area51novel Chapter 239 The Talent Scout Plan, Lao Ye Breaks Through Defenses
Chapter 239 The Talent Scout Plan, Lao Ye Breaks Through Defenses
Chapter 239 The Talent Scout Plan, Lao Ye Breaks Through Defenses
Despite the talk and the commotion, those who are meant to be treated like cattle and horses will not escape their fate.
Xiao Hongchen's resistance was as weak as that of a round-headed old man. Despite his constant panting, he could only succumb to the combined tyranny of his younger sister and brother-in-law under the merciless iron fists of Lin Nuo and Meng Hongchen.
Lao Xiao, who had been arrested, was imprisoned again, but this time Meng Hongchen assisted him.
A high affinity for metals is not a panacea. Metal affinity can only help Xiao Hongchen understand and manipulate metals more easily, but when it comes to the conflict between ice and fire attributes, it becomes very troublesome for him to resolve.
This is also why he was never confident in creating a perfect battle armor for Meng Hongchen.
Meng Hongchen's role is to harmonize the ice and fire attributes, using her ultimate ice and fire soul power to assist Xiao Hongchen in resolving the metal attribute conflicts that occur during forging.
This was originally their plan, and the two materials provided by Lin Nuo were merely what allowed them to move the plan forward.
Furthermore, the process of assisting Xiao Hongchen in forging also helps Meng Hongchen deepen her understanding and control of ice and fire attributes.
Watching the two leave, Lin Nuo stared at his brother-in-law's back, a strange smile flashing in his eyes.
Pass it on: the intelligence is true. The Three-Legged Golden Toad's martial soul has been fully activated, its divine beast bloodline has been upgraded to a super martial soul, and the Bole Project can be launched!
"Ah Xiao, although you've had a hard life, it's okay. Your brother will definitely help you live a good life and won't let you suffer like this anymore!" The wicked sixth brother smirked and walked leisurely toward Mingde Hall.
He rushed to Laboratory One and found Jing Hongchen, who was drawing up blueprints for a new type of mecha.
"Arno? What brings you here? Do you have some new ideas?" Jing Hongchen stopped what she was doing with a smile when she saw the visitor.
"An idea? I have some rather immature ideas. Grandpa Jing, would you like to hear them?" Lin Nuo chuckled, his smile growing increasingly arrogant as he thought about what Lao Xiao would face next.
The upturned corners of her mouth simply couldn't be suppressed.
Seeing Lin Nuo laughing so happily, Jing Hongchen also became interested: "Tell me about it. Anyway, I don't have anything urgent to do right now, so it won't hurt to listen. Consider it a break."
As Jing Hongchen spoke, he led Lin Nuo to the rest area to make tea and brought out plates of various fruits and desserts.
Lin Nuo didn't stand on ceremony and took advantage of Jing Hongchen's tea-making to gulp down the snacks on the table.
After being relentlessly intimidated by the dimensional consciousness, Lin Nuo now cherishes his human emotions more and more. Only by facing the crisis of almost becoming a human-machine can he truly appreciate his seven emotions and six desires as a human.
Arnold is an ordinary person with aspirations and desires, and he doesn't want to lose himself because of power.
Now, even just eating a simple meal can evoke the beauty of being human. The feeling of his taste buds blossoming greatly soothes his stomach, which has been unsatisfied due to years of seclusion.
"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you." Jing Hongchen shook his head helplessly.
Lin Nuo remained silent, only continuing to flaunt his achievements.
By the time Jing Hongchen finished brewing the tea, the desserts and fruits on the table had been completely devoured. Seeing this, Jing Hongchen waved his hand, and the empty plates on the table were once again filled to the brim.
But Lin Nuo stopped showing off the snacks and instead told Jing Hongchen about his talent scout plan: "Grandpa Jing, it's like this, I saw you seemed very happy after Meng's martial soul successfully evolved. If I'm not mistaken, you want Meng to pass on this martial soul in the Hongchen family, right?"
Jing Hongchen didn't deny it either. There was no need for family members to hide anything, and besides, this matter definitely required Lin Nuo's cooperation, so there was no point in hiding it.
"Xiao and Meng's parents passed away early, and they are the only two of my direct bloodlines left." Jing Hongchen's tone was somewhat melancholy and sad. The early death of his son and daughter-in-law was his regret for many years.
"Xiao and Meng's talents are the best in our Hongchen family. Their peers from other branches are far inferior to them. And this is only what they were like before, not what they are like after their martial souls have evolved. Naturally, I hope that Meng can pass on her martial soul."
"Extreme attributes—and even extreme ice and fire attributes! This is unimaginable in the history of our Sun Moon Empire. If this martial spirit can be passed down in our Red Dust Clan for a long time, our Red Dust Clan will surely prosper forever."
