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--- Chapter 95 ---
After saving Ah Yin from the god-forsaken cave, Han Yuan proceeded to the Nouding City and looked for a rabbit. His arrival doesn't catch much attention because of the Star Concealing Pill.
He entered the city effortlessly, walking past many locals oblivious to his presence. Skimming Nouding City with spiritual power, he discovered key places such as the blacksmith workshop, the Spirit Hall branch, and the Nouding Academy.
This place was supposed to be Han Yuan's first springboard in Douluo Dalu, but fate said otherwise. He wasn't too emotional about this city, though. After all, what happened already happened.
Then, Han Yuan spotted the little rabbit.
"Hmph, since Xiao San doesn't want to play with me, I will explore the city and eat all the delicious food myself!" Xiao Wu harrumphed as she walked on the street. Her steps are light and bouncy, darting left and right due to the wonder of human civilizations.
Although Xiao Wu has been in the human world for just over a year, she continues to be amazed by it. These fragile and vulnerable humans live by entirely different rules than those of spirit beasts.
Human societal norms have always fascinated her.
In fact, Xiao Wu always came here to play for a reason.
When spirit beasts transform into humans, they retain their essence and spirit beast's aura until they mature phase, which is the Spirit Emperor Realm! To shed their wild aura faster, they must wash themselves in the human world and adapt to become truly human.
That was what Xiao Wu's mother taught to her. So, Xiao Wu picked this countryside city instead of a more developed one so she could mature smoothly and safely. It's close to Star Dou Forest, too.
Unfortunately, Xiao Wu didn't realize she wasn't a main character!
After exiting the Star Dou Forest and briefly entering human society, Xiao Wu met Tang San, whose father is Title Douluo, the highest-level human expert on this continent who can see through the transformed identity of spirit beasts.
If this wasn't a joke, then nothing else.
Xiao Wu's fate is doomed once she encounters Tang San and enters Tang Hao's sight.
It's like fate is playing around with her.
"Coincidence? I think not!" Han Yuan chuckled coldly. He knew just how shady Asura was, so that guy might or might not be involved with Xiao Wu's appearance in the Nouding City.
Since Asura God was the Law Enforcer of the Divine Realm, his job was to oversee many worlds under the Divine Realm's jurisdiction, which means he knew spirit beasts couldn't advance to the Divine Realm after Dragon God's madness.
Of course, all those rules were meaningless when I wanted to use the spirit beast for my chosen sheath! - Asura, the Art of Breaking Laws.
As Han Yuan thought about Xiao Wu's fate, the girl in question already sat on a wooden bench and pulled some carrots from her pocket. She looked at human activity with gusto, savoring her little snacks.
Han Yuan shook his head and walked to Xiao Wu, sitting beside her with a little smile, "Hello, Little Rabbit."
"AAHHH!" Xiao Wu was jumpscared. She bounced to the side and saw Han Yuan smiling at her.
How did this person sit beside her all of a sudden?
She couldn't sense his presence at all!
"Who are you?"
"Are you a ghost?"
"Just so you know, Xiao Wu is fierce!" She bared her nonexistent fangs. "You don't want to mess with Xiao Wu!"
Han Yuan chuckled and shrugged, "Sure~!"
"But are you sure you want to attack me here? You don't want your spirit beast's identity to be known by others, right?"
Xiao Wu froze on the spot. Her young body trembled as she pointed her finger at Han Yuan, "Y-You..."
"Yes, I'm talking about you, rogue rabbit!" Han Yuan gave Xiao Wu an amused look. "For a 100,000-year-old spirit beast, you're too brave wandering around like this."
"What if you met a bad guy? Well, you already did." When he finished his words, a massive explosion occurred above a mountain near the Nouding City. The shockwave reached Nouding City and blasted everyone with a cloud of dust.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Sensing such intense energy, Xiao Wu unconsciously dropped her carrots and fell to her knees, "T-Title Douluo..."
"How could there be a Title Douluo here?!" The rogue rabbit trembled in fear.
Han Yuan casually glanced at the source of the explosion and calculated the damage it would have done to the surroundings before returning his gaze to Xiao Wu.
