socalfunplaces Chapter 27 of the First Person
Chapter 27 of the First Person
"Isn't that my apprentice too?"
"What's the matter?"
Chapter 52 Zhang Geyang's Misfortune
"Good heavens! There isn't one inside the Thunderous Hell Vine Tower yet."
Qian Gu Chenran frowned as he searched through the list of spirits inside the Spirit Pagoda. As the crown prince of the Spirit Pagoda, all the spirits inside were on the list before him. Even a grass snake with some spirit beast genes had to be presented to him so that the crown prince could feast his eyes on them!
Na'er, who was chewing away nearby, blinked and asked, "Boss, what do you want with that Yan Yuteng?"
Qian Gu Chen Ran reached into the bag of potato chips in Na'er's hand, took out a chip and put it in his mouth. "The soul skills that the Evil Eye and the Tibetan Mastiff can provide me have reached their limit! My Tai Xu Body Martial Soul only has three soul rings now. I plan to absorb that Thunderous Hell Vine to make it my third soul spirit!"
Na'er asked in confusion, "Don't we have this Thunderous Hell Vine in our Spirit Pagoda?"
Leng Yulai, piloting the mecha ahead, smiled playfully. "Yes! Of course we have one. Our Spirit Pagoda is a large and powerful organization; how could we not have the Thunderous Hell Vine? I only know one, and its age is perfect for you!"
Qian Gu Chen Ran twitched his lips. "Aunt Lai, it's not worth it! She has a good relationship with my uncle. She doesn't deserve to die, she doesn't deserve to die!"
Na'er stared at the two people playing charades, her intelligent eyes fixed on Qian Gu Chenran.
"Who!"
"Zhang Geyang, the head of the Star Luo Empire branch of the Spirit Pagoda and the tower master of the Star Luo Empire's Spirit Pagoda, is also a longtime friend of my uncle, Qian Gu Dongfeng!"
"Uh? Well, that's definitely inconvenient!"
If Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Zhangting, grandfather and grandson, remain obstinate, Qian Gu Chenran wouldn't mind staging a coup at the Spirit Pagoda. He wouldn't hesitate to seize Zhang Geyang.
But now, the Thousand Ancient Pavilion is just a roadside stall. Thousand Ancient East Wind is now completely focused on Thousand Ancient Dustman. Every year, he spends a huge amount of Federal Coins to give Thousand Ancient Dustman practice for his blacksmithing career.
Qian Gu Dongfeng's only requirement for Qian Gu Zhangting now is to break through to the Title Douluo level and not bring shame to the Qian Gu clan. After that, he will focus on providing Qian Gu Chenran with cultivation resources.
Since his uncle had given him so much face, Qian Gu Chen Ran couldn't bring himself to harm Zhang Ge Yang!
Leng Yulai smiled and said, "What are you afraid of, Chen Ran! Zhang Geyang's martial soul is the Netherworld Flame Beast, which is not compatible with the Thunderous Hell Vine. In addition, neither your Qian Gu family nor our Leng family had a suitable candidate at the time, which is why he got the benefit."
Qian Gu Chenran nodded; Leng Yulai was right. After ten thousand years, the original council system of the Spirit Pagoda was long gone. Now, most of the power was in the hands of families that possessed Limit Douluo.
This is unavoidable. The Spirit Pagoda saw through Shrek Academy's ugly nature ten thousand years ago and learned a lesson: it's better to rely on yourself than on others. Without Limit Douluo, Shrek Academy truly doesn't treat them like human beings.
The Shrek Academy members had to choose which spirit to summon first, making it unclear whose Spirit Pagoda it actually belonged to.
Qian Gu Chen Ran found Qian Gu Die Ting's number, and it was time to call his parents. "Grandpa!"
"Oh! What does my dear grandson want from his grandfather?" Qian Gu Die Ting answered the phone with a smile when he saw that it was his beloved grandson calling.