"But there are two problems here that you can't solve, Grandpa Jing." After listening to Jing Hongchen's words, Lin Nuo held up two fingers.
"Firstly, Meng is ultimately a girl, and it takes too much time for her to conceive a child. Moreover, during the gestation process, her cultivation speed and martial soul power will be greatly depleted, which will severely hinder Meng's improvement."
"Moreover, you can probably imagine how difficult it would be for Meng and me to have children. If we finally have a child, after we both ascend to the God Realm, Meng might not be willing to leave the child to grow old and die on Douluo Continent."
"Secondly, and most importantly, is its extreme attributes."
Jing Hongchen was ultimately a member of the Sun Moon Empire, and before this, he was a traditional Soul Master. His research on Martial Souls was somewhat lagging behind, or rather, this was a common problem among the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire. Focused on the development of Soul Guidance Technology, they naturally did not delve as deeply into their own Martial Souls as the Shrek Academy students.
Moreover, this was a last resort, as the spirit masters of the Sun Moon Empire generally had lower spirit strength than those of the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
In the Sun Moon Empire, the proportion of traditional Soul Masters is estimated to be even lower than that of Soul Mentors in the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
If five out of a hundred Soul Masters in Douluo Three Kingdoms are Soul Master Instructors, then in the Sun Moon Empire, only three out of a hundred Soul Master Instructors are probably Soul Masters.
This is the reality of our country.
Ultimate martial souls cannot be inherited. Lin Nuo bluntly told Jing Hongchen this, and cited three ultimate attribute soul masters in the history of Douluo Continent as examples.
"Even those bumpkins from Shrek Academy couldn't pass on the ultimate martial soul, so it's even less likely that we soul masters, who don't have that deep understanding of martial souls, could."
"You came all this way just to tell me this? To make me give up the idea of inheriting the martial soul?" Jing Hongchen looked at Lin Nuo.
"Of course not." Lin Nuo chuckled and finally got to the point. "Grandpa Mirror, you have to understand that extreme attributes are exceptional cases. They cannot be handled by weak Soul Masters who have just awakened their Martial Soul. Even if they awaken extreme attributes, they will degenerate due to their physical limitations."
"For example, even if Meng's martial spirit is truly passed down, her descendants will degenerate into ordinary Zhu Qing Ice Toads, instead of her Ice and Fire Dragon Toads."
"But divine beast martial souls are different! Divine beast martial souls are super martial souls, and their strength is the strongest among ultimate martial souls. They are also the strongest among inheritable martial souls. Let me give you an example using Shrek Academy's theory: the royal family's inherited Sun Martial Soul and Moon Martial Soul are powerful, right? They are a type of super martial soul, but because they lack special characteristics and bloodlines, they can only be considered super martial souls."
"The only martial soul that can truly be called a super martial soul is the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon Martial Soul, which is rarely inherited even by members of the royal family!"
Possessing rare and powerful destructive attributes, and having a rich dragon bloodline, these are the characteristics of a super martial soul.
"Compared to Meng's ethereal and ultimate martial soul, the laughing three-legged toad is the most suitable for inheritance! It has a sufficiently strong affinity for metal, and its divine beast bloodline has been fully activated. This is undoubtedly a super martial soul! Moreover, the three-legged toad symbolizes many children and many blessings, so its fertility is definitely much stronger than mine and Meng's!"
Lin Nuo jumped to Jing Hongchen's side, chuckling as he watched his constantly changing expression: "Grandpa Jing, as a direct male descendant of the Hongchen family, it's perfectly normal for A-Xiao to shoulder the responsibility of inheriting the martial soul! No one is more suitable than him, and no one's martial soul is more suitable!"
"Give him a lot of wives, make his harem huge! As long as the women are talented enough, beautiful enough, and have strong enough genes, passing on Ah Xiao's divine beast martial soul will be a piece of cake, right?"
"You should know that in a future where battle armor is prevalent, metal-attribute soul masters who can easily connect with metal, like Xiao, and forge battle armor as easily as eating and drinking, will be the most sought-after!"
This last sentence completely convinced Jing Hongchen.
Indeed, the most powerful is not necessarily the best, but the most suitable is definitely the right one!
Prison Mirror: What else is there to say?
It's done!
Bang! (Slams the table)
At this moment, Xiao Hongchen, who was hammering metal with a forging hammer in the workshop, felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to his demonic core, causing him to shiver violently and almost drop the forging hammer from his hand.
The rare metals of ice and fire attributes that were fusing in front of him were instantly thrown off balance by this unexpected event and exploded with a bang.
