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**Chapter 113: New Q&A**
The Enforcement Team within White Cloud City was primarily composed of elites screened from the Three Great Clans and smaller clans that had pledged allegiance. Their defining characteristic was that all of them were Soul Masters. Furthermore, the weakest among them were Soul Venerates, and the strongest were Soul Kings.
It wasn't that there were no stronger individuals; the key was that the role of the Enforcement Team didn't actually require overly immense strength. After all, with Ye Cheng personally in charge, those with high strength dared not act wildly here. As for the weaker ones, these individuals were more than enough to suppress them.
The main purpose of the Enforcement Team was to maintain order and prevent certain Soul Masters, accustomed to running rampant elsewhere, from bringing their bad habits to White Cloud City. That would be undesirable.
Ye Cheng certainly didn't want any disgusting incidents to occur within the territory he governed in the future.
After establishing the Enforcement Team, there were also various other miscellaneous positions for tax collection, financial management, and so on, which need not be detailed. In short, after a period of planning, with his subordinates performing their respective duties, the entire administrative structure of White Cloud City had now initially entered the right track. It had begun to resemble a prosperous city.
At this point, Ye Cheng finally had a main base. He had a home, no longer drifting rootlessly like duckweed.
"By my calculations, it's about time for another Q&A. What kind of Q&A should I arrange this time?" After settling down, Ye Cheng realized that a considerable amount of time had passed since the last Q&A.
Meanwhile, over at his clone, Neptune, more than half a year had passed since he began accepting the divine trials on Sea God Island.
He had now reached the sixth trial. His nine trials were naturally different from Tang San's, as the content of a divine trial varied from person to person. Because of this, he was naturally much faster than Tang San. It seemed that achieving godhood was just around the corner!
Both his original body and his clone had entered a period of stable development. Therefore, at this time, he needed to create more personas to enhance his strength.
"What kind of persona should I create?"
Ye Cheng began to ponder.
"I already have two upright characters now. Perhaps I should create a villain character next?"
"World-Destroying Great Demon King?"
"A tragic villain?"
"Or maybe just 'The mortal realm has become defiled again'?"
"No, a persona with too high a 'standard' would require an enormous amount of Acknowledgement Power. The people of the Douluo Continent simply wouldn't be able to support it."
"Even a Sea God persona only progressed to twenty-something percent. A higher persona... I doubt it would even reach 0.001 percent."
Ye Cheng considered several personas in succession, but he shook his head and rejected them all.
"Forget it, for now, I should go with a practical persona. No need to aim too high for now."
"Just in time, I'm preparing to establish an academy recently. Since that's the case, why not create a persona whose abilities are conducive to cultivating talent..." he murmured to himself, as the blueprint for a persona gradually perfected itself in his mind.
Once the persona and its information were perfected, Ye Cheng then used the system to simulate it several times. Only after confirming that the persona had no flaws did he initiate the Q&A for the entire world.
[Ding!]
Everyone on the entire Douluo Continent, all sentient beings, heard the familiar sound in their ears.
Instantly, no matter what they were originally doing, everyone temporarily stopped. Even some who were engaged in life-or-death battles tacitly ceased their struggle for the moment.
Because the Q&A live broadcast was mandatory, you couldn't actively exit the Live Broadcast Room. Thus, having such a Live Broadcast Room floating before their eyes was a huge hindrance to whatever they were doing.
Therefore, in such circumstances, most people would tacitly stop what they were doing and wait for the Q&A to end. Of course, there were a few who disregarded it and continued as they pleased, but they were ultimately a minority.
This time, it was a personal Q&A. A green-haired old man appeared in the video, his eyes also a verdant green, making him look rather unsettling.
Sharp-eyed individuals in the Live Broadcast Room recognized the old man's identity.
[Oh, this time it's actually Poison Douluo who's being questioned.]
[Poison Douluo? That's the one with the title 'Jade Scale', right?]
[They say his Martial Soul is the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor, which is why his title is Jade Scale. But because he excels at using poison, people also call him Poison Douluo.]
[I wonder what question he's facing this time?]
[Generally speaking, for this kind of personal Q&A, the questions posed are always somewhat related to the individual themselves...]
Bullet comments scrolled across the Live Broadcast Room.
In the real world, as the subject of this sudden question, Dugu Bo, also known as Poison Douluo, appeared quite calm on the surface. But deep down, he was both expectant and panicked.
He was expectant that the upcoming question would be very simple, allowing him to answer correctly.
As long as one could answer correctly, the Reward given for a personal Q&A would usually be what the individual desired most. For example, the Reward for Ning Fengzhi's Q&A was the transformation of his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. For Tang Yuehua, it was the repair of her Martial Soul's flaws. These were all things they had desperately wanted.
And what Dugu Bo urgently needed right now was, without a doubt, a method to resolve the potent poison brought by his Martial Soul, or rather, to resolve his family's hereditary toxin! This would ensure his clan would no longer be plagued by their Martial Soul's potent poison in the future.
