Douluo Continent: Kunxu Descends, Second-Player Players Are Stunned

Chapter 77 Even Knowing It's a Plot, You Still Have to Jump In

The Douluo Continent series has been quite lively lately.

First, Martial Soul Academy received a batch of transfer students, causing the sales of pills to skyrocket.

Then Tang Hao went out to train and brought home a newly transformed 10-year-old soul beast, insisting that the herb was his wife.

Because the events happened so quickly, few people paid attention to things like Yu Xiaogang losing his back or Haotian Sect demanding repayment from Haixiao Sect.

After all, once the major powers learned that the Spirit Hall could help Soul Masters defy fate and achieve Spirit evolution, everyone shifted their attention to pills, focusing on their own interests and having no time to pay attention to others.

Even if there's any gossip, it's only mentioned briefly after dinner.

Cultivation is a cycle of life and death.

Making money is so tiring, I feel like dying.

There's no time for gossip!

At most, they'd chat, "Have you heard? That useless direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan almost evolved his martial soul after taking a pill!"

"Why 'almost'?"

"My cultivation level isn't high enough, so I didn't absorb it completely. But that just proves the pill is effective! If my cultivation level were high enough, wouldn't I be able to take off immediately?"

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Ning Zhiping sat in the villa of the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School in Wuhun City, holding a thin booklet in his hands—"Wuhun Hall List of Elixirs: Internal Supply Edition".

This was something that the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School's undercover agents went to great lengths to obtain.

The hidden plot involves a groom who works as a mistress for the third concubine of a certain hall master of the Martial Soul Main Hall. In order to steal first-hand information from his master's family, he was almost drained dry by the concubine.

Ning Zhiping opened the document and found that the starting price for herbs that were ten thousand years old was ten million gold soul coins. For every additional thousand years of age the herbs were aged, the price would increase by one million gold soul coins.

As Ning Zhiping continued browsing, he discovered that only a very few pills had exceeded their base price.

Clearly, the medicinal materials used in these pills are far more valuable than those used in ordinary pills.

Ten million.

This price is just right; a large sect can afford it, but it won't be easy; a small sect can scrape together the money even if they go bankrupt, but they'll have to tighten their belts to make ends meet. What's even more outrageous is that "5% discount for employees of the Spirit Hall".

A 5% discount might seem like a saving of only 500,000, but with a base of 10 million, 500,000 gold soul coins is enough for a soul master family to live on for three lifetimes.

To earn these 500,000, each sect must send its members to the Spirit Academy. Once they send their members, they must receive education from the Spirit Hall.

Having received education from the Spirit Hall —

Ning Zhiping shook his head, no longer wanting to think about it.

"Sect Master," the steward asked cautiously, "should we also send a few disciples to the Martial Soul Academy?"

Ning Zhiping glanced at him, sighed, and gritted his teeth, saying, "No rush! Go and check how many transfer students and new teachers Martial Soul Academy has recently accepted. List them all out for me, without missing a single one."

The steward accepted the order and left.

Half an hour later, a list was placed in front of Ning Zhiping.

He glanced at it, his pupils contracting slightly.

The Heavenly Dou Empire's royal family gifted three collateral branches.

The Star Luo Empire's royal family gifted four collateral branches.

The Blue Lightning Overlord Sect sent five, and it is said that Yu Yuanzhen's nephew was among them.

Fire Leopard Sect, two.

Wind Sword Sect, two.

The Elephant Armor Sect sent an entire squad, a full twelve people, almost all of whom were direct descendants of Huyan Zhen's lineage.

Even the Star Crown Sect, a sect that has always kept a low profile, sent two people to apply for the teaching position.

Ning Zhiping tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

It's all here.

They've all come.

Driven by the promise of preferential treatment and the legendary possibility of "Martial Soul Evolution," various sects rushed to send their disciples to the Martial Soul Hall's academy.

He recalled what Qian Xunji said at the meeting: "Resources only become living water when they flow."

This "living water" is now flowing continuously into Wuhun City.

"Sect Master," the deacon spoke again, "shall we see him off?"

