Seeing the Gold Soul Coins, the waiter's face lit up, and he smiled, "Welcome, esteemed guest. I'll handle everything for you right away."
The number of Soul Masters in the town had surged in the past few days, and the businesses were making a killing.
The waiter quickly processed the formalities for Ao Tian and Xiao Wu.
After a moment, the waiter handed the key to Ao Tian, saying enthusiastically, "Your room is 309, guest. Do you need any other services?"
Ao Tian glanced at Xiao Wu and said, "Bring me a serving of all your hotel's best signature dishes, and send them to the room."
"Alright. You go up and rest first. The food will be ready soon."
Ao Tian led Xiao Wu upstairs.
The waiter glanced at the greedy people outside, shook his head, and sighed, "So young and already running around recklessly. What a pity, what a pity..."
He had worked here for many years and seen many people devoured.
This place, though still within the Heaven Dou Empire's borders, was frequented by Soul Masters. Ordinary people were scarce. Even the Heaven Dou Empire couldn't control this area; it was a gray zone.
In his opinion, those two children would be devoured quickly, not even leaving their bones.
What a pity, especially that adorable little girl…
Xiao Wu followed Ao Tian, her small hands constantly fidgeting with the corner of her clothes. She nervously asked, "Ao Tian, are we really going to share a room?"
During their travels these past few days, they had always booked two rooms when staying at hotels. After all, they weren't in the academy's large dormitory anymore, just the two of them.
The thought of being alone with a man in the middle of the night, sharing a room, made Xiao Wu inevitably nervous.
Although she was only a few years old in human terms, as a Soul Beast, she was at least tens of thousands of years old. She had seen some things, even if they were only from the perspective of a Soul Beast...
Ao Tian didn't turn around. "We've been living in the Seven Dorms for almost a year, and we even share a bed. What's there to be shy about?"
"It's different," Xiao Wu retorted.
"What's different?" Ao Tian glanced back at her. "Do you have feelings for me?"
"Pah, who has feelings for you?" Xiao Wu's face was full of disdain.
Ascending to the third floor, Ao Tian opened the door to their room.
The room was luxuriously decorated and comfortable, with all sorts of facilities.
Xiao Wu had stayed in several grand hotels with Ao Tian in the past few days, and entering the room, she couldn't help but feel excited.
This experience, she definitely had to tell her mother about it when she got back.
Not long after they sat down, the waiter began to serve the dishes. Ao Tian was extremely satisfied with the speed.
An hour later, Xiao Wu was lying on the bed, patting her full stomach, and humming comfortably.
Living in the best place, eating the best food, this life of luxury was almost making her addicted.
She knew very well that all of this was given to her by Ao Tian, and that she would have to repay it in the future.
"Aren't you going to examine the treasures you bought?" Ao Tian asked with a smile.
"Oh, right." Xiao Wu sat up excitedly and took out two exquisite bracelets from her bosom.
The bracelets were made of metal, with gold and silver patterns carved on them, and they felt a bit cold to the touch.
Xiao Wu's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't put them down.
"You bought the bigger one for your mother?" Ao Tian asked.
Xiao Wu nodded and said, "My mother was so careful in the human world before, she didn't even have a Soul Tool."
After playing with them for a while, she suddenly looked up and asked, "How do I use these?"
"Pour your soul power into the bracelet, and you'll be able to sense the space inside."
Xiao Wu nodded excitedly and mastered the technique after a few tries.
"It's a pity that the smaller of the two bracelets only has six cubic meters of space, and the larger one only has ten cubic meters, yet they still sell for so much. Tang San's belt has twenty-four cubic meters."
Xiao Wu looked pained. She now owed Ao Tian more than five hundred Gold Soul Coins, and she didn't know when she would be able to pay them off.
Ao Tian had once studied this type of storage Soul Tool. They heavily relied on a mineral called Void Stone. The larger the Soul Tool's volume, the more space it contained, and vice versa.
This was also a result of the crude refining techniques, which were too reliant on materials.
"Give me your bracelet," Ao Tian suddenly became interested in refining.
He remembered that he hadn't refined anything for over five hundred million years.
Back when he was the only one on this primitive planet who could transform into a human, he had pondered many things during the long, lonely years.
Refining, alchemy, various cultivation methods... these were all things contained within the Dragon Clan's bloodline inheritance.
The more noble the bloodline, the more profound the inheritance it contained.
"What for?" Xiao Wu asked, but still handed over the small bracelet.
Ao Tian took the bracelet, and under the control of his divine power, it floated in the air.
He didn't plan to reforge it, wouldn't change its appearance, but simply wanted to increase the space inside.
The creators of these Soul Tools needed to rely on the amount of materials to determine the size of the space, but he didn't.
Watching Ao Tian make the bracelet levitate as if performing a magic trick, Xiao Wu couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Ao Tian used both hands, constantly forming hand seals, utilizing the mysterious spatial laws to continuously expand the space within the bracelet.
After a few minutes, he tossed the bracelet to Xiao Wu and said, "Take another look."
Xiao Wu, looking bewildered, injected her soul power into the bracelet again, and the next moment, she widened her eyes in surprise, exclaiming, "How can it be so big?"
"Didn't you think it was too small? I expanded it to a hundred cubic meters," Ao Tian said with a faint smile.
"How did you do that?" Xiao Wu stared at Ao Tian in shock. She was finding it harder and harder to understand him.
Ao Tian didn't answer her question. He also took the large bracelet, and expanded its space.
Xiao Wu's mind sparked with an idea. Excitedly, she said, "If the space increases so much, won't the price increase tenfold? If we keep buying Soul Tools, expanding the space, and then selling them, wouldn't we get rich quickly?"
No wonder this guy was so rich. It turned out he had such a mysterious method. Xiao Wu thought she understood the reason for Ao Tian's wealth.
Ao Tian tossed the bracelet back to Xiao Wu and said, "I don't need those few Gold Soul Coins."
But I do! Xiao Wu was about to say, but then she shut her mouth. This was Ao Tian's skill, not hers. Why should he serve her?
"Ao Tian, what exactly are you? How do you know so many mysterious things?" Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask again.
"You don't need to worry about that. You just need to know that I am all-powerful." Ao Tian said.
"So stingy," Xiao Wu grumbled, taking out her clothes. "I'm going to take a bath first."
Ao Tian sat quietly on the bed, his spiritual sense spreading out, extending towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
He saw many Soul Beasts active in the night. He also saw a small lake inside the forest, and beside the lake was a small grass hut. A beautiful woman was sitting at the door.
In front of her, two Soul Beasts as large as small mountains were obediently crouching.
Deeper in, some more powerful ferocious beasts were hidden, most of them were sleeping.
Among them, Ao Tian even felt a familiar aura, the aura of the Dragon Clan.
(End of this chapter)