Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

Early morning.

At the entrance of the Jiali Academy Shop, a Titan Ape Monster stretched its body and couldn\'t help but yawn.

Another Titan Ape Monster not far from it seemed to be infected by the yawn, following suit, "Why haven\'t they come? These lazy bones, I\'m dead tired."

"They\'re here!" the yawning Titan Ape Monster said.

A short-statured monster with long brown hair, shiny and sleek, was approaching quickly. It had a sharp and protruding snout, thin in figure, but with exceptionally large eyes that shifted briskly in their sockets with every change of gaze.

"Manager Hu, you\'re a bit late today!" one of the Titan Ape Monsters said with a chuckle.

The Fox Demon known as Manager Hu replied irritably, "Late? It\'s you who are getting lazier and lazier. Come in for the handover, then you can go sleep."

"Okay!"

The two Titan Ape Monsters followed the Fox Demon Shopkeeper as he unlocked and entered the Academy Shop.

As soon as they entered, the Fox Demon Shopkeeper suddenly stopped in his tracks, his already large eyes bulging even more.

In the next instant, his body shot out like lightning, heading straight for the counter at the back.

The two Titan Ape Monster guards were startled and quickly followed, with one of them calling out, "Manager Hu, what\'s the matter?"

The Fox Demon Shopkeeper\'s sharp, angry voice rose, "What\'s going on? How do you do your job? How come a cabinet door is open?"

The two Titan Ape Monsters hurried forward to check, and sure enough, one of the cabinet doors in the medicine area was open. The medicine counter was directly opposite the main door and very conspicuous, which is why the Fox Demon Shopkeeper noticed it right away.

"Impossible! Everything was fine when we patrolled." The Titan Ape Monster quickly defended.

Without a word, the Fox Demon Shopkeeper, his face full of anger, quickly took out a ledger from the counter to check it, then compared it with the contents of the cabinet with the open door.

His ugly, angry expression softened slightly as he murmured, "Nothing\'s missing, everything\'s here. Good, good."

The two Titan Ape Monsters looked confused, "Manager Hu, what\'s happened? This cabinet..."

The Fox Demon Shopkeeper glanced at them and said, "Strange, I don\'t know why the cabinet door is open, but nothing inside is missing, nothing\'s lost." Since nothing was missing, it naturally ruled out the possibility of the two Titan Ape Monster guards stealing from themselves. Besides, the two were only responsible for patrolling; they didn\'t even know how to open the cabinet doors. If they had tried to force them open, they would have immediately triggered the alarm.

"All\'s well if nothing\'s missing," sighed one of the Titan Ape Monsters in relief.

But the Fox Demon Shopkeeper did not dare to relax and immediately walked out from behind the counter towards the back to the safe.

The door of the vault was properly closed. It quickly opened one and entered to inspect the vault\'s contents.

What none of them noticed was that as the Fox Demon Shopkeeper opened the first vault door, a shadow had already flashed out, silently leaving the Academy Shop.

A low building.

"Sorry, Elder Mao, I\'m late today. I overslept a bit this morning," Tang San said apologetically.

"No problem, you\'re not many minutes late. Be more careful next time. Off you go to work," Elder Mao said with a smile.

"Yes, I\'ll get right to it."

Watching Tang San pick up the cleaning supplies and head out to work, Elder Mao\'s gaze became even gentler. The child had been there for a week, his performance near perfect, efficient and quiet, attending well to all the tasks assigned, and meticulous in his cleaning. During this week, he had already been praised twice by the head of the Academy\'s Academic Affairs Office. Both times were for areas cleaned by Tang San.

Therefore, Tang San, without a doubt, was made a regular worker. Starting this week, he would come in three days a week to clean, with additional days as needed in special circumstances. They would settle his wages weekly, which amounted to twenty Monster Coins. For a human vassal, this was already a fairly substantial income.

Twenty Monster Coins were enough to let a human vassal live comfortably in Jiali City, even allowing for some savings if one was thrifty.

Moreover, Tang San was only a ten-year-old child.

After a day\'s work, Tang San returned to Redemption Academy, ate dinner, and practiced cultivation with Du Bai for a while. In the recent week, Du Bai\'s Spiritual Power had clearly started to improve at a faster pace; Tang San\'s near-death dry cultivation method was quite effective, greatly stimulating the growth of his Spiritual Power.

The Heavenly Fox Transformation was indeed one of the top bloodlines; Du Bai\'s Spiritual Power was growing very rapidly.

Tomorrow, Tang San could practice cultivation at the Academy again, without having to go to Jiali Academy.

After finishing cultivation practice with Du Bai, Tang San returned to his own room and began to sketch and write on paper, preparing for the next step based on his memories.

Tang San was cautious. In the following week, he did not attempt to sneak into the Jiali Academy Shop again; he just worked and cultivated, doing the most normal things.

Luckily, he saw Pretty Girl twice that week. Every time he saw her, Tang San could feel his mood brightening like the sunshine.

The only thing that caused Tang San some anxiety was that during his time at Jiali Academy, one-third of the occasions when he saw Pretty Girl, that golden-haired youth of the Lion Clan was also present.

Although Pretty Girl did not show any particular closeness to him, it still greatly spoiled Tang San\'s mood. Being young was certainly an issue, but it cannot be denied that the Golden Lion Dog had remarkable traits in every aspect. What if...

Yes, dog, that was the nickname Tang San had given him.

Regarding this, Tang San was actually quite helpless; his plan still needed time. With his current strength, he was still insufficient. He must hasten the execution of his plan!

Night fell. The pitch blackness of the night always held a mysterious feeling. In the absolute silence, there were still those who remained active.

Without making a sound, Tang San left Redemption Academy, departed from the academy town, and once again took advantage of the night to approach the back gate of Jiali Academy.

A white light flickered in his eyes as he opened his Spirit Rhinoceros Eye, silently feeling out his luck at the moment.

Pretty Girl had already blessed him earlier that evening, so his luck should be good. But for the sake of caution, he still wanted to check for himself.

He waited at the back gate.

Luck was still on his side; two drunkards came arm in arm, quietly calling at the gate.

The gate opened and the guard quietly drew it back, ushering them in.

Tang San seized this opportunity and darted out from the shadows, his Leopard Flash ready, intending to enter just as he had done before.

But just as he shot forward, a sudden strong palpitation unaccountably gripped his heart.

Not good!

He almost instantaneously interrupted his Leopard Flash, pointing his right toe on the ground and flipping his body back, rushing toward the distance.

At the same time, a large hand had already grasped at the empty air, exactly where he would have passed had he continued his Leopard Flash.

This was followed by a loud yell, "Who? Who dares breach my academy?"

An intense aura erupted, and a figure with blue-purple light burst forth aggressively, pursuing in Tang San\'s direction.

At least Eighth Stage! The moment the other party erupted, Tang San immediately understood.

Feeling an intense sense of crisis once again, Tang San leaped at an angle, stepping into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and just narrowly evading two lightning strikes that came in quick succession.

Leopard Flash activated once more, and although his Leopard Flash Bloodline Brand was only at Fourth Stage, his cultivation base was as high as Sixth Stage. Driven by the power of the Sixth Stage Mysterious Heaven Method, Leopard Flash flickered in succession, using the tree grove behind the mountains to conceal his figure.