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

"Yeah, this big brother is actually pretty great. Aside from showing off his affection in front of us, he's perfect." Every time Yang Tian saw Nan Xuan and Bibi Dong being lovey-dovey in front of them, he felt his damage taken increase exponentially.

That's right, Nan Xuan and Bibi Dong had confirmed their relationship at the age of 11. One has to admit, this world is truly open-minded.

"People have already told you, if you've got the ability, go find someone yourself. Otherwise, just suck it up." Yang Fei held his forehead as he looked at his younger brother, feeling somewhat speechless.

Yang Tian didn't say anything else; he was completely out of words.

"Hey, you guys are here too? Looking for Nan Xuan? No need to go; he and Bibi Dong already headed to the Momo Treasure Appraisal House. Let's go over there too." Chen Gao saw the Yang brothers as soon as he stepped out and guessed their intentions immediately.

"Huh? Then why didn't you go?" Yang Tian asked deliberately.

"I was waiting for you guys, obviously." Chen Gao had a lollipop in his mouth, his hands clasped behind his head, and he said with a smile.

Yang Tian put on a look that said, "I'd be a ghost if I believed that."

"What, you don't believe me? Fine, then I won't bring you any local specialties next time I go out." Chen Gao looked at Yang Tian's expression, crunched the lollipop in his mouth, and said with a meaningful look.

"Hey, don't be like that, Brother Chen! You know that's my only hobby; you can't cut that off." Yang Tian looked at Chen Gao miserably, practically ready to kneel.

"Let's go. Let's go find Nan Xuan and discuss getting our soul rings." Yang Fei looked at these two idiots and shook his head.

"Yeah, we hit level 30 yesterday and stabilized today, so let's get those soul rings quickly. Running around alone is too tiring."

On the way to the Momo Treasure Appraisal House, two figures stretched long under the twilight glow.

"Xiao Xuan, do you plan on staying in Martial Soul City forever?" Bibi Dong leaned against Nan Xuan's shoulder and asked softly.

"That depends on what you choose, Dong'er. I was a lone wolf, well, now I have you, so it all depends on you." Nan Xuan stroked Bibi Dong's head and said dotingly.

Although Nan Xuan said this, he could already feel the ambition Bibi Dong was beginning to show. She was a strong-willed girl. Even though she could lean in his arms now, it was because she loved him and held him in her heart, but that couldn't stop her ambition from sprouting.

"Alright, my Dong'er, stop overthinking. Whatever you do, I support you. I said it before: if you become the Pope, then I'll just be the man behind the Pope." Nan Xuan flashed a lecherous grin.

"Tch, conceited. You better cultivate properly, or watch out—I might dump you in the future." Bibi Dong waved her fist and glared at Nan Xuan fiercely.

"Got it, Dong'er. The career I'm planning to build will start soon. You'll definitely be shocked when the time comes." Thinking of his third soul skill, Nan Xuan felt happier and happier.

Because his era wasn't far off. Even the Haotian Twin Stars, who were already gaining a bit of fame, would eventually be beneath his feet.

"Tch, you won't even tell me. Stingy." Bibi Dong knew Nan Xuan's grand vision was no smaller than hers, but this man just wanted to accomplish things from behind the scenes. Even now, those who came for appraisals only knew Chen Gao as the deputy manager and didn't know what Nan Xuan, the actual manager, looked like.

"I told you, I want to be the man behind you, so I can't tell you yet. I'll give you a surprise later." Nan Xuan hoisted Bibi Dong onto his back and ran toward the Momo Treasure Appraisal House.

On Nan Xuan's back, Bibi Dong wasn't angry; instead, she felt a bit of secret joy.

Nan Xuan felt the small bumps on her chest rubbing against his back, and his stride grew wider and wider.

Nighttime.

After Nan Xuan sent Bibi Dong home, he waited for Chen Gao and the others to arrive.

"Brother Xuan," the group called out.

"Mm, sit down. We've been old friends for six years, why be so formal?" Nan Xuan said casually.

The group didn't beat around the bush for long and got straight to the point: "Brother Xuan, we want to go get our third soul rings tomorrow, so we came to ask for your advice."

"Sure. Your first and second soul skills are speed enhancement and weapon penetration. For your third, I suggest you get a skill that enhances armor-piercing capabilities. That way, combined with your second skill, your attack power will be greatly amplified. Later on, you can acquire a splitting skill so your Silver Needle can turn from one into many—that might eventually become the Ten Thousand Needles Return to Origin." Nan Xuan had searched the martial souls and soul skills of 40% of the people around him to reach this conclusion.