"Yes, yes!" Qian Gu Chen Ran cleared his throat. "Grandpa! My original martial soul has mutated into the ultimate lightning attribute!"
"Ultimate Lightning! Good, ultimate lightning, lightning? Hmm! My dear grandson, really?!"
“Well, Abao said that my martial soul originally had the lightning attribute, but it was only recently activated.”
"Good! Good! Good!" Qian Gu Die Ting was so happy that he paced back and forth in the room. His family's Unyielding Staff Technique was already incredibly powerful, and if he added the Ultimate Lightning, it would surely blast those Shrek bastards to death.
"So Grandpa, I looked through our family's encyclopedia of spirit beasts, and the Thunderous Hell Vine in it seems pretty good. But this matter requires my uncle to handle..."
"Alright! Don't worry, my dear grandson, Grandpa will take care of this." Qian Gu Die Ting hung up the phone and got up to go to the Tower Master's office.
Looking at the menacing Qian Gu Die Ting, Qian Gu Dong Feng was drenched in sweat. Although he had severed ties with the Holy Spirit Cult, his father would still give him his favorite Unyielding Staff Technique whenever he disliked him, which he loved.
Qian Gu Die Ting sat down on the sofa in Qian Gu Dong Feng's office and made himself a cup of tea. "Dong Feng, your father asks you for a favor."
Upon hearing this, Qian Gu Dongfeng immediately locked the office door. He stood respectfully before Qian Gu Dieting and asked, "Father, what are your orders?"
Qian Gu Die Ting gestured for Qian Gu Dong Feng to sit down and poured him a cup of tea. "Father, do you remember that you had a good relationship with that boy from the Zhang family?"
Qian Gu Dongfeng took the teacup blankly and nodded, wondering what his father was up to!
Qian Gu Die Ting took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Chen Ran's original martial soul has mutated to the lightning attribute. As his uncle, shouldn't you do something about it?"
Qian Gu Dongfeng, thinking his father suspected him of having ulterior motives, looked at him with an innocent expression.
"Dad! You're wronging me. In these four years, I've been completely devoted to Chenran. I've never cared as much about Zhangting as I have about Chenran. Tell me, what kind of soul does Chenran want? I'll definitely get it for him."
"Thunder Hell Vine!"
"It's just the Thunderous Hell Vine! I'll have someone teleport me to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda branch right now, and I'll choose nine for Chen Ran. He can absorb whichever one he fancys. Hmm? Huh?"
He had just finished speaking when he came to his senses and asked, "Dad, what does Chenran want?"
Qian Gu Die Ting frowned. What was wrong with his youngest son? He was already a Limit Douluo, so why was he still hard of hearing?
"Thunderous Yama Vine! You don't need nine, just bring your brother's."
At this moment, Qian Gu Dong Feng was on the verge of collapse, so there was no need for nine. They only had one Spirit Pagoda, which was on his good brother Zhang Geyang.
Only now did he understand why his father had come to see him; he really had to go out and handle this himself. But he didn't want to take the blame!
"Ultimate Lightning!"
"Huh? What kind of lightning? Extreme lightning!"
Qian Gu Dongfeng stared at his father in shock. Seeing the father nod, he paced excitedly back and forth in the room. He was confident that his family's Unyielding Staff Technique, combined with the ultimate lightning attribute, would surely annihilate those Shrek Academy bastards. Especially Long Yeyue and Yun Ming.
If anyone tries to embarrass Shrek, Qian Gu Dong Feng will always step in to help, let alone his own nephew.
He excitedly sat back on the sofa. "Father, you're right. You know, Old Zhang's martial soul doesn't even have the lightning attribute. How could he possibly understand the Thunderous Hell Vine, a lightning-type soul spirit containing the bloodline of the Thunder God?!"
"Wait a minute, let me find out what's going on. We'll get this soul for Chenran today."
Seeing Qian Gu Dongfeng's positive attitude, Qian Gu Die Ting nodded in satisfaction.
