Dai Mubai Seeks Investment

"Wait! I believe I reserved this room first, didn't I?"

Here they came!

It seemed the plot that was supposed to happen would still happen. Dai Mubai and Tang San had run into each other, which happened to suit Xu Changqing perfectly.

He was actually quite curious about Tang San's current strength. As the person bound to his first Sub-system, after six years of growth, Tang San should be far stronger than he had been in the original story, right?

Before, it had nothing to do with him, so he had been too lazy to interact much with Tang San. Without much contact between them, neither had a clear grasp of the other's strength. He only knew the rough details.

Now that Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao had screwed him over, given his nature of repaying kindness and avenging grudges, he naturally would not let it go so easily. They would only be enemies from now on.

Any idiot could guess whom Tang San would support if Xu Changqing became enemies with Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang. Since they were enemies, knowing oneself and one's enemy was naturally best.

Xu Changqing found himself somewhat more interested in what would happen next. He was no longer in a hurry to leave. After glancing at the man and two women entering through the front door, he took Xiao Wu and Rongrong to a booth and sat down to watch the show.

Tang San stared coldly at the three people who had entered. He had already been in a foul mood, and now he had run into this nonsense just trying to book a room. He felt as though the entire world was targeting him. Nothing had gone smoothly all day.

The man in the middle was rather tall and sturdy, though he did not appear to be very old. He wore a fitted silver-white silk outfit, and his features were fairly handsome and resolute. His long golden hair cascaded down his back, giving him a wild and unruly air. Overall, he looked like a young nobleman.

What slightly surprised Tang San was that the man's eyes had double pupils. As for the scantily dressed twin girls he had tucked beneath each arm, Tang San ignored them entirely.

The blond man glanced at Tang San, who was standing by the counter, then dismissed him. With the two beauties pressed against him in his arms, he strode to the counter and loudly berated the uniformed receptionist. "You're new here, aren't you? Don't you know that Rose Hotel must always keep a room for me?"

"I'm sorry, Young Master Dai. This was my oversight—"

"Who the hell do you think you are? Don't you understand first come, first served? Get lost!"

The uniformed cashier was still apologizing when Tang San, standing beside her, spoke with an impatient expression. His words were utterly rude. Over the past six years, he had experienced countless life-and-death battles, so ordinary people meant nothing to him. Coupled with the humiliation of being despised by Ning Rongrong earlier that day, he had a bellyful of anger he wanted to vent.

Dai Mubai was not known for having a good temper either. At that, he sneered and gave Tang San a disdainful look. "Very good! It's been a long time since anyone dared speak to me like that. There's a fluctuation of Soul Power around you. You're a soul master too, aren't you? Then we'll settle this the soul master's way. If you can beat me, I'll leave immediately. Otherwise, you'll be rolling out of here today!"

"Interesting." Tang San's gaze gradually turned icy. He bared his teeth. "Then today, we'll see who ends up rolling out."

As they spoke, the two moved to the middle of the lobby, where there was plenty of room to fight.

"Dai Mubai, level 37 Battle Soul Grandmaster. Martial Soul: White Tiger."

With that, Dai Mubai stomped his foot and gave a low roar. Three Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple—rose beneath his feet, while the phantom of a White Tiger over two meters tall appeared behind him, majestic and imposing.

He had assumed that once he revealed his Martial Soul and Soul Rings, that ignorant Little Rascal across from him would retreat sensibly. Instead, Tang San's gaze became even more contemptuous.

"Tang San, level 37 Battle Soul Grandmaster. Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass." Tang San gave him a disdainful look and opened his right palm, revealing his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. At the same time, three purple Soul Rings rose beneath his feet. "Enough nonsense. Take my Blue Silver Entanglement first!"

Ignoring Dai Mubai's stunned expression, he abruptly slapped the ground. In an instant, countless Blue Silver Grass vines surged like flood dragons churning through the sea, ripping the hotel's floor tiles into fragments as they swept toward the dumbfounded Dai Mubai in waves.

Only when the attack was nearly upon him did Dai Mubai snap out of his shock. White Tiger Possession was completed in an instant, and a roaring torrent of white light burst from his mouth.

White Tiger Light Wave!

The approaching Blue Silver Grass was torn apart in great swathes, blasted open into a massive circular gap as the attack shot straight toward Tang San.

Tang San did not take such a straightforward attack seriously at all. While continuing to control the Blue Silver Grass as it wrapped around Dai Mubai, he merely twisted his body slightly and evaded the White Tiger Light Wave.

Two frightened cries suddenly rang out behind him. Tang San turned and saw that the white beam was heading toward the cashier's counter behind him. The ones crying out were the receptionist who had served him earlier and a middle-aged man in a black suit who had somehow arrived there.

What the fuck does that have to do with me? he thought.

Dai Mubai also realized that his Second Soul Skill was about to injure ordinary people. He hurriedly suppressed the boiling Soul Power within him, but the attack he had already launched would not dissipate so quickly. Its residual force was still considerable.

At the critical moment, a purple Soul Ring flew out from the corner. Amid a resounding dragon's roar, a green figure shot forth with a howl. Its body coiled through the entire hotel lobby like some colossal beast. Its dragon head rose high, its eyes looking down upon Dai Mubai and Tang San, and one section of its body happened to block the attack's residual force completely.

"I say, if you're going to fight over a room and can't perfectly control your Soul Skills, could you take it outside? Don't hurt innocent people. If you wreck or collapse this hotel, where am I supposed to stay tonight?"

Xu Changqing walked out, sounding helpless.

Tang San and Dai Mubai temporarily stopped fighting as well. Such a terrifying giant dragon was coiled here, watching them menacingly as though it could swallow them whole at any moment. The pressure it gave off was unprecedented.

The two exchanged a look.

"Take it outside!"

Tang San said coldly. Clearly, he was not satisfied. The frustration building up inside him needed an outlet.

Dai Mubai gave Xu Changqing a deep look before turning back to Tang San. "Do you think I'm afraid of you? Come outside and fight me again!"

Watching the two rush out the door one after the other without any hesitation, Xu Changqing raised a hand and had the Wood Dragon dissipate where it stood.

A level 37 Battle Soul Grandmaster, with three purple Soul Rings. Tang San had clearly gained quite a few benefits from the System.

Having learned what he wanted to know, Xu Changqing had no desire to follow them outside and watch the battle. He had long expected the outcome. Dai Mubai would never be Tang San's match, so it made no difference whether he watched or not.

After calling to Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, he headed for the hotel's staircase.

"Wait! Wait!"

The middle-aged man in the black suit hurried over from the counter in a few strides. With a grateful expression, he bowed and scraped. "My surname is Wang. I am the manager of this hotel. Thank you, esteemed soul master, for saving our lives just now."

Xu Changqing nodded calmly. "It was nothing. Don't take it to heart."

"No, no, no! It may have been nothing to you, but to me and my employees, you saved our lives. Here, please take this gold card. It is my personal gold card. With it, Rose Hotel will always reserve a room for you, and you will never be charged."

As he spoke, Manager Wang offered a pure gold card with both hands.

Xu Changqing considered it. They would likely remain in Suotuo City for some time. If they did not want to stay at Shrek Academy, they could use this place as a stopover. He reached out and accepted it. "Then thank you."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. If you need anything in the future, you can come to Rose Hotel and find me. I will certainly do everything in my power."

Xu Changqing nodded and said no more as he turned and went upstairs. The room he had booked with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong was called "Inverted Phoenix." Rose Hotel truly knew how to name its rooms. Just hearing that name made it sound especially fitting!

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