[Posting a picture to start things off, hehe... and please keep reading!]
Douluo Continent.
Notting Academy.
A scruffy-looking middle-aged man with a buzz cut and a face full of stubble stood at the front, expounding his theories with great fervor.
Only three students sat below.
One was dozing, another was secretly munching on a Carrot, and only Tang San, seated in the middle, listened with rapt attention, nodding earnestly now and then.
By the window, a white-haired boy slept soundly with his head tilted to one side.
What drew the eye was the thirty-centimeter-long Little White Snake loosely coiled around his neck. Its head was raised, its slender tongue flicking in and out like a dutiful little guard.
After all, Gangzi's theories were a load of hot air. Listening made no difference.
Tang San frowned and nudged the boy beside him. "Li Yuan, our teacher's theories are really helpful to us. Don't fall asleep."
The boy, disturbed from a pleasant dream, waved him off impatiently. "Oh, quit bothering me. If you want to listen to all this drivel, go ahead. What the hell does it have to do with me?"
Tang San's expression changed at once, and he clenched his fist. "Li Yuan, how can you be like this? Our teacher was kind enough to teach us, but not only do you refuse to listen, you're slandering him!"
Li Yuan sat up straight and picked at his ear disdainfully. "It's not like I begged him to teach us. Your teacher took it upon himself to make the academy hold some theory lecture and force us to attend. How is that my fault?"
Beside them, Xiao Wu's cheeks bulged like a hamster's from the Carrot she was secretly eating. She nodded vigorously as she chewed, plainly agreeing.
Yu Xiaogang had noticed the commotion long ago. His livid face grew longer still.
He fixed Li Yuan with a cold stare:
"Li Yuan, if you really don't want to listen, you can leave right now!"
Yu Xiaogang refused to believe Li Yuan would actually dare leave just because he told him to.
"You have my word. That's exactly what I was waiting to hear."
Li Yuan stood without hesitation, grabbed his coat, and headed for the door.
Yu Xiaogang's face flushed red.
This was the first time anyone at Notting Academy had dared question his authority on theory to his face.
Yu Xiaogang deliberately raised his voice at Li Yuan's retreating back and declared with absolute conviction:
"Little San, don't bother with someone who's given up on himself. He thinks his talent gives him leave to squander his time, refuses to study theory and find a clear direction for his Martial Soul. He'll never go far."
"Don't think your level-seven Innate Soul Power lets you do whatever you please. Your Martial Soul is nothing but a low-level Little White Snake! Without my theoretical guidance, you'll never find the right path in your entire life!"
"You'll regret this sooner or later!"
At those words, Li Yuan glanced back one last time at the fuming Yu Xiaogang in the classroom and mouthed, "Fuck your mother!"
Even the Little White Snake around his neck glared at Yu Xiaogang and flicked its tongue at him repeatedly.
It was as though it, too, was copying its master's words.
Once Yu Xiaogang made out what Li Yuan had mouthed, his whole face turned the color of pig liver. His eyes reddened, and rage nearly left him unable to draw breath.
"You! You're mud that won't stick to the wall..."
After leaving the classroom, Li Yuan strolled toward the dormitory.
As for what Yu Xiaogang had said, he took none of it to heart. As far as he was concerned, the man had just been farting.
As someone who had crossed into this world, Li Yuan knew exactly what Grandmaster's theories were worth, even if others didn't.
Li Yuan had level-seven Innate Soul Power, and his Martial Soul was Little White Snake, an external Martial Soul.
He was now four point six kun years old, and his Soul Power had reached level twenty-five.
Of course, his Martial Soul's rare External Beast Martial Soul form was precisely why
Yu Xiaogang had hinted, openly and otherwise, countless times over the years that he wanted to take Li Yuan as his disciple.
Tang San had done plenty to help his teacher's cause, frequently inviting Li Yuan as well.
Li Yuan had turned them all down. He had no desire to walk the same path as Tang San.