"Hey! What has Master Zhang been up to lately? Healing? What's going on? Hmm, okay!"
After hanging up the communicator, Qian Gu Dongfeng looked at Qian Gu Dieting with a strange expression. "Dad! This time, our family doesn't have to be the bad guys anymore."
Qian Gu Die Ting took a sip of tea. "What do you mean?"
Qian Gu Dongfeng said with a smile, "They say that Old Zhang's spirit has been acting up lately, and he's having a terrible headache."
Chapter 53 The Unlucky Zhang Geyang and the Value of the Chosen One
Xingluo Continent
Tower Master's Exclusive Training Room
Zhang Geyang soothed the restless older brother inside him with a bitter expression.
If only I had absorbed other souls back then, I wouldn't be in this situation now, where I have to perish together with them.
If it were the old Thunderous Hell Vine, Zhang Geyang would naturally not be afraid. Of his four soul spirits, apart from his natal soul spirit, the Netherworld Flame Beast, which is the same as his martial soul and is ten thousand years old, the other two beasts, the Azure Jade Phoenix and the Emerald Demon Bird, are both one hundred thousand years old soul spirits.
Normally, three spirits standing shoulder to shoulder would have easily overwhelmed the Thunderous Hell Vine. But things are different now. For some reason, the Thunderous Hell Vine has evolved into the ultimate lightning attribute.
The difference between ordinary Thunderous Hell Vine and Thunderous Hell Vine of Ultimate Thunder is like heaven and earth; this is a qualitative leap.
Normally, Zhang Geyang should have opened a bottle of wine to celebrate, since he should be the first to benefit from the evolution of the Thunderous Hell Vine into Ultimate Thunder. But before he could even finish dreaming of advancing to the Limit Douluo level, the Thunderous Hell Vine slapped him across the face.
It wanted to leave Zhang Geyang and go find its own master. Zhang Geyang, upon hearing this, was naturally furious! Was this some kind of joke? Three of his nine spirit rings came from the Thunderous Hell Vine; if the Thunderous Hell Vine left, it would be as if he were crippled.
Not only will he never become a Title Douluo, but the power of his soul skills will also be reduced by at least fifty percent. Isn't that going to kill him?!
This isn't a plugin that you can change whenever you want. His soul skills have been fixed for years. Afterwards, Zhang Geyang tried his best to persuade Lei Ming Yan Yuteng, but Lei Ming Yan Yuteng was unmoved and insisted on leaving.
Unfortunately, he had no choice. Normally, once a soul spirit signs a contract with a soul master, it is permanent. This is because a soul spirit needs to rely on a soul master to survive. If the contract is forcibly broken, not only will its essence be damaged, but it will also be unable to survive.
However, because the Thunderous Hell Vine's energy was too violent, Zhang Geyang did not establish a very tight contract with it when they made the agreement.
In Zhang Geyang's view, Lei Mingyan Yuteng couldn't survive without him, so he didn't take it to heart at the time.
The stalemate continued for several months. Zhang Geyang, his body crackling with electricity, stared blankly at the ceiling. He realized that the Thunderous Hell Vine was determined to leave, and he didn't intend to force it to stay. If he did, it would explode against him.
His origin was damaged, and he couldn't advance to the Limit Douluo level, but that's another story. Right now, he's being treated with this extreme level of lightning every day, and he feels like he's about to suffer internal injuries!
He spends all his time in this wretched place, unable to do anything. Even when he tries to process documents on his soul communication device, it gets shattered by lightning. For the past few months, all his documents have been handled by his trusted confidants.
If it weren't for his usual practice of having trusted confidants report back to his family that he was safe, his family would have thought he was dead if they couldn't contact him for months.
While using his soul power to soothe the Thunderous Hell Vine, Zhang Geyang was thinking about who to sell it to. This was a soul spirit with the ultimate lightning attribute; he wanted to get a good price for it. He didn't expect it to heal his damaged essence, but at least it had to benefit his family.
