Douluo Continent: Lin Dong transmigrates into Huo Yuhao

Chapter 21 "Jealousy" in the Dream of Red Dust

"That's rare, it's uncommon to see you get the short end of the stick."

Tianmeng's teasing voice rang out in Lin Dong's sea of ​​consciousness, and Lin Dong replied irritably:

"What are you doing here, meddling in this mess? I need to start cultivating, so please muffle the noise for me."

"You've been walking around all day, don't you get tired at all?"

"What's this? Stop talking nonsense, I'm starting."

"Okay, okay, I got it. That little girl next door won't hear a thing."

Hearing Tianmeng's assurance, Lin Dong finally felt relieved and sat cross-legged, slowly entering a meditative state.

Early the next morning.

Meng Hongchen called out from outside the door, "Lin Dong, Grandpa said you need to go to Teacher Xuan's office this afternoon. He has something important to discuss."

Lin Dong opened the door upon hearing the sound, nodded at her, and said, "I understand, thank you."

Unexpectedly, Meng Hongchen tiptoed and peered into the room: "You're being so secretive, are you hiding someone in the room?"

Lin Dong stepped out and closed the door, standing in front of her calmly, saying, "Miss Meng, you're overthinking it. I'm leaving."

After saying that, Lin Dong stopped arguing with her and walked straight outside.

Watching Lin Dong's departing figure, Meng Hongchen was stunned. When had she ever been treated like this before? Then, she gritted her teeth and said:

"It was just a joke, why are you being so fierce?"

Lin Dong arrived at Xuan Ziwen's laboratory and greeted the three people sitting on stools, who were waiting expectantly.

Amidst the expectant gazes of the three, Lin Dong took out the Fusion Disc, placed it in front of them, and smiled:

"Teachers, I'm not quite able to draw this formation with a pen, so please bear with me."

The three smiled and waved their hands, replying in unison:

"No, no, no, we just like to see the original formations; the ones drawn by hand don't feel the same."

Lin Dong wasted no time and began to explain his understanding of the formation.

The three Soul Masters from the forefront of the Sun and Moon Sect sat upright on small stools at the experimental table, listening to the eleven-year-old boy's lecture.

He nodded from time to time, gave a thumbs-up to the fusion plate on the table, and clapped his hands at Lin Dong.

This was an unbelievable scene, but unfortunately no one could see it. To maintain secrecy, Jing Hongchen ordered the disciplinary team to seal off the entire building.

Time passed slowly, and the sun had already moved from east to west. Xiao Hongchen, standing below the lab building, looked at the indignant Meng Hongchen beside him and couldn't help but ask in bewilderment:

"Dream, you said Grandpa went in early this morning and hasn't come out yet. He even had the building sealed off. What's he doing in there?"

Meng Hongchen seemed to be thinking about Lin Dong's attitude this morning, and then, coming back to her senses, said in an unfriendly tone:

"I don't know. Why are you bothering Grandpa? As the head of Mingde Hall, why do you need to ask him?"

Hearing her somewhat sharp words, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but retort:

"Are you out of your mind? Why are you talking so aggressively? Who upset you this time?"

"None of your business."

Seeing his younger sister's bullying attitude, Xiao Hongchen shrugged helplessly, but he was still in a pretty good mood because of his breakthrough in soul power last night.

But when he saw Jing Hongchen and the others walk out of the laboratory building, the smile on his face froze.

Lin Dong was actually surrounded by the three of them, chatting and laughing. Judging from the situation, all this fuss was for Lin Dong?!

Xiao Hongchen's pride was shattered in an instant. Who were those three people? The head of Mingde Hall, the dean of the academy, and a chief researcher.

Normally, ordinary students wouldn't even have the right to greet these three people, but now they're all surrounding this level 17 Soul Master who just entered the academy.

Compared to Xiao Hongchen's utter shock, Meng Hongchen glared at Lin Dong before reacting, her delicate face blank with a dazed expression.

The brother and sister, hailed as once-in-a-millennium geniuses, stared blankly at the astonishing scene before them, their shock beyond words.

The two looked at their grandfather, who usually doted on them, with resentful eyes, but Jing Hongchen didn't even glance at them and turned to Lin Dong to discuss things with a smile.

Is this really their own grandfather? Why does he look at Lin Dong with more affection than he looks at them?

While the two were still in astonishment, Lin Dong had already explained the matter of the core formation to the three of them. The most excited of them all was Jing Hongchen.

Once Lin Dong's formations are popularized, many low-level soul tools can be optimized, and the optimization of high-level soul tools will be even more significant.

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Those soul tools that can only be enhanced by continuously stacking charging arrays can now be replaced by fusion arrays, which brings considerable convenience.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that they can upgrade Lin Dong's level-two core formation again.

If these are successfully implemented, not only will the power of the soul tool be enhanced, but more importantly, the amount of rare metals saved will be an extremely terrifying sum.

Even if their sun and moon have abundant mineral resources, these resources are truly scarce, no matter how much they use.

After all, reducing the number of formations means reducing the amount of metal used. This doesn't just affect fixed-position soul-guided cannons; it affects all of Sun Moon's current soul-guided devices.

If he can thoroughly research and mature this core formation this year, and make it fully applicable to soul tools below level four, he can save at least half of the rare metals and expenses compared to this year!

This is an enormous fortune for the entire Sun Moon Empire, which is why Jing Hongchen was willing to put aside his pride and compete with Xuan Ziwen and Lin Jiayi for this core formation.

However, even with Lin Dong's explanation, the three of them could only understand the formation. As for perfecting and upgrading it, it was basically impossible in the short term.

As the three of them became more familiar with the formations, their attitude towards Lin Dong completely changed, abandoning any airs of superiority. Instead, their gazes towards Lin Dong were filled with a thirst for knowledge.

Under the enthusiastic questioning of the three, the group unknowingly arrived at Lin Dong's villa. Seeing their lingering expressions, Lin Dong smiled helplessly:

"The three of you, it's so late, you should go back and rest."

Although the three had different purposes in studying formations, they clearly shared a common goal. They exchanged a glance and said in unison:

"Aren't you going to invite us into your room?"

Lin Dong's face darkened, but he forced a smile and said, "No thanks, teachers. I'm a bit rough around the edges, so I won't let you see me make a fool of myself."

Sensing the reluctance in his words, the three shook their heads regretfully and left with reluctance.

Jing Hongchen had just turned her head when she met her beloved granddaughter's resentful gaze. She then chuckled and said, "What are you two doing here?"

Meng Hongchen rolled her eyes and said sourly, "We've been with you all this way, but you only have eyes for Lin Dong. You haven't paid any attention to us at all."

(End of this chapter)