Chapter 124: Nouding City
Nouding City.
The brothers and sisters did not go directly to the Spirit Hall here, but visited the nearby villages and the city. They wanted to make sure that the people in the Spirit Hall here did not collude with the city lord and the soul masters to oppress ordinary people. The two knew that coming secretly and seeing things openly were two different things. If the news was known in advance, their purpose of coming here would change from investigation to formalities. Everything was arranged well, creating a beautiful atmosphere.
However, after learning that the bishop of the branch hall of the Spirit Hall in this city was Miles, Gu Han was instantly happy. This is really a coincidence. He didn't expect Miles to be a small hall master of the Spirit Hall at this time. Now, it happened to be the day of the spirit awakening. Gu Han and Bibi Dong were lucky to come to the countryside, a place called the Holy Soul Village.
Now, the legendary Soul Saint has been born, and old Jack is still middle-aged Jack, but there is no doubt that Jack is now the village chief here. The awakening of the Spirit is very familiar to everyone in Douluo Continent. It is also an important node that determines the fate of people in this world. In order not to attract attention, Gu Han and Bibi Dong did not wear gorgeous clothes, which can be said to be very low-key.
"Eh? Who are you two? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Although the two were dressed very low-key, they were strangers after all. The villagers could recognize that they were not from the village at a glance. Village chief Jack organized the children to come to the broken pillar in the middle of the village. He was about to talk about the deeds of a Soul Saint in their village decades ago, and happened to see the two people who were also here.
Gu Han and Bibi Dong turned around and looked at the village chief Jack, smiled politely and said, "Uncle, we are soul masters traveling around the continent. We passed by your place and happened to encounter a martial soul awakening. We wanted to see the excitement. Please forgive us for disturbing you."
"It's the soul masters!"
Jack looked at the two of them in surprise, then waved his hands quickly and said, "No, don't disturb us. It's the honor of our village that you two adults can come to our village. I am the village chief of this village. I would like to say hello to you two adults on behalf of all the villagers."
"It's nothing, Uncle Jack, there's no need to be so restrained. You still have to take these children to awaken their Spirits. You don't have to worry about us."
Gu Han's smile was very approachable, and Jack didn't feel any arrogance from the soul master.
Bibi Dong nodded slightly and said, "Uncle village chief, you don't have to worry about me and my junior brother. We will just watch from the side and leave later. You can do whatever you need to do."
"Okay."
Jack nodded repeatedly and began to tell the children the origin of the broken pillar. When he talked about the Soul Saint, his face was full of pride, as if the Soul Saint was himself.
After finishing the story, Jack took the children to the Spirit Hall at the head of the village. It is called the Spirit Hall, but it is actually a spacious wooden house. The soul master who came this time was not the legendary blind Douluo Su Yuntao, but he was also a Great Soul Master of more than 20 levels.
Jack smiled and walked forward and took the initiative to greet him: "Master Soul Master, you have worked hard this year."
"Well, but this year is different from the past." Great Soul Master Tong Yun nodded first, then changed the subject and spoke.
"Ah? What's different?" Jack was puzzled.
Tong Yun did not answer Jack's question immediately. He walked to the door of the Spirit Hall and said, "Everyone, Master Miles said that he received a notice from above that starting from this year, each village needs to pay 100 gold soul coins when awakening the Spirit every year, otherwise, the Spirit Hall will not provide awakening services."
"What...what?"
Jack was completely stunned, and the other villagers were also stunned. The children who were going to awaken this year looked at each other in confusion.
Gu Han and Bibi Dong frowned slightly and looked at each other. Gu Han walked up and asked, "Brother Zhishi, we have traveled for many years, but we have never heard of the Spirit Hall changing the rules."
"Yes, yes, the Spirit Hall awakens the Spirits of people in each village every year, but it has never charged a penny. How can it be changed just like that?"
"Master Soul Master, did you make a mistake?"
As soon as Gu Han's words came out, the villagers immediately started to talk, and each of them was very confused.
You know, that's 100 gold soul coins. The combined income of all the people in their village may not be able to save that much money in a whole year. Isn't this just embarrassing? Is this still the Spirit Hall they know?
Everyone looked at Tong Yun standing in front of the wooden house with a pair of vicissitudes, simplicity, doubt, and even a little hopeful eyes, hoping that this is not true.
Facing all the looks, Tong Yun shook his head slightly and said, "Sorry, this is what the bishop told me, I just did it. The specific things may be the decision of the upper level of the Spirit Hall."
Gu Han shook his head slightly. There is no new rule. It's probably Miles's trick.
Thinking of this time, Gu Han didn't say much. The six yellow, purple, black and black soul rings under his feet slowly rose, and the Frost Sword was inserted into the ground in front of him under his control.
"Soul, Soul Emperor!!"
