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Chapter 36
Chapter 36: The Secrets of the Star Dou Great Forest
Upon seeing the gold soul coin, the attendant’s face broke into a wide smile. “Welcome, esteemed guest. I’ll get this processed for you immediately.”
In the last two days, the number of soul masters in the town had surged, and merchants like him were making a fortune.
The attendant quickly handled the check-in procedures for Aotian and Xiao Wu.
After a moment, the attendant handed a key to Aotian and said enthusiastically, “Guest, your room is 309. Do you require any other services?”
Aotian glanced at Xiao Wu and said, “Bring me one of every signature dish your hotel has. Send them up to the room.”
“Right away! You two can go up and rest. The food will be up in a moment.”
Aotian led Xiao Wu upstairs.
The attendant glanced at the greedy onlookers peering in from outside, shaking his head with a sigh. “So young and already daring to run around recklessly. A pity, what a pity…”
He had worked here for many years and had seen his fair share of people being devoured.
Although this place was still technically within the Heaven Dou Empire's territory, it was frequented only by soul masters. Ordinary people were extremely rare. Not even the Heaven Dou Empire could manage this place; it was a gray area.
In his eyes, those two children would soon be eaten, with not even their bones left behind.
What a shame. Especially that cute little loli…
...
Xiao Wu followed behind Aotian, her small hands nervously twisting the hem of her clothes. “Aotian, are we really going to stay in one room?”
During the days they had been traveling, they had always gotten two rooms when staying overnight at a hotel. After all, it wasn't like the large dormitory at the Academy; it was just the two of them.
The thought of a boy and a girl sharing a room alone in the dead of night made Xiao Wu unavoidably tense.
Although her age in human form was only a few years, her soul beast age was at least tens of thousands of years. There were some things she had seen before, even if it was only among soul beasts…
Aotian didn't turn back. “We've lived in Dormitory Seven for almost a year, and on the same bed at that. What are you still shy about?”
“This is different,” Xiao Wu argued.
“How is it different?” Aotian glanced back at her. “Could it be you have ideas about me?”
“Pah! Who has ideas about you,” Xiao Wu said with a look of disdain.
After reaching the third floor, Aotian opened the room.
The interior was luxuriously and comfortably decorated, with every amenity one could wish for.
Having stayed in several grand hotels with Aotian over the past few days, Xiao Wu still couldn't help but feel excited upon entering the room.
When she got back, she definitely had to tell her mother about this experience.
Not long after they sat down, the attendant began to bring up the dishes. Aotian was extremely satisfied with this speed.
An hour later, Xiao Wu clutched her bulging stomach and collapsed onto the bed, letting out a comfortable groan.
Living in the best places, eating the best food—this life of lavish indulgence was beginning to captivate her.
She knew very well that Aotian had given her all of this, and it was a debt she would have to repay in the future.
“Aren’t you going to study the treasures you bought?” Aotian asked with a smile.
“Oh, right.” Xiao Wu sat up excitedly and pulled two exquisite bracelets from her clothes.
The bracelets were made of metal, engraved with gold and silver patterns, and felt slightly cool to the touch.
Xiao Wu’s eyes shone as she held them, unable to put them down.
“Is the bigger one for your mother?” Aotian asked.
Xiao Wu nodded. “My mother was always so careful in the human world, she didn't even have a single soul tool.”
After playing with it for a while, she suddenly looked up and asked, “How do I use this?”
“Infuse your soul power into the bracelet, and you’ll be able to sense the space inside.”
Xiao Wu nodded excitedly and, after a few tries, mastered the technique.
“It’s a pity. The smaller of these two bracelets only has a space of six cubic meters, and the larger one is only ten. And they still cost so much. Tang San’s belt has twenty-four cubic meters.”
Xiao Wu’s face contorted with the pain of the expense. She now owed Aotian over five hundred gold soul coins in total. She had no idea how many years it would take to pay it all back.
Aotian had once studied this type of storage soul tool. They were heavily reliant on an ore called Void Stone. The larger the soul tool, the larger the space it contained, and vice versa.
This was also a result of the overly crude artifact forging techniques, which relied too heavily on materials.
“Give me your bracelet,” Aotian said, a sudden interest in artifact forging piqued.
Come to think of it, he hadn't forged an artifact in over five hundred million years.
Back then, on that Original Planet, he was the only one who could take on a Human Form. During those long, lonely years, he had figured out many things.
Artifact forging, pill refining, various cultivation methods… all of these were things contained within the Dragon Race's bloodline Legacy.
The nobler the bloodline, the more profound the Legacy it contained.
“What for?” Xiao Wu asked, but still handed over the smaller bracelet.
Aotian took the bracelet, and with a manipulation of his divine power, it levitated into the air.
