At that very moment, Tang Hao had just woken up on the southern outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Several days had passed since that night.
He had used the last of his strength to make it here, then finally passed out.
But thanks to his tenacious vitality, he had survived.
"Damn it! I'll kill that bastard!"
But how could a cripple like him get revenge on Lan Minghua?
His roar not only did nothing to help him, but also attracted Soul Beasts.
Tang Hao had just tried to get up when several humanoid Soul Beasts blocked his way.
They were a group of He Yuans. As for what kinds of interests they had, just look next door.
But the He Yuan Soul Beasts in the Douluo World weren't picky about gender.
Tang Hao wanted to fight back, but discovered that he didn't even have the strength of a Soul King anymore.
"No! Don't come any closer!"
And so, Tang Hao was about to experience the most unforgettable time of his life.
Meanwhile, Lan Minghua, the one who'd put him through it, was having the time of his life.
[System notification: Congratulations, Host, on taking Dugu Bo as your disciple. You have received 800 Master Teacher Points. You currently have 1,000 Master Teacher Points. Would you like to draw?]
"1,000 total? You lousy system, did you pocket 200 of my Master Teacher Points?"
[System notification: Host, do not make baseless accusations.]
Lan Minghua laughed in exasperation. He hadn't expected the system to try and welch on him.
"After my ten-pull got me Wu Song, I had 200 Master Teacher Points left, right?"
[Correct.]
"And taking Dugu Bo as my disciple earned me 800 Master Teacher Points, right?"
[Correct.]
"And I taught Dugu Bo the Pill Toxin Method, which he learned, right?"
[Correct.]
"So where are my 200 Master Teacher Points?" Lan Minghua demanded indignantly.
[...]
[System notification: The Host's account has been corrected. You currently have 1,200 Master Teacher Points. Would you like to draw?]
"Hmph. Even the system can't freeload off me. After all, you've already been freeloading off me!"
After gloating for a moment, Lan Minghua immediately went for a ten-pull.
"System, give me a ten-pull."
[System notification: 1,000 Master Teacher Points deducted. 200 Master Teacher Points remaining.]
[System notification: Congratulations, Host. You have received the following rewards.]
[Better luck next time, better luck next time, Level 1 Soul Power Boost Card x5 (White), Level 1 Soul Power Boost Card (Purple), better luck next time...]
Seeing the ten-pull start with so many "better luck next time" results, Lan Minghua's mouth twitched.
"I can put up with all those 'better luck next time' results, but what's the deal with these Soul Power Boost Cards? They even come in two qualities, white and purple?"
Curious, Lan Minghua checked the details of the two cards.
[Item: Level 1 Soul Power Boost Card (White)]
[Effect: For use only by Purple Quality Characters from the prize pool. Note: A Purple Quality Character can be raised from Level 81 to Level 95.]
[Item: Level 1 Soul Power Boost Card (Purple)]
[Effect: For use only by Gold Quality Characters from the prize pool. Note: A Gold Quality Character can be raised from Level 95 to Level 99.]
After reading the descriptions, Lan Minghua had a better understanding of the difference between Purple Quality Characters and Gold Quality Characters in the prize pool.
Purple Quality Characters started at Soul Douluo Level 81 and could be raised to Titled Douluo Level 95.
Gold Quality Characters started at Titled Douluo Level 95 and could be raised to Level 99 Limit Douluo.
"Hiss. If that's true, then Red Quality Characters must all be at least Level 99 Limit Douluo, or even Level 100!?"
What did Level 100 mean?
It meant becoming a god!
But if he remembered correctly, the guaranteed reward for Red Quality was at 1,000 draws.
And even then, the guaranteed reward wasn't necessarily a character card. It could be some sort of cultivation method or skill.
Lan Minghua didn't dwell on it for long. He decided to let things take their course.
As far as strength went, he wasn't afraid of anyone.
It suddenly occurred to him that Dragon Subduer and Tiger Subduer were only Soul Douluos. Could he level them up?
"System, if I raise Dragon Subduer and Tiger Subduer to Level 90, will they still need to obtain their Ninth Soul Rings themselves?"
[System notification: No. Purple Quality Characters have fixed levels. They cannot cultivate and raise their levels on their own; only Soul Power Boost Cards can raise them.
Once a Purple Quality Character's Soul Power reaches Level 91, they will automatically obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.]
Lan Minghua hadn't expected Soul Power Boost Cards to be so useful. There weren't many Titled Douluos with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings in Douluo Continent Season 1.
"Dragon Subduer is Level 89, and Tiger Subduer is Level 88. It'll take exactly five Level 1 Soul Power Boost Cards (White) to raise them to Level 91. Did that lousy system plan this out?"
Lan Minghua pursed his lips at the thought, but he couldn't prove it, so he let it go.
"System, use five Level 1 Soul Power Boost Cards (White) to raise Dragon Subduer and Tiger Subduer's Soul Power to Level 91. Use the Level 1 Soul Power Boost Card (Purple) to raise Wu Song's Soul Power to Level 97."
[System notification: Use successful!]
Dragon Subduer and Tiger Subduer were in the middle of building the Heavenly Dragon Gang Building when their bodies shuddered and their Soul Power surged.
After eight Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, and black—appeared beneath their feet, a ninth, red Soul Ring materialized out of thin air.
In an instant, they had both become Titled Douluos with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
At the same time, Wu Song, who was searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a tiger-type Soul Beast, also noticed the change in his Soul Power Level.
"My Soul Power has increased? The Sect Master's methods truly are unfathomable!"
Level 97 was not just a little stronger than Level 96; it was a full twenty percent increase.
Wu Song had planned to play it safe in the Star Dou Great Forest, but now he had no reservations.
He began searching for tiger-type Soul Beasts with reckless abandon, no longer hiding his presence.
Even after using the Soul Power Boost Cards, Lan Minghua still felt they were a bit of a waste.
If Soul Power Boost Cards weren't limited to characters from the prize pool, they'd be worth even more.
After all, some people on the continent were stuck at Level 79 or 89. A single Soul Power Boost Card could help them break through, and then Lan Minghua could bring them under his wing.
Lan Minghua shook his head and opened his own profile for the first time in a while.
[Host: Lan Minghua.]
[Template: Lan Minghua.]
[Roleplay Progress: 41 percent.]
[Overall Strength: Soul Douluo.]
[Peak Experience Card: 2 remaining.]
"Already at 41 percent? My Roleplay Progress hasn't been increasing too slowly, has it?"
After looking it over for a while, he confirmed there was nothing else he needed to check and closed it.
"By my reckoning, Oscar should be about to break through to Level 30."
"In the original story, he got his Third Soul Ring from a thousand-year-old Crested Phoenix Tail Snake. Its Third Soul Skill let people fly for a short time, which was a pretty good skill."
Flight Soul Skills might be even rarer than Flight Spirits.
So Lan Minghua decided to have Zhao Wuji take Oscar to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his Third Soul Ring.
As for Oscar's Fourth Soul Ring, Lan Minghua had a great choice in mind.
The Mirror Shadow Beast, which Oscar had obtained as his Sixth Soul Ring in the original story.
As a Fourth Soul Ring, the Mirror Shadow Beast could give Oscar's strength a qualitative leap in a short time.
Once he'd made up his mind, Lan Minghua wrote two letters and sent them back to Zhao Wuji and Oscar.
As for why he didn't go back himself, he naturally had his reasons.
After all, scaring off a certain Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast would be a serious loss.
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