Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

Chapter 95: The Action-Oriented Ling Luochen, Reserve Team Selection (4K)

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, why bother with so much?" Old Lin said with a smile.

Elder Lin's real name is Lin Huiqun. He is one of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion and holds a high position in Shrek Academy, second only to Dragon God Douluo Mu and Gluttonous Douluo Xuan.

"Professor Lin, you're truly insightful. I have to consider the future of the academy!"

Yan Shaozhe slapped his thigh and listed the reasons: "Teacher is on the verge of death, Elder Xuan's Taotie Divine Ox Martial Soul has a fatal flaw, you and Elder Song and Elder Zhuang are not young anymore, I know I cannot shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Sea God Pavilion Master, and Old Qian, Lin'er and Mei'er's talents are a bit lacking by the standards of the Sea God Pavilion Master."

The six-winged angel is a light-type martial soul, which is very suitable for a teacher to take as a closed-door disciple. However, this kind of young genius with outstanding talent, a very strong background, and is clever and cunning enough is just like a hedgehog covered in barbs. I have no way to deal with him!

Where is Shrek Academy Road? I can't sleep all night!

"Shao Zhe, the road is walked step by step. There is no reason to be so domineering. It is my fortune to gain and my fate to lose. It is best if that child is willing to join. The academy will do its best to cultivate him. If he is not willing to come, let him go back. As long as he makes contributions to the three great empires of Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy will always bless him."

Old Master Lin's expression was very gentle, like a kind old grandmother. He said in a gentle voice, "Le Xuan and Xiao Tao are rare geniuses. Ruo Ruo and Wu Ming have already decided to join the academy completely. The next generation, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, the twin stars of the outer academy, Jiang Nannan, the Soft Bone Rabbit with the same martial soul as Xiao Wu's ancestor, and the Soul Guidance system geniuses Qian Fufu and Cai Tou, the Sea God Pavilion they have built is no less than that of us old fogies."

Yan Shaozhe sighed, "To be honest, after seeing the best, when I look at Le Xuan and the others, I always feel like something is missing. Some things I do will lead to gossip, but I feel uneasy if I don't do them. Unless the academy immediately produces an ultimate martial soul, I can give up on pursuing Ling Bai."

"How could an ultimate martial soul be so easy to find? The academy has a long history spanning ten thousand years, and it has only produced three ultimate attributes in total!" Elder Lin earnestly advised, "That old ghost Jianmu has never married and has no descendants to inherit his skills. He's almost at the end of his life and has finally managed to take in a direct disciple. Shrek Academy has no reason to forcibly take him away."

"Speaking of Senior Jianmu..."

A memory suddenly popped into Yan Shaozhe's mind, and his expression changed instantly as he looked at Old Lin: "I heard from my teacher that you seemed to have met him at first sight back then..."

"boom--"

Lin Lao's aged body suddenly erupted with a magnificent aura, overwhelming the Spirit Master Dean, Ming Feng Douluo Yan Shaozhe, forcing back the two words he was about to utter. His eyes flashed with an extremely dangerous cold light as he said:

"Shao Zhe, if you can't understand reason and insist on saying things you shouldn't, this old woman also knows a little bit of martial arts..."

"Um... Mr. Lin, I was just joking. Please calm down, please calm down..."

On the second floor of Jubao Pavilion, Ling Bai finally scraped together enough Gold Soul Coins by selling everything he owned. After paying by card at the west counter, he stared intently at the remaining 250 Gold Soul Coins on his card and said sadly:

"I was incredibly wealthy just an hour ago, how did I suddenly become penniless!"

All gone, all the pocket money I've painstakingly saved up over the years is gone, and the unexpected wealth from the two titled Douluo who looted the bag in the far north is also gone!

Two hundred and fifty gold soul coins. It's fortunate that the inner courtyard canteen is free, otherwise Ling Bai would have to set up a stall selling grilled fish at the east gate like Huo Yuhao!

