Nuoding Academy Opens, the Nine-Choose-Five System Arrives
"Hahahaha!"
"The level of Soul Masters across the continent has dropped ten thousandfold, but I, Yu Xiaogang, am still level 29!"
"From now on, you all have to call me the Fart God!"
"Fart God!"
At the entrance to Nuoding Academy.
Yu Xiaogang looked like a madman, throwing back his head and laughing wildly, drawing everyone nearby to gather around and watch.
Tang San tried to stop him, but Yu Xiaogang's frantic struggles sent his small, thin body staggering from side to side.
"What's going on? Isn't that Grandmaster? Has he been repressed so long he's gone insane?"
"No idea! He looks like he's sleepwalking, going on about how the level of Soul Masters across the continent has dropped ten thousandfold. What a spectacle."
The onlookers all gave Yu Xiaogang strange looks as they passed judgment on him.
As the personal disciple Yu Xiaogang had just taken in before everyone, Tang San felt so ashamed he wanted the ground to swallow him up. He thought the teacher he had just acknowledged was a complete and utter [fucking idiot]! He wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
How did I end up taking this kind of thing as my teacher? This is so embarrassing.
I wish I could turn back time and do it all over again!
Ten minutes earlier.
It was the first day of the new term at Nuoding Academy.
Lin Yan had arrived at the academy early that morning and completed his registration.
As a transmigrator, he had started out as an orphan, but fortunately, the Martial Soul he had awakened was quite good.
It was a pair of swords with innate level 10 Soul Power!
One sword was black, the other white.
Black flames coated the black sword's blade, and it was called Tribulation Fire;
Azure lightning coated the white sword's blade, and it was called Shocking Thunder.
Twin Swords Ring in Unison, their might shook the eight directions.
Although they were not Twin Martial Souls and could only be given one Soul Ring every ten levels...
Lin Yan estimated that their quality should be a little higher than even the Clear Sky Hammer and the Seven Kill Sword.
With a genius like this arriving, the dean of Notting naturally received Lin Yan in person. The dean even promised in front of a group of teachers:
While Lin Yan was enrolled, all his tuition would be waived, he could eat as much as he liked on the second floor of the cafeteria, and he would have a private single dorm room.
The dean had practically offered him every benefit he could, all to bring the academy another mark of honor.
After completing his registration and leaving the office, Lin Yan wandered around the campus, familiarizing himself with his surroundings.
Su Yuntao said that a few months ago, someone in Holy Soul Village awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power. That must have been Tang San, right?
I never expected to be born in the same era as the famous Tang Buddha. Hehe~
But that guy brought the Mysterious Heaven Skill with him when he transmigrated and cultivated it for six years. He even has a Titled Douluo for a dad and a mom who underwent Soul Beast Transformation. I'm a transmigrator too, so why don't I have anything?
At that thought, Lin Yan felt somewhat aggrieved.
Just then, a commotion arose at the academy entrance.
"Your disciple Tang San pays his respects, teacher!"
"Teacher, please accept Tang San's kowtow!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The familiar exchange and three muffled thuds drew Lin Yan's attention.
Lin Yan moved closer and saw a round-faced man with a crew cut and a bushy beard standing with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle as he basked in the glory of the moment.
Are those Tang San and Yu Xiaogang?
Lin Yan frowned slightly. Those two look a bit too... ordinary, don't they?
Calling Yu Xiaogang ordinary was actually giving him too much credit.
Yu Xiaogang wore a gray robe, and his eye sockets resembled those of an old man on his deathbed. The dark circles under his eyes made him look especially haggard. One glance showed he was a "craftsman" without a shred of restraint, with the words "kidney deficiency" written all over his face.
He stood there laughing and crying, looking utterly deranged.
Who could understand? He had spent a full fifty years as a good-for-nothing!
Everyone looked down on him, saying he was good for nothing but farting.
Only Tang San, standing before him, had acknowledged his theories.
How could Yu Xiaogang not be moved? How could he not shed tears?
"Good disciple, I will pour everything I have learned in my life into making you the most outstanding Blue Silver Grass Soul Master on this continent."
"I'll prove to the world that I'm not a good-for-nothing, and neither are you!"
"Teacher, I will put your theories into practice for you. From this day forward, you are my second father."
The two embraced tightly, looking exceptionally "affectionate," making passersby turn their heads and point at them.
