Sky City at Wu Liang's Home

Watching Tang San quickly disappear beyond the foot of the hill, Wu Liang shook his head and activated the Sky City icon on his left hand. His figure vanished from where he stood as well.

Wu Liang did not live in Holy Soul Village, but in a tiny village next to it with only a few households. However, after the old man who had adopted him passed away, he moved into Sky City's Lord's Manor.

Sky City was divided into many areas. In DNF, it consisted of the Dragonkin Tower area, Puppet Vestibule area, Stone Giant Tower area, Dark Cloister area, Floating City area, and Lord's Manor area.

Of course, since Wu Liang had drawn Sky City, all the areas mentioned above were included. However, among all those areas, Wu Liang only occupied the Lord's Manor. The others served as Sky City's defensive measures. Aside from Wu Liang, anyone wishing to enter Sky City's Lord's Manor had to pass through every area before reaching the central manor.

This was very different from the game, and every area was guarded by Soul Beasts. Yes, Soul Beasts. After Sky City appeared in the Douluo World, all the monsters within it became Soul Beasts. Dragonkin Tower contained Dragonkin and wyverns. The Soul Beasts there included ten-year, hundred-year, and thousand-year Soul Beasts, while the Dragonkin Lord was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and its guards were all ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. The Soul Beasts in Puppet Vestibule were puppet types, and its lord was also a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Stone Giant Tower produced strength-type and defense-type Soul Beasts, while Dark Cloister contained dark armor-type Soul Beasts and dark beast-type Soul Beasts. No matter the kind of Soul Beast, their lords were all Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Floating City was rather special. It contained every type of Soul Beast, but its lords were two five-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Of course, although these areas would not invade the Lord's Manor, Wu Liang could do nothing about them either. He could only treat them as a reserve of future Soul Rings.

The Lord's Manor's defensive force consisted of twenty thousand Exorcists and ten thousand Axe Exorcists, commanded by the Celestial Exorcist. They were all soldiers of Segghardt, Light City Lord. They should originally have been monsters, but because Wu Liang had become the lord, they had all transformed into armored humans. Ordinary Exorcists had awakened swords or shields as their martial souls, while Axe Exorcists had awakened axe martial souls. Perhaps because they had been mass-produced, these Exorcists were not very strong, possessing only Soul Power around levels twenty or thirty. Only the Celestial Exorcist was an exception: an eighty-seventh-level Soul Douluo whose awakened martial soul was a knight's lightsaber.

Light flashed, and Wu Liang appeared in the main hall of the Lord's Manor. The former Light City Lord, Segghardt, had become the butler over the past five years. Seeing Wu Liang return, Segghardt gave a slight bow. "My lord, you have returned. Would you like some morning tea?"

Looking at Segghardt, who wore golden light armor and had a head of flashy white hair, Wu Liang shook his head helplessly. "Don't mind me. Do whatever you want. But Segghardt, can you stop wearing that armor at home? It's blinding me. How many times have I told you? Oh, right. Is Kanna awake yet?"

Segghardt did not mind the remark, but he still answered respectfully, "My lord, although I am the Lord's Manor's butler, I am also its strongest combat force. What if someone attacks the manor? I must remain prepared at all times. Besides, little Kanna has not gotten up yet."

"You just want to show off. Forget it, I won't bother with you. I'm going to find Kanna."

After saying that, Wu Liang shook his head and headed toward the residences to the side. The Lord's Manor was enormous. As for how enormous, Wu Liang did not know. In any case, his predecessor had never finished exploring the entire manor even after all those years. Conservatively speaking, it was the size of a small city. Military camps stood on both sides outside the manor, and there was also a training ground behind it, all serving as activity areas for the tens of thousands of Exorcists. Every affair within the Lord's Manor was handled by the Exorcists, including servants, cooks, gardeners, and so on. Of course, not all the Exorcists were men; half of them were women. The system had arranged that very well, or else the entire Lord's Manor would have felt incredibly gay.

Before long, he arrived at Kanna's room. The little girl was sleeping soundly without a shred of dignity, having kicked her blanket onto the floor.

Looking at Kanna in the room, she was exactly the same as the Kanna in his memories. Wu Liang had liked this character very much before transmigrating—adorable and cute. After coming here, he had actually gotten one ready-made, summoned by his predecessor.

He picked up the blanket and set it aside. Little Kanna seemed to sense Wu Liang's arrival and woke up as well. Still half-asleep, she mumbled, "A Liang, you're back?"

Seeing how groggy she was, Wu Liang helped her put on her clothes. "Yes, I'm back. Oh, right, our martial souls should awaken in a few days. How about we go to school together then?"

"Oh, amazing! We're going to school? I want to go too!"

Once Kanna had put on her shoes and heard that there was school to attend, she bounced around excitedly. "Also, Kanna is hungry."

"Alright, alright. Go wash up. I'll give you some cookies later."

"Cookies? The kind that makes your body feel warm after eating them? Okay! Kanna wants some!" With that, she quickly ran to the washroom.

The cookies Wu Liang meant were naturally not ordinary snack cookies, but Delicious Cookie that he had obtained from the monthly gift pack. In the game, these cookies were merely discontinued recovery consumables that restored 11 of everything. But here in Douluo Continent, they restored some stamina and Soul Power. The description also stated that eating them regularly could slightly increase physical strength. Most importantly, they were incredibly delicious. One cookie could stave off hunger for half a day. Wu Liang and Kanna both loved something that tasted so good and was so filling, and they often ate them for breakfast.

