Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 244 Mu Tian was expelled from the party.

"Although I believe that your first soul skill does have that function, I'm certain that you've never used it." Ning Rongrong followed Tang San's words and stated what she believed to be the truth.

"You just haven't seen me use it yet," Tang San said, his eyebrows dancing with excitement. "Would you like to give it a try?"

"Huh?" Ning Rongrong was taken aback, then laughed, "Okay, let me try, but I'm still a virgin, how can I try? How about we sleep together?"

"Seriously?" Tang San sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"Hehe~ Hahaha!" Ning Rongrong laughed, her eyes narrowing. She felt she had guessed right. "I knew it. You're all talk and no action. You definitely wouldn't dare to do it."

"Fine, you win." Tang San conceded defeat. He had no sense of shame in his verbal sparring with Ning Rongrong.

"Rongrong!"

Xiao Wu, who was practicing her three-sword assassination technique nearby, noticed Ning Rongrong. She put the two short swords she was holding into her white jade belt and jogged over. "Why are you here?"

"Well, I heard you returned to Heaven Dou City and bought three top-grade items at the Luo Wang Auction House, so I came to see if our captain has fallen from grace." Ning Rongrong glanced at Tang San provocatively and said with a grin, "However, I just tested him, and he doesn't have the guts."

"Ahem!" Tang San coughed twice, signaling Xiao Wu not to reveal their little secret, before turning to Ning Rongrong and saying, "Let us show you around this Silver Blue Manor."

"Perfect timing, I just came here to have fun." Ning Rongrong keenly sensed some little secret between Tang San and Xiao Wu, and a hint of disappointment and jealousy flashed in her eyes, but it was fleeting, and she immediately became lively again. "By the way, where's Guang Ling? Is she cultivating elsewhere in the manor? Or is she researching soul tools?"

"Naturally, she studies soul tools." Tang San replied without hesitation. "Aside from the daily necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, she spends most of her time cultivating, researching soul tools, and working with Xiao Wu to study the Dao of Qi and Blood..."

Seeing Xiao Wu threatening him with her eyes, Tang San coughed and continued, "Xiao Wu and I are actually quite similar, except that Xiao Wu's main research focuses on medicine, the Three-Sword Style assassination technique, and physical skills, while my research focuses on martial soul cultivation, self-created soul skills, and blacksmithing techniques."

Tang San also plans to pick up forging techniques again in the next few days. After all, Electrolux has passed on the forging method of the Divine Seal Throne to him. If he doesn't create a few Divine Seal Thrones of divine artifact level in the future, he will be letting down the forging blueprint.

However, it can be named "Throne of Martial Souls" at that time, since this is a world where Martial Souls reign supreme.

"Besides cultivation, how about finding a subject or profession that interests you and delving into it and innovating?" Ning Rongrong pondered for a while, not knowing what else she could do besides cultivation, so she asked, "Third Brother, what kind of side job do you think I could find?"

"Your Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is sensitive to gemstones, so perhaps you could become a treasure appraiser." Tang San thought for a moment and gave her a direction that suited her own martial soul's characteristics.

"Well, although I am indeed interested in appreciating gemstones, I always feel that it would be a waste of my talents to become a gem appraiser." Ning Rongrong shook her head. "Moreover, recently my father asked me to start managing some affairs of the sect... I never thought that managing a sect would be so tiring."

"You're already thinking about retiring before you've even officially started your job," Xiao Wu teased, then mimicked Tang San's tone, "That won't do. If you're just thinking about eating, drinking, and having fun, your life will be over in the blink of an eye."

Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue and said, somewhat speechlessly, "You two are starting to look more and more like a married couple."

"Ahem!" Xiao Wu coughed awkwardly, and seeing Ning Rongrong wearing a dark green cheongsam adorned with white plum blossoms, she suggested, "Why don't you learn to design clothes?"

"Fashion design? That's a great idea!" Perhaps because of her upbringing in a wealthy family, Ning Rongrong had a great fondness for beautiful clothes, so her eyes lit up. "You're such a good sister, I don't know how to repay you. How about we become real sisters?"

"Dream on!" Xiao Wu said with a look of disgust. Don't think she didn't know what Ning Rongrong meant by "real sisters." Although her third brother's blood and qi were terrifyingly abundant, and she and Guang Ling could hardly resist him, good things couldn't be shared so easily.

Ning Rongrong was a little speechless. Her words didn't mean what Xiao Wu imagined, although she did have a tiny bit of that thought.

"By the way, there's something I want to tell you, Third Brother." Ning Rongrong's expression suddenly turned serious. "Mu Tian, ​​a disciple of Bone Douluo of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, has become a Fallen One. Are you aware of this?"

yesterday--

After receiving a report from a disciple of his sect, Ning Fengzhi hurriedly left the Luo Wang Auction House and returned to the sect's residence in Tian Dou City, where he met Salas, who had brought Mu Tian to his door.

