Douluo: Neighbor Tang San Comes Over to Use My Wi-Fi

Holy Soul Village.

"I've been in this world for nearly half a month. Being an infant, I can't do anything. I really wish I could grow up faster," Tang San thought, dazed, as he lay in his swaddling clothes.

He felt very grateful toward his father, Tang Hao. Having never experienced the feeling of family in his previous life, he held no complaints even though Tang Hao didn't know how to take care of him.

At Nan Xuan's home.

"In half a year, I've cultivated from level 72 to level 80. It seems there is indeed strength in numbers." Nan Xuan cultivated using the soul power paid by current netizens and a faint trace of faith; the feeling was like taking flight, and his soul power level felt completely solid without any sense of instability.

"It's time to prepare to obtain my eighth soul ring." Nan Xuan stood up and walked outside.

Lying on a recliner, he habitually took out a black Network Card and entered the Network World.

As for why he used a black Network Card to enter, it was naturally to lull Tang Hao into a false sense of security.

"Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul? Yu Xiaogang." As soon as Nan Xuan entered the Network World, he discovered something incredible; the date on the post was just today.

"I really didn't expect this, you can even come up with this. I originally thought that at this point in the timeline, there wouldn't be any major events involving Yu Xiaogang, but this is somewhat unexpected." Nan Xuan shook his head and smiled; he could only conclude that the world's consciousness wouldn't let this story drift too far off course.

After learning about the Master's affairs, Nan Xuan didn't intend to stop him. Anyway, he had already throttled the bandwidth for the other party in the Network World, so almost no one would see it. In the real world, if the other party had the strength to be this "Master," then let him be; that would make the story even more interesting.

After dealing with Yu Xiaogang's matter casually, and with nothing else special happening, he logged out of the Network World.

He stood up, tidied his things, and walked out of the village with a small bundle on his back.

"Eh, Nan Xuan, where are you planning to go?" Tang Hao, who had just finished delivering some ironware, met Nan Xuan on the road and asked with a smile.

"Me? I'm going out for a few days. Living alone is too boring and too difficult. I'm going to see if I can bring a lady of the house back this time." Nan Xuan sighed with the unique tone of a lonely bachelor.

"That's fine. You're not young anymore; it's time to get married." Tang Hao exchanged a few polite words with Nan Xuan before striding away.

Watching Tang Hao leave in such a hurry, Nan Xuan scoffed at the sight.

"This kid, he actually touched a sore spot of mine. But I can't blame him; he doesn't know my situation. Ah Yin, I miss you." Walking on the road home, Tang Hao thought of his wife and felt very distressed, so he decided to turn back and visit his wife in that small mountain cave again.

Tang San: "Aba aba."

After Nan Xuan walked out of the village, he rented a carriage in a nearby small town.

On the way to the city near the Star Dou Great Forest, Nan Xuan noticed that the carriage driver often used a Network Card to voice chat with his wife, and Nan Xuan couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Big brother, you're chatting with your wife, aren't you?" Nan Xuan asked with a smile.

The carriage driver was initially wary of Nan Xuan's inquiry, but seeing Nan Xuan's pure smile, he started chatting.

"Yeah, she's about to give birth. I plan to go back and stay with her after I finish this trip for you. Look, she's a bit worried and asks, and I'm worried about her too, so we use this to stay in touch often." The carriage driver held the Network Card in his hand and said happily.

"Then let me congratulate you first, big brother. I think this God of the Network is truly divine; to be able to accomplish such things, it has made things much more convenient for us." Nan Xuan congratulated him first, then brought up the topic of the God of the Network.

He wanted to hear how these people evaluated him in the real world.

"Who's to say otherwise? He's much better than those big sects and nobles. At the very least, he considers us more in some matters." When discussing this, the carriage driver first glanced at Nan Xuan's attire to ensure he wasn't a sect disciple or a noble before daring to speak.

"And there's this Network Library he set up. Although some high-end books require payment, some basic foundational knowledge is free. I don't know how much of a blessing this has been for us common folk."

"..."