"The key is that each of your soul skills can form a fusion skill; that's your secret weapon. As for the soul beast for your third ring, my suggestion is a Desolate Breaking Bull around 1,700 years old." Nan Xuan looked at the twins; sometimes he was truly envious, though he didn't want a younger or older brother himself.

"Then we'll do as Brother Xuan says. We trust that 'big data' thing you talk about anyway; after all, Chen Gao is the best example." Yang Fei looked at Chen Gao, who was drinking a beverage, and said with a smile.

"Pfft, so I'm just the pathfinder for you two brothers, huh?" Chen Gao said, speechless.

"Hey, you can't say it like that. You have to trust Brother Xuan's soul skills." Yang Fei wasn't about to admit to his previous words.

Nan Xuan didn't join their conversation; he was thinking about the path ahead for himself and Chen Gao's group.

After the group messed around for a while, they saw Nan Xuan lost in thought and tactfully returned to their rooms to begin cultivating.

They knew that most of what they had now was given to them by Nan Xuan. Aside from a bit of talent, they really didn't have much. If they didn't work hard to cultivate, they wouldn't be able to help Nan Xuan in the future.

Nan Xuan sat at the table, recording his soul rings and soul skills with a pen.

"The first soul ring skill is Network Interconnection, taken from a 430-year-old Ice Silkworm. It radiates outward with me as the center, connecting or interconnecting others' minds to probe information. It consumes no soul power, only a low amount of mental energy, and can be kept active for long periods."

"The second soul ring skill is Data Coverage, taken from an 800-year-old Blue Silver Grass. Using the resilient Blue Silver Grass as a medium, it senses the surroundings, attaches mental energy, expands the range of Network Interconnection, and uses the Blue Silver Grass to establish mental nodes."

Of course, the Blue Silver Grass here was cultivated by Nan Xuan using soul power and mental energy. He had started breeding and propagating it since obtaining his second soul skill, and now the entire Martial Soul City was covered by his mental network.

"The third soul ring skill is Network Space, taken from a 2,000-year-old Spatial Meow Beast. Using the mental nodes established by the Blue Silver Grass, combined with the information extracted by Network Interconnection, I use the digitized nature of my martial soul and the spatial attribute of the third soul skill to create a network space—or rather, a network world."

Nan Xuan held his pen and recorded. Regarding why his soul ring ages were always higher than the theoretical maximums of Yu Xiaogang from the original work, he explained it this way:

His first two soul beasts were too weak, and combined with the mental amplification properties of his martial soul, he had absorbed them slightly above the limit. This caused his physique to be slightly strengthened, allowing him to absorb subsequent soul rings, including the third, slightly above the limit as well.

"Sigh, who would have thought that I, Nan Xuan, who worked in electromechanics in my past life, would become a scholar in another world? Truly, facts are hard to predict." Nan Xuan stretched and sighed with a smile.

"Next, let's look at the arrangement for Chen Gao's soul rings and skills. His Soul-Eater Spear is a combination of his father's Breaking Clan Soul-Breaking Spear and his mother's Soul-Eater Staff. But when this guy awakened his soul power at birth, he didn't have a soul ring. His father left without even testing his soul power, and he was raised by his mother."

"Damn, with this martial soul and this background, I almost thought he was the protagonist."

Nan Xuan shook his head and mocked himself.

"Referencing the Breaking Clan's arrangements, I'll have the Yang brothers imitate that clan as well. However, because their martial souls are too short, they'll follow the agility-attack path. As for Chen Gao, he'll follow the Soul-Breaking Spear path initially, then combine it with the strongest move of the Soul-Eater Staff later. He'll be absolutely invincible in one-on-one fights." Looking at these files, Nan Xuan grew more and more envious of Chen Gao. As for those two brothers, under his guidance, they definitely wouldn't do too badly either.

"Only I have to explore step by step. Why hasn't anyone else's martial soul been a router before?" Nan Xuan closed his notebook, sighed, and activated his third soul skill.

"Cyber Space, activate."

An invisible black radiance flickered, and a mental network instantly unfurled across the Blue Silver Grass scattered throughout Martial Soul City. Combining this with the effects of his soul skill, a mental space covering the entire city was formed.

"Heh, as long as my Detection and Concealment is active, no one will notice. As for those gods, they don't have the time to pay attention to me right now anyway."

"However, to let everyone enter the mental network space, I still need the interconnection of my first soul skill. I can't let them in yet; this world is still unstable and lacks defensive measures. Anyone with soul power higher than mine could damage this world. If I fail to protect someone else's mental body, I'll lose my reputation, and if I'm not careful, I could even suffer a backlash. I'll have to wait."

