Cao Mengde Meets His Lord

"Nice. A Super-level Martial Soul—at the very least, he'll reach Golden Crocodile Douluo's level in the future." Qian Xunji looked over the other options.

Add a Martial Soul: a beginner Martial Soul requires 1,000 points, while an intermediate Martial Soul requires 2,000 points.

The higher-tier ones were too expensive to add, while the lower-tier ones were not worth adding at all. Qian Xunji simply decided not to add one.

Qian Xunji had no plans to add Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and the like. After all, if he wanted Soul Rings and Soul Bones, he could just make Xiao Gang and the others suffer a little more and get them that way. Rather than waste these precious adjustment points, he might as well spend them somewhere useful.

The origin of a Soul Master could be adjusted.

Qian Xunji pondered for a moment, then added a small line: Always deeply loved Lord Qian Xunji.

The moment he wrote that sentence, more than 2,000 adjustment points were deducted.

Damn it. Fortunately, it could be deleted, and Qian Xunji immediately removed it.

According to the system, this created person would be completely loyal to Qian Xunji. Whatever Qian Xunji told him to do, he would do. There was no need to waste adjustment points on that.

Once this character appeared, he would affect everyone's perception across Douluo Continent. No one would find his appearance strange. Of course, everything depended on Qian Xunji's adjustments and settings for his background. So how could he maximize the benefits of this person's origins?

Qian Xunji quickly came up with an idea and wrote a line into it.

Born in the Star Luo Empire, he held supreme command over all military forces of the Star Luo Empire.

Heh heh, this would directly seize control of the hard-to-swallow military power of the Star Luo Empire. Nice.

That was what Qian Xunji thought, but when he saw that it required over 15,000 adjustment points, his face turned green.

"If that won't work, then I'll change it to this." Qian Xunji thought for a moment and said.

He defected to the Star Luo Empire and was granted the title of Exxon Duke by Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng, with the Exxon Province of the Star Luo Empire as his territory.

Exxon Province was a military stronghold between the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall. Whoever obtained this place would basically gain the upper hand over the other side. It would not be bad to take this strategic location without lifting a finger through such an adjustment.

But although Qian Xunji's calculations had been perfect, when he saw that it required over 7,500 adjustment points—

Qian Xunji was furious. Damn it, was this system really so protective of that bastard Dai Tianfeng? Fine, just you wait. Since you care so much about the Star Luo Empire—

Just wait. One day, I, Qian Xunji, will tear the Star Luo Empire to pieces, then sleep with Dai Tianfeng's wife.

Since adjusting the Star Luo Empire would not work, Qian Xunji could only turn his attention to the Heaven Dou Empire.

However, no matter how he adjusted it, he could not place this new character in a crucial position.

"System, what's going on? I'm only making a single setting, yet it requires so many adjustment points?"

Respected Host, it is not recommended that you waste the majority of your points on adjusting this background. Modifying one's origins involves causality. The greater the changes to the origin, the more adjustment points will be required. It is recommended that the Host set a lower background.

Qian Xunji nodded in understanding. A lowly background, was it? Then he would set it like this.

Born in the Heaven Dou Empire, with no dealings with any faction, a freelance Soul Master.

After writing that, Qian Xunji solemnly added another line to his background: On the surface, he had friction with Spirit Hall.

That single stroke cost another 3,000 adjustment points. As for the remaining 1,000 adjustment points, Qian Xunji used them all to fill out this character's eighth Soul Ring.

After completing the adjustments, Qian Xunji said, "System, can I see this character's true form now?"

Please use this card, Host. The system will automatically generate the character according to the Host's standards.

Filled with excitement, Qian Xunji crushed the card. A vortex immediately formed before him.

Which lady—ptui, which girl would be compatible with me, Qian Xunji? Come out already. Hurry up and get into my bowl.

Immediately afterward, a middle-aged man emerged from the vortex. He was not particularly tall, but he radiated dominance and bore the air of a formidable ruler. He wore armor and a blue cloak draped over his back. The moment Qian Xunji saw his face, he froze solid.

As soon as the middle-aged man emerged, he cupped his fists and said, "Cao Mengde greets his lord."

"You... you... you..." Qian Xunji was left utterly incoherent.

He could not have been more familiar with the man before him. Cao Cao—the Cao Cao whose appearance had been fixed since the ninth installment of Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms games.

I...

I wanted Mrs. Yor, Yukiko Kudo, and you gave me a Cao thief??

Qian Xunji suddenly felt like vomiting. Why? Because he had nearly written that sentence into the setting adjustment just now:

Always deeply loves Qian Xunji!

If Qian Xunji had not deleted that sentence, he would have definitely sent Cao Mengde back to the furnace for reconstruction.

After a long while, Qian Xunji calmed the disappointment in his heart. Looking at the imposing and domineering man before him, he activated the Eye of Data:

Cao Mengde

Age: 45

Martial Soul: Mengde's New Book

Martial Soul Quality: Super-level Martial Soul

Level: 89

Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black

Soul Bone Configuration: None

Description: A freelance Soul Master from the Heaven Dou Empire. Due to his outstanding talent, he was recruited by Spirit Hall several times, but rejected them all. Thus, he has had friction with Spirit Hall and currently belongs to no faction.

"Brother Mengde." Qian Xunji was older than Cao Mengde, so it was acceptable for him to address him that way. "This is Douluo Continent. Don't call me lord. From now on, when you see me, address me as Pope, just like everyone else."

"Yes, Pope Your Majesty," Cao Mengde said.

"Introduce your Martial Soul," Qian Xunji said.

After hearing this, Cao Mengde began introducing his Martial Soul to Qian Xunji.

Cao Mengde's Martial Soul, Mengde's New Book, differed from traditional Martial Souls focused on agility, control, or assault. His Martial Soul functioned within an army and affected large military forces.

It could raise an army's morale, cohesion, military spirit, and organization; alter the composition of soldiers; and truly allow its wielder to lead vast armies against powerful Titled Douluo.

At the same time, it came with a domain unique to Super-level Martial Souls: the Commanding Domain.

But once separated from an army, Cao Mengde's Martial Soul became rather underwhelming.

After reading the introduction to Cao Mengde's Martial Soul, Qian Xunji did not know what to say for a moment. It truly was an unconventional Martial Soul. Other Titled Douluo cultivated themselves, but Cao Mengde could only unleash the power of his Martial Soul by commanding an army.

In the original work, Spirit Hall's weakness was that its manpower was not plentiful. Although Cao Cao's Martial Soul could not make up for that shortcoming in numbers, it could magnify Spirit Hall's advantage in quality.