Douluo V: Daily Intelligence - I Want All of Tang San's Opportunities

"Our Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family has come with sincerity. If this agreement is invalid, then I feel there's no need for us to continue cooperating!"

An elder stepped forward, his face darkening as he looked at the agreement in front of Yu Yuanzhen and then at Su Yuntao and the other man.

Faced with the elder's questioning, Su Yuntao put down his teacup and said calmly:

"Yu Xiaogang represents the Tang Clan and can handle all external affairs. This is a decision made jointly by all members of the Tang Clan, and you need not doubt it."

At this moment, Tang San also stood up at the opportune moment, and said firmly, "My teacher has the ability, everyone can rest assured!"

The main hall fell silent for a moment.

The elders shifted their gazes from Su Yuntao and the other man, and then returned them to the master.

This time, the way they looked at him was different from before. Before, it was with disdain and contempt, as if they were looking at someone who shouldn't be there.

Now, their gaze held something new, as if they were getting to know this person anew. While it wasn't exactly respect, it was at least no longer the usual disdain.

The master sat there, meeting those gazes without flinching.

He could sense the change in those gazes, something he had never felt before.

He straightened his back, put down his teacup, and spoke calmly:

"If there are no other issues with the agreement, I can represent the Tang Clan in fulfilling its obligations." Yu

Yuan Zhen's gaze lingered on the master's face for a moment, but he didn't ask any more questions.

He reached out and picked up the document, looked at it again, and after confirming that it was correct, stamped it with the clan chief's seal. Then he handed the document back to the elder next to him to keep it safe.

The atmosphere in the main hall relaxed after the documents were finalized. Although the elders would occasionally glance in the direction of the master, their gazes were no longer as piercing as before.

After drinking two more cups of tea and discussing some details of the arrangements, Su Yuntao stood up to take his leave.

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Yu Yuanzhen: "Clan Chief Yu, then we shall take our leave."

Yu Yuanzhen nodded and did not linger.

Tang San helped the master to his feet, and the three of them turned and walked out of the main hall.

As they passed through the corridors and passageways, most of the young tribesmen had already dispersed. The few remaining people saw them approaching and automatically made way for them. No one went up to speak to them, and no one shouted "Get out!" anymore.

As the three stepped out of the gate, the old boatman was still waiting at the ferry. He didn't ask any questions when he saw them come out; he simply waited for them to board the boat before rowing it away from the shore.

The sound of flowing water echoed under the boat for a while, and the mountain gate on the riverbank slowly receded into the mist, becoming a blurry gray outline before being completely obscured.

After the boat reached the other side, the three of them walked back a distance along the route they had come from.

As dusk fell, they found an inn in a small town and booked three rooms.

After finishing his meal, the master sat at the table in silence for a long while. Once Tang San had gone to wash up, he looked at Su Yuntao and solemnly said:

"Viscount Su, would it be convenient for us to talk in my room?"

Su Yuntao was slightly taken aback.

He and the master had not had much interaction before. Although they were collaborators, they rarely had the opportunity to chat alone.

However, Su Yuntao nodded: "It's convenient, I haven't gone to sleep yet either."

The master got up and walked towards his room, pushed open the door, and stepped aside to let him pass.

Su Yuntao followed him inside.

The master's room was not much different from Su Yuntao's, with a bed, a table and two chairs, except that there was a pot of warm tea on the table.

The master closed the door, poured a cup for Su Yuntao, pushed him to the opposite side, and then poured himself a cup, holding it in his hand.

He remained silent for a while before speaking, his voice lower than before:

"Viscount Su, I'd like to ask, how did you rise from an ordinary lone wolf martial spirit to where you are now?"

Su Yuntao paused slightly in his teacup-holding motion.

How did I go from an ordinary lone wolf martial spirit to where I am today?

That's all thanks to a cheat code!

But how am I supposed to explain this?

He put down his cup, about to find a suitable explanation to get out of this, when the master waved his hand, his tone tinged with apology:

"I know I was being presumptuous; I shouldn't have pried into such secrets."

After saying that, he lowered his head, turned the teacup in his hand twice, and then, as if he couldn't help it, lowered his voice even further and began to talk about his own affairs.

"From childhood to adulthood, I have never received recognition from anyone. Ever since I awakened my martial soul Luo Sanpao, I have become an outcast in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Everyone looks at me with prejudice because of my low strength. Even my father has never given me a smile again."

He paused, then lowered his voice even further:

"I tried so hard to prove myself. My martial spirit was limited, so I studied martial spirit theory diligently. But even though my 'Ten Core Competencies of Martial Spirit' are famous throughout the continent, I still haven't gained even the slightest recognition from my clan. Do you know how envious I was when I saw my father praising you in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan today? How I wished that the person he was praising was me."

He spoke faster and faster, as if talking to himself, pouring out one sentence after another. The tea in the cup swayed a few times, but he didn't drink it.

After listening for a while, Su Yuntao sighed and couldn't help but interrupt him:

"Have you ever considered that the way your clansmen treated you might not be entirely because of your slow cultivation speed?"

The master looked up, as if his train of thought had been interrupted by those words:

"How could that be? They call me trash, isn't it because they think my Soul Master level is too low?"

Su Yuntao shook his head:

"Are you the only one in your Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan with a low-level Soul Master? Today I saw quite a few clansmen who haven't even awakened their Soul Power yet. Are they looked down upon?"

The master opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't think of a suitable reason to do so.

He remained silent for a while, then frowned.

Although he couldn't think of a reason to refute it, he also didn't think Su Yuntao was right.

Su Yuntao didn't care whether Yu Xiaogang believed him or not, and continued:

"Is it possible that they're judging you based on your martial spirit?"

Grandmaster: "My martial spirit? Isn't that just because they think my soul power is too low?"

Su Yuntao sighed and said directly:

"Have you ever considered that there's another possibility: because your mutated martial soul is so rare, they never believed it was mutated in the first place?"

The master was stunned.

He seemed not to understand the meaning of those words, or perhaps he did understand but was unwilling to admit it.