"Tut-tut, that little Han San and old rabbit aren't ordinary good people. After all, they only made three bets, yet they provided me with over a thousand spirit-essence refinements and six lottery draws. It really made my intestines ache. Otherwise, I would have wanted Han San to feed me another taste of Mother-Child River Water."
Tang Qinghe watched the system panel produce over a thousand spirit-essence refinements and six lottery draws for Han San. He could only curse inwardly that he had wasted his luck.
"System, draw."
Tang Qinghe silently commanded in his heart.
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained one bottle of Mother-Child River Water (ten-month pregnancy version).]
"Oh? It actually gave that brat another chance to stay with his father. The refund for the little Han San and the old rabbit can be used too. System, draw twice more."
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained one Immortal Herb Martial Soul Evolution Card (the recipient may evolve an original Martial Soul into a second Martial Soul, or receive an ordinary Immortal Herb Martial Soul and forge a new Martial Soul. The effect is valid for one month).]
"What use is an ordinary Immortal Herb Martial Soul? It isn't the Blue Silver Emperor. System, draw twice more."
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained one twenty-year Nature Soul Evolution Card (may evolve a Nature Soul. The user will gain twenty years of cultivation, and the Nature Soul will evolve. The card is valid until the host produces a soul ring).]
"Why are they all such useless things?"
Tang Qinghe's heart tightened. He had originally thought that Han San could draw something good, but after three consecutive draws, apart from the Mother-Child River Water, he had only obtained something that could barely help him refine spirit essence. The other two draws were completely useless.
"System, give me three consecutive draws."
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained Immortal Herb—Golden Dragon Ginseng.]
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained a ninth-soul-ring cultivation-limit enhancement card (the ninth soul ring may be directly raised to ten thousand years).]
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained your name's world, "Pocket Wine" (three-month version).]
"Hmm, not bad. Golden Dragon Ginseng can let the eight-year-old Bibi advance to Spirit Emperor, completely transform the medicinal power of Immortal Herb Autumn Dew, and perhaps even remove the poison from her body, evolving her into the Poison Dragon. The ninth-soul-ring cultivation-limit enhancement card is indeed a good thing. As for Pocket Wine, how did that thing come back? Could it be that I used my body to exchange for it?"
Tang Qinghe hesitated for a moment before silently commanding in his heart, "System, extract Pocket Wine."
[Ding! Extraction successful.]
As the system notification rang, Tang Qinghe felt nothing in his hand. Instead, a strange sensation suddenly spread through his body. His entire being shuddered, as though he had drunk strong liquor in one gulp. He could not help turning toward the bed. Fortunately, he was lying on it; otherwise, he would probably have collapsed from the drink.
At that moment, in the instant he fell backward onto the bed, something around Tang Qinghe slowly began to form.
After a few seconds, he saw a magnificent starry sky. A shooting star that could only be seen in the Netherworld streaked across it.
Then, a spectacular scene appeared.
A woman wearing a black robe appeared in a village where an evil soul beast had slaughtered everyone in a certain forest. Six hours earlier, she had encountered the evil soul beast, and her parents had died.
The Martial Soul Hall's envoy rushed over.
The entire village had already become a sea of corpses. Only a little girl was running through the flames, desperately trying to escape.
A golden-haired man, who had arrived late, awakened the little girl's Martial Soul. Behind her appeared eight spider legs. One was the Dark Death Spider Emperor, while the other was the Spirit Devouring Spider Emperor, black as ink.
By then, the girl's identity was basically beyond doubt.
She was Bibi's mother, the previous generation's Martial Soul Hall pope.
Next, Bibi's Martial Soul evolved into a blue jade butterfly, floating in Tang Qinghe's sea of consciousness.
Then came the Spirit Emperor Qian Duo Xuan. He received his adopted son Han San, turned him into a Martial Soul Hall pope, and then met Jade Little Sister. Because he was protected by Qian Duo Xuan's aunt, he became involved in the affairs of the world. After witnessing Jade Little Sister's suffering, he eventually became engaged to her. Because of that engagement, he left the Martial Soul Hall together with Qian Duo Xuan, ending his friendship with her.
Later, he was betrayed and killed by Qian Duo Xuan, who had suffered severe punishment from Tang Hao. Qian Duo Xuan became the new pope of the Martial Soul Hall. In the end, he was killed by his daughter Qian Renxue beneath Han San's cultivation.
Thus ended her strange and tragic life, filled with sorrow and suffering.
"Han San is a woman who can be sad, angry, foolish, and hateful..."
That was the final thought Tang Qinghe had before losing consciousness.
When he awoke again, he discovered that he had already arrived in a woman's bedroom and was lying on the bed. From the appearance, it seemed she had just finished cultivating for the night.
The room was decorated mainly in red. The furnishings were very luxurious, and it was not difficult to tell that the owner had spent a great deal of effort on it.
But that was not the most luxurious thing. The most luxurious thing was the mistress of the room, whose body was much taller than his.
Tang Qinghe rose from the bed. After a moment, he was stunned when he saw himself in the mirror.
He looked like an ordinary adult man. He sat back down on the bed, unable to resist touching himself. The sensation was not bad, but he was still somewhat frightened by the strangeness.
Just then, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open. A maid entered hurriedly and said, "Your Holiness, good news! We have found..."
Before she could finish, the maid saw Tang Qinghe touching "himself" on the bed. The two stared at each other, their faces full of shock. For a moment, the entire room fell silent.
Tang Qinghe's eyes flashed. He noticed the maid's astonishment, then quickly calmed himself and naturally withdrew his hand.
"Your Holiness? Did I really become Bibi? Or am I Hu Liena?"
The maid who had entered was stunned by Tang Qinghe's words. She respectfully retreated from the room, secretly thinking that their Holiness had actually found a new way to play around.
Tang Qinghe had no idea what the maid was thinking. He merely fastened his clothes, walked to the dressing table, and removed the clothes that belonged to "himself."
This was not a large room, but every inch of it made the eyes ache.
Her fair skin was flawless, yet carried a faint, healthy blush. Her crimson hair did not diminish the harmony of her height and proportions. Her perfect curves, long legs, and slender waist were breathtaking. Her extraordinary beauty was enough to overthrow a world, while the wine-red dress on her body made her seem even more alluring.
Tang Qinghe had never seen such a beautiful woman. Compared with her, even the peerless beauties of the Martial Soul Hall looked ordinary.
"Looks like this really is Bibi." Tang Qinghe sensed the extraordinary spirit power contained in her body, then bent and stretched his limbs a few times.
Eighteen years old, fifty-fourth rank.
With the support of Immortal Herb, her cultivation had already reached the level of a great soul master.
He guessed the identity of the owner of this body. Tang Qinghe's heart skipped a beat, and a purple-black figure quietly emerged behind him, carrying the dense aura of countless spiders.
It was the combined Martial Soul of the Death Spider Emperor and the Spirit Devouring Spider Emperor.
(P.S. Spiders are not insects. However, the rules of the Douluo continent say that anything capable of possessing a high-level soul ring counts as a Martial Soul, so I won't overthink it.)
After withdrawing the combined Martial Soul, Tang Qinghe stared at the perfect red fruit in the center of the room. With a touch, he sank into a trance.
Bibi had already reached the twentieth rank, while Jade Little Sister had reached the seventeenth rank and had already arrived at the Martial Soul Hall.
Appearing beside Bibi at the age of eighteen meant that, according to the original timeline, he should soon meet her.
The only thing he could confirm was that Bibi had probably already been betrayed by Qian Duo Xuan, and had fallen into despair.
In any case, since he had already slept with this woman once, he might as well help her.
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