DD2—Chapter 24: The Same Soul Guidance Devices as Tang San? Okay! Not the Same Model, No!
As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Ziwen hurriedly took Huo Yuhao out of the laboratory.
"Come, hold my waist tight; I will take you to see the hall master now." Xuan Ziwen stood on the ground, and a pair of metal wings spread out from his back. This was his specially made eighth-level flying soul guidance device.
Although he could indeed fly directly as a Soul Douluo, using an eighth-level soul guidance device for flight could speed up his journey.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao immediately hugged Xuan Ziwen's waist.
"Okay, hold on tight, Yuhao; I'm going to start speeding up!" Xuan Ziwen flew directly into the air, taking Huo Yuhao quickly toward Jing Hongchen's residence.
After a while, the two landed safely.
Xuan Ziwen looked at the house in front of him. He immediately walked to the door, stretched out his hand, knocked, and then began to wait quietly.
Soon, hurried footsteps were heard inside the house, and then the door was quickly opened by a white hand, revealing Meng Hongchen's figure.
"Teacher Xuan, Huo Yuhao," Meng Hongchen said, her gaze lingering on the two of them. "Are you here to look for Grandpa?"
"Yes. I suspect that Yuhao's martial soul has mutated, so I need the hall master to help Yuhao take a look," Xuan Ziwen explained immediately. Although Jing Hongchen was a soul engineer like him, the other party was a Titled Douluo who had condensed a soul core; in terms of martial soul cultivation, he was much stronger than Xuan Ziwen, a Soul Douluo.
"Martial soul mutation?" Meng Hongchen was a little surprised. "You guys come in first. Grandpa went to the palace to meet His Majesty today, so he is not here. However, Grandpa should be able to come back after a while."
Meng Hongchen then led the two into the house and made a cup of tea for Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen.
At this time, in Shrek Academy…
Wang Dong, who had pink-blue hair, looked at Tang Ya and asked, "Senior Xiaoya, are you the current leader of the Tang Sect?"
During his time studying at Shrek Academy, Wang Dong met Tang Ya by chance and learned that she was the current leader of the Tang Sect.
"Of course!" Tang Ya nodded.
"Then can I join the Tang Sect?" Wang Dong asked.
Wang Dong didn't know why, but when he heard the word "Tang Sect," he suddenly felt an urge to join as soon as possible.
Tang Ya was stunned when she heard this, suspecting that she had misheard. "Wang Dong, you said you want to join the Tang Sect? Are you sure?"
To be honest, Tang Ya had no confidence in the appeal of the Tang Sect. After all, it was now in decline and no longer as prosperous as it was ten thousand years ago.
"Well, I'm sure. I have been interested in the Tang Sect's hidden weapons since I was a child," Wang Dong said.
Tang Ya looked at Wang Dong for a moment and then said seriously, "It's not easy to join our Tang Sect! Our Tang Sect was once the number one sect in the Douluo Continent. Although it is declining now, it is only temporary."
Hearing this, Wang Dong suddenly became nervous. "Do I need to go through some kind of test?"
"Originally, there should be one, but considering your good talent, I will approve your request to join the sect!"
The serious look on Tang Ya's face suddenly disappeared. She looked at Wang Dong with a smile. "From today on, you are our Tang Sect disciple! I have good news for you: you are now the third in command of the Tang Sect!"
Tang Ya had no choice. She wanted to expand the Tang Sect but was short of manpower. She and Bei Bei alone could not manage to expand the Tang Sect.
Previously, there was a good little brother named Huo Yuhao, who was very suitable to join the Tang Sect; however, he went to live with his relatives and directly rejected her invitation. This incident made Tang Ya feel a bit regretful.
Now that Wang Dong was willing to join the Tang Sect, Tang Ya naturally agreed immediately. After all, the other party was the strongest in Old Witch Zhou Yi's class!
"That's great! But, Senior Sister Xiaoya, isn't it too fast for me to be the third in command right after entering the sect? I haven't achieved anything yet!" Wang Dong asked with some confusion.
Tang Ya's face suddenly showed some embarrassment. She explained, "There are only three people in the Tang Sect now, including you. I am the top leader, Beibei is second, and you are naturally third.
But don't worry; under my leadership, our Tang Sect will surely prosper!"
A sect with only three members is far inferior to the Clear Sky Sect. Wang Dong managed a reluctant smile, "I believe in you, Senior Sister Xiaoya; our sect will prosper!"
Tang Ya coughed a few times and said, "Since you have joined the Tang Sect, I will give you something. In addition to our Tang Sect's unique skills, I will also give you a few soul guidance devices and hidden weapons."
She had some hostility toward soul guidance devices in the past; after all, it was these things that led to the decline of the Tang Sect's hidden weapons. However, to revitalize the Tang Sect, she had the idea of combining soul guidance devices and hidden weapons.
Wang Dong immediately felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. "Senior Xiaoya, hidden weapons are fine, but there's no need for soul guidance devices. For soul masters like me, it is most important to be strong. Soul guidance devices are just external objects, after all!"
Wang Dong felt as if there was a strange consciousness in his mind that made him reluctant to use soul guidance devices. Because he was not particularly familiar with Tang Ya, he subconsciously chose to evade the topic for other reasons.
"Hmm?" Tang Ya was a little confused. She stretched out her hand and pointed at Wang Dong's waist. "Isn't that a replica of the Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridges on your waist? I remember that Ancestor Tang San's Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridges was also a soul-guidance device! Aren't you very happy using this soul guidance device?"
Wang Dong didn't know how to explain it at the moment. Yes, the consciousness in his mind was extremely repulsive to soul guidance devices, but why didn't it reject this so-called Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridges? Could it be that because Ancestor Tang San used this kind of soul guide, he felt it was acceptable?
"Senior Xiaoya, do you have other imitations of the soul guidance devices used by Ancestor Tang San?" Wang Dong asked.
"Yes, there are, but we are a bit strapped for cash recently, so I can only give you one at most," Tang Ya said.
"There are 300,000 gold soul coins in the card. I want all those soul guidance devices." Wang Dong took out a card and handed it to Tang Ya.
Tang Ya swallowed involuntarily. There was nothing she could do; Wang Dong had given her too much.
Although she could make hidden weapons, no one was willing to buy them! Therefore, the financial situation of the Tang Clan had always been relatively poor.
So, she took the card and quickly retrieved a bunch of soul guidance devices from the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight on her waist. "According to the records in the sect, Ancestor Tang San used some soul guidance devices, so to commemorate Ancestor Tang San, we made a lot of imitations."
Wang Dong nodded to show his understanding, and then he began to stroke these soul-guidance devices with his hands. This time, he did not feel any rejection.
"Strange, why is the same soul guidance device as Ancestor Tang San so easy to use, while other soul guidance devices are so difficult to use? So for me, can I only use the same soul guidance device as Ancestor Tang San used?" Wang Dong couldn't understand the current situation.
However, as the young master of the Clear Sky Sect, Wang Dong already had a sense of pride in his heart.
Therefore, when Wang Dong realized his double standards regarding soul guidance devices, he was naturally unwilling and full of objections.
Why does it work if it's the same soul guidance device as Tang San? Instead, other soul guidance devices won't work!
[T/N: Wang Dong isn't revealed to be female in the text, so I used 'he' here instead of 'she.']
(End of this chapter)