delicious; the breast meat on the ribs seemed ready to fall off with just a gentle suck.

The three dog heads were now fighting each other, not caring whether they were gnawing on meat or bones, and the scene looked not scary at all, but rather somewhat comical.

But as comical as it may be, that piece of chest and ribs must weigh at least two or three hundred pounds.

But it seems that it's barely enough for this three-headed dog, which is five meters long, to have a snack. Ribs as thick as a human arm are like biscuits under the bite of these three giant dogs' fangs, and they will be crushed with a single bite, which is quite terrifying.

On the other side of the camp, a large golden lion with fur as smooth as golden crystal lay quietly not far from Chen Ping, staring intently at Chen Ping and the giant furnace at least two or three meters deep in front of him.

This hearth was dug out by the Red King with its claws this morning before Chen Ping woke up. Compared to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who is meticulous about food, the Red King, who always mooches off the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, is not so particular about his meals.

Anyway, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion only eats the most precious part of the ingredients it brings each time. Even if Chen Ping, the cook, eats and takes some, those ingredients that weigh thousands of pounds are still beyond his ability to handle.

So most of the time, Chen Ping would instruct the Red King to dig out a stove, directly roast some kind of food like a whole roasted pig, and then sprinkle two pounds of chili peppers on top, enough to make the Red King's three dog heads breathe fire at the same time.

However, this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was so large that a three-meter-high oven simply couldn't roast a whole bear.

Chen Ping could only roast some ribs for the Crimson King first, and then wash the pair of hind legs of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and hang them in the earthen oven to make roasted bear legs.

Soon, Chen Ping pushed aside the huge rock that was pressing down on the stove, grabbed the iron chain and yanked it, lifting up the pair of roasted hind legs that weighed more than 100 pounds together, which were golden brown and crispy on the outside.

Since Chen Ping would disappear every two weeks in the morning and return at noon with hundreds of kilograms of the most prized ingredients, even with the secrecy factor involved, both Ning Tian and Wu Feng could vaguely guess what Chen Ping was doing.

After cautiously greeting the auspicious beast and getting to know each other, the two women quickly sat down and ate a few pieces of braised pork tenderloin made by Chen Ping. Then, like the auspicious beast, they eagerly waited for Chen Ping to cook.

Of course, both of them knew how to assist.

For example, Wu Feng slightly raised her right hand, and a flash of dark golden light appeared. Five dark golden claws, each over a foot long and as sharp as blades, shot out from her five fingers.

Moreover, when Wu Feng activated her dragon transformation, her right arm, which was originally covered with red dragon scales, seemed to combine with the dark gold claws, causing the two attributes to intertwine at her fingertips.

"Chen Ping, let me chop some more firewood for you."

As Wu Feng spoke, he reached out and waved to a large tree beside him.

Without hearing a sound, her hand had already moved from the right to the left.

"Huh? I feel like it's been cut open, so why hasn't the tree fallen?"

　"Five Deficiencies and Three Lacks" is a concept of cause and effect circulating in Chinese folk metaphysics (such as feng shui, fortune telling, and Taoist arts). It is usually used to explain the possible retribution suffered by those who "peep into the secrets of heaven" or "defy fate." This concept is not an orthodox Taoist doctrine, but rather a product of folk legends and novels, and is commonly found in supernatural and fantasy online novels or film and television works.

　　Specific meaning
　　Five Disadvantages
　　These refer to five kinds of life defects or misfortunes, with slight variations in different versions, but a common interpretation is:
　　鳏 (guān): widowed or without a wife

　　Widow: Unmarried or widowed

　　Orphan: Lost his father at a young age
　　Alone: ​​Old and childless

　　Disability: physical disability or serious illness

　　Three missing
　　This refers to three types of life deficiencies, typically:
　　Money: A life of poverty

　　Fate: Short lifespan or violent death

　　Power: Without power or influence, one is oppressed by others.

　　
　
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