"Do you know who is fighting there? One is my subordinate and the other is your friend's father."
"Tang Hao and his son are none other than Tang San."
"And just let you know, you've been in Tang Hao's eyes for quite a while now. Tsk, tsk, a Title Douluo kept a 100,000-year-old spirit beast around and had no intention of killing her for at least spirit bone?"
Han Yuan sneered, "Hehe, I don't think you're dumb to realize why your Tang Hao keeps you around, right? Allowing you to form a strong relationship with Tang san and everything."
"S-Sacrifice..." Xiao Wu covered her face in horror. Even though Han Yuan didn't say it explicitly, she could connect the dots and realize how fucked her situation was.
She was no different than a cattle on a slaughtering block.
Tang Hao only wants her to fatten up so Tang San can enjoy more fatty meat.
"Hehe..." Xiao Wu laughed bitterly. "Hehehe, I'm transforming to find a chance to avenge my mother..."
"Yet I didn't realize I was so close to meeting her in the afterlife."
"Hahaha, I'm so unlucky! There is no hope for me at all!" Tears come out of Xiao Wu's eyes.
Han Yuan saw this and brought out a handkerchief, wiping the tears for her. "No, you still have hope."
"Follow me, little rabbit."
"Be my pet!"
Xiao Wu smacked Han Yuan's hand away and said indifferently, "You humans are all the same!"
Han Yuan shook his head and said in disgust, "Oh, boy! Don't EVER put me on the same level as Tang Hao! You're insulting me by doing that!"
"I had no interest in your spirit ring or spirit bone. After all, my martial soul wasn't compatible with Soft-Boned Rabbit."
"Heh, you could have lied..." Xiao Wu snorted in return.
"Yes, I could, but you have no other choice." Han Yuan smacked the rogue rabbit's face with facts immediately.
"Do you want to run back to Star Dou Forest? Then, I'm letting you know that Tang Hao is the youngest Title Douluo in the Douluo Continent, probably around level 95 now, so can you outrun him?"
"Or do you want to stay, feign to what happened today? Guessing every fucking day whether you'd survive to see the sun tomorrow?"
"Haha, just thinking about it made me laugh."
"Little Rabbit, your best chance of survival is following me!" Han Yuan's cold eyes look at Xiao Wu indifferently. "So, make up your mind already."
"My subordinate can't keep Tang Hao for so long."
"I..." Xiao Wu couldn't refute Han Yuan at all. She closed her little mouth and cried miserably again.
Han Yuan saw this and sighed, "You're really hopeless."
"What did I even expect from a mere rabbit?"
"Whatever, I don't need you to finish my experiments..."
After saying that, Han Yuan tossed the handkerchief away and turned around.
Xiao Wu saw the wet handkerchief from her tears touching the ground, and her soul screamed that if she missed this chance, she would really be done for.
"W-Wait!" Xiao Wu struggled to stand up. All that shock makes her body weak. "I will follow you!"
Han Yuan ignored Xiao Wu and kept walking away.
Xiao Wu started panicking. She punched her limp legs a few times and stood up, grabbing the handkerchief on the ground. "No, please, wait!"
"Please, let me follow you!" She ran with difficulty.
"I-I can be your pet!"
"Just let me follow you, save me from that Title Douluo!"
"Please..." Ignoring the pain in her legs, Xiao Wu hastened her steps as tears overflowed her despair-looking face. Her vision becomes blurred due to all the dust and tears.
Then, Xiao Wu crashed into someone.
Han Yuan looked at the blinded rabbit in his embrace and smirked in his heart, "Fine, I will let you be my pet."
Relief filled Xiao Wu's heart as she clutched Han Yuan's body, clinging to her only hope of survival. "Thank you, my lord!"
"Please don't leave me here..."
"I won't leave you, Little Rabbit." Han Yuan patted Xiao Wu's head.
"But if you're not obedient, I will throw you away immediately."
Xiao Wu cried and vowed, "Thank you, Xiao Wu will be obedient! Xiao Wu will be the most obedient rabbit!"
Then, Han Yuan and Xiao Wu left the Nouding City.