If he could answer correctly, then the Q&A's Reward would almost certainly be exactly what he needed.
As for the panic, it was naturally the fear of what would happen if he answered incorrectly.
One must know that while the Reward was tempting, the corresponding Punishment was also terrifying!
From the moment the Q&A first appeared until now, less than thirty percent of people had managed to answer correctly, while the remaining seventy percent had generally answered incorrectly, subsequently facing terrifying Punishments!
If the Punishment for answering incorrectly involved something like lowering his soul power level, Dugu Bo had no doubt that he might die on the spot. This was because the potent poison in his body was almost entirely suppressed by his profound soul power; if his soul power decreased and he could no longer suppress the toxins within him, it would be no surprise for him to be poisoned to death by his own potent poison in a matter of minutes.
It was quite ironic: he was known to the world as Poison Douluo, undoubtedly a master in the use of poison. Yet, he himself was afflicted by poison. What's more, this poison originated from his own body, and he had no way to deal with it himself.
And so, amidst his apprehension, the content of the Q&A appeared.
[Question: Who is the world's most skilled Soul Master in the use of poison?
Option One: Poison Douluo - Dugu Bo!
Option Two: Snake King - Ye Zhanqing.
Option Three: Jade-Eyed Poisonous Toad - Luo Feilong.
Option Four: Medicine King - Sun Zhongjing.
Option Five: Life-Taking Scorpion - Lavend.
Correct Answer: Obtain a method to resolve the toxin affliction.
Incorrect Answer: Randomly lose one Soul Ring.]
Staring at the question on the screen and the five options, Dugu Bo fell silent. Without a doubt, if he were to choose for himself, he would certainly pick Option One. After all, he was the only Titled Douluo renowned for his poison.
But the key to the question above was, "the world's most skilled Soul Master in the use of poison?"
What did "most skilled in the use of poison" mean?
Did it refer to the most potent and intractable poison?
Or did it refer to ingenious and undetectable methods of poisoning?
This phrase could be interpreted in too many ways.
For a moment, Dugu Bo simply couldn't make a choice. He didn't dare to choose recklessly. After all, if he answered incorrectly, he would lose a Soul Ring. If he lost one soul ring from his nine, wouldn't he only have eight rings? He would definitely fall from a Titled Douluo to a Soul Douluo, his soul power would decrease accordingly, and he would be killed on the spot by the backlash of his own toxins!
Therefore, for a moment, he dared not make a hasty choice.
(end of chapter)
The Enforcement Team within White Cloud City was primarily composed of elites screened from the Three Great Clans and smaller clans that had pledged allegiance. Their defining characteristic was that all of them were Soul Masters. Furthermore, the weakest among them were Soul Venerates, and the strongest were Soul Kings.
It wasn't that there were no stronger individuals; the key was that the role of the Enforcement Team didn't actually require overly immense strength. After all, with Ye Cheng personally in charge, those with high strength dared not act wildly here. As for the weaker ones, these individuals were more than enough to suppress them.
The main purpose of the Enforcement Team was to maintain order and prevent certain Soul Masters, accustomed to running rampant elsewhere, from bringing their bad habits to White Cloud City. That would be undesirable.
Ye Cheng certainly didn't want any disgusting incidents to occur within the territory he governed in the future.
After establishing the Enforcement Team, there were also various other miscellaneous positions for tax collection, financial management, and so on, which need not be detailed. In short, after a period of planning, with his subordinates performing their respective duties, the entire administrative structure of White Cloud City had now initially entered the right track. It had begun to resemble a prosperous city.
At this point, Ye Cheng finally had a main base. He had a home, no longer drifting rootlessly like duckweed.
"By my calculations, it's about time for another Q&A. What kind of Q&A should I arrange this time?" After settling down, Ye Cheng realized that a considerable amount of time had passed since the last Q&A.
Meanwhile, over at his clone, Neptune, more than half a year had passed since he began accepting the divine trials on Sea God Island.
He had now reached the sixth trial. His nine trials were naturally different from Tang San's, as the content of a divine trial varied from person to person. Because of this, he was naturally much faster than Tang San. It seemed that achieving godhood was just around the corner!
Both his original body and his clone had entered a period of stable development. Therefore, at this time, he needed to create more personas to enhance his strength.
"What kind of persona should I create?"
Ye Cheng began to ponder.
"I already have two upright characters now. Perhaps I should create a villain character next?"
"World-Destroying Great Demon King?"
"A tragic villain?"
"Or maybe just 'The mortal realm has become defiled again'?"
"No, a persona with too high a 'standard' would require an enormous amount of Acknowledgement Power. The people of the Douluo Continent simply wouldn't be able to support it."
"Even a Sea God persona only progressed to twenty-something percent. A higher persona... I doubt it would even reach 0.001 percent."
Ye Cheng considered several personas in succession, but he shook his head and rejected them all.
"Forget it, for now, I should go with a practical persona. No need to aim too high for now."
