You're Actually Quite Nice

"Big brother, are you here to have my father forge some tools? He went out. Come on, please come inside first!"

Seeing that Zhang Nan was slightly taller than him, Tang San called him big brother. He had no idea Zhang Nan did not dare accept that title. Back then, he had called Mu Bai "Boss Dai" over and over again. Once his strength became ridiculously impressive, he had directly become the core of the team, while the former Boss Dai became Little Brother Dai.

Zhang Nan said nothing and followed him inside. He found the house unbelievably shabby. Apart from the blazing furnace used for smelting iron, there was not even a stool. The inner room seemed to contain only a kang bed, and even the door curtain was old and tattered.

"Big brother, sit here. There's porridge here—look, it was just cooked!"

Oh, Tang San, you're actually pretty nice!

To be honest, Zhang Nan was indeed a little hungry. He took the bowl and chopsticks and sipped the porridge.

Mm, not bad. It actually tastes pretty good!

With the Eye of Reincarnation, no colorless, odorless poison could escape Zhang Nan's sharp eyes. Besides, Tang San was still too young to poison someone instantly.

After eating and drinking his fill, it was time to get to work. Zhang Nan stood up and rolled his shoulders. Little guy, it was time to send you on your way.

A short while later, Zhang Nan left Holy Soul Village with the Five Tiger Generals. Before leaving, Zhang Fei punched apart the enormous boulder at the village entrance, the one engraved with the words "Holy Soul Village."

After dealing with Tang Hao and his son, it was time to find that scumbag Yu Xiaogang. As for why Three-Cannon Gang was called a major scumbag, Zhang Nan did not know either. He just had to kill him. The reason was simple: he did not like the guy. That was all.

Since it was already late, Zhang Nan had originally planned to find an inn to rest at and settle the score with Three-Cannon Gang tomorrow. But as he searched, he came across a brothel right in front of him. That was when he suddenly remembered Liu Bei's famous drunken words:

"After fighting battles all my life, can't I enjoy myself for once?"

So he turned around and led the Five Tiger Generals over.

"Ah, welcome, welcome, six honored guests! A very warm welcome! Little Blue, Little Green... Little Jade, go attend to them!"

The madam had sharp eyes. Before Zhang Nan and the others even reached the entrance, she had already arranged for the girls at the door to greet them.

"Wow, little brother, you're so handsome..."

"Big brother's beard is so domineering..."

"What's your name, big brother? What would you like to do tonight?"

The girls immediately linked their arms through Zhang Nan's and the Five Tiger Generals' arms, pressing their bodies close to them as they spoke in seductive voices. The others were fine, but Zhang Fei grinned so hard he nearly drooled all over the floor.

"Uh, each of you pick one. Don't pick too many. I'm going to rest first!"

After saying that, he picked two who looked fairly good and followed them into a room, leaving the Five Tiger Generals staring wide-eyed at one another.

Good grief, had he not said one each? How had he ended up walking off with two after saying that? And they were the two prettiest ones. The Five Tiger Generals only complained inwardly before finally finding the ones they liked and taking them, one by one, to private rooms.

As the saying went, when there was a lovely wife in the room, even Bian Que could not cure the illness.

A night of relentless activity left Zhang Nan sleeping until noon before he woke up.

"Phew, that felt great!"

Zhang Nan opened the door and took a breath of fresh air. After all that exercise, he felt refreshed from head to toe. The Five Tiger Generals had gotten up earlier and were already eating at a round table in the main hall.

Good grief, they did not even wait for me?

"Hehe, Sect Master is here! Quick, quick, sit over here!"

Zhang Fei chuckled and brought over a stool for Zhang Nan. The other four generals were all in excellent condition today. It seemed that after last night, their spirits had reached their peak.

The night's lodging had cost quite a bit, and Zhang Nan felt a faint pang of pain in his wallet. But it did not matter. This was nothing. As long as he had strength, he could get plenty of money anywhere. At worst, he could just ask the Big Patron System for more.

Three-Cannon Gang being a master in Notting was like Ma Baoguo calling himself the master of Hunyuan Xingyi Taiji online. You get it?

Following the system's navigation, they soon arrived at the academy where Three-Cannon Gang was located. Two gatekeepers lowered their arms and stopped Zhang Nan just as he was about to enter.

"No entry without an access pass!"

An access pass? What was this, a residential compound?

Since he could not enter through the front gate, he could only find a secluded place and climb over. The fence was low anyway, so it would be easy to get across.

"You wait here. I'll be back soon!"

With a flap of Evil God's Wings, Zhang Nan easily entered the academy. After searching around and asking a few people, he discovered that Gangzi was merely an affiliated instructor here.

He rarely came to the academy in his daily life.

Damn it, so if he wanted to see Gangzi, he had to run into him by chance?

Forget it, retreat!

Zhang Nan left the academy. His next stop was Spirit Hunting Forest. Since he did not have any soul rings yet, he planned to find a suitable one for each of his weapon spirit and beast spirit.

As he led the Five Tiger Generals toward Spirit Hunting Forest, Zhang Nan also bought some food along the way for convenience.

Spirit Hunting Forest was a place that provided soul rings for beginner soul masters. Although it was located within Heaven Dou, Martial Soul Hall held actual control over it. The soul beasts here were not particularly strong, and the highest cultivation age was probably only around a thousand years. In any case, none would exceed ten thousand years.

For other soul masters, they might encounter a soul beast a few hundred years old if they were lucky. If they were unlucky and ran into a troublesome thousand-year soul beast, they could lose their lives here.

In the original Douluo plot, Master Yu Xiaogang took Tang San, who was already doomed to get killed off, here. They encountered a Datura Snake along the way and nearly died together.

Upon entering Spirit Hunting Forest, Zhang Nan found that while the trees here were not as tall and the flowers and grass not as dazzling as those in Star Dou Forest, the ancient stumps, moss, and quiet atmosphere made the lurking danger obvious.

"Sect Master, what kind of soul ring do you want? Let me hunt it for you!"

Zhang Fei clasped his hands and volunteered eagerly. After last night's battle, he was itching for another fight.

(Cough, cough... The battle meant the one against Tang Hao, not the brothel...)

"This general, Zilong, is also willing to serve the Sect Master!"

"This general, Ma Chao, is also willing to serve the Sect Master!"

"This general, Guan Yu, is also willing... This old general, Huang Zhong, is also willing to serve the Sect Master!"

It would have been one thing if Zhang Fei had not volunteered, but the moment he did, the beloved generals began competing with one another. One after another, they rushed to offer to hunt strange beasts and seize soul rings for Zhang Nan.

"Everyone, don't be so hasty. If a soul ring from a slain beast is not quickly absorbed within the proper time, it will disappear. Also, the final blow must be dealt by the person who will absorb it. You understand what I mean?"

It would be awkward if they spent all that time hunting, only to bring back a pile of soul beast corpses while all the soul rings faded away on the road.

They did encounter a few soul beasts along the way, but most were only ten-year soul beasts. There was just one hundred-year soul beast, and it was not Zhang Nan's type.

This time, Zhang Nan's target was a thousand-year soul beast, preferably one over five thousand years old. So he led the group deeper into the forest.