Soul Land: Sky-Piercing Spear, Custom Perks from the Start
Chapter 4

Tang San, No Longer Favored

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After arriving at the Seventh Dormitory, Yun Tian found his bed according to the information given by the registration teacher. He put on the bedding and neatly arranged his daily necessities.

Just then, the door was pushed open, and Tang San walked in. He froze when he saw Yun Tian. He was already in the dormitory?

After placing his belongings on his bed, Tang San said to Yun Tian, "Yun Tian, my teacher wants to see you."

"No. What's there to see in a fake master?"

"You! He is my teacher, and his theoretical knowledge is extremely profound. Don't be ungrateful."

The moment Tang San heard the words "fake master," he instinctively wanted to flare up. Yu Xiaogang was the teacher he had only just acknowledged, and Yun Tian calling him a fake master was basically saying Tang San had poor judgment, wasn't it?

"See him or don't!" Tang San returned to his bed and began sorting through his things. They would be staying at the academy for a long time anyway, so Yun Tian would eventually run into his teacher.

Once he had finished tidying up, Yun Tian sat on the edge of his bed and looked at Tang San's back. "Destiny's Eye!"

In an instant, several entries that nearly blinded Yun Tian burst forth.

[Rainbow · Dual Origin of Surface and Essence], [Rainbow · Plane Destiny], [Rainbow · Clear Sky Blue Silver], [Gold · Legacy of the Tang Sect], [Gold · Life Contract Guidance], [Purple · Masked Soul Fusion], [Blue · Single-minded Devotion], [Blue · Multiple Principles] [Rainbow · Dual Origin of Surface and Essence: His body inherited the orthodox Blue Silver lineage, while his soul was a visitor from another world.] [Rainbow · Plane Destiny: Favored by this world, nearly all opportunities and major figures will revolve around him. Even at the brink of death, he can rise again from the ashes.] [Rainbow · Clear Sky Blue Silver: He possesses the top-tier twin martial souls, the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor. His talent and status are beyond reproach.] [Gold · Legacy of the Tang Sect: He possesses the Tang Sect's supreme arts, the Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons, cultivation techniques, and other skills from another world.] [Gold · Life Contract Guidance: Those who establish a bond with him will, in ways unseen, offer everything for his sake, including but not limited to soul masters and soul beasts.] [Purple · Masked Soul Fusion: Extremely skilled at concealing himself, blurring the divide between soul and body until even relatives find it difficult to see through him.] [Blue · Single-minded Devotion: He will love only one person in his lifetime.] [Blue · Multiple Principles: He makes different, even completely contradictory choices in different circumstances—commonly known as "double standards."]

"System, which ones can be modified or deleted?"

Looking at those entries, Yun Tian truly wanted to delete them all. Take the first one, for example—if he could delete it, wouldn't Tang San's soul be destroyed on the spot?

Fortunately, as long as he did not deliberately provoke Tang San, he would not be affected. But if he wanted to break free of this situation, he still had to start with Plane Destiny.

[Anything not involving rules can be modified or deleted.]

After seeing that, Yun Tian tentatively issued a command. "Delete Plane Destiny!"

Boom!

When that rainbow-colored entry vanished from Tang San's list of entries, dark clouds gathered in the sky as though the world were ending, while fortune continuously drained from Tang San's body.

Tang San's steps also faltered, and the circulation of the Mysterious Heaven Skill within him seemed to encounter an obstruction.

It was as if normally rotating gears had suddenly jammed. Parts began falling loose, while his power flowed in reverse and continuously battered his meridians.

"Puh!"

Tang San spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight to the ground.

"Tang San! Quickly, get a teacher!"

Wang Sheng turned around and saw Tang San lying on the floor, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Yun Tian watched as several teachers hurriedly examined Tang San, whose entries had also undergone a new change.

The original [Gold · Life Contract Guidance] had become [Gold · Ill-fated].

[Gold · Ill-fated: A soul-stealing outsider no longer favored by the Heavenly Dao, destined to suffer suppression from the gods of this world.]

It seemed many entries were linked. As long as he deleted or modified one, it could trigger changes in other entries as well.

Tang San had now gone directly from the child of destiny to one condemned by heaven. The reversal of his cultivation technique was only the beginning; he would only become more unfortunate later.

"Xiao San! Who did this!"

Yu Xiaogang rushed over after hearing the news. When he saw Tang San in such a state, he ignored the other teachers' advice to lay him flat and let him recover, picked Tang San up, and prepared to leave.

"Gangzi came too, huh."

Yun Tian did not immediately begin cultivating. He had to go over and take a look as well. Otherwise, it would be bad if they suspected him. That old man Tang Hao might still be nearby.

When Wang Sheng saw Yun Tian approach, he hurriedly asked, "Yun Tian, did you attack Tang San? It seemed like the two of you had argued just now."

Yu Xiaogang did not bother distinguishing right from wrong either. Wang Sheng's single suspicion immediately gave him an excuse to target Yun Tian, and he questioned him outright, "You're Yun Tian? Why did you attack my Xiao San! Aren't you from the same village?"

"I attacked him? Everyone here can testify. Tang San asked me to become your disciple, and I said, 'What's the point of acknowledging a fake master?' He got angry and left. Is there a problem with that?"

"You!"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes turned bloodshot, and he panted like a bull. He had never expected this matter to somehow come with another insult directed at him.

But the facts were clear. Yun Tian had no motive to attack him. He had merely refused to take Yu Xiaogang as his teacher. That was all.

Yun Tian glanced at Wang Sheng, who lowered his head in shame. Yun Tian then left the crowd, sat alone on his bed, and began cultivating.

"Hmph!"

With a sweep of his sleeve, Yu Xiaogang scooped Tang San up in a princess carry and headed outside. He wanted to personally care for his excellent disciple. This was his best material for proving himself, so Tang San absolutely could not die so casually.

A black-robed figure outside the building watched everything unfold. His cloudy eyes first glanced at Yun Tian, then he turned into a black shadow and followed Yu Xiaogang away.

Meanwhile, an image continuously appeared in Yun Tian's mind: a small figure wielding a long spear.

Every thrust, sweep, and smash carried an incomparably fierce gale. This profound and mysterious scene replayed again and again, yet Yun Tian disrupted it again and again.

When he opened his eyes, he discovered that noon had arrived without his noticing. Scratching his head, he decided it was time to eat.

Yun Tian did not intend to follow Yun Ming's original Sky-Piercing Spear Technique. Instead, he wanted to develop an improved spear technique of his own. With the entries at his disposal, it was only a matter of time before he succeeded.

"Maybe I can try improving Yun Ming's spear technique... Forget it. I'll think about it later. For now, I should polish my fundamentals first."

Shaking his head, Yun Tian looked around. The Seventh Dormitory was empty by now. It seemed everyone had gone to eat.

Moreover, unlike before, when Yun Tian had first entered the Seventh Dormitory, Wang Sheng had wanted to fight according to the usual custom: whoever won would be the boss. But once he learned that Yun Tian possessed Innate Full Soul Power and a mutated long spear martial soul, he immediately admitted defeat.

In the original story, Wang Sheng had only dared to fight Tang San because Tang San's martial soul was the useless Blue Silver Grass. Give him someone even slightly more formidable, and he would cower.

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