Douluo Continent: The Sky-Piercing Sun

Chapter 227 Tang 3's Night Visit to Tianxing Academy

Chapter 227 Tang San's Night Visit to Tianxing Academy

After Tang San finished communicating with Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, he returned to his room alone and began to think.

Tang is currently 39 years old, with a soul power level of 66, which is roughly the same as his soul power level in the original story. (This is due to the difference in soul power boost from a soul ring and soul bone that are 100,000 years away.)

Tang San carefully considered his growth over the years. Now, Tang San's soul power is stronger than that of other people his age. His biggest advantage is his innate full soul power, plus the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng he used back then. However, Tang San is now close to becoming a Soul Saint, and he has almost completely absorbed the effects of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. His cultivation speed will probably slow down in the future.

Tang San couldn't help but recall the Earth Origin Fruit that Yang Wudi had taken out, and he also remembered that Yang Podi had mentioned taking the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum during the Soul Tournament. According to Tang San's own guess, several immortal herbs that appeared in the Xuantian Treasure Road have now appeared in Douluo Continent.

The Po clan, in particular, has produced five Title Douluos in just twenty years. Yang Podi, a Title Douluo who is only twenty-four years old, is a prime example. This suggests that the Po clan has likely obtained a considerable amount of immortal herbs.

It should be noted that Titan and Baihe, who were once on par with Yang Wudi and Niu Gao in terms of talent and status, are now only at the Soul Douluo level, and their soul power has not increased in recent years, meaning their potential has been exhausted.

After much deliberation, Tang San decided to sneak into Tianxing Academy at night to find out what secrets it held. Even if he was discovered, with the high-level combat power of the three upper sects, nothing would happen. He could even use this opportunity to force the Po Clan and the others.

Tang San himself always felt that the people from Tianxing Academy should have been affiliated families of the Haotian Sect and should have been his own forces. Although the Haotian Sect was wrong back then, without the Haotian Sect, where would they be today?

Moreover, among the four major single-attribute clans that were abandoned back then, the Agility Clan and the Strength Clan have both returned to the Clear Sky Sect, so the Breaking Clan and the Defense Clan should have returned as well. (In the original story, Tang San probably had this in mind when recruiting the Breaking Clan and the Defense Clan; otherwise, why didn't Tang San recruit other Soul Douluo clans?)

After tidying himself up, Tang San made an excuse to leave Monet City, changed into a set of black clothes, and quietly slipped into the night.

Monet City is very close to Tianxing Academy. In less than half an hour, Tang San had already arrived at the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of Tianxing Academy is just an ordinary Soul Master Academy, so the management is relatively lax, making it very easy for a Soul Emperor like Tang San to evade it.

In particular, Tang San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. Although he did not awaken it a second time, he can still sense ordinary Blue Silver Grass from a very far distance and can detect relevant personnel and dangers.

After avoiding various sentry posts, Tang San arrived at the mountainside, which was also the main activity area of ​​Tianxing Academy. Apart from a few core disciples and some high-ranking members, the members of the four major families basically lived on the mountainside, making the entire mountainside resemble a small town.

The defenses on the mountainside are much tighter, with a city wall that is over thirty meters high. There are various soul masters patrolling the city wall, and even various defensive weapons.

Taking advantage of the darkness and the detection capabilities of the Blue Silver Grass, especially his Ghost Shadow Tracking technique, Tang San could appear and disappear without a trace. Moreover, Tang San had already cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill to a high level, and his soul power could also be concealed, making it difficult for ordinary Soul Saints to detect him.

When Tang San arrived at the city wall, he looked at the defensive structures on it and was immediately filled with curiosity.

Logically speaking, since the blueprints for the hidden weapons were leaked, all the major sects and forces have tried to build a lot of Zhuge crossbows, which are excellent for both defense and ambush. However, Tianxing Academy did not build these things. Instead, they built other things, including ballistae and ballista carts, which are much larger than Zhuge crossbows. Some of the larger ballistae are even as big as half a house.

However, Tang San was very knowledgeable about the creation of hidden weapons and immediately recognized the purpose of these ballistae and crossbow carts. They might lack concealment and mobility and could not be used by hand, but they were more suitable for defending the city. This was because these ballistae and crossbow carts were much more powerful than the Zhuge Crossbow, especially the crossbow carts. The principle of the crossbow carts was even somewhat similar to that of the Zhuge Crossbow, but the attack power was stronger and the cost was lower. The materials used for the crossbow carts were very simple and did not require any precious metals.

After carefully observing these defensive devices, Tang San's heart sank. It seemed that the Heavenly Path Academy was more dangerous than he had imagined. They probably also had the blueprints for the Zhuge Crossbow and could even improve and invent new equipment.

Tang San wandered around the mountainside of Tianxing Academy for a long time but didn't find anything of great importance.

The overall strength of Tianxing Academy was much greater than he had imagined. Two Soul Douluos were even found halfway up the mountain, and there were even more Soul Saints. Based on this strength, the mid-level strength of Tianxing Academy was even much stronger than that of the current Haotian Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

In particular, some of the training methods at Tianxing Academy seem to be more sophisticated and effective than those set up by Yang Podi at Tiandou Royal Academy.

For example, the weighted obstacle course at Tianxing Academy is designed with greater precision, has more events, and is suitable for Soul Masters of various levels.

