The very next day Jian Ziran got up early and started to plan.
Jian Ziran thought for awhile and said: "Right! I'll do that and slip out of the house."
Ziran had to plan in order to escape the servant's watch. His aunt Qingrou was way too overprotective of him to the point that a Spirit King would always be secretly watching over his room as he slept at night.
The town that Ziran and his family are living in was called Purple Leaf Town. It is a large town located at the eastern border of a small continent on Planet Douluo. In this town the one who possesses the most influence is undoubtedly the mayor Chen Guoliang. One of the major reasons as to why he was made mayor is due to the fact that the townspeople believe that he is the highest ranking spirit master in the entire town. Possessing a Spirit Rank of 34 a Spirit Elder!
Naturally this is only due to the fact that Jian Qingrou and her servants are using special soul tools to hide their soul power as a result no one in town realizes that their actually spirit masters. If there was an exception it would've been Lao Chui who had been old friends with Sheng Duan but since he had temporarily left literally no one in town realizes that their spirit masters.
As for the second most influential people in this town they are the self proclaimed Purple Leaf's Three Spirit Families. They are respectively the Yang, the Zhou and the Cao families. Literally every spirit master in town outside of the mayor's family are either a member of their 3 Spirit Families or instead affiliated with them.
Although Ziran's family never revealed their statuses as spirit masters neither the Mayor nor the 3 Spirit Families dare to mess with them. Mainly due to the fact that they had once seen Sheng Duan reveal very powerful combat soul tools and spirit mechs right in front of them. As a result everyone in town immediately realized that Sheng Duan's family are extremely rich. And a family rich enough to afford combat soul tools and spirit mechs definitely had some powerful backing. Which made it so that the Mayor and the 3 Spirit Families became quite cautious when communicating with Ziran's family. Must know that in the entire Purple Leaf Town the only ones who possessed combat soul tools and spirit mechs outside of Ziran's family were the Mayor and the 3 Spirit Families.
At this moment a Gnome could be seen walking the streets of Purple Leaf Town. When the Douluo Federation finally began to explore the starry skies they discovered numerous planets that they could migrate to. Many of these planets were resident to many mysterious and mystical races. One of which was the Gnome race a race of that specializes in research and exploration. After the Douluo Federation first made contact with the Gnome race they allowed some of the Gnomes to move to Douluo Planet in exchange for some of their knowledge. The gnomes on the other hand were quite excited to explore a new world they had next to no knowledge about.
The Gnome walking through town looked quite confused as if he was completely lost.
The Gnome sighed: "Haaah... Where exactly am I? I don't see this purple leaf town in any of the maps the Douluo Federation gave me. How far am I from Hell Blessed Mountain Range?"
Suddenly "mmph?!" Somebody grabbed him from behind and covered his mouth. Then the person behind him quietly muttered "Calming Slumber Jutsu!" The Gnome felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier until finally... He lost consciousness.
The one who snuck up on the Gnome was undoubtedly Jian Ziran. In order to escape the watch of his family's servants Ziran spent one third of his Nin Energy to create a clone to mislead them. Thankfully the spirit masters of this world can't seem to sense his Nin Energy which was really good for Ziran.
After putting the Gnome to sleep Ziran quickly dragged him into a dark alley. Both the Gnome and his large backpack were quite heavy thankfully now that Ziran had Nin Energy it was quite easy for him to carry both.
After dragging the Gnome into the alley Ziran then took his IDs and credentials then channeled his Nin Energy throughout his body then exclaimed: "Appearance Transformation Jutsu!"
Poof!
After the puff of smoke cleared Ziran's appearance had completely changed to the same as that of the Gnome's. The reason as to why Ziran chose to transform into a Gnome was due to the limitations of his current Nin Energy Cultivation. Simply put for the time being he could only change his outer appearance not his height. And since Gnomes were particularly short they were pretty much the ideal choice to transform into seeing as he was only four years old. As for the reason as to why he chose this specific Gnome it was due to the fact that the "Calming Slumber Jutsu" doesn't really work on people with high mental strength. And since this Gnome seemed to be both physically and mentally exhausted he became the ideal target for Ziran. In truth he might've been doing this Gnome a favor. Must know that this "Calming Slumber Jutsu" had the ability to make a person completely recover from extreme fatigue allowing them to wake up fully relaxed and refreshed.
Looking at the sleeping Gnome Ziran muttered: "The Calming Slumber Jutsu should be able to last give or take 16 hours. That should be more than enough time for me to do what I have to do."
Ziran then placed the sleeping Gnome in between two large dumpsters in order to make sure no one notices him. After which he proceeded to silently walk out of the dark alley wearing a black hood.
