CH 98: The mischievous plan of the brothers

(Ali's POV)

"Because of having a titled douluo master, I know just how powerful a titled douluo really is. So why would I try and piss you off by threatening you?

And besides, I already knew that you were probably not going to kill us since you could have just done it back at the academy.

So I trusted my gut feeling which said just have patience and everything will be alright. And as you can see, it has.

Not only that, I have benefited so much from being here! So you should know why I trust my gut so freaking much."

He didn't say anything in response, just took out something from his storage item and threw at San'qe :"catch it."

San'qe who was leaning on his elbows sat up as he smirked at him :"is this soul guiding tool a bribe?

I already have this 24 moonlight Bridges gifted by my teacher. You keep this for yourself or your granddaughter."

Dugu Bo :"Yan Yan has not much interest in the herbs. Giving it to her is a waste. Your soul guiding tool is pretty good, but it can only keep dead things. This lucky Almighty pouch can keep living things."

Tang San :"in other words, this little creature (the snake) can be kept inside without suffocating as well as the fresh herbs."

Dugu Bo chuckled as he joked and reached out :"you seemed to say you didn't want it just now. Then, return it to me."

San'qe smirked as he put the pouch inside his storage belt :"how can you ask for the gifted things back? As you're the poison douluo, don't you feel embarrassed?"

Dugu Bo :"little freak, I promised you that if you cure the poison in my body, I will realize three wishes from yours <the fuck?>.

Firstly, I won't hurt anyone of Shrek School. Now, I've gifted you this lucky Almighty pouch. Can it be the second wish?"

Tang San :"this pouch was gifted by you willingly. I didn't request it from you."

I laughed out loud at his words as the old freak glared at him :"you!" I sighed with a chuckle :"you've been had, old freak.

And besides, don't talk as if it's such a big thing. This little ring of mine called the majesty's ring can also store living things."

They both looked at me with clear shock as San'qe asked with surprise :"Xiao Ali, your ring can actually do that? Why haven't you told me before?"

I shrugged with a nonchalant mood :"you never asked." And he deadpanned me in response before sighing and reaching out to his belt :"I may have not requested it, old freak, but I'm not going to take it for granted either. Here's my present as a return to you."

His words pulled my attention as I looked at his hand along with the old freak to see two iron ball, one bigger than the other :"what are these?"

He presented them with pride as he held them out for us to see :"these are two iron balls." And I snorted :"yeah, no shit, we could see that too."

He gave me a quick glare :"these are two iron balls. But they can save your life." I sighed because of him still thinking that his hidden weapons are something big in this world.

"With these 2 Little things?" At least one of these two had some common sense, but San'qe was still delusional :"you don't believe it? I'll show it to you."

He got up and started walking away. Me and the old freak looked at each other before sighing and shaking our heads and then following him.

After getting some distance away from the ice fire mouth spring and the herb garden, he looked back at us :"watch closely."

After he threw the balls using his soul power and a special technique, the balls spun in the air before hitting each other and releasing a cloud of poison.

And immediately afterwards, hundreds of tiny needles emitted from the inside and hit everywhere.

The surprising thing was that, a small cloud of poison was released from where the poisonous needles hit.

As the poison fog disappeared, old freak flashed to a tree that was hit by a few of the needles :"the poison is held as core in the Iron ball.

These cluster soul chasing life taking balls are superb. But, sigh, they are simply useless for people of my level."

San'qe was taken aback, clearly surprised as he thought that the old freak would praise his creation from the sect of his previous life :"w-what?!"

I sighed as I folded my arms in front of my chest with a slightly serious look :"San'qe, it seems that you are WAY too overconfident in these creations of yours, so let me clear some things out on why there is a limit to their use.

One, you've seen how the old freak can use his soul power as a shield and stop all attacks.

So do you think that other people can't do the same? Soul douluo and titled douluo are ranks that things like this just can't harm.

Two, the condition for the activation of these balls of yours. As it seems, they have to be hit to be able to be activated.

But even a soul saint or maybe a soul emperor can use their soul power to just make these things stop in midair and be completely useless.

Three, the quality of the body. As you already know and have experienced it yourself, the body will go through tremendous growth whenever it breaks through.

At a level as high as old freak's, the body is simply not something that can be harmed unless it's by a person of the same level.

Four, speed. Do you honestly think that a high level soul master wouldn't be able to dodge these hidden weapons of yours?

The moment the balls explode and your enemy feels like there is danger, he can immediately just dodge the needles and get away from the poison fog.

There are many more reasons as to why these things are useless in front of high level soul masters, but I will just skip those.

