Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 30 The Story of the Blood Demon
Lu Jun's fingers trembled slightly, and a fine layer of cold sweat seeped out from his back.

Is the gentle-smiling middle-aged man before me the Dark Blood Demon, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult?
He subconsciously took a half step back, but Leng Yulai calmly pressed down on his shoulder.

"What's wrong? You're too nervous!"

"You've only failed three times. Keep trying, you can do it."

Unaware of the truth, Leng Yulai continued to cheer on Lu Jun.

Lu Jun took a deep breath.

I calmed down.

Let's be rational. In this era before Tang San's intervention, the Holy Spirit Cult no longer exists.

With this in mind, Lu Jun began to observe the other party.

He noticed that Gu Chenyu's hands were covered in calluses, marks left by years of hard work, and not a disguise.

What's even more surprising is that the other party's aura is completely different from the evil aura of the Dark Blood Demon in the rumors.

He doesn't seem to have killed many people at all.

"..."

Is he truly a master craftsman?
In the original story, the Dark Blood Demon, who killed countless people, becomes a holy craftsman wielding a forging hammer in this story.
This change is too drastic. Isn't his martial spirit supposed to devour souls in order to cultivate and become stronger?

How was this problem solved?
"I can sense that your soul is somewhat fearful. Are you afraid of me?"

Gu Chenyu was a little confused, then squatted down in front of Lu Jun and looked Lu Jun in the eye.

Those eyes, which should have been scarlet, now shone with the passionate fire unique to a blacksmith.

"Little one, don't be afraid."

"I've been observing you for a long time."

"It all started when you failed your first assessment at the Forging Association."

"After all, you're only nine years old and you're already a level two blacksmith. You're even aiming for level three. To be honest, not just me, everyone in the blacksmithing association here is astonished by you."

Gu Chenyu smiled very kindly.

It's impossible to tell that he has any connection with evil spirit masters.

"It's just that your failure to pass the assessment three times in a row, with zero points each time, has undoubtedly disappointed many of the forging masters who are paying attention to you. They think you're just putting on a show."

“I thought so at first, but then I realized that you are His Highness Tianfeng’s disciple, so your character should not be so bad.”

"So I visited Her Majesty Tianfeng, and she mentioned your situation to me."

"You can only forge ice-attribute metals because of your ultimate ice-attribute martial soul; therefore, you know nothing about other metals."

"This reminds me of myself back then."

At this point, Gu Chenyu chuckled.

"I used to be someone who was extremely unbalanced in my studies..."

"Even the path that led me to forging was a matter of chance."

“I can see a person’s current state through their soul, child. You seem to have lost faith in the forging process?”

"Because three consecutive assessments discouraged you?"

Lu Jun paused for a moment, then nodded.

indeed.

He once thought that he had come to Douluo Continent and might become the all-powerful protagonist he usually read in novels.

She can do everything and learns very quickly.

Especially after he awakened a martial soul with ultimate attributes, he became even more convinced that he was a genius.

Even now, he has truly lost some of his confidence.

"Hehe, let me tell you a story."

Gu Chenyu raised his right hand, and a wriggling ball of blood appeared in his palm.

"This is my martial spirit, named Blood Demon."

Lu Jun looked up at him.

This time it's confirmed; he is indeed one of the Four Heavenly Kings from the original story, the Dark Blood Demon. "This Blood Demon Martial Soul almost led me astray," Gu Chenyu murmured, recalling the past. "My Martial Soul is inherently thirsty for devouring other people's souls."

"When I awakened my martial soul at the age of six, it was very weak and had no accompanying soul power. It looked like a useless martial soul."

"It was the people from the Spirit Pagoda who helped me awaken my martial soul. They also knew that my martial soul was quite special, a very evil martial soul that required the sacrifice of a person to fully awaken its soul power."

"In order to prevent me from harming others, the Spirit Pagoda taught me how to control my martial spirit's instincts and constantly studied my martial spirit, looking for a better way to control it."