In fact, he still possesses some rare treasures: the torso bone of a 70,000-year-old Burning Sun Fire Dragon, the right arm bone of a 50,000-year-old Diamond Mammoth, seven Extreme Ice Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Lotuses, the level nine soul tool Sealing Platform (damaged), the level eight peak soul tool Thousand Enchantresses, the level eight soul tool Aura Barrier, the level eight trigger-type soul tool shield (damaged), and a level seven milk bottle.

Reselling them would surely accumulate a huge sum of money instantly, but Ling Bai had already planned for most of the items. The only useless aura barrier was an eighth-level soul tool produced by Mingde Hall. Selling it to the unscrupulous buyer Jubao Pavilion would be less profitable than auctioning it off at an auction house.

Looking at Ling Bai, who was heartbroken and despondent, Ma Xiaotao tried her best to suppress her laughter while comforting him, "It's not a loss, it's not a loss. At least you obtained the blood essence of a 300,000-year-old true dragon soul beast, which will greatly benefit your six-winged angel martial soul."

Ling Bai glanced at her red lips, which showed teeth marks, and nodded, saying, "I'll listen to you and hypnotize myself like this from now on."

"Hahaha!"

The exhibits in the Treasure Pavilion were all-encompassing, and it took the three of them three hours to walk around. Ling Bai, who had become penniless, could only stare in disbelief. Fortunately, no other high-end treasures appeared, otherwise he would have had to run back to borrow money from the rich girl Ning Tian.

After much deliberation, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen each used their Black-level VIP cards to purchase a Phoenix Blood Fruit, which was harvested from the depths of the Blazing Volcano and contained the power of a fire phoenix, and an Ice Frost Flower, a rare and precious natural treasure unique to the core area of ​​the far north, suitable for their respective martial soul development.

The Phoenix Blood Fruit costs 500,000, and the Frost Flower costs 450,000. Together, they cost less than one percent of the Radiant Splendor. After enjoying the 30% discount for Black-grade items, they spent even less. Yet, they still looked distressed and lamented that they were penniless, unlike some vengeful creature who spent 60 million gold soul coins to buy a tube of liquid.

Ling Bai immediately decided to cover his ears and move away from them. He inadvertently noticed an inconspicuous black object in the corner, next to which was a price tag that clearly read:

Millennium Whale Glue, Six Thousand Gold Soul Coins.

"Oh?"

Ling Bai went around to the Millennium Whale Glue booth, where a piece of crystal was as black as ink, dull and uneven. It was nothing like the noble purple-gold radiance of Yaohuizhihua, and it couldn't even compare to the beautiful appearance of the Phoenix Blood Fruit Frost Flower that the two women had bought.

The inscription next to it reads: Whale glue is a special substance formed in the brain of a magical whale-type soul beast. It has powerful effects on strengthening the body, enhancing bones, and nourishing yin and yang.

This whale glue was acquired by Jubaoge from fishermen on the coast. According to the fishermen, their ancestors encountered a severely injured and dead thousand-year-old deep-sea demon whale while fishing at sea. They then asked a Soul Master to cut open the demon whale's brain and extract the whale glue.

The whale glue of the Thousand-Year Demon Whale is originally golden in color and extremely valuable. The size of this particular piece of whale glue is enough to cause a complete transformation in a Soul Master's body. However, the fishermen did not preserve this whale glue properly, and after decades of weathering, it deteriorated slightly, but it is still safe to consume.

"Yes, that's it."

After reading the introduction, Ling Bai was certain that there was only one truth: you are the Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue!

Shrek Treasure Pavilion is ignorant and mistakenly believes it to be Millennium Whale Glue!

Back then, in order to enhance the physique of the sect's future stars, Ning Fengya issued a bounty on the ten-thousand-year-old deep-sea demon whales by the seaside soul masters. He extravagantly bought several deep-sea demon whales to take home and extract whale glue. To this day, Ling Bai can still clearly recall the sticky and greasy taste of whale glue.

