Douluo: Solo Leveling

Tiandou City.

  On Xingdou Avenue, the crowd surged. As the imperial capital of the Tiandou Empire, the bustle here is far more lively than the small Notting City. Looking around, it is almost full of people. If you want to move one meter, you need to squeeze in.

  "Get out of the way, get out of the way! Hurry up!"

  Suddenly, a harsh and rough shout came from the end of the avenue, and the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded.

  Then, the crowd began to riot, rushing to both sides in panic. Some people didn't know why, but they were crowded by the crowd and could only follow and get out of the way.

  More than a dozen riders rode past on the street, completely ignoring the civilians who had not yet gotten out of the way. If someone was slow to get out of the way, the rider would whip him on the head with a horse whip. For a while, the wide avenue presented a scene of chaos.

  "Are you blind? You want to die, I'll help you, get out of the way!" The knight was wearing the clothes of the Royal Guards, and his momentum was terrifying.

  A dozen knights led the way, surrounded by a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

  The young man was dressed in luxurious clothes and had a rebellious look. He looked at the civilians who made way for him with contempt, and there was a hint of disgust and disdain in his expression.

  To him, these civilians were no different from ants. He only needed to say a few words to take their lives.

  "Who is this? This person is so annoying. He's squeezing me to death."

  On the street, the girl who was pushed by the crowd pouted her lips to express her dissatisfaction.

  "Ah!"

  The person in front of her took another step back. She couldn't dodge in time, and her toes were stepped on. She pulled hard, but the front suddenly loosened. She was immediately at a loss and stepped on the instep of the foot behind her. Her slender ankle twisted, and she tripped and fell backwards, crashing into the arms of a young man.

  "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." The girl quickly stood up and apologized to the young man behind her.

  "It's okay." The young man was very kind, smiled and shook his head, and explained to the girl, "You should have just arrived in Tiandou City, right? That man is the fourth prince of Tiandou Empire, Xue Beng. He is quite arrogant and domineering when he goes out on weekdays, and ordinary people dare not provoke him."

  The girl blinked and looked at the young man. She found that the young man in front of her had a delicate face, a pair of eyes as deep as the starry sky under his broken hair, and a silk dress with gold thread trimmings. It seems that he is of extraordinary status.

  "Thank you." The girl stepped back from the boy's arms, a blush appeared on her cheeks, and the warmth on her waist was still there. She slightly dodged her eyes and did not dare to look into those deep eyes.

  "Haha, young man, it seems that you are very familiar with Tiandou City." The old man beside heard the words, touched his beard, and looked at the boy and girl with a smile.

  "That's not the case. I just came a few days earlier and have already inquired about Tiandou City." The young man smiled and shook his head at the old man, saying, "I just arrived in Tiandou City. There are many nobles here, and soul masters are everywhere. Naturally, I have to find out who can be provoked and who can't be provoked. In order to avoid offending any noble in the future, it will be a bad ending."

  "Nobles are as many as dogs? Soul masters are everywhere?" The old man's hand stroking his beard paused,

  and then smiled. The girl next to him also laughed out loud.

  It was the first time for the two to hear someone call nobles and soul masters like this. These two are considered to be of noble status in the entire continent. In the eyes of ordinary people, they are almost unattainable and can only look up to them all their lives.

  Every commoner will bend down involuntarily when facing them, and dare not offend them in the slightest. Not to mention verbal ridicule.

  Blatantly comparing nobles to dogs, and implicitly comparing soul masters to... well, some kind of rampant animals. If this behavior is placed in the eyes of others, it is really treasonous.     From this sentence, we can see that the boy doesn't care about offending the so-called noble. Obviously, either the boy has an extraordinary identity, or he is also a soul master, and he is not afraid of being troubled.

  Suddenly, the old man thought that this period is the beginning of the school year, and the boy in front of him is also...

  "Young man, I see that you are not very old. Are you coming to Tiandou City to study?" The old man did not feel offended by the boy's words, but asked kindly, "Is it Tiandou Royal Academy?"

  "No, I have the first level of innate soul power and a mutant martial soul. I can't go far on the road of soul master." The boy arched his hands and said modestly, "Therefore, my family let me enter Yuexuan to study and learn etiquette."

  The boy was Cheng Xiao who was sent to Yuexuan by his uncle!

  His second soul ring is a thousand-year soul ring. Before finding a more reliable force to join, it is better to conceal his strength for the time being. Otherwise, without roots and without duckweed, everyone wants to take a bite on him and explore the secrets of him.

  Although he is not afraid of some villains looking for him with the shadow soul beast he controls now, it is better to hide his strength to avoid trouble than to spend energy dealing with those greedy people.

  The old man thought it was a pity. The girl puffed her cheeks and looked a little disappointed. She thought she could enroll with someone.

  "Grandpa, is your granddaughter going to enroll in Tiandou Royal Academy?" Cheng Xiao got some information from the old man's words.

  "Well, she is too lazy, but fortunately she barely meets the enrollment requirements of Tiandou Royal Academy." The old man smiled.

  "Grandpa!" The girl stomped her feet coquettishly after hearing this.

  "Oh, your granddaughter's talent is not bad." Cheng Xiao praised casually, not taking the laziness seriously.

  All elders are like this. If you say that your children are not good, you will be unhappy if you really take it seriously and agree with them.

  "However, Tiandou Royal Academy is not in the city. What are you doing?" Cheng Xiao asked with a little doubt.

  "I just arrived here and am not familiar with it, so I came to take a look around." The old man said, "It's not a big deal, so I'll visit an old friend."

  "Do you need my help? I've been here for quite a few days, so I'm familiar with Tiandou City." Cheng Xiao asked.

  Cheng Xiao is not a warm-hearted person, he is a guy who doesn't get up early without benefits.

  Although they just exchanged a few simple words, Cheng Xiao was able to analyze a lot of things.

  Tiandou Royal Academy does not only recruit students based on grades, but also has certain requirements for identity. Don't think that Shrek went there with an entire academy, and they welcome him with open doors. In fact, for ordinary people, Tiandou Royal Academy has an invisible and intangible threshold.

  What's more, Cheng Xiao can see from the old man's behavior that their identities are definitely extraordinary, and they don't have the kind of crampedness that ordinary people have when they first arrive in a place. After hearing about Xue Beng's identity, there is no envy or inferiority on his face.

  Obviously, the people the old man usually interacts with are not bad, so they don't have much feeling about Xue Beng's identity.

  Such a person is worth making friends with.

  "Hmm..." The old man stroked his beard, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Cheng Xiao, as if he was guessing Cheng Xiao's purpose.