Five-Star Encounter Rewards

"I don't know..."

He knew nothing about this Spirit Pagoda core disciple selection, and the other party looked equally puzzled.

"You don't know?"

"That's right."

"Are you a member of the Spirit Pagoda?"

"Yes. I joined the Spirit Pagoda as soon as I awakened my Martial Soul."

Seeing this, Wu Siduo was baffled. He was a member of the Spirit Pagoda, yet he didn't know about its core disciple selection assessment?

After a moment of silence between them, Chen Jianshu curiously asked about the selection assessment.

"What's the assessment like?"

"Basically... the Spirit Ascension Platforms of the Spirit Pagoda's 108 Sky Pillars are linked together, and all the Spirit Pagoda disciples who enter the Turbulent Period Spirit Ascension Platform are gathered for the assessment."

Wu Siduo explained many things about the core disciple selection. Chen Jianshu wasn't a contestant in this selection—his place had already been decided—so he hadn't known about it.

Chen Jianshu now had a grasp of the situation in the Spirit Ascension Platform this time. A full 108 cities were taking part in the Turbulent Period Spirit Ascension Platform's assessment battles. No wonder he had run into so many people.

They were all heaven's chosen who had reached two rings at the age of seven. He had been wondering why this trip to the Spirit Pagoda's Spirit Ascension Platform was so dangerous. He had only wanted to ascend his spirit, yet he had run into all this. He really had been unlucky.

Or perhaps... that old geezer Di Tian had deliberately set him up. After all, he was the one who had suggested entering the Turbulent Period Spirit Ascension Platform this time.

At that thought, it all clicked. You old geezer! So you set an ambush for me here, did you?

"Wu Siduo, what are you planning to do next? I'm planning to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Chen Jianshu turned to look at her and asked about her plans. Wu Siduo thought for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Then I'll leave too. Alone in the Spirit Ascension Platform, I can hardly take a single step."

She wasn't in good shape either, so she might as well leave now. After exchanging contact information, the two of them logged out.

Meanwhile, at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda branch, Di Tian and Leng Yaozhu had seen Chen Jianshu's performance in its entirety.

"As expected of the heaven's chosen selected by Tower Master Di Tian. He only has one ring, yet he can easily take down other two-ring heaven's chosen in an instant. His combat prowess is unmatched."

"That seemed to be Long Yue, the disciple of Holy Dragon Douluo from the Star Luo Empire. He's a heaven's chosen of his generation too. I didn't expect that little fellow to defeat him."

Leng Yaozhu exclaimed in amazement. Although Long Yue was currently level thirty-seven, his combat strength was enough to rival a Soul Ancestor's, and he could even fight a Soul King.

After all, the Mountain Dragon Martial Soul was unquestionably a true dragon Martial Soul, stronger than even the Radiant Sacred Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon, both famous on the Douluo Continent today.

Yet unexpectedly, Chen Jianshu had led a few Soul Grandmasters to defeat Long Yue, who had suppressed so many Spirit Pagoda geniuses.

Control over multiple elements, a Soul Skill that copied others' tool Martial Souls, and an innate domain on top of that—no wonder Tower Master Di Tian had designated him a Red-Level Core Disciple.

After all, Long Yue had only recently qualified as a Black Level Core Disciple himself.

Di Tian's expression didn't change at Leng Yaozhu's amazement. His gaze was deep; nothing had stirred his emotions in a long time.

The last time had been when his lord awakened and then disappeared. Meanwhile, Chen Jianshu had returned home to examine his gains.

[Congratulations on completing a five-star encounter!]

Looking at his encounter in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Chen Jianshu felt the corner of his eye twitch. It really could be called a five-star encounter.

After all, he was a level-sixteen One-Ring Soul Master fighting among a group of two-ring heaven's chosen. He had even encountered a monster like Long Yue, a five-thousand-year Ghostheart Demon Spider comparable to a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and that thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Every one of them was beyond the expected level. You're fucking making a one-ring Soul Master like me fight opponents comparable to four-rings and five-rings? What the fuck... are you trying to get me killed?

Once home, he settled his rewards. The final rewards were as follows.

Reward: Color Projector.

Eighty-five currency, five blue balls.

Seeing the Color Projector listed above, his tune immediately changed:

"But... come to think of it... who said a five-star encounter was bad? This five-star encounter was fantastic!"

After claiming the reward, Chen Jianshu looked at the multicolored projector. Although the best projector in the game was golden, this wasn't a game but the real world. Wasn't it normal for things to be a little different?

So who should he give this Color Projector to? His first thought was to give it to little cutie Na'er. After all, Na'er's authority was beyond question.

Last time, she had gotten him the five-star Gu Yuena, Gu Yue, and Na'er in one go. Not only that, there had also been the Noble Phantasm Silver Dragon Spear and the Creation Divine Core.

Sure enough, Na'er really was the ultimate authority. He should fleece her for all she was worth. Soon, though, he dismissed the idea.

He already had all the Silver Dragon King's characters and Noble Phantasms, so there was no need to get duplicates.

His second thought, then, was to give the multicolored projector to Tang Wulin. That way, he could get a Golden Dragon King Divine Core to complete the set.

What was more, the Color Projector could copy all Noble Phantasms. That meant it might also be able to copy the Sea God Trident within the Sea God's Divine Sense on Tang Wulin.

Now that would be fun. He could fight Tang Wulin with the trident and use Unfixed Storm to control him. Just thinking about it was entertaining.

Chen Jianshu soon made up his mind to save the multicolored projector for Tang Wulin. Once he had both the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, I'll be the co-lord of the Soul Beasts!

If he obtained a gold-quality perfect projector later, he could also raise their star ratings by copying the Character Cards of five-star characters.

The stat gains from raising star ratings were quite high. He already had two Na'er Character Cards, and raising her favorability could earn him extra Character Cards too.

As for Gu Yue and Gu Yuena's... he probably couldn't farm those. After all, the Silver Dragon King was very hostile toward humans.

He looked at the negative fifty favorability toward him on the two Character Cards and sighed softly. He didn't have a God King for a father or a Plane Master for a grandfather, so he might as well forget it and try not to provoke her.

He had made up his mind to stay away from Gu Yue, but before that, he would certainly fleece her first. He would raise Na'er's favorability some more; who knew, she might even drop something good.

Finally, he turned his attention to the five balls and opened them one after another. He found that they contained the Character Cards of several friends.

[Xue Liushuang] [Frontline] [Three-star]

[Wu Bingyu] [Frontline] [Four-star]

[Ye Xinglan] [Frontline] [Three-star]

[Weng Daimin] [Backline] [Two-star]

[Wu Siduo] [Frontline] [Three-star]

"They're all old friends. My character roster has filled out all at once."

Chen Jianshu was a little surprised to see them instantly join his character roster, which had previously contained only a slime and three Silver Dragon Kings. Then he smiled. It looked like he would have combinations to try later.

The number of characters he could field had also risen to four. It seemed his level had increased.

P.S. This was the fourth update for July 14, for a total of eight thousand characters.