"Salas, what are you doing? Why have you ruined the disciples of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School like this?" Ning Fengzhi questioned.

"Sect Leader Ning, that's the question I should be asking you," Salas said with a sinister smile. "Your disciple has gone astray, become a corrupted being, and has harmed countless innocent villagers."

Before Ning Fengzhi could refute anything, Salas produced evidence: photos and videos submitted by the hall master of the Phoenix City Martial Soul Branch Hall.

The proof is like a mountain!

Ning Fengzhi was utterly powerless to refute!

He glared fiercely at Mu Tian, ​​who was already mostly crippled, and then immediately invited Salas into the hall to discuss how to resolve the matter.

"Sect Master Ning, I'm only seeking your help to resolve this privately because of the Holy Son and your daughter's joining the Spirit Hall in her own name." Salas's words were all for Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's sake, and his attitude was quite dismissive. "Otherwise, this matter would be common knowledge."

This is also due to the mass production of soul-guided cameras, soul-guided photography boxes, and mother-and-child soul-guided photography spheres, and the main manufacturer of these products is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School itself.

This is a classic case of shooting oneself in the foot.

However, Ning Fengzhi couldn't blame anyone else; after all, Mu Tian had become a Fallen One.

"How does Lord Salas intend to resolve this?" Ning Fengzhi asked, forcing himself to speak.

"I've already delivered the person to you. You can decide how to treat him. Our Spirit Hall doesn't ask for much. We just hope that your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can support us with any publicity or similar things in the future." To Ning Fengzhi's surprise, Salas didn't make any unreasonable demands.

That's good news...

"And this Fallen One... Sect Master Ning must know what a Fallen One is. Their minds are twisted and they can no longer be called human." Salas finished his tea and got up to leave. "If you have any feelings for him, just lock him up for life and don't let him go out and harm others. It will also lighten the workload for our Spirit Hall. After all, I have to deal with a lot of reports submitted by the other Spirit Halls every day."

The implication is that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, as a major sect, should also understand the concept of right and wrong; otherwise, Mu Tian's affair will spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent!

This is Salas's taunt.

But Ning Fengzhi was unable to refute it.

Even if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can sever its ties with Mu Tian at that time, it will still be labeled as "misjudging people".

After seeing Salas off, Ning Fengzhi, his face grim, stared intently at Mu Tian, ​​who was being forced in front of him, and demanded, "Why did you choose to become a Fallen One? With your talent, becoming a Title Douluo wouldn't be a problem!"

"How long will that take? I must become strong as soon as possible and surpass Tang San. Why is he so outstanding?" Mu Tian's eyes were filled with madness. "We're all the same! You know what? Ning Rongrong should be mine! Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, they should be mine too! And Huo Wu, hahaha!"

When Xiao Wu unleashed her fifth soul skill, Flash Flame Fist, Mu Tian was unable to withstand it. He was only able to survive on his last breath because the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King intervened, using the Bright Moon Martial Soul as its origin to initially fuse with his physical body.

This also led to a slight fusion between the will of the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King and Mu Tian's soul, making his mental will extremely frenzied.

He even fantasized in front of Ning Fengzhi, displaying his dark, charred, and small virility.

boom!

Even the usually gentle and refined Ning Fengzhi abandoned his composure at this moment, kicking him so hard that all his teeth were shattered: "Innate full soul power? How laughable!"

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi realized that Mu Tian was an ungrateful wretch!

They were both born into ordinary families, so why are their personalities so different?

"Haha! Hehehe!" To everyone's surprise, Mu Tian continued to taunt, "Why didn't you just let me get engaged to Ning Rongrong? Arrange a marriage between our children? If you had done that, how would I have ended up like this? It's all your fault!"

"Shut up!"

Upon hearing the news, Bone Douluo rushed over and roared, stomping on Mu Tian's right arm and breaking it. He said hatefully, "This kick is punishment for your disrespect towards the sect leader!"

Click!

Then, Bone Douluo stomped on Mu Tian's left arm, breaking it and yelling, "This kick is because of your arrogant boasting!"

Then, Bone Douluo broke Mu Tian's legs one after another, saying with exasperation, "These two kicks are because you couldn't recognize yourself, were jealous of others, and fell into evil!"

"How have I taught you in the past?"

"So you just copied the sect's rules for nothing, huh?"

"To become a fallen one is utterly incomprehensible!"

At this moment, the one suffering the most is none other than Bone Douluo.

This is my own disciple!

But he still fell into depravity!

And to display such an ugly state in front of the sect leader... it's not just Mu Tian who's lost face, but also his teacher's face!

How will he be able to chat and laugh with Sword Douluo in the future?

Just as Bone Douluo was about to crush Mu Tian's neck with a stomp, Ning Fengzhi stopped him, saying, "Uncle Bone, let it go. Spare yourself. It's not good for a teacher to kill his disciple if word gets out."

