None of Them Were Good Eggs

Although Tang Ya desperately wanted to seize this chance to make her presence felt before Aoyao, perhaps even getting him to write her name a few more times in his diary, things had already escalated to the point where Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were going onto the Soul Fighting Platform. She could only follow behind Bei Bei.

On the way to the Soul Fighting Platform, Tang Ya could not help sidling up to Huo Yuhao.

"Little Yuhao, help Bei Bei out later with your Spiritual Detection. What's its maximum range?"

Huo Yuhao paused slightly at the question, but still answered honestly, "About a hundred meters right now."

Tang Ya's eyes brightened slightly, and delight appeared on her face. "Excellent. That makes victory a sure thing."

Huo Yuhao immediately hesitated at her words.

This felt... a little wrong, didn't it?

Seemingly noticing the hesitation in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Tang Ya looked exasperated at his failure to see sense. "Bei Bei is only going onto the Soul Fighting Platform with that Xu Sanshi because of you!"

Because of me?

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened in bewilderment.

Even if this started because of my grilled fish, it wasn't entirely my fault that things escalated into a fight on the Soul Fighting Platform, was it?

"Why do you think Bei Bei insisted on using a Mystic Water Pill as the stake? He wants to give that pill to you!"

Seeing that Huo Yuhao truly understood nothing, Tang Ya patiently explained, "The Mystic Water Pill is an incredibly miraculous pill. Supposedly, only the sect Xu Sanshi belongs to can refine it."

"The reason it's called miraculous is that refining it requires the blood essence of a dozen or so types of water-attribute Soul Beasts, along with dozens of water-attribute plants. They have to be blended through a special process before the pill can be made."

"Not only is the Mystic Water Pill highly nourishing and capable of increasing soul power, its medicinal properties are also extremely gentle. Soul Masters of any rank can absorb its effects very well. For Soul Masters below rank twenty, it can raise their soul power by at least one rank. But that isn't its most valuable feature. That would be its ability to cleanse the meridians and transform the marrow."

"When we bathe, we wash dirt off the surface of our bodies. What the Mystic Water Pill cleanses, however, is the impurities inside us. It benefits anyone. For exceptionally gifted Soul Masters, it mostly offers a boost, adding flowers to an already beautiful brocade."

"But for Soul Masters of ordinary talent, it's like receiving charcoal in the snow. It expels impurities and nourishes the meridians. One Mystic Water Pill can increase an ordinary Soul Master's potential by the equivalent of at least one rank of innate soul power. In other words, if you only had rank-one innate soul power at your Martial Soul Awakening, taking one Mystic Water Pill would turn that into rank two. That's an improvement to both your talent and constitution."

Increasing soul power, cleansing the meridians and transforming the marrow.

Huo Yuhao's breathing immediately quickened.

His innate soul power had only been rank one!

In other words, this pill could not only increase his soul power, but also improve his talent!

Senior Brother Bei Bei actually wanted to give me such a precious pill?

Huo Yuhao froze, then nodded vigorously.

I'm in!

Although helping Senior Brother Bei Bei cheat with his Spiritual Detection was somewhat unethical, the pill was simply too tempting. He could only offer Xu Sanshi a silent apology.

"A Soul Fighting match between two senior students... Aoyao, who do you think will win?"

Ning Tian watched Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, who had already stepped onto the platform, with some interest and asked the question without thinking.

"I think it'll probably be that senior named Bei Bei."

Aoyao answered casually, but his attention had actually remained on Huo Yuhao the entire time.

Huo Yuhao's choice was exactly what he had expected.

Although Tang Ya had suggested cheating, Huo Yuhao was the one carrying it out. Such behavior was contemptible, no matter what.

[Tsk... Huo Yuhao really did decide to cheat using his Spiritual Detection. Seriously, cheating in a sparring match between academy students is pretty damn unethical, isn't it?]

[And if I remember correctly, Huo Yuhao also cheated during the Continental Soul Master Tournament.]

[It only gets justified because he's the protagonist. If some supporting character did it, they'd definitely get roasted.]

[Come to think of it, would Huo Yuhao feel ashamed if I went over and stopped him now? Hmm... most likely. Still, I'll pass on stopping him.]

[After all, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi are neck and neck. Either one winning would be perfectly normal. If I stopped Huo Yuhao now and Bei Bei lost the match without winning the Mystic Water Pill, it would absolutely be a blow to Huo Yuhao.]

[Although I can now block Tang San's perception, interfering with Huo Yuhao could still leave me reeking of trouble...]

Aoyao decided to set aside his urge to help and respect other people's fates.

Besides, Xu Sanshi, a guy who could even visit the wrong house, was no good egg either.

Of course, the most important point was that Aoyao himself was no good egg.

Someone else who hated evil with a burning passion might have stepped forward to stop it, but he simply could not be bothered to take on the extra trouble.

[That should about wrap up today's diary. Hopefully today's reward will be a little better.]

As he finished that final sentence, the delightful system notification sounded in Aoyao's mind once more.

[Congratulations to the host on completing today's diary. Distributing random rewards...]

[Ding-Congratulations to the host on triggering a tenfold reward multiplier! Soul power increased by two ranks, all Soul Ring ages increased by ten thousand years, personal Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Light of Primordial Unity, one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, one hundred-thousand-year Wisdom Skull (from a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast).]

One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?

And a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that fused his own two martial souls?

Nice, very nice.

After several consecutive days of mediocre rewards, his luck had finally returned a little.

The only real pity was that he could not use that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring yet. Thanks to the diary's steady daily rewards, his soul power had already reached rank forty-seven, but he was still a little short of rank fifty.

At this rate, though, another two days of diary entries should more or less do it.

[Today's diary entries have concluded. System calculations in progress...]

[Congratulations to Jiang Nannan for appearing the most times in the diary. Rewards obtained: soul power increased by two ranks, one Black Tortoise Divine Pill (produced by the Xuanming Sect, used to heal the body), one Profound Purity Pill (produced by Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er of the Star Luo Empire's Offering Hall, used to gently nourish the body and cure persistent ailments at their root). Distributing rewards... Rewards distributed.]

[Today's group chat activity requirement has been met. The Chat-Spamming Dragon King has been selected. Congratulations to Yuema on becoming the Chat-Spamming Dragon King. She may choose the subject of the next diary entry.]

These were...

Jiang Nannan stared at the two pills that had suddenly appeared in her hands, momentarily taken aback.