These days, whoever had the bigger fists was always in the right.
The money clearly belonged to the two great empires, but once Spirit Hall handed it out, all the good reputation went to Spirit Hall.
At first glance, this seemed to be Bibi Dong's scheme to consolidate Spirit Hall's position.
But if you looked closer...
Perhaps she was afraid Yu Xiaogang would starve to death out there, so she'd raised him with this lavish handout.
And by looking through the subsidy claim records, Bibi Dong could also keep an eye on Gangzi from afar.
Without even getting into anything else, she'd mastered using her power for personal gain!
Still, that was all gossip about the previous generation. As a Soul Master, he could also enjoy some of the benefits.
Qin Yun disdained the sort of person who took the bowl to eat and then set it down to curse their benefactor.
Besides...
If that crazy woman Bibi Dong hadn't pocketed the money from the two great empires, would she have given it to commoners like him?
From that perspective, even if she had her own selfish motives, the end result was still good!
He didn't waste time nitpicking over it. As the three of them went to buy bedding, daggers, and some equipment for entering the Soul Hunting Forest,
Qin Yun, with nothing else to do, turned his attention to the lottery.
Without even realizing it, God King Tang's favorability has already reached 71?
Unlike in Douluo II, it seems God King Tang was still pretty normal during Douluo I!
How to put it?
Most works couldn't escape ending badly. Honestly, without Douluo II, Douluo III, and Douluo IV, the reputation of that two-character God King wouldn't have been so poor.
"System, start the draw!"
[God King Tang's favorability: 71. Three draws remaining. Would the host like to use them all?]
"Yes, use them all. It's not like I can save them to hatch something later."
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have received one Martial Soul Evolution Card. It can guarantee one beneficial evolution of a Martial Soul!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have received Divine Slaughter's Domain!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have received a Favorability Lock Card. After selecting a character, you can lock their favorability. It can only increase, never decrease!]
"Uh..."
The saying "Tang San's work is always top quality" was already clear from the previous few draws.
But Qin Yun hadn't expected the rewards from this draw to be so outrageous.
"The Martial Soul Evolution Card should be an ability that emerged when Blue Silver Grass evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor and was then solidified.
"But..."
After carefully checking several times and finding no restrictions on which Martial Soul it could be used on, Qin Yun couldn't help looking toward the Second Martial Soul he'd obtained from Gangzi.
His First Martial Soul, his eyes, was basically just a support Martial Soul, at least until the Body Sect became the answer to everything.
But his Second Martial Soul, the Golden Sacred Dragon, was another matter!
"The superior form of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul... The only things of higher quality than the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul should be the Eight Great Dragon Kings, the Silver Dragon King, the Golden Dragon King, and the Dragon God himself.
"If I evolve it once more, doesn't that mean my Martial Soul will become a pure-blooded dragon?"
Dragons!
There wasn't a single weak creature with the word "dragon" in its name, let alone a pure-blooded dragon.
"Evolve! Let's see what happens!"
[One Martial Soul Evolution Card consumed. The Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul has completed its evolution. Congratulations, host! Your Second Martial Soul has evolved into the Golden Dragon King, automatically awakening Ultimate Power!]
"The Golden Dragon King?
"Although, by bloodline, it should have evolved into the Silver Dragon King, they're both of the Dragon God Bloodline. It makes sense that the Golden Sacred Dragon would evolve into the Golden Dragon King!"
"And... that means there won't be any problems with the Golden Dragon Spear anymore!"
When the Dragon God, ancestor of the dragon race, tried to elevate the Dragon God Realm into a God Star, interference from the laws of the universe caused the attempt to fail. Driven mad by his son's death, the Dragon God caused the deaths of countless gods in the Dragon God Realm. The dragon race was wiped out, and nearly all the beast gods were killed.
Once he came to his senses, the Dragon God devoured all the resentment left in the Dragon God Realm after its destruction, along with the hatred and negative emotions within himself. He sealed them inside his own body and had the Asura God cleave him apart.
The part of the Dragon God that belonged to his benevolent side transformed into the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, who was hidden in the Lake of Life.
The part that belonged to his evil side became the Golden Dragon King, who was hunted down with all the strength of the God Realm Committee.
After nearing death, the Golden Dragon King forcibly transformed into an indestructible Dragon Cocoon and was sealed by the God Kings in the Forbidden Land of Gods in the Douluo God Realm.
That was the origin of the Golden Dragon King.
His battle prowess was almost on par with that of a true God King!
"Before, when I only had the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, I didn't dare use the Golden Dragon Spear lightly. I was afraid that once it appeared, it would sense a purer dragon bloodline and fly away in a flash.
"But now... When it comes to bloodline purity, who could possibly be a match for me, with the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul?
"Even if the Three-Eyed Golden Lion transformed, even if Gu Yuena revived ahead of time, I doubt either of them could shake it in the slightest!"
Of course, the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul was indeed excellent. On top of that, it came with the Ultimate Power attribute and the power of destruction.
But as one of the answers to everything in Douluo II, Ultimate Attributes had their advantages as well as their flaws.
With an Ultimate Attribute, fighting above one's level was practically commonplace.
Pretty much every person worthy of being called a prodigy had one.
But between levels 30 and 70, the cultivation speed of someone with an Ultimate Attribute was also unusually slow.
Fortunately, as long as he was near Tang San, his cultivation efficiency would increase by one hundred percent, so the impact of Ultimate Power wouldn't be too great.
"But in that case, to be safe, it looks like I can only lock Tang San's favorability!"
With a guaranteed path to godhood, a God King position was all but certain as long as his luck wasn't too terrible.
A Little Scumbag like that was definitely worth betting on.
Besides, with the system backing him up, he wouldn't have to worry about Tang San turning against him in the future.
"Looking at it this way, compared to those two lottery prizes, Divine Slaughter's Domain seems a little too underwhelming!"
Was a Domain skill good?
The answer was obviously yes!
What's more, Divine Slaughter's Domain could almost be called an all-purpose Domain.
But compared to the first two, before it evolved into the Asura Domain, it was nothing special.
"With my strength increased, all that's left is to obtain my First Soul Ring. Then I'll be able to handle some dangers!"
Some rejoiced while others grieved.
Just as Qin Yun was immersed in his newfound strength,
at Nuoding Academy, in the teachers' dormitory,
Gangzi slowly raised his heavy eyelids. After resting for a long while, he finally recovered from one of Luo Sanpao's farts.
Physical pain might fade, but mental torment was often the most agonizing.
Thinking of what had happened earlier, he hadn't even noticed the two streams of tears wetting his pillow.
"Qin Yun!"
"If I don't avenge this grudge, then I, Yu Xiaogang, am no man!"
However, before Yu Xiaogang could clench his fist and prepare to go cause Qin Yun more trouble,
a hoarse voice suddenly rang out beside his ear.
"Grandmaster, long time no see!"
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