Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 196 Tang San: You've Already Seeked Your Own Path to Death...

The day's competition came to a quick end.

After having dinner, the members of the Heaven Dou Royal Team 1 went their separate ways and explored the Spirit City.

After all, this was the first time any of them had come to this city of Soul Masters.

The city of Wuhun is even more beautiful at night than during the day.

Without him.

The main reason is that, under the influence of various soul-guided lights similar to neon lights, the entire Martial Soul City is brightly lit, as bright as day.

Xiao Wu was very curious about everything here. She looked left and right, lingered in front of each stall for a while, bought some novel trinkets, and shared her joy with Tang San and Guang Ling.

"Third Brother, this snack is delicious."

"You should try some too, Guangling."

Before long, Tang San and Guang Ling had many large and small bags on their arms. The two looked at each other helplessly and could only help put them into their storage wristbands and white jade belts.

Compared to Xiao Wu's curiosity about all sorts of new things, Guang Ling was much more "knowledgeable and reasonable." Although she was also curious, she was only interested in some unfamiliar everyday soul tools. Moreover, once she understood the general working principle of the soul tool, she would not buy it, which made her very frugal.

Suddenly, Xiao Wu twitched her nose and beckoned Tang San and Guang Ling to head towards a small shop.

Left with no other choice, the two had to follow.

The three arrived at the small shop. Tang San and Guang Ling had already stored the items Xiao Wu had purchased into their white jade belts and storage wristbands.

Looking up, there is a plaque above the shop with the three large characters "Bao Yao Fang" written on it.

No wonder Xiao Wu was attracted here; she smelled the medicine.

"Three guests, what kind of medicinal herbs would you like to buy?" As the three entered the shop, an elderly man with a kind face greeted them from behind the counter.

"Do you have any special medicinal herbs here? I smell a very fragrant aroma, which seems to be very effective in improving blood circulation." Xiao Wu twitched her small nose and looked towards the far left of the medicine cabinet.

The old man hurriedly blocked Xiao Wu's view, then realized he had been too anxious. He smiled broadly and said, "The guest's nose is quite sensitive. Is your martial spirit a rabbit?"

"Why do you ask that?" Xiao Wu raised an eyebrow, wondering how the old man in front of her could tell. Could he be the reclusive master from Third Brother's story?

"Please wait."

The old man turned around, went to the far left of the medicine cabinet, opened the middle box, took out a bronze-colored wooden box, carefully placed it on the counter, and gently opened it, afraid of making a mistake.

As the wooden box was opened, the contents inside were revealed.

It was a ginseng that looked like crystal all over, like a work of art sculpted by nature.

"This is Crystal Ginseng, which is formed when the seeds of carrots and blood ginseng sprout together, intertwine, and become one, eventually growing into this ginseng that looks like a crystal diamond."

The old man said slowly, "This kind of ginseng has a fatal attraction for rabbits, and the same is true for soul masters who possess rabbit-type martial souls."

"For ordinary people, it only replenishes qi and blood, but for rabbit-type soul masters, it is said to grant them the ability to create spatial abilities."

"Of course, it is said that only crystal ginseng that is over 10,000 years old has that effect, but this one is only about 500 years old."

Xiao Wu was pleased with the old man's honesty and asked, "How much is this crystal ginseng?"

"Although this plant is only five hundred years old, it can still be added to some medicinal bath recipes to enhance its effects. Therefore, it's 10,000 gold soul coins, no bargaining." The old man didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly stated the price.

"Can you make it cheaper?" Xiao Wu stared with her adorable big eyes, causing the old man to turn his head away. He said, "Nine thousand nine hundred, that's the lowest I can go, or I'll lose money. I spent nine thousand gold soul coins to buy it, and I'm only making nine hundred profit on you. It's a great deal."

Purchase price nine thousand?

Xiao Wu has become much more shrewd these days, and she must have used a price below five thousand. Third Brother once said that merchants are most profit-driven, and the most conscientious merchants sell things at least twice the cost price.