He pondered the choice of a suitable candidate; such a spirit could only circulate within their Spirit Transfer Tower. The Zhang family had been developing within the Spirit Transfer Tower for thousands of years, and were already inseparable from it. If he sold it to an outside force, how could his family maintain its standing?
After considering this, only two families remain: the Qian Gu family and the Leng family. In this situation, the first one to contact is definitely their eldest brother, Qian Gu Dongfeng.
Zhang Geyang used his soul power to grab a soul-guided communicator. Before he could even get his hands on it, it was shattered by the lightning from the Thunderous Hell Vine Healing.
Zhang Geyang's veins bulged; he couldn't take it anymore. "Are you ever going to stop? You've broken so many of my soul-guided communicators these past few months. I was just about to contact someone to send you away, can you please be quiet?"
Lei Mingyan was overjoyed to hear that he was going to be sent away. He was finally going to leave this unlucky fellow; he could already feel the echo of the Thunder God and the call of the chosen one.
"Who told you not to say so sooner!"
Sensing the message conveyed by Lei Mingyan Yuteng, Zhang Geyang, enraged, crushed the soul-guided communicator he had just acquired.
Adjusting his mindset, Zhang Geyang decided not to get angry with this fool. He pulled out Qian Gu Dongfeng's phone number and dialed it.
Spirit Pagoda Headquarters
Qian Gu Dongfeng smiled wickedly as he looked at the phone call from Zhang Geyang. He winked at his father, Qian Gu Dieting, who nodded slightly, indicating that his son could begin his performance.
Qian Gu Dongfeng answered the phone, "Hmm? Old Zhang, what brings you to call me today? I asked the people at your Star Luo Continent Spirit Pagoda branch, and they said you're in seclusion. You're about to break through your limits, and I congratulate you on your martial prowess."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Geyang couldn't maintain his smile any longer. "Prosperity, indeed!" he thought. The reason he had his subordinates say he was in seclusion was precisely to prevent them from knowing that his own spirit had tormented him like this.
The deputy tower master of the Spirit Pagoda, a level 98 titled Douluo, was made to look like this by his own soul spirit. If word got out, wouldn't he lose all face?
But now it's not a matter of shamelessness anymore. Zhang Geyang thought for a moment and organized his thoughts, "Brother Dongfeng, I have a soul spirit with the ultimate lightning attribute. I wonder if your Eternal Clan would be interested in buying it."
Upon hearing "Ultimate Thunder," Qian Gu Dong Feng looked at his father with utter bewilderment. How did the Thunderous Hell Vine become "Ultimate Thunder"? If he had known it was "Ultimate Thunder" back then, they would have bought it even if it was just for display at home!
Unexpectedly, Qian Gu Die Ting smiled and transmitted his voice to Qian Gu Dong Feng, "Isn't this perfect! Chen Ran is also an ultimate lightning master. A powerful alliance is a good thing."
Qian Gu Dongfeng composed himself, feigning shock. "Ultimate Thunder, this... Brother Zhang, why are you considering selling a soul spirit of this level? You could keep it as part of your family's foundation!"
"You think I don't want to?!" The more Qian Gu Dong Feng spoke, the less Zhang Geyang could control his expression. This Lei Ming Yan Yu Teng had too much of a temper; he was always threatening to self-destruct. He was afraid his family would be blown to bits.
He sighed and told the truth directly, "Brother Dongfeng, I won't lie to you anymore. This spirit is my Thunderous Hell Vine. For some reason, it has evolved into a spirit with the ultimate lightning attribute."
It's now single-mindedly focused on leaving me to go find its so-called Son of Thor. I've resigned myself to it; you know, the contract we signed back then wasn't that solid to begin with.
Rather than risk mutual destruction, I'd rather give it to your ancient clan. With your clan's fortune, you're sure to find a suitable Soul Master for it.
Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Die Ting were shocked. What? It had suddenly evolved into the ultimate lightning attribute. What? They wanted to find the son of the Thunder God.