Douluo: On Becoming a God through Science

Logically speaking, in the original novel, except for the situation involving Xiao Wu, Tang San's code of conduct is based on caution most of the time.

From the first rule of the Xuantian Treasure Record that he memorized and knew by heart, "Never let anyone you can't fully trust know how strong you really are," it can be seen that under normal circumstances, Tang San would not be so impulsive unless he had decided to kill a target he regarded as an enemy.

This was somewhat beyond You Chen's expectations.

"When did Tang San's hatred for me become so high? Must I prioritize attacking the traversers who have the ability to taunt?"

After listening to Xiao Wu's story, You Chen was still a little confused, but he was not confused about the reason why Tang San came to his house. It can basically be concluded that it was "for the teacher."

What puzzled him was that he had only met Tang San once, and even though he had said bad things about Yu Xiaogang, his attitude had been extremely objective and his tone had been very restrained. Even Yu Xiaogang himself admitted what he said!

With Tang San's character, he was more likely to be unbelieving and disdainful in his heart, and then think about proving that he was right in the future.

Tang San couldn't be so blind to the age difference between them. No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for him to make a tactic without knowing any information about Youxing's alias...

However, since he couldn't figure out something, You Chen could only put it aside for the time being.

You Chen was extremely envious of the reward for the counterattack mission triggered by Tang San.

Especially the extra reward, that is the "Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Power"! Even if it is just a "defective fake", with this name, it is definitely not simple!

In this Douluo world where martial arts seem high-level but are actually low-level, the value and power of such a secret book need not be explained in detail!

Even if it means taking a little more risk, You Chen must complete this task for the extra reward!

So, let's see what the conditions are for obtaining this extra reward? -- Defeat Tang San head-on with more than 100 spectators!

One hundred people is not too many, but not too few either.

But a little calculation will show that it is still a little difficult to achieve this.

At Nottingham Junior College, all the students in a grade are probably only thirty or forty.

In other words, to gather a hundred people, at least three grades must be gathered, which is half of the students in the entire college!

This number is definitely not small!

Of course, You Chen can also continue to delay the task.

This type of "defeat in duel" mission will not be completed or failed as long as You Chen has not defeated Tang San head-on in public or has not been defeated by Tang San, and will remain stuck there.

But if you think about it, you will know that the delay will be at least several months and at most several years.

Moreover, it can be seen from the fact that Tang San has taken the initiative to challenge him for the sake of his teacher that delaying the duel is also quite difficult.

If Tang San looked down on him as a "rat" because he was reluctant to fight, he would refuse the challenge even if he was invited to fight in the future, or directly offer him a "death by right", then the mission would basically be declared a failure.

"Well, when Tang San comes, I will find a reason to refuse or postpone the duel. After stirring up public opinion in the academy and raising the level of attention, and getting the required number of spectators, I will actually fight him."

You Chen made a decision quickly and came up with several plans in his mind regarding inciting public opinion.

The simplest method is to start with the two explosive points of "the charlatan who eats and drinks for free" and "the blue silver grass soul master"...

It would not be too difficult for the students of this academy to grow up to the age of ordinary elementary school students in their previous lives.

You Chen's idea is indeed beautiful, but the so-called reality is that you don't know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident...

Just as Xiao Wu yawned and ignored the teacher's lecture, You Chen was silently making detailed calculations in his mind and writing and drawing on his notebook from time to time, a blonde girl with a charming and lovely temperament finally crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived in Notting City.

"Hello, have you ever heard of Master Youchen from the Spirit Hall? I heard that he seems to be in Notting City now."

"Little girl, looking for someone? Where are your parents? Did they just let you go alone to look for your relatives?"

Looking at the residents of Notting City who looked puzzled, Hu Liena put on a pitiful look.

"Well, I'm really anxious, Grandpa, can you tell me the news about that person first?"

Under Hu Liena's cute attack, the old man's eyes suddenly became blurred. In his eyes, Hu Liena's cuteness suddenly surpassed that of his most beloved granddaughter.

He quickly replied, "Master Youchen from the Spirit Hall? I don't know if he is the person you are looking for, but there is indeed a new-looking steward in the city recently..."

"Really? Thank you, grandpa!"

The so-called charm is certainly not just an ability that can only be used on the opposite sex. If that were the case, Bibi Dong would not have asked Hu Liena to develop in this direction.