While Kanna washed up, Wu Liang remembered that he still had five monthly check-in gift packs in the system space that he had not opened. He took out the five boxes and placed them on the bed. They were only palm-sized, like red gift boxes. After looking at them for a moment, Wu Liang decided to open them all.

Seria: "Has the host decided to open the monthly check-in boxes?"

"Confirmed. Open them all at once."

Seria: "The host has successfully opened the boxes and obtained Delicious Cookie x150, Elixir of Heavenly Healing x2, Divine Protection x1, Fragment of Vitality x1, and Mana Juice x100."

Seria: "Wow, a Fragment of Vitality. Tsk, tsk. If the previous host had gotten this, he would not have died so early."

"Fragment of Vitality? Isn't that something needed for pet quests? Can it increase lifespan too?" Wu Liang asked doubtfully.

Seria: "Of course. The previous host spent all his points and even owed a year's worth of points just to exchange for one bottle of Spring of Life. Only after using it could he gain one year of lifespan. Now do you understand how powerful the Fragment of Vitality is? This thing can increase the upper limit of your lifespan by thirty years. Wouldn't you say it's precious?"

Upon hearing that, Wu Liang immediately felt that he had struck it rich. Then he asked, "Seria, how many points would this take to exchange for in the system?"

After hearing Wu Liang's words, Seria said disdainfully, "Don't even think about exchanging for it. This thing can only be obtained through lottery draws. The only thing the system lets you exchange for is Spring of Life. Spring of Life can only increase your lifespan limit and vitality by one year, and it is only effective the first time you use it. The second time, it can only add one year of vitality without increasing the limit. But Fragment of Vitality is amazing. Not only does it increase your vitality limit and vitality by thirty years, but most importantly, it has no limit. In other words, you can use it as many times as you want and keep stacking it. Now do you understand how powerful it is?"

After listening, Wu Liang fell silent. The difference between the two was indeed like heaven and earth. If those who had reached the end of their lifespans, whether humans or Soul Beasts, learned of this, they would surely do anything to obtain it. But then he thought, Whatever. My life has only just begun, and I've even gotten a second chance. My body is only six years old now. As long as I develop quietly, a great life is guaranteed.

Seria seemed to know what Wu Liang was thinking. She rolled her eyes at him and vanished from his mind. Just then, Kanna came back after washing up, bouncing along as she went. Seeing Wu Liang sitting on her bed, she sped up and leaped into his arms. "A Liang, hurry, hurry! Cookies, cookies! Kanna wants cookies!"

Hearing Kanna act cute, Wu Liang rubbed her hair and placed her at the other end of the bed. He took a box of Delicious Cookie from the system space. There were two in a box, so he gave one to Kanna. Then he took out two bottles of Mana Juice and placed them beside her.

The moment Kanna saw Wu Liang take out the cookies, her eyes lit up. She quickly grabbed one with both hands and stuffed it into her mouth. Then, with a blissful, intoxicated expression, she murmured, "Delicious, delicious. The little cookie is delicious." Then she grabbed the Mana Juice Wu Liang had placed beside her and began gulping it down.

In this world, Mana Juice was also used to replenish Soul Power, but the prerequisite was that one had to possess Soul Power. Without Soul Power, it could only be drunk as juice. Even as juice, though, it was quite good.

Wu Liang took a sip of Mana Juice as well. Its cool taste was somewhat like mint, yet it gave off a rich fruity fragrance. One sip left a lingering taste in his mouth.

After breakfast, one cookie had indeed filled him up. His body also felt warm after eating it. As for whether his body had become stronger, Wu Liang did not know. He only felt the warmth and nothing else. Was it because he had not awakened yet?

"I'm done eating. Thank you, A Liang. Breakfast was very satisfying."

After finishing, Kanna sat quietly at the head of the bed and looked at Wu Liang.

Seeing Kanna being so well-behaved made Wu Liang happy, so he suggested, "Kanna, do you want to go to Dragonkin Tower and see the little wyverns?"

"Okay! Kanna wants to go. Kanna really likes dragons."

Hearing Kanna say that, Wu Liang thought, Of course you do. In another world, you were a dragon. You were only turned into a human after the system brought you to this world.

The two left the Lord's Manor and headed toward Dragonkin Tower. Because the Lord's Manor was located at the very top in the center of Sky City, Wu Liang could see the wyverns without even approaching Dragonkin Tower. He and Kanna arrived at the Lord's Manor walls and looked down at Dragonkin Tower below. Dragonkin Tower was not merely a single tower; there was also a vast forest around it, and the little wyverns chose the tallest trees to build their nests.

The Lord's Manor floated in the center of Sky City and seemed to be protected by a barrier, so those wyverns could not fly up to it. Looking at the wyverns of various attributes soaring freely through the air below, Kanna cried out excitedly, "Wow, wow, wow! The little wyverns are so cute! The red ones are little fire dragons, right? The blue ones are frost wyverns! I'm so jealous that they can fly! Kanna wants to fly too!"

Wu Liang and Kanna leaned against the wall and watched the various freely flying dragons, as well as the Dragonkin in the tower, for a long time. Wu Liang actually found it rather uninteresting, but Kanna never grew tired of it. Whenever a wyvern approached the wall, Kanna would cry out excitedly, drawing repeated glances from the Exorcists guarding the city walls. Wu Liang, however, loved Kanna's innocent and adorable appearance.