The carriage driver kept praising the appearance of the God of the Network as a blessing for commoners.

In fact, Nan Xuan was also curious. In this world, only soul masters could attend school, and it seemed only those who awakened soul power could learn. If commoners without awakened soul power never learned to read, would they just rely on oral traditions passed down by their elders for their entire lives?

The two of them boasted about the God of the Network all the way, and the conversation only ended when Nan Xuan reached his destination, for which Nan Xuan gave him a few extra Network Gold Coins.

Nan Xuan didn't notify Bibi Dong about hunting his eighth soul ring this time. He knew she was busy and didn't want to disturb her; he could handle it himself anyway. Two months ago, he had informed her of the exact location of the 100,000-year Death Spider Emperor. During that time, Chrysanthemum Douluo performed well, so Nan Xuan let Bibi Dong send someone to bring back the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and give it to him.

When Chrysanthemum Douluo saw the immortal herb that matched his own martial soul, he was absolutely thrilled.

Nan Xuan's target this time was an 80,000-year Green Willow Heart Wood. This type of soul beast could not move until it reached 100,000 years of cultivation, but its willow branch attacks were quite formidable.

Nan Xuan activated all his soul skills to sneak into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, and two days later, he finally reached his target.

A massive willow tree that blocked the sky and sun grew by a lake. Its trunk, about 15 meters in circumference, was coiled on the ground, and its 80-meter-long main trunk branched out into countless weeping willows, each strand hanging down into the lake.

"It really is spectacular." Looking at the giant before him, Nan Xuan couldn't help but exclaim.

Nan Xuan deployed his domain skill; he wouldn't stop hunting it just because it looked beautiful.

Concealing his tracks, he slowly walked toward the heart of the willow tree.

Just as Nan Xuan approached, the willow tree's roots beneath the ground launched an attack at him.

"Damn it, can't my domain skill cover underground, or is my domain skill ineffective against it?" Nan Xuan dodged the attacks from the roots with all his might, and considering that speed wasn't his strong suit, he activated his own Digitization.

The 80,000-year Green Willow Heart Wood watched as its roots passed directly through Nan Xuan, but the target suffered no damage at all.

The Green Willow Heart Wood lifted its willow roots in a human-like manner, looked at them, and then used its countless weeping willow branches to form countless sharp swords and spears, stabbing toward the opponent.

80,000-year Green Willow Heart Wood: "I report, he's hacking."

The Green Willow Heart Wood discovered that its attacks couldn't hurt the opponent at all, so it used its willow branches to form a cage, trapping Nan Xuan inside.

Seeing that the opponent was trapped, the Green Willow Heart Wood finally felt a bit more at ease and felt a bit more confident in its own strength.

Nan Xuan looked at the emerald-green cage, took out his soul tool dagger, and slashed at it a few times, but not even a mark was left behind.

"It's quite sturdy, and this soul beast's intelligence is quite high." Recalling the human-like expression the Green Willow Heart Wood had just shown, Nan Xuan rubbed his chin and pondered.

After thinking to no avail, Nan Xuan opened the Network Library to search.

"Green Willow Heart Wood: one growth ring represents ten thousand years of cultivation. Its willow heart possesses the functions of heart-to-heart communication, enlightenment, and distraction control. Ten thousand years is equivalent to the intelligence of a 2-year-old human. Its roots are buried deep underground, capable of sensing the movement trajectories of living creatures. Its willow branches are as sharp as longswords, and it has long been entrenched by an unnamed small lake in the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"It is rumored to dislike conflict, keeps to itself, and cannot move unless it reaches one hundred thousand years of cultivation, so it lives in seclusion in one corner. Also, because its growth requirements are so difficult, high-age specimens are extremely rare."

Nan Xuan looked at this introduction to the Green Willow Heart Wood and was somewhat surprised. He had previously only known that this thing fit his soul ring requirements and that he could kite it since it couldn't move, but he hadn't known much else. He hadn't expected this thing to have such high intelligence.

Nan Xuan pondered for a moment and decided to go talk to this 16-year-old soul beast to see if he could trick—ahem, persuade—it into offering itself as a sacrifice.

