Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

In this way, Xiao Fan was no longer worried about Mo Shang revealing anything in front of Protector Eagle. The only thing he needed to worry about was the Cloud Crane Shadow he used against Protector Eagle when he was escaping. Apart from that, there were no other flaws in Mo Shang's identity.

Looking at Mo Shang opposite him, Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Congratulations, Elder Mo Shang of the Soul Hall."

Mo Shang, sitting opposite him, also straightened up and then gave Xiao Fan a perfunctory bow. "Lord Xiao Fan."

The two of them couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if they were playing house with themselves.

Because the spirit puppet is Xiao Fan's own soul essence, Xiao Fan can directly absorb the spirit puppet into his body, or rather, the two can be fused together.

Xiao Fan stretched out his right hand and touched Mo Shang's body. Immediately, Mo Shang disappeared slowly from the point of contact, merging with Xiao Fan himself, just like flowing water.

In the room, only Xiao Fan remained.

Mo Shang is not yet fully "awakened". After all, the soul power in Mo Shang's body is only a part injected by Xiao Fan. To make him a complete "person", Xiao Fan's soul essence needs to be divided into two parts and one part needs to be put into Mo Shang's body.

In this way, Mo Shang's soul power can regenerate on its own. Only then can Mo Shang be considered completely independent of Xiao Fan, and thus a part of Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan does not intend to separate his soul essence at the moment, after all, matters involving the soul are not trivial and require further planning.

In high spirits, Xiao Fan walked out of his room and went to the lobby on the first floor. There he found Xiao Yan and the others. Xun'er was sitting on a swing-like chair on the first floor, while Hu Jia and the others were sitting opposite her. They were chatting and laughing. When they heard Xiao Fan coming downstairs, they also turned their attention to him.

"Huh?" Seeing Xiao Fan, Hu Jia tilted her head, leaned closer to him, and said in a puzzled tone, "I feel like there's something different about you?"

The people around nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Xiao Fan grinned. "A slight breakthrough. How about you guys?"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, Hu Jia's face first showed a hint of surprise, then she said with joy, "We were just talking about how Wu Hao and I both broke through to the Seven-Star Great Dou Master level because of the accumulation of the Hunting Competition. Xun'er should be breaking through to the Eight-Star Great Dou Master level in the next couple of days. I didn't expect that you, Xiao Fan, would break through to the Nine-Star Great Dou Master level first."

Xiao Fan smiled but didn't speak. Xun'er, who was standing to the side, had a strange look in her eyes, and then said with a smile, "Brother Xiao Fan, you're not breaking through to the ninth-star Great Dou Master, are you?"

Xiao Yan also looked curiously at Xun'er. Seeing that Xun'er had seen through him, Xiao Fan didn't hide anything. After all, it wasn't surprising that Xun'er had a way to see through his strength. "Yes, I've broken through to the Dou Ling realm."

"..."

Everyone stared speechlessly at Xiao Fan, who looked completely calm, as if breaking through to the Dou Ling realm was no big deal.

Just as everyone was making a fuss, there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door.

Chapter 129 New Student Contribution Fee

Xiao Fan exchanged a silent glance with the others; he already guessed what was going on. Xun'er walked towards the academy with a puzzled look and opened the tightly closed door.

Xiao Yan walked to where Xiao Fan and the others were sitting, leaned against the wall, and rubbed his temples.

A moment later, Xun'er returned and said to the group, "They are a group of freshmen who want to see Brother Xiao Fan."

Having anticipated this, Xiao Fan nodded and told them to come in.

A group of new students followed Xun'er into the courtyard and surrounded the group. For some reason, the faces of many of the new students were flushed.

During the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, the group of them led a group of freshmen and fought against the Inner Academy teams in several matches. Xiao Yan also had some impression of the leader. After the battle against the Black Fiend Team, the leader, named Atai, still had energy left.

"Atai, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Xiao Yan spoke first, Atai knew that Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan had a very good relationship, so he said to Xiao Yan, "Senior Xiao Yan, it's like this."

“Since this morning, a group of senior students from the inner academy have been coming into our freshman area, saying they want to collect a freshman contribution fee, which is two days' worth of fire energy per person. We know that we are new here and don’t want to cause trouble, so we paid it. But one group after another has come. So far, three groups have come. In previous years, freshmen only needed to pay the freshman contribution fee once.”

"But this year, they probably saw that we won the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, so they deliberately made things difficult for us. We had no choice but to come to Senior Xiao Yan and your team."