This is a special ability to magnify one's own charm as much as possible, thereby stimulating the object's potential emotions towards oneself and amplifying the mental impact. However, this potential emotion of the opposite sex is mainly "admiration" and "desire", which is easier to tap and stimulate.

For people like the elders, it is mostly "love", "motherhood" and "fatherhood"; for the same sex, it stimulates their "yearning" for beauty, or stimulates their "love" for cute things. In the rare cases where neither of these is present, it will also stimulate the "jealousy" of the object, making them feel "desire" out of jealousy and fall under this charm... Different people will always have corresponding emotions in response to Hu Liena's extraordinary charm.

With Hu Liena's soul master level and mental strength, except for a very few people in the entire Notting City, basically no one can escape her ability to charm and influence her subtly.

Even after being bewitched, one will not realize that anything is wrong afterwards, let alone report the abnormality or warn others.

In this way, Hu Liena learned about You Chen's situation after arriving in Notting City in a very short time.

Chapter 55 Hu Liena in Action

You Chen's beast masters did not report Hu Liena's situation immediately.

You Chen lacks the knowledge to train intelligence personnel, and the lack of quality of these intelligence personnel is one aspect.

But there is nothing much to say about this. The entire Douluo Continent currently has no systematic intelligence system and training measures, and basically relies on the personal abilities of soul masters to "fly with great force."

On the other hand, as I just said, Hu Liena's inquiry would not make people feel unusual.

Even if she didn't actively activate her abilities, her passive charisma was enough to incline the person being questioned.

In other words, it is precisely because Hu Liena did not use active charm, but only relied on its passive effect, so even if a beast user was questioned by Hu Liena, he would not naturally develop resistance and confrontation due to the mental shock.

Even if they are not strong, they are soul masters after all, so they should not be unable to react afterwards.

But it's just a passive charm effect, and they will instinctively think "How could such a cute child have any bad intentions?"

According to You Chen's arrangement of intelligence personnel, for "normal events" of this level, they will not report them as important information immediately, but will summarize and report them once a week when summarizing the information.

Whether it is for confidentiality reasons or to prevent being distracted by too much meaningless information and affecting his own practice, which is what You Chen is most concerned about, such an arrangement is very necessary.

Unless You Chen actively requests, intelligence personnel will not be allowed to live like normal residents of Notting City. They will only contact each other when there is an "emergency".

But in this case, such an arrangement resulted in an oversight.

It's not that they have lost the loyalty of the dead soldiers because of their charm. You Chen has never asked, "Any mention of me must be reported immediately."

In fact, they did not reveal any information related to Youchen.

They subconsciously classified Hu Liena as a "harmless target" and an "unimportant object" just to comply with work requirements and regulations.

This last aspect is related to this, which is the issue of age.

With Douluo Continent's backward intelligence system, treating children who are too young as targets of warning is a waste of resources and manpower.

Hu Liena's real age is 12 years old. Due to the influence of the charm effect, the beast master is more inclined to classify Hu Liena as "harmless". Age, a fluctuating statistic, is naturally lowered to eight or nine years old, which is completely out of the warning line.

Another angle to this problem is the problem of insufficient human resources.

After all, You Chen only has five people in Notting City. If there are too many things to pay attention to, they will not be able to grasp the key points and mistakes will easily occur.

If You Chen has enough manpower at his disposal, the burden borne by individual intelligence officers will naturally become lighter, and they will have more energy accordingly.

In short, this is an oversight that was ultimately caused by problems from multiple angles.

However, even if You Chen knew about Hu Liena's situation today, some things would probably be too late to change.

"Hmm, so this guy came to Notting City just for his disciple?"

While renting a room in the hotel, Hu Liena summed it up thoughtfully.

She had already found out most of the information about You Chen that ordinary people could get.

Of course, Hu Liena sneaked out alone this time without telling Bibi Dong, so she naturally did not choose the fastest way and directly questioned the master of the branch hall in the identity of the Pope's disciple.

As for whether it was actually concealed? Of course not!

The Soul Emperor who was arranged by Bibi Dong to secretly protect Hu Liena is now living in the same hotel as Hu Liena.

The Pope's direct disciple was assigned a Soul Emperor as his bodyguard?

But in fact, the Soul Emperor, who seemed to be no different from an ant in front of the Titled Douluo in the later period, was already a powerful man and a big shot!

Even if the Spirit Hall is released, there is hope that he can serve as a black cardinal and manage an area like the Province of Fanos.

Just going to a small place like Notting City would definitely be a waste of human resources if the person being protected was not Hu Liena!

