Current affairs commentary

To put it more plainly...

The poor relied on mutations; the rich relied on technology (paying to win).

Only Soul Masters with poor-quality Martial Souls, poor Innate Soul Power, and poor family circumstances would absorb Soul Rings above their level early on.

Because if they didn't absorb Soul Rings above their level early on, they might not live to see the later stages.

A second-generation Soul Master like Shen Yichen, with a top-tier Martial Soul, top-tier Innate Soul Power, and a family that owned mines, had no need to gamble.

Come to think of it, the Ruyi Jingu Bang weighed over ten thousand jin. Shen Yichen didn't believe absorbing a Soul Ring a few hundred years older would make it weigh much more.

To dissuade Shen Yichen from absorbing Soul Rings above his level early on, Elder Lin also gave him Mu En's example.

Mu En's Soul Ring Configuration was yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red.

"Don't worry, Grandma. I won't absorb Soul Rings above my level." Shen Yichen grinned. "You know me. I value my life."

Elder Lin's eyes curved into a smile too. "It's good to value your life, good to value your life. That life-preserving streak runs in your Shen family..."

As she spoke, Elder Lin's gaze grew distant, her thoughts drifting to who knew where.

Shen Yichen knew a little about his family's story.

His grandfather had been someone who valued his life. Unfortunately, his grandmother hadn't been like that when she was young.

Apparently, Grandma had caused trouble, and Grandpa had settled it. Just like that, Grandpa, who had spent his whole life valuing his life, passed away.

From then on, Grandma's way of thinking changed, and she began teaching Dad the art of lying low.

Perhaps because of what had happened to Grandpa and Grandma, his parents had learned their lesson. The couple were still alive and well, active in the Shrek Inspection Corps.

That's right. Although he was a transmigrator, both his parents were alive, and he had a happy family!

His grandmother was a rank ninety-seven Super Douluo, his father a rank eighty-six Soul Douluo, and his mother a rank eighty-nine Soul Douluo.

A pure-blooded Shrek Celestial Dragon!

Time flew.

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed since Shen Yichen's Martial Soul Awakening.

During that week, Shen Yichen's life hadn't changed much.

On ordinary days, he wrote in his diary, complained about Brother San, took strolls around Sea God Lake, and chatted with Mu En, the old man who would one day be a dorm supervisor. He accompanied Sister Xiaotao, who couldn't cultivate because of her Evil Fire, on shopping trips around Shrek City...

As for the results...

Old gatekeeper's favorability up!

Evil Fire Phoenix's favorability up!

Though Mu En hadn't said so outright, Shen Yichen had already sensed it.

Mu En had probably taken him for his final disciple. He even subtly taught him how to manage people during their chats, telling him who at Shrek Academy was full of schemes and who was more straightforward.

Before transmigrating, Shen Yichen had been an ordinary university student. Mu En's experience was immensely useful to him.

He put his newly learned skills to use on Sister Xiaotao, and her attitude toward him became rather like Brother San's toward the little rabbit: if anyone wanted to lay a hand on him, they would have to step over her corpse first!

The only fly in the ointment was...

Xuan Zi, who had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to capture a Soul Beast, still hadn't returned.

Not only had Xuan Zi failed to return, but Little Blue Hair, Bei Bei, hadn't come back either.

Unable to improve his Soul Power, he felt frustrated, so... he said a few more bad things about Brother San in his diary!

The diary's rewards over the past few days had also been plain and simple.

Mind +2, body +3, technique +1.

Though it didn't seem like much, if he remembered correctly, there were still about six years until the main plot began.

6*365=2190

A total of 2,190 attribute points—wouldn't that send him soaring straight into the sky?!

So Shen Yichen wasn't worried about his strength in the slightest.

Besides the Daily Essays, there was also the Current Affairs Review section!

But for some reason, so many days had passed without a single Current Affairs Review topic appearing.

Suddenly!

[Ding! There is a new Current Affairs Review topic. Host, please respond as soon as possible!]

It's here!

A few minutes earlier...

Illustrious Virtue Hall

In his office, Jing Hongchen was leisurely drinking tea and flipping through the diary when his expression suddenly changed.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the right to set this week's Current Affairs Review topic. Please decide on a topic as soon as possible.]

Jing Hongchen: "?"

Jing Hongchen: "!"

In his excitement, Jing Hongchen nearly shook the tea out of his cup.

He had thought he was merely drinking tea and watching the show. He hadn't expected to be chosen to set the very first week's Current Affairs Review topic.

After calming his excitement, Jing Hongchen began to ponder.

Rather than a Current Affairs Review, this was more like a chance for the copy holders to ask the questions on their minds.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the desk. What question should I ask?

First of all, he could be certain that he wasn't the only holder of a diary copy.

In that case... it's best not to reveal my identity with this first question.

"Then... I'll ask a question everyone's curious about!"

[Topic: What is a transmigrator? Please give an objective assessment of Sea God Tang San.]

Shen Yichen rubbed his cheeks with his little hands. It was a good question, but it would probably be impossible to figure out who had asked it.

Anyone who had read his diary might have had the same question.

Still... the question was phrased so professionally that it ruled out quite a few people in one respect.

For example... the many hotheads, including Sister Xiaotao.

Forget it!

Whoever had asked it, the question was right up his alley.

At last, he had a suitable opportunity to extend the topic from "Douluo Continent" to "Peerless Tang Sect"!

Pen, come!

Today I'm going to write about it at great length!

[What is a transmigrator?]

[To transmigrate means to pass, cross, or travel through physical space.]

[But in the term "transmigrator," it means... traveling through time and space. It refers to the phenomenon of a person traveling from one point in time and space to another.]

[Put simply, there are three kinds of transmigrators.]

[First, consciousness travel. Take Sea God Brother San, for example. Brother San transmigrated because the Asura God intervened and guided his soul to the Douluo Continent.]

[Second, physical travel. Not only the consciousness and soul, but the previous body also comes to the new world. For example, a Soul Master of the Douluo Continent ascending to the Divine Realm also counts as a kind of physical travel!]

[Third, reincarnation and the awakening of past-life memories. Simply put, a local suddenly awakens memories of their previous life. For example... me?]

[Forget it. I'm afraid even I don't know whether I awakened past-life memories or traveled here in consciousness. Brother San was ferried across by the Asura God's great hand, so how could I dare say there wasn't such a hand that ferried me across too?]

Though he had yet to get to the main topic, the emotions of the three Diary Copy holders had already been stirred up.

If the diaries could collect emotions, their readings would probably have shot straight off the charts by now.

[Back to the subject. Compared with the local natives, transmigrators have all sorts of advantages.]

[At the most basic level, they already have years or even decades of life experience from before they transmigrated. Starting over in a different world, their maturity and knowledge alone are enough to put them a big step ahead of children their own age.]