Douluo Continent: Starting with a Tom Cat

"Okay, Grandpa Bone, you were so cool just now, Rongrong likes it so much," Ning Rongrong said sweetly.

"Hahaha, with your praise, Rongrong, I'll be so envious of that old man Chenxin when we get back."

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Tiandou City, a gathering of important figures.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Sect Master Ning Fengzhi were at the top of the list, followed by renowned nobles from Tiandou City, all of whom were Xue Qinghe's supporters.

This crown prince is universally acknowledged as the future ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire. The Heaven Dou Emperor's other sons either died young or were spoiled brats. Only this one is truly promising.

Why would these well-educated nobles choose Avalanche, who seemed incompetent at first glance, over him?

Xue Qinghe dealt with these nobles with ease, but beneath his humble exterior lay a deep loathing for them; they were nothing but parasites relying on their ancestors' wealth.

Today's gathering is just a routine one, after all, these nobles have considerable power behind them, which will help him ascend the throne in the future.

However, Ning Fengzhi's words piqued his interest.

"The teacher said that there was a boy with exceptional talent who refused to become Sword Douluo's disciple."

Ning Fengzhi nodded with a smile; this was the result of his discussion with Chen Xin.

If Shen An wants fame, then give him fame.

In the Douluo Continent, what could be more sensational than refusing to accept a titled Douluo as a disciple, especially a powerful Douluo like Chen Xin?

Xue Qinghe's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "This is truly interesting. May I ask what this young man's name is? Teacher, could you please introduce me?"

Xue Qinghe had a guess in his mind, but pretended not to know and asked.

"This person's surname is Shen, given name An, and his background is clean. In my opinion, he should have a place among the strongest people in the Douluo Continent in the future."

"My daughter Ning Rongrong is on good terms with him, and I hope you will all take good care of him in the future," Ning Fengzhi said.

The nobles below were also filled with doubt and suspicion. They did not doubt Ning Fengzhi's words; he would not speak carelessly.

The nobles, who comprised more than 70% of the entire Tiandou clan, secretly resolved to thoroughly investigate Shen An.

See if you can find an opportunity to curry favor with him; at the very least, you should order your family members not to be so foolish as to provoke him.

"Teacher, it has been a long time since I visited your clan. I wonder if I could pay you a visit in a couple of days and introduce you to this person?"

Xue Qinghe said with interest.

"Haha, of course."

Once this matter was settled, one noble after another investigated Shen An, and for a time, the entire city's intelligence system was repeatedly using the two words.

Shen An, Shen An, still Shen An.

It was approaching evening.

Having returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Shen An subconsciously glanced at his system panel, where his reputation value was jumping at a rapid pace.

The number of cases only slowed down after reaching 10,000, 30,000, 70,000, and finally 100,000.

Shen An was overjoyed, thinking that Sect Master Ning had begun to exert his strength, and he could not slack off. He would go to the Heavenly Battle Arena tomorrow to seize this wave of immense wealth.

Ning Fengzhi's fame was promoted by the higher-ups, and he could further spread his reputation by using a well-known venue like the Great Soul Arena.

This is Heaven Dou City! It's not unreasonable for my reputation to increase by one or two million. Shen An felt as if the realm of a Title Douluo was beckoning to him.

Inside the room, Tom looked at Shen An with concern. What's wrong with this master? He's been grinning like an idiot ever since he came back.

Shen An opened the lottery page that he hadn't used in a long time, thinking he'd give it a few tries to liven things up.

System, give me a hundred consecutive draws!

Shen An, who was rolling in money, said with great confidence.

Ding! Since this is the host's first time performing a 100-pull, would you like to convert all items except for the small Soul Power Experience Pack into a mysterious grand prize?

Huh? Shen An stared blankly at the system's notification, surprised that such a thing existed.

Shen An fell into deep thought, wondering whether to switch or not, whether to open ninety low-drop-rate blind boxes or open one mysterious big blind box.

Finally, Shen An gritted his teeth and said, "Change!"

Regular blind boxes can be redeemed at any time, but missing out on this mysterious grand prize would be a real loss.

At this moment, Tang Hao was speeding along with Tang San, using his powerful soul force to compel a Soul Emperor-level healing-type Soul Master to heal Tang San's injuries.

Tang San's severed finger bones were reattached, but he could not use them freely. Shen An's sword strike was not just a simple injury, but also contained a sword intent that was wantonly destroying the meridians in Tang San's arms.

