Beauty Trap! Hu Liena Hooked into a Lovestruck Grin

And this period of events naturally began with Tang Chuan absorbing his second soul ring.

[After joining Spirit Hall.]

[With his status as a core disciple of Spirit Hall.]

[Tang Chuan began contacting the heads of the major medicinal shops in Spirit City.]

[Searching for ingredients that could produce a pill comparable to the Mysterious Water Pill from Douluo Continent 2.]

[With the assistance of the Data Eye.]

[Tang Chuan avoided much trouble and gathered all the ingredients in less than ten days.]

[Next, he found alchemists to begin developing a new pill.]

[However.]

[There were very few alchemists on the Douluo Continent, and there was no mature alchemy system or process.]

[Thus, alchemists with such unique skills were all eccentric, arrogant people.]

[When they first saw a youth like Tang Chuan produce an entirely new pill formula.]

[They naturally impatiently rebuked him or instinctively tried to drive him away.]

[It was not until they saw Lan Yin behind the youth, her face darkening and her aura gradually turning dangerous, press a deep crack into a metal table forged from special ore with one hand.]

[That they suddenly swallowed hard, their expressions swiftly turning fawning.]

[And obediently developed this weakened version of the Mysterious Water Pill.]

[Tang Chuan's weakened Mysterious Water Pill could only raise one's level by one.]

[Though it had no side effects.]

[It could only be consumed once in a lifetime. Taking it a second time would have little effect.]

[Unlike the normal Mysterious Water Pill, which could still cleanse one's meridians and marrow, while subsequent doses could continue to raise one's cultivation slightly.]

[With this pill.]

[After breaking through level nineteen, Tang Chuan swiftly reached level twenty.]

[And this time.]

[To prepare for the ten-thousand-year soul ring later on.]

[He ultimately chose a rare soul beast called the Nightshadow Wraith for his second ring, one with both spiritual and darkness attributes and a cultivation nearing eight thousand years.]

[It was a purely spiritual soul beast.]

[It excelled at attaching itself to other soul beasts, controlling their five senses and manipulating their bodies.]

[The more soul beasts it controlled, the stronger it became, and its spiritual power would soar as well.]

[Fortunately, when Tang Chuan encountered it.]

[It had yet to reach ten thousand years of cultivation and could not make long-distance jumps to flee.]

[After Lan Yin successfully subdued it.]

[It became Tang Chuan's soul ring.]

[This soul ring had two soul skill effects.]

[1: It could use spiritual power to invade a person's or soul beast's mind. Once their five senses were synchronized, it could control their body within a range of fifty meters.]

[2: It could use spiritual power to invade inanimate objects. For example, Blue Silver Grass could temporarily mimic blue stick figures or stick-figure soul beasts.]

[At the same time, he had to focus on controlling it, or the mimicry would collapse.]

[Relatively speaking, the second ability was not very useful at present.]

[Because Tang Chuan could not yet divide his attention between two tasks.]

[To become proficient with this soul skill, he would probably have to wait until he could obtain the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a Distraction Control Method.]

White World.

The experts from the major top-tier forces saw the fleeting images in the sky curtain.

And began roaring loudly.

"Quick, the pill formula! Write down the formula for that weakened Mysterious Water Pill!"

"The image flashed by too quickly, and part of it was blurry. I couldn't remember it!"

"My heavens, raising one's soul power by a level without any side effects—this kid really knows how to surprise people."

"I wonder if this pill works on experts above the Soul Ancestor realm?"

"Only a few of these ingredients are relatively rare, but they are nowhere near as extraordinary as immortal herbs. I'd guess this weakened pill works best on low-level soul masters. It is probably useless for high-level soul masters."

"Otherwise, if Soul Sages, Soul Douluos, and Titled Douluos could all level up, it shouldn't be called the Mysterious Water Pill. It should be renamed the Mysterious God Pill."

"This second soul skill is absurdly powerful too."

"It can directly invade other people's consciousness and even control them, sharing their five senses and memories. That is terrifying."

"In other words, if he uses it on someone around us, we might not even know whether that person is Tang Chuan."

"And in a group battle, if someone gets controlled when we are not paying attention, seven versus seven instantly becomes eight versus six. And we cannot strike our companions ruthlessly! That is simply too shameless."

"Fortunately, while this soul skill is powerful, it consumes far more spiritual power than one would imagine."

"At least in the early stages, this ability is not that easy to use."

"But... Tang Chuan from that other world seems to have already become a Titled Douluo..."

Everyone immediately fell silent.

Only after truly understanding this soul skill could they more deeply appreciate its terrifying nature.

This meant that once a sect's high-ranking leader was controlled, the entire sect would have no secrets left before Tang Chuan.

It was also exceptionally useful for interrogation and seizing power.

Thinking of it this way.

They were both second soul rings.

Yet Tang San of the White World, that otherworlder who was still playing in the mud with Grandmaster and Xiao Wu at Nordin Junior Academy, seemed so utterly harmless.

[Ever since Tang Chuan joined Spirit Hall.]

[Both the Pope faction and the Consecration faction had put considerable thought into winning over Lan Yin, this exceptionally powerful healing-type Titled Douluo.]

[However, Lan Yin had no interest whatsoever in Spirit Hall's affairs, wealth, or status.]

[Her greatest hobbies were usually planting, reading, and staying by Tang Chuan's side.]

[Thus, both sides often returned empty-handed.]

[As news arrived that Tang Chuan had broken through to become a Grand Soul Master.]

[Bibi Dong ultimately decided to withstand Qian Daoliu's pressure and begin deliberately, yet seemingly casually, approaching Tang Chuan.]

[Of course.]

[This plan initially met opposition from a small portion of the Pope faction.]

[After all, Qian Daoliu had personally invited Tang Chuan to join Spirit Hall.]

[Though no one knew why he had not taken Tang Chuan as his disciple.]

[And the experts of the Consecration Hall had inexplicably not chosen to build ties with Tang Chuan either.]

[At this time, taking the initiative to pull a tiger's teeth was clearly not a wise choice.]

[But at this time, Bibi Dong was under the influence of Rakshasa Evil Thoughts. Her personality was extremely repressed and impulsive, and she paid no heed to these objections.]

[Thus, she summoned Hu Liena.]

[Preparing to have this disciple try to establish a good relationship with Tang Chuan.]

[On the first day.]

[Bibi Dong listened to her subordinate's report.]

[That Tang Chuan had said something to Hu Liena that made the young girl cry.]

[Afterward, Xie Yue and Yan came to provoke him.]

[And were beaten up by Tang Chuan.]

[On the second day.]

[In order not to disappoint her teacher's trust, Hu Liena went to see Tang Chuan again. She spent the entire afternoon with him and even treated him to a lavish dinner.]

[On the third day.]

[Hu Liena went to see Tang Chuan again. The two spent the entire day together this time, and their relationship eased somewhat. Hu Liena would occasionally laugh at the things Tang Chuan said.]

[On the seventh day.]

[Bibi Dong passed by Hu Liena's door, intending to ask how things were progressing between Hu Liena and Tang Chuan.]

[Only to happen upon Hu Liena returning with a lovestruck grin.]

[When she saw her teacher.]

[Hu Liena hurriedly stepped forward to salute her, her cheeks burning as she guiltily shifted her gaze away.]