Not to mention, there were many training devices that Tang San had never seen before, which almost refreshed his worldview. After all, many of these devices were designed by Yang Podi based on fitness methods from later generations, and ancient martial arts sects did not have them.

In particular, Tianxing Academy has designed a large number of medicinal bath facilities, which are managed on a large scale for students. This saves on both teaching staff and resources, making it seem less like a sect and more like a workshop that used to manufacture Zhuge Repeating Crossbows.

Tang San also discovered a large number of simulated environments on the mountainside, which were very suitable for the cultivation of all kinds of soul masters. Moreover, the simulated environments had been processed in various ways to maximize the utilization of resources.

Through his analysis of Tianxing Academy, Tang San realized that it was nothing like an academy, but more like a military-style training base, especially since it was a place specifically for training Soul Masters.

According to Tang San's estimation, Tianxing Academy has several particularly distinctive characteristics.

First of all, Tianxing Academy is very wealthy. Even ordinary Soul Masters use very good medicinal baths, which are probably only enjoyed by the core disciples of major sects.

Furthermore, Tianxing Academy has a large number of simulated environments, which shows that a lot of money has been invested in these simulated environments, and they are even stronger than those of Tiandou Royal Academy. You should know that Tiandou Royal Academy was built with the power of the royal family. Does this mean that the wealth of Tianxing Academy is no less than that of the Tiandou royal family?

Secondly, Tianxing Academy's education is highly standardized, and its educational facilities are very advanced. If this trend continues, in another twenty or thirty years, Tianxing Academy will likely experience an explosive growth in mid-to-high-level Soul Masters. At that time, its overall strength may truly be able to overwhelm the Haotian Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at their peak.

Tang San originally estimated that Tianxing Academy would have around 1,500 Soul Masters, most of whom would be low-level Soul Masters. However, given Tianxing Academy's training and development methods, these 1,500 Soul Masters would likely become experts above the Soul King level, and there might even be a large number of Soul Saints and Soul Douluos. Their strength would be terrifying then.

Tang San was genuinely puzzled. Although the Po Clan was the largest pill-making family on the Douluo Continent, they shouldn't be making this much money. Even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which was known as the richest in the world, wouldn't be so reckless in training a large number of ordinary disciples.

Of course, the most important point is that everyone in the entire Tianxing Academy seems to be cultivating very diligently. Even in the middle of the night, the simulated environment is still crowded with people, completely unlike the arrogant and leisurely situation of other major sects.

What Tang San didn't know was that all of this was thanks to Yang Podi, who, after acquiring a large number of treasures from the two major families, provided numerous rewards to the Tianxing Academy. He even established various rankings within the academy, allowing those who could break through quickly or whose combat power ranked high in the entire academy to receive relatively more resources.

Yang Podi even established various reward and punishment systems within the academy. The most outstanding students in the academy were even rewarded with spiritual medicines and soul bones, which were treasures that soul masters sought after.

After Tang San explored the entire mountainside of Tianxing Academy, he valued it even more. With such formidable overall strength and so much wealth, if it were used to develop Haotian Sect and Tang Sect, wouldn't Haotian Sect be able to quickly return to its position as the number one sect in the world?

At this moment, Tang San became even more interested in the core area of ​​Tianxing Academy at the top of the mountain. If there were so many surprises on the mountainside, the top of the mountain must be even more terrifying and unexpected.

However, Tang San was also very clear that the mountaintop location would be extremely difficult to explore, since there were five Title Douluos there, and there would probably be even more Soul Douluos and Soul Saints. If he wasn't careful, he might be captured.

However, Tang San was highly skilled and daring, or rather, he was more interested in and excited about exploring the sect's secrets.

In the original novel, it's almost unbelievable that Tang San, a mere outer disciple of the Tang Sect, was able to discover the Xuan Tian Treasure Record of the Tang Sect. After arriving in Douluo Continent, he also explored Gengxin City and the Star Dou Great Forest, and even once infiltrated the Spirit Hall's hunting party for Xiao Wu, and once followed the Spirit Hall's hunt for Da Ming and Er Ming, and each time he gained a great deal.

Tang San seemed unusually excited, but in the end he calmed down and secretly sneaked towards the core area of ​​Tianxing Academy at the top of the mountain.

However, as soon as Tang San entered the core area of ​​Tianxing Academy, Yang Podi noticed the anomaly. As a level 98 Title Douluo, he could sense even an insect entering the mountaintop.

Tang San deliberately concealed his aura, but in terms of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Yang Podi's cultivation level was much higher than Tang San's. How could he not detect the exploration of a mere Soul Emperor?

Let alone Tang San, even the hiding place of Ghost Douluo was not discovered by Sword Douluo and Tang Xiao. It was Yang Podi who easily discovered it.

However, Yang Podi did not make a sound for the time being. He wanted to see what Tang San was up to, and also to see how well the family's internal defenses were doing. If they couldn't find Tang San and let him leave safely, then the academy would probably need to undergo major reforms, otherwise it would be easy for the enemy to wipe them all out.

After Tang San entered the mountaintop, he became particularly cautious, especially since he mainly stayed in areas where Blue Silver Grass grew, using the Blue Silver Grass to conceal his presence.

Throughout the original work, one should not doubt Tang San's ability to infiltrate, and his act of stealing is also based on his consistent character.

(End of this chapter)