Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 221 Planning Ahead: Preparing for Future Wars

While Tang Hao and Tang San were on their way to the Heaven Dou Empire, Ye Liangchen and his group were enjoying a pleasant feast at the Spirit Hall.

In a vast hall of the Papal Palace, over twenty tables were set up for a banquet. All the Soul Douluo-level powerhouses from Wuhun City were present. In addition, there were some cardinals and young geniuses, such as all members of the Golden Team, and the descendants of the Title Douluos from the Hall of Offerings and the Hall of Elders.

When Bibi Dong learned that Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang and his sister, and Zhu Xiaomei were waiting for news of Ye Liangchen and his group in Wuhun City, she sent someone to invite them to a banquet, which made Feng Xiaotian and his companions feel extremely honored.

"Shui Lanxin, thank you so much this time."

"Your Holiness, you are too kind."

Bibi Dong was in high spirits and frequently raised her glass with Shui Lanxin and others to celebrate this moment.

Bibi Dong has completely taken control of the Spirit Hall this time. She didn't give away the three spirit bone rewards she had carefully prepared, and she also successfully snatched two inheritance spirit bones from the Clear Sky Sect. She can be said to be the biggest winner of this Spirit Master Competition.

"Young Master Ye, I salute you..."

"Young Master Ye, let's have a drink..."

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan led a group of young men and women to the Tianshui team and raised their glasses to toast Ye Liangchen. Their purpose was to let the other young people in the Spirit Hall get to know the most monstrous genius of the current generation.

"Brother Chen, I can't drink alcohol, so I'll use tea instead."

Even Bibi Dong's little apprentice, Jin Xiuzhu, came over and toasted with Ye Liangchen.

"I'll go first, you can do whatever you want."

Ye Liangchen was immediately overwhelmed when he saw more than forty young men and women coming to drink with him.

"Young Master Ye, one cup isn't enough!"

Hu Liena smiled sweetly, raised her glass, and clinked it against Ye Liangchen's, looking just like a vixen.

"With so many of you coming one by one, you'll drink me to death!"

Ye Liangchen felt that these people were deliberately trying to get him drunk.

"What are you worried about? We're still here!"

As teammates, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Xue Wu, and others naturally had to help Ye Liangchen share the burden.

"Brother Ye, we're here for you! How could we let you shoulder this alone?"

"Xie Yue, Yan, let's have a drink."

Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang, brother and sister, also stood up and clinked glasses with Hu Liena, Xie Yue and others to help Ye Liangchen fend off drinks.

"Young Master Ye, my name is Jin Yue'er."

"I've watched your matches, you're amazing! I respect you, cheers!"

At this moment, a very beautiful blonde woman came over, introduced herself, raised her glass to Ye Liangchen, and then drank it all in one gulp.

"Jin Yao'er? Old Man Jin'e's granddaughter?"

Looking at the blonde beauty who was about the same age as Shui Bing'er, Ye Liangchen thought to himself: It's quite unexpected that the old man has such a beautiful granddaughter!

It is said that Jin Yue'er's father was a Soul Douluo who followed Qian Xunji to capture the Blue Silver Emperor, but was killed by Tang Dachui.

"Yes! It's that old man with the golden crocodile you mentioned, young master."

Jin Yue'er followed her grandfather's arrangement and came to meet Ye Liangchen. She didn't have any objection to this guy calling her grandfather "Old Man Jin E," since she sometimes called her grandfather "old man" too.

"Young Master Ye, my name is Qingming, and my grandfather is the Azure Phoenix Douluo."

"Young Master Ye, my name is Qian Gu Xiao, and my grandfather is Qian Jun Douluo."

"Young Master Ye, my name is Qian Guming, and my grandfather is the Demon-Slaying Douluo."

"..."

Characters from the Spirit Hall who had never appeared in the original story revealed their identities to get acquainted with Ye Liangchen.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, the banquet came to an end.

Ye Liangchen was also quite drunk, so he returned to his residence to rest.

……

As evening fell, Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to her palace and decided to have them join Ye Liangchen's Tenglong Pavilion so that they could learn more.

"Nana, Xie Yue, Yan, the three of you will join Xiao Chen's Tenglong Pavilion using false identities."

"These three soul bones were originally prepared for Xiao Chen, but he didn't want them, so I've decided to give them to you."

After Bibi Dong finished speaking, she gave the skull containing the essence of wisdom to Hu Liena, the left leg bone of the Wind Chaser that allows for rapid movement to Xie Yue, and the right arm bone that is bursting with fire to Yan.

"Teacher, we haven't made any contributions yet, how can we be qualified to receive a soul bone?"

Although Hu Liena desperately needed the Soul Bone, it was a prize her teacher had given her as a championship reward, and since she hadn't led her team to victory, she felt embarrassed to take it.

"Just take it, don't be so indecisive."

Bibi Dong gave the soul bones to the three of them so that they could help Ye Liangchen in the future.

"Thank you, teacher."

"Thank you, Your Holiness the Pope."

