Yu Xiaogang, Full of High Spirits (Bonus Chapter for Common Path and Fantuan Era)

"Everyone performed well today. Take these fifty Gold Soul Coins and divide them among the five of you. Also, I'll treat everyone to a feast at the best hotel in Suotuo City."

Taking the prize money from the spirit battle competition from Liu Erlong, Lin Hanye distributed it among Shao Xin and the other four.

"Young Master Hai, did you find someone to place bets for you?"

Niu Cheng, a burly man built like a bear, accepted his share of ten Gold Soul Coins and asked with a grin.

"Mm, I made a little."

Lin Hanye nodded slightly without saying how much he had earned.

His main purpose in treating them this time was to recruit Shao Xin.

A moment later, the seven of them appeared at Suotuo City's most luxurious hotel, the Soto Grand Hotel.

Lin Hanye ordered an entire tableful of dishes, and Niu Jin, Cai Kun, and the others ate to their hearts' content.

Since Lin Hanye had already eaten, he merely held a glass of fruit juice and sat beside Shao Xin. Liu Erlong sat next to him, with one seat separating her from Shao Xin. Knowing that Lin Hanye intended to recruit Shao Xin, she chose not to interrupt.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, when Lin Hanye saw that everyone had eaten their fill, he said to Shao Xin, "Brother Shao, there's something that has puzzled me for quite some time."

Shao Xin was quite willing to befriend a "genius Soul Master" like Lin Hanye. "Brother Hai, please, ask away."

Lin Hanye said, "From the Soul Power Fluctuation in your body, your soul power seems far denser than that of an ordinary Level 30 Soul Master. You should have broken through Level 30 some time ago. Why haven't you gone to obtain a soul ring?"

Shao Xin gave a bitter smile. "I want to obtain one, but thousand-year soul rings aren't so easy to get. Especially for a Food System Soul Master like me—I can only rely on the ten Gold Soul Coins of Soul Master Subsidy each month, along with trying my luck at the Great Soul Arena to see if I can form a team with someone to earn Gold Soul Coins, save up money, and hire help."

"Then why not join an Advanced Soul Master Academy? With your talent, it shouldn't be difficult for you to get in, should it?" Liu Erlong, seated beside Lin Hanye, could not help asking.

"What would joining an Advanced Soul Master Academy accomplish? Not to mention that it costs over a hundred Gold Soul Coins in tuition every year, even if a teacher were willing to help me hunt for a soul ring, there's a ninety percent chance it would only be a hundred-year one. Very few would be willing to risk going to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a thousand-year soul ring for a Food System Soul Master like me. I'd rather slowly save up on my own."

Shao Xin shook his head.

Hearing this, Lin Hanye felt deeply moved. If not for the ten thousand Gold Soul Coins his parents had left him, he probably would not be doing much better than Shao Xin now—perhaps even worse.

This was the true state of ordinary Soul Masters at the bottom of society.

"In that case, why not come with us?"

Seeing that the atmosphere had ripened, Liu Erlong extended an invitation to Shao Xin.

"Come with you?"

Shao Xin looked at the two of them in surprise.

Lin Hanye smiled. "Don't look at us like that. We're ordinary Soul Masters just like you; we've merely been a little luckier. Erlong and I met while I was traveling the Continent. We happen to be lacking a Food System Soul Master. If you're willing to travel the Continent with us, then after we finish our business in Gengxin City, we can head to the nearby Star Dou Great Forest and get you a thousand-year soul ring. By then, I should be close to Level 30 as well."

After hearing Lin Hanye out, Shao Xin was somewhat tempted, but he still asked worriedly, "You really aren't from some Soul Master Family or sect?"

It was not as though Shao Xin had never encountered people who wanted to recruit him before. But he knew what joining them would mean, so he had turned them all down.

"Why are you being so wishy-washy? Do you think we'd deceive you? Agree if you want to, and refuse if you don't. You're making it sound like we'd harm you."

Liu Erlong said unhappily.

"To be honest, quite a few Soul Master Families have tried to recruit me before this. But I don't like being restrained. If you truly aren't from some Soul Master Family or sect, then I'd be more than willing to travel the Continent with you."

Shao Xin smiled.

Lin Hanye said seriously, "There truly is no Soul Master Family or sect behind us. But in the future, once I have sufficient strength, I plan to establish one. If you're willing to join as a founding elder then, that can be arranged."

"That sounds great."

Shao Xin took Lin Hanye's words as a joke. He did not doubt that someone who had nearly reached the Soul Elder realm at such an age could become a powerful expert in the future—he might even become one of the legendary Titled Douluo.

But establishing a sect was hardly so easy. There were far too many things involved.

After dinner, Lin Hanye took Shao Xin to the Rose Hotel and booked him a room.

Early the next morning, the three packed their things and left Suotuo City.

Before setting out, they replenished their supplies. Lin Hanye also visited Suotuo City's auction house, major pharmacies, and adult novelty shops to see whether he could find Whale Rubber. Unfortunately, this thing had yet to become popular, and few people were willing to waste money on "aphrodisiacs."

After searching all around, the three still found nothing.

Having No Other Choice, Lin Hanye could only lead them out of Suotuo City and search the towns along the road to Gengxin City.

Meanwhile.

While Lin Hanye's group rushed towards Gengxin City, Yu Xiaogang had already obtained his Second Soul Ring.

"Young Master Xiaogang, give it the final blow."

Uncle Fu, the butler of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, an elderly man with white hair and beard, spoke to Yu Xiaogang.

"Thank you, Uncle Fu."

Yu Xiaogang nodded, unable to suppress the pride on his face. A Soul Grandmaster at fourteen years old.

Even across the entire Soul Master World, he belonged among the ranks of geniuses.

And his Innate Soul Power had only been half a level.

As long as he continued cultivating like this, he believed that one day, he could reach his father's realm through his own efforts, rather than remain the waste his clansmen called him.

There were only useless martial souls, never useless Soul Masters. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never look down on a poor youth.

"This old servant merely fulfilled his duty." Uncle Fu's face revealed no emotion, as though nothing in the world could shake him.

He cast a faint glance at the fox Soul Beast beside them, its three eyes visible as it lay On the Verge of Death, then asked hesitantly, "Young Master Xiaogang, are you really going to absorb this Three-Eyed Demonic Fox's Soul Ring?"

"Yes. I specifically chose this hundred-year Three-Eyed Demonic Fox for myself. According To my estimates, it should grant me a Soul Skill similar to Mental Attack."

Yu Xiaogang had complete confidence in his Soul Master Theory. As he spoke, he took a short sword from his Storage Soul Tool and drove it into the eye atop the Three-Eyed Demonic Fox's head.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's unwavering confidence, Uncle Fu did not try to persuade him further. This time, he had merely come under the orders of Yu Luomian, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Second-in-Command, to hunt down a suitable Soul Ring for Yu Xiaogang and ensure his safety.

He would not meddle in anything beyond that.

Lest he offend the other party.

His former colleague, Lin Xiaofeng, was a cautionary example.

He did not want his children to end up like Lin Hanye after his death—Expelled from the Sect.

PS: Third update. Request Monthly Pass.

Thanks to Xiao Chenyu for the 600 Qidian Coin reward.

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Thanks to Common Path for the 2,900 Qidian Coin reward.