Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

A dark figure appeared silently, knelt on one knee, and respectfully reported.

"How was the result?"

Xue Qinghe held the white porcelain teacup in both hands, his fingertips lightly touching the inside of the cup. He lowered his eyes slightly, took a small sip, and spoke in a calm tone, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"Young Master, ruining his reputation is easy, but making him a laughingstock across the continent is really difficult," the shadowy figure said with a hint of trepidation.

"Then let's promote the master's theories again. As long as the master can be remembered for all time, it will be easy for Yu Xiaogang to be remembered for all time."

When the word "master" was mentioned, a glint flashed in Xue Qinghe's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

Compared to Tang Shan, the master's disciple, the master now seems more like an ordinary, mysterious elder to her. Although she still respects him, she doesn't seem to worship him as much anymore.

"Yes, sir. It seems there's another force on the mainland trying to eliminate our influence over Yu Xiaogang," the shadowy figure reported nervously.

Xue Qinghe's fingers tightened almost imperceptibly over the teacup, causing the tea to ripple gently before returning to stillness. She looked up into the distance, her eyes calm and undisturbed.

"I understand. You don't need to worry about that force. You can go now."

"Your subordinate takes his leave." The black shadow flashed and silently disappeared into the darkness.

Setting down his teacup, Xue Qinghe stood up, his posture upright, gazing towards the direction of Wuhun City, a faint, cold, mocking smile slowly curving his lips.

“Bibi Dong, I won’t kill him. I’ll make him a laughingstock across the continent. How will you deal with that?”

The dense canopy of trees sliced ​​the sunlight into fragments, turning them into dappled spots that scattered across Golden Crocodile Douluo's body.

Listening to Xue Qinghe's conversation with the shadowy figure, Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed helplessly, "Little Xue, when are you finally going to figure it out? His identity isn't hard to guess at all..."

As for Bibi Dong, in the eyes of Golden Crocodile Douluo and all the other elders, she only had one identity: Qian Renxue's mother.

As for the papacy, they thought they could be deposed at any time!

Chapter 294 The Asura God's Notice and Neglect Happy New Year

"So, Tangshan, your cultivation in Tiandou City these past few years has been very smooth, and you haven't encountered many difficulties, right?"

Inside the Dean's office at Notting College, Su Yuan sat behind a large desk, looking at the young man opposite him with satisfaction.

"Uncle Su, that's true."

Tang Shan responded with a smile.

"You've been here for a while now, aren't you going to introduce me to the person next to you?"

Su Yuan looked at Gu Yue, who was sitting next to Tang Shan, silent yet serene and aloof, and said jokingly.

"I've been so busy chatting with Uncle Su, let me introduce you. Gu Yue is a classmate I met at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. She's traveling with me now."

"Hello Gu Yue, you can call me Dean Su, or you can call me Uncle Su like Tang Shan does."

"Hello, Uncle Su."

Gu Yue's voice was soft and gentle, and she called out very obediently.

"Okay!"

Clearly, Su Yuan was quite satisfied with Gu Yue's address. Although he wasn't very familiar with Tang Shan and Gu Yue, his friendship with Su Haichao was there for him, so he still felt a sense of care for Tang Shan and Gu Yue.

"By the way, Uncle Su, aren't you going to do anything about the work-study students being bullied?"

Tang Shan recalled what he had seen at the school gate and asked Su Yuan with some curiosity.

Although they didn't have much contact, Tangshan had a general understanding of the other party, and the other party didn't seem like a dean who would allow school bullying to exist.

"Hey!"

Upon hearing Tang Shan's inquiry, Su Yuan sighed, his voice tinged with melancholy.

"Do you know the background of those work-study students in Tangshan?"

"It's fairly clear. They're mostly children from rural villages who were lucky enough to awaken their soul power and were recommended by the Spirit Hall to attend school here."

Tangshan briefly shared his understanding of work-study students.

“You’re right. The vast majority of work-study students are children from the countryside. They are insecure and timid, and they can only swallow their anger when faced with a lot of oppression. Of course, this is not their problem, but the result of what they have been exposed to since childhood.”

Su Yuan paused for a moment, then looked out the window at the school's playground below.

"This is a bad habit. They are about to become Soul Masters, and it is not good for them to continue to be obsequious."