Healing Soul Masters at the Soul Saint level or above are extremely rare. They are either in the army or in the Spirit Hall and the three upper sects, and rarely go out alone.

Therefore, Tang Hao had no choice but to take Tang San to that place. He originally did not want to bring Tang San to this place because if his spiritual power was insufficient, the benefits he could obtain from it would be limited.

However, Tang San's injuries are too severe now, and he has no choice but to come, otherwise it will inevitably affect his cultivation progress in the future.

This was an unnamed forest. Tang San sat down as instructed by Tang Hao and used his spiritual power and soul power to sense it.

A faint, peaceful, and profound spiritual force was calling to Tang San, but Tang San could never quite grasp it.

His soul power was only around level 30. Although his mental strength far surpassed that of others at the same level, he was still not high enough to qualify for this place.

He followed an inexplicable guidance to the giant vines. After an unknown amount of time, a blue ocean gathered, and a gentle energy entered his body, healing his injuries and promoting the evolution of his martial spirit in a better direction.

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In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Shen An stared blankly at the mysterious grand prize he had won in his room.

[Tuffy the Mouse's Armory: This is a huge armory, inexhaustible in resources. Ten weapons are randomly generated daily and can be kept for use.]

PS (Automatically installs in Tuffy diapers)

Shen An took out a pair of diapers, and sure enough, pulled out seven small firecrackers and three small rockets.

Tom, who was standing nearby, shrank back when he saw this. How scary! How did Shen An end up with so many dangerous things?

Jerry, upon seeing Tuffy's diapers, fell into deep thought: How did my nephew's diapers end up in Shen An's hands...?

Chapter 120 Practice Makes Perfect

Ma Hongjun went back, having painstakingly cultivated to level 30 and arrived at Sunset Forest, only to find it all for nothing.

Even though the spirit beasts in Sunset Forest are not high-level, the seriously injured Golden Iron Triangle is no longer able to obtain spirit rings for him. Staying there would inevitably expose them to the risk of being attacked by high-level spirit beasts.

After learning the whole story, Ma Hongjun felt resentful, and the targets of his resentment were Dai Mubai and Tang San.

Having been terrified by Shen An, he didn't want to provoke Shen An in the first place, especially since this incident prevented him from obtaining a soul ring, which made him even more resentful.

As for Xiao Wu, she was both surprised and frightened that there was a Title Douluo in Sunset Forest.

When Xiao Wu learned that Tang San had been seriously injured and taken away by a mysterious person, she belatedly turned her fear into hatred and resented Shen An.

Yes, she does hold a grudge against Shen An. She wouldn't dare provoke a Title Douluo; that would be like delivering a gift package of equipment to him.

'Sooner or later he will go to the Star Dou Great Forest. At that time, I will definitely grind him to dust.' Xiao Wu thought with hatred.

Just as Xiao Wu was thinking this, in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Azure Bull Python looked at the water level that occupied only one-fifth of the lake and felt its hatred increase.

A lake that had slept for a full 100,000 years was completely drained by a cat. It had been sleeping naked for who knows how many days.

However, Erming has been moving water much faster lately, and the Azure Bull Python is wondering why.

Then a Titan ape scooped up water with its millstone-sized hands and opened its blood-red mouth to spew out the water.

The Azure Bull Python leaped from the shallow lake water into the air with a start, glaring angrily at the Titan Ape.

"Erming! Change my water!"

-

Shen An stared intently at the small firecrackers and rockets in his hands. They could generate every day; they were simply magical artifacts.

Although Shen An had previously drawn small firecrackers, he was reluctant to use them because of their scarcity. Now that he had Tuffy's arsenal, the generous Shen An decided to test their power.

In the back mountain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Shen An lit a small firecracker, about the size of a finger, and threw it quickly while tightly covering his ears.

Tom and Jerry also kept their eyes tightly shut and covered their ears completely; they had both been hit by this before and it hurt a lot.

"boom!"

It was accompanied by intense flames and smoke.

The small firecracker exploded, leaving a patch of darkness in its wake. Shen An estimated that even a great soul master like Yu Xiaogang would not be able to withstand the power of this small firecracker.

Shen An gasped. This thing should only be considered the lowest grade in the Thai army's arsenal, yet it still had such power.

Looking at Tom, who was cowering with his head tucked in, Shen An couldn't help but sigh, 'Tom is truly a brave cat; he actually dared to hold such a powerful firecracker to his nose.'

