You Are a Noble Soul Master...

"Little brother, could you let Uncle take a look at the Gold Soul Coin in your arms?"

Watching the strange uncle steadily approach him, Tang San timidly took a step back. "Th-this is my tuition..."

Seeing the little brat's pitiful, bullied look, the lecherous man burst into laughter.

"Going to school, are you? A little Soul Master, too." As he spoke, he reached for Tang San's arms. "A future Lord Soul Master like you definitely won't miss this little bit of money..."

Then he reached out to grab Tang San,

while at the alley exit behind the man committing the crime, two figures had quietly appeared.

"..."

"Can't we switch things up for once?" Tang San, who had been meek and timid just moments ago, now wore a completely different expression.

He stared speechlessly at Du Hao and Zhu Zhuqing, who were dragging the adult man toward them.

"Quit talking and get over here to help."

With all three of them working together, they finally carried the lecherous middle-aged man to a secluded corner.

Then, under Tang San's puzzled gaze, they pulled out some tape and a glowing screen.

With practiced ease, they taped the lecherous man's eyelids open, keeping his eyes as wide open as possible.

"Brother Hao, what are you doing?" Tang San asked Zhu Zhuqing curiously.

Ever since he and Xiao Wu had come here together, the two of them had taken turns playing the victims.

"You'll understand in a moment." Zhu Zhuqing folded her arms, her expression cool and distant. She had no intention of explaining further.

"Keeping secrets, huh..."

But Tang San didn't press any further. He quietly watched Du Hao fiddling with his things.

"Listen to me!" After successfully making the burly man roll his eyes back, Du Hao held up the Unstable Hypnosis Phone and said, "You are a noble Soul Master, a Soul Master who has risen above lowly pursuits, a Soul Master devoted to developing and building up the continent..."

After droning on about a whole pile of things, he casually tossed a red book into the burly man's arms.

Then he slipped the phone back into his pocket and waved to Tang San. "All done! Let's go find Xiao Wu!"

Seeing that Du Hao had finished, Tang San hurried over and asked, "Brother Hao, what were you doing?"

Zhu Zhuqing walked over too, but said nothing. Of course she knew what he was doing.

After all, she had been the first one to fish for a sucker.

"Obviously, we're saving up some start-up funds." Du Hao brushed Tang San's question aside.

As for the real reason...

It all went back to the day he'd gone shopping in preparation for Soul Hunting. Back then, he'd been extorted by a thug...

[ Ding! Extortion detected! ]

"Option One [White]: Put your life first. Give up a little money and stay safe!

Reward: 100,000 Gold Soul Coins."

"Option Two [Black]: Take life and death in stride. If they won't back down, fight! Beat him up!

Reward: Golden AK Unlimited Ammo"

"Option Three [Special]: It's time to use a miraculous little gadget! Hypnotize them!

Reward: Soul Ring age +10 (54 available to claim)"

And so, Du Hao had put off hunting for a Soul Ring, which he should have done long ago, until today.

It wasn't all bad, though. At least he'd now accumulated 540 years' worth of rewards.

Even if he obtained a ten-year white Soul Ring right now, he could forcibly stack it up to a yellow Soul Ring of over five hundred years.

"A Hao, Xiao Wu's target is the last one." Zhu Zhuqing reminded him, her gaze fixed on the burly man following Xiao Wu in the distance.

Yep, another unlucky guy.

Tang San, already prepared, had begun getting his tools ready.

The three-piece set: a sack, a black stick, and a brick.

"He's gone into the alley. Move, move, move! The sooner we're done, the sooner we can head back!" Du Hao said, hurrying toward the alley with a brick in hand.

Tang San used his nimble footwork to scale the walls, carrying the crucial tool: the sack.

As for Zhu Zhuqing, bringing up the rear at a leisurely pace, she kept hefting the black stick in her hand. The dangerous aura in her eyes was no longer hidden.

Over the past few days, even if they hadn't earned many Gold Soul Coins, she and Du Hao had gained plenty of real combat experience, especially when it came to striking from the shadows.

Before long, a series of thuds came from inside the alley, along with the middle-aged man's muffled grunts and endless pleas for mercy.

"Stop hitting me! Stop!"

Watching the sack wriggle on the ground, Xiao Wu lifted her little foot and hammered away at the spot she'd picked out.

"You pervert! You dared to follow Sister Xiao Wu!" she shouted, striking the sack again and again and kicking at the bottom.

To be honest, Xiao Wu had found the Soul Master she'd just lured here pretty disgusting.

That brazen stare, and the way he'd followed behind her without bothering to hide his intentions...

After all the times they'd gone fishing for perverts these past few days, this was the one Xiao Wu had found most repulsive!

"Brother Hao, do you have another brick? Give me one."

Faced with Xiao Wu's request—after all, she was the hero of the hour—Du Hao had no reason to refuse. He handed over the red brick in his hand. "Here, take it. Just don't actually break anything.

We still have a use for him."

"Got it." Taking the brick, Xiao Wu let her rabbit's violent side shine through.

Five smacks in one second!

Du Hao and Tang San watched approvingly. It seemed that when you pushed a rabbit too far, it really would hit back.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Silently, Zhu Zhuqing raised the stick and struck the watermelon beneath the top of the sack, one level after another.

Each blow landed with just the right amount of force—enough for a blow to the back of the head, but not enough to injure it.

She kept the rhythm perfectly steady.

As time passed, the movement inside the sack gradually grew weaker.

Tang San, who had been watching the whole time, hurriedly reached out to stop the two girls from continuing to pound the rice cake.

"All right, all right! He should be unconscious now." Tang San loosened a gap in the sack's opening and peered inside.

Sure enough, the man had fallen into a sweet slumber.

"Brother Hao! We're good." After checking that the man wasn't pretending to be asleep, he called to Du Hao behind him.

"This should be the last Soul Master in Nuoding City, right?" Du Hao said, as usual, taping the man's eyes open.

Then he pulled out the Unstable Hypnosis Camera and pointed it right at those two eyes...

"You are a noble Soul Master, a Soul Master who has risen above lowly pursuits, a Soul Master devoted to developing and building up the continent..."

While Du Hao was over there brainwashing the man,

Tang San suddenly edged closer and asked curiously, "Brother Hao, is your phone's hypnosis function powerful?"

"What, you want to try it?" Du Hao raised an eyebrow and looked at Tang San, teasing him.

"No, no, I'm just curious." After all, this was the first time Tang San had seen a Soul Tool like this. It was only natural that he'd be curious.

"Give me a break." Du Hao rolled his eyes at Tang San, but still explained, "This thing's hypnosis effect only works when the target is unconscious."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't have to go around giving people a warm welcome."