Watching them, Lin Yan grumbled inwardly.
Make him the most outstanding Blue Silver Grass Soul Master?
Have a Twin Martial Souls genius start by absorbing Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo, then turn tail and run when he meets a Mandala Snake. Hehe~
Great! It's thanks to Gangzi, too. Otherwise, Tang San might actually have had a good life.
To be honest, Lin Yan had always believed that Gangzi had held Tang San back.
Otherwise, if the dean of Notting really had picked out a plant-type Hundred-Year Soul Beast for Tang San, Tang San wouldn't have been reduced to spearing people with a harpoon during the Battle of the Two Gods later on!
How rare were Twin Martial Souls? How high was the quality of the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls?
Which of them had he used later on?
Look at Bibi Dong, switching back and forth between the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor while wielding the Rakshasa Demon Scythe in seamless combinations. Now that was a Twin Martial Souls genius.
Without the Asura God forcibly giving him a cheat, Tang San would have died who knew how many times over.
The mention of the Asura God made Lin Yan even more dissatisfied.
Little Scumbag has it way too easy.
He brought the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record with him at the start, and later he had two gods backing him. Anyone could become a god with that.
He has a bigger cheat than anyone, yet he still acts like he's some underdog who fought his way to the top.
Sigh~
Why don't I have a cheat?
[Ding~]
[System loaded successfully!]
[The Douluo Nine-Choose-Five System has been activated. The host may choose any five of the following rewards as transmigrator benefits.]
A mechanical notification sounded in Lin Yan's mind without warning, and he suddenly froze on the spot.
Wh... what?! A system?
[Host, you're both transmigrators. Tang San has the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, so there's no way you could have nothing at all~]
[Please hurry and choose your rewards~]
The system switched to a cute voice, as if acting coquettish and trying to be adorable with Lin Yan.
At the same time, various options were listed one by one.
[1. Character template from another world! Select this to randomly obtain another character's template and inherit all of that character's abilities. Examples: Grey Wolf, Chen Ping'an, Yang Guo, and so on...]
[2. Divine inheritance! Select this and you will receive the attention of a random god.]
[3. Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone! Select this to obtain a random Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.]
[4. God-bestowed Soul Ring! Select this to obtain a god-bestowed Soul Ring.]
[5. Immortal Herb! Select this to obtain a random Immortal Herb.]
[6. Limit Douluo experience cards! Select this to obtain three level 99 Limit Douluo experience cards.]
[7. Succubus physique! Select this and the initial favorability of all members of the opposite sex toward you will greatly increase.]
[8. Swordsmanship mastery! Select this to obtain valuable swordsmanship skills.]
[9. Soul Tool crafting mastery! Select this to master the skills needed to craft Soul Tools.]
After reading the nine options, Lin Yan was somewhat astonished.
Even Titled Douluo would scramble for the rewards before him. They were almost all things that people could only dream of obtaining, and if any one of them were brought into the open, it could change the situation across the continent.
And now, he only had to lift a finger to obtain them easily.
Awesome!
Lin Yan let out a long breath, feeling his thoughts clear up at once.
Why should Little Scumbag be the only one living so comfortably? And just like that, the system had arrived!
He immediately began examining the various rewards carefully.
The first character template goes without saying! Even if I randomly get a disappointing character, I'll at least gain one extra ability. If I get someone like Erlang Shen, I'll soar straight to the heavens.
The second, divine inheritance, needs even less explanation! Isn't the point of coming to Douluo Continent to bully Little Scumbag, find a few beautiful wives, and become a god in the end?
The first two are must-picks!
As for the options after those: Soul Bone, Soul Ring, Immortal Herb...
A random Soul Bone is uncertain and might not directly improve my combat strength. A god-bestowed Soul Ring isn't cost-effective for me right now. As for Immortal Herbs... Dugu Bo's herb garden has them. I can just enter the Immortal Herb redemption code to claim them.
But those Limit Douluo experience cards really are a trump card for staying alive.
In a world full of hidden dangers, having good talent did not mean being invincible under heaven. Before he grew strong, he could perish at any time.
The experience cards were equivalent to giving him three chances to save his life.
He had to choose them!
That leaves two slots. I have to pick two from succubus physique, swordsmanship mastery, and Soul Tool Proficiency.
Lin Yan needed only half a second to settle on his answer...