Purple Leaf Elite Battle Club! It's basically a fight club like establishment created by Purple Leaf's 3 Spirit Families for the sake of entertainment and making money. What's more they usually use this place to find some talented fighters and recruit them to be their family's guards. Their family's overall strength is determined by the number elite fighters they have. The greater their family's strength the higher their status in Purple Leaf Town. Although the 3 Spirit Families look harmonious on the outside in truth they are actually secretly competing against each other on who is the strongest among their 3 Families. So for them gathering elite guards to strengthen their family was absolutely essential.
Ziran approached the guards outside of the battle club and asked: "Can I go in?"
The guard squinted at the little Gnome in front of him. Must know that Gnomes wouldn't be caught dead in an establishment like this. They were a peaceful race that were obsessed with knowledge and adventures and were quite repulsed by the brutality that went on in such places.
The Guard looked at Ziran with a serious face and said: "Competing? Spectating?"
Jian Ziran blandly answered: "Competing."
The Guard's eyes squinted even more upon hearing this as he thought: "A Gnome? Competing in a fight club? What the heck?!"
The Guard was quite skeptical and asked: "Are you sure your competing?"
"Yes!" Answered Ziran after which he then handed the Gnome's ID and credentials to the guard: "Here are my ID and credentials."
After determining that the Gnome was indeed here to compete the Guard immediately said: "You can submit those inside after which you will have to undergo a strength test to determine whether or not your qualified to compete."
Hearing this Ziran simply nodded: "Thank you brother guard."
After Ziran went inside the guard's face was covered in shock as he secretly thought: "Since when were gnomes interested in fights?"
When Ziran went inside the battle club he was somewhat shocked seeing the large audience cheering for their favorite fighters.
Jian Ziran: "To think the fights in our small purple leaf town would be this popular."
Looking down at the fight below Ziran could tell that the battle arena shrouded by what looked like a transparent energy barrier.
Jian Ziran thought: "Must be some sort of soul tool..."
Within the arena there were tow people in heated combat. One looked like half man and half monkey clearly a spirit master with a monkey type martial soul. The other fighter was large muscle bound man covered in scars from the way he fight's Ziran could tell he must've some sort of elite veteran soldier.
From the looks of it the latter didn't seem to be a spirit master like the former. Normally it would be impossible for an ordinary person to face a spirit master in a fair fight. However Ziran also noticed that the two red daggers in the muscle bound man's hands seemed to be quite dangerous.
Jian Ziran thought: "Seems to be a soul tool designed for ordinary people."
Seeing the barrier and the pair of daggers Ziran's eagerness to become a Spirit Engineer also increased by quite a bit.
"Hey there what's a little brother like you doing in a place like this?" A person behind Ziran suddenly spoke.
When Ziran turned around he saw a skinny old man wearing a black shirt and black pants.
Ziran asked: "Who are you?"
The old man saw Ziran's appearance and realized he misunderstood: "Oh! Your a Gnome?!... Sorry I thought you were some kid who sneaked into the club. Let me introduce myself my name is Hei Lao. I'm a regular spectator here in the battle club."
Jian Ziran: "I'm Nelson... Nelson Pics."
This was the real name of the Gnome Ziran knocked out.
Jian Ziran asked: "You said you were a regular here? Could you tell me more about the two fighters below?"
Hei Lao looked at the battle arena and said: "Hmm... Oh those two? Well the one that looks like a monkey is called Hou Gu a Rank 12 Spirit Master. His Martial Soul is the Red Fur Ape. The other one is called Leng Ji an ex-federation soldier. The daggers he holds are soul tools made for ordinary soldiers called Red Wolf Fangs. Those pair of daggers are quite sharp to the point that even a Rank 12 Spirit Master like Hou Gu must be careful facing them head-on."
Hei Lao then turned to Ziran and thought that he probably couldn't find his seat: "If you can't find your seat then go to the counter they can point you to where it is."
Jian Ziran shook his head: "Oh no I'm here to compete."
"What?!" Hei Lao was surprised hearing this as he thought: "Since when did Gnomes like competing in fights like these?"
Looking at Hei Lao's reaction Ziran seemed to remember that the guard outside had the exact same reaction as he thought: "Could it be that Gnomes that can fight are really that rare?"
Jian Ziran then asked Hei Lao: "Could you show me where the counter is? I'd like to register as a fighter."
Waking up from his astonishment Hei Lao: "Oh! It's um to the left. You'll see the large sign you can't miss it."
Ziran gave his thanks and walked away.
The moment Ziran walked away a young man suddenly appeared beside Hei Lao.
The young man turned to Hei Lao and said: "A Gnome that actually wants to fight? Well that's new."
Hei Lao smiled: "Indeed... I have a hunch this young Gnome might actually show us something quite interesting."
After registering Ziran looked at the small bronze emblem in his hand.
Name: Nelson Pics
Battle Rank: F
Number of Wins: 0
Number of Losses: 0
Personal Weapons: None
Ziran then put the emblem away and turned his sights at the piece of paper handed to him by the person at the counter. The name of his first opponent was written at the very top.