It was only thanks to Meng Hongchen keeping an eye on Xiao Hongchen that the explosive power of the rare metal was controlled the moment its properties became unbalanced; otherwise, Xiao Hongchen would have been blown to bits and covered in dust.
"What happened? Wasn't it forging perfectly fine? Why did it suddenly lose its rhythm?" Meng Hongchen looked at Xiao Hongchen with some confusion.
The latter still hasn't recovered; the chilling magic pill made his legs tremble, and the invisible malice made Lao Xiao feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.
"I don't know—but I sensed a deep malice!" Xiao Hongchen scratched his arm with a chill, looking around warily, as if some villains might jump out of the darkness to harm him at any moment.
Meng Hongchen covered her face in exasperation.
Meng Hongchen was unaware that what she thought was Xiao Hongchen acting foolishly again was actually the most genuine premonition.
Inside Laboratory One, an old man and a young man exchanged a smile and burst into cheerful, sunny laughter.
"Hehehehe————"
"Hehehehe~"
Immediately afterwards, the old man and the young man took turns, one in charge of finding suitable women and the other in charge of proposing marriage. The two of them practically turned the entire Mingdu upside down, determined to create the biggest harem for Ah Xiao.
However, there are very few people who can catch the eye of Lin Nuo and Jing Hongchen. There are hardly any in the entire Mingdu. This is because they are too strong now, and it is too difficult to find a suitable girl who is "a good match" for them.
However, it was Ye Yulin's granddaughter who caught their attention. Although she was two years younger than Xiao Hongchen, she was quite talented and very pretty, the kind of sweet and gentle girl that Xiao Hongchen would surely like.
As for how to abduct Ye Yulin's beloved granddaughter, we'll have to see what Jing Hongchen's methods are like.
Besides, the princess of the royal family, Xu Tianzhen, is not bad in terms of talent and appearance, but her personality is really terrible. In the original work, this idiot is also a lesbian with abnormal sexual orientation, so marrying into the royal family is not necessarily a good thing.
Lin Nuo only wanted Ah Xiao to experience the beauty of a gentle embrace, but he didn't want him to get entangled with N and fall into a pit of fire, otherwise it wouldn't be working for the benefit of his brother.
"Hmm—as expected, in the Douluo Continent, violence is still the most effective way to solve problems. Although Yun Ming robbed people from the Sun Moon Federation, I have to say his method was very good!" Lin Nuo pondered silently.
Yun Ming has a bigger fist, Shrek Academy has a bigger fist, so even if he steals Ya Li, the Sun Moon Federation can only suffer in silence.
So here's the question: whose fist is bigger now?
Empire of the Sun and Moon!
It is Mingdetang, a family in the mortal world.
It's also konolinoahda!
The top-tier Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent have all been recruited by Shrek Academy. So, if you want to find the most talented and best-looking harem, Shrek Academy is the place to go!
When the time comes, Lin Nuo will choose one, Xiao Hongchen will choose five, Arno will choose one, and Xiao will choose five. We will all have a bright future!
"Ahem, food and sex are human nature. For my sake—no, for Ah Xiao's future and harem, I'll go scout out Shrek Academy first!" Lin Nuo almost blurted out his intentions, and quickly stopped himself from saying the slip of the tongue.
Meanwhile, an uninvited guest arrived at Ye Yulin's research lab.
At first, Ye Yulin thought that Jing Hongchen had come to discuss the newly developed soul guide technology with him, because they had often done this in recent years, including Kong Deming, the highly respected father of soul guide devices, who would often seek to exchange information with them.
This time was no exception. As soon as Ye Yulin saw Jing Hongchen, she took out some good tea to entertain him, planning to drink and chat, and then go to the laboratory to do some hands-on practice.
To Ye Yulin's surprise, Jing Hongchen didn't get to the point this time, but instead kept rambling on about other things.
Unaware of what was going on, Ye Yulin could only chat aimlessly with Jing Hongchen until—
Jing Hongchen revealed his true intentions.
"Damn it!" Ye Yulin slammed the teapot on the table, almost shattering his favorite purple clay teapot.
"I considered you a good brother, and you actually tried to steal my sweetheart away!"
That's inhuman!
"Brother Ye, you're mistaken. How can you call this kidnapping? Look, Tian Tian will get married sooner or later anyway. Why not let her marry Xiao? At least we know each other well, don't we?"
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could become in-laws in the future?"
"I f*** you—Mirror Red Dust I"@#%￥+→.com.—→
Lao Ye's curses were very vulgar, but Jing Hongchen, with a smile on her face, didn't care at all. After he finished cursing, she said, "Then what do you think about this marriage—"
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