Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 185 Shrek's Crisis of Trust

After leaving the grove, Ye Liangchen recalled Tang San's impotent rage and felt incredibly happy, almost wanting to sing a few lines: "I laugh triumphantly! I laugh triumphantly!"

"Xiao Chen, what did you just say that made Tang San so scared?"

Bibi Dong and Ye Cailan tilted their heads and saw the little guy's lips curving upwards, so they asked him curiously.

"Let me tell you, Tang San knows that I obtained the Xuan Tian Treasure Record from his memories, and he actually wants me to join his Tang Sect in the future, along with Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang. Don't you think this guy is taking himself too seriously?" Ye Liangchen revealed Tang San's wild idea.

"Pfft...! This Tang San really doesn't know his own limitations. Who does he think he is?"

Bibi Dong and Ye Cailan found Tang San's request for Ye Liangchen laughable.

"After that, I told him that if Tang Dachui found out that his son was a reincarnated person from another world, he might kill him. Then Tang San immediately chickened out. Now he is both afraid and angry at me."

"We could tell he was already backing away in fear. You're a little devil, but I like it."

"Xiao Chen, we're not on his side anyway, so we still need to be careful. After all, he comes from another world, and there might be a god behind him."

"Sister Lan, don't worry. Even if he has divine intervention behind him, I have divine intervention too. Who's afraid of who?"

"That's right..."

The three walked toward the barracks, chatting and laughing, their figures forming three beautiful silhouettes under the moonlight.

The next day, the qualifying rounds were in full swing. Feng Xiaotian's Shenfeng team was the first to start, and their opponent was the Plant team.

When the two sides were fighting for the third round, a member of the Kamikaze team was knocked off the stage by Yao Zi from the Plant team. At this time, Feng Xiaotian stepped into the stage, intending to give the opponent a surprise.

"Swish..."

"Awooo..."

This time, Feng Xiaotian no longer concealed his strength, and directly revealed his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul and five spirit rings of yellow, purple, purple, and black.

"Soul King? Feng Xiaotian, you actually broke through to Soul King?"

Yao Zi was completely dumbfounded. This guy was only level 49 in the qualifiers, but he has become a Soul King in just one month.

"I was fortunate to have the help of a benefactor, which enabled me to reach this level," Feng Xiaotian said calmly.

"Feng Xiaotian of the Kamikaze Team has actually become a Soul King."

In the audience, Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and other members of the organizing committee were unaware of the situation and assumed that this guy was using the strength he had declared when he participated in the competition.

"When did this guy break through to Soul King? That's too unexpected."

Besides the three major academies of Tianshui, Chihuo, and Shenfeng, the members of the other academy teams were also stunned.

"Yao Zi, do you still want to fight?" Feng Xiaotian asked the vice captain of the Plant Academy.

"Fight! So what if you're a Soul King?"

Yao Zi had no intention of admitting defeat and wanted to start the fight directly. Otherwise, if she were to leave before even starting, it would be looked down upon.

"Swish..."

Feng Xiaotian didn't use many soul skills. He directly used the fist and foot techniques and Ghost Shadow Step from the Xuan Tian Treasure Record. After fighting with Yao Zi for a few minutes, Feng Xiaotian knocked Yao Zi off the stage with a left front kick and a right whip kick.

"Feng Xiaotian, what kind of skills are these?"

Yao Zi witnessed some of the skills Feng Xiaotian used in the battle and became very curious.

"Nothing much. Just some martial arts techniques I've recently mastered."

Feng Xiaotian was talking nonsense with a straight face, but he naturally couldn't reveal the techniques and skills in the Xuan Tian Bao Lu.

"Bang bang bang... Ahh..."

In the next four matches, Feng Xiaotian easily defeated the Plant Team players.

Tang San watched as Feng Xiaotian used various skills from the Tang Sect's Xuan Tian Treasure Record to defeat one opponent after another, feeling extremely resentful. At the same time, he was also imagining how he would deal with Feng Xiaotian if he encountered him, and for a moment he was stunned.

"The gap between Soul Kings and us Soul Venerables and Soul Sect Masters is really quite large."

The contestants from other teams, seeing Feng Xiaotian easily defeat one opponent after another, sometimes without even using his martial spirit, all marveled at his strength.

"Little San, you now have another powerful opponent. Feng Xiaotian is now at the Soul King level. Are you confident you can defeat him?"

In the stands where the Shrek Academy team was located, Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San a question.

"The mistress, the mistress,..."

Yu Xiaogang noticed that the guy was lost in thought again, shook his head helplessly, and then patted Tang San on the shoulder.

