First Encounter with Xiao Wu of the Black World? Jiang Taigong Fishes Ahead, Carrots Fish for Rabbits Behind

"A three-hundred-year-old plant-type Soul Beast with the ultimate water attribute. It can add a healing-type soul skill to my Blue Silver Grass."

"Unfortunately, I'm not taking the healing route, and the soul ring's age is a little too low."

Lan Yin, whose strength had already reached Rank 95, was now by Tang Chuan's side.

She was also currently the only control-and-healing-type Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent.

Naturally, he had no intention of taking a support role.

A real man should play a strong attack build.

Of course, before leaving this place,

Tang Chuan still marked the location on the map.

Healing-type Soul Beasts and healing-type Soul Masters were scarce across the continent.

Even if he had no use for it, he could sell the information to someone else in the future.

"But with that, it seems there are no ultimate-attribute Soul Beasts left near Nuoding City."

"There's one more... Damn, why is it so far away?"

"Sis, what kind of Soul Beast is this?"

Tang Chuan pointed in surprise at a location between Nuoding City and Spirit City on the large map.

Even by carriage, the journey would probably take more than half a month.

Lan Yin pondered for a moment, then stretched out her little hand and sketched the Soul Beast's appearance on the map.

"It's a nine-hundred-year-old Soul-Eating Ant with the ultimate darkness attribute."

"It can be considered a mutated variant of the Heavy Ant."

"Though it cannot match a Heavy Ant in strength, the Soul-Eating Ant possesses a unique dark domain that can strip all Soul Beasts within its range of their Soul Power and life force to replenish itself."

"If you encounter this kind of Soul Beast, you must end the battle quickly. You absolutely cannot let it drag you into a prolonged fight."

"After all, this ability is simply too effective against both Soul Masters and Soul Beasts."

Upon hearing that, Tang Chuan immediately clapped his hands in delight.

Effective against Soul Masters and Soul Beasts?

Good, very good! I like this kind of overpowered ability.

Lan Yin continued.

"Also, a precious herb in the Soul-Eating Ant's territory will soon mature."

"If it absorbs it successfully, it will break through its thousand-year bottleneck."

"By my estimate, that herb should mature in twenty days at most."

Tang Chuan was fairly quick-witted.

When he saw that Lan Yin showed no emotional reaction whatsoever when mentioning the herb,

he knew that it was definitely nothing rare to her.

After all, one of Lan Yin's few hobbies was collecting all kinds of rare treasures and Immortal Herbs.

Thus,

Tang Chuan instructed her to control the Blue Silver Grass and lure other Soul Beasts around the Soul-Eating Ant's territory into conflict, wearing down the Soul-Eating Ant's energy and stamina while making sure it did not die.

That way, he only needed to go there twenty days later and reap the benefits.

After taking several days of detours,

the carriage finally arrived at Nuoding City.

"Huh? Why are people from Spirit Hall checking identities at the gate today?"

The coachman muttered from the front.

Tang Chuan frowned slightly and lifted the curtain to look outside.

He soon spotted a little girl in a red dress, her long hair tied into a scorpion braid. She stood at the city gate for a moment before a wanted poster, then skipped into Nuoding City.

"Could that be Xiao Wu?" Tang Chuan was not entirely certain, having only caught a fleeting glimpse.

Soon, as the carriage approached the city gate, several Spirit Hall guards came over and sternly ordered those inside the carriage to disembark for inspection.

A pair of fair, delicate hands gently pushed aside the carriage curtain.

Lan Yin wore a floor-length moon-white gown. Though its style was conservative, it perfectly accentuated her pristine aloofness and untouchable nobility.

She stepped forward lightly,

controlling Blue Silver Grass to form a set of steps,

then elegantly took Tang Chuan's hand and led him down from the carriage.

"Gah!" The previously aggressive Spirit Hall guards froze in place as though someone had seized them by the throat.

The entire scene fell deathly silent.

Although a mist-like veil covered Lan Yin's face, leaving her exquisite, painting-like features partly hidden from view, everyone at the city gate was still awestruck by her beauty.

Lan Yin ignored them completely and led Tang Chuan straight to the wanted posters to examine them.

There were two people on the posters.

One was a middle-aged man with sword-like brows and bright eyes, carrying a somewhat carefree air.

The other was a chestnut-haired little girl who looked rather mischievous, making a funny face.

"As expected! It's Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong."

Tang Chuan immediately recalled this part of the story.

This plot came from Sword Douluo Chen Xin's theatrical special.

It took place roughly within the month between Tang San awakening his martial soul in Holy Soul Village and entering Nuoding Academy.

At this time, Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, had been captured by Spirit Hall.

Bone Douluo had escaped with severe injuries.

Sword Douluo was undergoing the Asura God's trial.

Ning Rongrong had only recently awakened her martial soul.

At the thought of what would happen next,

Tang Chuan could not help but laugh bitterly.

Was Xiao Wu, this little rabbit, lucky or unlucky?

If she was lucky,

then not long after arriving in Nuoding City in the original story, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Spirit Hall's adjudication elder Tuoba Xuanfeng, and Pope Bibi Dong—four Title Douluo—had all gathered here.

But if she was unlucky,

then not one of those four Title Douluo had discovered her presence.

"Gulp."

Xiao Wu of the White World could not help swallowing, her face deathly pale.

Bibi Dong, Sword Douluo, and Poison Douluo all instinctively glanced at her.

They clearly had not expected this little rabbit to have been in Nuoding City at that time as well.

"So that was it. After I finished fighting Spirit Hall's adjudication elder, a mysterious expert ambushed me, and that person was an expert in poison..." Sword Douluo shot an unfathomable glance at the expressionless Bibi Dong.

A trace of something unusual flickered in his eyes.

After Lan Yin revealed her identity as a Soul Master,

the Spirit Hall guards did not make things difficult for them. They quickly let them pass and even acted somewhat attentive.

Seeing that night had already fallen, Tang Chuan and Lan Yin rented a double room at an inn in Nuoding City.

They decided to go to Spirit Hall tomorrow to awaken their martial souls.

As for now, they should fill their stomachs first.

However, Lan Yin noticed that after Tang Chuan ordered the dishes she liked, he deliberately ordered several extra dishes involving carrots.

The fragrance could be smelled from eighteen streets away.

Tang Chuan grinned slyly.

Wasn't this Jiang Taigong fishing ahead, with carrots fishing for rabbits behind?

Sure enough,

they had only been eating for ten minutes when they attracted a little rabbit.

"Sniff, sniff... It smells... so, so good..."

Xiao Wu secretly poked her little head out from the corner of the wall, her watery eyes fixed on Tang Chuan's table.

Lan Yin was extremely perceptive and had noticed Xiao Wu's presence the moment she approached.

At first, however, she paid no attention to her, assuming she was merely a child passing by.

It was not until she casually glanced in Xiao Wu's direction

that her pupils suddenly constricted, and a hint of surprise appeared on her face.

Because this little girl before her

was actually a hundred-thousand-year-old transformed Soul Beast?