Triggering a treasure chest in Douluo Continent

Chapter 7 First Encounter with Tang San

The three turned around and saw two figures, an old man and a young boy. The old man looked to be in his sixties, with a slender build but a vigorous spirit. His clothes were clean and tidy, and his hair was neatly combed. Beside him was a five or six-year-old child, dressed very simply but cleanly, with short black hair and a healthy wheat-colored complexion.

Unlike Shi Quan and his two companions, whose clothes were similar to those of ordinary city dwellers, the two men, one old and one young, were clearly from rural villages. Although their clothes were clean and tidy, they were noticeably less sophisticated.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for encountering the Chosen One and triggering the Destiny Treasure Chest. It has been opened for you and you have received the following reward: the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture."

The moment Shi Quan's gaze fell on the boy who was about the same size, the system's familiar mechanical voice rang out in his mind again.

Upon hearing the voice in his mind, Shi Quan's pupils contracted sharply, his heart pounding with joy.

On the one hand, I didn't expect that just one glance would trigger the system's treasure chest so easily.

Most importantly, this time the reward is actually a cultivation technique!

Nine Yin and Nine Yang!

In Chinese culture, Yin and Yang represent the two opposing sides of the world, encompassing the changes of all things. The number nine also has a very special meaning. Nine is the extreme, representing the limit, and often implies "the exhaustion of changes." Nine Yin and nine Yang also have the meaning of returning to oneness, which implies transcending the limit.

Just hearing the name makes it far superior to the Tang Buddha's Xuan Tian Bao Lu.

Shi Quan never expected that his first meeting with Tang Buddha would be such a coincidence.

Who else in the Douluo Continent could be the chosen one besides Tang Buddha?

Li Meili felt Shi Quan's hand suddenly tighten, and asked, looking down, "What's wrong, Xiao Quan?"

Shi Quan tried hard to control his turbulent emotions and casually made up an excuse, saying, "Nothing much, Mom. I was just thinking, since they were asking about the location of the academy, are they going to register at the academy like us?"

"That must be Elder Jack from the beginner village, right?" Shi Quan subconsciously glanced at the old man who was still asking in a low voice.

"What do you think, Jian? Should we ask them? If they're going to be together, we can get to know each other beforehand, so Xiao Quan can have some company," Li Meili asked Shi Jian.

"Let's ask." Shi Jian nodded. Judging from Tang San and his companion's attire, they must have come from a relatively poor village. The fact that an old man and a young boy were asking about the location of the Soul Master Academy at this time of year suggests that they were likely work-study students like Shi Quan. Having another Soul Master friend would certainly be a good thing.

Shi Jian, pulling the carriage, called out to the two old men, Jack and his companion, who were preparing to leave: "Hello, sirs."

Old Jack paused slightly, subconsciously glancing around. He seemed to be the only elderly person on the street. Uncertainly, he looked at Shi Jian and asked, "Is this gentleman calling me?"

Shi Jian said very politely, "Hello, sir. My name is Shi Jian. I just heard you say you're going to Notting Academy?"

Old Jack's eyes lit up when he saw Shi Quan behind Shi Jian, and he asked, "Brother Shi, are you also going to Notting Academy?"

"That's right, I'm here to send my son to school. And you're here to send your grandson to the Soul Master Academy, aren't you?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Old Jack nodded excitedly and explained, "But he's not my grandson. His name is Tang San, and he's from our Holy Soul Village. My name is Jack, and I'm the village chief of Holy Soul Village. His family doesn't care about anything, so I, as the village chief, have no choice but to see him off."

"Hello, Village Chief Jack. We are from Shijia Village. This is my wife, Li Meili, and this is my son, Shi Quan. We are here today to send him off."

"Isn't this a coincidence?" Old Jack grinned and gently patted Tang San's hand. "Little San, quickly say hello to your uncle and aunt."

"Hello, Uncle and Aunt." Tang San greeted Shi Jian and his aunt very politely, but his eyes subtly looked Shi Quan up and down beside them.

"Xiao Quan, what are you daydreaming about?" Li Meili asked, puzzled, when Shi Quan didn't speak. Normally, Shi Quan would have already greeted her politely.

"Hello, Village Chief Jack." Upon hearing Li Meili's words, Shi Quan snapped out of his reverie in the system space and politely greeted old Jack.

Apart from Shi Quan, no one else can see the system screen.

After glancing at Old Jack, Shi Quan's attention immediately returned to the cultivation technique reward he had just received.