Although I don't want them to become arrogant and domineering because of their status as Soul Masters in the future, I also don't want them to become Soul Masters and continue to swallow their anger when conditions allow. That's why I let the other students bully them.

They can resist, they can fight; I want to instill in them the confidence that a Soul Master should have.

"What if they keep swallowing their anger and refuse to fight back?"

Gu Yue raised her eyes, a hint of curiosity flashing in them, and pressed for an answer.

Su Yuan smiled: "I can protect them in the academy and guarantee that all conflicts are limited to the academy. Moreover, the academy will not interfere in their minor conflicts. If they can't even stand up straight in this regard, then what else is there to say?"

Am I supposed to go and tell them personally, "Are you going to stand up and fight back?" Even if they do fight back, it won't be because of a change in their own mindset, but because I'm backing them up.

While they were in the academy, I could provide them with a relatively fair environment for competition and conflict. But once they leave the academy, things could really change.

"I see." Tang Shan finally understood why Su Yuan allowed the two sides to fight. He didn't comment on the other party's actions, since he hadn't seen such a deep meaning in the original Douluo Continent novel, and he didn't know whether this approach was good or bad.

The novel Douluo Continent ultimately only records a part of the story from the perspective of the protagonist. Compared to the vast continent as a whole, it may have explained most of the details at a higher level, but the descriptions of the lower levels are much more vague.

"By the way, Dean Su, is Yu Xiaogang still in your college?"

Tang Shan changed the subject, asking Su Yuan with some curiosity.

“He’s still here, and he even brought his nephew along. The two of them are eating and drinking for free at my Notting College.”

"His nephew!"

Tang Shan was somewhat surprised, genuinely surprised, as he remembered that there was no such character in the original work. How could he have appeared out of nowhere?

Wait a minute, if we're talking about Yu Xiaogang's nephew, it seems there really is one. Tang Shan's expression was a bit strange as he asked Su Yuan, "Dean, what's his nephew's name?"

"His name is Yu Tianheng. His background is unclear. All we know is that one day Yu Xiaogang suddenly took him by his side."

Su Yuan picked up the water glass on the table, took a sip, and sighed helplessly.

"Actually, the two of them eating and drinking for free wouldn't cost much. The main problem is that these two holdouts don't do anything. Many teachers are saying that I'm a sucker and not very bright."

Tang Shan never expected that Yu Tianheng would actually go to Notting City and hang out with Yu Xiaogang. This was quite unexpected. However, considering the changes he had made to Douluo Continent over the years, this slight difference didn't seem so hard to accept.

By the way, will Yu Tianheng join Shrek Academy with Tang San, turning the Shrek Seven Devils into the Shrek Eight Devils?

Regarding the issue of Yu Tianheng's age, Tang Shan said that he believed in Yu Xiaogang's charm. After all, Flander was willing to act as a matchmaker for Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. It was just a matter of admitting a student through special admissions, which was not a problem at all. Moreover, Yu Tianheng was definitely a genius, which met Shrek Academy's standard of only recruiting monsters and not ordinary people.

"Uncle Su, it's all about repaying a favor. Once the favor is repaid, you can just pack up and leave. There's no need for you to stay at Notting Academy any longer."

Regarding Su Yuan's complaints, Tang Shan said that it was normal and very much in line with Yu Xiaogang's style. After all, this was the kind of guy who could say to Flander, "I'll take care of the food, you take care of the money." It seemed like Yu Xiaogang had put in a lot of effort, but Shrek Academy didn't lack cooks at all. He was essentially letting Flander get resources for free to train his disciple. What a great way to get something for nothing.

"Forget it. After so many years, training batches of students to break through to become Soul Masters, I'm basically used to it. I'd be a little uncomfortable going back to being the Dean of Students at the Soul Master Academy. I'll just be a sucker if I have to. According to my benefactor, Yu Xiaogang probably won't be able to stay for many more years."

Tangshan: It'll be about six more years, Uncle Su. Believe in yourself, you'll soon be able to get rid of these two, or rather, three holdouts.

……

Tang Shan and Gu Yue walked out of Notting College one after the other. A gentle breeze brushed their faces. He turned to look at Gu Yue beside him and casually asked, "How are you feeling?"

Gu Yue blinked gently, tilted her head and thought seriously for a moment, her small nose twitched slightly, and then answered softly.