"Ah...! Teacher, what did you just say?" Tang San was woken up by Yu Xiaogang and looked completely bewildered.

"Xiao San, Feng Xiaotian is another formidable opponent besides the Tianshui team," Yu Xiaogang said helplessly to Tang San.

"Teacher, I understand. I'm thinking about how to deal with it."

Tang San now hates Ye Liangchen to death. That guy spread the Xuan Tian Treasure Record, creating such a powerful opponent as Feng Xiaotian. Even if he establishes the Tang Sect in the future, he will not be able to subdue such an opponent. What he knows, others also know, and they don't even care about him.

Feng Xiaotian's display of his Soul King strength added a small surprise to the otherwise uneventful promotion tournament.

"Next match: Beast Academy vs. Tianshui Academy."

After the match between the Kamikaze Team and the Plant Team ended, the host immediately announced the next match.

Ye Liangchen looked at the Beast Academy team led by Meng Yiran, a petite and busty beauty, and directly assigned Dugu Yan, Gu Qingbo, and Shen Liuyu to fight.

"My three sisters, try to use the techniques from the Xuan Tian Bao Lu during the competition and see how effective they are." Ye Liangchen instructed the three women to use the skills from the Xuan Tian Bao Lu to annoy Tang San.

"Okay! Little Chen, just watch our performance!"

The three girls also wanted to test how well they had progressed in their month of training, and they didn't even plan to use their martial spirits, since the overall strength of the Beast Academy was too weak.

"Swish..."

Dugu Yan took the lead in facing a Soul Master. Without even activating her Martial Soul, she directly used the Ghost Shadow Step to maneuver around her opponent.

"It's Ghostly Walk again."

Tang San was furious when he saw the footwork Dugu Yan used, and he roared in his heart in a state of impotent rage.

"Ah...! How come everyone can use the Ghostly Shadow Step?"

When Tang San saw Zhu Zhuqing and Shen Liuyu defeat the remaining contestants of the alien beast team, he was devastated.

……

"Hey, the skills that Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and the three beauties from the Tianshui team used in the Soul Battle today seem to be exactly the same as the skills you used in the Soul Battle."

"Yes! Especially that strange footwork, so unpredictable, just like Third Brother's."

As evening fell, after the Shrek team returned to their barracks, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar recalled that Tang San had used the exact same skill as Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang and her brother, and the three beauties from the Tianshui team during their match against the Fabia team earlier that day.

"Brother, you actually sold those skills to other people without teaching us? What are you doing?"

When Dai Mubai brought this up, it reminded Xiao Wu of how she once wanted to learn how to launch hidden weapons from Tang San, but he said that if she wanted to learn, she would have to waste her soul power and start from scratch.

"Brother, I'm still your sister! How can you be so selfish?"

Looking back now, Xiao Wu thinks that this guy deliberately didn't want to teach her back then.

"Xiao San, what exactly happened? How come Feng Xiaotian and the others know your skills?" Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San coldly at this moment.

"Teachers, everyone! How could I possibly sell my skills? It's just a coincidence."

Tang San felt extremely aggrieved that his teammates and teachers were now doubting him.

"The skills that Feng Xiaotian and Dugu Yan used in the competition were exactly the same as the ones you used before. There's no way that's such a coincidence."

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang felt that his disciple was a stranger. He suddenly realized that he didn't know anything about Tang San over the years. For example, the boy's eyes often turned purple during battle, and he made all sorts of strange hidden weapons. Every time he asked him, the boy would stammer and couldn't give a clear answer. All of this was too unfamiliar to him.

"Ugh! Third Brother actually sold his skills to the opponent! How are we supposed to compete in this Soul Master Tournament?"

Ma Hongjun patted his round belly and sighed, feeling that Tang San had no sense of social etiquette.

After Ma Hongjun said that, the other members of the Shrek team also didn't understand why Tang San did that, and they all turned their heads to the other side, including Xiao Wu.

Yu Tianheng, Zhu Xiaomei, and the two substitute players went straight back to their respective rooms, not wanting to see Tang San.

"Third Young Master is not that kind of person."

Tang San's lackey, Tai Long, believed in Tang San and tried his best to protect his master's image.

"snort…"

Xiao Wu grew angrier the more she thought about it. She had even shared a bed with this guy since she was a child, but he had so many skills, yet he would rather sell them to others than teach her even one.

"Everyone, you have to believe me, Xiao Wu, you have to believe me..."

At this moment, Tang San was really anxious. If his companions didn't trust him, he would become all alone in this world again. So he hurriedly begged everyone to believe in him, especially Xiao Wu.

