Even a God King's Son Could Worry About Money!

On the Douluo Continent, martial souls were the root, and soul power the foundation!

This was a world that depended utterly on martial souls.

Only by awakening a martial soul could ordinary people cultivate soul power, embark upon the path of a soul master, and wield extraordinary power.

Without a martial soul, even if one possessed heaven-defying divinity and held a super divine artifact, they would appear no different from an ordinary mortal incapable of even trussing up a chicken.

The beings of the God Realm could control the source of heaven and earth without needing martial souls.

He had been born with the bloodline of a God King. Naturally gifted with the power of laws, he had never needed to awaken any martial soul.

But now that he was in the lower realm of Douluo, that entire system was useless.

What gave him an even greater headache was the difference between eras.

Ten thousand years ago, Spirit Hall ruled the land and handled martial soul awakenings for all commoners. Every child could have their martial soul awakened for free by a Spirit Hall soul master at the age of six.

But now, Spirit Hall had already been destroyed for ten thousand years!

The old order had completely collapsed, and there were no longer any free, universal martial soul awakening benefits.

To awaken a martial soul now, one could only seek out a professional soul master hall or a private soul master and pay for the service!

Money!

That was the most fatal deadlock of all!

He had only just arrived in this world, alone and without anyone to rely on. His pockets were utterly empty.

Forget gold, silver, copper coins, or imperial banknotes—he did not even possess half a unit of this world's most basic currency.

Without a penny to his name, he could not take a single step!

For a moment, the son of a God King who had roamed the God Realm and looked down upon all heavens was stumped by mere mortal currency.

Li Changsheng stood frozen in the middle of the bustling street, looking helpless and thoroughly at a loss.

He could not possibly use his identity as a God King's son to beg on the roadside for money to awaken his martial soul, could he?

If word got out, he would disgrace the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life beyond measure.

Just as he was at his wits' end and secretly nursing a headache, the corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of a slender figure not far away at the street corner.

She was a girl who looked to be around ten years old. Though still young, her slim and graceful figure already hinted at a beauty capable of toppling kingdoms.

She wore a simple golden short dress with clean, neat tailoring that emphasized her light and nimble figure.

Two fair, straight jade-like legs were exposed beneath it, their skin as pale as jade and smooth as congealed cream.

Her soft, dazzling golden hair cascaded down over her shoulders and back like a waterfall.

Under the sunlight, her golden hair shimmered with a faint, gentle glow, exceptionally eye-catching.

The girl's face was exquisitely beautiful, her brows and eyes picturesque, with a delicate nose, cherry lips, and translucent fair skin.

Though she had not yet fully grown into her features and still retained some childishness, the foundation of peerless beauty was already unmistakably apparent.

One glance was enough to tell that when she grew up, she would surely possess beauty capable of toppling a kingdom and stunning an entire region.

Her almond-shaped eyes were clear and lively, their gaze bright and limpid, carrying a gentleness and softness absent from others her age.

She simply stood quietly beneath the shade of a tree at the street corner, as though waiting for something.

With just one look, Li Changsheng instantly confirmed her identity, and a flash of understanding passed through his eyes.

She was far too easy to recognize!

This girl was Jiang Nannan, one of the future Shrek Seven Monsters, a top-tier assault-type soul master of the era, and the future Soft Bone Douluo!

Across the entire Peerless Tang Clan Era, the whole Heaven Soul Empire, and even the entire Douluo Continent, there could not be another girl with such distinctive traits.

Born a commoner, blessed with a peerlessly beautiful face, possessing uniquely golden hair, and carrying a lively yet gentle air about her brows and eyes.

Those three extremely distinctive traits combined made her utterly one of a kind. There was no need for further confirmation.

As he watched the golden-haired girl standing quietly at the street corner, a glimmer of light instantly lit up in Li Changsheng's eyes, trapped as he was in his predicament of lacking money.

After searching everywhere in vain, he had found it without any effort!

Was this not ready-made hope?

With his mind made up, Li Changsheng no longer hesitated and slowly walked toward the girl at the street corner.

