What Stardust Was Used For

Ganyu had begun taking over Tianshu City's various affairs, and everything was being submitted for approval. Her work was both swift and accurate; even several thousand Wei Lins couldn't compare.

Well, Wei Lin admitted that when it came to this, he was useless.

He was good at fighting and killing, but as for paperwork... Wei Lin would rather have his roommate from his previous life sneak a feel of his butt than look at those files again.

After leaving Tianshu Tower, even the air smelled much better.

"This is the kind of free life I should be living!"

Wei Lin first bought a jianbing guozi, with an extra egg and sausage, then headed to the teleportation center in Tianshu Hall.

Qingfeng and Qingyu had already been waiting there for some time.

"Brother Lin? You're free?"

Qingfeng had thought her brother would send someone else to take her Soul Ring hunting. She hadn't expected him to come in person.

"I'm free. From now on, I'm going to have some real fun."

Wei Lin walked up to the portal. His objective this time was simple.

Qingfeng's Past Shadow had time-based abilities, and Qingyu's Martial Soul also needed a dragon-type Soul Beast.

Of course, that was assuming there were any on Douluo Continent.

Wei Lin tapped the teleportation array, and screens appeared one after another, neatly arranged before him.

"Tianshu, search Douluo Continent for time-type Martial Souls or dragon-type Martial Souls under three thousand years old."

"Tianshu obeys. Searching the major Soul Beast gathering grounds on Douluo Continent..."

Little magnifying glasses moved ceaselessly across the screens.

"Tsk."

Wei Lin had overestimated the quality of Soul Beasts on Douluo Continent.

He wanted both stats and mechanics, which left him with few options.

But... he might not have a way, but... come forth, cheat!

He opened the gacha pool. This time, instead of pulling cards, he chose to open the Stardust Shop.

Normally, Stardust's primary use was to exchange for pink balls and blue balls.

Unfortunately, here, it could only be exchanged for things from Douluo Continent.

Well, anything even slightly related counted.

"256 Stardust. Let's see how much I can exchange it for."

(Stardust exchange: gold 5 / purple 4 / blue 3 / green 2 / white 1. So far, there have been 3 gold, 10 purple, and 67 blue pulls, so 256. The calculation should be right.)

The Eternal Night Time Falcon caught his eye.

He could exchange 120 Stardust for its entire population.

There were three leaders in total: 540,000 years, 280,000 years, and 220,000 years.

100,000-year: 50, 10,000-year: 28, 1,000-year: 6, for a total of eighty-seven.

All he could say was, as expected of a time-attribute Soul Beast.

Next was a Soul Beast called the Frost-Ashen Black Dragon.

Sixteen for 120 Stardust.

One leader at 580,000 years, eight at 100,000 years, and eight at 1,000 years.

Moreover, those eight 100,000-year Soul Beasts were all Ferocious Beasts over 200,000 years old.

After thinking it over for a moment, he exchanged for them. They would all be on his side in the end anyway.

After he made his decision, detailed information on the Eternal Night Time Falcon appeared on the big screen.

"Eternal Night Time Falcon

Attribute: time

Classification: avian Soul Beast · Falconiformes"

"Frost-Ashen Black Dragon

Attributes: Ultimate Ice · Ultimate Fire · Ultimate Strength

Classification: dragon Soul Beast · ancient variant"

The two supreme Soul Beasts appeared before Qingfeng and Qingyu just like that, and both girls' eyes grew eager.

Time and three Ultimate Attributes—these were the Soul Rings of their dreams, so exceptional that they weren't products of Douluo Continent.

(Wei Lin: Of course they weren't. This had left him flat broke.)

Looking at the mere 16 Stardust he had left, his heart was bleeding. This stuff really didn't go far.

Of course, he definitely wouldn't use them just once; that would be far too wasteful. Fortunately, Tianshu City came with the Spirit Pagoda from Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King. When the time came, he could get a Soul Spirit and raise its spirit level; one could provide six Soul Rings. That was a massive win.

