In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

Chapter 80 Where Dreams Begin

Notting City, on the border of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

In a quiet alley corner unnoticed by anyone, the space shattered like a mirror, revealing three beautiful figures—one tall and two short—emerging from the cracks.

"Big Fat Dragon, you absolutely must conceal our presence!" Yinlan slowly poked her head out and solemnly instructed.

"I know, I know, you've said it almost ten times already," Gu Yuena said, somewhat exasperated, as she reached her hands into the spatial rift and pulled out Yin Lan and Yin Luo from the other side. "Don't you trust me to handle things? I guarantee that no one below the first-level god can detect us."

"It's precisely because you're the one handling things that I'm worried..." Yin Lan thought to herself. The main reason was that the original Gu Yuena was really not very smart or reliable. The current Gu Yuena had been completely transformed by her. She hoped that Gu Yuena wouldn't have any tricks like "dropping the ball at the crucial moment".

The Douluo Continent map of 2620 is indeed somewhat outdated, but at least the locations of cities like Notting City are still marked. In particular, Yin Lan specifically noted that this is a map published by the Spirit Hall, so its accuracy is still somewhat guaranteed.

After Qian Renxue entered deep meditation, Yinlan did not intend to just wait there for her to wake up. She immediately set off and asked Gu Yuena to bring them here. Di Tian stayed there with Ci Xue and She Long to protect Qian Renxue. Of course, to avoid any accidents, the barrier set up by Gu Yuena had not yet been removed.

Now that it's almost March, Tang San should be enrolling around this time. He awakened his martial soul before the new year, then spent three months learning the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and finally enrolled as a work-study student.

Yin Lan only awakened her martial soul a month ago, and she vaguely remembered that before she left Fengling Village, the villagers said that the Spirit Hall would soon send spirit masters to awaken the martial souls of six-year-old children. In other words, even without Liu Erlong's accident, she would have awakened her martial soul later than Tang San.

But this is actually normal, because only Soul Masters can hold the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony, and only Soul Masters belonging to the Spirit Hall will regularly travel to various parts of the continent every year to awaken the Martial Soul for children around six years old for free.

In the era of Douluo Continent I, the total number of Soul Masters did not exceed 100,000, the number of Soul Kings was less than 5,000, and the number of Soul Douluos was less than 200. Among them, the number of Soul Masters belonging to the Spirit Hall was more than 70,000. The number seemed large, but it was not enough to count on the entire continent.

Take the original history as an example. The Heaven Dou Empire mobilized an army of two million. These two million soldiers were not even conscripted during wartime, but were the Heaven Dou Empire's standing army. The food production capacity had to be sufficient to support the army. Moreover, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire were not small countries with a high military-to-civilian ratio in reality. Therefore, even if we calculate based on a military-to-civilian ratio of 1:100, the Heaven Dou Empire would still have a population of two hundred million. On the other hand, the Star Luo Empire's army size was even greater than that of the Heaven Dou Empire.

However, the Spirit Hall had to rely on its nearly 70,000 spirit masters scattered throughout the continent. In the era of Douluo Continent I, where the means of transportation was still horse-drawn carriages, it took a lot of time to travel to every corner of the continent to awaken the spirits of children of the right age.

Before leaving, Yinlan specifically asked Ci Xue and She Long, and confirmed this from their answers: the Spirit Hall sets off to various places every September to awaken the spirits of children, and does not stop until March of the following year, lasting for half a year. However, even if you miss this period to awaken your spirit, you can still go to the branch hall in the city to awaken it for free.

Yinlan hadn't planned to get to know Tang San so early, but this timing was also a good opportunity for her mother to realize his true colors.

However, she also instructed Di Tian that if Qian Renxue woke up during this time, he should immediately notify them to return. Compared to "checking in" at that "famous scene," Qian Renxue's situation was naturally more important.

The three concealed their identities and used their mental powers to signal those nearby to ignore them, thus reducing their presence. They then randomly chose a restaurant in the west of the city that was closest to Notting Academy and settled in.

Unexpectedly, Yinlan actually chose a very coincidental day, and the three of them stayed overnight. The next afternoon, while strolling around the snack street, the three of them frowned.

"A Title Douluo has entered the city," Gu Yuena glanced at Yin Luo, then whispered to Yin Lan, "Is that the guy you want me to guard against? Your mother's judgment isn't very good either. What's there to be afraid of in someone like him? If you have a problem with him, I'll help you eliminate him."

Her voice wasn't loud, but she didn't deliberately avoid Yinluo. Having spent so much time with Yinlan, she knew very well how deep Yinlan's malice towards that man was. Given the child's decisive nature, she wouldn't let the other party go just because of her mother's feelings.

Yinlan's face showed a look of disgust. Her Blue Silver Domain was always open. Since entering Notting City, it had been connected to all the Blue Silver Grass in the city. She immediately sensed the figure in black robes.

In broad daylight, he was the only one wearing that shabby black robe, as if afraid of not being conspicuous enough. Under the strange gazes of the passersby, Tang Hao found a restaurant not far from Notting Academy and went inside.

Yin Luo, who was also activating her Blue Silver Domain, looked puzzled. The man in her memory was a Title Douluo, so why didn't he even pay attention to his appearance?

After entering the restaurant, Tang Hao found a window seat facing Notting College. Everyone around him looked disgusted and left, pinching their noses. He didn't care much and immediately called out, "Bring me some wine!"

A moment later, a waiter-like man approached with a beaming smile. He sized Tang Hao up and down, his eyes twitching slightly, before carefully speaking, his tone noticeably tactful: "Esteemed guest, we do have excellent wine, but the price..."

Seeing that the man was dressed as a dirty beggar and looked to be around fifty years old, they realized that if he got drunk and started acting crazy and refusing to admit his mistakes, they would have nowhere to reason with this old bachelor. This didn't even take into account that the man's presence in their shop was already affecting their business.

"Hmph, you snobbish jerk," Tang Hao sneered, flicking his finger. A golden light flashed, and a gold soul coin was forcefully embedded into the counter. "Bring me some wine!"

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A Soul Master! The waiter's eyelids twitched again. This was not someone an ordinary person like him could afford to offend. He hurriedly smiled apologetically and retreated, quickly running to the kitchen to get more wine.

The three of them were speechless, especially Yinlan. Dressed like this, who could tell who you were? How did it become someone who "looks down on people"?

(End of this chapter)