Douluo: My Neighbor Xiao San is Mopping Up My Wi-Fi
Chapter 27

Douluo: Neighbor San Comes to My House to Use the Wi-Fi

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"But, do you even have that much soul power?" Green Willow Heart Wood rolled his eyes. He felt that what the other had just used was at least half of his total soul power.

Nan Xuan did not speak this time, but instead led the other out of his room.

Then, the area shifted, and they arrived at the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Green Willow Heart Wood had never seen such a bustling city, nor so many people.

Taking advantage of this moment, Nan Xuan said, "This is a world I created. They all visit this world in the form of spiritual power. This world has brought them infinite convenience. Although they cannot abandon their lives in the real world, there are so many people on the Douluo Continent that at any given time, someone is entering this world. Furthermore, it is fee-based; the fees they pay are soul power, spiritual power, and currency from the human world."

"If everyone on the entire continent gives me a wisp of soul power every day, how many people are on the continent? So, how do you choose now?"

Nan Xuan looked at the shock on Green Willow Heart Wood's face and knew the task was about to be completed.

"Then, if I become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, what benefit is it to you? Are you helping me for free?" Green Willow Heart Wood still asked with some composure; he did not think the other party wanted to help her for nothing.

"I want you to sacrifice yourself to me. A cultivation sacrifice will suffice, and then your soul can be entrusted to the soul ring. My martial soul can extract your soul and then materialize it, so you can coexist with me." Nan Xuan did not beat around the bush and stated his purpose directly.

"Don't doubt my ability. Having seen this world, you should believe me." Nan Xuan looked at the other party, who was still hesitating, and added more weight to his argument.

"Fine, I agree." Green Willow Heart Wood decided to agree to this human. In any case, if he didn't agree, he would end up as a soul ring anyway, so he might as well give it a try.

The man and the tree returned to reality.

Nan Xuan began to cast his domain skill to surround the entire lake area, then summoned his martial soul, the Wireless Router.

Next, waves of massive soul power surged out and drifted toward Green Willow Heart Wood.

"Hey, aren't you worried that after I become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, I'll break my promise?" Green Willow Heart Wood asked curiously.

"Don't nag, absorb it seriously. You soul beast clans aren't full of lies like us humans. Besides, even then, you still wouldn't be my match." Nan Xuan said in a steady tone.

Hearing this, Green Willow Heart Wood was a bit unhappy, but that strange soul skill of his was truly a cheat.

The infusion of soul power lasted for a full day.

Sensing that the other had absorbed enough, Nan Xuan withdrew his soul power supply and then activated his Digitization soul skill.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Green Willow Heart Wood to successfully advance, and a powerful shockwave of soul power erupted.

At this moment, Green Willow Heart Wood was still in the form of a giant willow, but his aura had increased significantly, and the height of the tree had also grown.

Green Willow Heart Wood raised his willow branches and poked at Nan Xuan.

Seeing that his attack was still ineffective, she gave up and began the sacrifice ritual.

The same blood-red color permeated the entire lake area, and the surrounding trees trembled as if wailing. Then, a red energy swept through Nan Xuan's entire body. Not long after, the red glow dissipated, and a blood-red soul ring floated above the Wireless Router.

Nan Xuan let out a breath. He didn't immediately feel the changes brought by the Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring, but instead used the characteristics of his martial soul to digitize the soul on the soul ring, bringing it into the martial soul to materialize its traits. If he had simply used a soul skill to materialize it, it would still be a soul, not a body.

Nan Xuan input the facial information that Green Willow Heart Wood had displayed in the Network World into his martial soul, and then a green light drifted out from it.

As the green light faded, a young girl appeared, standing 166 centimeters tall with a pointed chin, cherry lips, and twin tails. Her long green dress looked very fresh, and a pair of light green high-heeled boots added a touch of vitality.

"Wow, it seems you succeeded." Green Willow Heart Wood looked herself up and down excitedly.

"Just about. Congratulations, you can now move freely in the human world. Your physical body is covered by my martial soul's characteristics, so no one will discover you are a soul beast. Under normal circumstances, you can only leave me by 10 meters, but since my spiritual power covers the entire continent, your wish can be fulfilled."

Nan Xuan's first experiment in artificially cultivating a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was a complete success. This experiment was something he had thought of on a whim, and he hadn't expected it to actually succeed. Nan Xuan himself found it incredible; apart from the consumption of soul power, everything else went smoothly.