He didn't intend to re-forge it completely; he wouldn't change its appearance. He just wanted to increase the space inside.
The makers of these soul tools needed to rely on the quantity of materials to determine the size of the space, but he didn't need to.
Seeing Aotian make the bracelet float as if by magic, Xiao Wu couldn't help but stare with wide eyes.
Aotian’s hands moved in unison, constantly forming hand seals. He used the profound Spatial Law to continuously expand the space within the bracelet.
A few minutes later, he tossed the bracelet back to Xiao Wu. “Take another look.”
Xiao Wu, looking bewildered, infused her soul power into the bracelet again. The next moment, her eyes flew wide open and she blurted out, “How did it get so big?”
“Didn't you say it was too small? I expanded it to one hundred cubic meters for you,” Aotian said with a faint smile.
“How did you do that?” Xiao Wu looked at Aotian in shock, realizing she understood him less and less.
Aotian didn't answer her question, instead taking the larger bracelet and beginning to expand its space as well.
A flash of inspiration struck Xiao Wu’s mind, and she said excitedly, “With the space increased so much, wouldn’t the price increase by more than ten times? If we keep buying soul tools, expanding their space, and then selling them, won't we get rich really fast?”
No wonder this guy was so wealthy; he had such a mysterious method. Xiao Wu thought she now understood the reason for Aotian’s wealth.
Aotian tossed the bracelet back to Xiao Wu and said, “I'm not short on a few gold soul coins.”
*But I am,* Xiao Wu almost blurted out before closing her mouth. This was Aotian’s skill, not hers. Why should he have to use it for her?
“Aotian, who exactly are you? How do you know so many mysterious things?” Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask again.
“You don't need to worry about that. You just need to know that I am omnipotent,” Aotian said.
“So stingy,” Xiao Wu grumbled, taking out her clothes. “I’m going to take a bath first.”
Aotian sat quietly on the bed, his Divine Sense spreading out, extending towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
He saw many soul beasts active in the dark of night. He also saw a small lake inside the forest, and by its shore, a small grass hut where a beautiful woman sat at the entrance.
In front of her, two mountain-sized soul beasts crouched obediently.
Deeper still, there were some Fierce Beasts with even more powerful auras hidden away, most of them in deep slumber.
Among them, Aotian sensed a few familiar auras. It was the aura of the Dragon Race.
(end of chapter)
Upon seeing the gold soul coin, the attendant’s face broke into a wide smile. “Welcome, esteemed guest. I’ll get this processed for you immediately.”
In the last two days, the number of soul masters in the town had surged, and merchants like him were making a fortune.
The attendant quickly handled the check-in procedures for Aotian and Xiao Wu.
After a moment, the attendant handed a key to Aotian and said enthusiastically, “Guest, your room is 309. Do you require any other services?”
Aotian glanced at Xiao Wu and said, “Bring me one of every signature dish your hotel has. Send them up to the room.”
“Right away! You two can go up and rest. The food will be up in a moment.”
Aotian led Xiao Wu upstairs.
The attendant glanced at the greedy onlookers peering in from outside, shaking his head with a sigh. “So young and already daring to run around recklessly. A pity, what a pity…”
He had worked here for many years and had seen his fair share of people being devoured.
Although this place was still technically within the Heaven Dou Empire's territory, it was frequented only by soul masters. Ordinary people were extremely rare. Not even the Heaven Dou Empire could manage this place; it was a gray area.
In his eyes, those two children would soon be eaten, with not even their bones left behind.
What a shame. Especially that cute little loli…
...
Xiao Wu followed behind Aotian, her small hands nervously twisting the hem of her clothes. “Aotian, are we really going to stay in one room?”
During the days they had been traveling, they had always gotten two rooms when staying overnight at a hotel. After all, it wasn't like the large dormitory at the Academy; it was just the two of them.
The thought of a boy and a girl sharing a room alone in the dead of night made Xiao Wu unavoidably tense.
Although her age in human form was only a few years, her soul beast age was at least tens of thousands of years. There were some things she had seen before, even if it was only among soul beasts…
Aotian didn't turn back. “We've lived in Dormitory Seven for almost a year, and on the same bed at that. What are you still shy about?”
“This is different,” Xiao Wu argued.
“How is it different?” Aotian glanced back at her. “Could it be you have ideas about me?”
“Pah! Who has ideas about you,” Xiao Wu said with a look of disdain.
After reaching the third floor, Aotian opened the room.
The interior was luxuriously and comfortably decorated, with every amenity one could wish for.
Having stayed in several grand hotels with Aotian over the past few days, Xiao Wu still couldn't help but feel excited upon entering the room.
