Douluo Continent: Transmigrated as Qian Renxue's follower, forced to become a god

Chapter 84 The Master is Enraged

The next day, Tang San walked out of Yu Xiaogang's study with dark circles under his eyes.

After finishing his cultivation yesterday, Yu Xiaogang insisted on dragging him along, saying he wanted to give him a crash course in soul beast knowledge, telling him which soul rings could be absorbed now and which could be absorbed later.

Tang San was completely bewildered by what he heard.

Not long after Tang San left Yu Xiaogang's room, there was another knock on the door of the Master.

"Please come in." Yu Xiaogang sat wearily on the bench. He was exhausted after a night of hard work.

He desperately wanted to feed Tang San.

"Bang—" The master's door was opened.

The new visitor was the new dean of Notting College.

"Yu Xiaogang, it's time to pay your food bill for this month," the new dean said coldly.

Since the dean of Notting Academy went to follow Tang San on a soul hunt and never returned, the new dean has been in charge of the academy. He was originally the vice dean.

Moreover, he received complaints from a certain teacher several times, the same female teacher who saw Tang San and Xiao Wu being all lovey-dovey.

Therefore, he did not have a good feeling about Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, the master and disciple pair.

Even the master and apprentice did not show any regret for the dean's sacrifice.

Upon hearing this man's words, Yu Xiaogang's face turned green.

He was able to freeload here because of his long-standing friendship with the dean.

With the dean gone, he was no longer a so-called guest advisor, and he no longer had a powerful backer to freeload off.

The key issue is that he still doesn't want to go to class; he's like a parent accompanying a giant baby to study.

"How much money do you need this month?" Yu Xiaogang asked with difficulty.

He had just handed over the gold soul coins from his pocket to Tang San yesterday; he should have known better than to pretend.

"A standard meal at the academy costs five copper soul coins. You eat three meals a day, and your good disciple eats five meals a day. Subtracting the three meals provided to the students each day, that's twenty-five copper soul coins a day, and seven hundred and fifty a month."

750 copper soul coins is equivalent to 7.5 gold soul coins...

Yu Xiaogang's face immediately fell. How could he have overlooked this? Tang San ate a lot, which was not at all like the appetite of an ordinary level 20 Soul Master.

This is because Tang San needs a lot of food to replenish himself. His travel is restricted, so he can't go to the black market to buy some ten-year soul beast meat. Only Xiao Wu occasionally goes out to run errands for him to buy such things... which are all "evil soul beast" meat.

The Spirit Hall provides a subsidy of one gold soul coin per month to a Soul Master, and ten gold soul coins to a Great Soul Master.

Yu Xiaogang had been receiving a Grand Soul Master's salary for decades, and it wouldn't have been a problem for him to support himself and Tang San. However, he gave all his money to Tang San because Tang San told him last night that he needed to earn money to send back to Holy Soul Village (to save for buying rare metals in the future).

It's not really appropriate to ask for money back after you've given it away.

"This..." The master hesitated, "Dean Mo, how about giving me some more time? I've already spent my salary this month, and I still have a long way to go next month. My monthly salary is ten gold soul coins. How about I use my salary for the next two months to buy three months' worth of food for the academy?"

Dean Mo pushed up his glasses: "With your math skills, you call yourself a master? Three months' worth of food expenses is over twenty gold soul coins, how did you calculate that?"

The master's face turned green: "That's not how it's said. Xiao San told me that the part-time workers here earn ten copper soul coins a day for cleaning the playground, but when it came time to settle their wages, three years of hard work only amounted to one gold soul coin. How did you calculate that?"

Dean Mo said impatiently, "You don't need to worry about the academy's affairs. You're to hand over your entire salary for the next three months, or you and your disciple can get out of here."

"Alright," Yu Xiaogang said helplessly.

-

Heaven Dou City, Martial Soul Temple.

Upon seeing the visitor, Platinum Bishop Salas immediately stood up.

Not long ago, a secret order from the Hall of Worship at the headquarters of Wuhun City was delivered to him, ordering him to unconditionally obey the orders of the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

Salas, who had joined the Spirit Hall since childhood and had deep feelings for it, immediately understood that there must be something fishy going on.

At this moment, it was Serpent Spear Douluo who came to find him.

"Greetings, Elder." He bowed respectfully.

"Alright, enough with the formalities, I'm here to give orders," Serpent Spear Douluo said simply and clearly.

"Please speak."

Serpent Spear Douluo thought about what Little October had asked him before, and then said, "The Spirit Hall has always provided subsidies for low-level Soul Masters, right?"

Bishop Salas nodded: "That's right, Elder, you want to see the expenditure data?"

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

"No, I wanted to tell you that the higher-ups have decided to implement a measure," said Serpent Spear Douluo. "The subsidies are to encourage Soul Masters to cultivate, not to allow some people to become parasites."

Salas immediately became serious: "What does that mean?"

"The Soul Master subsidy remains the same, but in addition to cultivation level, an age limit has been added," Serpent Spear Douluo said calmly. "Those over thirty-five years of age are not eligible to receive it."

"In a few days, this order will also be sent to the Star Luo Empire."

"Specifically, it will be gradually reduced. Next month it will be reduced by half, the month after that it will be reduced to a quarter, and finally it will be canceled," said Serpent Spear Douluo. "Three months is enough time to find a job."

This was proposed by Xiao Shiyue to Qian Daoliu, and then the old man agreed to it. Subsequently, the Big Mouth Serpent Spear Douluo came to the Heaven Dou Holy Temple to issue the order.

After Qian Daoliu returns to the Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire will personally issue this order.

Upon hearing the order, Salas nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, sometimes I see some rogue Soul Masters in their fifties or even sixties running to the Spirit Hall to collect subsidies like old men, acting like giant babies, as if the Spirit Hall owes them money."

"Hmph." Serpent Spear Douluo sneered. "Thirty-five years old, below the Soul Master level—these two requirements aren't high. At this age, or at this cultivation level, if you can't support yourself, you might as well not live."

"Unless you join the Spirit Hall and take on various missions to eliminate the corrupt and earn a salary," he added.

Salas suddenly realized that this was indeed a way to recruit people.

"Then, what if someone causes trouble?" Salas asked tentatively.

"Then kick them out and get lost," Serpent Spear Douluo said impatiently. "Do I need to teach them this? Some people may be old and frail, but that's no excuse for them to cause trouble or to sit back and reap the benefits."

"I know some people who deliberately stay at level 39 for a little over a period of time, just to get an extra 100 gold soul coins each month."

"Yes," Salas said respectfully. "I will handle this matter at the Spirit Hall of the Heaven Dou Empire as soon as possible."

-

In the second month, Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Notting City and only received five gold soul coins.

"Damn the Spirit Hall!" His eyes blazed with rage. "Are you trying to drive me to my death?"