Action followed thought. Nan Xuan used Digitization to pass through the cage formed by the Green Willow Heart Wood's branches, walking right up to the tree without any obstruction.

The Green Willow Heart Wood watched Nan Xuan walk straight up to it and felt somewhat helpless. Why was this human so shameless?

"Green Willow Heart Wood, hello. I am an 80th-level Support-type Soul Master, and I would like to discuss a few things with you." Nan Xuan looked up toward the center of the willow tree.

The Green Willow Heart Wood shook its branches in displeasure, indicating it did not want to talk.

Nan Xuan looked at the Green Willow Heart Wood, feeling a bit helpless. He directly unleashed a burst of spiritual power, forcibly dragging the Green Willow Heart Wood's consciousness into the Network World.

"Ah, no, don't! Don't touch me!" The Green Willow Heart Wood appeared in Nan Xuan's personal room and shrieked.

Nan Xuan had black lines on his forehead as he looked at this 16-year-old green-haired girl and called out.

"Hey, can you be a little quieter?"

The oval-faced Green Willow Heart Wood slowly opened her eyes and asked weakly, "Where is this?"

"The world I created," Nan Xuan said with a smile.

"Nonsense, how could you possibly create a world? In this world, no one is capable of creating a world." The Green Willow Heart Wood looked at Nan Xuan with disbelief.

Nan Xuan didn't care that the other party didn't believe him; he smiled and said, "Look at where you are now, and look at your current state."

The Green Willow Heart Wood subconsciously looked down and saw that she had feet and a human body.

"Everyone says the Green Willow Heart Wood has high intelligence, but I don't think you're all that smart," Nan Xuan looked at the girl in front of him and smiled down at her.

"That's not true! It's just because I've come into contact with too few humans and haven't been to school, so I don't understand these things," the Green Willow Heart Wood argued back vehemently.

"Alright, let's not talk about that. Let's discuss business," Nan Xuan said, not intending to waste any more breath.

"You already know your current state. I could take you as a soul ring at any time, but I haven't."

"As a soul beast with the intelligence of a 16-year-old human, you must want a pair of legs that can move, but to achieve that, you still need to wait until you reach one hundred thousand years of cultivation."

"You might even want to transform into human form, go to the human world to study, and experience human life, right?"

"No, I don't! You're making all of that up. If you want to kill me, then kill me, why so much nonsense?" The Green Willow Heart Wood expressed her opposition to Nan Xuan's words, sounding somewhat angry.

Nan Xuan smiled calmly and said slowly, "What if I told you I could help you reach the 100,000-year mark in a short period of time?"

"What if I guaranteed that you could live in the human world without any obstacles?"

"How would you choose?"

The two "ifs" flowed into the Green Willow Heart Wood's ears. She said indignantly, "How is that possible? You caught me but didn't kill me just to trick me? Are you not ashamed?"

"Choose? If it were true, of course I would choose to become a 100,000-year soul beast, then transform into a human and wander around."

"But, can you not be so ridiculous? Human. You are a human, not a god."

Nan Xuan wasn't angered by the Green Willow Heart Wood's words; he smiled and said, "It's good that you have a choice."

Following that, Nan Xuan brought the Green Willow Heart Wood back to the real world. Then, a streak of deep blue soul power appeared in his hand and was poured directly into her body.

The Green Willow Heart Wood felt the soul power Nan Xuan transmitted. She tentatively absorbed a little and discovered that her age limit had loosened slightly. She then absorbed the rest. Although she only broke through by a few years, it truly verified what Nan Xuan had just said.

Seeing that the Green Willow Heart Wood had finished absorbing it, Nan Xuan pulled her back into the Network World again.

"You really can quickly increase my age limit?" the Green Willow Heart Wood asked, unable to believe it.

"You just experienced it, didn't you? The 'one hundred thousand years' you soul beasts talk about should be cultivation, not actual years. As long as enough soul power is poured into you, you can also quickly break through to the 100,000-year level," Nan Xuan said calmly.