Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 115 Personality Correction
The setting sun dyed the gravel road outside Tiandou City dark red. Tang San followed Gula three steps behind and caught a glimpse of the ink stain on the other's shoulder from the corner of his eye.

"I will keep in mind what Big Brother said."

Tang San promised solemnly, his Adam's apple sliding unnaturally.

Gula nodded and said, "I hope you can keep your word. Our starting point is the Holy Soul Village. We grew up from the bottom. It is foolish to empathize with those above us."

"If you can't figure it out, you can go to the auction house and see the extravagance there. It's shocking. They don't treat ordinary people as human beings."

"Sometimes I wonder, does a country really need an emperor? Can't a group of ministers govern the country through checks and balances?"

Gula wants to plant a seed.

"But the Imperial power is granted by Heaven..." Tang San subconsciously tightened his grip on the hidden arrow mechanism in his sleeve. The cold metallic texture reminded him of the precept of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" in the Tang Sect's Xuantian Treasure Record. Suddenly, a sharp pain came from the back of his head. It was Gula, using his spirit power to condense into Qi force, striking him on the head.

Gula laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a loyal minister, but have you ever thought about why the Spirit Hall dared to control the awakening of spirits and even threatened the two empires to pay money to buy people's hearts?"

"Are the two empires stupid?"

Tang San shook his head. He wasn't stupid enough to think that the two empires were so kind. "No."

"Yes, it's not. The real reason is that the Spirit Hall is strong enough. A Titled Douluo can destroy a city by himself and be invincible to thousands of troops. And the Spirit Hall has at least ten such strong men."

"One day, the Spirit Hall may be destroyed, but you and I will always be the spirits awakened by a Spirit Hall deacon. Anyone can forget, but we must remember that they were here."

The neighing of horses could be heard in the distance, as the gilded carriage carrying the auction items from the Tiandou Auction House was passing through the official road.

Gula looked at the crystal decorations on the roof and pointed at the priceless luminous objects. "See those crystals? There are dozens of them inlaid on a carriage, enough to buy half of the slums in Nottingham, but they are just to satisfy their vanity and sense of dignity."

Tang San suddenly remembered the proud expression on Su Yuntao's face when he introduced the Spirit Hall to him when he awakened his spirit. Now that he thought about it, he might have been very proud of his tedious work.

Tang San was silent, then suddenly realized, "So, when Emperor Xue Ye achieved his breakthrough, he held a grand ceremony to confer his title. Was it to demonstrate the empire's influence?"

"Well, it will definitely be lively then."

Gula hopes that the Spirit Hall will send more powerful people, and if Tang Hao comes back to join in the fun, he can report him by the way.

While the two were chatting, Flanders reached an agreement, and Avalanche decided to give Flanders a month to collect compensation for the losses caused by Ma Hongjun.

Gula controlled the three people to disperse the passers-by who were watching the fun and making trouble, and returned to the academy with everyone.

On the road, Flanders waited until there were fewer pedestrians, then grabbed Ma Hongjun by the collar and slapped him a few times. "I told you that you couldn't control yourself and dared to set fire in the city. Are you going to kill someone in the street next time?"

"Ah, speak, don't play dead."

Ma Hongjun lowered his head in grievance, refusing to complain, "You wouldn't let me go to the brothel, and I couldn't vent my anger. I felt miserable all day long. Those people even dared to sell me fake medicine. I got so excited that I couldn't control myself."

Gula was speechless. "So, it's also my fault."

Ma Hongjun remained silent, but his silence suggested he felt the same way. Flanders was taken aback. He also felt that Gula was somewhat responsible and should share the compensation. However, he still remembered that he had asked Gula to train Ma Hongjun, and as a teacher, he was embarrassed to ask a student for help. Dai Mubai's sponsorship of the academy was originally negotiated with his family.

Gula saw that Flanders was a little moved. Even though he knew Flanders was stingy, he still laughed in anger and said, "Good fellow, it's hard to be a good person."

"I said, the purpose of letting you make money is not to let you make money, the purpose is to let you temper your will in the process of making money. You have done nothing wrong in the fighting spirit arena for several months."

"Who told you to be so sneaky and try to exploit loopholes by reselling medicinal herbs? Merchants are often cunning and have seen more prosperous and extravagant scenes than those with strong willpower. If you want to resell medicinal herbs, why don't you just become a pimp?"

"There's no way to make a fool of yourself!"

Gula was really angry. He didn't have much patience to begin with, especially with the examples of Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing who trained hard, which made him look down on the unenlightened Ma Hongjun.

Even though Dai Mubai was addicted to pleasure, at least he never neglected his soul power cultivation.

Gula knew that it would be extremely painful when the evil fire broke out, but he had already given a way to relieve the evil fire - squeeze the body to the limit, and the evil fire would stop growing due to fatigue.

But what did Ma Hongjun do? He was so sneaky and cunning that it was really disappointing.

"You have no idea what it feels like to be burned by evil fire!"

Ma Hongjun shouted with tears in his eyes, his eyes red.

"pain?"

Gula suddenly chuckled, and a condensed energy and blood appeared at his fingertips. The terrifying aura was like that of an ancient ferocious beast.

"Back then, in order to master my Qi and blood, I trained every day with fifty times the gravity until I lost all my strength. Every bone was tempered by soul power, like being gnawed by poisonous ants. Do you think I don't understand pain?"

Gula tapped Ma Hongjun's forehead with his fingertips, causing him to cry out in pain. "If you want, you can try half of my training and see which is more painful than being burned by evil fire!"

Ma Hongjun was speechless. He had seen how crazy Gula was during training. If it weren't for the many treatment options, a normal person would have been left with hidden injuries all over their body and become a disabled person after such a terrifying amount of training.

"...I was wrong." Ma Hongjun bowed his head and admitted his mistake. "I was dissatisfied with the slow pace of making money in the fighting arena, so I wanted to take shortcuts and caused trouble for everyone."

Seeing that he was willing to admit his mistake, Gula's expression eased a little. He thought that there was still hope after all. If he hadn't remembered that Ma Hongjun could even resist the power of the God of Color Realm in the God Realm, he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to correct him.

Flanders's expression of heartache lessened a bit, and he placed his hand on Ma Hongjun's shoulder: "You can recognize your mistakes. As long as you correct them in the future, the loss you suffered this time will not be in vain."

"I still have a little money. If I sell my collection and borrow some money from my third sister, I will definitely be able to help you fill the hole."

Ma Hongjun's mouth twitched. He wanted to pretend that he didn't understand what Flender meant, but he felt the hand on his shoulder getting stronger and stronger. He had to speak:
"Teacher, I am your dear student. How can I let you spend so much money? I will lend you this money. After I graduate, I will definitely pay you back slowly."

Ma Hongjun knew how stingy his teacher was, and they had to settle accounts clearly between master and disciple. He also had to pay tuition at Shrek Academy!
"Oh, don't worry about it."

Flanders pretended to refuse once, and even Xiao Wu could see that he was insincere and couldn't help but show contempt on her face.

(End of this chapter)