"It feels great. Traveling around and witnessing all kinds of scenery naturally broadens my mind. I also vaguely understand what you mean by 'accumulation' when you say that my accumulation is insufficient and my will cannot be concentrated."

"Alright, let's continue exploring and try to see everything within three days. After watching that grand show, we'll head to the next city."

Gu Yue naturally understood what Tang Shan meant by the "big show." Although she was extremely wary of the rogue rabbit, it hadn't gotten close to Tang Shan yet, so she couldn't find a suitable reason to stop it.

Tang Shan, unaware of the Silver Dragon King's vigilance, stretched and felt a slight increase in his willpower and mental strength, looking quite satisfied.

Observing mountains, waters, and all living beings, one can find spiritual practice in every aspect of life.

Traveling across the continent may not be of much help in cultivating soul power and blood energy, but it is still quite beneficial for increasing willpower and strengthening mental power.

Perhaps after traveling the entire continent, Tang Shan felt that he might actually be able to forcefully break down the barrier between body and mind with his own immense willpower and forcefully achieve enlightenment.

……

Spirit world

The tall figure shrouded in a blood-red robe cast his gaze, traversing the turbulent currents of time and the barriers of space, landing on the Douluo Continent.

"Let me see how my heir is doing?"

The Asura God's blood-red eyes flashed with a probing gaze. After observing for a moment, he suddenly became somewhat bewildered.

"Why are there two Chosen Ones? Good heavens, what are you doing, dimensional consciousness? Why did you create another Chosen One!"

The Asura God was speechless at his observations. After examining it for a while, he seemed to become interested and said with a hint of surprise, "Goodness, it has both the aura of a battlefield and the killing intent. This kid is really wild. Playing like this, isn't he afraid of killing himself? But his talent does seem pretty good. Oh well, let's see."

"A three-hundred-year-old soul ring... Is my talent as the inheritor a bit lacking? Oh well, it's a twin martial soul after all. As long as the second martial soul is improved, there won't be much of a problem."

The Asura God withdrew the light screen and went back to dealing with his own affairs. A day in heaven is equivalent to a year on earth. He was about to leave the divine realm, and some handover procedures needed to be started in advance. As for the matters in the lower realm, he was fully confident in his abilities and believed that even if the process of development deviated slightly, the final result would inevitably return to the predetermined point.

From beginning to end, he did not notice Tang Shan's existence, as if the consciousness of the plane selectively ignored him.

If Gu Yue hadn't discovered Tang Shan's extraordinary changes in his destiny line, she probably would have just regarded him as an ordinary soul master whose fate was simply changed by the chosen one of the plane.

……

As the sun rises and sets, day and night alternate, the morning light and twilight unfold in the streets and alleys of Nottingham. In the blink of an eye, three days have quietly passed.

The swaying carriage stopped at the gate of Notting College. An ordinary-looking boy jumped off the carriage first, then bent down and carried a pale-faced, stiff-faced middle-aged man off the carriage.

A young man in black also got out of the car, looked at the boy, and asked, "Tang San, are you sure you can do it?"

Tang San, carrying the nearly 180-pound man on his back, remained calm and composed, saying without even breaking a sweat: "Brother Yu, I'm fine. Let's find a healing-type Soul Master to treat our teacher as soon as possible."

"Okay, then you take your uncle back to his room first, I'll go find him now."

After speaking, the young man in black flashed into the academy.

The three people who appeared at the entrance of Notting Academy at this moment were none other than Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Tianheng.

P.S.: Happy New Year to all my dear readers! As is customary, here's a patch: Brother Tao won't be the God of Asura in the future, and neither will Tang San. I'm asking for your creative ideas; I'd appreciate any good plans you readers have for the God of Asura position. If not, then the old God of Asura might not be able to escape in the end.

Chapter 295 The Stalker Behind the Scenes Happy New Year

"Gu Yue, let's go join the fun."

The spiritual power of the Lingyuan Realm covers an extremely wide area. Even though they were still quite a distance from Notting Academy, Tang Shan could still clearly sense the three figures who had just gotten off the bus.

Although Tang Shan hadn't seen two of them for a long time, he recognized them at a glance: Yu Xiaogang, who had once wanted to take him as a disciple, and Yu Tianheng, who had left the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.