The Feeling of Coming Home Was Wonderful

"Finally... finally, I was home."

After walking nonstop for a day and a night, it was fortunate that before transmigrating, he had been a corporate slave. Pulling all-nighters was nothing to him, and when he was truly exhausted, he could always drink an Iced Americano to wake himself up.

If it had been a real six-year-old child, they might very well have died halfway there.

Damn Di Tian, you nearly got me killed. No, Xiong Jun was the real culprit. Just wait. One day, I'll empty out all the honey in your home and use it as coffee flavoring.

Inside the house

The unwell Ye Tian had already returned home.

Once high-spirited, he seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight.

"I was so foolish, truly..."

Ye Tian reached out and gently stroked the photograph before him.

He had watched Bai Ran grow up since childhood. Though Bai Ran was not his biological son, he was no different from one.

"It was Uncle's fault for being useless. If Uncle had been stronger, strong enough to..."

If he had been a Food-type Soul Master at the Titled Douluo level, then even if he could not find his missing nephew, he could at least avenge him.

Yet as nothing more than a Food-type Soul Douluo, he could not even avenge his nephew.

After all, in the eyes of Shrek Academy's upper ranks, Ye Tian was worth only as much as an ordinary level 95 Super Douluo.

To kill a ferocious beast even stronger than Xuan Zi, Shrek Academy would need to dispatch at least three Super Douluo, including Xuan Zi. They might even need Mu En, a Limit Douluo, to oversee the battle.

Unfortunately, Ye Tian was not worth that price at present.

What was more, killing a ferocious beast of that level was no different from declaring war on the Star Dou Great Forest. Among Shrek Academy's upper ranks, not even Xuan Zi, who had caused all this, would agree to it.

"Click~"

Suddenly, the sound of a key turning in the lock and the door being pushed open interrupted all of Ye Tian's thoughts.

"Get out! I don't want to see anyone!"

In Ye Tian's eyes, it had to be those people from Shrek Academy coming to invite him back.

After all, to Shrek Academy's upper ranks, the "food supplements" he made were a rather precious cultivation resource.

Other Food-type Soul Masters, even those who had also reached the Soul Douluo level, could not produce food supplements even one-third as effective as his.

"Uncle... Uncle, did someone make you angry?"

Bai Ran, who had just pushed open the door and was about to enter, asked timidly.

Since childhood, this was the first time he had seen his uncle like this.

"Ranran?"

Hearing Bai Ran's voice, Ye Tian sprang up from his chair and looked toward the source of the sound.

"..."

The two stared at each other.

One had bloodshot eyes, looked mentally exhausted, and had even grown white hair.

The other was dressed in rags, his little face darkened with grime, as though he had fled from some disaster.

"The feeling of coming home was wonderful."

A day and a night of travel, coupled with the exhaustion of his Soul Power, finally made Bai Ran unable to hold on. He fell stiffly to the floor.

"Ranran!"

Seeing this, Ye Tian hurried over and picked him up. Without caring how dirty he was, he carried him off to find a healing-type Soul Master.

Even if this was a dream, Ye Tian only hoped he would wake up a little later.

Three days later, Ye Tian returned to Shrek Academy.

He did not ask Bai Ran what had happened to him. As long as he had returned safely, that was enough.

Ye Tian had specifically sought out Elder Zhuang, the Inner Academy's only auxiliary-type Titled Douluo. After learning from him that the child had merely overdrawn his Soul Power and needed proper rest, with no other issues, he was finally relieved.

As for his first Soul Ring being a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?

Everyone had their own opportunities. Since Bai Ran had not said anything, Ye Tian, as his uncle, naturally did not ask further.

The academy's upper ranks had also come to ask about it.

Bai Ran did not lie. He directly said that he had encountered a Soul Beast companion, conquered her with food, and then she had given him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as a gift.

(Note: Do not try this lightly without protagonist luck, or you will easily lose your account.)

The closer something was to the truth, the more absurd it often sounded. The Inner Academy's upper ranks found it hard to believe, but a six-year-old child simply could not lie before a Titled Douluo.

Thus, the matter was dropped.

However, that old fellow Xuan Zi still felt guilty, so he proposed taking Bai Ran as his disciple as compensation. This would allow him to enter Shrek Academy early.

Bai Ran's response was: Old man, are you just eager for me to die?

Bai Ran refused without hesitation, and his reason was perfectly reasonable: "I'm a Food-type Soul Master. Elder Xuan, your specialty doesn't match mine."

If he had been another type of Soul Master, even an auxiliary-type Soul Master, Xuan Zi could have offered some guidance.

After all, he was a level 98 Super Douluo with vast knowledge and experience.

But when it came to Food-type Soul Masters, who in all of Shrek Academy could be more professional than Ye Tian?

Xuan Zi could only give up helplessly, though he still brought out a few things to compensate the little fellow.

Xuan Zi: "Wait, you don't even want a soul bone?"

Bai Ran: "I'm not going to fight. What would I need a soul bone for?"

Xuan Zi: "What about Gold Soul Coins?"

Bai Ran: "This old man isn't even as rich as my uncle."

Xuan Zi: "Little fellow, then what do you want? (If I don't give you something, I'll still feel bad.)"

Bai Ran: "If you have time, help me catch a few fruit-type plant Soul Beasts and bring them back."

Xuan Zi: "No problem. Leave it to me."

A place like the Star Dou Great Forest was still too dangerous. If Bai Ran had not luckily encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion this time, and if she had not been fairly easy to talk to, he might have been sent to another world again.

For a while, Bai Ran probably would not go to the Star Dou Great Forest.

But as everyone knew, coffee was addictive, especially for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had downed more than ten Raw Coconut Lattes in one go.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion: "Raw Coconut Latte! I want Raw Coconut Lattes! If I can't drink one, it feels like ants are crawling all over me."

[Future wife reserved?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had never met Huo Yuhao, instead shared memories with someone selling Luckin Coffee, then eventually turned into a white-haired, beast-eared little girl and came to repay the favor?

It was suspected to be the fantasy of a Luckin Coffee Shop employee who had been too busy with orders to keep up and died suddenly from overwork.]