You must know that the total number of Spirit Hall members is only tens of thousands, and most of them are grassroots personnel.

There aren't that many people that Bibi Dong can fully control and use as bodyguards for her disciples.

After all, at the level of Soul Emperor, one doesn’t care about power. One can be free and act like a local tyrant, with the dignity of a strong man.

Hu Liena had no idea that everything she did was visible to the Soul Emperor, and she was still immersed in the excitement of her first adventure alone.

She was still feeling proud of herself for discovering Yusei's existence.

It is understandable that Hu Liena came to a conclusion that has nothing to do with the truth.

After all, her teacher's conclusion is similar to this idea.

It's just that with a higher perspective and richer information, he deduced the "truth" that "You Xing is You Chen's illegitimate son."

Hu Liena had never expected this to happen.

So what was she thinking?

The first thing she thought of was to tell Yan the "truth". She told Yan, "Your teacher abandoned you in order to teach another new disciple who came out of nowhere! He didn't take you seriously at all!"

To sum it up in four words: sow discord.

But she reacted quickly. Not to mention that Yan had already entered the Death Canyon and it was unknown when they would meet again, on the other hand, her original goal was to "find evidence of You Chen's ill intentions."

'So, this is just a cover-up for him!?'

Hu Liena actually guessed the truth right away! ?

'On the surface, he came to teach his disciples, but in fact, he was covering up his evil research! Yes, that's why he went to such a remote place! Although I haven't found any evidence yet, and those uncles and aunts also said that this guy didn't show any abnormality, but - I will definitely catch his flaws! '

Hu Liena thought with high morale.

Although in a sense she did guess the truth, it was only because she shot the arrow first and then drew the target.

"But how can I catch his weakness?"

Hu Liena was full of fighting spirit just now, but immediately she looked distressed, muttering to herself: "I sneaked out this time using the excuse of closed-door training. If I stay outside for too long, the teacher will definitely find out that I sneaked out... Well, the punishment doesn't matter, but it would be bad if the teacher thinks I was sneaking out! But... I can't tell her that I was actually doing this for her..."

In a sense, Hu Liena's loyalty to Bibi Dong is indeed like the sun.

After all, Bibi Dong is Hu Liena's idol, and she is now acting like a fanatical fan who will do anything to please her idol.

"That's right! Instead of me actively looking for flaws, it's better for him to reveal his flaws!"

Hu Liena suddenly figured something out and her eyes lit up.

That big smart head came up with wise ideas.

Chapter 56 Tang San returns, Xiao Wu wants to become the big sister

At noon the next day.

Tang San helped the drowsy Yu Xiaogang into the room, and after settling his teacher, he finally came out of the room.

Just like the original story, Tang San successfully obtained his first soul ring and returned, while Yu Xiaogang was also poisoned by the Mandragora Snake. Even with Tang San's treatment, it would take some time to recover.

Many fan fictions that take "blocking Tang San's way" as one of the exciting points have plots designed for Tang San's first spirit ring.

But You Chen had no intention of interfering at all.

First of all, the risk is huge. With Tang Hao here, if he wants to plot against Tang San directly, especially when it comes to cultivating martial spirits... If he forces or tricks Tang San into absorbing a ten-year spirit ring, you'll be done for if Tang Hao doesn't do it.

Secondly, in You Chen's opinion, the training route that Yu Xiaogang arranged for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul is the "best route" in the eyes of Tang San's future enemies.

As for why it is the best?

That would be another long analysis, so I won’t go into it here to avoid spoiling the readers’ interest.

Following Yu Xiaogang's instructions, Tang San planned to go to the Spirit Hall to register and collect the Gold Soul Coins, but before that, he planned to go back to the dormitory to inform his roommates of his return.

"Hmm? Wang Sheng, why isn't everyone here? At this time, dinner shouldn't be served for another hour, right?"

Returning to Dormitory 7, Tang San looked at the empty dormitory and asked Wang Sheng, his younger brother whom he was forced to accept, with some confusion.

Without Xiao Wu, Tang San, who is better than Wang Sheng, is naturally the nominal leader of the part-time students in Dormitory 7.

Wang Sheng listened to Tang San's question, but showed a somewhat excited expression: "Third brother, to be honest, if I didn't have to wait for you here, I would probably go to the woods in the back mountain to watch the show."

"Wait for me? Watch a show?" Two question marks appeared on Tang San's head.