Douluo Dragon King: Martial Soul Spring and Autumn Cicada, Lord of Time

An hour later.

Donghai College, Dean's Office.

"Children, you all did an excellent job; I saw it all!"

"Next semester, I will definitely push the college board to increase your resources."

"I hope you will live up to the academy's expectations and achieve even greater success!"

Looking at the students in Class Zero in front of him, Yu Zhen's eyes were full of appreciation, and he did not hold back his praise.

After leaving the dean's office, they returned to Class Zero's classroom.

Wu Changkong also announced in public that the students in Class Zero had passed the final exam with a perfect score.

After that, naturally, there was a month-long vacation.

For the students in Class Zero, this was naturally the happiest moment.

After all, although they are all Soul Masters, they are still children.

Well, at least they all look like children.

After the official holiday was announced.

Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi then went back to their respective homes and mothers.

soon.

In the dormitory area where Class Zero was located, only Zhao Tao and Tang Wulin remained.

"Brother Tao, where are you going for your month-long vacation?"

"Are we going back to Donghai City to find Aunt Lin Ximeng?"

Arriving beside Zhao Tao, Tang Wulin looked at him expectantly and asked.

At this moment, he also desperately wanted to leave with Zhao Tao and not be left alone in Donghai City.

After all, he had no home and nowhere to go.

"I heard that Aunt Lin has found a boyfriend, so I won't be a third wheel."

"I'm planning to visit Tiandou City. Wu Lin, didn't your parents also leave Aolai City? Would you like to come with me?"

Upon hearing Tang Wulin's words, Zhao Tao smiled slightly and asked a question.

The holiday is a rare and wonderful opportunity!

Normally, with Wu Changkong around in the academy, Zhao Tao naturally couldn't "educate" Tang Wulin.

After all, Zhao Tao dared not let Wu Changkong, a loyal follower of the Tang Clan, hear many of his "outrageous" words.

Otherwise, he'd be dead!

Now, taking advantage of the summer vacation, it's natural to take Tang Wulin away from the "devil's den".

While we're at it, we'll also help him open his eyes to the world and cultivate his questioning spirit and critical thinking.

This way, when he faces the brainwashing of the Tang Sect, he won't completely become Tang San's lackey.

Furthermore, they gradually came to understand the true nature of Tang San and the Tang Clan, dispelled their illusions, and took the first step towards a relationship of filial piety and parental love.

On the contrary, if Tang Wulin is not taken away.

Who knows, he might be taken away by Wu Changkong.

Along the way, they were bombarded with all sorts of Tang Sect "great achievements," causing them to sink deeper and deeper into the mire.

It's even possible that Wu Changkong recklessly led him into the intermediate spirit-ascension platform, forcibly merging his soul spirit, causing the seal on the Golden Dragon King's bloodline to loosen.

In conclusion, having Tang Wulin by your side is definitely the safest and most reliable choice.

As for why Tiandou City was chosen as the destination...

It's not like Wu Changkong, who imitated a certain young master by sweeping his deceased wife's grave.

Rather, it was because an unclaimed "Sands of Time" mine that he knew about in his previous life was located near Tiandou City!

He also plans to take this opportunity to use the power of time within the "Sands of Time" to help the Spring and Autumn Cicada Martial Soul recover further!

The recovery of the Spring and Autumn Cicada will further enhance Zhao Tao's innate soul power, improving his cultivation and potential!

"Okay, I'm willing to come. Thank you, Brother Tao!"

Upon hearing Zhao Tao's words, Tang Wulin's eyes lit up instantly, and he agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, let's pack our bags, we're leaving this afternoon!"

Patting Tang Wulin on the head, Zhao Tao smiled and began making arrangements.

......

Soon, it was afternoon.

Zhao Tao led Tang Wulin toward the Soul Guidance Train Station in Tianhai City.

Since both of them have storage soul tools, they naturally don't need to carry any luggage.

In order to have a private space to educate Tang Wulin on "filial piety and parental love".

Zhao Tao also specially bought a business class seat with a private compartment for the two of them.

Soon, accompanied by a deep rumble, the Soul Guidance Train departed from the station and headed towards Tiandou City.