Although Atai kept talking to Xiao Yan, his eyes kept glancing at Xiao Fan, clearly indicating that he was mainly asking questions of Xiao Fan.

After listening to Atai's words, Xiao Yan understood why they had come to find Xiao Fan and the others.

"These people are going too far!" Hu Jia, who was standing next to Atai, stood up angrily after hearing what Atai said, but she didn't say anything out of line. Instead, she looked at Xiao Fan, who had unknowingly become the backbone of their small team.

Xiao Yan frowned and looked at Xiao Fan, "Senior brother, what do you suggest we do?"

Xiao Fan tapped his fingers on the table, then looked at Xiao Yan. "Junior brother, are you interested in forming a team?"

"Form a team?" A thoughtful look flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes.

Hearing Xiao Fan's words, Atai's eyes flashed with joy. Compared to the senior students who bullied the freshmen, Atai was more willing to join Xiao Fan, who led them to defeat the senior students. So he said, "If you senior Xiao Fan are willing to form a force, we would be willing to give you our fire energy!"

Xiao Fan shook his head upon hearing this, then said to Atai, "We'll see. Since they want the fire energy of the new students, it will be our turn sooner or later. You go and gather all the new students together, we'll be there right away!"

"Thank you so much, Senior Xiao Fan! From now on, we freshmen will definitely follow your lead." Atai was overjoyed upon hearing this and led the others outside to gather the many freshmen together.

After Atai and the others left, Xiao Fan turned to the group and asked, "What do you think about this?"

"Senior brother, do you mean forming a faction?"

"Elder Su explained the distribution of power within the academy to us back then. Since this is a positive competitive relationship, it must be advantageous." Xiao Fan then looked at everyone. "Because of this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition, I estimate that many forces within the inner academy have prejudices against us. In that case, why don't we take the initiative and directly form a force?"

“Indeed, and because we led them to plunder the fire energy of the original seniors, this year’s freshmen already have a good impression of us. If we help them solve the issue of freshman contribution fees, most of the freshmen will probably follow us.” Xun’er chimed in from the side.

“That’s right. Rather than joining someone else’s team and getting bullied, we might as well build our own power.” Hu Jia waved his fist, looked at Xiao Fan, and said loudly.

Wu Hao nodded in agreement, “You’re right. Instead of letting these new students fall into the hands of others and be assimilated, we might as well recruit them for our own use.”

"Alright, let's go then!" Hearing everyone agree, Xiao Fan waved his hand and then led everyone out of the courtyard.

Stepping out of the attic courtyard, there was a tree-lined avenue. On both sides of this avenue were the residences of this year's freshmen. Of course, compared to the attic where Xiao Fan and others lived, the courtyards of the others were a bit simpler. After all, the treatment of the top five had to be reflected to some extent. Without the sense of hierarchy, who would be motivated?

At this moment, the new students on both sides of the avenue were called by Atai and the others and headed to the exit in front of the avenue.

After walking for four or five minutes, Xiao Fan and the others saw a large group of people huddled together, shouting and cursing.

Upon seeing Xiao Fan and the others, the last freshman shouted, "Senior Brother Xiao Fan and the others are here!"

Upon hearing the new student's words, the surrounding crowd parted to make way for Xiao Fan and his group to reach the center of the arena.

In the arena, Atai was arguing with a student on the opposite side.

Upon seeing Xiao Fan approach, Atai retreated behind him, glaring angrily at the young man opposite him.

"Is this Xiao Fan who defeated Luo Hou?"

"Xiao Fan looks so handsome!"

"To defeat Rahu at such a young age is truly remarkable!"

"Are you Xiao Fan?"

The young man who was arguing with Atai paused when he saw Xiao Fan appear. After all, Luo Hou's strength was around 100th in the inner courtyard, and he had even been on the strong list before. Although he only occupied it for three days, he was still not to be underestimated. Xiao Fan was able to defeat Luo Hou, so his strength must be even more amazing.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that Xiao Fan's strength was now vastly different from what it was during the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

"I am Xiao Fan. May I ask what guidance this senior can offer me?"

Although the young man knew Xiao Fan was strong, he didn't want to lose face in front of so many people, so he stubbornly said, "Although you defeated Luo Hou, you should know that there are many people in the inner courtyard who are stronger than Luo Hou!"

