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

The master paused slightly in his teacup. He glanced at Flander, then at Su Yuntao, remained silent for a moment, and finally put down the teacup, his tone tinged with helplessness and self-deprecation:

"Viscount Su, I didn't think things through earlier. Thank you for your trouble in gathering information for me. I'll go with you."

Tang San breathed a sigh of relief and cupped his hands in thanks to Su Yuntao: "Brother Su, thank you for your trouble on behalf of my master."

Su Yuntao waved his hand and said casually, "It's nothing. I just got lucky and happened to find out some information."

He said that, but he was secretly planning his next move.

This time, he wanted more than just the master.

Or rather, he used the information about the ninth-grade purple fungus as bait to lure the master; his real target was someone else entirely.

He put down his teacup, as if suddenly remembering something, and turned to look at Tang San:

"By the way, Xiao San, I saw you could concoct the poison for Zhuge Divine Crossbow. Are you also quite familiar with herbs?"

The others followed his gaze and looked at Tang San. Flander and Grandmaster were not too clear about this either. Tang San was usually quiet and low-key, and rarely brought up these things.

Tang San paused for a moment, then nodded:

"I do know a bit about it. When I was a child, I learned some basic skills in identifying herbs from my father, and later I also read some related books myself."

Su Yuntao, disregarding whether Tang San's words were true or false, immediately clapped his hands, his tone clearly filled with joy, and said:

"That's great! You can come with us to the Heavenly Dou Imperial City too. If we encounter any unfamiliar immortal herbs, you can help identify them, so we don't make a wasted trip by mistaking them for something else."

The master standing nearby shook his head upon hearing this:

"No need. Xiao San is currently in a crucial stage of learning martial spirit knowledge, so it's better for her to stay at school and cultivate diligently. As for herbs, we won't have to worry about not finding someone familiar with medicinal herbs once we get to the Heaven Dou Imperial City."

You're such a troublemaker!

Su Yuntao feigned a sigh:

"It's not hard to find someone familiar with herbs, but I'm afraid that the ninth-grade purple fungus is too precious. The other party might recognize it but pretend not to know it and secretly hide it. In that case, we won't even know who to look for."

He paused for a moment, then added:

"But you're right, the mistress is still in the learning stage. At most, when we get there, we'll try to find a few more reliable people to ask for advice."

"How can this be allowed?"

Tang San quickly stood up:

"Master, what Brother Su said earlier was too mild. If you ask someone else for help, what if they have ulterior motives and replace your Grade 9 Purple Ganoderma with poison? That could kill someone. It's a matter of great importance to the repair of your martial soul. I really don't trust the task to someone I don't know well."

The master was about to offer further advice when Tang San added:

"Don't worry about my cultivation. I'll go with you. With you guiding me, how could my cultivation possibly fall behind?"

Flander chimed in, "Xiao Gang, why don't you let Tang San go with you? That kid is steady and reliable; we'll feel more at ease with him around."

Several teachers nearby nodded in agreement, and Shao Xin also spoke up, "Master, why don't you let Tang San go with you? Otherwise, if he stays at school, he won't be able to concentrate on his studies."

The master was silent for a moment, looked at Tang San, then at Su Yuntao, and finally nodded:

"Alright then, you can come with us."

With his goal achieved, Su Yuntao finally felt relieved.

He brought Tang San along this time not to cultivate a relationship. The situation with the Yin-Yang Ice and Fire Eyes was complicated, and without Tang San, a "professional" who understood Tang Sect pharmacology, he was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle it by himself.

With Tang San as his backup, his chances of success were much higher.

Flanders added another word of advice from the side:

"Then I'll leave Master and Xiao San to you. Take good care of them when you get to the Heavenly Dou Imperial City."

Su Yuntao readily agreed:

"Don't worry, I'll arrange their food, lodging, and itinerary when they get there. They won't suffer any injustice."

As he spoke, he stood up and bowed to the group.

"Then it's settled. We'll meet at the North Gate of the Kingdom of Barak early the day after tomorrow."

Tang San nodded, and Grandmaster also nodded slightly. Su Yuntao didn't linger and turned to leave Shrek Academy. He was leaving the day after tomorrow, and he was very busy these next two days.

Two days later, at dawn, when Su Yuntao arrived at the north gate of Barak City with a group of guards, more than thirty contestants who had advanced to the next round had already gathered in the open space outside the city gate.

Grandmaster and Tang San were already waiting by the roadside, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar stood under a tree not far away with their bags on their backs, whispering to each other.

Su Yuntao dismounted, glanced at the crowd to confirm the number was correct, and then waved his hand, "Let's go!"

The procession headed north along the official road.

After walking for about seven or eight hours, as dusk began to fall, the group arrived at an inn in a small town. The inn was not large, but the lights were already on at the entrance, and the aroma of food wafted from inside.

This was a place that Su Yuntao had booked in advance, and he gestured for everyone to dismount and move in.

After the contestants were assigned to their rooms and put down their luggage, they went downstairs to the lobby to sit down and have a meal.

After the fifty-odd people had settled down in the inn's lobby, Su Yuntao clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention, then stepped aside to let the master step forward:

"Let me introduce you. This is Master, a top scholar in martial spirit theory on the continent. He is here to explain the rules and tactics of the advancement competition. During this time, you can ask him any questions you may have."

The hall fell silent for a moment.

There was a quick reaction, but who was the master?

"Is that Master Yu Xiaogang, who created the 'Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls' and is hailed as having unparalleled theoretical strength?"

"Viscount Su is amazing! He actually managed to invite this person as well!"

Some admire it, while others don't care.

"What theory about being invincible? It's all because you're not strong enough!"

"What do you mean there are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters? Useless is useless, why make so many excuses!"

The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall became subtly tense.

The speaker was a young Soul Master sitting in the corner, and Su Yuntao had some impression of this person.

Fourteen years old, Soul Master level 21, Martial Soul is an iron rod. His performance in the youth group preliminaries was quite good, and he can be considered one of the top talents in the youth group.

But didn't you see that I just finished introducing the master?

Your sudden remark at this moment is clearly disrespectful to me.

Before Su Yuntao could speak, Tang San stepped forward and asked, "On what grounds do you question my master?"

The young soul master leaned back in his chair, speaking casually:

"Why should I? Just because he's this age and is only a Great Soul Master like me, can't I question him?"