After all, in his past life, that guy had been hailed as the evening sun over the far shore, the rising dawn in the east!
The one thing Li Yuan regretted was that he felt he had let down his fellow transmigrators everywhere.
When other people crossed into Douluo, they either punched Tang San and kicked Tang Hao or became a grand chancellor of Han, spreading the Jian'an spirit far and wide while conquering every heart in sight.
But Li Yuan? Forget becoming some invincible hero. He hadn't even heard a single ding from the system every transmigrator was supposed to have.
[Ding—!]
"Hm?"
Li Yuan frowned and looked around, but saw no source for the sound.
[Congratulations, host! You have successfully activated the Douluo World Specialty Exchange and Mutual Aid Group!]
Hold on, buddy. I was already planning to clear Douluo without a system.
What's the deal with giving me one halfway through?
I'm glad you showed up, but you showed up so late that I'm also pissed.
[Detected that the host had spent a full year surviving in the Medieval Wilderness Survival shortly after crossing over, and successfully stayed alive...]
[Assessment awarded: A cheat may arrive late, but it will never fail to show up. Dear host, you managed to survive the wilderness, so why couldn't you be patient waiting for a system? (^▽^)]
Li Yuan stopped in his tracks. After a long pause, he slowly raised a hand to cover his face.
Why did this system seem a little... unserious?
He carefully studied the description of the Douluo World Specialty Exchange and Mutual Aid Group.
Put simply, as Group Leader, Li Yuan could invite female characters from Douluo's first four installments into the Group Chat. Each successful invitation would earn him a corresponding reward.
The Group Chat could also level up by accumulating Chat Fire.
Every time it leveled up, Li Yuan could unlock some of the Group Chat's functions, gain an additional invitation, and claim a generous haul of rewards.
The reward list made his eyes swim: Soul Bones, Soul Rings, Martial Soul Evolution, special cultivation techniques... It had everything.
[To make up for the host's years of waiting, we present a beginner's gift pack!]
[Obtained: Invitation attempts +9!]
Li Yuan's eyes lit up. Holy shit, nine extra invitations?
System buddy, you're generous!
That meant, including the one invitation the Chat Group came with, he could now invite ten random characters in total.
So what rewards would he get?
Li Yuan looked at the single-invite and batch-invite options in the Chat Group. Without the slightest hesitation, he chose to invite them all in one batch.
Hesitation meant defeat!
[Ding—!]
Douluo Continent.
Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Mansion.
After years of playing Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue had finally finished a mountain of official business today and found a moment to herself. She intended to enjoy a proper bath.
Once the maids had prepared hot water and scattered flower petals over it, she waved them all away.
Steam filled the Bedchamber.
Draped in a plain white gauze bathrobe, Qian Renxue sat before her dressing table and slowly drew a jade comb through her brilliant golden hair.
The face reflected in the mirror was nearly flawless. Her skin gleamed white as jade, her delicate figure curved in all the right places, and her long, shapely legs showed faintly beneath the gauzy robe.
Across all of Douluo Continent, few could rival her beauty—perhaps only her mother, with the added allure of a mature woman.
The richly colored eyes in Qian Renxue's delicate face had softened considerably now that she could relax.
After pinning up her hair, she gently slipped off her bathrobe and stepped into a broad tub large enough for two.
"Mmm..."
Warm water enveloped her body. She sighed in comfort and closed her eyes.
[Ding—!]
[Welcome to the Douluo Continent Chat Assistance Group.]
Just as Qian Renxue was enjoying her bath, a voice rang out in her mind. Her expression changed sharply in alarm.
"Who's there? Who dares trespass in my Crown Prince's Mansion?"
Qian Renxue sprang up out of the water.
White mist filled the bathroom, and her tall, graceful silhouette appeared and vanished within it. Droplets rolled down her fair, smooth skin, lending her the allure of a lotus rising fresh from clear water.
Especially those enormous breasts, bouncing with every movement.
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