Ning Zhiping remained silent for a long time before finally nodding.

"Send him over, and remember to send Fengzhi and his playmates over too, understand what I mean?"

The deacon paused, then suddenly realized: "What the sect leader means is—"

"Good that you understand." Ning Zhiping waved his hand. Some things can't be said too clearly, otherwise it would make him seem too dirty. "Go."

The deacon withdrew.

Ning Zhiping sat alone by the window, gazing at the dome of the Spirit Hall in the distance, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

The Ning family lacks a combat-type Title Douluo, which is an inherent weakness.

To gain a foothold in this chaotic world, one must either attach oneself to the strong or seek an opportunity to become stronger.

That elixir might be the key.

If the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could mutate into a powerful offensive weapon spirit, they might no longer need to rely on the sect's offerings—

"!" Ning Zhiping sighed.

The Spirit Hall's foundation is still too strong.

He simply didn't believe that these pills were smuggled out by Qian Xunji's men.

This must be the culmination of the Spirit Hall's millennia of accumulation!

Now that the time is ripe, the Spirit Hall has extended its claws outward.

In the study of Yu Yuanzhen, a similar conversation was taking place at the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect.

"Big brother, over there at Xiaogang—" Yu Luomian hesitated before speaking.

Yu Yuanzhen raised his hand to interrupt him: "Let's put aside the matter of Xiao Gang for now. Have you sent someone to verify the effects of that pill?"

Yu Luomian nodded: "This elixir can enhance the dragon's might!"

Thinking of the elixir of immortality that Yu Xiaogang had missed, he felt a deep sense of regret for his nephew.

"What are you regretting!" Yu Yuanzhen sneered. "Do you think the Spirit Hall is a charity? Giving away pills worth millions just like that?"

Yu Luomian was stunned: "Brother, what do you mean by that—"

"That pill was targeted at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan from the very beginning. If we obtain this one pill, won't we want a second one? And if we want a second one, won't we have to trade with the Spirit Hall?"

Yu Yuanzhen stood up and walked to the window. "You think the battle between Xiao Gang and Qian Gu Jun was all just a coincidence? Whose man is Qian Gu Jun? He's a direct descendant cultivated by the Spirit Hall!"

"Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders!"

"If it weren't for Qian Gu Jun, Qian Xun Ji definitely wouldn't have offered such a generous reward! But do you know—the Spirit Hall's promotion of elixirs is an inevitable trend! They've been preparing for this for a long time!"

"In my opinion, we've all been outmaneuvered by that brat Qian Xunji in this whole affair!"

Qian Xunji: You're spreading rumors! You're slandering me!

I wanted to play GG, but some people were eager to step forward and play GG!

Yu Luomian pondered for a moment, then hesitated and asked, "Did he do this so everyone could see the effects of the pill?"

"That's right." Yu Yuanzhen turned around. "Now the whole continent knows that the Spirit Hall has pills that can evolve spirits."

Then what?"

Yu Luomian remained silent; having reached this point, he had already seen through everything.

Yu Yuanzhen paused, his voice gradually lowering: "This is a grand strategy."

"Chihiro's move went much further than I imagined."

Yu Luomian remained silent.

After a long silence, someone asked, "Should we still buy it?"

Yu Yuanzhen gazed out the window, remaining silent for a long time.

The sky outside the window was gray and hazy, as if covered by a veil.

"Buy it!" Yu Yuanzhen turned to his younger brother. "Go prepare the money. Ten million, we can afford it. Also, pick a few more young disciples to send to the Martial Soul Academy."

"elder brother!"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Yu Yuanzhen waved his hand. "We must personally oversee the people we send. They need to be able to learn something, but they also need to have enough self-control. If Qian Xunji wants to brainwash someone, he'll have to see who it is."

Yu Luomian wanted to say something more, but in the end she just nodded and left.

Yu Yuanzhen was the only one left in the study.

He sat back down in his chair, his fingers gently stroking the armrest, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

From the moment Poseidon Island appeared, the God of Wealth was mentioned once again.

Chihiro, what do you really want?

Unify the continent?

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