Tang San, Are You Not Up to It?

That night, lying in bed, Li Chen calmly considered the matter of his Soul Ring.

"Tangyuan, Tangyuan, what am I supposed to do about my first Soul Ring? Do I really have to go to the Soul Hunting Forest myself? It's so dangerous, no way~~."

"Is there any way to obtain a Soul Ring without fighting? The kind that suits me perfectly, with no danger or side effects? One that's golden and glittering and super precious!"

Li Chen thought, I've made it this obvious. The system has to know I'm talking about a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, right?

He had finally transmigrated once, so there was no way he would let himself encounter danger. After all, a gentleman did not stand beneath a crumbling wall. He wanted to lie low until the end of time and raise a whole group of underlings.

As for whether he looked cool or not, he did not care. It was mainly too much trouble. Living peacefully and steadily was enough; showing off would not grant him two extra years of life.

To devise strategies from within the command tent and secure victory a thousand miles away—that was his motto.

"Hehe!"

"Host, what are you fantasizing about? Your drool is practically dripping onto the floor. You look like a pervert right now!"

"A God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, right? You can buy one directly from the system shop. The first five Soul Rings only cost one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each."

"Holy crap, how much?"

Li Chen truly had not expected a hundred-year Soul Ring to be so expensive.

Then, Li Chen suddenly came up with a great idea. It would let him harvest Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's Destiny Value while also making that unlucky Yu Xiaogang help him obtain a Soul Ring!

"Tangyuan, I've thought of a great idea. What do you think about having Tang San steal Yu Xiaogang's Belt?"

A month later, Tang San had already cultivated to level seven through his own hard work.

Inside a blacksmith shop in Nuoding City, a tiny figure was swinging a massive hammer and diligently forging iron. What was astonishing was the tremendous strength hidden within his small body. After all, even ordinary adult men could not wield those hammers.

During this time, Tang San had already earned two Gold Soul Coins. He had been planning to save up a little more money and upgrade his Hidden Weapons, but just then, the old granny in his ring told him that she sensed an aura of Spatial Energy from Yu Xiaogang.

"Tang San, I can sense that the belt on Yu Xiaogang is made from a special Spatial Treasure."

"I thought about it for a long time, but I've decided to tell you about this."

Tang San was immediately shocked and delighted. Last time, Adoptive Mother had given him a huge surprise. He eagerly anticipated how many levels she would raise him this time.

At the same time, however, he sensed the heaviness in the old granny's words. This probably would not be easy.

"Adoptive Mother, tell me. As long as it can quickly increase my strength, I can do anything!"

"Yu Xiaogang's belt has Twenty-Four Gems on it. If you can bring it to me, I can use great magic to refine it into a Meridian-Expanding Pill and widen your meridians."

Tang San understood, but he still asked, "Adoptive Mother, will widening my meridians let me level up quickly?"

"Of course. Without other fortuitous encounters, you can only slowly widen your meridians through cultivation, increasing the total amount of Soul Power your body can store!"

Tang San was now in a difficult position. What troubled him was not whether he should ask Yu Xiaogang for that belt, but how he should ask for it.

Now that he knew of a way to level up quickly, he definitely could not give it up.

At that moment, Li Chen had Tangyuan continue brainwashing Tang San. "Xiao San, I believe that if your Adoptive Father knew his belt was useful to you, he would definitely give it to you. But you have no way to explain what you need it for right now, so we can only resort to a lesser option."

"What lesser option?"

"Move his belt to a different coordinate without anyone noticing!"

"Adoptive Mother, isn't that stealing?"

"Silly child, how can that be called stealing? It's called moving something that already belongs to you to a different coordinate!"

Tang San nodded, indicating his agreement with this method.

"Adoptive Father, don't blame me. I'll definitely treat you well."

"Adoptive Mother, then what should I do?"

Only after quite a while did Li Chen remember how to make up a foolproof plan.

"You know Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Just wait until Yu Xiaogang is asleep tonight, open his door, and take the item away."

Tang San thought, Isn't that the same as saying nothing? I know I need to open his door and take it, but how do I open it without making him suspect me?

"Xiao San, your mother naturally has a way. Tonight, you only need to sneak outside Yu Xiaogang's door. Leave the rest to Mother!"

Filled with overwhelming excitement, Tang San finally endured until nighttime. But as he listened to Li Chen and Xiao Wu whispering together next door, it was nearly midnight and they still showed no signs of stopping.

Tang San was in no mood to be jealous right now. He only hoped those two would be quieter tonight. Yes, Tang San had already gotten used to the two of them whispering together late into every night.

Li Chen glanced at Tang San from the corner of his eye and saw him tossing and turning. Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought Tang San was doing something inappropriate for children.

After everyone had finally fallen asleep, Tang San glanced once more at Xiao Wu and Li Chen's two adjacent beds. Jealousy surged through him again, and he secretly swore that once he became a Soul Master, he would definitely snatch that girl back.

Tang San quietly slipped out of bed, looking back with every step. Just as he was about to reach the door, he suddenly heard Xiao Wu shout, "Tang San!"

Tang San was so startled that everyone in the Seventh Dormitory woke up.

As Tang San considered how to answer, Xiao Wu continued, "Tang San, didn't you just go to the bathroom? Why are you going again? Do you have frequent urination?"

Tang San stood blankly by the door, not understanding what Xiao Wu meant for a moment.

When the awakened students heard Xiao Wu's explosive remark, they were instantly no longer sleepy.

"Tang San, I think I saw you go to the bathroom just now. You can't really be not up to it, can you?"

"Tang San, if you have problems in that area, you need treatment early. I know an old healing-type Soul Master. I heard he's extremely skilled at treating that sort of thing. One touch and he'll know exactly what's wrong."

"Wang Sheng, Er Gou, speaking of which, my bed is next to Tang San's. I've never heard his bed shaking around at night either."

Listening to his classmates' "concerned" greetings, Tang San finally understood what Xiao Wu meant by not being up to it.

Li Chen seemed to see Tang San's little face turning bright red in the darkness.

But in order to maintain his image as a good guy, he still spoke up for Tang San. "Stop talking. It's so late already. Go to sleep!"

Other than Tang San, everyone knew Li Chen was the strongest person in the dormitory, so they immediately fell silent.

Tang San had wanted to show off in front of Xiao Wu after reaching level ten, but he had not expected Xiao Wu to still be awake.

Of course, he would not blame gentle and adorable Xiao Wu for what happened today. So everyone else had already earned a death sentence!