Clang!
Qian Renxue pushed the door open and rushed in. She had sensed something unusual about the energy in Xiao Ran's room and, worried that something had happened to him, had hurried over at once.
"Xiao Ran, are you all right?"
Xiao Ran steadied his surging aura. He had only just broken through to the Golden Core realm, after all. Unable to suppress the smile tugging at his lips, he said:
"Xue'er, don't worry about me. My cultivation just made a breakthrough. Now I'm completely confident about taking you to find Tang Jia San Shao."
As Qian Renxue looked at Xiao Ran, her delicate body involuntarily tensed. She had never felt this restrained around him before, but now, merely looking at him made her feel an urge to prostrate herself in worship.
Her voice trembled slightly.
"Xiao Ran, just what realm has your strength reached? Why are you getting stronger so quickly?"
"Standing before you now, I actually feel an overwhelming sense of danger, as though you could kill me with a casual flick of your hand."
Xiao Ran sat cross-legged on the bed and exhaled, stirring up a gust of wind inside the room.
"I follow the immortal cultivation system. Its realms are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. I'm in the Golden Core realm now."
"As for why I'm advancing so quickly, just think of it as the power in my bloodline awakening."
"You saw it earlier, too. I awakened the True Dragon Bloodline."
Qian Renxue was filled with awe. The True Dragon Bloodline truly was terrifying. Xiao Ran had originally been an ordinary person, yet after awakening it, he had risen in such a short time to a realm that made even her feel threatened.
She patted her impressively ample chest, shock still lingering in her eyes.
"Anyway, I'm just glad you're all right. I was scrolling through videos earlier. Tang San is utterly despicable. The netizens really do have sharp eyes. Our Spirit Hall was the rightful authority on the Douluo Continent. By destroying it, Tang San brought backwardness to every corner of the continent."
"The people of the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later are so miserable. Without Spirit Hall awakening their martial souls for free, the villagers in many villages don't even know what a martial soul is anymore."
"Those who know martial souls exist and want to awaken theirs have to pay exorbitant awakening fees to the nobles and sects. Watching it nearly made me black out."
"Awakening martial souls benefits both the nation and its people, yet they even turn that into a way to line their own pockets. These nobles and sects have no bottom line whatsoever. Once I return to the Douluo Continent, I'll wipe them all out."
"That inherently evil Tang San truly is a running dog of the emperors and nobles. To keep them forever perched above everyone else, he has imprisoned the common people at the very bottom of the Douluo Continent."
"I'm going to change all of this!"
Qian Renxue's gaze was resolute. Thinking of everything Tang San had done, she was now so furious that she wanted to cut him into a thousand pieces.
Xiao Ran shook his head with a chuckle. "We could talk about Tang San's dirt for three days and three nights and still not finish!"
"But you want to go back. Have you found a way?"
Qian Renxue's pretty face fell. She walked over to Xiao Ran and plopped down on the bed beside him.
"Not yet."
"Not only have I failed to find a way back to the Douluo Continent, I don't even dare use my soul power carelessly now. Once I use it, it's gone. There's simply no way to replenish what I've spent."
"Once my soul power runs dry, I'll be reduced to an ordinary person."
As an immortal cultivator, Xiao Ran's mind was now exceptionally quick. In an instant, he grasped the crux of the problem.
"Perhaps the two worlds have different rules. The soul master system you cultivate isn't compatible with Blue Star's rules, which is why you can't recover the soul power you've used."
"Once we've taught Tang Jia San Shao a lesson, we'll find a mountain far from the cities, and I'll teach you immortal cultivation from scratch."
"You already have a foundation as a soul master. As long as you convert the soul power inside you into an immortal cultivator's magic power, you'll have secured a foothold in Blue Star's world."
"As for going back, we can think of another way in the future."
Qian Renxue's eyes lit up. Grabbing Xiao Ran's arm, she said:
"Xiao Ran, you're so clever. That must be the reason."
"I'm going back to scrolling through videos. Tomorrow, we'll teach Tang Jia San Shao a lesson, and when we come back, you can teach me immortal cultivation."
With that, Qian Renxue bounced to her feet, waved to Xiao Ran, and returned to her own room to keep scrolling through videos.
Inside the room!
Xiao Ran watched Qian Renxue leave, then closed his eyes and ran through the basic spell compendium in his mind.
Then he formed a hand seal, murmured an incantation, and cast the Cleansing Spell. A gentle breeze swirled around his body, washing away every trace of grime.
"Tsk, tsk. An immortal cultivator's spells really are convenient. Now that I'm a Golden Core powerhouse with divine sense, I can get twice the results with half the effort when learning spells."
"I'll keep studying spells and skip sleep tonight. In one night, I need to learn at least all the spells that can make my daily life easier."
With that thought, Xiao Ran continued studying spells.
The next day!
Xiao Ran met up with Qian Renxue. As they prepared to check out and leave, he noticed a few streaks of red in her eyes.
"Xue'er, don't tell me you stayed up all night?"
Qian Renxue squeezed the phone in her hand, anger crossing her lovely face.
"How could I sleep? I spent the whole night racing through Peerless Tang Sect. That dog Tang San actually went so far as to tear apart his own daughter's soul for the destiny of the Douluo Continent and the Soul Beast Clan, all to scheme against Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny, and the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion."
"Is he even human? Back at the Moonlight Pavilion, with all his aristocratic bearing, he at least managed to look somewhat human. How did he turn into a complete dog after ascending to the Divine Realm, without a shred of humanity left?"
"And Shrek Academy is even worse than you said. Shrek's higher-ups and the Holy Spirit Cult's higher-ups are all in it together, joining forces to ruin the continent's geniuses."
"Although I'm also unhappy about the Sun Moon Continent invading the Douluo Continent, the people of the Sun Moon Continent really do enjoy a higher standard of living because soul tools are so widespread."
"Soul tool technology and the soul master system can complement each other. But what did Shrek Academy do? Suppress the Soul Tool Department and reject soul tools. It has none of the Sun Moon Empire's magnanimity, much less the generosity to make soul tools available to ordinary people."
"Especially at the end-that shameless Tang San violated the Divine Realm's rules and descended to interfere with the Douluo Continent's development. He actually used an innocent child to threaten a mother into withdrawing her troops."
"He forcibly turned a Douluo Continent that was on the verge of unification back into a north-south standoff between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire."
"Ten thousand years ago, he stopped Spirit Hall from unifying the Douluo Continent. Ten thousand years later, he stopped the Sun Moon Empire from doing the same. Will he only be satisfied when the continent is divided, wars keep breaking out, and the common people are driven from their homes?"
"He's a beast, the worst beast of them all, a running dog of feudalism. As long as he lives, the Douluo Continent will never know a day of peace."
Xiao Ran was amused by her words.
"You're right. Tang San is exactly that sort of selfish, hypocritical man with double standards, willing to resort to any means."
"If the Douluo Continent were unified and its people lived happy lives, who would still worship him as the Sea God?"
"For the sake of the Sea God's power of faith, the people of the Douluo Continent can't be allowed a single good day. If there's no suffering, then suffering has to be manufactured."
Fury blazed in Qian Renxue's eyes, and her pearly teeth ground together with an audible creak.
"That fucking beast!"
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