[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh":3,"chapter-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-79":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2248928,4388,"Chapter 79: Alchemy Class","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>Xiao Lin Youshu spent the entire day with his head bowed low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He woke up early in the morning to avoid the rush and left the dormitory, avoided the cafeteria all day, surviving on bread from the convenience store; even in class, he wore a hood, kept his head down, and blended into the largest group of students to slip into the classroom, and as soon as the bell rang, he lowered his head and bolted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: his new round of dormitory duel matchups had paired him with “that man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A legendary figure who, within just one week of enrollment, earned the universally recognized title of “Great Demon King” in the entire Yellow Dorm, and the one almost everyone in the dorm dreaded being matched against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matching against others might mean losing one duel and earning one or two fewer credits, but this guy was different. Rumor had it that after even one duel with him, you wouldn’t be able to sleep the entire night; the more severe cases might even crush your passion for dueling entirely, making you, barely a week into school, think, “Maybe dueling isn’t for me—I should just go back to hauling bricks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So every student who discovered their next opponent was this person immediately wore a face as if they’d lost a loved one. Anyone else in the dorm who saw that expression could instantly guess what the poor soul had endured, then either shook their head or stifled a laugh, patted his shoulder, and urged him to stay strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youshu felt his movements all day had left no trace—he had perfectly avoided that terrifying Great Demon King. Though he knew hiding for now was meaningless, human instinct in the face of great terror couldn’t be helped; you could only hide for as long as you could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least today seemed to have passed safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finally finishing his daily activities, Youshu’s taut nerves finally relaxed. He was about to return to the dorm, take a hot shower, and unwind with a show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he froze solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he saw it: the Great Demon King was leaning against a staircase along the only path to his dorm room, smiling brightly and waving at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re Xiao Lin Youshu, right?” You Xuan grinned. “Didn’t you forget we have a duel scheduled?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youshu wanted to cry. He wanted to say, “No, you’ve got the wrong person,” but the opponent had already laid out his dueling field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, it won’t take long,” You Xuan grinned. “Come on, come on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youshu: “.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dimensional Imprisonment—send your monster to another dimension!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Submarine Robot, direct attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tandem Bike Robot, direct attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan hadn’t lied—it really was over quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, Youshu lay sprawled on the ground, eyes vacant, expression blank, as if utterly broken. He must have fallen hard—his deck scattered across the floor with a clatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaware passersby might have thought he’d just lost a dark duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another soul sent to the netherworld.JPG (Malik Limited Edition)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh~ One more duel before bed—so refreshing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan stretched, politely bidding farewell to his dueling partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was a fine duel. Good night, Xiao Lin Youshu. May you dream sweetly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youshu: “.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the dorm supervisor, Professor Huashan, walked by and witnessed the scene. He opened his mouth to speak, hesitated for a long time, but couldn’t find the right words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally organized this tournament to help new students bond, get to know each other, and instantly become close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, judging by this trend, it wouldn’t be surprising if they soon became “close” in an entirely different way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he couldn’t say anything. After all, this student named You Xuan clearly took dueling seriously—and by record, he’d won every single match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had only been a week. If this kept up, what would the Yellow Dorm look like by year’s end?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second week brought a new course to the schedule—one You Xuan found especially interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, the first thing that came to mind when he heard the word was terms like “human transmutation” and “equivalent exchange” from that famous alchemy anime. But alchemy existed in Yu-Gi-Oh! too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor for the alchemy course was Master Dasi, the dorm supervisor of Osiris Red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early stages, he appeared to be the most lazy, most useless teacher in the entire academy, always seeming timid and weak. But during the Three Sacred Beasts arc, it was revealed he was in fact a hidden boss—some fans even theorized that if he hadn’t deliberately held back to nurture Jaden, the then-undeveloped Jaden wouldn’t have been able to defeat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was only speculation with no concrete evidence, but there was no doubt: Dasi was one of the most powerful hidden characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mastery of alchemy had reached a mystical level. The lore stated he had long suffered from a terminal illness and survived by using a forbidden technique similar to “human transmutation” to forge a new body and transfer his soul into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after losing a dark duel to Jaden and his body decaying into ruin, he remained as a spirit, eventually being absorbed into the body of his pet cat. He continued to accompany Jaden on his journey long after GX ended, becoming one of Jaden’s most vital teachers and friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But You Xuan cared only about alchemy itself. Though other students thought this teacher was just slacking off, You Xuan knew he was a true master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumor claimed alchemy granted immortality, and within the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe, everything inevitably connected to dueling. Alchemy also seemed tied to card imprinting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original work, the most powerful card Dasi ever imprinted—the “Philosopher’s Stone” he gave to Jaden just before his body perished—allowed him to pay half his life points to add any card from his deck to his hand, and he could use it up to three times per turn without limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlimited search, one-for-three exchange—it was essentially an overpowered cheat that guaranteed victory in any duel, the only flaw being it could only be used once per duel, then became useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the very existence of this card proved alchemy’s value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So You Xuan listened to this class with exceptional focus. While most of the classroom dozed off, he remained utterly attentive, never missing a single word Dasi said, intentionally or not, scribbling notes nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As alchemy was already a niche course in a dueling academy, and Dasi had likely never encountered a student so attentive, he couldn’t help glancing over at You Xuan twice before class ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan noticed and returned the teacher with a warm, sunny smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dasi blinked, then quickly reverted to his usual bumbling persona and smiled back at You Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bell rang. Dasi squinted, packed his textbook, and left the classroom, hugging his cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name was You Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered this student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A student with such a sunny smile—seemed like a good kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-06-19T08:58:34.393Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2fc61412499709e9dd5e9ec39f885fa4b63ae4a47b2573789617740c43022b0e","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-80","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-78",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwho-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-cover.jpg"]