Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 36 Past Contempt

"It's starting..."

"What are you muttering about, You Chen? Have you finished making lunch yet? Why are you talking to yourself like this?"

"What are you calling me, You Chen! Don't you know how to respect your elders? Call me Uncle! And this is adult business, little brat, go away."

You Chen waved his hand at Xiao Wu with a look of disgust, letting Xiao Wu puff out her cheeks and walk away to sulk.

Five days have passed since You Chen abducted Xiao Wu.

After leaving Wuhun City, he naturally continued to refresh new missions as usual.

As Youchen grows in the old timeline, the level of the targets he needs to defeat also increases accordingly, and the rewards for completing the tasks gradually rise.

Just like a normal mission system, the more troublesome the opponent and the more difficult the mission objective, the richer the mission reward.

The number of basic-level pill rewards has increased significantly, and even intermediate-quality nutritional pills have appeared.

However, either the target on the list was already dead, or when Grace was collecting information, she found that the person was too far away, or the reward was not something You Chen wanted, so You Chen abandoned them one by one.

Let alone a few basic experience pills, even a hundred-year-old soul ring age-increasing card, which can directly enhance attributes and even one's essence, he doesn't really care about.

After all, it's only at the hundred-year level. For him now, it's hard to say whether there will be any obvious effect without a dozen or twenty copies.

He might be a little conflicted if he found a useful martial arts technique that only appears as an extra reward. But at most, it's just a technique or martial arts skill of the level of "Flying on Grass," not worth You Chen's special attention.

The reason... that incident lasted for more than half a month and spanned more than two years.

9+2=11.

In other words, the mission timeline will soon reach the point where You Chen turns 12.

After You Chen revealed his theoretical genius, his status was completely different from that of the little Karami he was before.

This means that the level of trouble that will come his way will increase dramatically, and it also means that the quality of the mission rewards will see a qualitative leap!

In fact, of the rewards that have appeared so far since the beginner quests, only the "Soul-Stealing Technique" and the "Flash of Inspiration" are truly tempting to You Chen.

The other "best" items all seem good, but are actually of little use to You Chen.

But he never reduced his emphasis on system tasks.

Because he understands very well that just because the reward is mediocre or poor now doesn't mean the rewards later will be bad!

As the difficulty of the mission objectives increased (at that time), even if the mission reward was just a mid-level experience pill as a token gesture, it could save him a lot of time!

If one can perfectly digest the tasks accumulated over the past twenty years at an extremely fast speed, the gains will be no less than any immortal herbs or even divine trials!

However, in the process of constantly eliminating tasks with mediocre rewards, it is only natural that some task rewards will appear that are tempting to You Chen and that you have a high chance of obtaining.

But then a new problem arises...

[Mission: Senior student Kendall (Level 20 Soul Master) is competing with you for the academy's initial rank end-of-term rewards. This is an opponent you currently have virtually no chance of defeating, even with your best efforts! His contempt for you is blatantly obvious. As someone destined to become a god, how can you tolerate such humiliation!? Defeat Kendall and show him that the so-called protagonist is someone who can overcome the strong with the weak, carving a path forward from the dark wilderness! If completed within three minutes, you will receive an additional reward.]

[Basic Rewards: Three Intermediate Nutritional Pills, one "Tendon Strengthening and Marrow Cleansing" treatment, and one "Flash of Inspiration" treatment]

[Bonus Reward: The Longevity Technique (A life-related secret technique that can lock in vital essence and extend lifespan)]

The Soul Master stage is a very magical stage.

Normally, at lower realms, as long as it's not a major leap across realms with a few more levels of soul power, the difference in soul power strength isn't too significant. So, unless it's a protracted, stalemate battle, the difference in soul power level within the same realm isn't crucial.

However, at the Soul Master stage, because Soul Masters have too little Soul Power, they can't even use their Hundred-Year Soul Skills more than a few times. If they are one or two levels higher, they can use Soul Skills one or two more times, and their actual combat power will naturally be significantly different.

Instead, a huge gap will appear, a difference of several levels, even an immense one.

You Chen still remembered the inter-grade competition at the end of the semester described in the system mission.

The Spirit Hall Academy is also divided into three sections: junior high, middle, and senior high. Each section is further divided into several grades based on the year of enrollment.

So, although they are from different grades, he and Kendall are only one year apart in age.

But what was You Chen's soul power level at that time?

Level 14.

He broke through to the first ring at the age of 9, reached level 11 after absorbing the soul ring, and then cultivated for more than two years, only leveling up 3 times.

That was You Chen's talent for cultivation back then.

He can rely on his extraordinary efforts, his maturity beyond his years, and some clever tricks to defeat a group of classmates who are at most one or two grades above him.

But facing Kendall, who was only a year older than him, and who, although he hadn't absorbed the second ring to become a Great Soul Master, still had a six-level difference in soul power and was a high-level martial soul master...

There is no chance of winning.

If it weren't for the end-of-term rewards from the junior academy, Kendall might have already chosen to break through to the Great Soul Master level and transfer to the intermediate academy for further training. Naturally, Kendall wouldn't give You Chen any chance.

That was a crushing defeat.

Perhaps because of the huge gap between the two at the time, the rewards given by the system were extremely generous.

Needless to say, it was a flash of inspiration; if the previous mission had offered this reward, You Chen would not have given it up.

The most crucial thing is still that book, "The Secret of Longevity".

No one doesn't yearn for immortality.

Even if he obtains the system, You Chen cannot guarantee that he will become an immortal god, so the value of extending his lifespan is self-evident.

In addition, locking in one's essence and blood can also prolong the golden period of cultivation.

In terms of value, this "Longevity Manual" is absolutely incomparable to the "Soul-Stealing Manual".

You Chen was naturally...moved.

You Chen never expected that a normal competition in the academy's duel would be judged as a "counterattack mission" by the system because of Kendall's "contempt".

The collision between the two parties was classified as a "conflict." Of course, this could also be due to the triggering of a "basic needs" mechanism...

To be honest, if it weren't for the system's description, You Chen would have had no idea that he had been looked down upon by the other party. After all, he hadn't seen the ability of the color palette in other people's eyes.

But he vaguely remembered that Kendall, now 36, was already a six-ring Soul Emperor.

He has now risen to a high position in the Spirit Hall and is said to be a popular candidate for Cardinal.

What this means is self-evident.

Any cardinal is at least a Soul Saint level expert.

This means that Kendall is now not far from becoming a Soul Saint.

If the opponent is just an ordinary Soul Emperor, even if he holds a high position in the Spirit Hall, You Chen could still find a way to secretly gather intelligence through Soul Fighting Beasts and strike while the opponent is carrying out a mission.

Regardless of whether the Longevity Manual is worth the risk, at least You Chen is not without options and has something to consider.

However, being a prospective cardinal means that this guy not only has many people watching him, but there might also be powerful figures secretly protecting him because of their own interests...

Asking a Soul Beast to find out whether there are Soul Saints or even Soul Douluos hiding around Kendall is asking too much of a question.

To target him basically means facing at least one Soul Saint.

As is widely known, the Soul Saint stage represents a qualitative leap in a Soul Master's strength.

(End of this chapter)