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

Chapter 360 Indestructible, Impervious to Wind and Thunder (4K)

Chen Ping was so happy to see the blessing of the mortal world that he had been longing for burst forth from that old man, Jing Hongchen. As soon as he stepped out the door, he was grinning from ear to ear.

Qian Duoduo considered that in order to make the whole act more convincing, he had gathered all the other students from the academy in front of the No. 6 teaching building during class. He also glanced at his Soul Guide Pocket Watch, which was already noon, and with a wave of his hand, he invited everyone to go to Sun and Moon City to find a nice restaurant for a meal.

The Shrek students naturally wouldn't refuse, since everyone knew that Dean Qian was a miserly tightwad; getting a meal from him was a rare treat.

That's why the group of people stormed out of the academy without doing anything like asking for permission before leaving, as Lin Jiayi had suggested. They just swaggered off.

Professor Mo didn't join the others for the meal. After all, he was just a level nine Soul Master of the Sun Moon Empire. He was already satisfied just to see Jing Hongchen suffer a setback.

Lin Jiayi wanted to persuade him, but when he turned his head and looked at Jing Hongchen's office, where one wall had been torn down, and Jing Hongchen, who was on the verge of exploding at any moment, Lin Jiayi silently took out his sick note book and wrote a sick note for everyone in Shrek Academy.

At such a sensitive time, it's best not to cause any unnecessary trouble.
No one paid attention to what Lin Jiayi was thinking. Soon, the group arrived at a highly-rated restaurant in Sun Moon City, a favorite gathering place for many Royal Soul Master students.

When Qian Duoduo explained the whole story, and clarified that everyone could take away their weekly quota of rare metals, the soul tool blueprints used as teaching materials, and that everyone had the opportunity to enter Mingde Hall, the group of junior soul masters cheered.

Ye Xiaosheng, who had previously led the other Soul Masters, excitedly toasted Chen Ping with a pitcher of wheat juice.

Chen Ping helped them get all of this!
Chen Ping was all smiles at the dinner table. This wasn't over yet; he hadn't extorted those soul-sealing handcuffs from the Royal Prosecutor's Team. He could try to extort them again later if he had the chance.

The meal lasted for two whole hours, until everyone was completely stuffed before it ended.

Only after everyone else had gradually left did Chen Ping stop Huo Yuhao, who was about to leave, and toss him the two level-eight defensive soul tools that he had extorted from Jing Hongchen.

"Yuhao, if you hadn't stayed outside the bathroom after you finished using the restroom and waited for me to come out so you could make a copy of the photo and go to our dean, we might not have been able to extort so much money this time."

"Take these two small shields. Although they are only level eight defensive soul tools, they are still Jing Hongchen's masterpieces and should be quite effective."

Chen Ping's words surprised Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao already felt bad enough that Chen Ping had helped him avoid a disaster. He never expected that he would get two level-eight defensive soul tools from Mingde Hall for free just by doing what he could.
“Brother Chen, this won’t do. I didn’t do anything. How can I take this?”

Huo Yuhao quickly waved his hand: "I shouldn't have gone to that restroom in the first place."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping quickly waved his hand, interrupting Huo Yuhao: "You're wrong. You came to the toilet at the perfect time. You still need to practice your skills in extorting people."

Chen Ping glanced at Huo Yuhao with amusement, secretly thinking how close he had come to disaster.

If he remembered correctly, Huo Yuhao in the original novel was just like a female protagonist in a video game. She never fought back or talked back when she was hit. She was not only hit on the head by Wang Shaojie, but she was also stabbed by the Dragon Pillar and bled profusely right away.

He was eventually rescued by Jing Hongchen, who treated him with the best medicine and some nourishing food. He was easily fooled by the small benefit of doubling his rare metal quota, and chuckled to himself, thinking that his injuries hadn't been in vain.

Although this is also related to the fact that in the original work, the teacher leading Shrek Academy was only Fan Yu, a Soul Master who was not good at fighting, and that Mu En died relatively early, this can definitely be considered a compensation condition to fool the beggar.

Hmm. No wonder Chen Ping has come across quite a few gender-swapped stories about Little Huo. Even without gender-swapping, this is still pure female-oriented thinking, a naturally born male-female divine body.