Remember this, San'qe. In front of absolute power, nothing matters. Even if you have hundreds, thousands of even millions of these balls going off at the same time, they will be useless.

Know this, reaching titled douluo isn't just about luck. Someone who has reached the titled douluo has gone through who knows how many deadly experiences.

So unless he isn't a fool that thinks he is invincible and unmatched in this world, then he will definitely have ways of his own."

I'm saying the truth, forget about San'qe's previous world, even my world's technology would simply not be that much of a big deal.

Just think about it, one of the biggest and deadliest weapons in my previous world were bombs and nuclear bombs.

But even those could be rendered completely useless in front of a special soul master. An elemental soul master of high level could just mess with the content of the bomb and make it useless.

As easy as that. No matter what, power that actually belongs to you is what really matters.

For example, just what would be effective against me, a celestial sapien? Nothing. Cause I could just erase it from existence before the user even notices.

Yes, I know that there are exceptions such as the marvel and DC multiverses technologies, but we are talking about this worlds at the moment.

San'qe had a heartbroken but unwilling look as he clenched his fists. Seeing that I was a little too cruel in breaking the bad news to him, old freak tried to cheer him up :"cough cough, little devil isn't wrong, but they aren't completely useless either.

For example, by my estimation, even a soul king would be really injured if he was caught off guard by these balls!

But well, just as little devil said, there is still a limit to what these balls can achieve. But still, it's still impressive how you can come up with something like this. I really wonder what's in your brain. Heh, you gift me hundreds of them as respect."

Seeing how the old freak tried to cheer him up, San'qe's mood lifted up a bit as he smiled helplessly :"are these jelly beans?

How can I have hundreds of them? I only have two of it. I've shown its power to you as you didn't believe me."

Old freak was taken aback as he glared at him :"what? Only two?! Then why did you try it?! Why didn't you just tell me verbally?"

San'qe smirked as he played with two of them in his hand :"seeing is believing." But he cut the jokes when old freak unleashed some of his aura :"alright, alright. Actually, I did make four of it. I'll give you two more then. Catch it!"

He threw the two balls at the old freak, but just as I had said, he stopped them in midair using his soul power, causing San'qe to smile a little sadly."

Old freak decided to end this conversation as he walked up to us :"little freak, little devil, the battle of soul masters will start soon, won't it?

You should leave. If you don't have enough experience, how can you reach the titled douluo level in the future? The outside world is much broader. That's the place where you should go."

His words caused a sad atmosphere to take the place, it has already been 6 months after all. Yeah, sure. At first, it wasn't so smooth.

But later on, we seriously became friends. So separating brought sadness to all of us. But San'qe tried to lift the mood as he smiled :"you still owe me to wishes, right?"

Dugu Bo :"I'll agree if it doesn't go against my principles."

Tang San :"I've already thought it through. Please, don't regret it."

I smirked with mischief at what he was going to ask for while Dugu Bo looked at him with a raised eyebrow :"thought it through?"

After walking back to the ice fire mouth spring, San'qe raised two fingers :"for the second wish, I want to take the herbs that I need from here. You can't stop me from doing it."

And thankfully, old freak was dumb enough to agree :"just this one? This is too simple. I can promise you."

Even San'qe was taken aback by how easily he agreed :"unbelievable. I'd have to think well of the third wish."

Dugu Bo :"stop the nonsense. Hurry up."

After a few seconds of silence, San'qe answered :"the third wish is to invite you as a senior advisor In Shrek School."

But old freak immediately raised his hand and refused :"no, I can't. I hate to be restricted. This is a matter of principle. I can't agree with it."

Tang San :"no one will restrict you. You can come and go as you wish. It's just a title for you. At least, we can still meet you in a proper way."

I chuckled as I patted his shoulder while he had his back towards us :"he's right, old freak, he's right.

Even though you kidnapped us at the beginning, it's already been 6 months. So I would hate to not be able to see you. We are friend after all."

There was a moment of silence before he sighed :"fine, fine. I agree. You two happy now. I'm going for now. You two pick the herbs that you need. You can leave tomorrow. I'm going now."

And after this tsundere old man left, me and San'qe chuckled before a mischievous smile formed on my face :"so, you ready to begin."

He nodded back with a smirk :"I am. So we'll go with the plan. You will absorb the herbs into your Nut, then you will create one of each and I will plant it where they originally were.

I will cut the herbs then and store them in the pouch then and we will go. This way, the seeds can be left and your third martial soul won't be revealed while you can summon any of the herbs that you want later on."