You Call Yourself a Theory Master?

"A fraud?"

"Just this stuff?"

Tang San looked curiously at the newspaper.

Yu Xiaogang hesitated for a moment but did not hide it. He tossed it directly to Tang San.

There was nothing much to hide anyway.

After all, it was a theory publicly released by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

All he could do now was dismiss it as garbage theory, fraud theory.

If all of this was true, he did not even know what would happen.

Would this disciple still accept him?

And would the Clear Sky Douluo behind him accept this...

Tang San took the newspaper and quickly skimmed through it.

The information on it indeed made his pupils contract.

But he soon stopped believing it.

When he had absorbed a Spirit Ring over four hundred years old, he had known perfectly well how close he had come to losing his life.

So, in his view, his teacher's theory was the correct one.

As for body tempering increasing one's ability to absorb Spirit Rings, it surely had some effect, but it could not possibly be that exaggerated.

"Teacher, you're angry because of this?"

"People like that won't come to a good end."

After quickly reading through it, Tang San looked at his still-angry teacher.

He tried to comfort him...

"How about we go take a look too?"

"Didn't they invite people to watch them absorb Spirit Rings?"

Yu Xiaogang's first reaction upon hearing that was to refuse.

"Little San, you still need to go to Shrek Academy."

"I've already made the arrangements."

More importantly, he was worried that he would be unable to save face if things went badly.

Since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect dared to make such a spectacle of it, they should have at least some substance.

Just like when he had published his Ten Great Theories, he had relied on a great deal of intelligence from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Spirit Hall.

"This won't take much time, will it?"

"I also want to see what that guy is really like."

It had to be said that Tang San was still interested in the information and theories written there.

He wanted to verify them for himself.

That left Yu Xiaogang helpless.

After some hesitation, he still nodded in agreement.

After settling it, the two decided to head to Seven Treasure City together.

The two of them had no objections, but a certain little rabbit they considered insignificant quickly rejected the idea after learning what was happening.

She found an excuse to split up and act separately from them.

She had no interest in any theories or Martial Soul Evolution when faced with a Titled Douluo.

In the end, only the two of them headed to Seven Treasure City...

Ning Qinghe paid no attention to the news from outside.

If anything important happened, someone would inform him.

Ning Qinghe had his own plans.

Within the Extreme Research Institute, students who had absorbed three Spirit Rings were directly declared "graduated" by him.

Some had been assigned by various elders, so he let them return home and go their separate ways.

Their foundations had already been laid. Whatever they needed afterward, they could arrange for themselves.

Ning Qinghe organized the remaining people into five hundred-man units, directly under his Personal Guard.

They were all at least Soul Elders, while the leaders were all Soul Ancestors, with some units even having two.

They were divided into the five departments of "metal, wood, water, fire, and earth." They had undergone cooperative training before graduation, so there was no trouble.

With their special Spirit Rings and the cooperation between different Soul Masters, Soul Elders could rival Soul Kings, Soul Ancestors could rival Spirit Emperors in single combat, and a hundred-man unit acting together could even hunt Soul Saints.

One had to know that having a Spirit Douluo on the continent was enough to make one a first-rate power, while Soul Saints were only slightly inferior to Spirit Douluos.

Just think about it: that so-called Shrek Academy only had a few Soul Saints. His troops could wipe out Shrek Academy outright.

Moreover, these people would certainly continue improving over the next few years. Absorbing thousand-year, several-thousand-year, and even ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings meant that their current cultivation speed was no less than that of geniuses, and some of them were geniuses to begin with.

If they did not care about their future Spirit Ring configurations, reaching Spirit Emperor or even Soul Saint would take only a few years.

These people had already been chosen as his initial force, power that belonged solely to him and that even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not mobilize.

In the future, they might even surpass the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's current hidden strength.

"No matter how many times I see it, this sight still has a certain... special beauty."

Watching Ning Qinghe consolidate his current Personal Guard, along with their Spirit Ring configurations and coordinated battle plans...

Sword Douluo Chen Xin offered a word of appreciation and praise.

He had now been assigned to accompany Ning Qinghe's activities, worried that someone might try something against Ning Qinghe during this month.

The more he learned about the Extreme Research Institute, the more he approved of Ning Qinghe.

"Director, Sword Douluo."

"The Soul Tool Research Department sent word that they've produced results."

As Ning Qinghe organized the troops, a researcher in a white coat approached and reported the situation.

Ning Qinghe's eyes lit up.

"We'll go now."

Upon hearing the news, Ning Qinghe did not waste any time and quickly headed toward the Soul Tool Research Department.

Over the past nine years, as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect earned more money and increased its investments, Ning Qinghe had also begun researching Soul Tools.

But the results could only be described as mediocre. After spending vast sums searching, he had indeed acquired quite a bit of ancient Soul Tool information, as well as many reverse-engineering deductions for Soul Tools.

In recent years, they had burned through plenty of funds, yet their creations amounted to little more than scraps.

The best things they had made were small storage devices and the like, which could recover some of the costs.

But that was not what he wanted.

Later, he simply pointed them in a direction, having them develop weapons based on firearms and artillery from his previous life.

At the very least, they could not be worse than the hidden weapons created by the Tang God King.

Military strength was what he most needed to develop now.

"Soul Tools... you really know how to spend money, kid."

They arrived at a sealed facility. Seeing the special ores piled all around them, along with countless crystals radiating Soul Power fluctuations, even Chen Xin could not help commenting.

"As long as there are results, it's all worthwhile."

Ning Qinghe walked ahead, completely unconcerned with the surroundings.

He headed straight inside. After passing through several doors, they could hear the sounds of all kinds of firearms and artillery, accompanied by terrifying Soul Power fluctuations.

Most of the Soul Tools possessed attack power exceeding that of a Soul King.

Chen Xin gave them a quick sweep.

"Ning Feng, is this the result you mentioned?"

Researchers were testing Soul Tools one after another. The Soul Tools resembled handguns from Ning Qinghe's previous life, and the power they unleashed was indeed not weak.

But Ning Qinghe was still somewhat disappointed.

Power around that of a Soul King—who were they trying to fool?

"Cough, cough, cough."

"Of course not. Director, what we brought you here to see is over this way."

A middle-aged man wearing thin-rimmed glasses hurried forward when he saw Ning Qinghe arrive.