Everyone was stunned, especially Tong Yun, who had a certain understanding of soul masters, was even more frightened. What kind of soul ring configuration is this?
You know, the first soul ring of ordinary soul masters is basically white, and the soul ring of a hundred years can only be obtained by those who are well-known and have many friends. In the eyes of ordinary soul masters, the combination of soul rings is mostly white, yellow, yellow, purple, and purple, which is already very good.
Now the configuration shown by Gu Han is too scary. It can be seen that he is a great man.
Seeing that he has calmed down the other party, Gu Han said calmly: "I am the inspector of the Spirit Hall. There is no charging rule in the Spirit Hall as you just mentioned. You just need to awaken their Spirits. As for the rules, I will go to see Miles."
"Yes, yes, I will follow the instructions of the adults."
Tong Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said yes repeatedly, not daring to disobey at all. Even if Gu Han did not make up the identity of the inspector, Tong Yun would not dare to disobey the request of a Soul Emperor. After all, he was just a high-level worker. In front of ordinary people, he might be a noble soul master, but in the soul master world... So there is no need for him to lose his life for this.
"Thank you very much, sir, for speaking for us."
Seeing this, Jack came over cautiously. His respectful attitude made Gu Han sigh in his heart. He inexplicably thought of his grandfather. Before he rose to prominence, his grandfather also had the same attitude towards the spirit masters.
Gu Han put away his aura and Spirit, shook his head slightly and said, "It's nothing. Just remember that the Spirit Hall will always awaken your Spirit for you for free."
After that, Gu Han greeted Bibi Dong and left the Holy Soul Village under the grateful eyes of the villagers of the Holy Soul Village.
"Humph, Miles is really audacious. He dared to do such a treasonous thing to ruin the reputation of my Spirit Hall!!"
Bibi Dong was filled with righteous indignation. She grew up in the Spirit Hall since she was a child. Now she has regarded the Spirit Hall as her own home. Now a bishop of a branch hall under the Spirit Hall actually did such a daring thing. It is really abominable!!
"This person is really audacious."
Gu Han nodded slightly, his tone calm.
Bibi Dong turned to Gu Han with doubtful eyes: "Junior brother, are you angry?"
Gu Han smiled slightly, smoothed Bibi Dong's soft long hair, and said: "Senior sister, this matter is hateful, but there is no need for us to waste our emotions on a dying person."
That's right, in Gu Han's view, Miles has now touched the bottom line of the Spirit Hall. If any bishop or elder were to deal with it, this person would definitely die and there would be no possibility of survival.
"Well... makes sense..."
Bibi Dong nodded thoughtfully, feeling that it really makes sense.
Although Bibi Dong is now more mature, she still inadvertently reveals some cute little expressions from time to time.
The two senior sisters and brothers came all the way to Notting City. Although it is a small border town, the environment and economy are better than the Shuofeng City where Gu Han is. Although they are both small fourth-tier cities, there are still gaps.
People come and go on the streets, and occasionally you can see a few children gathering together to play and fight on the street.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the distance, breaking the originally peaceful atmosphere.
Gu Han and Bibi Dong looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a carriage moving slowly on the street. In front of it were several servants holding whips. They kept waving their whips and whipping pedestrians who were blocking the road. Wherever they went, there was chaos.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Lord Miles is going out, everyone get out of the way!!"
The group of people gradually approached and gradually came to Bibi Dong and Gu Han.
One of the servants saw that the two were so bold and dressed in ordinary clothes, so he didn't take it seriously and walked forward arrogantly.
"Are you deaf or blind? Can't you see Lord Miles's carriage? Why don't you get out of the way!?"
As he said, the servant raised his whip and was about to take action.
"Stop!"
Just as Gu Han was about to take action, a majestic voice came from the gorgeous sedan chair behind, and then a man in white who looked to be about 27 or 28 years old walked out of it.
At this time, Miles was just a small cardinal in white, and his soul power was only 32nd level. But with such soul power, he is also a rare master in this border town. Although there are many soul masters, it is like a pyramid. The higher the level, the fewer people there are.
Although Miles is only a soul master, he is enough to dominate a small town.
"Sir."
The servant immediately stepped aside respectfully and moved to both sides.
Miles' eyes have been on Bibi Dong. Although Bibi Dong is dressed very ordinary, her appearance can be said to be the best of the best. Miles noticed it when he was in the sedan chair, so he stopped the servant.
Before Miles walked in, Bibi Dong took the initiative to draw out the evil sword, and six soul rings of yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, and black rose under her feet. Her eyes were stern and she asked in a cold voice:
"Miles, you are so arrogant. As the white-robed cardinal of the Spirit Hall, you not only use your position to squeeze the people's money privately, but now you condone your subordinates to do such things to oppress the people. What crime should you be punished for?"
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