This wave of fame points was a huge win. As for the small soul power experience pack, Shen An doesn't plan to use it for the time being. This thing can not only increase soul power, but also quickly restore soul power.

Since using it now won't get me to the Soul Master level, I might as well save it for later; it might prove surprisingly effective in battle.

Shen An sighed that it had been a very fruitful day, but he still needed to keep up the good work, because fame points were never enough.

Day two.

Chen Xin came to find Shen An early in the morning with great enthusiasm. After his swordsmanship improved, he felt that he was capable again. Tom's swordsmanship was no longer so unfathomable in his eyes.

Naturally, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were also present. Chen Xin kept boasting about Tom's swordsmanship. Although they believed what Chen Xin said, seeing is believing, and they were also very curious.

So, Master Tang was forced to start work early in the morning, holding Shen An's Nine-Leaf Sword Grass in his hand, while Jerry watched unhappily from the side.

I, Jerry, am no less than Tom in my life, yet you all only pay attention to this stinky cat.

Soon, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong witnessed Chen Xin, the number one swordsman in Douluo Continent in their eyes, being brutally defeated.

Tom has a bad temper when he wakes up, and Chen Xin woke him up early in the morning to challenge him to a sword fight, which made Tom very unhappy.

After the competition began, no matter how complicated Chen Xin's swordsmanship was, Tom always broke through it in just a few strokes. After the competition, Tom even pierced a character on Chen Xin's clothes with his sword.

Chen Xin looked at the four large characters that Tom had pierced on his clothes and felt a sense of disorientation. He felt that all his years of practicing swordsmanship had been for nothing, and that Tom had been giving in to him all along.

The four large characters boldly proclaim, "If you're bad at it, practice more."

Is this kind of swordsmanship really something that a human can learn?

Oh, Tom is a cat, then it's alright.

After the competition, Chen Xin stood motionless in place, and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong wanted to comfort him but didn't know how to start.

After all, Chen Xin originally thought that Tom's swordsmanship was only slightly better than his. Who would have thought that Tom just wasn't taking it seriously? Now, Tom's morning grumpiness has driven Chen Xin to the brink of collapse.

After a long pause, Chen Xin spoke: "From now on, no one is allowed to call me Sword Dao Chen Xin. Anyone who does will get angry with me."

Shen An, standing to the side, chuckled awkwardly. He had told Tom not to be disturbed so early in the morning, as the cat was quite grumpy when he woke up.

Shen An gave Ning Rongrong a wink, and the two of them quietly slipped away, like a cat and a mouse.

For the next six or seven days, Shen An went to the Heavenly Dou Great Soul Arena every day.

This is the simplest and most direct place to farm reputation.

On this day, after defeating a Soul Master who was of a higher level, Shen An participated in a 2v2 Soul Battle with Ning Rongrong and defeated the enemy with overwhelming force.

The entire arena was cheering for Shen An's name.

This kind of battle against opponents of a higher level is what onlookers love to see.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dou Arena was not short of fans, so they politely declined Shen An's request to continue the fight.

Looking at his soaring fame points, Shen An regretfully left with his cat and mouse. The Great Soul Arena was good; he'd come back tomorrow.

This public appearance has made many forces aware of Shen An's name. Anyone who can challenge those above their level is a genius, let alone a victory as overwhelming as Shen An's.

As Shen Angang walked outside, he saw a group of well-trained guards surrounding a familiar figure.

Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "We meet again, Shen An."

Shen An looked at Xue Qinghe in surprise, realizing that he had run into the Crown Prince again.

"Brother Xue, it's been a long time. I didn't expect to run into you here," Shen An replied with a smile.

Xue Qinghe, of course, wouldn't say that he had instructed his men to keep an eye on Shen An's movements and that he had deliberately orchestrated this chance encounter after learning about Shen An's whereabouts in the Great Soul Arena.

As the only prodigy on the entire continent with innate soul power of level 20 and a god-level martial soul, Xue Qinghe hides a heart that is extremely self-important beneath his humble exterior.

It's no exaggeration to say that even the so-called Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall was nothing special in his eyes, but Shen An was the only one who gave him a different feeling.

Whether it was Shen An's martial soul, which was no less powerful than that of a six-winged angel, or his unwavering attitude after learning his identity, Xue Qinghe looked at him with new eyes.

Xue Qinghe waved for the surrounding guards to disperse, walked up to Shen An and extended his right hand: "Shen An, you came to Tian Dou without coming to see me first, which really disappoints me."