Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 75 A Single Pill Subdues a Subordinate

"A boy named Lan Chen appeared at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and beat up the Fourth Prince Xue Beng. After that, the Dugu family, the Nine Star Begonia family, and Lan Chen disappeared from the Heaven Dou Imperial City."

The news spread throughout the Heaven Dou Imperial City in just over half a day, thanks to the vigorous promotion by certain individuals. In particular, Ye Suling, a healing-type Soul Douluo and the most famous doctor in Heaven Dou City, was highly respected by many ordinary people. Now that she had fled Heaven Dou City, everyone believed it was due to suppression by the Heaven Dou royal family.

For a time, the common people made various comments on this matter. Many people agreed that the royal family was too domineering, which led to the Nine Star Begonia family fleeing Tiandou City. Some people also speculated that the纨绔 (wan ku, meaning spoiled and dissolute) prince Xue Beng might have had wicked thoughts about the youngest daughter of the Ye family, which is why he was beaten up by the boy named Lan Chen.

"Who is this young man named Lan Chen? He even dares to hit the Fourth Prince? I, Old Zhang, admire him."

"Isn't that right? That spoiled prince Xue Beng usually bullies men and women and does all sorts of evil. Now someone has finally taught him a lesson."

"That young man named Lan Chen finally avenged us..."

In no time, the people of Tiandou City had a terrible opinion of Prince Xue Beng. Some people even dug up Xue Beng's mistreatment of innocent women, which led to public debate and criticism. Some even started cursing the royal family.

"Who exactly is smearing the royal family's reputation?"

When Emperor Xueye heard about this, he was furious and smashed more than a dozen teacups.

Qian Renxue, the instigator who vigorously publicized this matter, was in high spirits. The worse the reputation of Xue Beng was, the more beneficial it would be for her. So she took advantage of this matter to secretly send people to fuel the flames and vigorously tarnish Xue Beng's reputation.

"Uncle, what should we do? If this continues, Father might demote me to a commoner and exile me."

At this moment, Avalanche is at Prince Xuexing's residence, and the uncle and nephew are overwhelmed by the overwhelming public opinion.

"The avalanche was also your doing, giving Xue Qinghe leverage to try and kill you."

"But your father will handle it. After all, some people are starting to criticize the royal family, and he's losing face."

Xuexing looked at her nephew and shook her head helplessly, thinking that if only he had been more low-key, this wouldn't have happened.

"Damn it! It's all because of that brat named Lan Chen. I'll definitely kill him when I get the chance."

At this moment, Xue Beng hated the boy named Lan Chen to the core, for the root of all the events was him.

"Hmph! Avalanche, you think you can kill Lan Chen? Even your uncle lost eight experts to him. You'd better watch out in the future and stop causing trouble all the time."

Xuexing warned her nephew again not to have wild fantasies, or he would die without even knowing how.

The public's negative comments about the avalanche embarrassed Emperor Xueye, so he had no choice but to let Xue Qinghe handle the matter and quell public opinion.

Qian Renxue, who plays Xue Qinghe, issued notices throughout the capital, saying that Xue Beng was young and ignorant, and also said a lot of words to appease the people, which finally calmed the public opinion and also garnered a wave of positive reviews.

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On the other side, Ye Liangchen led everyone away from Tiandou City and, after traveling for most of the day, entered the depths of the Tiandou Plain.

It was already evening, and the group was deep in the Tiandou Plain, far from any village or shop. They had no choice but to find a small valley with a water source in the wilderness and spend the night there.

"Everyone, please get to know Xiao Chen. This is the person our Ye family will serve from now on."

Ye Suling gathered her clansmen together so that they could get to know each other. They had spent most of the day traveling and hadn't had a chance to meet Ye Liangchen yet.

"Yes, Chieftain!"

The Ye family members introduced themselves to Ye Liangchen.

"Ye Shan, Martial Soul: Longsword, Level 58 Power Attack Type Battle Soul King."

"Ye Lin, Martial Soul Battle Axe, Level 57 High Attack Battle Soul King."

"Young Master Chen, my brother and I have limited innate talent. We are over seventy years old, yet we are still only high-level Soul Kings. We are truly ashamed."

"We swear by our martial spirits that we will serve Young Master Chen to the death."

After Ye Shan and Ye Lin introduced their martial souls to Ye Liangchen, they immediately swore an oath with their martial souls and paid homage to Ye Liangchen.

"Seniors, please get up quickly."

Ye Liangchen immediately helped the two old men up. The two old men were already over seventy years old, and they still wanted to worship him. How could he bear it?

"Ye Yun, Martial Soul: Longsword, Level 47 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

"Moris, Martial Soul: Lynx, Level 44 Agility-Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

"Ye Yu, Martial Soul: Longsword, Level 45 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

"Qiu Li, Martial Soul: Azure Eagle, Level 45 Agility-Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

"Ye Nian, Martial Soul Battle Axe, Level 45 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

"Yun Ya, Martial Soul: Purple Demon Vine, Level 44 Control-type Battle Soul Master."

"We swear by our martial spirits that we will serve Young Master Chen to the death."

