Luo Fan, It's Your Turn to Reveal Your Soul Rings!

"Tang San? What's he doing here?" When he heard the voice outside, Luo Fan opened his mouth, then froze.

However, he quickly collected himself and said to Xue Qinghe, "Brother Qinghe, it looks like I won't need to explain my third soul skill verbally. I can demonstrate it directly in front of you!"

As he spoke, Luo Fan called toward the courtyard, "Come in!"

The door wasn't closed, so when they heard Luo Fan's words, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang walked in.

"We meet again, Luo Fan!" Tang San grinned at him.

That smile looked just like a hunter's after waiting a long time and finally capturing his prey.

"Luo Fan, who are these two?" Xue Qinghe asked at the appropriate moment.

"Tang San. He's from the same village as me, and he was also my classmate at Notting Academy!"

"As for the person beside him..." When Luo Fan introduced Yu Xiaogang, he paused slightly.

How should I introduce him? Your mother's old lover?

Luo Fan shook his head slightly, suppressing the jumble of thoughts in his mind, and continued, "Yu Xiaogang is Tang San's teacher!"

"Greetings to you both!"

Hearing Luo Fan's introduction, Xue Qinghe displayed the bearing expected of him. He nodded slightly, wearing a perfectly measured smile that seemed neither overly familiar nor distant.

"This is His Highness the Second Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe!" Luo Fan then introduced him to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

At those words, both men tensed.

They knew that Luo Fan was highly valued by the Second Prince, which was why he had come to Heaven Dou City.

However, judging from how the two of them had just sat at the same table eating, this seemed like more than mere regard.

Besides, over the past year or so, the empire's salt prices had been driven down. The common people could now obtain better-quality salt at a lower price, and that was all thanks to His Highness the Second Prince.

His reputation was far from insignificant!

"So you're His Highness the Second Prince. A pleasure to meet you!" Yu Xiaogang tugged at Tang San beside him and bowed to Xue Qinghe.

"Little San, why have you come to Heaven Dou City?" Xiao Wu couldn't help asking Tang San curiously.

Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu. As expected, she had left Notting City together with Luo Fan. His heart ached faintly.

"I came to spar with Luo Fan!" Tang San quickly collected his thoughts and replied with absolute confidence.

As soon as he said this, the expressions of Luo Fan, Xiao Wu, and Xue Qinghe in the courtyard all became somewhat strange.

"Brother Fan, is this Tang San also a supreme genius?" Xue Qinghe turned to ask Luo Fan.

He looked to be around the same age as Luo Fan, yet he was brimming with confidence as he challenged Luo Fan to a spar.

Could Tang San have reached the Soul Elder realm as well?

"Mm. He's a genius whose growth was delayed." Luo Fan glanced unobtrusively at Yu Xiaogang, then nodded slightly.

It was the same as before. Although Tang San eventually became a god king in the original story, strictly speaking, it had little to do with Yu Xiaogang.

At most, it was the result of the original author relentlessly giving him cheat abilities.

"Little San, you should forget about sparring with Brother Fan..." Xiao Wu looked rather odd as she tried to dissuade him.

If it were merely an ordinary spar, Xiao Wu wouldn't have stopped him.

But they had once shared the same dormitory, after all, and Xiao Wu knew Tang San well. He was someone who couldn't accept losing.

He couldn't accept losing, yet he insisted on challenging Brother Fan. Wasn't that simply foolish?

"Xiao Wu, you should know the saying: 'After three days apart, one must look at a person with new eyes.' Besides, it's been a year and a half since we last met. I'm no longer the person I was before!"

Hearing that Xiao Wu clearly didn't believe in his strength, how could Tang San stand it?

Xiao Wu opened her mouth, but said nothing more.

After all, even good advice couldn't save someone determined to die. She had offered that one warning only because of their former classmates' relationship.

"Fine. I'd also like to see where your confidence comes from!" Seeing Tang San's confidence, Luo Fan nodded.

Although Luo Fan's home had a courtyard, it was clearly too small for Soul Master combat. Thus, the group crossed the streets and arrived at Xue Qinghe's residence.

There was a large open space within Xue Qinghe's estate.

Luo Fan and Tang San stood facing each other, while Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Wu, and Xue Qinghe stood to the side to watch.

Even farther away, Pufferfish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo seemed rather interested. They both glanced over.

Someone the same age had come to spar with Luo Fan—and was even so full of confidence?

Had the sun risen in the west?

"Here I go!"

Tang San's expression was solemn. He took a deep breath while looking at Luo Fan, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Then he raised his hand. The Blue Silver Grass martial soul appeared in his palm, accompanied by two yellow Soul Rings. "Tang San, level twenty-two Soul Grandmaster!"

"Eight years old and level twenty-two?" Xue Qinghe, watching from the side, raised his eyebrows slightly.

Strictly speaking, being able to reach level twenty-two at eight years old was indeed the mark of a genius. He was hardly inferior to Xue Qinghe himself.

Although Xue Qinghe had reached that level at six, it was mainly because he had been born with level twenty Soul Power.

If he had possessed only level ten innate Soul Power, perhaps he would have been no different from Tang San before him.

Brother Fan was right. He really is a genius, one almost as talented as me!

However, at eight years old and level twenty-two, where had he found the courage to challenge Brother Fan?

"Now this is interesting..." In the distance, Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo studied the scene with curiosity, and their expressions grew more serious.

As before, although Tang San was far inferior to Luo Fan, anyone who could possess level twenty-two Soul Power at eight years old had talent that could not be underestimated.

To be honest, even Luo Fan was secretly surprised when he heard that Tang San had reached level twenty-two.

In the original story, Tang San had spent six years at Notting Academy and was only level twenty-nine when he left.

Now, after only two years, he had already reached level twenty-two?

His growth was even faster than in the original story!

Could this be the butterfly effect I caused? Did it motivate Tang San, allowing his growth to outpace even that of the original story?

Yu Xiaogang stood nearby with his hands behind his back, assuming his usual air of a great master. In reality, he was carefully observing the changes in everyone's expressions.

When he saw that Luo Fan, Xiao Wu, and even Xue Qinghe, the prince, were surprised by Tang San's level twenty-two Soul Power at the age of eight, the corners of Yu Xiaogang's mouth rose so high that they were harder to suppress than the muzzle of an AK.

See that? This is the direct disciple of Yu Xiaogang, the world's greatest theoretical master!

A genius destined to become a Titled Douluo in the future!

"Luo Fan, it's your turn. Reveal your Soul Rings!"

Tang San raised the Blue Silver Grass martial soul in his hand. The two yellow Soul Rings on it pulsed as he spoke to Luo Fan.

Hearing this, Luo Fan collected himself and raised his hand as well. The Blue Silver Grass martial soul appeared.

Along with it, his Soul Rings also emerged, pulsing with power...