Douluo: The Gate to Heaven

Chapter 73 Becoming an Apprentice to Qian Duoduo

"Congratulations, you've passed the test." Hua Luoying stood with her bow in hand, her gentle gaze lingering for a moment on the fleeting silver portal, a faint smile on her face as she spoke.

No one knows exactly how much force she used in her last arrow.

Undoubtedly, Tuoba Wukong passed the assessment and officially became an inner disciple of the Soul Guidance Department.

Of course, Tuoba Wukong himself was unaware that he was already an inner disciple of the Soul Guidance Department.

Hua Luoying's last arrow drained all of his soul power. Now he can't even open the Heavenly Gate to quickly restore his soul power. He can only slowly recover the soul power that his two bodies have exhausted through meditation.

Qian Duoduo came to Tuoba Wukong's side and injected a wisp of dark soul power into Tuoba Wukong, who had reached his limit. This wisp of soul power was extremely gentle. As soon as it entered Tuoba Wukong's body, it turned into thousands of threads, like a long-awaited rain after a drought, soothing Tuoba Wukong's battered body.

The battle with Hua Luoying consumed more than just his soul power. Every arrow Hua Luoying fired that struck the "Unbreakable Shield" caused tremors that were transmitted from the shield, damaging and impacting his body.

Even with his two bodies combined, his body was riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse.

"Thank you, Dean Qian." Tuoba Wukong let out a long breath and said gratefully to Qian Duoduo.

Although Qian Duoduo is not a healing-type Soul Master, his Soul Power is quite gentle, instantly relieving Tuoba Wukong's injuries and saving him a lot of recovery time.

Qian Duoduo looked at Tuoba Wukong and became more and more satisfied. He had seen Tuoba Wukong's performance. As a defensive-type Soul Master, Qian Duoduo had to admit that Hua Luoying's attacks were not easy for defensive-type Soul Masters of the same level to resolve. Tuoba Wukong was able to block Hua Luoying's attacks, even if Hua Luoying was holding back, which was still quite remarkable.

Tuoba Wukong is only a Great Soul Master. If Tuoba Wukong has the same cultivation level as Hua Luoying, the outcome of the battle will be uncertain.

"Tuoba Wukong, would you be willing to learn some defensive-type Soul Master techniques from me? In the entire Shrek Academy, apart from me, no one else has a greater say in defensive-type Soul Masters. Although your defensive performance just now was excellent, there are still many shortcomings. If you study with me for a while, at least after blocking Hua Luoying's attack, his body wouldn't have suffered such serious injuries." Pure defensive-type Soul Masters are rare on the continent. Qian Duoduo's Martial Soul is the Black Dragon Shield, which makes him a defensive-type Title Douluo. Although his Soul Power is only level 94, most Super Douluos wouldn't be able to easily break through his defense.

Tuoba Wukong's choice was perfectly suited to him.

Qian Duoduo doesn't have any personal disciples yet, but seeing Tuoba Wukong's performance today, he has to admit he's tempted.

Tuoba Wukong possesses outstanding talent in soul guidance devices and his combat style leans towards defensive soul masters, making him a perfect successor to his mantle.

Qian Duoduo has no children, but with such an outstanding successor, he has no regrets in life.

Xian Lin'er originally wanted to step forward and announce that Tuoba Wukong had passed the assessment and successfully entered the inner academy, but she stopped when she saw that Qian Duoduo was planning to take on a disciple.

She and Qian Duoduo were husband and wife. Seeing that her husband was actually considering taking on a disciple for the first time, she didn't want to disturb him.

In Xian Lin'er's opinion, it is a great thing for Qian Duoduo to have such an outstanding disciple as Tuoba Wukong to inherit his mantle.

The biggest regret for these titled Douluo is that there is no successor, and their skills cannot be inherited. Tuoba Wukong has amazing soul guidance talent, and his fighting style is very similar to Qian Duoduo's, so he can be said to be the best choice for Qian Duoduo's successor.

If it were Xian Lin'er herself, she would also be tempted by such a talented genius whose development path is so similar to her own.

Tuoba Wukong hesitated upon hearing this.

Qian Duoduo is the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy. Xian Lin'er is focused on training students, but in reality, Qian Duoduo is the true manager of the Soul Guidance Department. He is at odds with Yan Shaozhe and is one of the most powerful people on the continent. Moreover, he is a level 94 defensive titled Douluo. Countless students want to become his disciples but cannot.

Without mentioning these things, there would be no Qian Duoduo, and no Tuoba Wukong as we know him today.

Qian Duoduo also had deep feelings for him.

However, becoming Qian Duoduo's apprentice inevitably comes with certain constraints.

He has too many secrets; if they were all revealed, who knows what would happen?

Qian Duoduo was, after all, the dean of Shrek Academy, and Tuoba Wukong hadn't actually had much contact with him. If these things were exposed—

Qian Duoduo seemed to have seen through Tuoba Wukong's thoughts and said, "Don't worry, after you become my disciple, I will only teach you some skills and tactics of defensive soul masters, as well as some basic martial soul knowledge. As for your choice of martial soul development, as well as the research and innovation of soul guidance technology, I will not interfere. During your studies in the outer academy, you only need to take half a day each week to come and learn from me."