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan put away their soul bones and respectfully knelt before Bibi Dong. This happiness had come too suddenly.

"You should thank Xiao Chen; it was he who gave you the soul bone reward," Bibi Dong chuckled.

"Your Holiness, please rest assured, we swear by our martial spirits that we will definitely follow Young Master Ye's arrangements from now on."

Xie Yue and Yan had heard from Hu Liena that Ye Liangchen would be taking everyone to Seagod Island to participate in the divine test. This opportunity was like a pie falling from the sky and hitting them on the head. It would be foolish not to seize it.

"Teacher, let's go find Young Master Ye first."

"Okay! Go ahead!"

Hu Liena bid farewell to Bibi Dong and headed to Ye Liangchen's residence with Xie Yue and Yan.

"Tap tap..."

"What do you need Xiaochen for?"

When Hu Liena and her two companions arrived at Ye Liangchen's residence, they saw Ye Cailan come out of a nearby room and look at them.

"Your Excellency Blue Silver, our teacher has asked us to join Young Master Ye's Tenglong Pavilion," Hu Liena stated her purpose directly.

"Oh! I see. Then please come in!"

Ye Cailan led Hu Liena and the other two to Ye Liangchen's room and then woke him up.

"Hu Liena, you are a Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, with a noble status. Wouldn't it be a loss for you to join my forces?" Ye Liangchen asked Hu Liena.

"Young Master Ye, didn't you say that fame and fortune are like the clouds in the sky, all fleeting? Besides, you and my teacher have such a good relationship, we're all on the same side, and we're willing to serve you."

"Yes! We swear by our martial spirits that we will obey Young Master Ye's orders. If you tell us to go east, we will never dare to go west."

"Although we are members of the Spirit Hall, it is not a conflict for us to join Young Master Ye's forces at the same time."

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan immediately pledged their loyalty to Ye Liangchen, emphasizing that they had to cling tightly to this powerful figure for their future.

"Then welcome to the team."

"Afterwards, talk to Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang, who are also my subordinates. Have Feng Xiaotian write down the cultivation techniques and skills from the Xuan Tian Bao Lu for you, and say that it was me who gave them to you."

Since Hu Liena and the other two were willing to join his forces, it was equivalent to gaining three more subordinates, which Ye Liangchen naturally welcomed.

"Thank you, Pavilion Master!"

"My teacher has already passed on the techniques and skills from the Xuan Tian Treasure Record to me. I will pass on the techniques to my brother and Yan."

Hu Liena was incredibly excited to hear that Ye Liangchen was so generous.

"What is the Xuan Tian Bao Lu?" Xie Yue and Yan, who were listening from the side, were completely bewildered.

"It's a cultivation technique from another world that I obtained by chance. There's a technique in it called the Mysterious Heaven Technique, which you can think of as a more advanced form of cultivation than meditation."

"Beyond our Douluo Star, there are other worlds. The cultivation methods in those worlds are far more advanced than our ordinary meditation cultivation methods. You should cultivate them diligently, but it's best not to spread them around carelessly, otherwise it will create other powerful individuals."

Ye Liangchen explained to Xie Yue and Yan that since these people were willing to be his subordinates, there was nothing wrong with letting them cultivate the Xuan Tian Gong, since they had obtained it from Tang San anyway.

"Hu Liena, you've cultivated the techniques and skills from the Mysterious Heavenly Treasure Record, so why is your combat ability so poor? I haven't even seen you use the Ghost Shadow Step in the competition!"

Ye Liangchen wasn't surprised to hear that Hu Liena had practiced Tang San's techniques; Bibi Dong must have passed them on to her as well.

"My teacher passed it on to me after returning from Tiandou City. I've only just figured out the Xuan Tian Gong yet, and I haven't had time to learn the other skills."

Hu Liena felt a little embarrassed after Ye Liangchen told her that her skills were lacking.

"That's all for now! I'm going to sleep."

After Ye Liangchen finished speaking, he went back to sleep.

"Master, please take a rest."

Hu Liena and the other two left Ye Liangchen's room and went to meet Shui Bing'er and the others. After all, they had joined Ye Liangchen's forces and needed to get to know them properly.

"Xiao Chen, your team is getting bigger and bigger."

Ye Cailan poured a cup of hot water, sat on the edge of the bed, and handed it to Ye Liangchen.

"Sister Lan, these are all minor matters, not worth mentioning."

Ye Liangchen drank the hot water that Ye Cailan handed him, and then went back to sleep.

The next day, Ye Liangchen drew out the parts needed for the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, the hidden arrow, and the Flying Divine Claw, and then found Bibi Dong.

"Godmother, please have someone go to the blacksmith shop in Wuhun City to forge the parts needed for the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, Flying Claw, and Hidden Arrow. After that, I will teach you the assembly method so that it will be easier to build an army in the future."

"Later, when you go to the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City, subdue that Divine General Lou Gao. That old man is very interested in some strange and unusual weapons."

