A Bite of Douluo Continent

Could it be because they heard that the food in Hanshi was delicious on the Sun and Moon Continent, so they wanted to try it?

Is this a level 10 Soul Master?

"Qi Han? Qi Han?"

The voice from within the knot of hearts snapped Qi Han out of his thoughts. He smiled slightly, "Sorry, I was a little distracted just now. What did you just say?"

"Hmm... As I just mentioned, the strongest person from the Sun Moon Continent is a level ten Soul Master, and he came along this time. He sparred with Sect Master Tang today." Not noticing Qi Han's distraction, Yu Lianxin spoke with a smile.

"Senior De Hongchen and Senior Tang Qianqiu made a move?" Qi Han was slightly taken aback, then asked, "Who won? Were they alright?"

"I can't tell, but I feel like Sect Master Tang should have won. However, Sect Master Tang said that the level 10 Soul Master's Soul Guidance Device really caught his eye and was quite interesting..." Yu Lianxin muttered to herself.

"It's good that you're alright." Qi Han breathed a slight sigh of relief.

After studying the knowledge of soul tools that De Hongchen gave him in depth, Qi Han was very clear that soul tools in this era were far less advanced than those in Dou Er. In fact, soul tools for storing soul power had not appeared at all. This also meant that the ultimate weapon among soul tools that relied on the structure of energy storage soul tools—the fixed soul tool—could not appear.

Even if the level 10 Soul Masters of this era are exceptionally talented, they cannot possibly be stronger than Kong Deming during the second Douluo era. And even Kong Deming was only comparable to the Limit Douluo in strength.

Therefore, Qi Han was not surprised that Tang Qianqiu was stronger than De Hongchen.

“Um… could you tell Senior Tang Qianqiu and Senior Qi Poxiao that De Hongchen of the Sun Moon Empire is probably not a proponent of war?” After a moment of contemplation, Qi Han spoke in a low voice, “Didn’t I take a leave of absence for more than a month before? At that time, I actually went to the Sun Moon Continent. If it weren’t for Senior De Hongchen’s secret help, I might have been in danger.”

“No wonder you know so much about the Sun and Moon Continent.” Yu Lianxin blinked, but didn’t seem too surprised.

The image of the golden and silver palace from her dream that day kept flashing through her mind.

So... did Qi Han go to the Sun and Moon Continent to go there?

"I will talk to my teacher, the sect leader, and the Tang sect leader about this." She nodded emphatically. "Since that senior helped you, he is also my benefactor."

"Mhm." Qi Han nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

In this way, De Hongchen should not be in too much danger or targeted.

...

Outside the Star Luo Empire's imperial palace, in a post station specifically used to accommodate envoys from the Sun and Moon Continent.

The atmosphere at the Sun and Moon Mission was exceptionally heavy, and many of the strategists fell silent after learning about the details of the talks.

They completely underestimated the power of the Limit Douluo.

They were able to travel across the ocean alone, collect such detailed information about the Sun and Moon Continent in such a short time, almost completely uncovering the Sun and Moon Continent's plans, and then return before the talks.

This completely disrupted the plans of the Sun and Moon Continent.

Without De Hongchen in charge, Mingdu was completely undefended for Limit Douluo.

"Imperial Tutor, how did your battle with that Limit Douluo go?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help but look at De Hongchen, who was sitting cross-legged to the side. "Is a Limit Douluo really that powerful?"

De Hongchen slowly opened his eyes, his expression calm. "That Buddha Hand Douluo is indeed more powerful than me."

“After this battle, I have gained some new insights. If there is nothing else, I will go back to my room first.” De Hongchen silently stood up, glanced at Zhou Yuan, and said, “If things cannot be saved, we should return to the Empire as soon as possible.”

As soon as he finished speaking, De Hongchen's figure flashed and disappeared from the room.

After De Hongchen left, the people in the room exchanged glances. Finally, one of the strategists broke the silence, "My lord, what should we do next? The enemy has already gathered so much information about us..."

"After the talks conclude tomorrow, let's return to the Sun Moon Continent as soon as possible." Gritting his teeth, Zhou Yuan spoke in a deep voice, "This matter needs to be brought to His Majesty's attention as soon as possible. Moreover, we still don't know what those two Limit Douluos did in Mingdu. We must return as soon as possible."

"This is the only way," another strategist sighed softly.

Everyone around fell silent.

Back in his room, De Hongchen's eyes flickered slightly. He sat on a recliner, casually fiddling with a small piece of core law in his hand, lost in thought.

It's a pity that with this incident, my plan to go to Shrek City to enjoy the Cold Food Festival is probably going to be ruined.

However, this trip to Douluo Continent was not entirely fruitless.

He witnessed the strength of a Limit Douluo-level expert, which gave him some new ideas and directions when researching soul tools in the future, so it was quite a gain.

Moreover, when that Limit Douluo powerhouse with the title of Buddha Hand sparred with me, he displayed some rather interesting things.

Those items called hidden weapons have a similar powerful offensive capability to soul tools, and like soul tools, they can be mass-produced, but they do not require soul power.

How exactly did they do that?

De Hongchen was very curious.

However, he couldn't ask the other party about the secrets, and the other party wouldn't tell him either.

Can you trigger an attack on the opponent without using soul power?

De Hongchen frowned slightly, as if he had grasped a very crucial point.

