Douluo Dalu: Volume 22: Clear Sky School

by Tang Jia San Shao

  A silhouette swiftly threw itself from the mountain, that was Clear Sky School master Tang Xiao. He of course wasn’t going to save the seventh elder, how would a Title Douluo have to worry over a light fall? He was worried about Tang San who had been struck by the seventh elder’s tool spirit avatar.

  A deep hollow had been knocked into the mountain wall, and Tang San had been sunk ten meters inside.

  However, as Tang Xiao reached the mountain wall, preparing to go inside the hollow to rescue Tang San, he just saw Tang San walking out from inside.

  The Eight Spider Lances behind his back withdrew, just now merging into his body, the Blue Silver Grass also melting back inside strand by strand. Tang Xiao could see some fine cracks on the Eight Spider Lances. Apart from this, only a bloodstain at the corner of Tang San’s mouth proved that he had just been hit by the Clear Sky Hammer’s tool spirit avatar.

  “Little San, you……”

  Tang Xiao grabbed the rock wall with one hand, shocked and concerned looking at Tang San walking out.

  Tang San wiped the bloodstain from the corner of his mouth with a wry smile,

  “Uncle. I’m alright. Don’t worry.”

  With Blue Silver Grass evolving into Blue Silver Emperor, Tang San’s originally already extremely durable body had gained even more immeasurable vitality. Tang Hao once said that it would perhaps be difficult to find anyone on the Continent with a stronger body than his. Under the protection of Blue Silver Grass and Eight Spider Lances, Tang San had amply displayed his own toughness. Further adding that the tool spirit avatar had been weakened somewhat by his Blue Silver Overlord Spear, even though he himself was embedded in the rock wall, the brunt of the force was taken up by the evolved external spirit bone Eight Spider Lances. He had suffered a bit of mental shock. The only thing making Tang San a bit depressed was that he couldn’t fully use the Eight Spider Lances for a month. It would need time to recover.

  Tang Xiao watched dumbstruck as Tang San leapt up next to him, right leg sprouting a stream of air that brought him to the top of the mountain, and couldn’t help being speechless. ‘Hao, you’ve really raised a little monster!’

  That Tang San didn’t wait for Tang Xiao to come up first was because his spirit power consumption really was too large, and he needed to rest immediately. Otherwise he trouly would be injured.

  Watching Tang San climb up, the Clear Sky School elders as well as the second and third generation disciples were each and everyone already speechless.

  Everyone had seen the seventh elder being forced to use his full strength in the final moment by Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye. There was no longer any need to doubt the outcome of this contest. Watching Tang San crawl up, then sitting down crosslegged and starting to cultivate as if nobody else was there, the elders gazes all seemed very monstrous. One kind browed and pleasant eyed elder was even laughing out loud.

  “Old seven’s taken a bit large loss this time! Second brother, hold him back a bit later, don’t let him be impulsive.”

  Before his words had ended, the seventh elder’s silhouette had already appeared in everyone’s line of sight. Even though he fell quickly, his strength was after all formidable. After regaining control of his body, he immediately used spirit abilities, using his spirit power impact to throw himself to the mountain wall, swiftly climbing back up like that.

  But seeing his panting, red faced appearance, the second and third generation disciples were quiet as cicadas in winter. At this moment, nobody dared provoke this ill-tempered seventh elder.

  The seventh elder shouted just as he climbed up,

  “That kid? He wouldn’t be blasted to pieces by me, how come there’s no trace?”

  On his way up, he had already gone to look in on that hollow smashed open by Tang San, but didn’t find anyone. Only a sport of blood. Then he hastily climbed up.

  Before he finished speaking, he finally saw that cross legged silhouette, and rubbed his eyes hard,

  “How did this kid come up? Sect master, did you save him?”

  Tang Xiao shook his head,

  “He came up on his own.”

