Bibi Dong: Tang Si Chose the Wrong Spirit Ring, or Was the Master's Choice Better?

The barrage was plentiful—and noisy.

The livestream footage fast-forwarded again.

After just one breath, the scene shifted from daylight to night, then from night back to daylight.

The next day.

Following the faint guidance of the Blue Silver Emperor's life force—or perhaps simply through good luck—Tang Si finally found an area dense with thriving vegetation.

"What... kind of flower is that? Never mind. As long as its life force is strong enough."

Tang Si did not recognize what kind of plant-type soul beast the flower ahead was. He could only sense an intense fluctuation of life force from it.

Barrage: [Russell: No way? He's just randomly picking a soul ring like this? He doesn't even know what kind of soul beast it is?]

[Dugu Bo: Doesn't this prove Tang Si's theory regarding the Life Blue Silver Emperor's growth path? As long as the life force is abundant enough, there's no need to care what kind of soul beast the soul ring comes from.]

[Geno: If Tang Si proves this, won't Yu Xiaogang's face get slapped raw?]

[Liu Erlong: Xiaogang knows about the Life Blue Silver Emperor, but he chose a control-system growth path. Hasn't he explained it already? Xiaogang wanted to raise Tang San into someone invincible among those of the same rank. Do none of you read Xiaogang's explanations? I'm seriously speechless.]

[Liu Dazhuang: Love-brained Liu Erlong.]

[Feng Xiaotian: Don't forget that Yu Xiaogang threw a six-year-old child at a Netherworld Wolf.]

[Fengling: He's a complete scumbag! Useless Yu Xiaogang.]

[Ye Lingling: That is a Sunflower. It has just passed a thousand years. It has no offensive power.]

Ye Lingling had studied plant-type soul beasts and recognized the Sunflower.

Within the heavenly-screen footage.

Tang Si passed through a thorn-filled forest. He used [Shave] three times, dodged the attacks of three plant-type soul beasts, and finally arrived before the Sunflower.

[System, appraise it.]

[Ding! Popularity points consumed: 1000. Soul beast: Sunflower. Age: 1022 years.]

"Hahaha~~" Tang Si laughed heartily. "I didn't expect the system to really have an appraisal function. The cost is just a little steep. It hurts."

It hurt, but he still had to appraise it. What if its age was too high and exceeded his absorption limit? That would be dangerous.

Tang Si rested for a while, took a drink of water, then ate some dry rations to recover some soul power. Only then did he use [Shave] twice in succession, instantly appearing before the Sunflower and catching it off guard with a sword strike aimed at the base of its more-than-two-meter-tall stalk.

Crack~~

The Sunflower's stalk was exceptionally tough. Even with the greatsword personally forged by Tang Hao, and a strike infused with the scorching soul power of Nine Yang Divine Skill, he only managed to cut halfway through the stalk.

Buzz~

Suddenly, the Sunflower unleashed a terrifying heat.

Tang Si immediately fled the Sunflower's high-temperature range with his sword in hand.

In the livestream heavenly screen, time flew by. In the blink of an eye, the sun tilted westward from the center of the sky and became the setting sun.

Tang Si had fully recovered his soul power and attacked once more!

This time, Tang Si gathered his strength in advance, infused the greatsword with soul power, then approached with [Shave] and finally severed the Sunflower's stalk with a single slash.

Hehehe~~ A thousand-year soul beast, easily taken care of! Good thing it was a plant-type soul beast without much offensive power.

Tang Si was overjoyed. After making a few minor adjustments, he sat down cross-legged to absorb it.

The age of soul rings absorbed through system rewards could be increased by one thousand years. Thus, the 1022-year soul ring Tang Si was currently absorbing was only as difficult as absorbing a soul ring that was twenty-two years old.

[Host: Tang Si]

[Martial Souls: Blue Silver Emperor (not secondarily awakened), Clear Sky Hammer]

[Soul Power Level: 11]

[Soul Rings and Soul Skills: First Soul Skill (1022 years): Blessing of Light (restores injuries, accompanied by mental healing).]

[Cultivation Method: Nine Yang Divine Skill]

[Self-Created Soul Skills: Shave (thousand-year), Six King Gun (ten-thousand-year soul skill progress: 10%)]

[Popularity Points: 327931.]

Another world.

The livestream heavenly screen went black for an instant, then jumped forward directly! One moment, Tang Si had just slain the Sunflower; the next, it skipped straight to him having finished absorbing the soul ring and opening his status panel.

Barrage: [Dugu Yan: It succeeded just like that? Did it skip the process? This is a thousand-year first ring!]

[Shi Mo: Say no more. Having a system cheat really is great. I'm dying of envy.]

[Meng Shenji: The effects of a thousand-year soul skill are no trivial matter.]

[Meng Shu: Genius! A genius! At such a young age, he already has two thousand-year soul skills!]

[Liu Erlong: Hehe~~ Without the system helping him develop self-created soul skills, he'd be nothing but a useless healing-system soul master! He's nothing!]

[Bibi Dong: It must be said that choosing the Sunflower was a mistake. The control-system path the master chose for Tang San is still far superior.]

Bibi Dong, who had not spoken for a long while, suddenly jumped in again, still true to her usual style: kissing Yu Xiaogang's ass.

Hu Liena: "..."

Hu Liena was rendered speechless. Then, the moment she blinked, the livestream in the sky went black.

Immediately afterward came lines of text and a narration.

[The livestream has come to a temporary end. A lucky audience member will now be selected to interact with another world or receive a livestream reward.]

[Qian Renxue!]

[Congratulations to Qian Renxue for becoming the lucky audience member!]

[This time, one lucky audience member will be selected to interact with another world. Lucky audience member Qian Renxue, please ask a question. Tang Si from the other world will provide an answer.]

"Me? I got picked?"

At the Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince's residence, Qian Renxue—still dressed as a man—looked somewhat stunned. She had not expected to be chosen so quickly.

Snake Spear Douluo hurriedly reminded her, "Young Master! This opportunity is exceedingly rare, but you must still consider your question carefully."

"Mm." Qian Renxue recovered from her surprise and immediately began considering what she should ask.

Although she had not received a livestream reward, which left Qian Renxue somewhat disappointed, being able to exchange information with Tang Si from another world was still quite good.

[Though everyone on Douluo Continent will learn any information I obtain from Tang Si...] Qian Renxue murmured inwardly, unable to make up her mind.

She wanted to know why her mother hated her so much, and she also wanted to know about her mother's past...

But Qian Renxue did not want everyone to see that on the heavenly screen!

"Phew~"

After a long while, Qian Renxue took a deep breath and said, "Uncle She, stay alert. The moment my identity is exposed, we will immediately withdraw from Heaven Dou!"

"Yes! Thornfish has already begun preparations for the evacuation!"

It turned out that after the heavenly screen appeared, and Tang Si once again displayed his ability to foresee the future, Qian Renxue had already prepared herself for the possibility that her identity would be exposed.

Gradually, Qian Renxue reached a decision.

Since Tang Si possessed the ability to foresee the future, the exposure of her identity was inevitable.

And since that exposure was inevitable, while in the very short time before it happened, she would be unable to complete the Usurpation Plan at all.

Then it was not too much for her to want to know the Usurpation Plan's final outcome, was it?