Dai Mubai

The staff member froze for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Sir, who are you?"

But the young man impatiently cut him off. "Go get your manager."

After the young man's mismatched eyes swept over him, the staff member felt a chill run through his entire body. He hurried to the back to fetch his superior.

Tang San frowned and said, "Big brother, it seems we were here first, weren't we?"

Without even turning his head, the young man replied, "So what?"

"Nothing much. I just want to ask you to get lost." Xiao Wu had never been one to shy away from trouble. "Don't think you can bully us just because we're young!"

"Oh?"

At that, the young man finally turned around and looked at the two with interest. Then he said, "I can sense Soul Power fluctuations from both of you. You must be Soul Masters too, right? How about this? The two of you can come at me together. If you can defeat me, the room is yours. Otherwise, please demonstrate the act of rolling away right in front of me."

"Bring it on! Who's afraid of who?" Xiao Wu immediately rushed forward to fight the young man, but Tang San grabbed her.

"Xiao San, why are you stopping me?" Xiao Wu asked unhappily.

"Leave this to me. I promised you that if anyone wanted to hurt you, they would have to step over my corpse first." Tang San smiled faintly. "Besides, matters between men should be settled by men."

With that, he stepped forward, pulled Xiao Wu behind him, and faced off against the young man.

The two twins beside the young man moved aside with giggles, seemingly not worried in the slightest that he would lose.

At that moment, the hotel manager came rushing out. Seeing the two about to fight, he hurriedly said, "Young Master Dai, please stop—"

"Enough nonsense. I'll cover the damages." The young man cut off the manager, then began fighting Tang San in the middle of the lobby.

Neither of them summoned their Martial Souls. They fought purely hand-to-hand.

What else could the manager say? He could only stand to one side with a bitter smile and watch them fight.

Meanwhile, in the lounge area at a corner of the Rose Hotel lobby, a boy who had been sitting there the entire time, holding a small fox the size of a cat with jade-green fur in his arms, was also watching the battle.

"Little Funi, who do you think will win?"

The boy stroked the fox's smooth fur and spoke softly.

Surprisingly, the fox in his arms spoke as well. If anyone else had been sitting beside the boy, they would definitely have been startled.

The fox called "Little Funi" by the boy lowered her voice as much as possible, seemingly afraid of being noticed. "I think the one with golden hair will win. After all, he's a level thirty-seven Soul Elder."

The boy smiled slightly. "If they use their Martial Souls, Dai Mubai would indeed win. But if my brother went all out, Dai Mubai would definitely die."

The fox in his arms was instantly shocked. "What? That Soul Grandmaster is your brother? Don't tell me you've been sitting here for an hour every day just to wait for him to show up?"

The smile on the boy's extraordinarily handsome face deepened. "That's right. Otherwise, why would I rent a room here called the 'Blue Enchantress'?"

"But how did you know he would come here?" the fox asked in confusion.

"Because I have a plot advantage." The boy gave a mysterious smile.

"Plot advantage?" A bewildered look appeared on the little fox's adorable face.

"Alright, let's continue sightseeing. Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to see the general store? I'll take you there today."

The boy gently patted the fox's head, then rose from the soft sofa and headed outside the hotel.

"Huh? Aren't you going to acknowledge your brother?" the little fox asked blankly.

A pained expression appeared on the boy's face. "No. I feel a little insecure standing next to people that tall." If he went over there, Xiao Wu would probably laugh at him!

Little Funi: "...But you can't keep dragging this out."

"So let's wait until registration tomorrow."

With that, the boy carried the little fox out of the Rose Hotel and strolled down the street.

The little fox nimbly slipped into his collar, leaving only her adorable little head exposed. Her jade-green eyes curiously took in the world around her.

This boy and fox were Tang Liu and Little Funi.

Tang Liu was not worried at all that Tang San would lose. With the Tang Sect combat techniques, as long as the gap in their levels was not too great, Tang San would have no problem dealing with Dai Mubai without using his Martial Soul.

Besides, if all Tang San had to do was force Dai Mubai to use Soul Power, that would be even less of a problem.

So Tang Liu was not worried in the slightest.

On the contrary, if he appeared, he would be more likely to cause unforeseen changes.

After all, he had already butterfly-effected away the girl from Holy Soul Village whose Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, caused Grandmaster to guess Tang San's and his identities ahead of time, and even given Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo—originally mere extras—so much more screen time.

That showed just how terrifying the butterfly effect could be.

Still, Tang Liu was now hesitating over something that might cause an even greater butterfly effect.

He wanted to buy the slab crystal from Flender's shop and give it to Tang San as a gift.

But if he bought the slab crystal now, Tang San would later lose a powerful weapon for dealing with that bear brat Zhao Wuji: the Dragon Whisker Needle.

After thinking it over, Tang Liu decided not to buy that slab crystal after all.

After all, it was something Tang San was supposed to obtain in the first place.

But he still wanted to meet Flender.

Of course, even if he were beaten to death, he would never buy anything from that profiteer Flender. He was afraid of getting fleeced into a cripple.

Although his current savings could barely withstand Flender's tricks a few times, if he really went shopping there, he might have to dip into the money Tang Hao had given him. Tang Liu did not want that.

He planned to use the money Tang Hao had given him to pay his tuition, which could also fulfill a wish from his previous life.

As for his own savings, he had earned them over the past few years by secretly selling Storage Dharma Artifacts with a twenty-four-hour validity period behind Tang Hao's back.

Although those Storage Dharma Artifacts only lasted for twenty-four hours, they were simply too convenient to use.

Moreover, Tang Liu sold them cheaply—five Gold Soul Coins each.

The system had also taught him how to delay the activation of Storage Dharma Artifacts, so the disposable Storage Dharma Artifacts he sold became quite popular.

After all, no one on Douluo Continent could make Storage Soul Tools now.

Thus, over six years, Tang Liu had earned five or six hundred Gold Soul Coins just from selling those Storage Dharma Artifacts. He was not rich, but it was more than enough to cover his daily expenses.