  The seventh elder blinked, resolutely saying:

  “Impossible. Struck by my full force tool spirit avatar, even if he didn’t die he’d still have lost a layer of skin, how could he still climb up on his own. That’s impossible.”

  “Cough cough.”

  The second elder coughed twice. Walking over to the seventh elder’s side, he clapped his shoulder,

  “Accept the facts, We all saw this child come flying up from below. If my guess isn’t wrong, he should still have a flying ability that he didn’t use against you.”

  “But……”

  The seventh elder still wanted to say something.

  “Shut up.”

  The second elder’s expression immediately grew solemn,

  “This child’s injuries shouldn’t be serious. You violated the established rules in your contest with him. This match is already your loss.”

  The seventh elder stood there somewhat dully,

  “I don’t believe it, I don’t believe I would lose to a twenty year old child.”

  “Old five, bring him back to rest.”

  The second elder signaled another elder to the side with his eyes.

  The other elder stepped forward, raising his hand to grap the seventh elder’s shoulder,

  “Let’s go, old seven. Actually, if it was any of us, we still might not have done better. This child is too outstanding.”

  “No, I can’t leave.”

  The seventh elder shook his head, his expression so gloomy it seemed it might drip water.

  “Old seven, remember you position.”

  The second elder shot him a glare.

  The seventh elder said in a low voice:

  “Second brother, if you agree to a bet you must accept to lose. Since I lost, I will do what I agreed to. I’ll wait for him to wake up here.”

  The second elder nodded, his face revealing a somewhat praising look. He turned to look at Tang Xiao and Tang Yue-Hua to the side,

  “Yue-Hua, you can go prepare the ceremony for recognizing ancestors and clan. Everyone scatter. Go cultivate.”

  The ceremony only required a few elders and the sect master. Moreover, he still wanted to talk to Tang San.

  Tang Yue-Hua exulted, hastily saying:

  “Many thanks, elders.”

  The second elder looked at the sect master Tang Xiao with a deep meaning in his eyes,

  “It’s not anything we did, he did it on his own. I’ve never seen a youngster as outstanding as him. I only hope he won’t take a wrong road in the future, that he won’t waste his gifts like his father.”

  Tang Xiao lowered his voice:

  “Elders, the Clear Sky School has been sealed for many years. Isn’t it time to lift the prohibition?”

  The second elder shook,

  “Sect master, what do you mean?”

  Tang Xiao turned, looking to the distant south,

  “Twenty years have passed, it should be time for Clear Sky to again appear in the Spirit Master world. Haven’t you elders several many times raised the idea of lifting the ban to me? I think, right now the time is ripe.”

  Whenever an elder rose to the Title Douluo level after trials and hardship, Tang Xiao would receive their proposal to unseal the Clear Sky School. But he had never agreed. As sect master, he first of all had to think of the sect’s future generations, he couldn’t forfeit the sect over impulse.

  Even now, though the Clear Sky School had lost Tang Hao, they had gained five elders, already possessing six Title Douluo. And the second generation disciples from back then had also matured. After twenty years of patient cultivation, it seemed to Tang Xiao that their accumulated strength was already sufficient.

  “No, I disagree.”

  The second elder shook his head, speaking in a low voice.

  “Disagree? Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted to see? Second uncle.�
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  Tang Xiao somewhat puzzled looked at the second elder.

  The second elder calmly said:

  “That was before, we old fellows hoped to still have an opportunity to do something to release some splendor for the sect. But now it seems we should continue waiting for a time. Old boneheads like us can still stay healthy a while longer. Twenty years have passed, why can’t we wait another few?”

  As he spoke, the second elder’s gaze turned to Tang San, a great many things in his gaze.

  “Because of little San?”

  Tang Xiao puzzled asked.

