Suotuo City, inside the Broom Shop.
Watching Dai Mubai charge headlong into Red Light Street, Lu Xian shook his head, utterly speechless.
After a cooling-off period of nearly half a year, Ma Hongjun's Absolute Calm Trial had finally come to an end.
Dai Mubai had finally bid farewell to his days of suffering, too.
At first, the Lecherous Tiger could hardly believe it. When he realized a day later that he still hadn't been forced into another cooling-off period, he made a beeline for Red Light Street and shouted into the shop:
"I'll take on ten!"
"No wonder so many Douluo fans can't stand the Lecherous Tiger. Half a year of cooling off and it still hasn't changed this guy's way of thinking."
Lu Xian began to feel glad that he'd encountered Xiong Da for his fifth Soul Ring. Otherwise, if he'd bound himself to a tiger Soul Beast like Dai Mubai, he might have had to hand out another string of trials involving Red Light Street.
In three months, Lu Xian's cultivation had reached level 54.
Aside from the rewards the workers earned for completing their trials, their cultivation had also fed back a great deal of Soul Power.
"At this rate, it won't be long before I become a Soul Emperor. What should I choose for my Sixth Soul Ring?"
Of course, the Sixth Soul Ring was still a long way off, and Lu Xian had no intention of wasting effort worrying about it now.
In his eyes, there were only a few candidates he could bind for the Sixth Soul Ring.
One was the Little Rabbit still in Nuoding City. Another was the Little Kitten who would arrive in Suotuo City a year or so from now.
As for that Lecherous Tiger, he'd given up on him.
After all, beyond completing trials, the workers' own cultivation was also a considerable source of Soul Power for Lu Xian.
That made the Little Kitten, who was the most devoted to cultivation, a pretty good choice for his sixth worker.
In truth, the worker who tempted Lu Xian most was the Angel Investor, who was undercover in Heaven Dou.
She had an Innate Soul Power of level twenty. The Soul Power she fed back through cultivation would certainly be the greatest.
But, unfortunately, the Angel God stood behind her. Why would she give up inheriting her family's Godhood to inherit some unknown wild god's instead?
Qian Daoliu was even willing to sacrifice himself just to give Qian Renxue a chance to become a god.
"Wait, that doesn't mean there's no chance at all!"
At the thought of Qian Daoliu's sacrifice, Lu Xian's eyes lit up.
If he used that as his opening, there was a 99 percent chance Qian Renxue would give up inheriting the Angel God's Godhood outright.
Then the Angel Investor would be his for the taking!
He could try binding himself to Sunlight for his Sixth Soul Ring, then give the Little Angel the Godhood of the Sun God. Wouldn't that be perfect?
He'd have to reach level 60 to test that idea. For now, Lu Xian decided it would be better to put the screws to his other workers first.
Inside Dorm Seven at Notting Academy, Tang San abruptly rose from his cross-legged cultivation and strode resolutely out of the academy.
His classmates began whispering among themselves.
They started guessing who was about to have a bad day.
They weren't wrong. Tang San had received a brand-new trial.
One that filled him with excitement.
"Jinx, Trial Thirty-Four: A Deity's Responsibility."
"Use the Bad Luck Domain to make evildoers suffer."
"Requirement: Make ten evildoers repent within the Bad Luck Domain."
"Time limit: ten days."
After more than thirty trials, this was the first time since the First Trial that Tang San had received one capable of turning around his reputation.
"I will never tolerate evil! Let me, Tang San, the Jinx, punish you!"
His heart raced, his hands trembled.
At last, he could punish evil and uphold goodness. Tang San immediately began his investigation.
But soon, he was dumbfounded.
Nuoding City lay in a border province of the Heaven Dou Empire, a place known above all for its poverty.
Poverty made people kind. The locals' simple, honest nature was no joke.
After circling Nuoding City, Tang San discovered that the worst villain around was a child who bullied stray cats.
"This... What am I supposed to do if there are no bad people?"
After thinking it over, Tang San decided to follow his instincts.
"Forget it. I'll do what I want."
"If I say you deserve to die, then you deserve to die."
He approached the child, who was beating a stray cat with a stick, and immediately activated the Bad Luck Domain.
"Everything has a spirit. Treating a stray cat like that makes you no better than a beast."
"Uh... big brother, this stray cat stole the fish from my house."
With Tang San in the way, the cat snatched the fish off the ground and quickly vanished around the corner.
The child saw that there was no way to get the fish back and burst into tears.
The scene grew awkward. Tang San felt like he'd mounted a tiger and couldn't get off.
But when he sensed the notification in his mind that one-tenth of the trial was complete, the corners of his mouth turned up at once.
"You still dare make excuses? Bullying a stray cat is bad enough, and now you're trying to frame it! I'll teach you a lesson with bad luck!"
Tang San's wicked smile filled the child with fear. Forgetting all about the fish, he turned and ran home.
The child fled in a panic, never noticing the bamboo pole lying around the street corner. He tripped over it and knocked out the new front tooth he'd just gotten.
Tang San smiled in satisfaction.
"Doing good deeds without leaving a name is what a true man does."
Still reminiscing about his glorious achievement, Tang San failed to notice the rake lying behind him.
He stepped right on its tines.
The rake sprang upright and smacked him in the face.
"Thwack!"
"Urgh..."
"I almost forgot the Bad Luck Domain affects me, too. I'd better be careful on the way back."
Tang San wiped away the nosebleed and continued looking around Nuoding City.
Soon, his eyes settled on a restaurant owner who was giving leftovers to beggars.
Tang San: "Giving people scraps and leftovers?"
"This man deserves to die..."
In a cowshed, a farmer was relieving a bloated ox's stomach.
Tang San: "Abusing livestock. He deserves to die..."
In a field, a young couple discussed the origin of life.
Tang San: "Indecent behavior. They deserve to die..."
An old man was performing the Heimlich maneuver on a little girl who had a jujube pit stuck in her throat.
Tang San: "Abusing a child. He deserves to die!"
He saw two children arguing over the sun's movement.
Tang San: "Twisting the laws of heaven and earth. They deserve to die."
At nightfall, Tang San returned to the academy, limping, bruised and battered, and covered in cow dung.
He'd completed the trial's quota of ten evil people, with nine already crossed off.
Tang San planned to look for the last one tomorrow. Even he couldn't take any more of the Bad Luck Domain's backlash.
He headed for Back Mountain, intending to ask his teacher for some liniment to treat his injuries.
When he reached the little house on Back Mountain, he happened to see Yu Xiaogang directing Sanpao in practicing a Soul Skill.
Tang San: "Releasing poisonous gas and polluting the environment. He deserves to die..."
[Wish Level: E. Executor Tang San completed 100 percent.]
[Reward: 120 days of cultivation, Soul Ring lifespan increased by 60 years.]
In Suotuo City, Lu Xian fell into deep thought when the system's notification arrived.
"What a talent!"
The resentment of dozens of people turned into the purest Soul Power and flooded into Tang San's body. Tang San felt that there was nothing wrong with his actions at all.
The next day, the president of Notting Academy once again received complaints from the public.
Over the years, Tang San and his teacher had given the old president more than a few gray hairs.
"Time passes so slowly. There's only one school year left. Then this guy should go plague someone else."
"Oh, time, please hurry up!"
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