Nan Xuan muttered to himself for a long time, his brain whirring at high speed. He wanted to build a mental network world in Douluo, and he couldn't afford a single error; he had to take it slow.

Based on the characteristics of his martial soul, he had already researched the traits of his subsequent soul skills. When the time came, "fleecing the sheep" would be basic procedure.

"I'll be entering the Advanced Martial Soul Academy soon. In three or four years, the Haotian Twin Stars will become famous across the continent. At the same time, Yu Xiaogang will begin his travels, and the plot of the Tang Hao era will start. I need to earn more money and prepare to run."

Nan Xuan calculated the approximate timing and trajectory of the plot. He thought that since Bibi Dong was in love with him now, Yu Xiaogang wouldn't be in the picture, but he still felt uneasy in his heart.

Although Yu Xiaogang's entanglement was gone and his romance with Bibi Dong was only one step away from completion, he didn't believe his relationship with her could be hidden from the current Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xunji.

"I just hope that guy doesn't tighten the timeline too much. At the very least, I need to wait until I absorb my fourth soul ring. By then, it shouldn't be hard to create a 'secret room' for the Secret Room Douluo." Looking at the schedule in his notebook, Nan Xuan felt for the first time that his cultivation speed was a bit slow.

"Sigh." Nan Xuan lay on his recliner, let out a sigh, and slowly closed his eyes to rest.

The next morning, Nan Xuan called them all up.

"You two go find the teacher to obtain your soul rings today. Stay safe. Chen Gao and I are going to check out the stone gambling arena." Looking at the three people in front of him, Nan Xuan immediately assigned their tasks.

"Understood." Chen Gao and the others replied.

Chen Gao walked beside Nan Xuan, glanced at him, and said with envy, "This face, this profile—even I, a man, am envious."

Nan Xuan's face darkened the moment he heard that.

However, knowing his own appearance, he smiled and took a mask out of his storage bracelet. Firstly, he was going to make money later and didn't want to expose his identity; secondly, he was afraid his looks would attract unnecessary trouble.

Nan Xuan was currently one meter seventy-five tall, his black, tousled hair making him look fresh and handsome, while his white casual outfit accentuated his well-proportioned physique.

"Whoa, a storage soul tool! When did you buy that, Brother Xuan?" Chen Gao asked in surprise, looking at the bracelet on the other's wrist.

"Buy it? Did you forget what we do for a living? We're treasure appraisers." Nan Xuan wasn't surprised by Chen Gao's shock; after all, these items were rare, and he had only gotten this one by picking up a bargain at a stall last time.

"That's true. Next time I'll go buy a pile of them and have you check them for me." Chen Gao looked at the surrounding stalls, his eyes darting back and forth.

"Hurry up and walk, stop looking. I've already checked these; there's nothing here. You're the deputy manager of Momo Treasure Appraisal House, can you be a bit more professional?" Nan Xuan said, rubbing his face in exasperation.

Hearing that there was nothing, Chen Gao immediately lost interest and followed Nan Xuan's pace toward the stone gambling arena.

Martial Soul City, Chengnan Stone Gambling Arena.

"Huh, that guy is here again." As soon as Chen Gao walked into the arena, he saw a familiar face from last time.

"Who?" Nan Xuan asked.

Although Nan Xuan had fully mastered the information of the entire Martial Soul City, he didn't actively watch it every day. There was too much data, and he only searched the information bank when necessary. Of course, the "mastery" mentioned didn't include the Martial Soul Hall headquarters; Nan Xuan wasn't sure if they had hidden trump cards, and as a mere Soul Elder, he didn't dare to be too reckless.

"That boy with the long black hair." Chen Gao pointed to a black-haired youth in the center of the arena, who looked to be about eighteen years old.

"Ning Fengzhi. I didn't expect to run into him here. It seems the wealth of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is mined this way. I have to admit, the function of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is quite useful." Nan Xuan looked at the youth Chen Gao pointed to and recognized him immediately.

"You know him?" Chen Gao asked.

"No, my soul skill calculated it," Nan Xuan said casually.

Faced with such a soul skill, this wasn't the first time Chen Gao had felt envious.

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi, far away in the center, also noticed this pair of "Black and White Impermanence."

Of course, what caught his attention was the white-haired one, because he knew that person—Chen Gao, the deputy manager of Momo Treasure Appraisal House.

Seeing that the other party had brought someone else this time, likely another treasure appraiser, the young and spirited Ning Fengzhi immediately became interested.

Nan Xuan had already noticed Ning Fengzhi's gaze and smiled at him.