  The second elder nodded,

  “Sect master, even though your Clear Sky Hammer is already accomplished, after twenty years of waiting, you no longer have the drive you did in those days. What the Clear Sky School needs is a dauntless pathfinder that can lead the sect to break new ground and forge ahead. We’re old, you’re also gradually aging. But this child is different. So young, but already close to the sixtieth rank, neither servile nor overbearing, twin spirits, twin innate domains, carrying several spirit bones. Such a profoundly gifted genius, we can’t neglect him because of shifting the opening of the sect forward. What he needs is experience and nurturing, the sect remaining hidden can cultivate him even more effectively. I don’t want to see what happened to Tang Hao back then again.”

  Tang Xiao went silent. After a long time, he said:

  “Second uncle, could it be you no longer hold any grudges for what happened with Hao back then?”

  The second elder shook his head, saying:

  “No. Still remember my previous three conditions? Those are also tests for this child. If he can accomplish these three things, it will prove he is qualified to be your successor. We old things will also support him, honor does not allow one to glance back. Therefore, I hope sect master can agree to my proposal.”

  At this point, the second elder’s lips buzzed, exchanging a few words with Tang Xiao. Tang Xiao slowly nodded in agreement to the second elder’s proposal.

  Tang San woke up from his meditation faster than the Clear Sky School elders had imagined, opening his eyes after an hour. Of course, he wasn’t completely recovered, but his injuries wouldn’t hinder him, and this was no place to cultivate.

  [1] 3000斤 = 1500 kg

  [2] Roughly 20 m, and he’s reached a velocity of around 20 m/s

  Chapter 151: Shrek, Reunion

  Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)

  Tang San said with a wry smile:

  “Facing the possible retaliation of a Title Douluo, how couldn’t I be nervous?”

  The seventh elder angrily said:

  “With my status, would I retaliate against you? That, whatever I said to you just now, I take it back. If you agree to a bet you must accept to lose. I shouldn’t have cursed at you. I also agree to you recognizing your ancestors and clan.”

  Hearing these words, Tang San on the contrary stared blankly. He couldn’t help staring at the seventh elder’s eyes.

  “What are you looking at? If you agree to a bet you must accept to lose, can’t you understand what I’m saying!”

  Finished saying this, the seventh elder didn’t stay longer, turning around and leaving. In a few bounds he had already disappeared out of sight.

  This moment, Tang San found that this elder didn’t seem to be so disagreeable. His ‘daring to love and daring to hate’ character on the contrary made him even more likeable.

  His gaze turning to Tang Xiao and the other elders, the second elder nodded to Tang San,

  “We’ll keep our promises. You won in the contest just now. We’ll allow you to recognize your ancestors and clan.”

  Tang San somewhat moved asked:

  “Then may I offer sacrifice to grandfather?”

  Hearing these words, the several elders’ faces all seemed somewhat gloomy. Clearly they all thought of the old sect master’s unwillingness at the time of his death, but the second elder still nodded,

  “You may not. Because of your father’s errors, you still don’t have the qualifications to offer sacrifice to the old sect master. You said before that you would repay the mistakes your father made, rendering service to the sect. That’s right.”

  Tang San’s heart tightened, but he still inwardly loosed a breath. After all, this was already considered the first step for him to gain forgiveness on behalf of his father,

  “Yes, I said so. Then what must I do do be able to offer sacrifice for grandfather?”

  The second elder said:

  “Since it’s like this, we require you to do three tasks for the sect. As long as you do these three tasks, consider it gaining forgiveness on behalf of your father. Not only will you recognize your ancestors and sect, we can also let your father return to the sect again, to offer sacrifice for the old sect master together with you.”

  “What?”

  Tang San was shocked, the rims of his eyes immediately somewhat red. Even though his father hadn’t mentioned these kinds of expectations, Tang San knew that separating from the sect was an eternal pain in his father’s heart. If his father could return to the sect, could offer sacrifice to his grandfather, it would undoubtedly be an enormously happy occasion for his father.

  Of course, someone as astute as him naturally understood that with the second elder giving him such generous conditions, those three tasks would definitely be difficult. However, right now he basically didn’t have leeway to choose.