"Do not touch me."

When Xiao Wu saw Tang San trying to pull her, she quickly slapped his hand away and moved closer to Ning Rongrong.

"Everyone has misunderstood me. Those skills were created by Ye Liangchen, who then sold them to Feng Xiaotian and the Huo Wushuang siblings."

Tang San realized that the mastermind behind all of this was that freak Ye Liangchen, so he immediately explained the situation to everyone.

"I don't believe it. Even if Ye Liangchen created it himself, it's impossible for it to be exactly the same as what you used."

"If you want us to believe you, you have to tell the truth. We're all on the same team; is there any need to hide anything?"

"Brother, you've disappointed me so much."

Xiao Wu felt a bit unfamiliar with Tang San now. This guy had become much uglier, his temperament had deteriorated, and he had a gloomy aura about him. The more she looked at him, the more displeased she became.

"Xiao Wu! It was Ye Liangchen who, in the last match of the preliminaries, somehow obtained my skills from my memories."

"Then he sold those skills to Feng Xiaotian and the others."

In order to regain the trust of his teammates, Tang San had no choice but to tell the truth. At the same time, his resentment towards Ye Liangchen reached its peak. It was all that guy's fault that his biggest secret was exposed.

"What? Those skills were acquired by Ye Liangchen from your memories?"

"My God! What kind of monster is that guy? How can he have such amazing abilities?"

When Dai Mubai, Fatty Ma, and the others heard that Ye Liangchen also had the ability to acquire other people's memories, they were all stunned.

"So, does that mean the other party already knows all your secrets?"

Yu Xiaogang felt his scalp tingle and cold sweat pour down his forehead; this was terrifying.

"Teacher, I don't know either, but I asked him before. It seems that he acquired those skills unintentionally from my memories. As for the others, I guess not."

Tang San dodged the question, not daring to say too much, for fear of accidentally revealing that he was a reincarnated person from another world.

"Brother, so what if you know? Those are just some memories from over the years, what's so scary about them? You didn't kill anyone or commit arson."

"Since others have already learned your skills, what's the point of hiding them? Hurry up and teach them to us."

Xiao Wu didn't think there was anything wrong with it; it wasn't anything shameful. So she immediately asked Tang San to teach her those skills.

"Mistress, we misunderstood you before."

"Third Brother, Xiao Wu is right. Your skills have all been learned by others. Why don't you share them so we can all learn together and improve everyone's strength?"

"What do you think, mistress?"

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar and the others immediately apologized to Tang San with smiles, then stretched out their hands, asking for the skills.

"I can teach you, but I have one condition."

"What are the conditions?"

"I hope that you can join the sect I founded in the future."

"What sect?"

"Tang Clan".

Faced with the requests of his companions, Tang San had no choice but to agree to teach them, but he couldn't let them learn for nothing. If they wanted to learn, they had to join his Tang Sect and serve him.

Tang San had long ago made up his mind to create his own Tang Sect in this world.

"Third Young Master, I will do whatever you say." Tailong was the first to express his opinion.

"Tang Clan? Forget about it."

Upon hearing Tang San's conditions, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar exchanged glances and immediately decided to give up learning. They could always secretly buy it from Ye Liangchen later; if that guy could sell to Feng Xiaotian and the others, he could definitely sell to them too.

Ning Rongrong thought to herself: How could I, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, possibly join your lousy Tang Sect? At worst, I'll just pay Ye Liangchen to buy it from you later.

Tang San hasn't obtained the immortal herb yet, so he's not of much help to the other members of the Six Monsters. Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun aren't exactly open with Tang San either.

"Brother, we're all partners. Learning a little skill is nothing to worry about."

Xiao Wu is an impatient person, and she was somewhat dissatisfied with the conditions proposed by Tang San.

"The skill was created by the mistress. Whether he teaches it or not is his own business, and we don't need to force him."

"Besides, learning new skills takes time; it can't be done in a day or two."

Yu Xiaogang also disapproved of Tang San casually passing on his secret moves, since they were his disciple's trump cards, so he tried to persuade Dai Mubai and the others from the side.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to teach, but if everyone wants to learn some skills, they have to waste their soul power and start all over again, which I don't think is necessary."

Tang San was a sect slave and was unwilling to pass on the Tang Sect's techniques to outsiders, especially since these guys learned them but were unwilling to join his Tang Sect, so it was even more impossible for him to teach them.

"We understand mistresses."

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar knew that Tang San wouldn't even teach Xiao Wu, let alone them, so they stopped thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)