Heaven Dou Empire, Farnos Province, Nuoding City.
In the fields of Holy Soul Village, a boy lay resting on a haystack, gazing at the sky in silence.
I've been reborn for six years. Heaven, do you know what these six years have been like for me? Li Ping'an cried out silently in his heart.
It wasn't that he didn't want to be reincarnated into Douluo Continent. On the contrary, he longed to possess extraordinary power.
But from what he'd observed, both his parents in this life had Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls and no Innate Soul Power.
If he wasn't some "bastard" they'd adopted, then his own Martial Soul was probably Blue Silver Grass too, with zero Innate Soul Power.
"I'm so good at weaving straw sandals, my Martial Soul has to be Blue Silver Grass!"
Li Ping'an looked at the Blue Silver Grass hay beside him, as well as the baskets, sandals, and other straw products he'd woven, and thought.
On Douluo Continent, after awakening their Martial Souls, people could still use them to help with production and daily life, even if they couldn't cultivate.
For example, someone with a hoe Martial Soul could till the soil incredibly quickly.
And a family like Li Ping'an's could weave straw products from Blue Silver Grass with ease, greatly boosting their productivity.
"I never thought I'd have the makings of Emperor Zhaolie of Han, reduced to weaving and selling sandals!"
"But weaving straw sandals won't make me rich. Cultivating Soul Power and becoming a Soul Master—that's where the sky's the limit!"
Without Innate Soul Power, the only way to cultivate was to rely on Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill and the spirit herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
In hopes of being able 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. Two years of effort had gotten him nowhere.
Even when Li Ping'an didn't go looking for Tang San, Tang San never came to find him. They were like strangers.
"Getting the Mysterious Heaven Skill is too hard to start with. I'm no Jixiang. Sigh!"
According to Li Ping'an, he'd need to meet at least two conditions to get the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Tang San.
First, Tang San had to be strong enough to protect himself and no longer fear his secrets being exposed.
Second, Li Ping'an had to save Tang San's life, and after learning the Mysterious Heaven Skill, pose no threat to him.
Even if Li Ping'an met those conditions, he still might not be taught the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
And even if he did get it, he'd have missed the golden age for cultivation.
"Sigh... In a few days, it'll be time to awaken my Martial Soul. I hope it's mutated!"
After resting enough, Li Ping'an got up and prepared to keep weaving straw sandals.
There was no helping it. He was too weak to help his family with the heavier farm work, so he could only weave straw sandals to earn a little extra for the household.
Just then, Li Ping'an's vision went black, startling him.
The next moment, a ray of light appeared in the darkness, and his vision returned.
"Source of Systems awakening. Scanning host information."
[Host: Li Ping'an]
[Age: Six]
[Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass (unawakened, no Innate Soul Power)]
[Sub-Systems: 2][Bound Hosts: 0]
[For every ten levels of Soul Power gained, you can obtain two new Sub-Systems.]
Whoa! A golden legend!
"It's a system! My cheat has arrived?"
"Just when all seemed lost, a new path appeared! Heaven hasn't abandoned me!" Li Ping'an's heart surged with joy.
Li Ping'an didn't resist the system. Even if it was a trap, he'd accept it.
Getting screwed over by a system was still better than being an ordinary person in Holy Soul Village for the rest of his life.
In a world of extraordinary powers, ordinary people were ants. They could be crushed beneath someone's heel at any moment.
Li Ping'an steadied himself, then hurriedly opened the system manual to examine what the system could do.
Before long, Li Ping'an understood how to use it.
"So this system lets me give other people systems, then skim rewards from the Sub-System hosts?"
"And the stronger the Sub-System host's fated luck, the more rewards I can skim?"
"I can bind two Sub-Systems right now, and every ten levels of Soul Power I gain will unlock two more?"
If he bound someone with very little luck, Li Ping'an wouldn't be able to skim any rewards at all.
Li Ping'an understood. He immediately thought of someone he could bind to a Sub-System.
"Tang San, want a system? If you do, I'll bring you one right now!"
Having obtained the main system, Li Ping'an couldn't wait to put it to use and give one to the fated protagonist, Tang San.
"It's still early. Tang San should be cultivating on the hill behind his house right now, right? I'll head him off!"
Once he'd made up his mind, Li Ping'an took the fruits of his morning's labor and headed toward the area near Tang Hao's blacksmith shop.
He didn't go to meet Tang San alone. He brought a few friends along, in case Tang San killed him with a Hidden Weapon.
After finishing his Purple Demon Eye cultivation on the mountaintop, Tang San practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill for a while. When he felt hungry, he finally ran down the mountain.
When he got home, he saw several children his age splashing around in the stream not far from his family's blacksmith shop.
Tang San frowned. Counting his previous life, he was already in his thirties. He'd long since outgrown playing in the water.
He glanced at them, then prepared to go home and make a meal for his drunken father.
But just then, a voice suddenly rang in his ears.
"He's here! Tang San's finally here!" Li Ping'an was a little nervous.
He asked the system AI, "System, can Tang San be bound to a system? How strong is his luck?"
[Analyzing scan results!]
[Tang San meets the requirements for binding a system. His luck is astonishing. After binding, the host can obtain 50% of the Sub-System rewards.]
[Tang San's affinity with the host is low. Sub-System missions will be more difficult, and rewards will be reduced.]
[After the Sub-System host dies, the Sub-System will disappear as well. Continue binding Tang San?]
"There are restrictions too?" Li Ping'an was stunned.
The system manual had been too long, and he hadn't read it closely, so he'd missed those details.
"So the better my relationship with someone, the easier their Sub-System missions? And the worse the relationship, the harder the missions?"
"Sigh. This is great, but the rewards are smaller too!" Li Ping'an thought.
As for whether Tang San might die, that wasn't something he needed to consider.
Tang San was the protagonist, the future Sea God. How could he die so easily?
Once Li Ping'an had earned Soul Power rewards, it wouldn't matter if Tang San died. By then, he'd already be able to cultivate.
"System, bind a Sub-System to Tang San!" Li Ping'an made up his mind.
[Binding Sub-System. The host can choose AI control or intervene personally to increase the chance of a successful binding!]
"Binding can fail?"
[This system draws its power from the fate of its Sub-System hosts and follows the principle of consent. If the target refuses, the system cannot bind.]
Li Ping'an was startled and hurriedly took control himself.
Who knew whether this system's AI was any good? In his previous life, he'd been misled by AI answers plenty of times.
At that moment, a voice like celestial music rang in Tang San's ears.
"Do you want to know why your Mysterious Heaven Skill inner force can't break through to the second layer? Do you want to break through the bottleneck? Do you want to become stronger?"
"Who's there?"
Tang San warily searched his surroundings, gripping several iron nails in his hand.
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