If this kid had been even slightly more hard-hearted in his thinking, he wouldn't have been able to stop thinking about beef in terms of cultivation, and his mind wouldn't still be preoccupied with making Dai Hao kneel in front of Huo Yun'er's grave to repent. Dai Hao said a few nice words, whether true or false, and he was fooled into forgetting all his past.

If this guy could dig up the Duchess's corpse, publicly whip it, and scatter its bones to ashes, Chen Ping could praise him for carrying on the legacy of Wu Zixu, vowing to avenge his mother and repay any wrongs—truly a man of honor.

Debts are cleared when a person dies?

Who the hell says death absolves all debts? Go talk to my whip!
For a moment, Huo Yuhao felt quite uncomfortable under Chen Ping's meaningful gaze, wondering what he had said wrong.

"Alright, take it if you're told. Who knows, you might try to extort money from people later. Don't let someone break your leg and give you a crutch fool you."

Chen Ping didn't say anything more, but waved his hand and took out the Red Dust Protection he had obtained from Jing Hongchen.

"I also managed to swindle a level nine defensive soul tool from Old Man Jing. You can keep the two level eight soul tools."

As he spoke, Chen Ping began toying with the Red Dust Blessing in his hand.

He's been eyeing this for a long time.

The Red Dust Blessing is shaped like a round metal sheet, thin as paper, and radiates a soft golden glow.

The most unique feature is the openwork carving on it. The openwork lines are fine and regular, yet full of creativity and imagination.

No soul power fluctuations seeped out from it, but it was just there, yet it had a special texture as solid as a mountain.

A faint golden halo flashed across it; the light was not intense, but it was extremely eye-catching.

The Red Dust Protection does not limit the user's soul power level. Once a soul master is attacked, it will sense it in advance and take defensive action, absorbing the soul master's soul power and becoming one with it.

Not only does its defensive power equal the user's full-force defense without activating any soul skills, but it also consumes only one-fifth of the soul power of the strongest attack.

In addition, the Red Dust Protection can also actively activate the core magic array to form a top-level shield that lasts for fifteen seconds and has three times the defensive effect of the user. This life-saving effect is absolutely abnormal.

This defensive soul tool is a top-tier defensive soul tool that Chen Ping can use all the way to Super Douluo without ever becoming obsolete.

Aside from the somewhat overpowered Invincible Shield, Chen Ping will most likely never need to purchase any other defensive soul tools again.

Chen Ping briefly explained the effects of this level-nine soul tool, which made Qian Duoduo and Huo Yuhao exchange bewildered glances and secretly think it was monstrous.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a level nine defensive soul tool; its exaggerated defensive effect makes it a veritable life-saving divine artifact.

"Yuhao, what kind of defensive effects do those two little shields of yours have?" Chen Ping looked at the two small shields in Huo Yuhao's hand. These things were not mentioned in the original work, so he didn't know what their specific effects were.

Huo Yuhao shook his head, indicating that he didn't know how effective this thing was either.

Fortunately, Qian Duoduo was quite knowledgeable. He took two small shields from Huo Yuhao and said, "If I remember correctly, one of these two small shields is called Vajra Indestructible and the other is called Wind and Thunder Invulnerable. They are the famous works of Jing Hongchen back then, and I have heard of them."

"This Vajra Indestructible, as its name suggests, possesses extremely strong physical defense. Not only is it applicable to Soul Masters of any level, but it can also unleash a defensive power that is one level higher than the user's."

"This soul tool can quickly generate a golden energy shield when subjected to physical attacks. The toughness of this shield is such that if the user is a five-ring Soul King, it is enough to withstand the full force of a six-ring Soul Emperor."

"What's even more amazing is that it can automatically adjust its defensive strength according to the power of the attack, so as not to waste too much soul power and to ensure that the defense is foolproof."

"Moreover, the Vajra Indestructible also has a certain rebound capability, which can return part of the physical attack power to the enemy, making the opponent suffer the consequences."

"As for the shortcomings of this soul tool, it's quite simple. It can almost only defend against pure physical attacks. If your opponent's attack is an attack with effects such as lightning, fire, wind, or ice, you can shatter this defensive soul tool instantly with very little soul power."

Then, Qian Duoduo turned to the small silver shield, her tone filled with admiration: "This silver shield, although named Wind and Thunder Impervious, is only meant to match the gold shield in front. In addition to wind and thunder attribute soul skills, other elemental soul skills such as ice and fire attribute also have powerful defensive effects."

