"Nuoding City?"
Hearing what Luofan said, Yue Guan looked at him in surprise, then pondered for a moment. "As far as I know, Nuoding City is a small border city in the Heaven Dou Empire, isn't it?"
Yes, it was only a small city on the fringes of the Heaven Dou Empire. More importantly, it wasn't even on the way to Heaven Dou City. Why did Luofan specifically want to visit a city called Nuoding City?
"As far as I know, there's someone there who has mastered several fairly useful Self-Created Soul Skills!" Luofan answered!
Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was different from Quickstep!
Quickstep simply increased movement speed, whereas Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was an exceptionally agile footwork technique!
Mysterious Jade Hand and Purple Demon Eye were pretty good, too!
Luofan wouldn't chase after Self-Created Soul Skills he had little use for just to farm rule-based effects. That would be putting the cart before the horse!
Even if he wanted to do that, he would have to wait until he reached the Titled Douluo level and raised the height of his strength before expanding its breadth!
Still, Luofan felt that Tang San's martial arts suited him quite well.
So taking a slight detour wasn't a problem!
After all, once he mastered them, he would have close-combat options of his own. That was the weakness he most needed to address right now!
"Well, in that case, I'll take a detour with you!"
After hearing Luofan's explanation, Yue Guan understood that he was pursuing Self-Created Soul Skills. Since several of them would be useful to him, Yue Guan felt that a small detour wouldn't hurt!
And so, after leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Luofan and Yue Guan headed straight toward Nuoding City!
It was worth mentioning that Luofan walked ahead, while using Quickstep to lock onto Yue Guan, provocatively saying that he hoped Yue Guan could keep up with him.
At first, Yue Guan thought Luofan was being a little arrogant.
But as he kept increasing his speed, he discovered that Luofan was always a fraction faster than him. That thoroughly won him over.
With a Titled Douluo's traveling speed, Luofan and Yue Guan reached Nuoding City from the Star Dou Great Forest in just two short days.
Luofan nodded inwardly at this, feeling that Quickstep's rule-based effect was practically the same as a car's adaptive cruise control.
They also arrived at the gates of the Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy!
This was more or less where the original story began!
Standing at the gates of Nuoding Academy, Luofan felt a wistful surge of emotion!
He knew he had transmigrated into the world of Douluo.
But it had taken him several years to come to Nuoding City and finally get a chance to meet the protagonist, Tang San.
I wonder if Tang Hao is still hiding in the shadows, watching Tang San at this point?
Luofan's thoughts then turned to Tang Hao!
In the original story, Tang San seemed to have brought Xiao Wu home during his first year's vacation, but Tang Hao had supposedly left home?
Yet in reality, he seemed to have been hiding in the shadows, keeping an eye on his son all along?
Still, it didn't matter!
Tang Hao might be strong, but Yue Guan was level 95, too!
Most importantly, with the support of his Overpowering Aura, Luofan felt it wasn't impossible for Yue Guan to turn the tables and beat Tang Hao into submission!
Not to mention that his fourth Soul Skill could capture Tang Hao outright!
"Luofan, this person who has mastered several Self-Created Soul Skills-is he a teacher at this school?"
Seeing how purposefully Luofan had led him straight to this junior Soul Master Academy, Yue Guan asked curiously!
"No, he's a student at this school!" Luofan shook his head.
"Huh? A student? This is only a junior Soul Master Academy. The students here should all be under twelve, shouldn't they?"
Yue Guan had never expected such an answer from Luofan. He was utterly dumbfounded!
"That's right. He's about the same age as me!"
Luofan nodded, then immediately strode toward the school!
"Stop. Who are you two? What brings you here?"
Seeing Luofan and Yue Guan approach, the guard at the academy's gates noticed their luxurious clothing and stopped them quite politely to ask.
"We're here to see the dean. This gentleman is an elder of Spirit Hall!" Luofan told the guard!
As he spoke, Luofan gave Yue Guan a meaningful look. "Senior, would you show your Soul Rings?"
He had to reveal his Soul Rings just to enter a junior Soul Master Academy?
Yue Guan was rather surprised. Wasn't that a little too ostentatious?
Still, he had known Luofan for more than half a year now and understood his temperament.
Since Luofan had said so, he presumably had a plan of his own!
Thus, after a brief silence, Yue Guan revealed his Soul Rings!
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
Gasp!
Seeing the nine Soul Rings Yue Guan had revealed, the guard at the gates of the Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy sucked in a breath of cold air, then stared at him in disbelief!
What did it mean to stumble unwittingly into the presence of royalty?
This was exactly that!
Good heavens, had a legend stepped into reality?
Yes, to ordinary people on the Douluo Continent, Titled Douluos were all figures of legend.
They had only heard of them in stories and might never have a chance to see one in their entire lives!
But now? A Titled Douluo was standing right before him!
The gatekeeper rubbed his eyes hard. "M-my lord, w-welcome to o-our academy. I-I'll go inform the dean right away!"
Even his speech had become a stammer. After struggling to get those words out, the gatekeeper scrambled and stumbled straight into the academy!
"A Titled Douluo? Is that a legendary Titled Douluo?"
"That's right. Nine Soul Rings-he's definitely a Titled Douluo!"
"Unbelievable! A Titled Douluo has actually appeared in a little place like our Nuoding City!"
Although the gatekeeper had run off, many townspeople passing along the road outside the academy, as well as students and teachers near the gates inside, naturally witnessed Yue Guan reveal his nine Soul Rings.
Everyone stared, dumbstruck, and the whole of Nuoding Academy erupted into a commotion!
Inside the academy, Yu Xiaogang was walking with his hands clasped behind his back, holding a book.
Whatever his Soul Power Level might be, his bearing at least gave people a lofty, superior impression!
Judging by his bearing alone, someone who didn't know him might have mistaken that imposing figure for a Titled Douluo!
Tang San, who was eight and a half years old, was following behind Yu Xiaogang, discussing his recent cultivation with him!
Just then, they suddenly saw the dean and numerous teachers hurrying toward the gates!
Many students were running toward the gates, too!
"Wang Sheng, wait a moment. What's going on?"
As it happened, Tang San spotted a familiar figure in the crowd and called out.
"Tang San, hurry over to the gates and take a look! A Titled Douluo has come to our academy. He just revealed nine Soul Rings, and everyone's gone to see him!"
Wang Sheng answered Tang San, then hurried toward the gates, making it feel as though some superstar had arrived.
"A Titled Douluo?" Surprise appeared on Tang San's face.
To him, too, such a person belonged to the realm of legends!
"A Titled Douluo? There's nothing much to see, is there? Your teacher knows quite a few Titled Douluos!"
Yu Xiaogang, however, suddenly shook his head beside him. Still wearing the air of a lofty expert, he spoke with his face tilted toward the sky at a forty-five-degree angle!
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