"Since we've decided, we'll set our sights on these two."

A trace of hesitation flashed in Qingfeng and Qingyu's eyes.

"What's wrong? If there's something you want to ask, just say it."

"Brother, wouldn't this be too much of a waste of resources?"

Seeing Wei Lin start calling people in, they felt they weren't worthy of so many resources.

"A waste? The whole city is mine. I can do whatever I want."

Wei Lin rubbed the two little ones' heads.

"Before I became city lord, I had to worry about this and that. If I still had to worry about this and that after becoming city lord, wouldn't I have become city lord for nothing? Besides, I'm the old man's only child. Wouldn't it all be mine in the end anyway?"

Little pearls of tears fell from Qingfeng and Qingyu's eyes.

In the future, they would have to cultivate even harder and help their brother seize the inheritance of the Divine Land.

It was a good thing Wei Lin didn't know what the two little ones were thinking. Otherwise, two enormous question marks would surely have popped up.

(A certain Aha said: No need to thank me. I fleshed out your backstory a little and let you experience the Dragon King's life. Aha really was a good person.)

Before long, Wei Lin had summoned four Titled Douluo. This time, he had brought along four-fifths of them.

"Xuan Zhen / Martial Soul: Heaven-Shaking Shield / level 96 Defense System Titled Douluo / leader of the Heavenly Shield Battalion of the Tianshu Four Battalions"

"Huang Tianyi / Martial Souls: Heavenly Flame Bow / Ashen Annihilation Vermilion Bird / level 98 Power Attack System Titled Douluo / leader of the Bird Feather Battalion of the Tianshu Four Battalions"

"An Jiao / Martial Soul: Shadow / level 95 Agility Attack System Titled Douluo / leader of the Shadow Guard of the Tianshu Four Battalions"

"Lu Rongrong / Luoyang Flower / level 96 Auxiliary System Titled Douluo / leader of the Holy Feather Battalion of the Tianshu Four Battalions, twelfth seat of the Hundred Flowers Palace"

"Young master." ×4

The four soon arrived before Wei Lin, two men and two women.

Xuan Zhen—that name gave the first impression of a powerfully built middle-aged man, didn't it? Unfortunately, he wasn't.

Perhaps it was the system's (a certain Aha's) twisted sense of humor. Though both his name and his area of focus suggested a burly man, he was a delicate, pitiful, handsome young man instead.

Xuan Zhen even looked more feminine overall, especially dressed in his fitted silver-white outfit. Anyone who didn't know his gender beforehand would have taken him for a frail girl.

Huang Tianyi was a mature beauty in a fiery red battle skirt, with a figure among the best in Tianshu City. Her rose-red, peach-blossom eyes were even more enchanting.

An Jiao wore black night clothes and looked utterly unremarkable. Of course, that was also his talent. As a shadow guard, he could put you into an eternal sleep without anyone being the wiser.

Lu Rongrong wore a long pink hoodie and was the most mischievous of the four. At around 1.7 meters tall, she was taller than many girls. As the source of fun in Wei Lin's five-person Titled Douluo group, she could always pull stunts you'd never see coming.

Everyone agreed she was a little demon.

For example... she had put Jueyun Chilies in An Jiao's food. He couldn't handle even a little spice, and they burned him so badly that he didn't even draw his dagger, picking up a forty-meter-long saber instead.

Another time, she forced Xuan Zhen to dress as a girl, then sold the results outside, specifically to "fanfic authors," making him a leading figure on certain secret websites to this day.

And then there was spreading the word that Sister Huang was actually into lilies blooming, and so on.

Not a single NPC in Tianshu City had escaped Lu Rongrong's clutches.

Of course, she restrained herself much more around Wei Lin-well, if putting a little something in his water didn't count.

If he hadn't discovered it in time, Lu Rongrong would already have been dragged away and thoroughly electrocuted. After all, he was only a twelve-year-old child.