"The profession of blacksmithing has a low social status. As long as the Spirit Hall does not discriminate against them, treats them equally, and appropriately improves their treatment, it can easily win over a large number of excellent blacksmiths, and thus forge the weapons needed by the army."

"In addition to Soul Masters, the Spirit Hall also needs to build an ordinary army, with a number of about 100,000. In the future, I will use the most rigorous training methods to enhance the soldiers' individual combat capabilities. With these hidden weapons, in the future war with the two great empires, we will use 12 people as a combat unit and adopt combat methods such as surprise attacks, ambushes, and traps, instead of rushing into a head-on confrontation with the enemy. In this way, we can achieve the combat effect of one against ten, or even one against a hundred."

Ye Liangchen presented his special operations concept to Bibi Dong. With the Spirit Hall's current strength, building an army of 100,000 was entirely feasible, and he could simply borrow troops from the Spirit Hall when needed in the future.

Having read countless training methods for special forces in his previous life, Ye Liangchen planned to create a special forces unit in this other world to command the 100,000-strong army. In this way, their combat power would absolutely crush the empire's army.

The way war is fought in this world is a rigid, two-army confrontation mode; they don't understand the art of war, the art of deception. In the original story, Tang San's simple plan to burn the grain supplies was hailed as a stroke of genius—it's utterly ridiculous.

If Tang San were to establish something like the Tang Clan or Tang Family Army in the future, and then encounter the Spirit Hall army, which is also equipped with the Zhuge Crossbow, the scene would certainly be quite spectacular.

"Xiao Chen, your idea is brilliant."

"The Spirit Hall cannot afford to maintain a million-strong army like the Heaven Dou Empire; it would consume too much financial resources. Maintaining 100,000 elite soldiers is no problem at all. With the cooperation of spirit masters, their combat power will be absolutely incomparably strong."

After hearing Ye Liangchen's plan, Bibi Dong suddenly understood and excitedly hugged him.

If it weren't for the influence of her status and seniority, Bibi Dong would really like to pull the little guy into her secret room right now and happily become a secret room Douluo.

"Godmother, don't be too happy yet. Building a highly capable army of 100,000 is no easy task."

Ye Liangchen reminded Bibi Dong not to oversimplify things.

Ye Liangchen had gotten used to the passionate female pope who would hug him at the drop of a hat.

"Xiao Chen, don't worry, with the Spirit Hall's current strength, it's entirely possible."

After Bibi Dong finished speaking, she took the hidden weapon blueprints drawn by Ye Liangchen, walked out of her palace, found Ghost Douluo, and asked him to make arrangements.

Bibi Dong then summoned all the titled Douluo from the Hall of Offerings and the Hall of Elders, and then called on the Shui Lanxin sisters to hold a meeting at the Pope's Palace. She conveyed Ye Liangchen's special operations concepts to everyone and asked them to fully cooperate with the work.

"Young Master Ye's ideas are completely beyond our comprehension. In this way, we can easily defeat the two great empires when we go to war in the future."

"Yes! We used to think that Soul Masters were superior and thus ignored ordinary people. Now it seems that we need to change this way of thinking."

After hearing Bibi Dong convey Ye Liangchen's plan, the titled Douluo members of the Spirit Hall seemed to have opened up a new world for them.

"Compared to Young Friend Ye's methods, Xue'er's undercover plan seems insignificant. As Young Friend Ye mentioned before, the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family already suspects Xue'er, making it very difficult for her to succeed."

"Brother, why don't we let Xue'er come back?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo used his soul power to force the sound into a line, giving Qian Daoliu a reminder.

"Let Xue'er try again! If she doesn't succeed, she'll give up."

Qian Daoliu now also feels that the plan to seize the country is difficult to implement. He thought that he had been too simplistic when he first proposed the method.

Bibi Dong's plan to build an army of 100,000 received the support of all the Title Douluos of the Spirit Hall, and the preparatory work began immediately.

Ghost Douluo was very efficient; he completed the parts needed for the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, Flying Claw, and Hidden Arrow in just three days.

"Xiao Chen, please begin your performance." Bibi Dong, Shui Lanxin, and the others watched quietly as Ye Liangchen assembled these hidden weapons.

"Click...click..."

"Each of these three weapons has a self-destruct shield. When assembling these weapons, you must be careful not to damage that part, otherwise you won't be able to fire the crossbow bolts."

Ye Liangchen picked up the parts and began assembling them while explaining how to operate the three weapons to everyone.

"This design is so ingenious." Everyone was very surprised by what Tang San brought from another world.

"Click...click..."

Bibi Dong then began to disassemble the three weapons under Ye Liangchen's guidance, and then reassembled them. After trying them a few times, she became familiar with them.

"It looks pretty good, let's get familiar with it too."

The students from Tianshui Academy, along with Feng Xiaotian and others, also began practicing disassembling and assembling the three weapons.

After becoming familiar with and mastering these three weapons, Shui Lanxin decided that she also needed to build an army, equip it with these weapons, and arm Tianshui City so that she could better deal with any conflicts that might arise with the Tiandou Empire.

(End of this chapter)