Setting Out for Heaven Dou, Meeting Dugu Yan

Though the Soft Bone Rabbit looked weak,

her soul skills were truly absurdly overpowered.

A rule-based soul skill that ignored level differences and guaranteed invincibility: Invincible Golden Body.

And the absurd ability of the ethereal hound: Void.

"Whether in cultivation speed, physical fitness, or resources, Tang San is inferior to me in every respect now. Under these circumstances, leaving Xiao Wu with him is actually a good thing."

"Let the Clear Sky Douluo work for me for free by protecting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form. Hehehe~"

Lu Fan had already made up his mind.

The time for him to act would probably be when Tang Hao severed one arm and one leg himself, causing his cultivation to fall to the rank of Soul Saint.

By then, perhaps he would not need anyone else to intervene. He alone might be able to defeat Tang Hao.

He had begun laying out this plan half a year ago.

The reason he had asked Yue Guan to arrange for Shrek Academy to participate in this Soul Master Tournament was to find a reasonable excuse to approach Xiao Wu at the right time.

Meanwhile, Flender was still reeling from the revelation that the headmaster of Blue Tyrant Academy was Liu Erlong.

Seeing Flender standing there in a daze, Lu Fan smiled. "Headmaster, I know about what happened between you three when you were young. This can count as an opportunity for you to get close to her again~"

Flender's eyes lit up at his words, only to dim again moments later. "But according to you, Xiaogang will be going too, right? With him there, what chance would I have?"

Lu Fan waved a hand. "Don't worry, Headmaster. Just do as I say, and I'll help you~"

Without waiting for Flender to ask how, Lu Fan ran off.

With his two guards in tow, Lu Fan took a carriage to the city gates and found Qin Ming and the others.

When Lu Fan arrived, Qin Ming nodded and announced, "Set off."

Through Lu Fan's deliberate arrangement, his carriage drew close to the one carrying Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Lifting the gauze curtain, Lu Fan looked at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling in the carriage opposite him. "Sister Yanzi, Sister Lingling, I heard that Senior Poison Douluo and Senior Ye are both highly knowledgeable about medicinal theory. I have a friend whose Martial Soul mutated from a grass chicken into a phoenix, but the price was a flaw in his Martial Soul—a strand of Evil Fire."

"This Evil Fire is Martial Soul poison. No matter how he vents it, it keeps reappearing as he cultivates, constantly tormenting him. So I would like to ask if you could speak to your elders and see whether there is a way to resolve it."

"No problem."

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling both nodded in agreement.

This was only a small matter, but Dugu Yan still added, "Don't get your hopes up too high, though."

Lu Fan nodded. "I understand. A beneficial Martial Soul mutation is already a stroke of great fortune. Asking for more really is rather greedy."

Having said that, Lu Fan switched topics at lightning speed. "This can be considered half my hometown. I grew up nearby. What do you think of Suotuo City?"

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling thought for a moment at his question.

Dugu Yan answered first, "It's alright. It's already better than quite a few cities, but it still falls far short of Heaven Dou City."

Ye Lingling, seated beside her, nodded in agreement.

Lu Fan asked with a smile, "Really? Then could you introduce Heaven Dou City to me? It's one of the continent's three most luxurious cities. Come to think of it, this is my first time visiting an imperial capital. Before this, I hadn't even visited the royal capital of a kingdom like the Balak Kingdom."

"This trip to Heaven Dou City can count as a bit of sightseeing in addition to handling business~"

Naturally, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had no objection.

On the contrary, now that they were talking about something they knew well, both women became much more interested in speaking.

"If you want to have fun in Heaven Dou City, you have to visit..."

After arriving in Heaven Dou City,

Lu Fan did not immediately follow Qin Ming and the others to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Instead, he reminded Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, "Please make sure to ask your elders whether there is a way to cure Martial Soul poison. That person is a brother I grew up with. I can't just watch him suffer and do nothing."

"Don't worry, I won't let you help for nothing. Whether it succeeds or fails, I'll owe you each a favor."

After spending the past few days together, they had already become very familiar with one another.

Both women had come to regard Lu Fan as a friend.

Especially during the journey to Suotuo City,

when every member of the Heaven Dou Team had sought Lu Fan out to ask for pointers.

When Lu Fan used a jug of baijiu to counter Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Snake poison, it left a deep impression on her.

Yet they had clearly used the same method.

Little Bastard had earned Dugu Yan's resentment.

Lu Fan, on the other hand, had earned Dugu Yan's favorable impression.

If one had to explain it, there could only be two reasons.

First, the circumstances were different.

One had been a team battle at the Great Soul Arena, while the other had merely been a private spar.

It was perfectly normal for Dugu Yan to feel that Little Bastard had won unfairly.

After all, when Soul Masters fought, they should honestly use the power of their Martial Souls!

If there was another possible reason, it was probably that Lu Fan was handsome.

Before the awakening of the Blue Silver Emperor, Little Bastard's appearance was that of an utterly ordinary passerby.

Lu Fan, in contrast, wore magnificent brocade robes and possessed handsome features and elegant bearing.

Perhaps because he had spent so much time around flowers, he even carried the faintest floral fragrance about him~

"Don't worry. I'll ask my grandfather as soon as I get home today."

Dugu Yan gave Lu Fan a look that told him to leave it to her.

Ye Lingling said the same. "I'll ask my mother too and see whether she has any ideas."

"Thank you. If there is ever anything you need from me, just say the word."

Lu Fan smiled as he made his promise.

This was not a promise Lu Fan had made casually out of kindness. Even if nothing came of it in the future, he could use it as a reason to seek them out.

With a single promise, Lu Fan had already tied the fates of the three together.

Dugu Yan's eyes sparkled as she winked her right eye and smiled at Lu Fan. "Alright, then when your sister here breaks through to become a Titled Douluo someday, can I use this favor to ask you to help me hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast~"

Lu Fan smiled and agreed. "No problem, but Sister Yanzi, you'll have to wait until I'm at least a Soul Douluo before coming to find me~"

Naturally, this was only a joke between friends.

Watching the two get along so well,

Yu Tianheng felt a little jealous.

Quite a few people at Heaven Dou Royal Academy knew that he liked Dugu Yan.

However, in his view, Lu Fan definitely did not know that, so he could not very well make trouble. Besides, he could not defeat Lu Fan, nor did he have any powerful guards at his side. Even if he was upset, he could only swallow it.

"Aren't you coming with us to look around Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"

Qin Ming looked at Lu Fan, wanting to persuade him to stay a little longer.

At the same time, he wanted to see whether the three Education Committee Members had what it took to keep a genius like Lu Fan.

"Senior Qin, I still have things to do, so I'll be leaving first. Trust in the fate between us—we'll definitely meet again someday."

Lu Fan bid Qin Ming farewell. "Don't worry. I'll be staying in Heaven Dou City for ten days or half a month. When I have time, I'll definitely visit you at Heaven Dou Royal Academy."