Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 29 The Power of Douluo Continent

"If you don't work hard, no one will come to your rescue when you're in danger. Even if we develop a deep friendship and I come to your rescue, you'll have to hold on until I get there, right?"

Tang San gave a reason that Xiao Wu couldn't refute.

But Xiao Wu suddenly smiled and said, "It seems you're still captivated by my cute appearance."

"Everyone has a love for beauty. Unless someone has a psychological problem, no one can ignore something cute." Tang San said, spouting profound truths. "But don't expect me to protect you forever. If you're not strong enough and die, I'll at most put some fruit in front of your cenotaph during festivals as a way of paying my respects."

"Hmph!" Xiao Wu snorted again, "Sharp tongue."

Tang San neither agreed nor disagreed.

At least, he had explained the pros and cons to Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu did indeed take some of what she heard into account.

A 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast is like a blank sheet of paper. Even if it has lived for 100,000 years, in the unchanging environment of the Star Dou Great Forest, even if it has developed intelligence, how much knowledge and experience does it have?

When they first came into human society, they retained the habits of their original spirit beasts, but as they gradually interacted with humans, they developed different personalities depending on the people they met.

Xiao Wu is indeed a genius among geniuses. She learns very quickly, as long as she is willing to learn, that is, willing to use her brain... It is estimated that most 100,000-year-old soul beasts that have taken human form are like this.

It just takes time to change the habits of a soul beast that has lived for 100,000 years.

On the way to the restaurant, Xiao Wu suddenly asked, "By the way, you haven't told me about the situation of the Upper Three Sects yet. You were too busy practicing climbing trees."

Tang San said, "The power structure of Douluo Continent can be described as one palace, two empires, three upper sects, and four lower sects."

"The first hall is the Spirit Hall. There are branch halls in every city in the Douluo Continent, and even in villages. However, the Spirit Hall in a village is just a stone house. There is no Spirit Hall in charge. The village chief is responsible for arranging cleaning and maintenance every month."

"This is an organization similar to a religious belief. All its members are Soul Masters. It recruits Soul Masters from all over the continent and even gives each Soul Master a gold Soul Coin."

"Soul Masters earn one per month; Great Soul Masters earn ten per month; Soul Venerables earn one hundred per month."

Xiao Wu asked in surprise, "Are the Spirit Hall really such good people?"

"In the beginning, when it was first established, that might be true, but after thousands of years of development, that's no longer the case. After all, when a large power develops for a long time, there will always be corrupt elements emerging within it," Tang San said rather objectively. "However, the Spirit Hall provides pretty good basic protection for commoner spirit masters. Whatever the benefits involved, at least we've benefited from it, haven't we?"

Xiao Wu nodded and asked, "A Soul Master receives one hundred coins a month, while a Soul Sect Master receives one thousand?"

Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu and shook his head: "Zero."

"what?"

Xiao Wu asked, puzzled, "Why aren't you posting anymore?"

"If an ordinary person awakens a martial soul and is able to cultivate to the Soul Master level, they'll be at least twenty years old. By twenty, they're already adults and have to support themselves. Do you think they can keep getting freebies?" Tang San rolled his eyes. "The Spirit Hall trains soul masters, not a charity. If you want to keep getting money, you can only join the Spirit Hall."

"Furthermore, if a Soul Master is over forty years old and has not reached the Soul Grandmaster level, the Spirit Hall will stop providing subsidies."

"After all, they're forty years old. They're middle-aged, and their bodies are starting to age. Without a stroke of luck to defy fate, they definitely won't be able to break through any further. Are we supposed to just let them take care of them in their old age?"

Xiao Wu nodded repeatedly, feeling that Tang San's words made a lot of sense, and she also developed a bit of goodwill towards the Spirit Hall.

"Next are the two empires, Tiandou and Xingluo. Currently, there are only these two empires on the continent. Other duchies, kingdoms, and independent cities are mostly subordinate to these two empires. The Tiandou Empire has a larger number of kingdoms and duchies within its borders."

Tang San paused for a moment, then continued.

