"Our immediate priority is to find these spirit herbs."
"As long as we get them, I can refine the antidote even without a pill furnace!"
Yao Lao spoke solemnly.
"Blue Fire Shade Spirit Seedling, yew roots, longhorn beetle flower stamens..."
The many ingredients on the list gave Xiao Yan a headache.
"Go into the city. Ordinary pharmacies should carry these things," Yao Lao reminded him.
"As for money..."
A faint ray of light flew from Yao Lao's hand.
It was a wisp of ghastly white flame.
The flame condensed, finally forming a crystal.
"With this Heavenly Flame crystal of mine, you can surely trade it for enough gold coins!"
Xiao Yan nodded and gave Yao Lao a deep bow.
"Thank you, Teacher!"
After a day and a night on the road, Xiao Yan finally reached Nuoding City.
The streets bustled with people and activity.
Unlike the Dou Qi Continent, the Douluo Continent had a stronger sense of class.
Many facilities, and even passageways, had spaces reserved specifically for Soul Masters.
Soul Masters were practically a symbol of nobility.
"There's even an inn specifically for Soul Masters..."
Xiao Yan stopped outside an inn.
The luxurious decor and splendidly gilded facilities dazzled him a little.
"Where did this little beggar come from? Get out of my way!"
A rough-looking man came over with his arms around two beautiful women.
Xiao Yan was blocking the way.
"The street's so wide. Can't you walk somewhere else?" Xiao Yan said, displeased.
"I like walking right here!"
The man reached out to grab Xiao Yan and lift him up.
Bang!
Xiao Yan knocked the man back with a palm strike.
His small body sprang into the air, turning a full three hundred and sixty degrees.
His flying kick was tender but powerful, sending the rough-looking man straight to the ground.
"Where did this little brat come from...?"
The two women were about to curse him out, but Xiao Yan's gaze cowed them.
"Do you want a kick too?" Xiao Yan said coldly.
For a moment, everyone on the street looked over.
A child could actually stand up to an adult!
One palm and one kick-terrifying indeed!
"What happened here!?" A Spirit Hall peace officer patrolling the street came over.
"Hmm?"
He caught sight of Xiao Yan and murmured, "A child with Soul Power..."
"What happened!?"
He looked down coldly at the burly man, who had just climbed to his feet.
The burly man was just about to speak. "It was that kid..."
Then the officer kicked him flying again.
Foam spilling from his mouth, the burly man actually passed out on the spot.
The officer clapped his hands,
"It's bad enough that you picked on someone smaller than you. Who gave you the gall to bully a future Soul Master who just awakened his Soul Power!?"
Only then did the onlookers around them come to their senses.
"No wonder he could beat an adult. This child is actually a Soul Master!"
"Even for a child who has just awakened his Soul Power, defeating an adult isn't easy. This child's Innate Soul Power can't be low!"
"Once you become a Soul Master, you have a future."
The officer smiled at Xiao Yan, his earlier sternness gone.
He said softly, "Are you all right, little friend?"
Xiao Yan shook his head. "He started it. I only fought back."
The officer ruffled Xiao Yan's hair and said with a smile, "Then should I give you a good kid medal?"
Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at him.
He really thinks I'm a kid!
"Tell me, what did you come to Nuoding City alone for?"
"How do you know I'm from outside the city?"
"Every Soul Master is on record, and there's no one like you in Nuoding City."
Xiao Yan murmured, "Spirit Hall keeps such a close watch on Soul Masters?"
"It has to."
"Great power comes with greater responsibility."
"Without controls, many Soul Masters wouldn't be able to rein in the evil dragons deep in their hearts."
The officer raised the baton in his hand and pointed at himself.
"That's why officers like me exist."
Xiao Yan nodded and gave the officer a thumbs-up.
At the same time, his impression of Spirit Hall improved.
An organization willing to restrain Soul Masters to safeguard the people's lives had to be a good place!
"Tell me, where are you from? What did you come to Nuoding City for?"
"If you can't explain yourself, you'll have to be taken to Spirit Hall and put on record."
The officer spoke with feigned severity.
"I'm all alone, with no parents. I came to Nuoding City precisely to go to Spirit Hall!" Xiao Yan put his emotions aside, wanting to follow the officer to Spirit Hall.
"All right!" The officer nodded.
He had been planning to have Xiao Yan registered anyway.
This worked out just as he wished.
Spirit Hall
stood in the center of Nuoding City.
It was ancient and solemn.
Once they went inside, the officer handed Xiao Yan over to a receptionist.
The girl smiled faintly. "An unregistered Soul Master? Come on, follow me."
The girl had a graceful figure, and as a receptionist, her figure and bearing were both excellent.
After a series of forms had been filled out,
Xiao Yan finally had a legal identity in this world.
He was no longer that abandoned child from Holy Soul Village!
At the subsidy counter,
Xiao Yan nodded.
Yes, Xiao Yan had already cultivated from level one to level three.
In just one night!
With the help of Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame, he had recovered thirty percent of his former Soul Power!
"In a remote backwater like this, that's not bad," the old man said reassuringly, thinking Xiao Yan's Innate Soul Power was level three.
If he knew that Xiao Yan actually had Innate Full Soul Power,
who knew how shocked he would be?
He applied Spirit Hall's distinctive seal:
swords in front, with a Holy Angel behind them.
Then the old man handed Xiao Yan three gold coins.
"Three a month. If your level rises, that's another matter."
Xiao Yan was pleasantly surprised.
He had received three gold coins just for registering as a Soul Master.
And he would get more every month from now on!
"Sir, sorry to trouble you, but could you look at the medicinal ingredients on this list? Would three gold coins be enough?"
Xiao Yan handed over the list of ingredients for the antidote that Yao Lao had given him.
The old man lowered his eyes and took it.
"Blue Fire Shade Spirit Seedling, yew roots, longhorn beetle flower stamens... These are all powerful kidney tonics..."
The old man glanced at Xiao Yan and frowned. "Do you have a weak kidney?"
Xiao Yan's mouth twitched helplessly.
Should I say no?
It would be bad if he exposed something else.
He could only give a wry smile and nod.
The attendant beside them struggled to hold back her laughter.
The old man shook his head repeatedly. "Kids these days grow up too fast!"
"These are all extremely valuable medicinal ingredients. Three gold coins clearly aren't enough."
Taking back the list, Xiao Yan froze for a moment.
Sure enough, it wasn't enough.
He felt the Bone Spirit Cold Flame crystal his teacher had given him, tucked inside his clothes.
Xiao Yan took it out and asked, "How many gold coins could I get for this?"
"A glass marble or something like that, how much could it be worth-good heavens!"
The old man took the Heavenly Flame crystal, looking as though he had found a treasure.
He held it high. The cold flame within the crystal seemed to carry a faint chill.
"This Heavenly Flame is extraordinary! Even though it's a flame, it gives off an extreme chill!"
The old man handed it back to Xiao Yan. "Wait here while I invite the deputy hall master to take a closer look for you!"
Xiao Yan was left alone.
He watched the old man dash into the inner hall.
Even with the iron doors shut tight, a voice still carried out.
"There's a kid with a weak kidney outside, and what he's got in his hand is extraordinary!"
"Pfft..."
The attendant finally burst out laughing.
Xiao Yan gritted his teeth. "Damn it!"
(End of chapter)