Just like the small workshop they bought in Tiandou City, they hired people to produce soul-guided cameras, soul-guided photography boxes, and mother-and-child soul-guided photography spheres. The cost price of a soul-guided camera was only twenty copper soul coins, but it could be sold for twenty gold soul coins, resulting in a profit of a thousand times.

Exorbitant profits!

So, Xiao Wu kept haggling with the shop owner, and finally, she bought it for 8,888 gold soul coins.

Just as Xiao Wu was about to tuck it into her white jade belt, a voice suddenly came from outside the door to stop her:

"etc!"

Tang San turned around and saw Huo Yuhao—he really had some nerve to appear directly in front of him.

Guang Ling glared at the other party. If Tang San hadn't been holding her hand, she probably would have released her martial soul directly and shot it through—she still held a grudge about the last time Tang San fainted.

"What is it?" Xiao Wu picked up the box and put it into her white jade belt, showing no respect to the other party.

"Shopkeeper, could you sell me that ginseng? I'm willing to pay double the price." Huo Yuhao didn't know what kind of ginseng it was or what its effects were, but just by looking at its appearance, he knew it was something special.

Moreover, since he has already offended Tang San, he might as well offend him thoroughly.

However, Huo Yuhao overlooked one thing:

This is Wuhun City.

"Double the price is indeed very tempting for this old man, so, young lady, would you be willing to return the goods?" the old man asked kindly.

"I don't want to." Xiao Wu refused outright—the money was exchanged for the goods, the transaction was complete, and the crystal ginseng was already hers.

That's a real shame.

The old man sighed and said to Huo Yuhao, "There's nothing I can do. If this young lady doesn't want a refund, I can't force her to return it. Our shop is a small business, and we don't do things like forced sales or demanding refunds from customers."

"If you really want it, young man, you can discuss it with this young lady."

Wouldn't the old man want double the price?

Of course I do.

However, this is Wuhun City. Once a product is sold, the shopkeeper cannot force the customer to return it unless the customer requests a refund.

This is also to avoid malicious bidding.

It can be said that any businessman who can build a large and successful business will not maliciously raise prices because of competition from multiple customers. After all, a shop is not like an auction house. If you mix them up, your peaceful days will come to an end.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao turned and left without saying a word.

Aside from not expecting the shops in Wuhun City to be so principled, I also didn't want to humiliate myself.

He could tell even with his bare hands that Xiao Wu would never give it to him.

"That guy is really audacious, daring to steal from me! When we encounter Canghui Academy in the next few rounds of the competition, I'll teach him a lesson!" Xiao Wu said viciously. "And that big worm, it really knows how to pick its targets, they're all equally disgusting, birds of a feather flock together."

"A giant fleshy worm?" Guangling was taken aback.

"I'll tell you later." Xiao Wu realized she had misspoke, but Guang Ling was one of her own, so it didn't matter. As for the old man at the pharmacy, he had no idea what the big fleshy worm she was talking about was, so it was nothing to worry about.

"Let's go."

Tang San was the first to walk out of the pharmacy.

Guangling and Xiaowu followed closely behind.

After strolling around for a while, the three returned to the accommodations arranged by the Spirit Hall staff. Tang San called the two women into his room, and the scene of the two women entering Tang San's room was witnessed by Yu Feng, who had just gone out to use the restroom. He was so surprised that his mouth dropped open: "Wow, Captain is awesome, a threesome!"

Inside the room, Xiao Wu took out the Crystal Ginseng. Tang San took it and used the Endless Grassland technique to manipulate the roots, which burrowed into the ground from the inside of the wall, drawing on the earth's power and channeling it into the ginseng.

The first soul skill, Endless Recovery, can only provide a comprehensive recovery for humans, but it can indeed increase the cultivation level of plants.

Perhaps the power of the earth is beneficial to plants, as they can absorb it directly; but for humans, it needs to be transformed into an energy that the human body can accept, and this energy cannot be directly used to enhance soul power.

With the infusion of the earth's power, the crystal ginseng became increasingly translucent, even faintly emitting a silvery-white light. Countless silvery-white light particles flowed into it from the surrounding space.