Taking advantage of their time on the Soul Guidance Train, Zhao Tao began to guide Tang Wulin's cultivation.

Incidentally, this subtly and quietly influenced Tang Wulin's ideological education.

For example, let's talk about the problem of the proliferation of evil spirit masters.

Zhao Tao then pointed out directly that it was a certain Tang Sect ancestor who destroyed the prison of evil soul masters in the Slaughter City.

This led to countless evil spirit masters going unchecked, spreading across the continent and causing countless massacres.

If there were a City of Slaughter, all the evil spirit masters would be imprisoned there and unable to escape, so why would there be so much trouble?

They then discussed the great master Yu Xiaogang whom Tang Wulin greatly admired.

Zhao Tao even summoned his own martial soul and soul rings, and asked Tang Wulin a question.

If Yu Xiaogang really is the "master" as advertised.

Why did he tell Tang San that the limit for a Soul Master's first Soul Ring is four hundred years?

Both he and Gu Yue had reached the thousand-year mark for their first spirit ring?

Even Tang Wulin himself, his first spirit ring now has a cultivation level of nine hundred years.

For example, his classic statement in his theory—

"There are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters."

However, the students he chose to teach were all geniuses with innate soul power at level eight or nine, or even full innate soul power.

Even Tang San, who is the only one who seems to have a "useless martial soul".

Its true martial soul is also the Blue Silver Emperor, not the ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

Why does Yu Xiaogang always avoid talking about those Soul Masters who are truly lacking in innate Soul Power and Martial Soul?

Did he deliberately use Tang San as a typical example to confuse the public and prove the correctness of his theory?

Tang Wulin was speechless at Zhao Tao's question!

Finally, let's talk about the Spirit Hall and the Tang Sect.

Zhao Tao pointed out even more incisively that, for ordinary soul masters and civilians, the Spirit Hall was the more progressive organization compared to the Tang Sect!

after all.

Back then, it was the Spirit Hall that tirelessly dispatched a large number of deacons to help countless ordinary people awaken their spirits and even provide them with the opportunity to study at spirit master academies.

Even Tang San, the ancestor of the Tang Sect, only awakened his martial soul with the help of Su Yuntao, a deacon of the Spirit Hall.

Later, he went to Nottingham College to work as a part-time student, where he received the inheritance of meditation techniques and embarked on the path of spiritual practice.

If there were no Spirit Hall, would Tang San have remained in a small mountain village, working as a blacksmith and farmer for the rest of his life?

At the same time, it was under the impetus of the Spirit Hall that the two empires, which have always been stingy, were willing to spend gold spirit coins to subsidize the middle and lower-level spirit masters.

With the destruction of the Spirit Hall, no one was willing to work tirelessly to awaken the spirits of ordinary spirit masters anymore, and countless spirit masters were buried in obscurity.

As for ordinary soul masters, without subsidies, they struggle to make a living, let alone cultivate. Their status drops drastically, and some even become bandits or evil soul masters to survive.

It wasn't until the Sun and Moon Federation ended the rule of the two great empires that they finally restarted the martial soul testing for ordinary people and the subsidies for lower-level soul masters.

Conversely, throughout this process, the Tang Sect consistently stood in opposition to the Spirit Hall and the Sun Moon Federation.

Not only did they join forces with the two great empires to suppress the Spirit Hall's revolution, but they also killed Bibi Dong, the pope of the Spirit Hall, leading to the Spirit Hall's eventual decline.

It further hindered the Sun Moon Federation's process of unifying the continent, causing countless ordinary soul masters to spend an extra thousand years in the harsh years of hunger and cold.

At the same time, as a soul master organization, Tang Sect has never truly sought benefits for ordinary soul masters. Its so-called unique skills and inheritances are only open to a small number of organization members.

Is this really justice?

Finally, Zhao Tao posed a thought-provoking question—

If it really was during that dark period, what were the chances of a commoner family like Tang Wulin getting a martial soul test?

What are the chances of an ordinary martial soul like Blue Silver Grass being able to enter an expensive soul master academy?

Hearing Zhao Tao's series of probing questions...

Tang Wulin also fell silent.