"Once this small shield is activated, it will form a fan-shaped silver defensive soul force field. You all know the concept of a domain, right? This thing can be used as a quarter of a domain."

"Any elemental attack will be absorbed, converted, or deflected with astonishing efficiency within this defensive field. If this thing could only defend a fan-shaped area and absorb, convert, or deflect a single elemental attack at a time, it would be worthy of being ranked as a level nine soul tool."

"This pair of defensive soul tools, when used together, are no less powerful than any level nine defensive soul tool. If they were auctioned off together, the price would probably be more than ten times the price if they were sold separately."

"Back then, Jing Hongchen relied on these two defensive soul tools to break into the Sun Moon Empire and become the strongest defensive soul master in that generation. As for the second place in that competition, it was Professor Mo, Chen Ping, your current mentor."

After listening to Qian Duoduo explain the effects and origins of the two defensive soul tools, Chen Ping couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

Jing Hongchen is indeed something else. Putting everything else aside, these three defensive soul tools are all outrageous.

Earn blood.

Chen Ping really made a killing this time, and Huo Yuhao even got two level-eight defensive soul tools for free.

However, according to the law of conservation of profit and loss, if someone makes a huge profit, someone else will likely suffer a huge loss, such as a certain head of Mingdetang.

"Hmm!"

As night fell, Jing Hongchen, who had just returned from the palace and finished reporting the whole story to the old emperor, looked at the Rouge Rice that Lin Jiayi had brought her and became angrier and angrier. In a fit of anger, she slammed the rice bowl down on her table.

Because of the impulsive bullying of newcomers by a few students in the college, the price they ultimately paid can only be described as tragic.

One level-nine defensive soul tool, and two level-eight soul tools that together are no less powerful than any level-nine soul tool.

If these losses weren't enough to completely enrage Jing Hongchen, then Mo Fang's sudden intrusion into his office, witnessing him being forced to cut off his own flesh, instantly ignited the fury within him.

Who is Mo Fang? He's just a useless defensive soul master who's been suppressed by him for life and can't turn his life around. His only achievement, a defensive soul tool, hasn't even been valued by the military. How dare he come to laugh at him?

Thinking of this, Jing Hongchen suddenly stood up and looked at the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo that was placed behind him, which he had originally treasured. Only then did the anger in his eyes dissipate a little.

Although he hadn't yet decided whether it would be better to give the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo to Xiao Hongchen, who had better talent, or to Meng Hongchen, whom he favored more, just looking at the level-nine soul tool, the Conferred God Platform, Jing Hongchen already revealed a cruel and fierce glint in his eyes.

"Hall Master."

Lin Jiayi, who had been waiting by his side, finally dared to speak in a low voice.

"explain."

Jing Hongchen leaned his head back in the chair, his eyes closed, speaking sparingly. Only the slight trembling of his graying eyebrows indicated that he was not as calm as he appeared.

"I have a withdrawal application from our college here. Would you like it?"

Before Lin Jiayi could finish speaking, Jing Hongchen threw the empty bowl in her hand, which nearly hit Lin Jiayi on the head and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"If you like studying, study; if you don't, get out."

Jing Hongchen suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Lin Jiayi with displeasure: "At a time like this, don't you know how to prioritize? You're reporting something so insignificant?"

"As for your position as the head of student affairs, if you can do it, then do it; if you can't, then get out of here and go home to take care of your kids."

Lin Jiayi was immediately bombarded with criticism by Jing Hongchen, but he could only patiently continue, "But Dean, this withdrawal application was written by that student named Orange, she..."

"So what if she gets good grades? If she doesn't want to study anymore, then get out. I was scolded by His Majesty at the palace all afternoon. What were you doing all afternoon?"

When Jing Hongchen finally sat up because he hadn't heard the report he wanted to hear.

"What I'm concerned about now is Wang Shaojie, Keke, and Zimu. Which of these three is the bastard who's been bullying newcomers?"

"If this was Wang Shaojie's doing, I wouldn't care whether he's the son of the prince consort or the princess's precious darling. His Majesty's attitude today is very clear: kill."

"But if this matter wasn't orchestrated by Wang Shaojie, but by Keke or Zimu, send them to the Dali Temple for official business as well. As for the other one, a major demerit won't do; just expel him."

(End of this chapter)