Douluo Dalu: Fragment Collector
Chapter 22

Picking Up Fragments on the Douluo Continent

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Back then, Lu Feng had shamelessly attended Yu Xiaogang's lessons for a year and only managed to fleece him for eight Light Attribute fragments.

One day, after Yu Xiaogang argued with Xiao Wu, he flew into a rage out of embarrassment and kicked Xiao Wu and Lu Feng out of the dormitory. From then on, Lu Feng could not fleece so much as a hair from Yu Xiaogang.

Lu Feng had already given up on the Light Attribute.

But who would have thought...!!!

Staring at the young man before him, Lu Feng suddenly found him rather pleasing to the eye!

"Don't move around!" the young man said with a frown.

After roughly several minutes, the young man withdrew his fingers. He returned to the seat of honor and said confidently:

"You once suffered severe meridian damage. It should have been caused by absorbing a soul ring. But afterward, you took some kind of spiritual medicine. Not only did it repair your meridians, it also raised your aptitude to a higher level!"

"If you had not encountered that spiritual medicine, your meridians would probably have shattered long ago, and you would have died!"

"How about it? Was I right?" the young man asked with a faint smile.

Lu Feng appeared calm upon hearing this, but a storm had already risen in his heart.

The young man was not entirely correct, but this nearly monstrous method of his was practically like turning back time.

Sure enough, heroes under heaven are as numerous as carp crossing a river!

Six-Winged Angel? Could he be some young master of the Qian Family? There really was an angel legion in the original story, and traces of the Angel Family seemed to appear vaguely in the later parts of Douluo Continent as well.

As expected, none of these great families are easy to deal with!

Black Skill: Disguise

Lu Feng stopped letting his thoughts run wild. He clasped his hands and respectfully said to the young man, "My lord truly has discerning eyes! After I absorbed my first soul ring, I felt groggy all over, as though I could collapse at any moment."

"But I always had a breath of determination bottled up inside me. I gritted my teeth and told myself that I absolutely could not fall."

"Later, I stumbled into a cave by accident and saw a pool of water. So I scooped up the clear water and started drinking."

Lu Feng vividly recounted his experience, and the others nodded from time to time. His story sounded somewhat bizarre, but they had to admit that it was the most reasonable explanation.

"Lu Feng, tell us in detail about how you hunted that soul ring," Kori said blandly.

Lu Feng then began recounting how he had accidentally encountered a Greenwood Python, struggled to kill it, and finally absorbed its soul ring after narrowly escaping death.

Naturally, he omitted just a tiny bit of detail.

"Where is the hunting bow you used? Bring it out for us to see," Kori said in a deep voice.

After cultivating for so many years, he could be considered well-traveled and knowledgeable. Yet this was the first time he had heard of someone killing a soul beast with a hunting bow.

In his understanding, even the lowest-level ten-year python soul beast was not something a mere hunter could handle.

"I didn't bring my hunting bow. It's in the dormitory."

"Send someone to fetch it."

Not long afterward, Su Yuntao entered the room carrying the hunting bow, his face covered in sweat.

Looking at the bow's unusual structure, the young man asked curiously, "What are these wheels for?"

Lu Feng respectfully answered, "Reporting to my lord, they are called pulleys. They save effort while increasing the power of the bow."

"Oh? Can you demonstrate?"

Lu Feng picked up the hunting bow and gave it a light pull, then looked at Su Yuntao.

Su Yuntao stared solemnly back at Lu Feng.

After they looked at each other for quite a while, Lu Feng finally could not help asking, "Where are my arrows?"

Not long afterward, Su Yuntao returned to the room, drenched in sweat once more, carrying the arrows, Firewood Chopper, shoulder armor, knee guards, and all kinds of bags and bundles.

Looking at the Hunting equipment scattered across the floor, Lu Feng rolled his eyes at Su Yuntao speechlessly.

Why not bring my tent and bedding while you're at it?

Lu Feng took out an arrow, aiming at the half-open door.

Suddenly, he stopped. "If I damage it, I won't have to compensate for it, right?"

"Ha ha ha!"

Kori burst into laughter. "Kid, that door is made of pure steel and is over a foot thick. If you can shoot half an inch into it, I'll admit you're impressive!"

"Fine!" Lu Feng agreed, saying nothing more.

"I'll admit you're impressive" was the highest honor in a man's world!

He held his breath, focused his mind, nocked the arrow, and drew the bow.

Whoosh!

The arrow shot out like lightning and viciously embedded itself in the door. The arrowhead sank roughly half a foot into it, while the shaft trembled violently for a long time.

"What?!" Several cries of shock rang out at once.

The young man took several quick steps toward Lu Feng and accepted the hunting bow. He pulled it lightly and immediately discovered that it required more than twice as little effort as an ordinary bow.

"What a treasure! What a treasure!"

The young man stroked the hunting bow fondly. If this weapon could be widely adopted by the military, it would undoubtedly become a devastating weapon.

Seeing the young man's astonishment, Lu Feng could not help feeling a little smug inside.

Heh!

I'm a transmigrator!

What do you think?

Feel this tiny shock from Blue Star!

The young man quickly came back to his senses and returned to the seat of honor. Looking at Lu Feng with a smile, he said, "I now believe that you are fully capable of hunting soul beasts on your own."

The young man smiled at Lu Feng. Before this, he had already reviewed Lu Feng's file.