Regarding the reason why Green Willow Heart Wood's soul was transformed into a physical entity and "resurrected" with a body, Nan Xuan summarized two points.

First, it must be a physical sacrifice, preserving the soul.

Second, it must be a sacrifice to his martial soul; otherwise, everything is off the table.

These experimental operations were all based on the connection between his martial soul and the sacrificed soul beast.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Green Willow Heart Wood looked at the dazed Nan Xuan with a smile.

"Summarizing the experience of increasing the soul beast's age and resurrecting you." Nan Xuan said truthfully.

"I see. Then, why don't you give me a name first?" Green Willow Heart Wood looked at Nan Xuan and said with some embarrassment.

"Bi Liu, Bi Liu... how about we call you Liu Bi?" Nan Xuan pondered for a moment before saying.

Liu Bi? Green Willow Heart Wood looked at Nan Xuan with a dark expression, full of complaints; she did not like that name.

"Liu Mumu." Nan Xuan didn't continue to tease her and chose a normal name instead.

"Hmm, that's not bad. So, where are we planning to go now?" Liu Mumu felt that the first impression of this name was pretty good; at least it was much better than the previous one.

"Come home with me first. From now on, you'll be my distant cousin. This is your identity in the human world. As for your martial soul, you should be able to use your Green Willow Heart Wood, right?" Nan Xuan said.

"I can, but I can't add any more soul rings," Liu Mumu said with some frustration.

"Give it a rest. If you could still add soul rings, then I might truly be a god. The fact that you can still use your Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring and soul power is already an act against the heavens," Nan Xuan said with a wry smile.

"When can I go travel the continent?" Liu Mumu preferred this over anything else.

"Get familiar with the human world first, and once I've mastered the soul skills you brought me, you can roam the world as you please," Nan Xuan said with a smile.

After tidying up, Nan Xuan took Liu Mumu and left the Star Dou Great Forest.

The harvest this time was quite unexpected for Nan Xuan. The hundred-thousand-year level brought two soul skills, and he also obtained a torso soul bone, which also carried two soul skills.

As for the soul skills, he would deal with them once he got home.

Along the way, Nan Xuan took Liu Mumu to eat and drink. Of course, this was all at Liu Mumu's request; he didn't want to be misunderstood by Bibi Dong.

Throughout the journey, Nan Xuan had been explaining to Bibi Dong why he hadn't told her about going to obtain a soul ring alone, and whether the existence of Liu Mumu meant he was up to something else; he was nearly driven to exhaustion by the ordeal.

After the barrage of explanations, Bibi Dong didn't say anything more, merely feeling that what Nan Xuan did was far too miraculous, and she wanted to find an opportunity to meet Liu Mumu.

To this, Nan Xuan agreed without a second thought. Watching Nan Xuan chat with a woman the entire way, Liu Mumu shook her head, unable to understand what was going on.

"Look, that's my home up ahead. A soul master lives in the wooden house opposite, a Title Douluo, and also the husband of that Blue Silver Emperor in Blue Silver Valley. He doesn't know I'm a soul master, so don't expose me, Cousin Mumu." Nan Xuan pointed to his own wooden house and the one where Tang Hao lived, letting Liu Mumu understand the situation.

"The Blue Silver Emperor, sigh, what a pity. To think she would fall in love with a human." Liu Mumu knew a thing or two about the Blue Silver Emperor of Blue Silver Valley; she was a very kind soul beast.

"That's not the point. The key is that the man she fell in love with has some issues. Once we get home, I'll send you something, and you can see for yourself." Nan Xuan looked at Liu Mumu and casually told her about the deeds of the Blue Silver Emperor.

Liu Mumu became interested at once, a sweet smile appearing on her face.

When they returned home, exactly half a month had passed. After Nan Xuan arranged a room for Liu Mumu, he handed her a green network card imprinted with the pattern of a Green Willow Heart Wood. This was also just a cover; the real thing had long since been branded onto his martial soul.

However, Liu Mumu was quite fond of this network card that bore her own original form.

"I'll send you the Lan Hao Picture Book, which is adapted from the actual story, in a moment. You can just check it on your end with Ling." Nan Xuan didn't bother arranging a Smart Guide for Liu Mumu; instead, he copied his own Ling for her, as his version had higher permissions than the others, and they were only used for operational guidance anyway.

After Liu Mumu acknowledged this, she lay down on her bed and entered the Network World.