The system space still looks like the same storage compartments, but now there are two instead of one.

An ancient, ink-colored book stands quietly in the second compartment. The book has no special decorations; the ink-colored cover has faint patterns, and on it are written six powerful white characters: "Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture".

Just like the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid, when Shi Quan's gaze fell on the Nine Yin Nine Yang Manual, information about the Nine Yin Nine Yang Manual automatically appeared in his mind.

The Nine Yin and Nine Yang Manual: Originating from a parallel world of Jin Yong, it is the most advanced martial arts technique in all of Jin Yong's parallel worlds, the general outline of all martial arts, integrating Yin and Yang into one, complementing each other.

Note: This technique involves the transfer of consciousness. Once extracted, it will be directly imprinted into the host's mind. The technique contains a trace of Yin and Yang power, so please pay special attention.

How could Shi Quan not be familiar with Jin Yong's martial arts world? Familiar martial arts techniques such as the Nine Yin Manual, the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms all originated from Jin Yong's works.

Tang San's Xuan Tian Bao Lu is also a type of martial arts technique, originating from the Tang Sect.

Martial arts techniques are also divided into different levels.

In many novels, the Tang Clan is known for its hidden weapons and poisons, and most of its martial arts techniques are created in conjunction with these weapons and poisons.

In Tang San's Xuan Tian Bao Lu, the Xuan Yu Hand is mainly used for collecting and making poisons, while Ghost Shadow Tracking, Purple Demon Eye, and Crane Control and Dragon Capture are also for better use of hidden weapons.

In Shi Quan's view, the Tang Clan, a family-style martial arts sect, was just a small sect. It only had that name because the sect was mysterious and insidious.

The Xuan Tian Bao Lu is considered powerful, but even if it is considered a top-tier technique, it is still among the worst of the top-tier techniques. After all, the original purpose of techniques such as Xuan Yu Shou, Gui Ying Mi Zong, Zi Ji Mo Tong, and Kong He Qin Long was not to kill enemies, but to save lives. The real killing moves in the Xuan Tian Bao Lu are the endless hidden weapon techniques and hidden weapons.

Hidden weapon techniques include Guanyin's Tears and Bodhi Blood, while hidden weapons themselves include Buddha's Wrath Lotus and Rain of Pear Blossom Needles.

These are the strongest items in the Xuan Tian Bao Lu.

Of course, the strength of martial arts depends not only on the martial arts techniques themselves, but also on the strength of the user's internal energy. The stronger the internal energy, the stronger the power that can be unleashed.

Just like how Tang San almost killed a god with the Guanyin Tears technique, it can be seen that a hidden weapon technique combined with the strength of a Title Douluo can unleash god-level power.

Regardless of its own rationality or the strength of the god, this alone shows that the effect of martial arts techniques on soul masters is unparalleled, even by a hundred thousand-year-old soul skill.

If even the Xuan Tian Treasure Record of the Tang Sect could help Tang San achieve such success, Shi Quan could hardly imagine how powerful the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture would be.

The General Outline of Martial Arts is far superior to the Xuan Tian Treasure Record of a small sect like the Tang Clan.

Not to mention that the Nine Yin Manual is the most powerful martial arts technique in many parallel worlds of Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

Although the samples haven't been extracted yet, Shi Quan can already tell that the two are completely incomparable.

This is also why Shi Quan remained in a daze for so long. Based on the introduction alone, he felt that the Nine Yin Nine Yang Manual was fully worthy of being called a god-level technique in the Douluo Continent.

Shi Quan turned his attention back to Tang San, and their eyes met.

Their eyes met, and Tang San smiled faintly, while Shi Quan smiled back at him.

Putting everything else aside, the current Tang San is neither as handsome nor as cute as him.

Who told him to have such a beautiful mother? Judging from his martial soul, Shi Quan inherited his mother's good looks from a young age. Although his face still had a touch of childishness, he already had the makings of a handsome young man. In addition, with the awakening of his earth martial soul and spirit soul, Shi Quan's youthful appearance gained a touch of composure and intelligence, making him even more likable.

After a brief chat with Old Jack, Shi Jian and Li Meili discussed the matter further and decided to go to the academy together, thus ending the mother and son's shopping trip.

Shi Jian was naturally much more familiar with Nottingham City than Old Jack was, and when they met, the group was not far from Nottingham Academy.

