Chapter 128

Gu Xuan brought Ye Lingling back to the Tian Dou Royal Academy; this time Gu Xuan didn't run around everywhere, because. The matter had already come to an end.

After returning to the academy, since they had gotten engaged to Ye Lingling, there was no longer any need to hide their relationship.

When Yu Tianheng and the others saw this scene, they all wore expressions of disbelief, especially Yu Tianheng, who was heartbroken beyond measure.

Du Gu Yan following Gu Xuan was bad enough, but now Ye Lingling is also together with Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan and Ye Lingling didn't hide it from everyone either; they directly took out the marriage contract, blinding their titanium-alloy dog eyes.

Yu Tianheng, Ao Si Luo, and Yu Feng three of them even directly wanted to challenge Gu Xuan, but unfortunately Gu Xuan can now simultaneously control six dragon swords, and his divided attention control has reached the Six Orifices Wishful Heart level.

Chen Xin's gift of eight strands of Seven Murder Sword Intent has already refined six of them; as long as Gu Xuan finally cultivates his divided attention control to the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart, he will be able to fully control eight dragon swords, then digest and absorb the remaining two strands of Chen Xin's Eight Strands of Seven Murder Sword Intent, and relying solely on this external soul bone, his strength will surge again.

Gu Xuan, while simultaneously controlling six dragon swords, pinched the Seven Murder Sword Formula and beat the three of them black and blue, giving them a clear understanding of his strength once again, and also giving them a deep comprehension of the Twelve Forms of the Seven Murder Sword Formula.

After that, there was no more defiance; although they felt envy, jealousy, and hatred toward Gu Xuan for simultaneously having Du Gu Yan and Ye Lingling, they could do nothing about it, because they couldn't beat him!

In the time that followed, Gu Xuan daily sparred and cultivated with several members of the Royal Battle Team, helping them enhance their combat awareness and power while his own strength advanced rapidly.

Besides that, when Yu Tianheng and the others learned that Ye Lingling's soul power had actually reached rank forty-five, they were all as if they had seen a ghost, unable to believe it.

Apart from Gu Xuan, Ye Lingling is the youngest among them, and she is also a support-type soul master, yet now her soul power rank has surpassed theirs.

This forced them to train even harder to improve themselves and prove they are not worthless.

As for using external objects to boost this, it's no longer an excuse for them, after all, hasn't Gu Xuan given them plenty of external aids?

Time flies like a shuttle, days and nights like an arrow……

Soon three months passed; Gu Xuan's soul power reached mid rank forty-six, his divided attention control cultivated to the Six Orifices Wishful Heart, and Chen Xin's Eight Strands of Seven Murder Sword Intent were completely digested and merged.

Even though Gu Xuan's Dragon Sword Eight Wings is merely an external soul bone now, sword martial soul masters of the same rank facing him can directly feel an absolute oppression as if coming from a superior martial soul.

Now Gu Xuan, relying solely on the Dragon Sword Eight Wings, can easily handle Soul King experts, and even contend with Soul Emperor-level powerhouses.

Note, this is using only the external soul bone, without any other skills, not even the martial soul.

Yu Tianheng and the others' strengths also each increased; every person's soul power rose by one rank, with Yu Tianheng at forty-three advancing to forty-four.

Shi Mo rose from rank forty-two to forty-three, while Shi Mo, Ao Si Luo, and Yu Feng each rose from forty-one to forty-two.

Ye Lingling also rose from rank forty-five to forty-six, because the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid not only resolved the curse of the Nine Heart Begonia, but also increased her cultivation speed before rank seventy.

As for Qin Ming's earlier plan to take them out for training, it ultimately came to nothing, because Gu Xuan staying behind to specially train them was stronger than any training plan.

Moreover, it's worth mentioning that, according to the original story, Qin Ming's soul power should have been only rank sixty-three at this time, but it has reached rank sixty-six; although he still leads the Royal Battle Team, his role as leader is now minimal, with Gu Xuan basically calling the shots, so he doesn't need to worry about anything.

