: Hu Liena, still brain-dead; Yan, no longer a simp.

Chapter 12: Hu Liena, still brain-dead; Yan, no longer a simp.

"Alright, it's not your fault."

You Chen gave Yan a reassuring look, then, with a surge of wind power, he stepped in front of Hu Liena, covering her mouth with one hand to stop her from saying anything more.

As the other person glared and struggled, he used the power of the wind to transmit his voice secretly: "Hu Liena, don't you know that your antics here are embarrassing your teacher? Look at the way others are looking at you! You don't want to lower everyone's opinion of your teacher because of you, do you?"

Upon hearing You Chen's words, Hu Liena's gaze swept over the guests' slightly disgusted expressions, her body trembled, and she stopped struggling.

"Gentlemen, I have some matters to attend to here, so I'll take my leave for now."

After giving everyone an apologetic smile, You Chen said to Grace, "I'll take out my treasured wine and that precious piece of ten-thousand-year-old soul beast meat as an apology for disturbing everyone's enjoyment."

He then secretly transmitted his voice: "Hu Liena has already broken through to become a Soul Master. She returned after obtaining her third Soul Ring. She also has an older brother, Xie Yue, whose strength is even greater than hers. It's normal that you couldn't stop her. This is beyond your current ability. Don't feel guilty. I'm not so unreasonable as to blame you for this."

Grace's expression softened almost imperceptibly. She bowed slightly to You Chen and said, "I will follow your instructions."

Having fulfilled his request, You Chen gave Xie Yue a look, then led the trio away from the banquet hall and into a reception room.

"What evil scheme are you plotting now?"

As soon as she sat down, Hu Liena glared fiercely at You Chen and began to interrogate him.

"Don't be in such a hurry. How about some candy?"

Once out of the guests' sight, You Chen instantly lost his previous stern demeanor, calmly comforting Hu Liena before pulling out a plate of candies wrapped in gradient-colored paper from who-knows-where.

Hu Liena glanced warily at You Chen's outstretched hand, then silently shrank back: "There's no such thing as a free lunch. You're being so kind? What if you've put something in the candy? I won't eat anything you give me!"

"Nana!"

Yan looked pained and rebuked him sharply, "Even if you've now become His Holiness the Pope's disciple, it doesn't mean that Teacher You Chen's past kindness in teaching you has vanished like smoke! Teacher You Chen has never treated us badly, how can you make such unfounded assumptions about him!?"

You Chen blinked. "Sorry Yan, this time I really did 'drug' you."

The candies on that plate were from that box of "Friendly Premium Candies".

After testing by You Chen over this period of time, it turns out that this seemingly ordinary modern candy does actually have some special effects.

Children and even teenagers who have been fed this candy by him will be inexplicably more friendly towards him, as if they have been under a milder form of hypnosis. However, the older they are and the more rational they are, the weaker the effect becomes.

Hu Liena, this brainless radish-headed girl who's all emotion and no reason, ate the candy he gave her, and it's not impossible that she could become the nail he planted for Bibi Dong.

Just as Yan said, You Chen was once the trio's teacher.

However, unlike Qian Renxue's private tutor, he was a teacher at the Spirit Hall Academy at that time.

A few years earlier, before he was completely marginalized within the Spirit Hall, he was still teaching Spirit Hall theory to the young girls at the Spirit Hall Academy.

For someone like You Chen, who has received compulsory education, this is a game-changer compared to the Douluo Continent people.

His classes have always been highly praised. Even when students are six or seven years old, who are lively and active and unable to concentrate on studying theory, few of them are unwilling to listen to his lectures, which are full of stories.

Especially after his teaching hours were reduced and reassigned, the younger students could see the difference even more clearly.

Therefore, many of the new generation of Soul Masters in the Spirit Hall admire You Chen.

Perhaps it was precisely because Bibi Dong realized this that she belatedly tried to downplay his performance, but it backfired, as she used his peers to highlight him instead.

It was around that time that Bibi Dong truly accepted Hu Liena as her disciple.

Despite their young age, the trio is already quite outstanding among their peers.

What's even more interesting is the close bond between the trio since childhood.

For reasons that everyone understands, Bibi Dong had no intention of taking on male disciples, so she only accepted Hu Liena as her disciple.

In fact, logically speaking, among the trio, Hu Liena could be considered the one with the weakest potential.

Although the Demon Fox Martial Soul is a top-tier Martial Soul, in You Chen's Martial Soul rating system, its rating is as follows:

[Martial Soul]: Demon Fox (Top-tier Martial Soul)

[Strength]: 2 (Under the same soul ring configuration, it is basically impossible to break through the defense of a high-level defensive martial soul master of the same rank)

Speed: 4 (Top performance, with excellent reaction speed and dynamic vision)

[Strength and Toughness]: 3 (Relatively Strong Performance)

[Endurance]: 4 (Less soul power consumption, less stamina consumption, moderate improvement in physical activity)

[Energy]: 4 (Top-tier mental energy, enhanced by the soul power quality of a normal top-tier martial soul)

[Special Ability]: 3 (Charm, a mental ability, a special ability that is extremely effective against Soul Masters whose mental strength is weaker than their own)

Total Score: 17 (+3)

The overall rating is only on par with You Chen's current Starbone Dragon...

A top-tier martial soul, yet its rating is still within the range of advanced martial souls? Even if it's just the peak of an advanced martial soul, it's still rather unsightly!

Of course, according to Bibi Dong's training plan, Hu Liena's strength lies in her special ability of "charm," and the three bonus points are the true reflection of her combat power.

Therefore, Hu Liena's martial soul strength is something that even a high-level martial soul can't compete with.

However, compared to her brother and companion Yan, the fox spirit is indeed inferior.

In particular, Yan's Flame Lord is undoubtedly the top-tier martial soul among the trio.

[Martial Soul]: Flame Lord (Top-tier Martial Soul)

[Power]: 4.5 (Near-super performance)

[Speed]: 3 (Strong performance, speed is the Flame Lord's weakness)

[Strength and Toughness]: 4 (Top Performance)

[Endurance]: 3 (High soul power consumption, low stamina consumption, and high degree of physical activity improvement)

[Energy]: 5 (Super fire energy, top-tier earth energy, and near-super soul power quality enhancement)

[Special Ability]: 3 (Control of fire and rock, especially the solidified energy formed by the mixture of fire and earth, which has a super strong control and dominance)

Total Score: 19.5 (+3)

In You Chen's assessment, this is a top-tier martial soul that, if it follows the right path, has a high chance of completing the quality improvement of its martial soul at the Soul Saint stage and entering the super realm.

It's much better than those rotten fox spirits.

What a load of rubbish Pope Bibi Dong has!

Just because of gender, why not properly nurture the most talented child instead of raising a useless and brainless brat who becomes utterly incompetent when restrained?

You Chen wore a calm smile while silently mocking and criticizing in his heart.

(End of this chapter)