A Titled Douluo Is Helping Me Hunt Souls? I've Never Fought Such a Well-Funded Battle!

Luo Fan looked toward the person who had spoken!

He looked about twelve or thirteen, handsome in appearance. Though it was impossible to tell what material his clothes were made of, one glance was enough to know they were expensive.

They were even embroidered with gold thread.

Sitting there, he gave off an air of nobility and splendor that was utterly out of place in a tiny restaurant in Notting City.

More importantly, two middle-aged men stood behind the youth. They were likely guards, carrying themselves with the poise of deep pools and towering mountains. At a glance, it was clear they were quite powerful.

"Hello. I do not have many strengths, but my physical condition is rather good, so I eat quite a lot!"

Though he did not recognize the other party, Luo Fan smiled when the youth took the initiative to greet him and replied.

"May I ask what this little brother is called? My name is Xue Qinghe," the youth said.

"Xue Qinghe!?"

Upon hearing him introduce himself, Luo Fan kept his expression unchanged, but inwardly, he was startled. At the same time, he carefully studied the other party!

In the original story, Xue Qinghe had appeared as the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire and the disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sect master. Yet in truth, he had been the Spirit Hall's young mistress, Qian Renxue, in disguise!

So what about this Xue Qinghe before him?

Was she Qian Renxue? Or was she the original Xue Qinghe, before Qian Renxue had managed to replace him?

"Little brother, it seems you have heard of me?"

Although almost no change could be seen on Luo Fan's face, Xue Qinghe had been infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Family from a young age and was exceptionally skilled at reading expressions. She had noticed that fleeting shift in Luo Fan's demeanor.

"Yes. Although I live in a remote place like Notting City, I know that the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family bears the surname Xue," Luo Fan nodded along with her words.

With such keen perception, Luo Fan had roughly formed a guess in his heart!

"And these two are?" Still, a guess alone was not enough to confirm her identity, so Luo Fan turned to the two middle-aged men behind Xue Qinghe!

"They are the two guards my family assigned to me. Since you know I am royalty, you should understand that my personal safety is naturally taken rather seriously," Xue Qinghe explained.

Inside the restaurant, Luo Fan wolfed down ten bowls of noodles in a row, making Xue Qinghe's eyelids twitch wildly!

Although she had long learned from the Spirit Hall Branch's report that Luo Fan's physical condition was absurdly strong, was eating ten bowls of noodles in one sitting something a normal person could do?

"Little brother, are you full?" Xue Qinghe asked curiously as she watched Luo Fan stack his tenth empty bowl beside him, still looking unsatisfied!

"Mm, I suppose I am about sixty percent full," Luo Fan replied, rubbing his stomach.

"Owner, bring him another ten bowls of noodles. Beef noodles. Put them all on my tab!" Xue Qinghe called to the restaurant owner.

"Thank you," Luo Fan said without standing on ceremony.

They chatted as they ate. Right in front of Xue Qinghe, Luo Fan finished the remaining ten bowls of noodles before finally burping and feeling full.

Does this guy have some kind of extra-dimensional space in his stomach? Xue Qinghe discreetly glanced at Luo Fan's abdomen and muttered to herself.

Yes, twenty bowls of noodles in a row—where had they all gone?

"Thank you for the meal, Brother Xue," Luo Fan said after finishing twenty bowls of noodles.

As they had chatted while eating, the two had gotten along exceedingly well. By now, they were already calling each other brothers!

After all, Xue Qinghe had specifically made a detour from Heaven Dou City to Notting City in order to meet Luo Fan. She wanted to befriend him and, ideally, recruit him under her command!

As for Luo Fan, he had already asked the Spirit Hall to help keep an eye out for information about the Void Escape Beast.

Now that he knew the young mistress of the Spirit Hall had personally come to see him, Luo Fan was naturally willing to take the initiative to build a good relationship with her!

When both sides were eager, everything naturally went smoothly.

Thus, Luo Fan and Xue Qinghe were already calling each other brothers, looking as though they regretted not having met sooner!

During their casual conversation, Xue Qinghe had also mentioned that her Soul Power had reached level 30 and that she was preparing to head to the Star Dou Forest to search for a suitable soul ring!

"The Star Dou Forest..." Luo Fan's eyes lit up slightly upon hearing this.

"What is it? Would you like to come to the Star Dou Forest and see it for yourself, Brother Luo Fan?" Noticing the change in Luo Fan's expression, Xue Qinghe smiled and extended the invitation!

"Would that be troubling you, Brother Xue?" Luo Fan asked hesitantly.

"You call me Brother Xue, so how could I find you troublesome?" Xue Qinghe shook her head.

"In that case, I will shamelessly come along," Luo Fan nodded.

Afterward, the two agreed on a time to leave the next day, and Luo Fan turned to return to the academy.

Xue Qinghe also settled the bill and left the restaurant.

"Young Mistress, it seems you and this Luo Fan truly get along quite well," Snake Lance Douluo suddenly said as they walked back toward the Spirit Hall Branch!

"How so?" Xue Qinghe kept walking, turning her head slightly to glance at him.

"Although that kid Luo Fan asked the Spirit Hall to help him watch for the Void Escape Beast's whereabouts, he is still a child under seven. Yet he was willing to travel far with you right after meeting you. It seems he truly feels close to you, Young Mistress," Snake Lance Douluo explained.

Hearing Snake Lance Douluo's words, the corners of Xue Qinghe's mouth could not help but lift slightly.

After all, she was only a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl. Hearing that she was approachable and that a six- or seven-year-old child liked her so much naturally made Xue Qinghe happy.

"Mm, perhaps he and I truly are quite compatible," Xue Qinghe nodded as she recalled her conversation with Luo Fan.

If she had initially approached Luo Fan with the intention of recruiting him, then now, Xue Qinghe felt that she genuinely liked the child at least somewhat.

"By the way, has there been any news regarding the Void Escape Beast?" As though recalling something, Xue Qinghe asked Pufferfish Douluo.

"Not yet, but it is only a three-thousand-year-level Void Escape Beast. We should receive news soon," Pufferfish Douluo replied!

On the other side, after Luo Fan returned to Notting Academy, he hurried to find the headmaster and tell him that he would be accompanying a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire on a trip.

After all, this long vacation would be over before long.

Although the headmaster was shocked that Luo Fan had connections with His Highness the Prince, he was naturally delighted when he considered Luo Fan's talent. It was only fitting that His Highness the Prince would take notice of him.

After returning to his dormitory, Luo Fan was equally delighted.

He had long known that once he was about to reach level 20 and asked the Spirit Hall to watch for information on the Void Escape Beast, it would inevitably draw the Spirit Hall's intense attention.

After all, even if one possessed Innate Full Soul Power, even if one's first soul ring was thousand-year level, with a useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass, others would still wonder whether one would remain stuck at the threshold of Soul Elder—or even Soul Grandmaster—for the rest of one's life!

But reaching level 20 after only a little more than half a year since awakening his martial soul carried an entirely different meaning!

Yet Luo Fan had not expected that the Spirit Hall would not only take him so seriously, but that even Qian Renxue would specifically make a detour to see him!

Just thinking of hunting souls in the Star Dou Forest alongside Qian Renxue, with two Titled Douluo accompanying them...

Heh, Luo Fan felt that he had never fought such a well-funded battle in his life!