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Chapter 35: I Want Money
🕑 Added 2025-04-24 14:50:47 +0000 UTCIf a commoner wants to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a student, they must first find out his identity and background, and then be approved by both Prince Xuexing and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe before he is eligible to become a student.
Because he was impressed by the role played by the Shadow Spirit in the team battle, Prince Xuexing did not have many prejudices against Lu Buliang, a commoner. Even though he could not find out Lu Buliang’s identity background and spirit awakening record, Prince Xuexing did not care too much and directly allowed Lu Buliang to be awarded the certificate of excellent student.
However, Xue Qinghe was very concerned about Lu Buliang, because he had witnessed Lu Buliang’s battles and knew that Lu Buliang was a rare talent. If he wanted to win over Lu Buliang, he must first understand him.
For this reason, the last time Xue Qinghe invited Lu Buliang to the Dean’s Building for tea, he deliberately asked about Lu Buliang’s identity and background. He learned that Lu Buliang was an orphan who survived from an unknown village, and that Lu Buliang’s parents and the village were destroyed in the battle when the Spirit Hall hunted down Clear Sky Douluo.
Although this was a lie made up by Lü Buliang according to the description in the original novel, Xue Qinghe believed it. The identity and background that Lü Buliang described matched the events that Xue Qinghe knew, so Xue Qinghe really believed that Lü Buliang had a grudge against Clear Sky Douluo.
This time, Xue Qinghe still had his own plans for inviting Lu Buliang to the Dean’s building for tea and chat.
Dean’s Building, Lobby.
After receiving a notice from Teacher Sun, Lu Buliang arrived at the door of the dean’s building.
Staring quietly at the door, Lu Bu felt uneasy. He was afraid that Xue Qinghe would find out that his identity and background were fake. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with the possible questions that Xue Qinghe might raise later.
After a moment, Lu Buliang put aside all his worries and walked into the dean’s building.
When he arrived at the hall, the first person he saw was not Xue Qinghe, but two strangers sitting at the tea table in the corner of the hall. The maid had just brewed tea, and the tea in the cups was steaming.
Glancing briefly at the two strangers in front of the tea table, Lu Buliang discovered that both of them looked much older than himself. They were wearing college uniforms and should be seniors who were several years older than Yu Tianheng.
Among these two senior brothers, one is slightly fat, with a body shape similar to the two brothers Shimo and Shimo, while the other is tall and thin with a delicate appearance, and his image is comparable to Yufeng and Oslo.
The students who can enter the Dean’s Building must be allowed by the Acting Dean. Lu Buliang thought that these two, like himself, should have been invited by Xue Qinghe.
“These two are elite students from the past of the academy.” A clear and gentle voice sounded in the hall, “They were once the captains of the first team of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and they are also the two most outstanding spirit masters in the history of Heaven Dou Royal Academy. In terms of cultivation talent, they are better than the current captain Yu Tianheng.”
Lu Buliang looked towards the voice and saw that the person who spoke was Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince.” The two senior brothers who were sitting in front of the tea table stood up and bowed slightly to Xue Qinghe who was walking towards them.
“We are all friends, so there is no need to be too restrained.” Xue Qinghe said with a faint smile, “Lü Buliang, you can sit down too. Those two are your senior brothers, and you never know what they will teach you in the future.”
When the voice fell, Xue Qinghe had already come to the tea table and sat down, without the airs of a prince at all. The two senior brothers were not restrained either, and picked up the teacups to drink tea. The three of them looked like good buddies chatting.
Lu Buliang sat next to the slightly fat senior brother and took a sip of tea with the three of them. He was confused about what was going on. He only knew that Xue Qinghe invited him here, not to question his identity and background. Maybe Xue Qinghe really believed the lie that he had a grudge against Clear Sky Douluo.
“Let me introduce him to you first.” Xue Qinghe extended his hand to the slightly fat senior brother and said, “He is the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in the last elite competition. His name is Tuoba Xiang, and he is from the Sacred Dragon Clan. His martial soul is the White Armor Holy Dragon, which evolved from the White Armor Earth Dragon with the light attribute.”
“Like Yu Tianheng, Tuoba Xiang is a genius sent by the sect to the academy for exchange. He is also the grandson of the master of the Sacred Dragon Sect. At the age of 25, he is already a level 48 spirit ancestor. In terms of talent, except for the quality of his martial spirit, all other aspects are better than Yu Tianheng.”
After saying that, Xue Qinghe extended his hand to the tall and thin senior brother next to Tuoba Xiang, “This is the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in the previous two elite competitions. His name is Luo Siqi. He is the son of a high-ranking official of the Barak Kingdom, and his martial soul is the sunflower. He reached the fifty-eighth level of soul power at the age of twenty-nine. The Mengshenji Education Committee has made such an evaluation. Luo Siqi is very likely to break Teacher Qin Ming’s record of the second youngest soul emperor in history.”
“And this one.” Xue Qinghe looked at Lü Buliang and introduced him to Tuoba Xiang and Luo Siqi: “His name is Lü Buliang, martial soul shadow, eighteen years old, currently at level thirty-six of soul power. Although he was born a commoner, he joined the academy as an excellent student. This shows that Lü Buliang has extraordinary martial soul talent. This is indeed the case.”
