Zu'an Gu Chen Is Online

Gu Chen stepped forward, grabbed Xiao Wu by her rabbit ears, and lifted her up.

By now, Xiao Wu knew Gu Chen and Gu Yuena's identities. She trembled all over, not daring to make a sound, while a pleading look filled her pink eyes.

Gu Chen had no interest in arguing with her. He casually tossed her onto a bed with a pink bag on it.

Wang Sheng and the others stared at the scene in stunned silence. After a long while, Wang Sheng came to his senses, stepped forward, and said, "From now on, you're our boss!"

The row of work-study students behind Wang Sheng also shouted in unison, "Boss!"

"May I ask your name, Boss?" Wang Sheng asked.

"Gu Chen. She is my younger sister, Gu Yuena." Gu Chen pointed at Gu Yuena and spoke indifferently. He had no interest in this sort of clique-forming business.

Wang Sheng shrank his neck. Just now, he had wanted Gu Chen to give Gu Yuena a show of force. Fortunately, he had not said it aloud, or he definitely would have gotten beaten up.

"Boss Gu, this bed has a great spot. You can rest here," Wang Sheng said fawningly as he cleared out his bed by the window for Gu Chen.

Gu Chen nodded and walked expressionlessly toward the bed. He spread out the bedding, then prepared the bedding on the neighboring bed for Gu Yuena as well.

Wang Sheng scratched his head. Gu Chen's expressionless appearance made it impossible for him to figure out what Gu Chen was thinking.

Gu Yuena, on the other hand, gave Wang Sheng a slight smile before sitting on the bed Gu Chen had made for her and putting away her luggage.

"Hello, my name is Tang San. I'm also a work-study student here. Could you tell me how you defeated Xiao Wu just now?" Tang San walked up to Gu Chen and asked for guidance.

"Ding!"

"Detecting the host's current circumstances, a plot choice has been activated:

A. Befriend Tang San. One more friend is always better than one more enemy.

Reward: Mysterious Jade Hand martial arts manual (from Earth, a Level 2 low-martial plane).

B. Become enemies with Tang San. If you wish to join Spirit Hall, you will inevitably become his enemy.

Reward: One Enslavement Talisman (can enslave beings no more than two major realms above the user; ineffective against Tang San).

C. Respond coldly and become strangers from this day onward.

Reward: One pair of Desert Eagles (from a Level 2 technological plane), 10,000 Desert Eagle bullets."

After reading the options, Gu Chen did not choose immediately. Instead, he asked, "Shouldn't this be a daily choice? Why is it another plot choice?"

"Ding!"

"Host, plot choices and daily choices are actually rather similar. However, the difference with plot choices is that your decisions will affect the world line."

Gu Chen nodded as though he half understood, then asked, "Then what exactly does a Level 2 plane mean?"

"Ding!"

"Among the Three Thousand Worlds, this system categorizes planes from Level 1 to Level 5. The rating is calculated according to the average strength of the most powerful civilized beings in that plane. For example, a Level 1 plane is equivalent to the primitive society period of the host's previous life, while the plane level of the host's previous world before his death was a Level 2 technological plane. As for Level 5 planes, the powerful beings among their civilized races can freely destroy planets and even tear apart the universe."

Gu Chen was somewhat shocked. The strength of a Level 5 plane was probably beyond even the God Realm. It seemed that he had been looking at the world from the bottom of a well.

"Then what level is Douluo Continent?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Ding!"

"Based on the average strength of Douluo Continent's Soul Masters, Douluo Continent is a Level 3 fantasy plane."

After receiving the system's answer, Gu Chen looked at the three options again. Although the rewards for the latter two choices were extremely tempting, as the system had said, one more friend was better than one more enemy.

I choose A, Gu Chen thought.

Based on his understanding of Tang San from the original work, Tang San was someone who sided with those close to him rather than reason. If Gu Chen could bring him under his command, then the future Tang San might become a great source of support.

Besides, becoming enemies with Tang San this early was not a good thing.

Gu Chen did not want to be bound by so-called grudges, love, and hatred. That would only affect the execution of his plans.

"Defeating Xiao Wu wasn't some special technique. It was merely the bloodline pressure of a higher-grade beast Martial Soul over a lower-grade beast Martial Soul," Gu Chen explained to Tang San.

Tang San nodded and asked again, "Then what is your Martial Soul?"

Gu Chen stood up and activated Martial Soul Possession. The phantom of the Golden Dragon King pressed down on every work-study student present, leaving all of them except Gu Yuena and Tang San, who cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, unable to breathe.

"My Martial Soul is the Golden Dragon," Gu Chen said.

Tang San recovered from his shock and held out his hand. "Nice to meet you."

Gu Chen reached out and shook it, finally revealing a faint smile. "Likewise."