These three couples are the backbone of the Ye family, all between 40 and 60 years old. After introducing their respective martial spirits, they all pledged their loyalty to Ye Liangchen.

"Ye Yang, Martial Soul: Longsword, Level 38 Battle Soul Venerable."

Ye Mo, Martial Soul Battle Axe, Level 34 Battle Soul Venerable.

Ye Xiao, Martial Soul: Longsword, Level 35 Battle Soul Master.

Ye Lingyun, Martial Soul: Azure Eagle, Level 29 Great Soul Master.

Wang Lina, Martial Soul: Rose, Level 32 Control-type Soul Master.

Li Mingyue, with the martial spirit Golden Flying Swallow, is a level 33 agility-attack type Soul Master.

Ye Xue, Martial Soul Battle Axe, Level 32 Battle Soul Venerable.

Ye Xia, Martial Soul: Azure Eagle, Level 29 Great Soul Master

Ye Xiangning, her martial soul is the Purple Demon Vine, and she is a level 28 Great Soul Master.

Ye Ying, Martial Soul: Longsword, Level 26 Great Soul Master.

"We swear by our martial spirits that we will serve Young Master Chen to the death."

The remaining 10 young people were the children of the three couples. They also swore an oath with their elders to pledge their loyalty to Ye Liangchen. Among them were two couples: Ye Yang and Wang Lina, and Ye Mo and Li Mingyue.

"Little Chen, besides my third and fourth grandfathers, the three couples are my second, third, and fifth uncles and their spouses. The rest are my older brothers and sisters, and my two sisters-in-law..."

Ye Lingling introduced her family situation, and Ye Liangchen also knew that Ye Lingling and her mother's lineage was the main lineage, while everyone else was a branch lineage. Only the main lineage could inherit the Nine-Star Begonia Martial Soul.

Of these ten young people, apart from Wang Lina and Li Mingyue, whose martial souls are respectively the rose and the golden swallow, the other eight inherited their parents' martial souls.

Seeing these people swearing oaths with their martial spirits to pledge their loyalty, Ye Liangchen quickly agreed to take them under his wing.

"Everyone, get up!"

"My name is Ye Liangchen, the Goddess of Martial Souls, a level 49 Soul Master. Welcome to my Tenglong Pavilion. I promise you that I will definitely let you live a carefree life in the future."

"Buzzing..."

Ye Liangchen removed his mask, revealing his true face to the group, and released his beautiful Life Goddess Martial Soul, along with four soul rings of yellow, purple, and black, which flashed and dazzled the people.

"My God! This is Young Master Chen's true face, he's so handsome."

"Young Master Chen's martial spirit is so beautiful."

"A second soul ring that's a thousand years old, a third soul ring that's ten thousand years old, and even the first soul ring is probably close to a thousand years old. Young Master Chen is too monstrous."

The men, women, and children of the Ye family were all stunned by the martial spirit and spirit rings that Ye Liangchen displayed. With such talent, he was bound to achieve great things in the future. No wonder the family head made such a choice.

"So, what do you all think? Is there a future in following Young Master Chen?" Ye Suling asked her clansmen.

"Promising! Clan leader, please rest assured. We trust you and we trust Young Master Chen. From this day forward, we swear to be loyal to Young Master Chen to the death and will never betray you. If we do so, may we be struck by lightning."

After witnessing Ye Liangchen's true strength, the eighteen members of the Ye family, young and old, were completely won over, believing that following such a monstrous genius meant a limitless future.

"Little Chen, you're so handsome, is it because of your beautiful martial soul?"

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling circled around Ye Liangchen, admiring his unbelievably beautiful martial spirit and his flawless face, feeling that it was related to his martial spirit.

"Sisters, appearance has nothing to do with martial spirit? What kind of twisted logic is that?"

Ye Liangchen put away his martial spirit, speechless at the two women's twisted logic, but upon closer examination, it did make some sense.

"Yanyan, do you know that Xiaochen's parents are known as a divine couple? His father, Ye Feng, is an extremely handsome man, and his mother, Liu Ruyan, is an unparalleled beauty."

"That's right! That divine couple was the envy of countless people. It's said that many women were in love with Xiao Chen's father back then, but they all lost to Liu Ruyan. Liu Ruyan once told those women who were in love with Ye Feng that if they wanted to join, they only needed to defeat her, but no woman could do it."

Dugu Bo and Ye Suling talked about the legendary couple from back then, and found it very interesting.

Ye Shan, Ye Lin, Ye Yun, and the others suddenly realized that this little guy was actually Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan's child, no wonder he was so outstanding.

"Senior Dugu, Aunt Ye, I feel like you're just bragging."

Ye Liangchen felt that although his parents were very outstanding back then, they weren't that exaggerated!

"Xiao Chen, you may not know this, but your mother and the Shui sisters are cousins. The Shui sisters almost married your father along with Liu Ruyan back then, but your father refused. After that, the Shui family took in a son-in-law who moved in with the family, and the two sisters married that man."

"I think there must be some female teachers at Tianshui College who had feelings for your father, you just didn't know it."

Ye Suling told Ye Liangchen these secrets with a smile, which surprised him. He thought to himself: There's such a thing? How come I didn't know about it?