When they heard the word “commoner”, Tuoba Xiang and Luo Siqi exchanged glances and saw the slight smile on each other’s faces.
Lu Buliang bowed slightly to his two senior brothers and said a few polite words.
The two brothers immediately put away their disdainful attitude towards the common people and exchanged a few polite words.
After chatting for a few minutes, Lu Buliang had figured out the situation. He was almost certain that Xue Qinghe completely trusted the identity and background he had fabricated, and this time he invited him to the Dean’s building for tea for another purpose.
It turns out that Qian Renxue was carrying out a hidden plan in the Heaven Dou Empire under the identity of Xue Qinghe, not only to inherit the throne from Emperor Xue Ye, but also to win over talents from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to serve her.
Tuoba Xiang, the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in the last elite competition and the grandson of the Sacred Dragon Sect’s leader, not only has a good background and talent, but also a spirit of light.
Luo Siqi, captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in the last two elite competitions, the son of a high-ranking official of the Barak Kingdom, and his martial soul, the sunflower, is also inextricably linked to the power of the sun.
These two senior brothers are both talents that Qian Renxue has taken a fancy to. Now that Qian Renxue has established good relationships with them in the identity of Xue Qinghe, it will become much easier to win them over in the future.
Once she succeeds in winning over the enemy, Qian Renxue will not only have powerful subordinates at her disposal, but will also be able to bring the Sacred Dragon Sect and the Barak Kingdom under her command, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.
It was also at this moment that Lu Buliang realized that Qian Renxue not only saw the potential of the shadow martial soul, but also had plans for anything that could be of use to her.
Qian Renxue has been making various preparations for the future unification of the Spirit Hall. How could this extremely patient and ambitious woman suddenly become love-brained in the original novel?
Xue Qinghe’s eyes swept across the three people opposite him one by one, and finally landed on Lü Buliang. Seeing Lü Buliang’s absent-minded look, he couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Lü Buliang, you don’t seem to be in a very good mental state today?”
“I stayed up late to practice last night.” Lu Buliang thought to himself. Last night he was indeed planning how to ask Xue Qinghe for money to buy a storage soul guide device.
“Junior brother, you are really hardworking.” Tuoba Xiang, who was sitting next to him, said, “I hope that in the elite competition three years later, your hard work will help Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 1 go further. After all, you are a commoner, and everything is provided by the academy for free, and there is a certain amount of gold soul coins subsidy every month. With such good treatment, you should be more hardworking for the glory of the academy.”
Lu Buliang felt that this cocky senior brother was speaking in a sarcastic tone, but he still nodded politely, “I will.”
Xue Qinghe asked, “Have you three encountered any problems recently that you need my help with? Or, if there is anything you want, just tell me. As long as it can help your cultivation progress, I can provide it to you.”
Tuoba Xiang and Luo Siqi shook their heads almost at the same time. As great nobles, they had no worries and had enough resources for cultivation.
Lu Buliang was different from his two brothers. He wanted too many things. He smiled and said, “Your Highness, to be honest, I do want something recently.”
“Oh? What do you want?” Xue Qinghe asked.
Lu Buliang smiled, “I want money.”
Hearing this, Tuoba Xiang and Luo Siqi couldn’t help but smile. Indeed, every commoner wants money, which is not surprising.
Xue Qinghe didn’t find it strange. After all, he already knew about Lu Buliang’s background when they had tea and chatted last time. His village was destroyed in the battle between Clear Sky Douluo and the strong men from the Spirit Hall, and his parents died as a result.
It Is natural for a person with a miserable life and born in poverty to be extremely eager for money.
Perhaps, it was precisely because he wanted to gain money and status that Lu Buliang joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
As the saying goes, a thousand-foot-high wall stands firm because it has no desires.
On the contrary, the biggest weakness of human beings is desire. The more desires a person has, the easier it is to be conquered.
Xue Qinghe smiled secretly in his heart. The last time he learned that Lu Buliang had a grudge against Clear Sky Douluo, he felt that it would be much easier to win over Lu Buliang than to win over Tuoba Xiang and Luo Siqi.
Now it seems that as long as he promises Lu Buliang money, status, or even various women, he may be able to easily recruit Lu Buliang to work for him.
However, Lu Buliang was not greedy for money or status. His purpose of wanting money was simple, which was to buy a storage soul guide that could store living things, as well as some detoxifying potions, anti-poison items, etc., in preparation for entering the Sunset Forest to obtain the magic grass in the future.
He asked Dugu Yan last night, and she said that Dugu Bo didn’t have any storage soul guide like the Ruyi Treasure Bag.
At the moment, relying on Dugu Yan to deliver the items was no longer feasible, so he could only borrow money from Xue Qinghe to buy everything he needed, and then return the money to him later.
Seeing Xue Qinghe lost in thought, Lu Buliang smiled guiltily, “Does Your Highness feel embarrassed?”
“How could that be?” Xue Qinghe smiled slightly. “Money is not that difficult for me. How much do you want?”
Lu Buliang said directly: “I want 100,000 gold soul coins.”
“One hundred thousand gold soul coins?” Xue Qinghe was a little surprised. “Is that all?”
Lu Buliang was stunned for a moment, then raised a finger and asked, “How about another 100,000?”
