In Douluo, there is a way to die.

Chapter 80 Where the dream begins
Notting City, the border of the Tiandou Empire.

In the corner of an unnoticed alley, the space shattered layer by layer like a mirror, and three beautiful figures, one tall and two short, emerged from the broken cracks.

"Big Fat Dragon, you must hide our breath!" Yin Lan slowly stuck his head out and warned solemnly.

"I know, I know. You've told me this almost ten times," Gu Yuena said speechlessly, reaching her hands into the spatial crack and pulling out Yin Lan and Yin Luo from the other side. "Are you still not confident in my ability to handle things? I guarantee that no one below the first-level god can discover us."

It’s because you’re the one doing the job that I’m worried… Yin Lan secretly complained in her heart, mainly because the original Gu Yuena in history was really not very smart and reliable. The current Gu Yuena has been transformed by her. I hope she won’t be given any tricks like “failing at the critical moment”.

The Douluo Continent map of 2620 is indeed a bit outdated, but at least the locations of cities like Notting City are still marked. In particular, Yin Lan paid special attention to the fact that this is a map published by the Spirit Hall, so its accuracy is more or less guaranteed.

After Qian Renxue entered deep meditation, Yin Lan did not intend to just sit there and wait for Qian Renxue to wake up. She immediately set out and asked Gu Yuena to bring them here, while Di Tian stayed there with Cixue and She Long to protect Qian Renxue. Of course, in order to avoid any accidents, the barrier set up by Gu Yuena has not been removed yet.

Now it is almost March, and if you calculate the time, Tang San will start school around this time. He awakened his martial soul before the New Year, and then spent three months learning the Chaos Cloak Hammer Technique, and finally started school as a part-time student.

Yin Lan had awakened her martial soul only a month ago, and she vaguely remembered that before she left Fengling Village, the villagers had said that the spirit master who could awaken the spirits of six-year-old children from the Spirit Hall would be arriving soon. This meant that even if there hadn't been the accident with Liu Erlong, her spirit would still have awakened later than Tang San's.

But in fact, this is normal, because only soul masters can hold the ceremony of awakening the martial soul, and only the soul masters belonging to the Spirit Hall will regularly travel to various parts of the mainland every year to awaken the martial souls of children around six years old for free.

In the era of Douluo, 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, there were more than 70,000 soul masters belonging to the Spirit Hall. The number seemed large, but it was not enough when looking at the entire continent.

Take the original history as an example. The Tiandou Empire mobilized two million troops. These two million troops were not even wartime soldiers, but the standing army of the Tiandou Empire. The food productivity had to be sufficient to support the army. The Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire were not those small countries with high military-civilian ratios in reality. Therefore, even if calculated based on a military-civilian ratio of 1:100, the Tiandou Empire had a population of million, and the number of troops of the Xingluo Empire was even greater than that of the Tiandou Empire.

However, the Spirit Hall had to rely on nearly 70,000 spirit masters in its branch halls across the continent. In the era when the means of transportation in Douyi was still horse-drawn carriages, it really took a lot of time to travel to every corner of the continent to awaken the spirits of children of appropriate age.

Before leaving, Yin Lan specifically asked Cixue and She Long, and confirmed this from their answers: the Spirit Hall starts traveling to various places to awaken the spirits of children in September every year, and stops in March of the following year, which lasts for half a year. However, even if you miss the opportunity to awaken your spirit during this period, you can still go to the branch hall in the city to awaken it for free.

Yin Lan had not originally planned to contact Tang San so early, but this timing also happened to be an opportunity for his mother to realize his true face.

However, she also instructed Di Tian to notify them immediately if Qian Renxue woke up during this time. Qian Renxue's presence was naturally more important than the "famous" "check-in" scene. The three concealed their identities and used their mental power to instruct those nearby to ignore them, thereby reducing their presence. Then, they found a random restaurant in the west of the city closest to Notting College and stayed there.

Unexpectedly, Yin Lan really chose a very coincidental day. The three of them stayed there for one night. In the afternoon of the next day, the three of them frowned while strolling in the snack street.

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

Her voice was not loud, but she did not deliberately avoid Yinluo. Having been with Yinlan for so long, she knew very well how deep Yinlan's malice towards that man was. With this child's stubborn character, she would not let the other party go because of her mother's feelings.

An expression of disgust emerged on Yin Lan's face. Her Blue Silver Domain was always open. Since entering Notting City, it had been connected to the Blue Silver Grass throughout the city. She immediately sensed the figure in the black robe.

In broad daylight, he was the only one wearing such a sloppy black robe. Afraid that he would not be conspicuous enough, Tang Hao walked into a restaurant not far from Notting College under the strange looks of passers-by.

Yinluo, who also opened the Blue Silver Domain, also showed a puzzled expression. The man in her memory was at least a Titled Douluo, so how could he not even pay attention to his appearance?

After entering the restaurant, Tang Hao found a seat by the window facing Notting College. Everyone around him showed disgusted expressions and left one after another, pinching their noses. He didn't care much and shouted, "Come on, bring some wine!"

After a while, a waiter-like man came up with a big smile on his face. He looked at Tang Hao for a few times, his eyes twitching slightly, and he spoke carefully, his tone obviously a little euphemistic: "Sir, we have the best wine, but the price is..."

He saw that the man was dressed like a dirty beggar and looked to be in his fifties. If he got drunk and started throwing a tantrum and refused to admit his fault, they really had no place to go to reason with this old bachelor. This was not to mention that the fact that he was in their store was already affecting their business.

"Hmph, you're such a snob," Tang Hao snorted coldly. He flicked his finger, and a flash of golden light appeared. A gold soul coin was embedded in the counter. "Bring me some wine!"

Soul Master! The waiter's eyelids twitched again. This was not an existence that an ordinary person like him could afford to offend. He quickly withdrew with a smile and ran to the kitchen to get some wine.

Crazy... The three of them were speechless after seeing this, especially Yin Lan. Who can tell who you are when you dress like this? How does that mean people are looking down on you?

(End of this chapter)