So Qin Ming also began scouting members for the next generation of the Royal Battle Team, since after one and a half years, when they participate in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Gu Xuan and Yu Tianheng and the others will definitely have graduated.

After all, Gu Xuan and Yu Tianheng and the others will leave, and he as a teacher still has to continue teaching at the academy; it's impossible for him to go with them.

That day, Yu Tianheng and the others were still training normally, while Gu Xuan took Ye Lingling to the Tian Dou Auction House; in this era there aren't many things to play with, but treasure hunting is also one of Gu Xuan's little hobbies.

After all, he has more money than he knows what to do with, so occasionally taking Ye Lingling out to splurge is also a pleasure.

Moreover, sometimes one can indeed find some treasures, after all Gu Xuan hasn't hidden his identity, and there aren't many people who dare to snatch things from the grandson of a Titled Douluo.

Even if the Snow Star Prince came, it wouldn't work!

The only thing Gu Xuan didn't expect was that he would run into an acquaintance at this auction house.

Because Gu Xuan and Ye Lingling are strikingly handsome, they attracted many onlookers as soon as they entered the Grand Soul Master Arena, but Gu Xuan never tried to hide anything, since he often comes to the Tian Dou Auction House, the identity of Gu Rong's grandson, the Bone Douluo, is plainly out in the open.

So when Gu Rong and Ye Lingling entered the Grand Soul Master Arena, Tang San saw them, and because of the lifesaving favor, Tang San proactively greeted Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan also wore a look of 'surprise' as he regarded Tang San; after a few questions he learned that Tang San had been in Tian Dou City for almost a month, and that Shrek Academy, lacking the qualification to participate in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, had merged with a school called Lan Ba Academy in Tian Dou City.

Now Lan Ba Academy has been renamed Shrek Academy, which also signifies that they have obtained the qualification to participate in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

It must be said that sometimes fate is just this strange; because the Royal Battle Team didn't go to Suo Tuo City, Flandre and the others naturally had no chance to meet Qin Ming.

But it's no matter; by chance Flandre learned that Liu Erlong was in Tian Dou City and had opened a Lan Ba Academy.

So they came to Tian Dou City, didn't they?

Afterwards, following some pleasantries, Gu Xuan then learned that Tang San had come here to auction a weapon called hidden weapons.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xuan's face showed 'surprise'; he 'basically had never' heard of hidden weapons, and Tang San, upon hearing that, took out the Contain Sand Shooting Shadow and the Soundless Sleeve Arrow to give Gu Xuan an introduction.

After seeing them, Gu Xuan let out a great 'sigh', couldn't help but repeatedly 'praise' Tang San, and then planned to spend a hundred gold soul coins to buy Tang San's hidden weapons for Ye Lingling's self-defense.

With Tang San's 'wisdom', where would he take money? He directly gave Gu Xuan a set; however, seeing Gu Xuan so extravagant (a hundred gold soul coins is not a small sum for Tang San now, while the materials for his Contain Sand Shooting Shadow and Soundless Sleeve Arrow cost less than one gold soul coin, mainly consuming his energy and time), Tang San, who now lacks money to buy higher-grade hidden weapon forging materials, decisively introduced several of his other items that have some power but do not expose secrets to Gu Xuan.

During this, Tang San said this was confidential; Gu Xuan instantly understood, waved his hand, and asked the auction house for a private room.

At that moment, there were four people in the private room, exactly four: besides Gu Xuan, Ye Lingling, and Tang San, there was also a girl, who was Meng Yiran.

Although Gu Xuan was surprised that such a 'pure and immaculate' three-way relationship had become ambiguous with Meng Yiran in the short four-plus months after losing Xiao Wu, he didn't inquire further for now, since hidden weapons are more appealing to his current persona.

Upon entering the private room, besides the Contain Sand Shooting Shadow and Soundless Sleeve Arrow that Tang San gave Gu Xuan, Tang San also took out the Stomping Crossbow, Boot-mounted Flying Darts, Tight-back Floral-mounted Crossbow, and the Zhuge Divine Crossbow capable of killing soul masters below rank forty.

And this Zhuge Divine Crossbow is the most dangerous among them; if used when the target is unprepared, even a Soul Ancestor above rank forty would hardly escape.

