From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 69 The Real Rotten Wood, Shrek! [Seeking First Subscription! 45]

Although Flander knew that this cunning little fox before him wanted to devour the teaching staff of Shrek Academy.

However, it must be said that one of the conditions Chen Hong gave, "to create a Soul Tool major for Shrek Academy within five years," was something Flander would find hard to resist.

Moreover, the "Board of Directors" is expected to have multiple seats, with the Technology Chamber of Commerce only holding one. Flander believes that Shrek Academy can actually turn things around with the support of the Technology Chamber of Commerce. Want to plan Shrek Academy's future? Well, that'll have to wait until Shrek Academy has a future worth sacrificing!

Chen Hong quietly observed Flander, and he roughly understood what the other was thinking. However, he didn't care, because his core objective was to use Shrek Academy, this "rotten wood," to properly shape it into a school that could continuously provide outstanding talents for the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

In other words, Flander was thinking about nurturing baby students, while Chen Hong wanted to sculpt Shrek Academy, this 'rotten piece of wood'.

In Soto City, the Chen family, who had been neighbors with Shrek Academy for so many years, were naturally aware of the extravagance of this "Rotten Wood University." All the teachers and students were at least Soul Emperors, and there was even a dean at the level of a 78th Soul Saint. And what was the result?

The requirements for recruiting students are high, but what is the final result?

If Shrek Academy weren't so pure and simple, and had some connections with the Technology Chamber of Commerce, making it the most suitable academy for Chen Hong to join, he really wouldn't want to step into this "rotten wood academy" that reeks of "ignorance."

However, because Chen Hong's research path is rather unusual, his current "divine runes" are essentially basic materials science. As long as he can make a breakthrough, he will be able to quickly create various soul tools with related effects.

The research into divine runes is a slow and meticulous process. Therefore, Chen Hong has enough time to refine 'Rotten Wood Academy' and gradually transform these Soul Emperors, Soul Saints, and Soul Douluos who live on the continent and only know how to waste air and rice into employees of the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

Unlike traditional soul masters who need to explore the "bricklaying" technique, Chen Hong only needs enough "bricks" and his mind contains half of the "bricklaying" techniques of a technological civilization to quickly find a suitable path.

The technology of scientific civilization is built on the concept of "boiling water". Since water can also be boiled in the Douluo world, if we replace boiling water with soul power, the logic of many technologies can be used as a reference.

That's why Chen Hong gives people the impression that he has a lot of free time.

After all, he can't just remove his own brain and then re-verify the existing technological logic, can he?

Moreover, he also needed to find a way to increase the speed of his soul power cultivation. He didn't want to always rely on wisdom to defeat his enemies; he wanted to use violence! Violence! Utter violence!

Once I've assembled the system module, power module, energy module, and materials module, I'm going to pilot my mech and beat all those girls who bullied me when I was a kid to the ground!

"Boss, I want this." Inside the general store, Tang San picked up a piece of yellow crystal and said to Flander.

Flander merely glanced at the yellow crystal in Tang San's hand, without saying much, and casually quoted an ordinary price, not intending to continue ripping off the two children.

He now has a big sugar daddy, and with that sugar daddy right in front of him, he can't very well take advantage of those two young people.

"Okay, here you go." Tang San took out a money pouch from his pocket, counted the amount, and then tossed it to Flander before pulling Xiao Wu away from the place that made him instinctively uncomfortable.

Chen Hong stood by and watched the whole time without saying a word. Only after Tang San had walked away did he say to Flander, "I didn't expect you to have such a treasure in your little shop."

Chen Hong sighed, reached out and took out a few dusty old antiques from the shelves of the Flanders General Store, and curiously examined them carefully.

"Huh?" Flander's face froze upon hearing this, then he exclaimed in surprise, "That kid just managed to pick up the scraps I missed?!"

He's always the one taking advantage of others, so why is he being taken advantage of today?

"You can't be too distracted when doing business. Your attention was all on me, so you didn't notice the change in that person's eyes when he picked up that crystal. Although I didn't see anything different about that crystal either, I imagine it's worth more than the price you listed."

Flander's attention was entirely focused on Chen Hong, the young master of the Technology Chamber of Commerce, who was his major financial backer, and he neglected Tang San and his companion who came in to buy odds and ends.

After all, Flander himself didn't realize what other valuable treasures he might have in his shop. He opened the shop here purely to deceive some young people and earn a little bit of tuition fees for Shrek Academy.

"Why didn't you say anything to remind me? Or at least don't tell me! My heart suddenly aches!"

Flander looked sad and pained, clutching his heart as if he had suffered a heavy blow.

Hearing that others were making money off him was more painful than killing him!

"Keeping quiet is a matter of courtesy as a customer." Chen Hong put down the antiques one by one, and then found a yellow crystal the size of a baby's fist in the gap at the bottom of the clutter. After probing it with his martial soul power to make sure there were no extras, he held the yellow crystal in front of everyone and continued, "Speaking last is a matter of mindset as a bystander who enjoys watching the excitement."

"You're really blunt." Flander rolled his eyes at Chen Hong helplessly, then his gaze was drawn back to the small piece of yellow crystal in Chen Hong's hand. Taking the yellow crystal, Flander examined it carefully for a long time, but couldn't see anything wrong with it: "Apart from some impurities, I can't see anything special about it."

"Hmm," Ning Quan, standing beside Flander, pondered for a moment, then said gently, "Dean Flander, is it possible that the impurities inside are more valuable than the outer crystal?"

Ning Rongrong chimed in, "Although I can't tell what kind of treasure this is either, my intuition tells me that it must be very valuable."

Affirmation from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, a gemstone martial soul!

"See, Dean Flander? There are always people more capable than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. We can all make mistakes sometimes, can't we?"

With a thought, the small piece of yellow crystal containing dragon whisker gold particles flew into Chen Hong's hand. He smiled softly at the grief-stricken Flander:

"Then, Dean Flander, consider this small piece of crystal as payment for helping you resolve your doubts."

With that, Chen Hong led Crystal and Ning Quan out of the shop, leaving Flander alone, wailing and clutching his head.

"No!!!"

(End of this chapter)