Giving Tang San a System

Heaven Dou Empire, Farnos Province, Nuoding City.

In the fields of Holy Soul Village, a young boy lay resting on a haystack, staring wordlessly at the sky.

It's been six years since my rebirth. Heavens, do you have any idea how I've spent these six years? Li Ping'an shouted silently in his heart.

It wasn't that he didn't want to be reincarnated into the Douluo Continent; on the contrary, he desperately wanted to possess extraordinary power.

However, based on his observations, his parents in this life both had Blue Silver Grass as their Martial Souls, and neither possessed Innate Soul Power.

If he wasn't a "bastard" they had adopted, his own Martial Soul would likely be Blue Silver Grass as well, with zero Innate Soul Power.

I've become so proficient at weaving straw sandals, my Martial Soul must be Blue Silver Grass without a doubt!

Li Ping'an thought as he looked at the Blue Silver straw beside him, along with the straw baskets, sandals, and other woven goods he had already finished.

In the Douluo Continent, after people awakened their Martial Souls, even if they couldn't cultivate, it was still helpful for production and daily life.

For example, those with hoe Martial Souls could till the fields extremely quickly.

As for Li Ping'an's family, they were incredibly adept at weaving straw products with Blue Silver straw, which greatly increased their productivity.

I never expected that I would have the potential of Emperor Zhaolie of Han, only to become a mere weaver of sandals and seller of shoes!

But weaving straw sandals won't make me rich. Only by cultivating soul power and becoming a Soul Master can the world truly open up!

Without Innate Soul Power, if he wanted to cultivate, he could only rely on Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill and the medicinal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

In order to cultivate, Li Ping'an had once tried to get close to Tang San, often using the money he earned from weaving straw sandals to help him out.

But Tang San was too cautious; all his efforts over the past two years had yielded no results.

Even if he didn't go to find Tang San, Tang San would never come to find him, treating him like a complete stranger.

Getting the Mysterious Heaven Skill is too difficult at the start, and I'm not Jixiang, sigh!

According to Li Ping'an's speculation, to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Tang San, at least two conditions needed to be met.

First, Tang San had to be strong enough to protect himself, no longer fearing the exposure of his secrets.

Second, he had to owe Tang San a life-saving favor, and after learning the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he must pose no threat to Tang San.

Even if Li Ping'an met these conditions, there was no guarantee he would be taught the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

And even if he did get it, he would have already missed the golden age for cultivation.

Sigh~ In a few more days, it will be the day for Martial Soul awakening. I hope my Martial Soul has mutated!

Li Ping'an had rested enough, so he stood up, preparing to continue weaving straw sandals.

There was no helping it; he was currently too weak to help his family with heavy farm work, so he could only weave some sandals to subsidize their living expenses.

Just then, Li Ping'an's vision went black, giving him a start.

The next moment, a light screen lit up in the darkness, and his vision returned to normal.

"Source of Systems awakening, scanning host information."

[Host: Li Ping'an]
[Age: Six years old]
[Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass (Unawakened, no Innate Soul Power)]
[Sub-systems: 2] [Bound Individuals: 0]
[For every ten levels of soul power gained, two new sub-systems can be obtained.]

Wow! A golden legend!

Is this a system? Has my golden finger finally arrived?

Truly, "after endless mountains and rivers that leave doubt whether there is a path out, suddenly one encounters the shade of a willow, the brightness of flowers, and a village." The heavens have not abandoned me! A wave of wild joy surged in Li Ping'an's heart.

Li Ping'an did not resist the system; even if it were a trap, he would accept it.

Being tricked by a system was still better than being an ordinary person in Holy Soul Village for his entire life.

In a world of the extraordinary, ordinary people were nothing but ants, liable to be crushed to death at any moment.

Li Ping'an calmed his mind and hurriedly opened the system manual to begin reviewing its functions.

Soon, Li Ping'an understood how to use the system.

So, the purpose of this system is to issue systems to others, and then deduct rewards from the sub-system hosts?

And the greater the destiny of the sub-system host, the more rewards I can deduct?

I can bind two sub-systems now, and for every ten levels of soul power I gain, I can unlock two new sub-systems?

If the person he bound had extremely low destiny, Li Ping'an wouldn't be able to deduct any rewards at all.

Li Ping'an had an idea, and he immediately thought of someone he could bind to a sub-system.

Tang San, do you want a system? If you do, I'll send one to you right away!

Having obtained the main system, Li Ping'an immediately wanted to put it to use and issue one to the Son of Destiny, Tang San.

It's still early. At this time, Tang San should be cultivating on the mountain behind his house, right? I'll go intercept him!

Having made his decision, Li Ping'an took the fruits of his morning labor and headed toward the vicinity of Tang Hao's blacksmith shop.

He did not go to meet Tang San alone, but brought along a few playmates, fearing he might be killed by Tang San's hidden weapons.

After finishing his practice of the Purple Demon Eye at the mountaintop and cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill for a while longer, Tang San felt hungry and began running down the mountain.

Upon returning home, he saw several children his age playing in the water by the small stream not far from his family's blacksmith shop.

Tang San frowned; including his past life, he was already over thirty years old and had long since outgrown playing in the water.

He took a glance and prepared to head home to cook for his alcoholic father.

But just then, a voice suddenly rang in his ears.

He's here, Tang San is finally here! Li Ping'an felt a bit nervous.

He asked the system AI, "System, can Tang San be bound to the system? How is his fortune?"

[Analyzing scan results!]

[Tang San meets the system binding requirements and possesses astonishing fortune. After binding, the host can obtain 50% of the sub-system rewards.]

[Tang San's intimacy with the host is low; sub-system mission difficulty will increase, and rewards will be reduced.]

[If the sub-system host dies, the sub-system will also disappear. Continue binding Tang San?]

"There are such restrictions?" Li Ping'an was stunned.

The system's instruction manual had too much text, and he hadn't read it carefully enough, so he hadn't noticed these details.

So, the better the relationship with me, the easier the sub-system missions? The worse the relationship, the harder the missions?

Sigh, although it feels great, the rewards are reduced! Li Ping'an thought to himself.

As for the question of whether Tang San might die, it wasn't even a consideration for him.

As the protagonist and the future Sea God, how could Tang San die so easily?

Once he obtained the soul power rewards, it wouldn't matter if Tang San died; by then, he would already be able to cultivate.

"System, bind the sub-system to Tang San!" Li Ping'an made up his mind.

[Sub-system binding in progress. The host can choose AI management or intervene personally to increase the success rate of the system binding!]

"The binding can fail?"

[The power source of this system is the destiny energy of the sub-system host, which follows the principle of free will. If the target refuses, the system cannot bind.]

Li Ping'an was startled and hurriedly took over personally.

Who knew if this system AI was reliable? In his past life, he had been misled by AI-generated answers more than once.

At this moment, a sound like celestial music rang in Tang San's ears.

"Do you want to know why your Mysterious Heaven Skill internal energy cannot break through to the second level? Do you want to break through your bottleneck? Do you want to become stronger?"

"Who is it?"

Tang San vigilantly scanned his surroundings, clutching several iron nails in his hand.