"Ding!"

"Reward issued. Would you like to automatically learn the Mysterious Jade Hand?"

Gu Chen froze for a moment. Learn it, he thought.

In the next instant, something seemed to appear in his mind. It was the cultivation method for the Mysterious Jade Hand.

Gu Chen smiled wryly. As expected, he still had to cultivate the Mysterious Jade Hand himself; it would not directly reach mastery.

Although his Golden Dragon Claw could utterly crush the Mysterious Jade Hand, before the seal was lifted, the Mysterious Jade Hand would still be of some help to him.

"Ding!"

"The host has completed three plot choices. System function unlocked: Character Panel!"

Gu Chen froze again and said to the system, "View Character Panel."

"Ding!"

"System Character Panel:

Character: Gu Chen

Age: 6 years old (actual age: 290 million years old)

Strength: 10,000 (100 for a normal Level 10 Soul Master)

Spiritual Power: 100 (100 for a normal Level 10 Soul Master)

Bloodline: 99% Golden Dragon King bloodline, 1% Dragon God bloodline

Level: Level 10 Soul Master (0 layers of seal removed)

Overall Evaluation: A big shot playing the pig to eat the tiger. You're doing a pretty convincing job pretending to be a newbie.

System Backpack: 9,130 Gold Soul Coins."

There was nothing wrong with the earlier parts, but that overall evaluation made Gu Chen rather embarrassed. What did it mean, a big shot pretending to be a newbie? He was doing this to avoid the God Realm's surveillance, okay?

At that moment, Wang Sheng got out of bed and stood up. "It's time for lunch. Boss Gu, Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, Tang San, shall we go together?"

Gu Chen and the other two nodded slightly, while Xiao Wu sprang up as if she had fully recovered and asked excitedly, "Sure! What are we eating?"

Wang Sheng and the other work-study students looked at one another and smiled bitterly. "What good food can us work-study students afford? We'll just buy some cheap food in the cafeteria and make do."

Tang San shook his head. "You all go ahead. I won't be going."

Xiao Wu seemed to understand. Her excited smile froze for a moment. "Does eating cost money? Those Soul Coins or whatever?"

Seeing this, Gu Chen pretended to swipe his right hand across his waist, but in truth, he took a bag of Gold Soul Coins from the System Backpack and tossed it forward.

The Gold Soul Coins hit the floor with a pleasant clinking sound. Several coins scattered across the ground, and sunlight reflected off them, instantly filling everyone's eyes with golden light.

"This..." Wang Sheng looked at Gu Chen in disbelief.

Gu Chen grinned. "This meal is on me."

Xiao Wu said excitedly, "Oh-ho! Long live the boss!" After Xiao Wu learned Gu Chen and the others' identities, Gu Chen had transmitted his voice to her, telling her not to expose them and to simply call him boss.

Otherwise, how could Xiao Wu dare act so presumptuously before the ruler of all soul beasts?

With Wang Sheng leading the way, Gu Chen took Gu Yuena's hand and left the dormitory. Xiao Wu also understood her place and obediently walked behind Gu Chen and Gu Yuena with Tang San.

To get to the cafeteria, they had to cross the entire field. At that moment, Gu Chen and the others could see quite a few students in school uniforms heading toward the teaching building. They were clearly all going to eat.

"Isn't this Wang Sheng and his bunch of paupers? Truly poor beyond belief!" As soon as they entered the cafeteria, a discordant voice rang out, followed by a burst of laughter.

Gu Chen looked up and saw a group of older students standing on the stairs between the first and second floors. They disdainfully wagged their fingers at Wang Sheng. "You poor-beyond-belief lot probably won't ever get to eat on the second floor!"

At that moment, the older male student spotted Gu Yuena. He immediately froze. A few seconds later, his eyes lit up, and he said to Gu Yuena with interest, "What a pretty little girl. Want to hang around with me?"

The moment Gu Chen heard that older student taking an interest in Gu Yuena, he could not stand it anymore. What, did this guy not know Gu Yuena was his?

Gu Chen's face darkened. He stepped forward under everyone's puzzled gazes, took a deep breath, and condensed Soul Power in his throat. "I feel that what you just said was: making something out of nothing, sneaking around behind the scenes, imagining things out of thin air, fabricating lies from thin air, saying nothing and meaning nothing, beyond all cure, may the dead rest in peace, have a safe journey! You are endlessly sick, too broke to buy medicine, mentally deranged, pus dripping from your mouth, bubbles in your eyes, foul-mouthed, reaping what you sow, harming the innocent, plaguing all living beings, and panicking in confusion! You have no face left to show the people of Nuoding!"

Ding-dong! Your friend, Zu'an Gu Chen, is now online!