Both parents deceased, with a clean background.

Innate Soul Power Rank Five, with fairly good talent.

A chance encounter had transformed him completely.

Most importantly, he possessed a strong sense of belonging toward Spirit Hall.

I only came out to clear my mind while hunting a soul ring, yet I encountered such a promising seedling. A talent like this should naturally be put to my use!

With that thought, the young man asked, "After you drank that entire pool of spiritual liquid, did you feel any discomfort in your body?"

Perhaps to reassure Lu Feng, the young man added, "Don't worry. Spirit Hall has no intention of blaming you. As the saying goes: if Heaven grants something and one refuses it, one will suffer the consequences. What I want to know more is why you were willing to hand over all your gains."

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng's heart finally settled.

Is it time for my stand-up routine again?

Today, the new book got its first round of recommendations, so it was time for the author to play the pity card again. Boohoo~

A reader named "Moneybags Bro" in the book club was right. The author's previous description of the golden finger was too vague, so the author will go back and optimize the chapters.

Everyone does not need to go back and reread them. A line of records will be added under every fragment to better explain the fragments' effects.

To show my gratitude, I'm posting an extra chapter today.

Thank you all for your support. Feel free to comment if you have any questions.

This dog author wishes everyone an early Happy New Year and hopes you all get rich!!!

Lastly, the most important thing: please keep reading, boohoo--

Reforging Angel Glory Is the Duty of Our Generation!

However, when Lu Feng inadvertently met the young man's gaze, he immediately reined in his playful thoughts.

"Sure enough, an interesting child." The young man withdrew his gaze and no longer secretly released his Soul Power.

Lu Feng pondered briefly before slowly uttering four words: "Protection money."

"Protection money?" Everyone looked utterly confused.

Lu Feng explained, "When I sell prey at the market, I have to pay thirty percent tax to the city lord's manor. If someone disrupts the market and bullies merchants, the city lord's manor sends people to deal with it."

Lu Feng spread his hands. "I hunted prey in the Soul Hunting Forest and obtained a batch of spiritual materials. Then I handed part of them over to Spirit Hall as protection money. That's perfectly reasonable, right?"

"That simple?" Kori asked uncertainly.

"Yeah."

"..." Everyone fell silent for a while. Kori and the young man exchanged looks, then nodded at each other.

A child's world should be this pure.

At that moment, Lu Feng continued, "Of course, mixed in with that was a little personal thought of mine."

"Oh, let's hear it." The young man was immediately interested.

Lu Feng cleared his throat. Looking through the window at the angel statue in the square, he spoke each word clearly:

"Ten thousand years ago, a great god founded Spirit Hall."

"Her arrival was like the joyous dawn, ending the continent's long night."

"That winter, I saw a little beggar walk into Spirit Hall. No one despised him for being poor, and no one despised him for being dirty. Master Su Yuntao helped him awaken his martial soul without discrimination."

At this point, Lu Feng secretly glanced at Su Yuntao.

This man, who was usually somewhat of a simp, now held his head high and sat ramrod straight. His face remained calm as he looked ahead, but he could not suppress the smile at the corners of his mouth.

Lu Feng paused, then continued:

"At that moment, I wondered whether, if I could become a soul master, I could do as well as Master Su Yuntao."

"Now, I have merely done something insignificant."

"On the eastern coast, in the southern mountains, across the western wilderness, and within the northern forests, there are countless members of Spirit Hall just like me."

"Reforging Angel Glory is the duty of our generation!"

Lu Feng left Spirit Hall with a smile.

There was now a bracelet-like Storage Soul Tool on his left wrist.

Inside the Soul Tool was a letter of recommendation. With that letter, Lu Feng could directly take up a post at the Spirit Temple in Heaven Dou City.

Lu Feng raised his hand and carefully examined the bracelet under the sunlight.

The bracelet was entirely silver, inlaid with golden decorations that resembled a pair of spread wings.

Two small characters were also engraved on the inside of the bracelet: Ba Qi.

"Hehe, as expected of a big shot from Spirit Hall! He gave me fragments and a Soul Tool too. I'm almost embarrassed."

Lu Feng carefully wiped the bracelet and happily headed toward Nuoding Academy.

Spirit Hall's top floor, guest room.

The young man stood before the window, watching Lu Feng's departing back with a thoughtful expression.

"Kori, what do you think of Lu Feng?"

Unlike the second-floor room from earlier, Kori was now standing behind the young man with his body slightly bent and a respectful demeanor, like a servant.

Kori pondered for a moment. "Replying to Your Highness, I believe this person is both brave and resourceful, exceptionally bold, and, more importantly, possesses a pure heart."

"Heh." The young man chuckled.

"I think he's slippery as an eel. Of every ten words out of his mouth, only two or three are true."

Kori was puzzled. "Since that is your opinion, why did you give him the token representing the Angel Family?"

One had to know that the bracelet the young man had gifted was no ordinary item.

Possessing the bracelet meant that Lu Feng had received the Angel Family's recognition. Not only could he enter the Soul Hunting Forest of any city, but he also had the authority to mobilize a Soul Emperor expert.

He had even gained the qualifications to marry into the Angel Family!

Over the past several hundred years, the Qian Family had not given out more than a hundred such tokens.

The young man smiled and explained, "Because I sensed an affinity from him, a Light Attribute like that of the Angel God. Perhaps this is the Angel God's guidance."

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