Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Saint Master, Twelve Talismans Chaotic the Continent

Chapter 67 What is Deserved

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The next day, Sunset Forest.

Nan Feng, Bibi Dong, and Dugu Yan led the way, while Yue Guan, with a bruised and swollen face, and Gui Mei brought up the rear.

"Why do you tell everyone everything?" the ghostly voice transmitted.

Yue Guan's eye twitched slightly. "How would I know that old poisoner would tell me everything? Besides, wasn't I just trying to get that guy to join the Spirit Hall obediently to avoid causing trouble?"

Anyone with even a little knowledge of Nan Feng's despicable and shameless nature should know that this guy is truly capable of anything!

He can punch a centenarian and kick a three-year-old child!

You can't say they lack manners, you can only say they have no bottom line!

He doesn't care at all about bullying the weak, taking advantage of the small, attacking from behind, or even kidnapping and threatening people!

But how could he know that, faced with Nan Feng like this, Dugu Bo still harbored a glimmer of hope!

They actually thought that once this guy's cultivation level increased, he would have some kind of powerful demeanor?

Screw the "strongman" attitude!

Not to mention Nan Feng himself, now all the Title Douluos in the Elder Hall have been led astray by this guy!

Even a lion will exert all its strength to hunt a rabbit!

We'd rather gang up than fight one-on-one!

If you can launch a sneak attack, never a direct confrontation!

They'll stop at nothing if they can resort to dirty tricks!

What fairness and justice? The only important thing is to kill the other side. As for the means, as long as the other side is all killed, the process is up to them.

Only the survivors can speak!

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After a long trek through the jungle, Dugu Yan led Nan Feng and the others to the outer perimeter of a large poison array.

"My grandfather usually lives here," Dugu Yan said.

"This place is so secluded, how did you remember the way?" Nan Feng asked in confusion.

They wandered around the Sunset Forest all morning, and he was almost completely disoriented.

"It's poisonous," Dugu Yan said.

"My grandfather laid out some marked poisons along the way. Those poisons have the effect of repelling soul beasts. My grandfather took me along these paths many times before to make sure I remembered them."

"And now?" Nan Feng asked.

"Even a Soul Saint couldn't withstand this poison array for long, how can you possibly get in?"

Over the years, he had exchanged information with the Elders of the Hall about the use of highly venomous substances, and could roughly distinguish the power of some poisons.

Among them, Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent King's deadly poison is so potent that even titled Douluo have to give way.

The reason why Yue Guan and Gui Mei couldn't bring Dugu Bo back even when they joined forces was mainly because they didn't dare to push him too hard. If this old poisoner were to self-destruct, even Yue Guan and the others wouldn't be able to withstand it.

The only way is to hunt like a spirit beast, chasing and killing while leaving room for maneuver, letting the opponent keep running away and exhausting their stamina, and only getting serious when you are absolutely certain of taking them down.

As for the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they're not idiots, how could they possibly stand still and wait for you to unleash your ultimate move?

Either someone stalls for time, or you catch them off guard, or your own moves are enough to prevent them from being distracted and escaping.

"Wait for my grandfather to come out and pick me up." As she spoke, Dugu Yan completed her Martial Soul Possession, a yellow soul ring lit up on her body, and she spat out a mouthful of poisonous mist towards a point in the poison array.

"Your way of transmitting signals... is quite unique, isn't it?" Nan Feng said with a strange expression.

They use poison to transmit information, and they have a secret key!

After Dugu Yan's poison merged into the poison array, Nan Feng and his group sat down and quietly waited for Dugu Bo to come out.

Although Bibi Dong was able to force her way into the poison array using the Soul-Devouring Spider King, Dugu Yan had already cooperated so well. If they were to act like hooligans and bandits, it would be rather impolite.

"What do you want with my grandfather?" Dugu Yan asked, puzzled.

If it's just about incorporation, why would they bring the Pope along?

"Robbery," Nan Feng said.

"By the way, Yue Guan, don't get too excited when you go inside later."

