Blue Silver Pole Vault

Douluo Continent, the Soul Hunting Forest near Nuoding City.

Zhu Shen felt as if he had just woken from a deep sleep, his consciousness somewhat hazy.

He looked around to find himself surrounded by a dense forest.

In front of Zhu Shen stood a bamboo stalk several meters tall, with a young boy standing beside it.

A chaotic flood of memories surged into his mind, giving Zhu Shen a splitting headache.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for awakening the Bamboo God Pit-Tang-San System.]

[Current novice reward mission triggered: Help Tang San absorb a ten-year Lone Bamboo spirit ring.]

Zhu Shen regained his senses, the mechanical prompt in his head clearing his mind significantly.

What the hell? Lone Bamboo, Tang San, a system?

Is this... a transmigration?

And not only did I transmigrate to the Douluo Continent, but I also became Gangzi!

Isn't this completely doomed?

As the realization settled in, Zhu Shen looked at the words before him, his mouth twitching.

He had always disliked following tasks arranged by others, but under the circumstances, he had no choice but to bow his head. Besides, did this system even seem legitimate?

"Do you often assign me tasks?"

[No. Once the host fully enables the system, you will only receive the final mission. Usually, opportunity missions are only triggered under specific conditions.]

Just as Zhu Shen was contemplating his next move, a voice beside him interrupted his thoughts.

"Teacher... are you alright?" Seeing Zhu Shen staring blankly, Tang San walked over to the Grandmaster with concern.

Cough, cough... I'm fine. Zhu Shen felt troubled. How was he supposed to trick Tang San, an old fox who had lived two lives, into absorbing a ten-year Lone Bamboo?

However, what worked in Zhu Shen's favor was that, according to the original plot, Tang San had already knelt to take Yu Xiaogang as his master and currently trusted him implicitly.

If not for that, Zhu Shen doubted he could ever trick Tang San into absorbing a ten-year Lone Bamboo.

Zhu Shen pondered for a moment and said, "Xiao San, this Lone Bamboo is characterized by its toughness. It has decent defensive capabilities and can also be used for attacks; it is very suitable for your Blue Silver Grass."

"Furthermore, under my guidance, you might even be able to develop a super displacement spirit skill that no one else can match," Zhu Shen added.

To complete the mission at hand, he had no choice but to find reasons to make Tang San absorb the ten-year Lone Bamboo.

In truth, he wasn't lying to Tang San; the Lone Bamboo did indeed have those effects. It was just that a ten-year age was truly too low for Tang San, who possessed twin spirits and innate full spirit power.

Fortunately, in his memory, Tang Hao had not yet come looking for him.

If Tang Hao saw that Zhu Shen had let his precious son—the hope for the next generation's revenge—absorb a ten-year Lone Bamboo, he would likely slaughter Zhu Shen.

Tang San looked at Zhu Shen, feeling puzzled. He always felt that his teacher was acting a bit strange today.

Tang San wore a look of doubt and unease, wondering what Zhu Shen was up to: "Teacher, perhaps we should..."

"Xiao San, do you not believe your teacher's words? Hurry up and hunt this ten-year Lone Bamboo to absorb the spirit ring."

Hearing the Grandmaster's slightly stern tone, Tang San was half-convinced. He chopped down the ten-year Lone Bamboo and, after much deliberation, began to absorb the spirit ring.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the novice mission and obtaining the novice reward.]

[Infinite Evolution Add-on System has been equipped. A novice gift pack has been detected. Do you wish to open it?]

Zhu Shen breathed a sigh of relief; at least this system had a conscience, providing rewards for completing tasks.

"Claim."

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining one opportunity to evolve your spirit. Do you wish to evolve?]

Zhu Shen was somewhat excited. If he kept using that little thing, Luo Sanpao, as his spirit, it would be hard to achieve anything. Was he supposed to create a "God of Farts" position for himself?

Moreover, he would surely be much stronger after this evolution, and the power of the spirit fusion skill he performed with Flender and Liu Erlong would definitely be much greater in the future.

"Evolve, hurry up and evolve, my good system."

The moment Zhu Shen agreed, the heavens changed color.

An overbearing power erupted from within Zhu Shen's body, followed by a dragon's roar that pierced the sky.

Behind Zhu Shen, a phantom gradually condensed into a solid form. It was a dragon, covered in golden scales that reflected a dazzling, holy golden light.

As the phantom solidified, Zhu Shen's body underwent a heaven-shaking transformation. His eyes suddenly lit up with fierce golden flames, golden scales similar to those on the dragon's body appeared on him, and dragon claws faintly emerged from his arms.