When she got back, she definitely had to tell her mother about this experience.
Not long after they sat down, the attendant began to bring up the dishes. Aotian was extremely satisfied with this speed.
An hour later, Xiao Wu clutched her bulging stomach and collapsed onto the bed, letting out a comfortable groan.
Living in the best places, eating the best food—this life of lavish indulgence was beginning to captivate her.
She knew very well that Aotian had given her all of this, and it was a debt she would have to repay in the future.
“Aren’t you going to study the treasures you bought?” Aotian asked with a smile.
“Oh, right.” Xiao Wu sat up excitedly and pulled two exquisite bracelets from her clothes.
The bracelets were made of metal, engraved with gold and silver patterns, and felt slightly cool to the touch.
Xiao Wu’s eyes shone as she held them, unable to put them down.
“Is the bigger one for your mother?” Aotian asked.
Xiao Wu nodded. “My mother was always so careful in the human world, she didn't even have a single soul tool.”
After playing with it for a while, she suddenly looked up and asked, “How do I use this?”
“Infuse your soul power into the bracelet, and you’ll be able to sense the space inside.”
Xiao Wu nodded excitedly and, after a few tries, mastered the technique.
“It’s a pity. The smaller of these two bracelets only has a space of six cubic meters, and the larger one is only ten. And they still cost so much. Tang San’s belt has twenty-four cubic meters.”
Xiao Wu’s face contorted with the pain of the expense. She now owed Aotian over five hundred gold soul coins in total. She had no idea how many years it would take to pay it all back.
Aotian had once studied this type of storage soul tool. They were heavily reliant on an ore called Void Stone. The larger the soul tool, the larger the space it contained, and vice versa.
This was also a result of the overly crude artifact forging techniques, which relied too heavily on materials.
“Give me your bracelet,” Aotian said, a sudden interest in artifact forging piqued.
Come to think of it, he hadn't forged an artifact in over five hundred million years.
Back then, on that Original Planet, he was the only one who could take on a Human Form. During those long, lonely years, he had figured out many things.
Artifact forging, pill refining, various cultivation methods… all of these were things contained within the Dragon Race's bloodline Legacy.
The nobler the bloodline, the more profound the Legacy it contained.
“What for?” Xiao Wu asked, but still handed over the smaller bracelet.
Aotian took the bracelet, and with a manipulation of his divine power, it levitated into the air.
He didn't intend to re-forge it completely; he wouldn't change its appearance. He just wanted to increase the space inside.
The makers of these soul tools needed to rely on the quantity of materials to determine the size of the space, but he didn't need to.
Seeing Aotian make the bracelet float as if by magic, Xiao Wu couldn't help but stare with wide eyes.
Aotian’s hands moved in unison, constantly forming hand seals. He used the profound Spatial Law to continuously expand the space within the bracelet.
A few minutes later, he tossed the bracelet back to Xiao Wu. “Take another look.”
Xiao Wu, looking bewildered, infused her soul power into the bracelet again. The next moment, her eyes flew wide open and she blurted out, “How did it get so big?”
“Didn't you say it was too small? I expanded it to one hundred cubic meters for you,” Aotian said with a faint smile.
“How did you do that?” Xiao Wu looked at Aotian in shock, realizing she understood him less and less.
Aotian didn't answer her question, instead taking the larger bracelet and beginning to expand its space as well.
A flash of inspiration struck Xiao Wu’s mind, and she said excitedly, “With the space increased so much, wouldn’t the price increase by more than ten times? If we keep buying soul tools, expanding their space, and then selling them, won't we get rich really fast?”
No wonder this guy was so wealthy; he had such a mysterious method. Xiao Wu thought she now understood the reason for Aotian’s wealth.
Aotian tossed the bracelet back to Xiao Wu and said, “I'm not short on a few gold soul coins.”
*But I am,* Xiao Wu almost blurted out before closing her mouth. This was Aotian’s skill, not hers. Why should he have to use it for her?
“Aotian, who exactly are you? How do you know so many mysterious things?” Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask again.
“You don't need to worry about that. You just need to know that I am omnipotent,” Aotian said.
“So stingy,” Xiao Wu grumbled, taking out her clothes. “I’m going to take a bath first.”
Aotian sat quietly on the bed, his Divine Sense spreading out, extending towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
He saw many soul beasts active in the dark of night. He also saw a small lake inside the forest, and by its shore, a small grass hut where a beautiful woman sat at the entrance.
In front of her, two mountain-sized soul beasts crouched obediently.
Deeper still, there were some Fierce Beasts with even more powerful auras hidden away, most of them in deep slumber.
Among them, Aotian sensed a few familiar auras. It was the aura of the Dragon Race.
(end of chapter)