"The martial soul of the Heaven Dou royal family is the swan. According to existing records, if it has not been modified or deliberately concealed, then there has never been a titled Douluo in their royal family. Their governance mainly relies on enfeoffing nobles and allowing the nobles of various kingdoms and duchies to govern themselves, thereby achieving a balance."

"The Star Luo Empire's royal family's inherited martial spirit is the White Tiger. The people there are known for their fierce and valiant nature. If the records in the books are accurate, and the Star Luo Empire hasn't experienced any major upheavals in recent years, then you'll often see brawls happening there."

"However, it is precisely because of this atmosphere that the competition within the royal family is extremely fierce, similar to raising poisonous insects. Only the strongest can become emperor, and those who fail in the competition face only one word: death. And all the Star Luo emperors throughout history, even those who did not meet the conditions for competition, were basically at the level of Soul Douluo or Title Douluo."

"The three upper sects are the Haotian Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan."

"Among them, the Clear Sky Sect's ancestral martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer, which is said to have mutated from a forging hammer. It follows the extreme style, and all the skills brought by the spirit rings are related to strength, but they are not the kind of spirit skills that only increase strength. It is not the extreme style. However, this sect offended the Spirit Hall and had its backbone broken. It is currently in seclusion, and it is very difficult for outsiders to see Clear Sky Sect disciples."

"Next up is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, whose martial soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, a support-type martial soul. They follow a balanced approach, or rather, they can only follow a balanced approach."

Xiao Wu asked in confusion, "Why?"

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul has seven layers and can only add seven Soul Rings. Apart from the Martial Soul True Body, the first six Soul Skills are all amplifications, namely: Strength, Speed, Defense, Attribute, Soul Power, and Attack. No matter what kind of Soul Beast you hunt, the Soul Skill you get will only be one of these six. Soul Masters who possess this Martial Soul can adjust the amplification order according to their own needs."

Tang San sighed, "This is also the peculiarity of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul. Because the amplification is too great, they can only cultivate to level 79. Without special circumstances, it is impossible to reach the Soul Douluo level."

"However, because of its powerful amplification ability, it has a great effect on even Title Douluo, so many Title Douluo will give face to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"Their sect has a large business, selling all kinds of luxury goods and lifestyle soul tools. They are high-end products that ordinary people cannot afford."

At this point, Tang San paused, pondering how to describe the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family.

"The last Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family, although it is called one of the three upper sects, seems to me more like a family."

"Their martial soul is the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, a true dragon species. Their requirements for bloodline are far higher than the other two. When they marry, they require their partner to be of the dragon species, or at least have some connection to dragons. Otherwise, they will face strong opposition from the higher-ups of their families. If they really like a partner whose martial soul is not of the dragon species, they can only do it secretly and cannot do it openly."

"Otherwise, if we set a bad precedent, and everyone in the family sees it and does the same thing, the bloodline of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul might be lost, or it might lead to impure bloodlines in future generations."

This is also why Tang San saw some fragments related to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex in the books in the Spirit Hall and made a relatively reasonable deduction—in order to ensure the stable inheritance of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family may not understand genetics, but through thousands of years of experience, they have still come to some conclusions and principles.

This is why Liu Erlong, despite her considerable talent, was born out of wedlock. Her father, Yu Luomian, did not give her the surname "Yu," and may not have even taken her back to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan.

After all, the age difference between Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong should not be large, at least not more than ten years, otherwise the two would not be able to form the Golden Iron Triangle with Flander.

The conditions under which the throne of the Star Luo Empire cannot be contested—

It's impossible for exactly two "Netherworld White Tigers" to be born in every generation.

Spirit fusion is not something that can be achieved with just any White Tiger Spirit Soul or Netherworld Cat Spirit Soul. Otherwise, spirit fusion skills wouldn't be so rare. The Zhu and Dai families could have had as many children as possible and raised them up, which would have been enough to dominate the entire Douluo Continent for two or three hundred years, and even the Spirit Hall couldn't suppress them.

(The Evil-Eyed Saint King character design is not based on the comic book.)

(End of this chapter)