Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 67 Yu Xiaogang's Disdain

The Douluo Continent is in turmoil due to Tang San's two papers and the effects of whale glue.

Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang carefully examined the two theories presented by Tang San, his brows furrowed, and he secretly resented Tang San.

The cases in both theories have detailed sources, which can be verified by anyone in the public library opened by the Spirit Hall.

On the contrary, Yu Xiaogang's theories were much cruder, especially the source of his best spirit ring combination age limit. Tang San even deliberately pointed out that the age limit of spirit rings that a spirit master could absorb at each stage was just the highest age limit that some spirit masters in history absorbed at the corresponding stage. This point is clearly recorded in the relevant books.

Now, his reputation as a master is being ridiculed by many.

He claimed he hadn't done any research at all; he simply copied down the highest number of years a Soul Master could absorb at each stage in history, without considering whether the Soul Masters absorbing these years' Soul Rings were the same, whether their physical qualities differed, or whether their Martial Soul matched the attributes of the Soul Rings, etc.

Although he hadn't considered all of these issues, he had at least considered physical strength.

However, he did not connect the author of the theory with Tang San from Notting City.

"Xiao Gang, what do you think of whale glue?" Flander asked Yu Xiao Gang. "Although we don't have much money, this stuff can improve the children's physical fitness. Should we buy some? I have some connections with the owner of the apothecary in Soto City. He should have some thousand-year-old whale glue left behind."

"No way." Yu Xiaogang shook his head. "Although medicine can assist a Soul Master's cultivation, it can only be used in a medicinal bath. I don't agree with ingesting it."

"The children carrying stones themselves and running around Soto not only improves their physical fitness but also strengthens their willpower. Isn't that much better than just pursuing whale gelatin?"

"As for their health, I have a medicinal bath recipe from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family, and I'm already using it. Haven't you seen the results? The children have become much stronger in the past month."

"Although the effects are not as immediate as with whale gel, I believe this method is more reliable."

"More importantly, even if your friend at the pharmacy has reserved some for you, it's impossible for them to give it to you for free, right? Even with a discount, we can't afford it."

Finally, this touched on Flanders's deepest feelings.

His Shrek Academy was indeed short of money, and Yu Xiaogang had to spend the academy's money every day to purchase materials for his medicinal bath. At most, he could only afford ten grams of Thousand-Year Whale Glue.

Ten grams? What's the point of buying it?

"Xiao Gang, the academy is running out of money and needs to increase revenue. Do you have any good ideas?" Flander asked. "In another year or two, we might not even be able to afford a medicinal bath."

"Let me think about it," Yu Xiaogang said. "Flander, try to recruit more outstanding students. As long as we can persevere until our children win the championship in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Shrek Academy can grow stronger."

"Xiao Gang, I want to too, but our Shrek Academy doesn't even have the qualifications to participate." Flander looked worried. He opened the academy not only to teach students, but also to become famous. The best way to become famous is to participate in the Soul Master Competition.

However, the teachers in their academy all had some kind of grudge against the Spirit Hall, and they were all used to being free and did not want to have anything to do with any force, so they could not even apply for formal teaching qualifications.

To be honest, this Shrek Academy is more of a "high-end" cram school that collaborates with nearby rural areas than an academy.

"I'll figure something out later, just hang in there." Yu Xiaogang encouraged Flander, but in his heart he was thinking about how to get Flander to give up Shrek's name and join another regular academy, so as to carry out a plan to use someone else's resources to his advantage.

With the strength of Flander, Zhao Wuji, and others, joining other academies would certainly grant them the right to independent teaching, and they could then utilize the resources of those regular academies to arrange better training programs for the children...

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Whether it's the actions of other forces on the mainland or the plans of Shrek Academy and others, none of this currently has anything to do with Tang San. However, when he went to the Notting City pharmacy to buy medicine, the old shopkeeper looked as uncomfortable as if he had eaten shit.

Who told him to sell such a large piece of Wannian Whale Glue?

That's an absolute steal!

Even if there are miscellaneous items inside, the outer layer, if removed and put together, would still be about the size of two adult fists.

That's whale glue that's been around for ten thousand years!

Now a gram can sell for 10,000 gold soul coins, and there's no market for it. He's lost a lot of money.

"Boss, do you still have whale glue?" Tang San asked the old shopkeeper.

"It's gone. I regretted it so much after Master Tang San published his theory." The old shopkeeper had a bitter face. "Even the ordinary whale glue here has been sold out. I don't know where to get more in the future. In the past, not many people bought this stuff. Who would have thought that now the supply would be insufficient? No, it should be that the supply has been cut off. If you want whale glue, you can only go to the coastal cities and see if there are any sea spirit masters who happen to be going out to sea to hunt whale spirit beasts. Otherwise, you won't be able to buy any at all."

"Okay, give me some dried black fungus," Tang San said.

"Alright, there's plenty of this stuff. How much do you want?" the old shopkeeper asked.

"One pound is fine," Tang San said.

"Alright." The old shopkeeper weighed out a pound, put it in a bag, and pushed it in front of Tang San. "Although the quantity of dried black fungus is large, it still takes time to dry it. Five copper soul coins per pound."

Tang San gave five copper soul coins and then returned to the Spirit Hall with the dried black fungus.

It wasn't that Tang San wanted to eat black fungus, but rather that Guang Ling felt nauseous when taking whale glue, as it didn't taste very good to the human tongue.

Xiao Wu thought the whale glue with added sugar was okay, but Guang Ling—

Guangling likes sugar; she can barely accept whale glue and swallow it; but when the two are combined, she almost vomits... Although she eventually swallowed it, her distorted expression made anyone who didn't know better think that Tang San was bullying a little girl.

Therefore, Tang San decided to try using black fungus.

After soaking and cleaning the black fungus, Tang San softened the whale glue, wrapped it in the black fungus, made it into a fingernail-sized piece, and handed it to Guang Ling: "Try it. If you don't like it, you can just swallow it. Black fungus is quite smooth."

This method is actually similar to the various capsule-type drugs in Tang San's previous life. Some powdered medicines are unpalatable to people's taste buds and cannot be swallowed, so they are wrapped in a starchy shell that can be broken down by stomach acid, making it easier for people to swallow them directly.

Tang San didn't know how to make starch husks, so he had to use other things as substitutes, and black fungus was a good choice.

Guangling took it and swallowed the whale glue wrapped in black fungus, saying, "Brother, I feel much better now, but it doesn't taste like much."

"That's good." Tang San nodded.

Soon, the black fungus was broken down in Guangling's stomach. The millennium whale glue took effect, causing Guangling's whole body to turn red, but the redness dissipated after a while.

After all, the Thousand-Year Whale Glue is only the size of a fingernail, so its medicinal effect is not strong.

Guangling is only six years old, so one small piece a day is enough for her. After all, she was originally very thin, not much different from Tang San back then, and even thinner.

This kind of tonic is not suitable to be taken in large quantities at once; it needs to be taken gradually.

(End of this chapter)