Nan Xuan, meanwhile, lay on the rocking chair under the eaves of the wooden house, closed his eyes, and entered the Network World. He sent the Lan Hao Picture Book to Liu Mumu, while he himself began researching his four soul skills in the training ground he had planned out within the Network World.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone Skill: The first is Distraction, also known as Distraction Control; for the specific number of things that can be controlled, please refer to the willow branches of the Green Willow Heart Wood original form.

The second is Absorption, which draws in external energy and matter to compensate for one's own needs. The forms of conversion include blood energy, soul power, and mental power, with a conversion rate of ninety-five percent.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Skills: The first is Network Control, which uses mental power to form chains to attack or detain the enemy's soul or spiritual body. At the same time, it can also be used for more permission allocation, management, and optimization updates within the Network World.

The second is Network Sanction, where thousands of willow branches transform into long swords, gathering into a giant sword to sanction those who rebel against the God of the Network.

In his own Network World, Nan Xuan unleashed the two skills granted by the hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Since it was only a data simulation, the effects didn't look very obvious.

"Sigh, it seems I'm walking further and further down the path of a support soul master." Nan Xuan exited the Network World and looked at his attribute panel, sighing helplessly.

Ever since his fifth soul ring, he had begun to drift away from the category of a support soul master. If one counted the Seal Wings, he might have already deviated from that trajectory as early as the fourth soul ring stage.

After staying with Nan Xuan for about a month, Liu Mumu couldn't sit still anymore and left. Nan Xuan agreed; after all, no particular anomalies had appeared during his recent observations, so she could leave if she wanted to. He was too lazy to cook for an extra person anyway.

If you want to rely on a soul beast that can cook, it is recommended to choose Ah Yin first.

Having arrived on the Douluo Continent for 25 years, Nan Xuan's Soul Power Level had already reached level 90. Half a year ago, through Liu Mumu's sacrifice, his soul power had reached level 85. For the following half-year, he had been absorbing the soul power stored within his martial soul. In any case, he possessed a sliver of faith power, so he never worried about his soul power being unstable.

It wasn't until the day before yesterday that he broke through to level 90, and then he began to consider the matter of his soul ring.

He had initially planned to find Xiao Wu or Xiao Wu's mother, as their clan's soul skills were quite good. But ever since he obtained the Digitization soul skill, he had abandoned that choice.

Any other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast he picked now would affect the development of the plot. Since it would affect it anyway, he decided to go big.

Half a year ago, to help Liu Mumu advance to the level of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, if the soul power reserves were divided into ten layers, he had only consumed one layer of the reserves within his martial soul. For the current Nan Xuan, this consumption wasn't very large. Based on this calculation, the stage from a hundred years to twenty thousand years required one layer of reserves, while twenty thousand to forty thousand to a hundred thousand years required four layers of energy, totaling five layers of energy.

"Almost half the energy." Nan Xuan hesitated. To use so much energy just to stir up trouble, it felt a bit unworthy.

Just as Nan Xuan was still hesitating, he saw one-year-old Tang San outside the wooden house across the creek.

Nan Xuan gave a wicked smile and immediately decided to do it.

"Consuming 5 layers now in exchange for my great future—it's worth it. It's just sitting there anyway. Once I reach level 100 and upgrade my martial soul's level, everything will be a perfect ending." Nan Xuan smiled and explained it to himself internally.

Nan Xuan planned to take action tomorrow afternoon, because that was when Tang Hao would go to deliver ironware to the village chief's house. He had observed this a few days ago, and according to Tang Hao's forging speed, he would definitely deliver it tomorrow afternoon.

Therefore, Nan Xuan planned to leave today. He left as soon as he decided, carrying a small backpack. Nan Xuan deliberately slowed his pace in front of the village chief's house before walking out of the village.

Nan Xuan found a hotel in Nuoding City to rest for the night, and the next morning, he began monitoring Tang Hao with his soul skills. As for the small cave where Tang Hao had buried Ah Yin, he had known about it for a long time; now he just needed to find the right moment.

Sure enough, Tang Hao headed to the village chief's house in the afternoon. Nan Xuan's figure flashed, and he ran straight toward the small cave, where he saw a stalk of Blue Silver Grass with golden veins.

Seeing that the person who arrived was not Tang Hao, Ah Yin felt a tightening in her heart and curled up her leaves.

Nan Xuan paid no attention to these actions of Ah Yin; he grabbed the root system and plucked it away in one go.

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