He had already eaten too much, so there was no point in eating any more. Ning Tian felt the same way. Wu Feng's status was not worthy of eating whale jelly every meal, but Ling Bai and Ning Tian both gave Wu Feng special treatment, so she was not shortchanged.

Although Ling Bai was unwilling to eat the ten-thousand-year whale glue, he could still do what the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School did to make its fortune: reselling!

Ling Bai glanced at the two women who followed him from the left and right. Ling Luochen stood tall and graceful, exuding a cold and aloof aura that kept strangers at bay. Ma Xiaotao was slender and looked curious, as if she was wondering why Ling Bai was staring at a piece of extremely poor quality millennium whale glue.

After a brief hesitation of two and a half seconds, Ling Bai spoke to Ma Xiaotao, who seemed easier to talk to and whom he was more familiar with:

"Um, Ma... could you lend me four thousand?"

The red-level VIP price after the discount was 3,600 gold soul coins, so Ling Bai simply rounded it up.

"What?"

Ma Xiaotao was overjoyed, but then frowned and pretended to be displeased, saying:

"I'm happy you borrowed money from me because you trust me, but I don't like how you address me. Come on, call me Sister Xiaotao first!"

Over the past year, perhaps because she had been beaten up and had to do a favor to resolve the Phoenix Evil Flame issue, Ma Xiaotao had naturally been inferior to Ling Bai. Now, she finally got to hold her head high!

"Then I won't lend it to you, Ling Luochen!"

Ling Bai instantly changed targets, but his second target, Ling Luochen, had disappeared without a trace.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't look for her! I'll give you four thousand! Ten thousand! Ten thousand gold soul coins, okay?!"

Upon hearing Ling Bai call out to Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao dared not act arrogantly anymore and immediately offered him 10,000 gold soul coins. Regardless of Dean Yan Shaozhe's character, his judgment of human nature was absolutely first-rate. The two were not even in the same league. Ling Bai could manipulate Ma Xiaotao with just his little finger.

Ling Bai reluctantly agreed, inwardly sighing, "Women, women, they're just so unreasonable!"

Ma Xiaotao pulled out a gold card with 10,000 gold soul coins and handed it to Ling Bai, unable to resist asking, "Can you tell me why you'd rather borrow money than not buy this dark, spoiled millennium whale glue?"

Ling Bai readily explained: "This is the whale glue of a ten-thousand-year-old deep-sea demon whale, the finest among whale glues. I buy it back and resell it; the round trip will bring in at least this much."

Ling Bai held up five fingers.

Five hundred thousand!

"You're truly worthy of being from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School; your talent for finding hidden gems is maxed out..."

Ma Xiaotao was speechless. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's true ancestral secret technique has a successor!

Just as Ling Bai was about to pay at the west counter, Ling Luochen suddenly appeared on his left like a ghost, showing a voucher with the Jubaoge logo.

"I've written your name on the whale glue receipt. Deliver it to the inner courtyard tomorrow morning along with Yaohui Zhihua. Don't forget to sign for it."

While Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao were chatting and arguing, the action-oriented Ling Luochen had already paid the bill at the front desk and even got the invoice!

"Thank you, I'll pay you back double the money for the whale glue another day."

Given their lukewarm relationship, Ling Bai was truly surprised that Ling Luochen could go to such lengths, and immediately made a promise. Ma Xiaotao, on the other hand, flew into a rage, her beautiful pink eyes fixed on Ling Luochen. Who are you? Get out of her body right now!

Qian Fufu, who lives by Daming Lake next door, is about to cry!

The treasure hunt trip came to a perfect end, and on the way back to Shrek Academy, the three chatted aimlessly.

"Did you know that the outer academy's upgrade assessment will all be completed in a week? The outer academy will be selecting the next Shrek Seven Devils reserve team for the Soul Master Competition," Ma Xiaotao said.

