You're Really Something

[Destiny successfully altered. Please choose one of the following rewards.]

"Hmm?"

The system prompt that suddenly popped up left Lin Chen a little confused.

He hadn't edited a new script either, had he?

Why had a reward suddenly appeared?

Lin Chen pulled up the records and realized that the script he'd written for Tang San had affected Yu Xiaogang taking on a disciple.

That counted as an unexpected gain.

Hope Gangzi works a little harder. After all, without that teacher holding him back, Tang San's path will be much smoother.

Lin Chen had no intention of kicking someone while they were down and making Gangzi lose his beloved disciple outright.

There were good and bad ways to alter destiny. He didn't want to steer Tang San's fate in a better direction.

Why?

Because he didn't like the guy. And because torturing Tang San needed no reason.

Let's check the rewards.

[Reward One: Storage Soul Tool. A Storage Soul Tool with one hundred cubic meters of space, capable of storing unconscious living creatures.]

[Reward Two: System-Bestowed Spirit Ring x1.]

[Reward Three: Gold Soul Coins x10086.]

[Reward Four: Random Ultimate Skill x1.]

[Reward Five: Random Spirit Bone x1.]

Holy crap, you're giving out rewards, so why are you giving me those too? Why are Gold Soul Coins even here?

And it's freaking 10086.

How much did China Mobile pay you? China Unicom will give you ten times that.

Lin Chen was utterly speechless.

Fortunately, apart from the one leftover from before, there was only one trash reward.

He could barely accept that.

Looking over the five rewards, Lin Chen's gaze kept shifting between the two random rewards.

The System-Bestowed Spirit Ring wasn't useful for now, so there was no harm in choosing it later. What made him hesitate was whether to choose the Random Ultimate Skill or the Random Spirit Bone.

System, I choose Reward Four.

The last random draw had given him a decent ultimate skill, so Lin Chen wanted to see if he could get lucky again.

The instant that thought crossed his mind, information about the skill flooded into his head.

Tathagata Palm: A palm technique that descended from the heavens. Its power increased with the user's level, and it became even stronger when used with the Divine Physique.

Well, damn. Even Tathagata Palm had shown up.

Honestly, it looked pretty good.

The fact that its power scaled with his level alone was enough to prove its value, not to mention that it could be used alongside the Divine Physique.

Lin Chen rolled his neck and got up, walking into the dormitory.

Xiao Wu had already cleaned his room, and after airing it out for a while, much of the dampness had evaporated.

It still wasn't fit to move into, but at least he no longer had to sit in the hallway.

As for Xiao Wu...

She was currently huffing and puffing as she cleaned her own dorm room.

System, begin editing!

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Lin Chen began editing another new script.

In order to win over Tang San, Yu Xiaogang obtained an opportunity from the Notting academy headmaster to help Tang San hunt his first Spirit Ring.

Tang San had no choice but to follow him to the Soul Hunting Forest.

Unable to hunt a high-year soul beast and in order to preserve his dignity, Yu Xiaogang chose a hundred-year-old Lonely Bamboo for Tang San.

During Tang San's absorption of the Spirit Ring, a hundred-year Profound Yin Viper attacked.

Yu Xiaogang fought desperately to hold it off, but he was no match for it. Luo Sanpao was bitten by the Profound Yin Viper, and when it returned to Yu Xiaogang's body, it brought the Profound Yin Viper's venom back with it.

Fortunately, Tang San woke up in time and dealt with the Profound Yin Viper.

Lin Chen had already come up with this script when he encountered the Profound Yin Viper. It was also the longest script he had edited so far.

He just hoped the system wouldn't let him down.

[Editing successful!]

Having just finished editing the script, Lin Chen seemed to sense something and looked toward the dormitory entrance.

The next second.

A plain-looking middle-aged man appeared at the door to his dorm room.

The man stood with his hands behind his back, an inexplicable arrogance written across his face that made people want to walk up and slap him.

"Are you Lin Chen?"

Yu Xiaogang stood in the doorway, sizing up the child seated by the bed, his eyes carrying an inexplicable air of condescension.

Lin Chen asked flatly, "What is it?"

Yu Xiaogang said, "Allow me to introduce myself. Because I've made some achievements in theoretical research, everyone calls me Grandmaster."

"As for my name..."

"It's been so long since anyone addressed me by name that I've nearly forgotten what it is. You may call me Grandmaster, just like everyone else."

"Pfft... honk honk honk..."

Lin Chen desperately tried to suppress the corners of his mouth, but in the end, he failed.

He let out a laugh like a goose.

If Yu Xiaogang had only said the first half, Lin Chen could've held it in.

Why did this guy have to mention the second half?

Who would openly tell others that they'd forgotten even their own surname?

Was he that afraid people would call him by his name instead of Grandmaster?

Although Yu Xiaogang didn't know why Lin Chen was laughing, he wasn't stupid. How could he fail to sense the mockery in that laughter?

His expression immediately darkened, and his hands behind his back unconsciously clenched into fists.

He stared coldly at Lin Chen, his gaze as sharp as blades, as though he wanted to stop the laughter through the force of his glare.

"Cough, cough... Sorry... honk honk honk..."

Lin Chen forced down his smile, but the moment he saw Gangzi again, he broke once more. This time, he broke completely, beyond any hope of stopping.

He was laughing so hard he couldn't straighten his back, and even his cheeks began to ache faintly.

"How dare you!"

Yu Xiaogang flew into a rage. As he shouted, a weak pressure of soul power abruptly burst forth and bore down directly upon Lin Chen in the room.

Lin Chen finally stopped laughing, but it wasn't because that soul power pressure had intimidated him. It was because Gangzi's intimidation had put him into a fighting state.

It was an instinct that was hard to describe.

Just like when you were laughing happily and someone suddenly swung a blade at you.

You definitely wouldn't be able to laugh anymore.

Lin Chen turned to look at Yu Xiaogang, a trace of coldness rising in his eyes.

Yet Yu Xiaogang acted as if he hadn't seen it.

"Is it funny?"

His voice was icy, with threads of anger mixed into his tone.

"Huff!"

Lin Chen let out a heavy breath before slowly rising to his feet.

"You can forget even your own surname? You're really something. I wonder what your father would think if he heard you say that."

He stared directly at Yu Xiaogang, the mockery in his voice painfully obvious.

Restraint?

Without a guardian, Lin Chen might have restrained himself a little. After all, this guy was Yu Yuanzhen's biological son and had a powerful ex-girlfriend.

Even Flander and Liu Erlong were people Lin Chen couldn't afford to provoke yet.

But he had one.

And it was a top-tier guardian who dared to declare, Below Demigod, I am invincible.

So why the hell should he restrain himself?

Without a guardian, he had to restrain himself at every turn. With a guardian, he still had to restrain himself.

Wouldn't that mean he'd gotten a guardian for nothing?

Since he had that confidence, of course he should live however he pleased.

Yu Xiaogang froze.

In his wildest dreams, he had never imagined that some little brat would dare speak to him like that.