"Just in time, I'm preparing to establish an academy recently. Since that's the case, why not create a persona whose abilities are conducive to cultivating talent..." he murmured to himself, as the blueprint for a persona gradually perfected itself in his mind.
Once the persona and its information were perfected, Ye Cheng then used the system to simulate it several times. Only after confirming that the persona had no flaws did he initiate the Q&A for the entire world.
[Ding!]
Everyone on the entire Douluo Continent, all sentient beings, heard the familiar sound in their ears.
Instantly, no matter what they were originally doing, everyone temporarily stopped. Even some who were engaged in life-or-death battles tacitly ceased their struggle for the moment.
Because the Q&A live broadcast was mandatory, you couldn't actively exit the Live Broadcast Room. Thus, having such a Live Broadcast Room floating before their eyes was a huge hindrance to whatever they were doing.
Therefore, in such circumstances, most people would tacitly stop what they were doing and wait for the Q&A to end. Of course, there were a few who disregarded it and continued as they pleased, but they were ultimately a minority.
This time, it was a personal Q&A. A green-haired old man appeared in the video, his eyes also a verdant green, making him look rather unsettling.
Sharp-eyed individuals in the Live Broadcast Room recognized the old man's identity.
[Oh, this time it's actually Poison Douluo who's being questioned.]
[Poison Douluo? That's the one with the title 'Jade Scale', right?]
[They say his Martial Soul is the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor, which is why his title is Jade Scale. But because he excels at using poison, people also call him Poison Douluo.]
[I wonder what question he's facing this time?]
[Generally speaking, for this kind of personal Q&A, the questions posed are always somewhat related to the individual themselves...]
Bullet comments scrolled across the Live Broadcast Room.
In the real world, as the subject of this sudden question, Dugu Bo, also known as Poison Douluo, appeared quite calm on the surface. But deep down, he was both expectant and panicked.
He was expectant that the upcoming question would be very simple, allowing him to answer correctly.
As long as one could answer correctly, the Reward given for a personal Q&A would usually be what the individual desired most. For example, the Reward for Ning Fengzhi's Q&A was the transformation of his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. For Tang Yuehua, it was the repair of her Martial Soul's flaws. These were all things they had desperately wanted.
And what Dugu Bo urgently needed right now was, without a doubt, a method to resolve the potent poison brought by his Martial Soul, or rather, to resolve his family's hereditary toxin! This would ensure his clan would no longer be plagued by their Martial Soul's potent poison in the future.
If he could answer correctly, then the Q&A's Reward would almost certainly be exactly what he needed.
As for the panic, it was naturally the fear of what would happen if he answered incorrectly.
One must know that while the Reward was tempting, the corresponding Punishment was also terrifying!
From the moment the Q&A first appeared until now, less than thirty percent of people had managed to answer correctly, while the remaining seventy percent had generally answered incorrectly, subsequently facing terrifying Punishments!
If the Punishment for answering incorrectly involved something like lowering his soul power level, Dugu Bo had no doubt that he might die on the spot. This was because the potent poison in his body was almost entirely suppressed by his profound soul power; if his soul power decreased and he could no longer suppress the toxins within him, it would be no surprise for him to be poisoned to death by his own potent poison in a matter of minutes.
It was quite ironic: he was known to the world as Poison Douluo, undoubtedly a master in the use of poison. Yet, he himself was afflicted by poison. What's more, this poison originated from his own body, and he had no way to deal with it himself.
And so, amidst his apprehension, the content of the Q&A appeared.
[Question: Who is the world's most skilled Soul Master in the use of poison?
Option One: Poison Douluo - Dugu Bo!
Option Two: Snake King - Ye Zhanqing.
Option Three: Jade-Eyed Poisonous Toad - Luo Feilong.
Option Four: Medicine King - Sun Zhongjing.
Option Five: Life-Taking Scorpion - Lavend.
Correct Answer: Obtain a method to resolve the toxin affliction.
Incorrect Answer: Randomly lose one Soul Ring.]
Staring at the question on the screen and the five options, Dugu Bo fell silent. Without a doubt, if he were to choose for himself, he would certainly pick Option One. After all, he was the only Titled Douluo renowned for his poison.
But the key to the question above was, "the world's most skilled Soul Master in the use of poison?"
What did "most skilled in the use of poison" mean?
Did it refer to the most potent and intractable poison?
Or did it refer to ingenious and undetectable methods of poisoning?
This phrase could be interpreted in too many ways.
For a moment, Dugu Bo simply couldn't make a choice. He didn't dare to choose recklessly. After all, if he answered incorrectly, he would lose a Soul Ring. If he lost one soul ring from his nine, wouldn't he only have eight rings? He would definitely fall from a Titled Douluo to a Soul Douluo, his soul power would decrease accordingly, and he would be killed on the spot by the backlash of his own toxins!
Therefore, for a moment, he dared not make a hasty choice.
(end of chapter)