"This Crystal Ginseng is only 500 years old. To increase it to 10,000 years, it will take at least 10 years. However, in a place like the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, one year would be enough." Tang San felt the Crystal Ginseng's age slowly increasing under the infusion of the earth's power and gave a relatively objective report of the two timeframes.

"A year? I can wait that long." Xiao Wu said nonchalantly, "Once it reaches ten thousand years, I will consume it and it will merge with the trace of spatial power I already possess. This will definitely enhance the origin of my spatial attributes. At that time, when I reach the Soul Saint level, the probability of awakening a spatial domain will reach one hundred percent."

Speaking of domain-type skills, Xiao Wu is moving in the direction of Tang San's plan, striving to possess a spatial domain herself.

And what about Tang San?

The Blue Silver Emperor inevitably possesses the Blue Silver Domain, but for Tang San, although the Blue Silver Domain has life attributes and can provide a certain degree of enhancement to his side, the most outstanding performance of the protagonist in the original work when using the domain was to deceive and disguise.

In short, the life attributes in the Blue Silver Realm are not pure enough.

Since we're on the path of life, the realm we awaken in the future must at least be a realm of life, not just a useless blue-silver realm.

As for the future domain of Lightlink...

Tang San is currently unable to make a judgment on this matter, and it remains to be seen whether Guang Ling can awaken a domain-type skill.

After all, the number of existing cases in the mainland is far less than the number of soul bones discovered.

Later, when he had the opportunity to consult the books in the Spirit Hall's collection, find numerous cases, and consult with those Title Douluos who possessed domains, Tang San was finally able to truly determine in what form a domain objectively exists.

Electrolux couldn't give a clear definition of this either—he was indeed a powerful being from another world with extensive knowledge, but he lacked relevant knowledge of domain-related skills and couldn't explain why.

However, Electrolux can offer a concept: the creation of a domain is related to the spirit and aura of a Soul Master. When the spirit and aura of a Soul Master resonate with their Martial Soul, a domain can be created.

According to this theory, all Soul Masters can create a Domain.

In reality, very few people possess such a domain; even titled Douluo may not necessarily be able to own one.

Therefore, Tang San felt that the birth of the domain was related to the affinity between Soul Masters and Martial Souls... However, in the end, he still needed to find more information to refine this theory.

Tang San even felt that once his Blue Silver Emperor awakened its domain, he could conduct extensive testing to provide a reference for whether Guang Ling could awaken her martial soul.

After all, Guangling's soul power is a level lower than his and Xiaowu's, so there is a time difference and a difference in soul power, and he can afford to wait.

Moreover, it's not that if one cannot awaken a domain before reaching the Soul Saint level, then one will never be able to awaken one again. Based on the relevant information that Tang San has been able to find so far, most of the Soul Masters who clearly possess a domain awakened their domains at the Title Douluo level.

So, don't panic.

"Guangling, your future domain-related skills will have to be postponed a bit," Tang San comforted her.

"It's alright. I'm already doing very well to be able to cultivate. There's no need to expect too much." Guangling wasn't too concerned about whether his martial soul could awaken a domain-type skill in the future.

Soul tools are one of her true loves!

another--

"It's getting late, you should go back to your rooms and rest."

Tang San glanced at the sky, walked to the door, and opened it...

Clap!

Yu Feng, Oslo, Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, Shi Mo and others poured in.

Fortunately, Tang San reacted quickly and was not knocked down.

"What are you doing?" Tang San tilted his head, his face dark with a question mark.

"This, that..."

When Yu Tianheng saw that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Guang Ling were all dressed neatly and their blankets were not messy, he knew that their pure thoughts had been led astray by Yu Feng—after all, they hadn't heard any groans or other noises outside the door.

"Well, Yu Feng said that Xiao Wu and Guang Ling went into your room, Captain, wanting a special meal, so we wanted to come and listen in." Oslo was quick-witted and immediately came up with a reason, conveniently attributing their presence to Yu Feng.

"Damn it! Is this how you treat your brothers? You just betrayed your own brother!" Yu Feng was furious, grabbed Oslo by the neck and shook him violently.