  For his father, and also for the Clear Sky School, he was duty bound.

  “Very well, I agree.”

  Tang San drew a deep breath, moderating his mood. He had to analyse even more calmly. Glancing at the expressionless Tang Xiao next to him, Tang Xiao didn’t reveal any hint, clearly approving of the second elder’s way of handling things.

  The second elder gave a calm smile, saying:

  “At present it’s impossible for you to complete these three tasks. We’ll also give you a very long time limit. The first task, within ten years, your spirit power must break through the eightieth rank.”

  Gaining twenty ranks in ten years might not be difficult for lower level Spirit Masters if they did their utmost. But the second elder’s requirement was from sixtieth rank to eightieth rank. This span was a bit too large.

  Very many Spirit Masters would find it difficult to reach this kind of level even by the end of their life. Let alone in a brief ten years. Tang San was now twenty, in ten years he would be thirty. Breaking through the eightieth rank at thirty, in the entire Spirit Master world, would definitely be a terrifying event.

  “Fine, I believe it can be done.”

  Tang San agreed without the slightest hesitation. He had already done far too many impossible things, he didn’t care about this one.

  The second elder nodded with satisfaction. He rather appreciated the stubborn conviction revealed in Tang San’s eyes.

  “The second task, within ten years, you must bring back the head of a Spirit Hall Title Douluo. It doesn’t matter what method you use, we only want the result.”

  The pupils of Tang San’s eyes contracted. Killing a Title Douluo? Drawing a deep breath, he once again gave a resolute nod.

  The second elder’s gaze now also grew heavy, speaking in a serious voice,

  “The third task. We require your eighth spirit ring to be a hundred thousand year spirit ring.

  “What?”

  If the previous two tasks could still be described as possible, then the third task the second elder gave Tang San gave him a feeling of a fairy tale.

  How could hundred thousand year spirit rings be so easily obtained? Among the Title Douluo Tang San knew, only his father and the Spirit Hall Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong each had a hundred thousand year spirit ring. Moreover, his father’s hundred thousand year spirit ring still came from his mother.

  First never mind mentioning how difficult it was to kill a hundred thousand year spirit beast, just finding a hundred thousand year spirit beast was already extremely difficult. Even more
when it still was the eighth spirit ability.

  The second elder spoke in a low voice:

  “Your fourth spirit ring is already on the ten thousand year level, your fifth spirit ring has even more at least surpassed thirty thousand years. Once it’s time for you to got your eighth spirit ring, with the power of your body, absorbing a hundred thousand year spirit ring shouldn’t be an issue. While obtaining this spirit ring, besides that the sect won’t help you, you can draw support from any outside forces. We only want the result. You have ten years. In ten years, we hope we can see you here. Moreover with these three tasks completed. If you can succeed, the two spirit bones your father returned to the sect will also be yours. Don’t you want to help the sect re-found its glory? I can promise you right now that, if you complete these three tasks, you will be the next sect master. Only in this position can you guide the Clear Sky School to recreate its bearing from those days.”

  Tang San’s gaze froze. he knew that he basically didn’t have any margins to haggle. First let alone these elders not allowing him to haggle, whatever he said would also let them look down on him.

  “Fine, I will do it.”

  Tang San spoke through practically clenched teeth. He had to complete these three tasks, for his father, for himself, and for the sect.

  ……

  Heaven Dou City, Shrek Academy.

  Just like five years ago, there was nothing different about the exterior of the Shrek Academy, but the interior facilities were even more perfect. Five years had passed, and this place had already become a revered advanced Spirit Master academy of the Heaven Dou Empire.

  Since the Shrek Seven Devils revealed their outstanding brilliance in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament five years ago, defeating numerous powerful enemies one after another, especially after defeating the Spirit Hall Team’s Golden Generation in the final moment, Shrek Academy’s reputation had grown into a great clamor.

  The enthusiasm of public opinion even put it above the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.