After a while, he opened his eyes, a look of surprise in them.

storage!

If soul power can be injected in advance and stored in the soul tool... then when needed, one can use the stored soul power to trigger the soul tool to attack the opponent without needing to use soul power itself.

He didn't know if hidden weapons used such a principle, but this sudden inspiration made him sit up excitedly and pace quickly around the room.

Yeah, why didn't I think of that before?

If we had a soul tool that could store soul power, many previously unthinkable situations could be addressed.

With a soul tool that has been pre-loaded with soul power, even an unarmed ordinary person can use it.

Furthermore, fixed soul tools that have already stored soul power can be sold as energy sources, reserving replacement slots among various soul tools.

But what if the stored soul power leaks out?

Hmm...that's a problem too.

Countless thoughts surged through De Hongchen's mind.

Thus, the most magnificent chapter in the history of soul tools began to take shape at this moment.

Update at 6 PM

The plot holes are filled in, and now it's mostly just romance left. So I'm going to have to delay updates and revise the story again. We're almost finished, so let's finish what we started and try our best to avoid a bad ending.

Chapter 588 Wedding Dress

"The brand awareness has reached 99%."

As Qi Han slowly opened his eyes in the early morning, he quickly heard the reminder that Ruyi had given him in his mind.

In an instant, all drowsiness vanished, and Qi Han excitedly sat up, his eyes fixed on the mission page.

There are only two tasks left on the task page at this moment.

One is the main quest eleven, which teaches ten one-star recipes; the other is the side quest sixteen, which requires the Cold Food Festival to achieve a 99% popularity rate across the entire continent.

About ten days ago, as Ye Lingqing finally learned his tenth two-star recipe and successfully completed his apprenticeship mission, Qi Han's soul power level also increased from level seventy-five to level seventy-seven, and he obtained a three-star recipe, Stuffed Dace.

And now, the task of building brand awareness is finally about to be completed.

Thinking of this, Qi Han couldn't contain his excitement and his trembling hand reached for the option to accept side quest sixteen.

As the familiar warmth flowed into his limbs and bones, strengthening Qi Han's soul power, his strength jumped from level 77 to level 79.

He only needs one more level to become a Contra powerhouse.

And this level of soul power is coming soon.

Looking at the unfinished main quest eleven beside him, Qi Han smiled.

The two-month deadline is drawing ever closer.

After regaining his composure, Qi Han gently pointed to the other reward of side quest sixteen.

Four random 3-star recipes.

Such a reward is incredibly generous.

As the wheel spun, four brand-new three-star recipes appeared in Qi Han's storage space, further increasing the number of recipes that were not yet fully used up.

With all the rewards from side quest sixteen claimed, only the last main quest remained on the quest interface.

Staring at the 8/10 mark on the main quest progress bar, Qi Han fell into deep thought.

About fifty days have passed since the start of the open teaching program, and the entire open teaching process is nearing its end. The ten one-star recipes that were originally prepared are now being taught to the ninth one. If everything goes smoothly, this main quest can also be completed in less than ten days.

After that, there should be new main quests and ingredient acquisition quests.

Twenty days have passed since the delegation from the Sun and Moon Continent arrived in Star Luo City to begin talks.

The talks officially ended about ten days ago.

Externally, the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire issued a statement claiming that they had not reached an agreement with the new continent called Sun Moon Continent and the Sun Moon Empire thereon, and that there might be new talks in the future.

But with his fiancée Yu Lianxin around, Qi Han naturally knew more about the situation.

The premature exposure of the Sun and Moon Continent's infiltration led to a joint attack from all three parties during the subsequent talks. The parties, who could have peacefully established diplomatic relations, became tense at the negotiating table. In the end, the Sun and Moon Empire's delegation had no choice but to leave and return to Sun and Moon by ship, with further talks to follow.

In war, envoys are not to be harmed. The Star Luo Empire would not be morally inferior. Under Xu Changling's orders, the passing cities did not make things difficult for the delegation and allowed them to leave safely.

After the talks ended, Douluo Continent returned to its usual calm, but the undercurrents beneath the surface were becoming increasingly turbulent. Both the already stable Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire, which was embroiled in internal strife within the royal family, had to take certain precautions against the hostile advances from the Sun Moon Continent.

Even if the Sun and Moon Continent moves quickly, it will still be two months before they can make it back and forth.

Right now, there is another matter that is even more important to Qi Han.

Snapping out of her reverie over the side quest rewards, Lin Su gently closed the quest page, a hint of anticipation in her eyes. "Ruyi, is that... all done?"

"Alright, alright, it's in your closet."

Upon hearing Ruyi's answer, Qi Han's eyes lit up. Without bothering to change his clothes, he jumped out of bed in his shorts and opened the wardrobe with great nervousness.

As soon as Qi Han opened the wardrobe door, he was immediately drawn to a white dress that Ruyi had hung inside.

Adorned with countless rhinestones and lace trim, this wedding dress, designed with moonlight as its concept and perfectly tailored to Yu Lianxin's figure, shimmers under the lights, where simplicity and splendor quietly blend together.

So beautiful.

Although he had seen the design drawings before, Qi Han's expression was immediately filled with amazement when he saw such a beautiful wedding dress in front of him.

Imagining Yu Lianxin wearing it, his expression became somewhat infatuated.