From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 10: Ye Lingling's Admiration! [Please read on! Please vote!]

In fact, Ning Lu herself didn't quite understand why, with such excellent genes, she would end up giving birth to such a useless son.

It must be because of the child's father. A useless father and a useless son, only she, the genius mother, is beautiful.

"Ahem!" Seemingly noticing Ning Lu's embarrassment, Chen Hong spoke up, "Your brother Hong is a good-for-nothing. He's only at level 11 now. Oh no, he'll be at level 12 soon."

Ning Lu: "."

Ye Lingling: "."

Well, Chen Hong did break Ning Lu's awkwardness from another angle. After all, even the person involved didn't care, so why should she care? What nonsense! That's her only precious son!

Ning Lu helplessly rubbed her temples, then looked at Ye Lingling, who was filled with surprise and disbelief, and said, "Well, your brother Hong suffered a little injury before he was born, so his innate soul power isn't very high. That's why his cultivation speed is relatively slow."

"Oh, is that so?" Ye Lingling's mouth gaped slightly, her pale purple eyes filled with astonishment, and her gaze towards Chen Hong suddenly held a hint of sympathy.

Chen Hong was speechless, but there was nothing he could do. His mother, Ning Lu, had already said so much. If he didn't find a way to save face for his mother, then what awaited him was his mother's righteous iron fist.

So Chen Hong said to Ye Lingling, "Your brother Hong is not completely useless. He just allocated his excellent Soul Master talent to Intelligence."

Meanwhile, as Ning Lu's forehead gradually turned black, Chen Hong reached out and patted his own head: "The value of a person is not entirely determined by soul power; this is also very important."

"For example, I have always wanted to replicate the research system of soul tools. Once successful, the new soul tools will be able to change the world directly or indirectly, giving the weak the right to resist the strong, and at the same time giving the strong a way to pursue greater power."

"Like my mom, she runs a clinic in Soto City, treating countless Soul Masters and ordinary people. Do people expect her to have powerful Soul Power? Do they require her to have strong combat abilities?"

Ning Lu immediately beamed with joy upon hearing Chen Hong's words.

"No need. Humanity only knows that she has the benevolent heart of a healer, and that is one way she realizes her value."

"For example, Aunt Ye, whom my mom often mentions, is your mother. Even though she possesses the most powerful healing martial soul in the world, the Nine-Hearted Begonia, she's still constantly searching for remedies to cure the common people. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Chen Hong's voice seemed to have a contagious quality, causing Ning Lu and Ye Lingling to simultaneously focus their attention on him.

Chen Hong smiled slightly, then looked up at a 45-degree angle and said confidently, "Because one person's strength is always limited. Aunt Ye may be able to treat dozens of people every day, hundreds of people a month, thousands of people a year, and hundreds of thousands of people a hundred years."

"However, Aunt Ye could not heal all the millions of lives on the Douluo Continent, even with her entire life's efforts. At this time, human strength is limited, but wisdom is limitless."

"The development of herbalism is still very slow. It is mainly studied by a few families on the continent, such as your Ye family, the Yang family within the Haotian Sect, and I heard that the Guardian Douluo of the Heaven Dou Empire is also quite proficient."

"You brat, where did you get this information from?" Ning Lu looked at her son with suspicion.

"Bishop Soto wanted to hire me as a clerk, right? That's when I was reading books, although I didn't go after I finished reading their collection," Chen Hong explained.

"Alright, Mother, stop interrupting and be good."

Ning Lu: "."

Ye Lingling: "."

At this moment, Ye Lingling finally understood why Aunt Ning had such a fiery temper. It would be strange if she had a good temper when she had such an unreliable son!

However, Ning Lu did not reprimand Chen Hong on the spot, but quietly waited for Chen Hong to finish giving his last words.

"A prescription that has been summarized from countless failures can be passed down through generations; in other words, wisdom can be shared."

"The power of soul force can only leave a mark on history: a certain era was the time when so-and-so dominated the world. And then what? Nothing more, because the power of soul force is merely the power of an individual, and cannot make the world powerful. But what if it is the power of wisdom? Then it will be written: Since so-and-so, a completely new era has begun!"

"To give an example, if soul tool technology had suddenly emerged and spread widely hundreds of years ago, allowing the whole world to enjoy the convenience of various soul tools, would the world have become different since then? When everyone could learn how to use and create soul tools, would society have reverted to the primitive, primitive era of thousands of years ago?"

"By the same token, if you were to develop a cure for a certain disease and spread it throughout the world, would tens of millions of people on the Douluo Continent still die because they cannot receive treatment from Soul Masters?"

"So, although my Soul Master talent is just average, I know what I want to do in the future, and I'm working hard towards that goal, and I've already achieved some small successes. No one can laugh at me, and of course, no one has the right to laugh at me."

As Chen Hong spoke, he unconsciously became immersed in certain emotions. He didn't notice Ning Lu's shocked yet proud expression, nor Ye Lingling's admiring gaze. He simply continued in a calm yet firm tone, stating his purpose for coming to this world:

"Some people are alive, but they are already dead. Some people are dead, but they are still alive. Some people carve their names in stone to achieve immortality, while others remain silent for half their lives but leave behind masterpieces that will last forever."

"I know this may be a bit presumptuous. No one would think that someone with only level three innate soul power would have such an arrogant ideal, but I just want to leave my mark on this world. So I don't care about the fools' ridicule, because the difficulties I face are far greater than the ridicule of others."

"Heaven rewards diligence. As long as I learn a little and improve a little every day, I will eventually reach the level I want to reach."

After finishing his speech, Chen Hong lowered his head at a 45-degree angle and realized that Ning Lu and Ye Lingling were looking at him with shock (admiration). So Chen Hong proudly said, "Aren't you both captivated by my handsomeness? But please don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend."

(End of this chapter)