"I'm sorry, Sect Master. It's my fault for failing to teach him properly. I actually agreed to let him go to Shrek Academy, an academy that doesn't teach students basic morality, and then I even let him go out to train alone..." Bone Douluo's eyes were red. "This is my shame!"

Finally, after being persuaded by Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo gave up on killing Mu Tian.

But Mu Tian did not survive either.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo have cleaned up the mess...

···

"When I found out about this, I wasn't really surprised. After all, with his arrogant and unscrupulous personality, it's quite normal for him to go to extremes." Ning Rongrong didn't seem too surprised by Mu Tian's fall from grace, but it was indeed beyond her expectations that he would go to such extremes as to become a degenerate.

"I actually know about this," Tang San said. "Back when Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, Lan Yinzi, and I passed through Phoenix City, we were invited by the local Spirit Hall Master and City Lord to go and besiege a cult composed of evil spirit masters. Their leader was Mu Tian... However, I didn't personally fight him. He was defeated by Guang Ling and Xiao Wu."

This wasn't mockery, but rather an acknowledgment of Mu Tian's strength.

At least, after he fell into the evil spirit master, it would take Xiao Wu and Guang Ling working together to defeat him relatively easily.

After all, Xiao Wu and Guang Ling are both able to fight against opponents of higher levels.

"Oh, so it was you who made our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School get threatened by that guy Salas!" Ning Rongrong puffed out her cheeks, looking very unhappy.

"You can't blame us for this, can you?" Tang San shrugged, his expression turning serious. "After all, who told Mu Tian to fall into depravity? You must have secretly seen those photos and videos, right? Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, and I saw it with our own eyes—those piles of dried corpses, including old people, children, and pregnant women..."

"If it weren't for the fact that Mu Tian was a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, killing him directly might cause conflict between the two forces, I think everyone present at the time would have wanted to tear him to pieces."

Ning Rongrong naturally understood what kind of people the Fallen were, and said, "I know, it's just that I'm a bit annoyed with that guy Salas."

"Speaking of Salas, that guy is indeed a bit arrogant. Many of the branch hall masters and lower-level law enforcement officers of the Spirit Hall have similar situations." Tang San knew that this was also due to the Spirit Hall's insufficient management. Even with the mother-child soul guidance camera ball that could act as "surveillance," it was difficult to be "all-encompassing."

The main issue is that while the Spirit Hall is a church-like organization, it's not entirely pure; it's mixed with too many complex interests. Most of the spirit masters who join the Spirit Hall, especially those at the lower levels, are ordinary people. Those who graduate from basic spirit master academies typically only know basic written characters…

They may be loyal, but loyalty doesn't necessarily mean they are of high quality.

In fact, most members of the Spirit Hall joined simply to make a living, or merely to shout slogans like "For the glory of the Spirit Hall, fight for the Spirit Hall."

But what exactly is the glory of the Spirit Hall?

Tang San suspected that most of the high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall were also unaware of the situation. At most, they were subservient to a certain person (the Pope/Grand Elder), admired their strength, and were driven by them, nothing more.

And what about the two great empires?

At least one core principle: serving the country and its people.

Regardless of whether they were just talking or putting it into practice, the masses on the Douluo Continent really loved listening to the rhetoric of the two great empires.

this is the truth.

Suddenly, I realize that I have a long way to go and a heavy responsibility to bear.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the quality and manners of police officers/cops in some smaller cities were not as high as they are now.

By drawing an analogy, you can imagine what the lower-level personnel of the Spirit Hall are like, and understand why the Spirit Hall's Soul Master army was so chaotic during the final battle, and why the people within the Spirit Empire were not very fond of the Spirit Hall—this is described indirectly in the original work.

The Spirit Hall: It lacks military talent, talent for managing people's livelihood, and even more so, administrative talent. This is the drawback of the Spirit Masters; they can only rely on their fists.

But having the biggest fist only makes you a boss within your own circle; managing the entire country and society is a completely different matter.

The Spirit Hall failed to meet any of the standards in areas such as economy, finance, military, and food. In fact, not a single person there understood these things, and even if they did, they might not be given important positions due to their low strength.

Perhaps, in the original story, the Spirit Hall intended to launch a blitzkrieg, directly conquering the two great empires, and then recruiting talent...

But we also need to have the corresponding management talent!

They all rely on other countries... According to the original setting, after becoming a god, one can only stay on a mortal planet for a hundred years. Without the power to challenge the entire god realm, one can only ascend.

The author even suspects that the divine realm stipulates that gods cannot interfere with the affairs of the lower realm on a large scale. Even if Tang San were not in the original work, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue would still have to be judged by the Asura God.

Afterwards, without any truly capable management talent of its own, even if the Martial Soul Empire were to unify, it would fall apart after Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue disappeared.

(End of this chapter)