Chapter 4: Douluo Checks In at the Holy Soul Village

After a while, he walked to the end of the path. Yu Xiaogang looked up at the wooden door number at the entrance of the village, and a few unreadable words of "Holy Soul Village" hung crookedly on a rotten wooden board.

"Hey, I ran to the beginning of the protagonist of the novel in one breath, and now Tang Hao should still be traveling around the continent with Ah Yin! It's not bad to settle here."

Yu Xiaogang said to himself and walked into the protagonist's novice village with his legs raised. He had already smelled the smoke and aroma of the farmer's cooking, with Luo Sanpao following behind.

After Yu Xiaogang walked into the Holy Soul Village, he saw a scene similar to that of the anime: a small square with a broken stone pillar in the middle, crawling with moss, and a blurred palm print on it. A few children were playing under a big tree, and a few farmers were standing in the vegetable field not far away, weeding. It was a pastoral scene.

Yu Xiaogang walked up to the ridge not far away and shouted to an old farmer who was busy:

"Excuse me? This old man, what direction is the village chief's house?"

When the old farmer heard a stranger calling out to himself, he straightened up, wiped the sweat from his head with a towel, and saw a young man standing on the ridge.

"Oh! The first one on the left of the village entrance is Chief Jack's house, and there is a tavern next to it where you can go in and rest! The old farmer immediately shouted happily, pointing in the direction with his hand. After all, the tavern was opened by his son, and business was always welcome.

"Thank you, Uncle! Let's go, Luo Sanpao."

Yu Xiaogang thanked him, gave an order to Luo Sanpao, waved his hand to the old farmer, and walked towards the tavern. He wanted to fill his stomach first. Eating enough would give him the strength to find Old Jack. At this time, Old Jack wasn't old yet; the old farmer just mentioned is Jack, the village chief.

Yu Xiaogang walked to a hut and saw a few ox carts parked at the door. Bursts of fragrance and noise came from the house, and there was a wooden sign hanging at the door with the word "tavern" written on it. Douluo was still a little novel with the combination of Chinese and Western elements—Western architecture with Chinese characters written on the door number. He couldn't help but take out his mobile phone to take a commemorative photo. After all, this is the place where Tang San lived since he was a child, and he must check in.

Yu Xiaogang put away his mobile phone martial soul after taking the photo, raised his hand, pushed the door open, and saw an empty seat. Immediately, a child of about 8 years old walked up to him and asked:

"What does the guest need to eat?"

"The best two meals, and add a chicken leg," Yu Xiaogang said, looking at Luo Sanpao and adding after a glance.

"Okay, I'll send it right away! Father! Another customer has placed an order! Two barbecue sets with a chicken leg!" The child shouted and ran to the back kitchen.

Yu Xiaogang looked around, and there were people eating and chatting at several tables. He listened casually to conversations about soul master battles, awakened martial souls, and nobles in Notting City. It's all non-nutritious gossip. Yu Xiaogang listened for a while but didn't pay much attention. As his ordered meal arrived, he took a bite—it was very good.

After eating, having spent 30 copper soul coins, Yu Xiaogang felt that he would not have to worry about his life in the future. After all, the original Yu Xiaogang left himself with enough gold soul coins to live comfortably for a long time. If he avoided gambling and the like, these gold soul coins could last a while.

He walked to the side courtyard, knocked on the wooden door, and shouted:

"Is Chief Jack at home?"

"Who! Wait a minute!"

A somewhat thick male voice came from the small courtyard. After a while, the wooden door opened from the inside, and the village chief Jack looked at the young man in front of him with a puzzled expression.

"Who are you? What's the matter with me?"

"Oh! Hello Village Chief Jack, I am a wandering mainland soul master. I may be feeling too tired recently, and I want to find a quiet place to settle down. Is there an empty house for sale in the village? It's best to be quiet, as I'm a quiet person."

Yu Xiaogang smiled at the younger village chief Jack, who was obviously much younger than in the anime. He had half-black and half-white hair, a very tough posture, and not as hunched as in the anime. In this time period, Tang Hao still has more than ten years before coming here to live in seclusion. Yu Xiaogang could plan ahead to see if he could use the rich soul master knowledge in his mind to interact with the ancient Tang San and, if possible, influence him. After all, Tang San in the anime is portrayed better than Tang San in the novel.

"Okay, Honorable Soul Master! There are still vacant houses in the village. Not long ago, the John family in the village moved to Notting City to live with their son. Their house is next to a pond, with a small hill not far away. The scenery is good, the place is quiet, and it's a little far from the other village houses. It completely meets your requirements. Old John entrusted me, the village chief, before leaving. You can buy it for only 5 gold soul coins, including the nearby acres of fields."

When Old Jack heard that the young man in front of him was a great soul master, he immediately became respectful and used honorifics. This was mainly because the young man was accompanied by a purple beast, an unknown soul beast, making him more credible.

"Okay! Thank you, Village Chief Jack. Here are 8 gold soul coins. I want Old John's house, and 3 gold soul coins are for you. I also want to ask the village chief if you can help find a few people to help clean up, buy some furniture. If the money is not enough, I can't be at home now. Can you take me to see it?"