The warm afternoon sunlight filtered through gaps in the branches and leaves of the roadside plane trees.

Specks of broken light fell upon Jiang Nannan's golden hair, coating it with a soft glow and making her already stunning face appear even more crystalline and moving.

The girl stood obediently before a small vegetable stall, where baskets of fresh, emerald-green vegetables had been neatly arranged in front of her.

They were all clean, freshly picked wild vegetables and greens still carrying morning dew—the ingredients most commonly eaten by ordinary households.

Noticing a boy approaching her, Jiang Nannan, who had been quietly waiting for customers, immediately perked up.

Her slightly bewildered yet clear almond eyes suddenly brightened, as though two clear stars had been lit within them, and a lively smile instantly colored her brows and eyes.

Years of tending a stall had made her straighten her posture at once. In a sweet, gentle voice with just the right amount of enthusiasm, she softly greeted him, "Young master, is there anything you'd like to buy? Feel free to take a look. These vegetables were picked fresh this morning. They're especially fresh, not wilted in the slightest."

The girl's voice was soft and pleasant, its gentleness naturally endearing. There was none of the calculating shrewdness of a street vendor in her, only pure sincerity.

Yet in the face of her enthusiastic solicitation, Li Changsheng, who had stopped before the vegetable stall, did not lower his head to inspect the neatly displayed fresh vegetables at his feet.

He stood tall and still, his eyes fixed directly upon Jiang Nannan's exquisitely beautiful face.

His gaze was open and straightforward, without the slightest attempt to avoid her and without any frivolity. He simply stared at her with utter seriousness.

He did not look like a customer here to buy vegetables at all. Rather, he looked as though he had specifically come to see her.

Jiang Nannan grew slightly flustered beneath his gaze. Her long eyelashes fluttered gently, and a faint look of confusion surfaced on her delicate face.

Subconsciously, she raised a hand and lightly touched her smooth, delicate cheek, as soft as congealed cream.

It felt flawless beneath her fingers. There was no dust or stain, nor anything strange on it.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Nannan softly asked with a bewildered expression, "What is it, young master? Is there something on my face?"

Her voice was gentle, carrying a girl's unique shyness and confusion.

Li Changsheng shook his head lightly at her words.

His gaze remained frank, without any beating around the bush. He went straight to the point and said something that instantly left Jiang Nannan dumbfounded. "Nothing. I just wanted to ask, do you have any money on you?"

The moment those words fell.

The noisy street seemed to fall silent for an instant.

The gentle smile on Jiang Nannan's face abruptly froze. Her clear, lively almond eyes flew wide open, and she stood utterly stunned in place, her mind crashing on the spot.

She stared blankly at the handsome, extraordinary boy before her. Her beautiful eyes were filled with enormous confusion, her mind buzzing as it completely failed to process what she had heard.

What?

What kind of absurd question was that?

She stood there dazed, a storm raging in her heart, her mind filled with incredulous question marks.

What kind of person was this?

She was a vegetable vendor, a seller waiting for customers to spend money on her goods!

Since ancient times, sellers had been the ones asking buyers whether they wanted to purchase something and whether they had brought money.

What kind of absurd logic was it for a buyer to come over and immediately ask the seller whether she had money?

She had run a stall on the streets of Heaven Dou City for years and had seen all kinds of passersby and customers.

There had been rude ones, gentle ones, picky ones, and generous ones, but she had never encountered anyone as strange as this person before her!

It took her quite a while to come back to herself. Her rosy lips pressed together slightly as she looked at Li Changsheng with a blank, helpless expression and stammered softly, "Y-Young master... did you get something wrong?"

"I sell vegetables, I don't buy things..."

"Customers are supposed to bring money to buy my vegetables. Why would you ask whether I have money on me?"

The girl's tone was aggrieved and innocent. Her large eyes blinked repeatedly as she looked at the inexplicable young man before her, filled with confusion.

She truly could not understand how this boy, whose bearing seemed so extraordinary and unlike that of an ordinary street commoner, could ask such an utterly nonsensical and absurd question.