From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 156 The Murder Methods of a Top Scholar! [Help! My dreams are full of Commander Awoo!]

If the limit of a Soul Master genius's Soul Ring is 423 years, what if an ordinary person from 3,000 years later were to risk absorbing it, would they suddenly die?

However, due to survivor bias, Soul Masters who died because of the incorrect timeframe of the theory's absorption cannot crawl out of hell and run to Yu Xiaogang to tell him that the theory seems to have serious problems.

"Soul Masters are a group that admires strength. Soul Masters who die from being hit by the wrong Soul Ring will only be labeled as 'useless,' 'lacking in willpower,' or 'unlucky,' and will not be blamed on whether the problem lies with the Martial Soul theory that they hold dear."

Chen Hong admired Yu Xiaogang, who was able to extract useful information from massive amounts of historical files and ultimately compile it into the Ten Theories of Martial Soul.

Although some people say that Yu Xiaogang's Ten Martial Soul Theories were copied from the existing Martial Soul research of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Spirit Hall, and that he simply summarized them and made them his own, they are full of malice towards Yu Xiaogang.

However, Chen Hong understands that sometimes, a God's-eye view cannot fully reveal the essence of a problem.

It's true that the Ten Great Theories of Martial Souls contain many research findings from other Soul Masters across the Douluo Continent over millions of years. However, it's undeniable that some of them are unique to Yu Xiaogang, extracted and refined by him. Chen Hong is certain that some of his conjectures regarding twin Martial Souls are entirely Yu Xiaogang's own. This is because there are no historical examples of successfully cultivating twin Martial Souls, and Yu Xiaogang's descriptions of twin Martial Souls make it seem as if he has actually witnessed them, and even seen successful examples.

(Bibi Dong has rarely revealed her twin martial souls. Chen Hong's current social class is not yet able to contact anyone who knows that Bibi Dong possesses twin martial souls.)

"Although I haven't done any statistics, I remember that many Soul Masters say that absorbing a Soul Ring is a dangerous process, right?" In the pavilion on the grass, Chen Hong held his small teacup, blew on it gently, and looked at Yu Xiaogang, whose face was a little pale, sitting on the stone bench opposite him.

"Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the fact that absorbing a spirit ring is still a dangerous act, even with theoretical support, already indicates that there are many problems involved."

"It's my theory that's flawed and not precise enough," Yu Xiaogang said, his face ashen. He looked like a wilted eggplant, his spirits and energy greatly diminished.

However, Chen Hong interrupted Yu Xiaogang's self-blame and told him a story in a calm voice: "Don't rush to blame yourself, let me tell you a story."

Chen Hong, who claims he can write a "One Thousand and One Nights" for Xiao Wu, naturally has a lot of stories to tell.

"In a remote, isolated mountainous area, there was an indigenous tribe. A Soul Master went there to teach the local tribesmen how to speak Douluo language. However, the Soul Master had a lisp and his speech was already somewhat impaired, with a very heavy accent. In the end, all the indigenous students he taught learned a language that outsiders could not understand at all."

(English teacher: Glug glug!)

"But those indigenous students always believed that they were learning the authentic Douluo language, and then confidently left the mountains to see the outside world."

"As a result, all of these people were killed by the Douluo Soul Masters as savage invaders. They killed one by one as they came out of the mountains without hesitation, because the two sides could not communicate at all."

"One lucky person said something correctly and was released by the Soul Master who was from the same hometown as the teacher with the lisp. Then the lucky person went back and spread the word that their language was very useful and could save their life in critical moments."

"And then, the story ends abruptly here." Chen Hong's voice also stopped abruptly. He drank the warm tea in his hand, moistened his throat, looked at Yu Xiaogang with a complicated expression, and smiled slightly.

Yu Xiaogang, who was listening intently, frowned and asked, puzzled, "What happened next? There should be more to the story, like they discovered the audio was off and spread it around."

Yu Xiaogang's voice grew softer and softer until he finally stood there, completely stunned.

"That's the end of it." Chen Hong sighed softly. "The kind-hearted teacher with the big tongue taught a group of blindly credulous students. The survivors will make the blind students even more convinced of their teacher's big tongue, instead of questioning why the Soul Masters outside wanted to kill them."

"If the students question the teacher, or if the teacher doesn't have a lisp, either of these two scenarios would allow the story to have a sequel. But unfortunately, both the lisp teacher and the blind student are present, so the story falls into an endless loop and therefore has no sequel."

Chen Hong gazed at the grass outside the pavilion in a very calm voice and sighed, "Sometimes things are just that magical. Many of those Soul Masters who died while hunting for Soul Rings were probably still grateful to Yu Xiaogang before they died."

They would rather question whether they were not hardworking enough, not full of energy, or not lucky enough than question even the slightest error in any of the ten theories of martial spirit.

"Do you know why those native students believed that teacher with a lisp so much?" Chen Hong sighed inwardly, turning to look at Yu Xiaogang, whose face had turned ashen and whose eyes were bloodshot.

Why did Chen Hong show Yu Xiaogang a level of severity that was beyond what others had shown?

Because titled Douluo kill people in groups.

But top scholars kill, generation after generation.

Chen Hong did not continue to stir up Yu Xiaogang's emotions at this moment. Instead, he directly answered his own question: "Because, for those natives, the knowledge taught by the teacher with the big tongue is something they dare not believe in their entire lives. Therefore, they dare not question it, because it is their only means of leaving the mountains."

"But many students outside the mountain are born with Douluo language. They will admire Teacher Big Tongue's character, but they will not admire Teacher Big Tongue's 'Douluo language'."

Chen Hong turned his head to look into the distance and said in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about this question: why are the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Clear Sky Hammer so strong? Perhaps the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has already told us the answer."

"The soul ring combinations for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can be copied, as can the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Clear Sky Hammer. Therefore, these people's 'Douluo Language' is the most suitable for them."

"Teacher Xiaogang," Chen Hong stood up, shook his head, and walked outside. As he walked, he whispered to Yu Xiaogang, who was in tears behind him, "When will you be able to develop a 'Douluo Language' that is suitable for everyone? Even if it can be changed, your lisp will finally be cured."

(End of this chapter)