Departure

The next day, early morning.

Old Jack rose uncharacteristically early to prepare breakfast for Su Yun and Tang San.

Clearly, he knew that the two of them intended to leave today to head toward the Soul Beast Forest to hunt soul beasts.

At first, when Su Yun told him about this, he had actually refused, feeling it was far too dangerous.

Although the two possessed the aptitude to become soul masters, they were still just children.

It wasn't until Su Yun took out the Shadow Scythe and chopped down several large trees right in front of Old Jack that he changed his mind.

Possessing soul master aptitude was indeed different from being an ordinary person!

"Grandpa Jack, no need to see us off!

When we return, we will be true one-ring soul masters!"

"Grandpa Jack! Don't worry! I will take good care of Yun!

If anyone wants to hurt her, they must first step over my dead body!"

Outside Holy Soul Village.

Su Yun and Tang San waved goodbye to Old Jack.

Watching the two little figures ahead, Old Jack seemed to have a thousand words he wanted to say, but when the words reached his lips, they ultimately turned into:

"Have a safe journey, watch out for yourselves!"

He was just an old, ordinary man; this single piece of advice was all he could offer Tang San and Su Yun.

Bidding farewell to Old Jack.

Su Yun and Tang San set off once more, sprinting in the direction of Nuoding City.

The two had already made a plan: first go to Nuoding City to buy the necessary supplies, then hire a carriage to head to the Soul Beast Forest.

It was fortunate that Su Yun had some savings; otherwise, the two would have had to sell maps and walk to their destination while checking the route along the way.

However, there was still one problem to solve before that: where to put the items they would buy later.

Items not produced by the system could not be stored in the system inventory.

So, they would have to acquire a storage Soul Tool, Su Yun thought with some helplessness.

He immediately opened the system panel.

Friendship Point Balance: 17,047

After deducting the 14,000 for the soul ring purchase, 3,047 remained.

[Soul Tool Panel]

[Douluo Peace Cannon

Description: A single shot can directly destroy the Douluo Planet. (I am neither Little Boy nor Fat Man.)

Special Price: 1 Billion Friendship Points.]

[Combat Power Scanner

Description: Can ignore level gaps to scan enemy data, obtaining Soul Power Level and soul skills. (If my combat power is only 800, then his is at least over ten thousand.)

Special Price: 100 Million.]

Su Yun: ...

It felt like every time he opened the system shop, it told him: You are a broke loser.

Ignoring the Soul Tools displayed above, which were ridiculously expensive even at a special price.

Su Yun began searching for keywords.

[Storage]

[Jade Purifying Bottle], [Human-Catching Bag], [Wishful Universe Bag]...

One look and he would explode.

[Storage Only] [Under 1000]

[Exquisite Pendant

Description: Contains 10 cubic meters of storage space, can only store inanimate objects. (Bind with a drop of blood)

Price: 1000]

Su Yun took a rough look; for every cubic meter less, it was 100 points cheaper, with the lowest being a 1-cubic-meter ring for 100 Friendship Points.

Su Yun thought for a moment and didn't rush to buy it; instead, he opened the lottery interface.

[Primary Soul Tool Lottery]

The familiar slot machine appeared before Su Yun, as did the equally familiar "Thanks for playing."

He glanced roughly at the items inside the slot machine; the various Soul Tools could be described as bizarre and varied.

There were defensive ones.

[One-time Resist Bracelet

Description: Releases a powerful Repulsion Ring, capable of knocking back Soul Masters below level 50 within range.]

Functional type.

[Temperature Regulating Umbrella

Description: Once opened, it automatically regulates the temperature within the area covered by the umbrella.]

Support type.

[Soul Power Storage Bracelet

Description: Can consume and store one Soul Skill under 300 years.]

There were quite a few storage-type Soul Tools available. Su Yun thought for a moment and decided to test the waters with 500 Friendship Points; it wouldn't matter if he didn't hit anything good.

After all, these items, much like Self-Created Soul Skills, were quite cost-effective. As long as it wasn't a "Thanks for Playing," everything was useful. The only downside was that items drawn could only be used by himself and could not be gifted to others.

As the 500 Friendship Points were deducted.

Su Yun stared at the slot machine without blinking, and soon, five light orbs slowly dropped out.

White, white, white, green, purple.

!!!!!

Purple?

Another damn purple?

Something's wrong!

Something is twelve parts wrong.

Once or twice would be one thing, but how many times has this been now?

How the hell is it still dropping purple?

After a brief moment of distraction, a deep sense of disdain welled up in Su Yun's heart.

It was the dog system's routine again—this was a lure.

It's not afraid of you drawing; it's afraid of you not drawing!

Give you a little taste of sweetness to get you addicted to the lottery, eventually evolving into: "How can a gambler lose every single day!"

Heh, how could the wise and mighty I possibly fall for this?

He said 500, so it was 500. He decisively closed the lottery interface after the draw and began to inspect the items he had won, his gaze landing first on the purple Soul Tool.

[High-Grade Gulu Ball (Can only be used once)

Description: A capture ball from Roco Kingdom. When thrown at a severely injured Soul Beast, it has a 50% chance of capturing it; if it fails, it disappears. (Humanoid Soul Beasts cannot be captured!)]

Looking at the purple and white Gulu Ball on the system panel, Su Yun's dead memories were awakening. He remembered his first level 100 pet, "Xiao Yao Gua Gua."

Back then, he even downloaded an auto-grinding script just to level up.

He shook his head.

The past was gone. Looking at the High-Grade Gulu Ball in his hand, Su Yun felt it was quite useless.

Not to mention the 50% success rate, the fact that humanoid Soul Beasts couldn't be captured meant that he wouldn't be able to capture that top-tier bunny girl baby a month from now, right?

Without that option, given his current strength, he couldn't beat the ones he liked, and he didn't like the ones he could beat.

It was tasteless to eat, yet a pity to discard.

Su Yun casually tossed it into his inventory.

Only then did his gaze shift to the green light orb.

Then, his expression turned strange.

Hm?

Another ball?

[Space Ball

Description: From the Black Technology Urban World, utilizing space folding technology, it contains 50 square meters of space. (Can only store inanimate objects.)]

Looking at the Space Ball he had gambled for with 100 Friendship Points, Su Yun once again solidified his theory.

It was definitely the dog system's routine; otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?

But it didn't matter. The rational I has already seen through everything: eat the sugar-coated shell and fire the cannonball back!

It's just that this sugar is a bit sticky on the teeth.

Looking at the fist-sized, pitch-black Space Ball on the system panel, Su Yun couldn't help but twitch.

It wasn't like those space rings, bracelets, earrings, or belts...

Not only was the aesthetic low, but it was also inconvenient to carry. He couldn't just stuff it in his pocket, could he?

However, thinking that it was only drawn for 100 Friendship Points, Su Yun felt relieved again.

At worst, he could just exploit a bug: store external items inside the Space Ball, then place the Space Ball into the system. It was convenient, safe, and he wouldn't have to worry about losing it—perfect!

After happily tucking the Space Ball into his backpack, Su Yun finally began to inspect the last three white-quality Soul Tools.

[Freezer Box

Description: From a parallel urban world, possesses cooling functions; consumes soul power to control the temperature inside, reaching a minimum of minus 50 degrees. (It is not a refrigerator.)]

Damn it!

He had spent 100 Friendship Points on a refrigerator; Su Yun felt like he had taken a massive loss!