Life Roulette Draw | Heading to Nuoding City

"Um..."

"System."

Lin Jing batted his eyelashes at the screen before him.

"Look... let's negotiate. Can you gift me one roulette spin? A Life category one would be fine."

He poked his index fingers together, looking pitiful.

He was one step away from kneeling on the ground to beg.

[No.]

The system left no room for negotiation and refused decisively.

"System, you don't know my hardships. I don't blame you, after all, you aren't human."

"But I am human. I need to hunt for a Spirit Ring, I need to make a living. Which of these two doesn't require Gold Soul Coins?"

"Look at me now, I'm so poor I'm rattling. Just do me a favor and give me one spin."

[No.]

The system refused again.

This time, a pouting emoji appeared on the light screen in front of Lin Jing.

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Seeing this, Lin Jing's eyes lit up. There was definitely a chance.

After pleading a few more times, he suddenly changed his tone:

"How about this? You give me one Mall Roulette spin, and I'll owe you ten task points."

The system might have been worn down by his pestering. After a moment of lag, a helpless emoji appeared on the screen.

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[Fine. This system will show mercy and lend you one.]

A smile appeared on Lin Jing's face. It seemed this Thunder System kept claiming it lacked authorization.

But look at that, its authorization was actually quite high. He even felt that if he kept pestering it, he might be able to get a freebie.

However, he decided against it. Quit while you're ahead; the days ahead were still long.

There's always another day.

There would be plenty of opportunities to fleece the Thunder System in the future.

"System, I love you so much, mwah~"

Lin Jing chuckled. "Introduce the Mall Roulette's mode and rewards first."

[In the Mall Roulette, there is nothing you cannot draw, only things you cannot imagine.]

[The Mall Roulette is divided into countless sub-roulettes, each representing a different type of reward.]

[For example, the Life category you mentioned earlier is one such sub-roulette.]

[Now opening the Life Roulette pool for the host.]

"Wait!"

Lin Jing hurriedly stopped the system. "Shouldn't we start with the Mall Roulette?"

"What if the sub-roulette I draw isn't the Life one?"

[Didn't the host just say you wanted the Life category?]

The system grasped the point and asked directly.

Lin Jing: "..."

I could just...

He shouldn't have been so loose-lipped. Lin Jing wished he could slap himself.

Why did he have to specify the Life category? What use was the Life category!

He had wasted a Mall Roulette spin for nothing.

"System, what if I told you that was my cousin talking?"

Lin Jing still wanted to try and salvage the situation.

[Host, do I look like an idiot to you?]

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A "retard" emoji was displayed on the screen.

"Fine, open the Life prize pool. Let me see what's in there."

Lin Jing spread his hands. It was a freebie anyway, so the Life category wasn't bad.

As soon as he finished speaking, the screen in front of him transformed instantly, and a roulette wheel emerged.

The wheel was the same as before, but it was no longer a physical object, but a virtual projection.

The Life Roulette had many prizes, densely packed.

Lin Jing scanned it briefly. The most common item was Gold Soul Coins, occupying half the area.

Ranging from five or ten coins to thousands.

Next were daily necessities like food.

"If I could draw 999,999 Gold Soul Coins, wouldn't my future life be worry-free?"

Lin Jing began to daydream.

999,999 Gold Soul Coins was the most generous reward in the Life prize pool, and also the one with the lowest probability.

"Spin!"

Lin Jing took a deep breath and chanted in his heart.

Receiving the command, the wheel began to spin.

Two seconds later, the position of the indicator was clearly visible.

Every time it pointed to a high amount of Gold Soul Coins, his heart skipped a beat.

Finally, the indicator stopped.

It landed on the five hundred Gold Soul Coin mark.

This reward wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.

It was decent; it might not even be enough to hire someone to hunt a century-old Spirit Beast.

Still, having something was better than having nothing.

Since he had money now, Lin Jing immediately pushed open the door and headed toward Nuoding City.

Just as he walked out of the village entrance, he stopped.

Because...

He didn't know which way to go to Nuoding City. If he went the wrong way and ended up in the middle of nowhere, he would be in trouble.

He hadn't stopped for long when he saw Old Jack walking over from a distance.

Seeing this, Lin Jing wanted to hide to avoid being sent back by Old Jack.

But on second thought, he didn't do that. Instead, he walked up to him.

"Grandpa Jack, are you heading to the neighboring village?"

Lin Jing trotted a few steps to reach Old Jack and asked curiously.

"Yes. What are you doing at the village entrance, Xiao Jing?"

Old Jack's expression wasn't very good; he was clearly still upset by Tang Hao.

"Grandpa Jack, I want to go to Nuoding City. Which way should I go?"

Lin Jing asked directly.

"Nuoding City? Why are you going alone? It's too dangerous. Go back."

Old Jack tapped his cane and said sternly.

"Grandpa Jack, I have already awakened my Spirit, and I am a level ten Spirit Master. I can protect myself."

"Besides, Master Su Yuntao said I have innate full Spirit Power and can go to the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City to collect the Spirit Master subsidy."

Lin Jing brought up Su Yuntao, who was highly authoritative in Old Jack's eyes.

He had banked on the fact that Old Jack didn't know about the Spirit Master subsidy, which was why he said it so confidently.

"Spirit Master subsidy?"

Old Jack was stunned. He had never heard of such a thing.

After all, the village had never produced a Spirit Master, and even if one had, they wouldn't talk to an old man like him about such things.

"Follow this path all the way. Don't turn at the forks. You should reach Nuoding City before dark."

Old Jack didn't stop him again. After pointing the way, he urged:

"Be careful on the road. If you encounter danger, remember to run to the Spirit Hall and find Master Su Yuntao."

"Thank you, Grandpa Jack. I'll remember that."

Lin Jing nodded and followed the path.

He had two things to do in Nuoding City. First: buy Whale Glue.

He should be able to buy Whale Glue, though the age might not be ideal.

A century-old piece would be enough for Lin Jing.

Because even a thousand-year-old Whale Glue wouldn't allow him to absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring for his first ring.

In the original work Douluo Dalu II, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng were all examples of this.

As the young master of the Clear Sky Sect and the daughter of the Sea God Tang San, Wang Dong certainly wouldn't lack Whale Glue, yet she only managed a thousand-year second ring.

As for Ning Tian and Wu Feng, as the young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and her personal bodyguard, they certainly wouldn't lack thousand-year Whale Glue either.

They still had century-old first rings. Ning Tian's could be explained by the low physical strength of support-type Spirit Masters.

But what about Wu Feng? As the owner of the Red Dragon Spirit, her physical strength was definitely not inferior to other top-tier Beast Spirits.

Therefore, the effect of thousand-year Whale Glue on physical strength improvement wasn't that significant, at most around five hundred years.