Gu Chenyu started laughing as he spoke.

"Then, by chance, I came into contact with forging and learned about it."

"In addition, the people from the Spirit Pagoda told me that if you want to control the soul-devouring instinct of your martial soul, the first thing you should do is to shift your attention as much as possible and not think about devouring souls."

"So I thought to myself, wouldn't it be the best way to distract myself by repeatedly hitting metal with a hammer?"

"It can vent your anger and use up all your energy, leaving you exhausted every day, so tired that you have no energy left to think about anything else."

"You know what, the people at the Spirit Pagoda actually agreed to let me do it, so at a young age I picked up a hammer and began my forging journey."

“My grandfather was sick, and the people from the Spirit Pagoda took care of him. They also arranged for a teacher to teach me forging and let me start working. All the Federal Coins I earned were used to repay the Spirit Pagoda for the money they used to treat my grandfather.”

"However, without being able to devour souls, I cannot further cultivate my soul power, nor can I use it to improve my physical attributes."

"Until one day, by chance, my teacher was performing soul forging, and I watched from the side. After he finished, I was surprised to discover that metal could also be given a soul and life..."

"Then, I made a request and, after obtaining the teacher's consent, tentatively devoured the metal soul that had been forged by the soul..." Gu Chenyu paused, then continued, "After that, my cultivation began to advance by leaps and bounds, jumping to level ten, and I was finally able to absorb soul spirits and become a Soul Master."

"Now, I am a level 95 Super Douluo. When I was six years old, I couldn't have imagined that I could become a Title Douluo by relying on the metal soul of Soul Forging."

Gu Chenyu let out a chuckle.

“Your Majesty the Blood Demon’s journey has been nothing short of a miracle,” Leng Yulai said. “I have heard of your deeds many times, which further proves that the Spirit Pagoda’s current path is the right one.”

"I am still very grateful to the Spirit Pagoda. Without you, there would be no new me." Gu Chenyu looked at Leng Yulai with gratitude.

"If it weren't for the Spirit Pagoda, I might not have been able to control the instincts that my Martial Soul gave me, and I might have fallen into becoming an evil Soul Master who devours the lives of others."

"Although even now, the Spirit Pagoda and the Sun Moon Federation still ask me to devour the souls of criminals who have committed heinous crimes and give them cruel and painful death sentences, to be honest, their souls don't taste good at all. Compared with the soul-forged metal souls that I have carefully forged, they are worlds apart."

Lu Jun lowered his head, suppressing his urge to complain.

Okay, if it weren't for the Spirit Pagoda, you would indeed have become a ruthless evil spirit master.

They won't be like they are now, picking at their food.

"So, kid," Gu Chenyu patted Lu Jun's body and said, "Have more confidence in yourself."

"Your starting point is much higher than mine. I was able to become a master craftsman, so what about you?"

"I understand, thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Jun felt much better.

He suddenly felt that the butterfly effect he had created was actually quite good.

At the very least, he reduced the number of people from the lower classes who were going through difficult times on the Douluo Continent.

In fact, many evil spirit masters were forced into becoming evil spirit masters by others.

For example, some only extract animal blood.

Having escaped Tang Buddha's curse and control, the Spirit Pagoda, meticulously created by Huo Yuhao, has finally decided to do something human.

At least they are willing to emulate the Spirit Hall's approach 20,000 years ago, to fundamentally and perfectly solve the problem of evil spirit masters, indirectly saving countless lives slaughtered by them.

"Alright, gather your full confidence and forge the most perfect thousand-refined metal that belongs to you."

Gu Chenyu smiled.

"Whether you pass this Level 3 Blacksmith exam or not, I want to take you on as my apprentice and teach you blacksmithing. What do you think?"

Lu Jun was stunned for a moment.

This doesn't seem to be developing the way I expected...

"What are you all standing there for? This is an eight-star master craftsman!" Leng Yulai quickly whispered.

Lu Jun then bowed to him.

"teacher."

(End of this chapter)