Not to be outdone, Oslo retaliated with a pinch of his own.

Neither of them used their soul power; they were merely putting on a show of feigning injury. Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Yu Tianheng, on the other hand, smiled awkwardly and retreated towards the door.

"Stop pinching! Your face isn't even turning red. Who are you trying to fool?" After Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo disappeared from sight, Tang San shouted to the two who were still pinching each other, "They're all gone."

"Damn it! That's not very brotherly, he didn't even pull us back!" Yu Feng immediately released his grip on Oslo, straightened his collar, and forced an awkward smile: "Um, Captain, I hope you don't mind that I interrupted your good time?"

"Hmph, what good news? I'm leaving." Xiao Wu realized why Yu Feng and the others had been outside earlier, blushed, and walked straight out of the room.

"Third Brother, I'm leaving too." Guangling's cheeks were also flushed, like a red apple, as she followed Xiaowu away.

Both Yu Feng and Oslo felt a jolt in their hearts.

"Oh no! I've really interrupted the captain's good time. Will he kill me?" Yu Feng cried out in his heart, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

"It's over! I've been tricked by Yu Feng! Am I going to be buried with Yu Feng tonight?" As if he were telepathically connected with Yu Feng, Oslo was shocked and pondered how to break the deadlock.

Tang San walked up to the two men with a smile, hooked his arm around each of theirs, and chuckled, "So free at night, instead of resting properly, you came here to eavesdrop, and you even brought Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Yu Tianheng with you. You guys are something else."

"Especially you, Yu Feng, aren't you and Bai Chenxiang in a romantic relationship?"

"Instead of going to find her, you've come here to join the fun?"

Is it a problem in that area?

Oslo immediately said, "I can attest that Yu Feng really is impotent. His ex-girlfriend broke up with him because he was impotent and needed to eat golden flies."

"Bullshit!" Yu Feng roared. "Me, unable to handle it? That's because their soul power is too weak to withstand it. How could I possibly be unable to handle it? How could I possibly need to eat golden flies? You're underestimating me!"

"You really don't need to eat it?" Tang San's eyes gleamed with amusement. "Then how will you know what a golden fly is?"

In the Douluo Continent, the golden fly is classified as an "aphrodisiac".

To be honest, Tang San knew this because he had read "Douluo Continent" in his previous life—Oscar's seventh soul skill.

"Captain, don't talk nonsense. How would I know what a golden fly is? Ask Oslo, he knows." Yu Feng immediately dismissed his knowledge of golden flies.

"Ahem, Captain, actually, I don't know either," Oslo said, feigning ignorance. "I just heard from Vice Captain Yu Tianheng that this drug can enhance a man's virility. After all, among us, he's the only one who has been intimate with Dugu Yan after they became a couple."

"Really?" Tang San asked suspiciously, his eyes revealing only three words: disbelief.

Given the open atmosphere of Douluo Continent, if you could believe what Yu Feng and Ausro say, pigs would line up to jump into the ditch.

"Captain, how did you know about the Golden Fly?" Yu Feng felt things couldn't continue like this and decided to turn the tables on Tang San. "You wouldn't happen to use it too, Captain, would you?"

"I was the first to discover and announce the effects of whale glue, right?" Tang San asked with a chuckle.

"Yes." Yu Feng felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing the laughter.

"Then you should know that before the effects of whale glue on enhancing physical fitness were announced, it was also a type of aphrodisiac, right?" Tang San patted Yu Feng on the shoulder. "I naturally have relevant research on drugs, how could I not know what the Golden Fly is?"

This was naturally Tang San's trick to deceive Yu Feng. After all, the Golden Fly is a finished synthetic drug, not a raw material like whale glue. If he bought that kind of stuff, the owner of the pharmacy in Notting City would look at him with strange eyes for the rest of his life.

"So, Captain, what do you want in return for letting us go?" Yu Feng asked with a pained expression, unsure of what to do. He regretted not being so curious.

Tang San said in a sinister tone, "Let you go? What are you thinking? Do you know you're already courting death?"

Yu Feng: "???"

(End of this chapter)