"Xiao Wu was a genius with Innate Full Soul Power. She could learn about Soul Tools, but cultivating her own Soul Power was still the most important thing!"
Liu Erlong watched Xiao Wu skillfully hide behind her. This was the person she really needed to convince.
Chu Men crouched on the ground, having found a twig somewhere, and drew circles in the dirt.
Of course he knew how important Soul Power Level was!
If he hadn't had the special Martial Soul, the Inversion Pen, which could turn damage into a buff, he never would have become a Soul Ancestor in three months!
But he came from another world and had seen the power of tools!
If ordinary Soul Masters had no talent, did that mean they deserved to be bullied?
Soul Tools could give ordinary Soul Masters the strength to stand against powerful Soul Masters. The constant upgrades to Soul Power Batteries were even close to eliminating the need for "Soul Masters" altogether!
That was what true fairness meant!
"I'm not telling her not to cultivate Soul Power!" Chu Men looked up, meeting Liu Erlong's eyes with unusual seriousness. "I just want her to have another choice, another way to fight!"
[Well said! There's nothing wrong with having another choice!]
[Exactly! There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!]
[Sister Erlong has an elitist mindset. Chu Men thinks about ordinary people.]
[Chu Men is right in theory, but this is the Douluo Continent! A Titled Douluo talking about fairness to a Soul Grandmaster? What a joke!]
[Me think two-dragon Liu right, only power is correct!]
[Whoa, we've even got foreigners here? Aren't you guys supposed to believe in technology even more?]
"Same old rule: we fight, and the winner decides!"
Liu Erlong clenched her fists. Her knuckles crackled!
Chu Men looked at those fair-skinned "Cognition Correction Fists" and immediately waved her off. "Don't start. We already fought this morning!"
[Hahaha, the streamer chickened out!] ×999
[Weird Uncle: I just don't want to bully a girl. What would you know!]
"Then do as I say!"
Liu Erlong said it as if it were only natural.
"No! Absolutely not!"
After flatly refusing, Chu Men held up three fingers. "Let's make a bet! For three months, Xiao Wu will cultivate Soul Power with you in the morning and learn about Soul Tools from me in the afternoon. After three months, she can choose for herself!"
Time would smooth things over.
Chu Men wondered if he should use his livestream points to get some heavy weapons from the real world.
He could give this mother tyrannosaur a taste of the technological might of human civilization!
But on second thought, forget it. Even Chu Men wouldn't know how to use all that high-tech gear!
He'd jot it down for later.
"What's the wager?" Liu Erlong raised an eyebrow.
"If I lose, you can order me around for a month! If you say east, I won't go west. If you tell me to beat a dog, I won't chase a chicken!"
Then Chu Men changed tack and said with a mischievous grin, "If you lose... that won't be hard either. Just be my model for a month in private!"
"Model?"
"A clothes stand."
Chu Men explained with a straight face, "I've designed some more universal Soul Tool armor lately. You have such a great figure; it'd be a shame not to put it to use."
Liu Erlong's brows shot up. She was about to lose her temper when she saw the infuriating look on Chu Men's face, as if to say, "If you're afraid, just admit you've lost."
She had never been able to stand being provoked!
Besides, all she had to do was stand there like a clothes rack. It wasn't as if he was asking her to do anything improper.
Liu Erlong gritted her teeth and glared at him.
"Deal!"
The young man and the queen slapped their hands together, and an evil alliance was born. The little white rabbit beside them trembled with fear.
[Xiao Wu thought: The weird uncle and the big sister aren't fighting anymore, so...]
[Sister Xiao Wu is completely unruffled right now!]
[Learning is important. No pain, no gain—then you'll be the top rabbit!]
Chu Men scooped Xiao Wu up and carried her over his shoulder. Facing the cool breeze, he spun around triumphantly.
Turning back to Liu Erlong, he said, "It's afternoon now, so according to our agreement, I'll take Xiao Wu with me!"
"Fine, but if I catch you bullying her again... just you wait!"
Liu Erlong gave Xiao Wu a reassuring look, then issued Chu Men a stern warning!
"Relax, you won't catch me... I won't bully her! I just want her to see how powerful Soul Tools are!"
"Best be telling the truth!"
As Chu Men hurried away as if the soles of his feet were greased, Liu Erlong watched the pair, who looked just like brother and sister, recede into the distance.
A long while later, she couldn't help smiling. "That guy."
On the way back.