Yu Xiaogang was delighted to hear that the house met his requirements. He took out the gold soul coin in advance from the storage soul guide in his pocket, cautious when going out.

But as he was about to become a homeowner, he dared not think that on Earth, housing prices were too expensive in big cities.

"Okay, respected Soul Master, please come with me."

Old Jack was also happy to help Old John sell his house. One Golden Soul Coin was enough for him to live alone for a long time. In addition, a family of three on the Douluo Continent spent almost 1 Golden Soul Coin a month.

"Old Jack, don't be so polite! You can call me Master Jade or Master. After all, I'm still a little famous as a civilian soul master."

Yu Xiaogang said politely while following Old Jack. He wondered if he could experiment with the brain

 hole of reading novels and the skills in reading other anime in the Douluo Continent. This way, Yu Xiaogang could become a master of theory and practice, incorporating his modern thoughts and mobile phone martial arts into the mix.

"Okay, Jade Master!"

While talking to Yu Xiaogang, Old Jack thought that this soul master was quite easy-going.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Yu Xiaogang saw a wooden hut and a small courtyard fenced off. There was a tall osmanthus tree in it, now in summer and lush.

Yu Xiaogang took a look and was quite satisfied with the appearance of the small farmhouse. He thanked Old Jack and asked him to help call the carpenters and masons in the village to come and tidy up the house. Yu Xiaogang wanted to carry out a semi-modern transformation, ordering bookshelves and blank books, which cost about 12 Golden Soul Coins and was considered quite extravagant for a civilian.

When Yu Xiaogang saw the carpenter's and mason's shovels, saws, hammers, and civilian martial spirits working fast, he found it quite novel. After all, it wasn't depicted in the anime.

Yu Xiaogang had drawn a sketch of a rocking chair in a Douyin video in his previous life, and the carpenter was very happy to see this kind of chair for the first time, saying that this chair was made for free.

Now, lying under the osmanthus tree, drinking afternoon tea, Yu Xiaogang sorted through the practice meditation methods left by himself in the original book, as well as some schematic diagrams of simple soul power operation methods.

"That's life! What a time it used to be! Luo Sanpao, help me get a blank book from the study. I've read so many meditation methods now that I have some ideas, and I want to write them down."

Yu Xiaogang commanded Luo Sanpao, who was squatting on the side, and Luo Sanpao immediately ran to the study.

Now Yu Xiaogang had been summoning Luo Sanpao to move outside. He also discovered that when he first practiced advanced meditation in the Douluo Continent, he found that he could absorb the free energy in the air through Luo Sanpao and his body simultaneously. The heaven and earth energy absorbed by Luo Sanpao outside could be transmitted to his body through the soul channel between himself and Luo Sanpao. Yu Xiaogang was amazed by this discovery.

Yu Xiaogang also flipped through the memories of the indigenous Yu Xiaogang. This kind of thing had not happened before. He speculated that fusing with Yu Xiaogang's soul had made his soul stronger, opening up the sea of spirit. Although the sea of spirit was still a small pond, it would gradually grow bigger in the future.

Yu Xiaogang took the blank book from Luo Sanpao's mouth and began to record one thought after another, thinking about whether to go to the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy to become a lecturer. After all, he had too little basic data in his hands now. He still had a friendship with the dean of the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy. The original Yu Xiaogang had hunted soul beasts with him before, and they were friends in life and death.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang summoned the martial soul of the mobile phone, and the soul power on it was 100% full. The opened calculation app was simulating the operation of the human body's muscles and veins soul power, with a progress of 80%. A red exclamation mark showed that the basic data was insufficient.

"I'm busy. I hope I can pass this time."

As Yu Xiaogang spoke, he relaxed his body, lying on the recliner. His spiritual power was released from the sea of spirits, carefully feeling the various small meridians in his body. He contacted and entered his feelings into the database through the mobile phone martial spirit, adding more background to his mobile phone martial spirit.

The first thing Yu Xiaogang did in Douluo Continent was to create a book of internal strength secrets suitable for his body. After all, meditation practice in Douluo Continent focused on meditation, with little emphasis on muscles and veins. This allowed soul power to flow freely in the body, enabling the body to automatically absorb and convert the energy of heaven and earth into soul power based on the martial soul. Soul power would then passively strengthen physical fitness during circulation. The difference between primary and advanced meditation methods was that it was easier for people to absorb the energy of heaven and earth.

No wonder Tang San, with his martial arts skills, became a god in the martial arts world. Yu Xiaogang had been neglecting his own old book. Even after Tang San's rebirth, he continued to practice this Xuantian Gong.

Yu Xiaogang wanted to try if he could simulate a simple exercise through his mobile phone computing skills, slowly testing the reactions caused by the flow of soul power through different meridians. After all, an ordinary modern person really doesn't understand the muscles and veins, and he is not studying medicine. He could only try the method exhaustively one by one, and it took almost a month to complete the body's systematic meridian soul power response.