"It's always around this time every year," Ling Luochen replied.

"Can we go to the foreign language department to watch the game?"

Ling Bai knew how much blood and tears Ning Tian and Wu Feng had shed for this, and he hoped that they could rightfully avenge their defeat and win a place in the Shrek Seven Devils reserve team. He wanted to be a witness to this.

"Watching the battle..." Ma Xiaotao hesitated. "Theoretically, Elder Xuan didn't seem to prohibit it, but normally the seven main monsters should maintain a cool and mysterious aura."

"That's easy, let's watch secretly. I'll have Yao Haoxuan go and call them. He likes to join in the fun, so he'll definitely drag the others along to watch the game."

Besides Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, the remaining four members of the Seven Devils—Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, Xixi, and Yao Haoxuan—are all from the same group. Among them, Yao Haoxuan, who has a slightly better relationship with Ling Bai, is the one with the more lively personality. It's good to ask Yao Haoxuan for this kind of thing.

"Okay, let's see who our teammates will be in advance," Ma Xiaotao agreed. "And let's make a bet: each of us will pick one outer court disciple and see if they can make it into the reserve team. The loser will sit in the rest area during the first elimination round and won't be allowed to play, just watching others perform!"

"Ning Tian".

Ling Bai unconditionally supports his childhood sweetheart.

"That's biased, I bet on Xu Sanshi."

Ma Xiaotao was well aware of Xu Sanshi's strength; the top defensive Soul Master in the outer academy should rightfully be selected.

"Jiang Nannan," Ling Luochen said softly.

She had been in the inner academy for less than three years and had heard of several powerful soul skills of Jiang Nannan, the Soft Bone Rabbit.

"A bet's a bet; don't try to renege!"

……

One week later, at the Soul Guidance System Test Site No. 1.

"Xiao Tian, ​​I've repaired Ling Bai's level eight triggered soul-guiding shield. I promise to return Qian Mei Yao Rong to him before the Soul Master Competition begins!"

"Okay, thank you, Master."

Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department, handed over the level-eight soul guidance shield to Ning Tian. On the second day of school, he swallowed his pride and asked Ning Tian to borrow the level-eight peak soul guidance device, Thousand Charm Demon Appearance, to study for a few days. Coincidentally, he ran into Ling Bai, who wanted to find a high-level soul guidance master to repair the soul guidance shield.

After discussing it, the two made a decisive agreement on the spot: before the opening of the Soul Master Competition, Qian Duoduo would be responsible for repairing the Soul Guidance Shield, and Ling Bai would bear the cost of the materials. Qian Duoduo's reward would be the opportunity to study the Thousand Charms Demon Appearance for a period of time.

"By the way, today you core disciples of the outer academy are going to participate in a competition. The seven winners will work together to complete a special mission."

Qian Duoduo looked around to make sure no one was watching before whispering, "That's actually a smokescreen to fool that silly boy. The real reason is to select the Shrek Seven Devils' reserve team. Win if you can! Last year, Fu Fu was kicked out of the regular selection, and your teacher was furious for three days and three nights. This year, the Soul Guidance Department sent three core disciples. You and Fan Yu's two disciples must bring honor to the Soul Guidance Department!"

"Don't worry, Master. Maybe this year, all three of our Soul Guidance Department students will be selected for the first time in history." Ning Tian's pretty face showed a perfect smile without the slightest flaw.

"Hehe, then I'll just ride on Lao Yan's shoulders on a rocking horse!"

"Master, I'll go now."

"Okay, keep it up!"

Ning Tian left the testing ground, where Wu Feng had been waiting for a long time. She suppressed her smile and looked up at the sky. The weather was fine and sunny, with not a cloud in the sky, which was a good omen.

"Let's go, Xiao Feng, the time has come for us to wash away our shame."

(End of this chapter)