Dugu Bo rose to his feet and clenched his fists.
Inside him, his Soul Power flowed smoothly, without the slightest trace of obstruction.
And that wasn't all.
He suddenly raised his head, and a massive phantom appeared behind him!
It was no longer the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor!
Instead, it was a horned dragon!
The Jade Scale Dragon Emperor!
"This is..." Dugu Bo froze. "My Martial Soul... evolved?"
He looked down at Lin Jiang, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Lin Jiang spread his hands. "The Earth Dragon Golden Melon can help dragon-type Martial Souls evolve."
Dugu Bo fell silent for three seconds.
Then he strode forward and grabbed Lin Jiang by the shoulders.
"Lin Jiang!"
"You brat, you're like my own flesh and blood reborn!"
His voice rang out, full of vigor.
"Now Yan Yan can be saved too!"
Dugu Yan nodded furiously beside them.
Dugu Bo continued, "From now on, I'll do whatever you ask!
"As long as it doesn't go against what's right, I'd climb mountains of blades or plunge into seas of fire without a word of complaint!"
Lin Jiang's head spun from the shaking, and he quickly waved his hands. "I don't have anything in mind right now—"
He paused, then looked up at the two springs.
"I only hope you'll let me use the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well whenever I want."
Dugu Bo froze for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well? That's a good name!"
He swept out a hand, radiating boundless generosity.
"Use it! Use it whenever you want!"
"This place will only fulfill its true purpose in your hands!"
Lin Jiang smiled.
The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was his.
Time flew by.
Lin Jiang spent an entire year living at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Throughout that year, Dugu Yan had wanted to stay with him, but Dugu Bo had forcibly hauled her back to school.
Before leaving, Dugu Yan wrapped her arms around a tree trunk and refused to let go. "I'm not leaving! I want to stay with Lin Jiang!"
Dugu Bo picked her up like a little chick. "You're going back to school! He's cultivating, so why are you getting in his way?"
"I'm not getting in his way! I'm... I'm..."
"What are you?"
Dugu Yan's face reddened as she struggled to come up with an answer.
Lin Jiang stood beside them, struggling to hold back his laughter.
In the end, Dugu Yan was carried away, shouting "Lin Jiang, wait for me!" until she disappeared beyond the poisonous miasma.
Lin Jiang waved goodbye, then turned back to his cultivation.
That year, he ate every edible Immortal Herb in the illustrated guide.
Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot—he tried them all.
The results were absurdly obvious.
His Soul Power had piled up, but he hadn't absorbed any Soul Rings yet, so he couldn't break through for the time being.
But his physical strength—
Tsk, tsk.
He felt that with his Soul Scholar's body, he could definitely punch a Hundred-Year Soul Beast to death.
And perhaps because he'd eaten too many Immortal Herbs, he'd actually comprehended a Self-Created Soul Skill at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well—
He condensed ice in his left hand and gathered fire in his right. Then he clapped his hands together, unleashing Ice and Fire Dual Heavens.
As for its power... he'd blown a nearby boulder to dust.
That day.
Lin Jiang was lying by the spring, basking in the sun, when a long-awaited voice suddenly rang out in his mind—
[ Ding! Simulator distributions +1! ]
Lin Jiang sprang upright.
"Big bro System! You finally remembered me!"
He rubbed his hands together and began to think.
Who should he give it to this time?
Tang San had contributed fivefold cultivation speed and the Golden Dragon King. Dugu Yan had contributed a hundredfold increase in looks and poison resistance, and helped him connect with Dugu Bo, letting him claim the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well outright.
This time—
Lin Jiang's lips curled up.
"Come on, this time I'll choose our heroine!"
"Her luck value must be high too!"
Notting Academy, cafeteria.
Xiao Wu sat on a long bench, clutching a carrot and crunching away.
She didn't have any particular fondness for Tang San, but neither did she dislike him.
They were both work-study students, so they could more or less be considered allies.
Across from her, Wang Sheng and a few others huddled together, whispering.
"Hey, do you think Tang San's the only one among us work-study students who has a chance with Sister Xiao Wu?"
"I think so. After Sister Xiao Wu, he's the strongest, and he even tied with Xiao Chenyu... Did he count as tying?"
"He pushed Xiao Chenyu to the edge! That counts as winning!"
Tang San sat nearby, listening to every word.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and his chin rose a little higher.
Pursue Xiao Wu?
He glanced at Xiao Wu, who was busy munching her carrot, and sneered inwardly.
What was Xiao Wu, anyway?
According to the future he'd seen in the Simulator, he'd be surrounded by beauties, holding one in each arm!
Every beauty on the continent would be his!
The more Tang San thought about it, the more pleased he became. His grin nearly reached his ears.
Just then.
A mechanical voice suddenly sounded in Xiao Wu's mind—
[ Ding! Congratulations, host. You are now bound to the Life Simulator! Using the Simulator will grant rewards from simulated lives! ]
Xiao Wu slapped the table and stood up.
"Hm? Who?!"
The table jolted, sending the bowls and chopsticks bouncing three times.
Wang Sheng and the others nearly slid right off their benches in fright.
"S-Sister Xiao Wu?! What's wrong?!"
[ Current simulations available: 1 ]
[ Would the host like to begin a simulation? ]
Xiao Wu suspiciously scanned the room.
The cafeteria was a chaotic mess. Some people were serving food while others fought over dishes. No one was paying any attention to her.
She stared at Wang Sheng and the others. "Who was just talking?"
Wang Sheng shook his head like a rattle drum. "No one, no one! We didn't say anything!"
"Really?"
"Really! Sister Xiao Wu, how could we dare mess with you?"
Xiao Wu narrowed her eyes at them for three seconds, then sat back down.
She picked up her carrot and took a bite.
That voice just now... had it sounded directly inside her head?
Had she imagined it?
She hesitated, then cautiously tried saying something in her mind:
Simulation?
[ Simulation begins— ]
[ Age 0: You took human form deep in the Star Dou Great Forest. ]
[ As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, you chose to start your cultivation anew and entered the human world. ]
Xiao Wu's pupils shrank slightly.
This Simulator... knew she'd taken human form as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
She reflexively glanced at the people around her.
Wang Sheng and the others were still focused on their food, while Tang San was happily imagining himself with a beauty in each arm.
No one had noticed her.
Xiao Wu drew a deep breath and continued reading.
[ Age 6: You entered Notting Junior Soul Master Academy as a work-study student in Dorm Seven. ]
[ On the first day of school, you clashed with the newly appointed dorm leader, Tang San, easily defeated him, and became the new dorm leader. ]
Xiao Wu's lips curled up.
That part was right. That kid had tried to become the boss as soon as he arrived, and she'd swept him off his feet with one kick.
[ Tang San was not convinced. ]
[ He believed that one day he would surely stand at the peak, becoming a god and an ancestor. And you—would be nothing more than one of the embellishments along his life's path, one of his playthings. ]
Xiao Wu: ???
She jerked her head up and looked at Tang San, who was stuffing rice into his mouth nearby.
A faint smile still hung on the boy's lips. His eyes wandered, as if he were daydreaming about some wonderful future.
Plaything?
She, Xiao Wu, had taken human form as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and he wanted to make her his plaything?
Xiao Wu clenched her fists.
Disgusting!
He was only six and already thinking about this? What kind of creep was he!
She fought back the urge to charge over and kick Tang San, then continued reading...
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