At the same time, his spirit ring turned purple, advancing into a thousand-year spirit ring.

Zhu Shen looked like a completely different person, filled with an overbearing righteousness that made people afraid to look directly at him.

[Novice gift pack claimed. Congratulations to the host for evolving your spirit from the mutated Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Luo Sanpao, into the King of Spirit Beasts: Dragon God spirit. Current bloodline purity: 20%.]

The shackles from the original work that prevented Yu Xiaogang from breaking through level 30 were shattered, and his spirit power broke through to level 30.

Zhu Shen felt wisps of an incomparably overbearing dragon aura emanating from his body, feeling both shocked and extremely excited.

"It seems this is the effect of the Infinite Evolution System's spirit evolution. It feels pretty good. If I evolve into the complete form in the future, this useless body of mine might actually be able to become a god."

[Congratulations to the host for fully enabling the system.]

[System Restriction: Tang San can only absorb Lone Bamboo spirit rings and spirit bones.]

[System Special Reward: Rewards can be obtained by scamming Tang San, provided Tang San does not discover it.]

[Infinite Evolution System Supplementary Explanation]

[The Infinite Evolution System can increase the age of spirit rings and spirit bones.]

Zhu Shen stared at the lines of text before him, his heart a mix of sorrow and joy. As a naive and innocent college student in his past life, he wasn't sure if he could outmaneuver a cunning old fox like Tang San.

Sorting through his conflicting emotions, Zhu Shen looked at Tang San. A white spirit ring was faintly emerging behind Tang San, indicating that the absorption process was nearing its end.

After a while, Tang San slowly stood up, a white spirit ring circling his body.

Tang San looked at Zhu Shen. "Teacher, the effect of my first spirit skill allows me to summon a piece of Lone Bamboo. Furthermore, if I charge up by bending it and then push off the ground, I can displace myself in mid-air with great speed."

Zhu Shen was startled. This effect seemed quite decent; as long as he helped him increase the spirit ring's age later, this skill would surely become very powerful.

Zhu Shen inexplicably recalled an interesting thing from his original reality.

Suppressing a laugh, Zhu Shen bluffed, "This spirit skill shall be called Blue Silver Pole Vault. It is an excellent displacement skill, and the summoned Lone Bamboo can also be used for attacking and blocking."

Listening to Zhu Shen's instruction, Tang San felt a bit confused about what a pole vault was, but he did not ask.

In truth, Tang San had been uncertain at first. He initially felt the bamboo's effect was merely passable, just hampered by the low age.

As it turned out, the spirit skill's effect was unexpectedly strong, and his trust in his master was now stronger than ever before.

Zhu Shen felt a bit distressed. Wasn't the plan to scam Tang San? This system was clearly helping Tang San instead.

Zhu Shen had originally thought the system was a reward-based game designed to help him scam Tang San, but now he increasingly felt the system was purely making things difficult for him.

He had to trick Tang San into absorbing only Lone Bamboo while also dealing with that ruthless character Tang Hao, and he certainly couldn't reveal that he was a transmigrator with a cheat.

He could only survive in the cracks.

Fortunately, there were still rewards for scamming Tang San, which brought a small measure of comfort to Zhu Shen's heart.

Returning to reality, he feigned profundity and said, "San, demonstrate your spirit skill for your teacher to see."

Tang San nodded and raised his right hand. The ten-year Lone Bamboo spirit ring flickered slightly, and a two-meter-long piece of Lone Bamboo appeared out of thin air.

Tang San leaped, gripped the bamboo with both hands, and the Lone Bamboo bent into an astonishing arc before launching him forward with a "whoosh."

Zhu Shen's vision blurred; Tang San had already appeared ten zhang away. His speed was astonishing, leaving faint afterimages in the air.

"Good!" Zhu Shen couldn't help but exclaim.

This speed was countless times better than the original Blue Silver Grass Entanglement. The most crucial part was that this was only a ten-year spirit ring! If it evolved into a hundred-year, thousand-year, or even ten-thousand-year ring in the future...

"Teacher, this spirit skill..." Tang San landed beside Zhu Shen, his face filled with surprise. "It is much stronger than I expected."

Zhu Shen coughed lightly, resuming his inscrutable expression. "I have said it before: there are no useless spirits, only useless spirit masters."

"Although the ten-year Lone Bamboo has a low age, as long as it is used properly, it can still produce astonishing results."

Tang San nodded heavily, his eyes full of reverence.

As for Zhu Shen, he was currently thinking about how to scam Tang San.

For my future—no, for our future.

I'll just have to let San suffer a little.