Xiao Wu rode on his shoulders, nibbling on the osmanthus cake he'd just bought. She leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Weird Uncle, can I choose both of them?"
"Sure!"
Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood!
What fun was there in shutting yourself away to cultivate all day?
Repairing and making Soul Tools meant using Soul Power, too. It could stimulate Soul Power growth and greatly improve one's control over it!
After all, repairing Soul Tools was delicate work!
"Here, this is a present for you—the White Rabbit Bracelet. Do you like it?"
"Mm, it's pretty, but isn't it a little too big?"
Chu Men looked at Xiao Wu's slender arm and was at a loss for words. Then his eyes darted, and he deftly fastened it around her ankle.
"It's actually an ankle bracelet. I misspoke. By the way, you haven't had dinner yet, have you?"
[They were just being so sweet as brother and sister, but now why does it feel like a dad taking his daughter out?]
[I just got back from taking my daughter shopping, and I know exactly what you mean!]
[Holy crap, it's actually an ankle bracelet! Hahaha!]
Chu Men took Xiao Wu to the food street, where she was subjected to a barrage of "sugar-coated bullets." Once the little rabbit was full, she had even more energy!
She bounced around, unable to sit still for a moment!
"This weird uncle might not be a good person, but he doesn't seem like a bad person either!"
Xiao Wu touched the necklace around her neck, then looked at Chu Men's imposing outfit and handsome face. Little by little, she let down her guard.
By the time Chu Men and Xiao Wu returned to the Star Soul Guidance Shop, dusk was drawing near.
The rosy clouds on the horizon were especially brilliant, stretching their shadows long and painting a heartwarming scene.
Some rejoiced while others worried.
At that moment, three messengers dressed in Spirit Hall uniforms arrived at the Spirit Saint Hall in Heaven Dou City in a frenzy.
Their clothes were torn in several places, their hems soaked with blood, and even the hands holding their tokens aloft were trembling.
"Reporting to the bishop: Tang Hao has appeared! He has destroyed a total of seventeen Spirit Hall Branches across Fasnuo Province and Northland Province!"
The teacup in Salas's hand clattered to the floor. Hot tea splashed over him, but he didn't even notice.
He sprang to his feet, his face deathly pale and his voice shaking. "What? Seventeen? Send my orders at once! Inform Spirit City, and gather every temple knight in Heaven Dou City! Hurry!!"
The watch's hands pointed to 7:50 p.m.
This was his first formal interaction with the real world. With the Soul Tools' help, the workshop was as bright as day.
Although the real world on the other side of the livestream wasn't the world Chu Men had originally come from, seeing modern expressions and popular memes in the comments still gave him the strange illusion that he hadn't crossed worlds at all.
Chu Men sat up straight and began a video call with Lin Xiaoyu!
The little window in the livestream was like a kite string: one end connected to Chu Men in the Douluo World, while the other was held in Lin Xiaoyu's hands at that very moment.
The Truman Show streamed twenty-four hours a day. There were no cameras and no microphones, only the system's invisible lens, faithfully recording his every move!
So whether he was on time or not didn't matter. Chu Men was sitting here mostly for the sake of ceremony!
Xiao Wu, however, had quietly slipped in. She curiously glanced at the super-bright lighting Soul Tools all around her, then finally turned her gaze to Chu Men.
She saw him staring blankly at a big toy called a "globe," muttering to himself.
Chu Men had told her he was talking to a friend far away and asked her not to disturb him.
He'd also given Xiao Wu a box of toys to keep her occupied.
Chu Men had still spotted Xiao Wu coming in and was about to speak, but the flood of comments on the screen stopped him.
[Hello, Sister Xiao Wu!] ×999
[Sister Xiao Wu is still the prettiest!]
[Nonsense, my Chu Men is handsome too, okay!]
[I've been watching him forever. I'm sick of looking at him!]
[What do you think the streamer will tell us this time? His personal experiences in the Douluo World?]
For the first time, the Truman Show's concurrent viewers surpassed those of Xiaoyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion, breaking five million!
The little white rabbit sure was popular!
Chu Men smiled at her and pointed to an empty space nearby. "Go play by yourself for now."
Seeing that the time had come, Chu Men skipped the small talk and opened with a bombshell:
"Ahem. Today's the first time the streamer's spoken to everyone directly, so... let's start with a giveaway!
"We'll randomly pick three lucky viewers and give each of them a Soul Tool pendant!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the livestream chat erupted. Gift effects nearly covered the entire screen!
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