Qian Duoduo certainly wouldn't just let go of ordinary disciples. He would intervene in their martial spirit development, soul guidance cultivation, and future planning to prevent them from going astray.

But Tuoba Wukong was different!

Tuoba Wukong is a true genius, and he is very opinionated. He has unlimited potential for the future, and Qian Duoduo does not want to use her own experience to restrict Tuoba Wukong's infinitely possible future.

Just as Qian Duoduo never interfered in the research of soul guidance technology, he was also willing to let go in the cultivation of martial souls, only providing basic guidance and passing on his mantle in the defensive system, without interfering too much with Tuoba Wukong's choices and future.

Qian Duoduo believes that true geniuses deserve a freer sky.

How can one surpass those who came before if one merely follows their path?

He, Qian Duoduo, wasn't top-tier in either martial spirit or soul guidance systems, but he was willing to give his disciples a better opportunity.

A free and vast sky.

"Disciple pays respects to Master!" Tuoba Wukong knelt on both knees and kowtowed three times respectfully to Qian Duoduo.

In this world, the teacher-student relationship between Soul Masters is highly valued. The inheritance between teachers and disciples is no less than that between father and son. The saying "a teacher for a day is a father for life" is not an exaggeration.

"Good, good, good, my good disciple, get up quickly. You have just become my disciple, and I don't have anything good to give you. This arm guard is a soul tool that I made from a piece of arm bone that I obtained when I hunted a Mighty Vajra Bear. That soul bone was too incomplete, only one-fifth of the large arm bone. It would be too wasteful for a soul master to absorb it, so I simply made it into a soul tool, the Arm Guard of Strength."

With a smile on his face, Qian Duoduo took out a dark gold arm guard and explained in detail: "It can be integrated with your body without taking up the space of a soul bone, but it can increase the strength of your arm by 30%. It can also consume soul power to activate a power shield when you encounter danger. The strength of the shield is enough to withstand a full-force attack from a powerful attack-type soul master whose soul power level is one level higher than your own."

"Thank you, teacher." Tuoba Wukong's eyes were filled with emotion.

These soul tools, crafted from soul bones, are theoretically more valuable than ordinary soul bones.

First of all, this kind of soul tool, like the soul bone, can also be stored in the soul master's body, and it does not occupy the soul bone slot of the soul master.

For ordinary Soul Masters, who can't even collect all the Soul Bone slots, this effect is naturally useless. However, for genius Soul Masters who aspire to fill all the Soul Bone slots, each Soul Bone slot is crucial; having an extra Soul Bone slot doesn't take up any additional slots.

A soul tool made from the soul bone is equivalent to having an extra soul bone.

Secondly, after being refined into a soul tool, the skills contained within the soul bone will not disappear. Instead, they will be activated by the soul master using a unique soul guidance array, condensing into a skill whose effect the soul master can control. Although the power may not be stronger than the skill after the soul bone itself is fused, the direction is controllable, and there will be no skill that is completely useless.

To process a soul bone into a powerful soul tool, one needs at least a level eight soul tool master.

Qian Duoduo's gift is incredibly valuable!

Huo Yuhao and the others also showed expressions of envy.

The effect of this soul tool is also surprisingly good.

The ability to increase strength by three levels and block an attack that is one level higher than oneself is an excellent bonus.

Especially for someone like Tuoba Wukong, who is "born with divine strength," a 30% increase in strength would elevate his power to an even more terrifying and inhuman level, making his combat power even more frightening.

When Qian Duoduo took out the Armguard of Strength, Xian Lin'er's expression changed. This was one of Qian Duoduo's most prized possessions.

"Thank you, teacher." Tuoba Wukong took the Power Armguard from Qian Duoduo and immediately put it on his right arm. He felt a sense of connection with his flesh and blood. It wasn't the feeling of complete integration that he had when absorbing a soul bone, but Tuoba Wukong felt that the strength of his right arm had increased.

As a Soul Master, Tuoba Wukong could also sense the artistic Soul Guidance Arrays on his arm guard. As long as he injected Soul Power, he could activate the shield on it, but it could only be used once a day.

"Duoduo, congratulations on taking on such an outstanding disciple. Tuoba Wukong, right? I'll call you Tuoba from now on. First of all, I want to congratulate you on passing the upgrade assessment. Then, I don't have much to give you. Your physique is special. This piece of whale gelatin comes from a 30,000-year-old demonic killer whale from the deep sea. It will greatly help your physique after consumption, so I'll give it to you. However, this stuff is an aphrodisiac, so don't take too much at once. It's best to divide it into three doses, once every month." Xian Lin'er smiled and took out a piece of golden gelatinous substance.

Whale glue is the best medicine to improve a Soul Master's physique. After fully absorbing this piece of ten-thousand-year-old whale glue, it can even allow Tuoba Wukong to absorb the next Soul Ring with an age of twenty thousand years. It is a truly priceless treasure.

Tuoba Wukong hesitated for a moment.

Qian Duoduo smiled and said, "This is your master's wife. Just accept what she gave you."

"Thank you, Master's wife." Tuoba Wukong accepted Xian Lin'er's gift; he did indeed need this piece of whale glue.