"We have no intention of breaking the inner courtyard rules," Xiao Fan said. "We understand that freshmen need to pay a freshman contribution fee, but if everyone were to collect four or five rounds of contribution fees from each freshman like you seniors, how would the freshmen cultivate?"

Then Xiao Fan calmly said, "We freshmen won't cause trouble, and we won't miss any fees. But if you want to use force, then we'll have no choice but to comply!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Fan unleashed his Dou Ling aura, forcing the young man back several steps.

"Fight...Fighting Spirits?"

"You actually advanced to the Dou Ling level?" the young man exclaimed in disbelief. Damn it, wasn't Xiao Fan supposed to be only a Da Dou Shi?

The surrounding freshmen became even more excited after feeling Xiao Fan's power, and they all released their fighting spirit to support Xiao Fan.

Chapter 130 Panmen

Dozens of newly formed battle qi auras coalesced, creating a powerful pressure that even the older students around felt. Not to mention, Xiao Fan's strength had now advanced to the Dou Ling level.

"You... Xiao Fan, we are from Qingshan. If you dare to touch us..." The young man was forced back by Xiao Fan's aura. His gaze was fixed on Xiao Fan. After seeing the aura of the dozens of freshmen behind Xiao Fan, his face also turned ugly. He gritted his teeth and said to Xiao Fan.

However, before he could finish speaking, the tip of the Thousand Flame Spear was pressed directly against his neck.

"I'll say it again, we freshmen have already paid our fire energy contribution, and we won't be paying any more. I don't care which faction you belong to. If you continue to talk nonsense, I won't hesitate to take drastic measures." Xiao Fan looked into the young man's eyes, a cold glint in them, and said calmly.

Seeing the young man's appearance, Xiao Fan put away the Thousand Flame Spear and returned to Xiao Yan and the others.

Seeing Xiao Fan's nonchalant demeanor, a hint of shame and indignation flashed across the young man's face. Then, like a primary school student making empty threats, he uttered a harsh remark and led the group behind him away.

"You wait!"

Seeing that Xiao Fan had successfully repelled them, the surrounding freshmen cheered and looked at Xiao Fan with even greater enthusiasm.

After the group of senior students left, Xiao Fan looked at the many inner court students still watching not far away, cupped his hands, and said loudly, "Senior students, we are new here and have no intention of breaking the rules. We have paid all the fees that were due. If we do anything wrong in the future, we hope that you will give us your guidance. Thank you all."

Although he had repelled the senior students, Xiao Fan knew he couldn't completely offend the people in the inner academy, otherwise his days in the inner academy wouldn't be easy. So he spoke politely to the many students around him.

This made the surrounding students nod in approval. After all, if Xiao Fan had been so forceful, they would have felt that he had embarrassed many of the senior students. But now, with his polite manner, everyone felt that Xiao Fan was sensible and knew how to behave appropriately.

Xiao Yan and the others behind him nodded slightly at Xiao Fan's actions. After all, if they continued to treat these senior students with force, the current group consisted of the weaker ones, but stronger ones would inevitably arrive later, and what could they do then?

Not to mention that now that they plan to build up their own power, they need to maintain good relations with other forces, and at least not offend them all.

Watching the senior students finally disperse, Xiao Fan smiled slightly and turned to look at the many freshmen still surrounding him.

"Senior Xiao Fan, thank you so much for this." Atai walked through the crowd, stood in front of Xiao Fan, and bowed to him.

The surrounding freshmen followed suit, bowing to Xiao Fan and saying loudly, "Thank you, Senior Xiao Fan!"

"We're all freshmen, so naturally we should help each other." Xiao Fan waved his hand, helped Atai up, and then told everyone else to get up. "I just wonder what we'll be doing in the inner courtyard from now on?"

Atai's eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "Senior Xiao Fan, now that we're in the inner academy, those established forces probably have a problem with our freshmen. You led us to victory in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and now you've helped us resolve the issue of contribution points. I wonder if you have any plans to form your own faction?"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Fan looked at Atai with a half-smile.

"As you know, senior, the academy does not oppose students forming forces. Moreover, as far as I know, the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is divided into different areas based on the different effects of accelerating cultivation. The cultivation effect in the advanced areas is more powerful. However, fighting is not restricted within them. Even if you occupy an advanced area in advance, you will still be driven away if you encounter other forces."

"Therefore, most of those who occupy the advanced areas rely on their power. As a result, every freshman is fought over by many forces. If you, Senior Xiao Fan, are willing to build a force, I, Atai, will follow you from now on!"