Led by Shi Jian, the group soon came into view of the tall archway in the distance. In the center of the archway were four large characters that read "Notting Academy".

What are you people doing?

The group had just reached the gate when they were immediately stopped by the young gatekeeper. His brows furrowed, especially when he saw Tang San and Old Jack.

Shi Jian stepped forward and said with a smile, "Hello, brother. We're all here to bring our children to the academy to register. We're from Shijia Village, and this gentleman is from Shenghun Village."

Old Jack also stepped forward with a smile and said, "Hello, young man."

"Are you all work-study students?" The gatekeeper frowned and looked at Shi Jian with surprise.

"Um."

Upon hearing this, the gatekeeper said with a half-smile, "Our college hasn't had any work-study students for many years. You wouldn't happen to be imposters, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Old Jack's eyes flashed with anger. Shi Jian immediately understood the intricacies of the situation, and with a smile, he first took out his Martial Soul Certificate from his pocket, then took out dozens of copper soul coins and handed them to the gatekeeper. "Brother, look, this is the certificate issued to us by the Martial Soul Hall."

Upon seeing this, Shi Quan narrowed his eyes. How could an ordinary gatekeeper dare to ask for benefits from a commoner family like theirs? Everyone who can enroll has the potential to become a Soul Master. It would be a losing proposition to offend a future Soul Master for some small gain.

Of course, there is also the possibility that the doorman has connections, so he doesn't have to worry about the resentment of ordinary families. But the problem is, if the doorman really does have connections, how can a master without real power still control him?

"But the person standing behind the master seems to be the dean of Notting Academy?" Shi Quan was too lazy to think about the intricacies of the situation. His big eyes were curiously looking around. He was waiting for someone, the master.

Shi Quan wasn't sure if their appearance would cause a time discrepancy, or if the Grandmaster would even appear. What he was more concerned about was whether the Grandmaster, as Tang San's teacher, would trigger a similar treasure chest, since meeting Tang San had already triggered one.

"What is he... looking for?" Tang San looked at Shi Quan curiously. From the moment they met until now, Tang San had always felt that Shi Quan seemed to be different from the other children, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was different. So he kept glancing at Shi Quan intentionally or unintentionally along the way.

"Who is the master?"

Shi Quan's scanning gaze paused. He suddenly noticed a figure walking towards the academy in the distance. Shi Quan had never seen the master before, but after seeing the stiff and expressionless face of the figure in the distance, he was pretty sure it was him.

To Shi Quan's disappointment, the system's notification sound for triggering the treasure chest did not ring in his mind again.

Tang San followed Shi Quan's gaze and saw the figure in the distance. Noticing the disappointed expression on Shi Quan's face, he subconsciously thought, "Is he looking for someone?"

"Brother, they're with us."

On the other side, Shi Jian handed the money to the doorman and quickly gestured to Old Jack to take out Tang San's martial soul certificate as well.

Although Old Jack didn't understand the intricacies of the situation, as the village chief, he quickly realized what was going on, suppressed his anger, and handed Tang San's martial soul certificate to the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper glanced disdainfully at Old Jack, took the certificate from his hand, looked it over, and his expression turned strange. "You two are really something. Your martial souls are both Blue Silver Grass? One has innate level one soul power, and the other has innate full soul power? I've been a gatekeeper at the academy for four years, and this is the first time I've ever heard of a Blue Silver Grass martial soul possessing soul power. Not only do two of them come along, but one of them has full soul power?"

Upon hearing what the gatekeeper said, Old Jack, Shi Jian, and Li Meili exchanged surprised glances.

The Spirit Hall's certificate cannot be faked, and no one would dare to fake it. They all know that innate full spirit power is different from twin spirits. Shi Jian and Li Meili both understand the meaning of innate full spirit power. Compared to Shi Quan, Tang San is the real genius. They just didn't expect that such a genius would also be Blue Silver Grass, just like their own child.

Tang San, who was standing to the side, looked at Shi Quan with surprise upon hearing the gatekeeper's words, wondering if it was because the two of them had the same martial soul that they had this strange feeling.

"Walk along the main road in the middle until you reach the registration area. However, the carriages cannot go in; they must stop to the side. You will have to take your belongings in yourself."

The gatekeeper, having received a bribe from Shi Jian, was in a good mood. Seeing that Old Jack and Tang San were dressed in tattered clothes and didn't seem to have much to offer, he didn't make things difficult for them and chose to let them pass...

(End of this chapter)