"Excited?" Yue Guan was taken aback.

"What do you mean?"

"There's a magical herb inside, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, which is perfect for your martial spirit," Nan Feng said.

"..."

boom!

Yue Guan shot towards the depths of the poisonous fog at almost the speed of taking off from the spot, and the thick poison array was forcibly broken through by the aura of this Title Douluo, creating a long passage.

Bibi Dong's eye twitched slightly. "Aren't you afraid he'll just steal the stuff and run away?"

Although Yue Guan had spent most of his life in the Spirit Hall, apart from the enshrined members, the Spirit Hall was an organization with virtually no loyalty.

The Spirit Hall is the company Nan Feng mentioned. You only get what you put in; no one can get something for nothing. To obtain resources from the Spirit Hall, you must first make corresponding contributions.

Everyone is the same.

Therefore, whatever they get is all due to their own abilities and what they deserve; there is no question of gratitude involved.

You only get what you put in.

Everyone who joins the Spirit Hall understands this, so the Spirit Hall's Soul Masters are very dedicated to their work and rarely neglect their duties, especially those in the middle and lower ranks. After all, if you don't work, you have nothing.

This is both the Spirit Hall's strength and its biggest weakness.

After all, the sects outside are all based on blood ties and martial spirits. Unless someone is exceptionally outstanding, others may not reap any rewards even if they put in the effort.

However, in the Spirit Hall, most things are clearly priced. This system can maximize the motivation of the people below to work hard and make the Spirit Hall develop faster, but it also brings a problem.

Whatever I get, I earned it myself, and it's all what I deserve!

Most of the Soul Masters in the Spirit Hall think this way, just like those Soul Hunting Groups that do business and accept bounties; they don't have the so-called loyalty to those sects.

This includes subsidies for low-level Soul Masters. The two great empires already provide subsidies for low-level Soul Masters, since they are busy cultivating and cannot afford to spend time looking for Soul Master jobs, nor do they have the ability to do so.

If low-level Soul Masters are not given enough living allowances, guess what methods these powerful Soul Masters will use to acquire wealth when they are short of money?

It can't be street performer, right?

The subsidies for low-level Soul Masters are for the purpose of maintaining social stability and reducing the cost of public security maintenance, not because anyone is being kind.

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One gold soul coin can keep a soul master in line for a month, ten gold soul coins can keep a great soul master in line for a month, and one hundred gold soul coins can keep a soul lord from following the rules.

Without these subsidies, the funds that the two great empires would have to spend on maintaining the security of Soul Masters would have increased exponentially!

Don't underestimate the ruling class; nobody does anything that doesn't benefit them.

They do whatever is most cost-effective.

Compared to spending time and effort managing these idle Soul Masters, it's more cost-effective to just give them money.

Is Martial Soul Awakening also free?

When the investment in something exceeds the return, it cannot be free.

Just look at the places where the two great empires have started to open their own Martial Soul Awakening grounds, and you'll know just how profitable Martial Soul Awakening really is!

If even one out of a hundred people who awaken their martial soul has soul power, then it's a win!

If the Spirit Hall hadn't monopolized the Spirit Awakening work with its superior military strength, would the two great empires have turned down such a potentially highly profitable opportunity?

The Spirit Hall needs to develop, and so do the two great empires. Spirit Masters are a minority, and their rarity makes them valuable.

Unless Soul Masters become extremely common, these special privileges for Soul Masters will not disappear.

When most people are Soul Masters, the Soul Master subsidy will naturally disappear, and Soul Awakening will also require spending money.

Everything and everyone is a product of its time.

There is no white without black; yin is not outside yang, but within yang.

"Run away?" Nan Feng raised an eyebrow.

"You're saying Yue Guan dared to steal my things and then run away right in front of me?"

Bibi Dong's eye twitched.

I've forgotten about you, you bandit!

"These are such unfamiliar words," Nanfeng exclaimed.

Are there still such warriors in this world?

As he spoke, Nan Feng looked at the ghost.