Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 344 Publicity Matters

As Tang San walked out of the Papal Palace, Hu Liena happened to be visiting her teacher. Seeing the dark circle under Tang San's right eye, she couldn't help but feel a mix of curiosity and schadenfreude: "What trouble did you get into? You actually got beaten up by the teacher? Tell me about it."

"It's nothing, I just tripped and fell." Tang San raised his hand and wiped his right eye, and the dark circles disappeared, returning to normal. "See, it's just dust."

Hu Liena: "..."

If she didn't know you had such strong recovery abilities, she would have actually believed it.

Although she was curious about what had happened between Tang San and her teacher, Hu Liena had matters to attend to with Bibi Dong and didn't have time to linger. She simply said, "Don't leave yet. Wait here for a while. I need to talk to you later."

"What is it? I'm very busy." Tang San said that he needed to do research, forge, and spare a bit of his mental energy to conduct research with other members of the Spirit Hall within the Blue Silver Network. He also needed to guide others. He didn't have much time to do anything else.

Unless he's interested.

"I'll tell you later. I'm just going in to deliver a report to my teacher and I'll be right out," Hu Liena said, and then ran into the Papal Palace. What she meant by "right out" was an hour.

"Speak, what is it?" Tang San asked as Hu Liena came out.

"The teacher wants to recruit a large number of Body Spirit users for research. Come with me to film a video and be a male model," Hu Liena said.

After thinking about it for a while, Tang San agreed.

Obviously, Bibi Dong must have known about the Monkey, Rooster, and Pig, and guessed that he wanted to use his physical spirit to research a stronger method for forging his body, so she took special care of him.

How so?

That's touching...bullshit!

He doesn't like to show his face in public. The reason he did that in the mainland elite competition was just to expand his influence. He was forced to do it. Fame is not a good thing.

But since Hu Liena has come looking for him, he has no choice but to go, show his face, and record a video. With more Spirit Masters in Spirit City, his research will be more convenient, allowing him to refine his Jade Bone Golden Muscle Divine Treasure Technique more quickly.

"Here you go, Holy Son, these are your lines." Upon arriving at the filming location, the director from the Spirit Hall, who was in charge of shooting promotional videos, handed Tang San a copy of the script and respectfully said, "Take a look, is there anything that needs to be changed?"

"For the future of the Spirit Hall, for the glory of the Spirit Hall, for the splendor of the Spirit Hall, for the... Why so many words of praise? It's too long." Tang San couldn't read any further. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was just padding the word count. "I think we should just change it to this: For the future of the entire continent, the Spirit Hall, starting today, sincerely recruits people from all over the world who possess a true spirit body to come and volunteer. We will provide them with generous treatment and rewards."

"That should be fine, keep it simple and easy to understand."

"Physical martial souls are rare on the mainland, and most of them are relatively poor. Instead of talking about abstract things, just give them specific benefits and wages."

The director gave a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "Your Excellency, the Holy Son, is brilliant!"

"Let's begin now." Tang San didn't want to waste too much time, and the director didn't refuse either. He immediately had the other Soul Masters prepare the necessary filming backgrounds and props. Several male Soul Masters even took off their shirts, revealing their muscles, to cooperate with Tang San's "research" performance—

While Tang San was filming, Hu Liena took out another soul-guided camera and started recording behind-the-scenes footage, chuckling, "This is some embarrassing history, I have to record it, it's definitely worth keeping!"

Ten minutes later, the filming was completed. Tang San saw Hu Liena chuckling as she looked at the small screen behind the soul-guided camera. He grabbed it, glanced at it, and discovered that it contained not only what he had just filmed, but also the scandalous affairs of Xie Yue, Yan, and even Bibi Dong. His eyes were strange as he said, "I never expected that a dignified Holy Maiden would actually record other people's dark history, including her own teacher. This is truly 'outrageous'!"

"Give it back to me!" Hu Liena hurriedly snatched the soul-guided camera back, her face flushed, and said fiercely, "I'm warning you, don't tell anyone, or I'll never be able to face my teacher again!"

"Secrets are meant to be discovered," Tang San said meaningfully, even thinking that Bibi Dong must know Hu Liena's little secret, but just didn't care because she treated her like a daughter.

"Hmph!" Hu Liena put the soul-guided camera into the Wisdom and Spirit Soul Seal belt at her waist, snorted coldly, and then said, "By the way, are you free recently? I'd like to invite you to dinner... Don't get the wrong idea, I just want to express my gratitude to you, after all, I obtained the Throne of Wisdom and Spirit Soul Seal."

Perhaps this semi-divine artifact is not Tang San's best work, but it is the first artifact-level item, and it definitely has great commemorative significance.

However, this piece of work was for her use.

This inevitably made Hu Liena a little proactive—besides, wasn't the teacher also trying to match her with Tang San? Now, she was definitely willing.

"Aren't you busy lately?" Tang San countered. "Wuhun City is booming, and the Wuhun branch halls across the continent are being standardized. It's a massive project, and you still have time to treat me to dinner?"

Hu Liena pursed her lips and said, "No matter how busy I am, I still have time to eat. Moreover, with the assistance of the Throne of Wisdom and Spirit, my spiritual power has greatly increased, making it much easier to handle things."

"To be frank, are you going to give me face or not?"

Tang San thought for a moment and then said, "Can we call on other people?"

"snort!"

Hu Liena rolled her eyes at Tang San and turned to leave—"You want to have a meal with me, the Holy Maiden, and you even want to invite others? Dream on!"

"Amazing!" The director, standing not far away, gave Tang San a thumbs up. "Countless people have tried to invite the Holy Maiden to dinner, but all have failed. Yet, the Holy Son refused her. He is truly a role model for us all!"

"This isn't a rejection, it's just an inquiry." Tang San spread his hands and asked, "By the way, is your department only responsible for filming promotional videos like this?"

The director nodded: "Pretty much, but we also collaborate with the artists at Fantasy Film City in our spare time, learning from their experience and making movies and the like."

"Soul Masters have always been arrogant, but we are all getting old and our cultivation can no longer improve. However, we are more willing to accept new things, mainly to have some fun."

"To be honest, we find things like movies and cartoons quite interesting."

Listening to the old man's story, Tang San nodded frequently, and he also learned about the classification of Soul Masters in Wuhun City—the new generation of Soul Masters are more willing to accept new things, while the older generation of Soul Masters, those who are old and whose Soul Power can no longer improve, are also willing to try.

Most of the Soul Masters caught in the middle were unwilling, but in Wuhun City, they could only passively accept and adapt until they finally got used to it.

Development is never a one-step process, and there will always be those who are dissatisfied...

(End of this chapter)