"In my opinion, Ye Feng rejected the Shui sisters because he was worried that his martial soul was too powerful, which might cause the Ice Phoenix martial soul to disappear. Of course, this is just my guess. After all, Ye Feng is a very devoted person..."

Dugu Bo then launched into a long rambling, which piqued the curiosity of the others.

"Grandpa, tell us quickly, what other legends are there about Xiaochen's parents..."

"Yes, senior, tell us quickly..."

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling became interested and pestered their elders to tell them stories, just like two little girls. Even Ye Shui'er, Ye Xia, Ye Xiangning, and Ye Ying, who were not yet 20 years old, came over. They also liked to listen to stories, especially gossip stories.

"Let's not talk about it anymore. Xiao Chen is still here. It doesn't feel right to keep talking about his parents like this."

Dugu Bo refused the girls' request, besides, he wasn't a gossipy person.

"Xiao Chen, please don't take offense!"

Ye Suling smiled at Ye Liangchen. After all, the little guy's parents had been dead for six or seven years, and it was a bit inappropriate to talk about his parents in front of him.

"Aunt Ye! It's alright."

Ye Liangchen waved his hand dismissively, as he had no recollection of his adoptive parents in this world.

Looking at the group of young people—Ye Yang, Ye Mo, Ye Xiao, Ye Lingyun, Wang Lina, Li Mingyue, Ye Shuier, Ye Xia, Ye Xiangning, and Ye Ying—a total of four men and six women, Ye Liangchen planned to train them into elites.

According to Ye Lingling's understanding, Ye Yang is the oldest, already 25 years old this year, while Ye Ying is only 17 years old. Their qualifications are indeed not very good, but for her, who is overpowered, it is not a problem.

At this moment, Ye Liangchen remembered that Ye Lingyun, Ye Xia, and Ye Xiangning all had peak level 29 soul power, and it seemed that they had been stuck for at least half a year without breaking through to Soul Master. So he decided to lend them a hand.

"Brother Ye Lingyun, and my two elder sisters, here are some Soul Power Pills for you to take and help you break through to the Soul Venerable realm."

Ye Liangchen took out fifteen Soul Power Pills and made the three of them take them.

"Young Master Chen, what is this?"

The three of them stared blankly at the Soul Power Pill that emitted a rich, fragrant aroma; they had never seen anything like it before.

"This is a treasure, a Soul Power Pill refined by Xiao Chen. Take it, it might help you break through to level 30. You've probably been stuck at this level for half a year."

"I can guarantee that the pills Xiao Chen refines have no side effects, only benefits. We sold only 50 pills at the Heaven Dou Auction and earned 100 million gold soul coins."

Dugu Bo explained the wonders of the Soul Power Pill to the three young people, dispelling their doubts.

"We've already joined Xiao Chen's forces, so we should trust him," Ye Suling reminded her from the side.

"Young Master Chen, we don't mean to doubt you, we've just never seen anything so amazing before."

Ye Lingyun, Ye Xia, and Ye Xiangning held the Soul Power Pills, and from their rich aroma, they knew they were high-quality goods.

"Take it quickly! It should allow you to break through level 30."

Ye Liangchen thought to himself that if he wanted these people to follow him willingly, he would have to show some sincerity to win their hearts completely.

"Yes, Young Master Chen."

The three of them immediately took the Soul Power Pill, then sat cross-legged to absorb the energy transformed from the pill.

The other members of the Ye family also stared curiously at the three young people, after all, they had never seen anything like this before.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

A quarter of an hour later, the three of them unleashed a surge of soul power, breaking through to level 30.

"This...this is a breakthrough?"

"Ye Lingyun is already 20 years old. If he can't break through level 30, it will be difficult for him to advance any further. I didn't expect that a few pills could help him break through. It's amazing."

Ye Shan, Ye Lin, Ye Yun, and the others rubbed their eyes, feeling like it was all unreal.

"The three children also possess profound soul power, and their foundation is extremely solid."

The two old men also used their soul power to sense the condition of their grandson's body and found that there were no side effects.

"We've really broken through level 30!"

Ye Lingyun, Ye Xia, and Ye Xiangning felt their soul power increase as if they were dreaming.

"Thank you for your help, Young Master Chen. I have no way to repay you but to serve you with all my heart and soul until my dying breath."

The three couples, Ye Yun, Ye Yu, and Ye Nian, immediately bowed to Ye Liangchen. This gift was extremely precious to their children.

"Don't be so polite. Now that you've joined my faction, you're all on my side. It's only right that I help you become stronger."

Ye Liangchen waved his hand dismissively, saying that a few soul power pills were nothing to worry about.

"Young Master Chen, you're amazing."

Ye Yang, Ye Mo, and the others all gave Ye Liangchen a thumbs up. Following such a monstrous master, their future was limitless!

"This is only a small part of Xiao Chen's abilities. You will see even more amazing things in the future."

Dugu Bo and Ye Suling had both taken the Creation Pill, which directly evolved their martial souls—that was truly miraculous. However, they didn't mention the martial soul evolution, as the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

(End of this chapter)