Just talking about it, Tang San still feared Gu Xuan wouldn't believe him, so he directly demonstrated it in the private room, with Gu Xuan naturally being the target of the demonstration.

Tang San gripped the hidden weapon in his hand and said to Gu Xuan: 'Senior Gu, be careful……'

Gu Xuan smiled faintly: 'Little Three, bring it on; although your soul power is rank thirty-seven, it's still somewhat difficult to hurt me with these hidden weapons.'

Indeed, Tang San is already rank thirty-seven; even Gu Xuan can't help but marvel at the wonder of this world, having thought that after taking away many of Tang San's opportunities he would amount to nothing, at least in the early stages.

After all, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, although it possesses the Blue Silver Imperial bloodline, is merely somewhat stronger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

The only thing Gu Xuan didn't expect was that Tang San and company again encountered an opportunity in the Star Dou Great Forest, which occurred when Zhao Wuji and Meng Shu and company were seeking a third soul ring for Tang San and Meng Yiran.

Although Tang San had a good impression of Gu Xuan, he didn't elaborate on what happened, merely saying that in the place where he hunted his third soul ring he discovered a small treasure trove containing some items that gave him a boost.

Oh, by the way, it's worth mentioning that Tang San's third soul ring is still a Human Face Demon Spider, albeit a fifteen-hundred-year-old one; judging from Tang San's expression when he recounted it, Gu Xuan guessed that he probably hadn't obtained another Eight Spider Lance.

Nevertheless, Gu Xuan still sighs at Tang San's luck; although the greatest cheat, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, is gone, he earlier still managed to obtain other cheats through luck, which one might say is perhaps the luck of the original protagonist.

After all, not only has Tang San's soul power increased, but Meng Yiran is also now rank thirty-five, and this is only a little over four months since she perhaps obtained her soul ring.

Meng Yiran broke through rank thirty at fifteen; her talent is indeed good, breaking through forty before twenty is no problem, but it's absolutely impossible to rise four ranks in one month—this is the benefit of following Tang San!

However, although Gu Xuan is surprised, it's just that; after all, he now is the true protagonist, the true child of fortune.

After all, some luck is indeed undeniable, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the luck of the child of fortune; otherwise, how could the child of fortune's cheat be easily snatched by others?

The protagonist is not necessarily the protagonist; it's just because he survived to the end that he becomes the protagonist. After all, among the people with extraordinary talent on Battle Spirit Continent, Tang Hao, Tang Chen, Feng Xiao Tian, Bi Bi Dong, Qian Renxue— which one is not a genius?

So regarding Tang San's opportunity, Gu Xuan was merely surprised.

Watching Tang San deploy his formation, Gu Xuan smiled faintly; he also wanted to test what power this 'god-slaying' hidden weapon possessed, even though Tang San's hidden weapon currently did not have that divine might, but Gu Xuan also wanted to give it a try.

Tang San stared at Gu Xuan; since he wanted to fetch a good price, he naturally had to demonstrate its power to move Gu Xuan's heart, after all only then would Gu Xuan be willing to name his price.

Tang San's spirit instantly focused, his black pupils faintly glowing with a purple halo.

'Purple Ultimate Magic Pupil!'

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

Thanks to the readers for their rewards and monthly votes, I beg for everything.

This chapter omits many minor details because they're unnecessary; they will be mentioned later, for example how Meng Yiran and Tang San got mixed up together.

Since the plot will be mentioned later, I won't pad the word count here.

Many readers say I update slowly, which is unavoidable; recall that right after launch I basically wrote seven to eight thousand words a day, but last weekend I ate something bad, causing my stomach ailment to flare up, and these days work has been busy, so my update time has decreased; rest assured, I will soon return to my previous output.

Then, now that summer is hot, many handsome guys like to snack; I advise you to check carefully before eating, as food spoils quickly nowadays and many unscrupulous vendors are too lazy to change stock, so you must be extremely careful before eating!! Otherwise ending up in the hospital would be unpleasant. I have personal experience with this.

I beg for everything again!!

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