Various Gains, Another Script

[Change of fate successful. Please choose one of the following rewards.]

After eating, Lin Chen had just returned to the dorm when the system notification popped up.

"Looks like Wuhen succeeded."

"But there's only one reward? Seems Ah Yin, as his mother, and her Spirit Bone weren't all that important to Tang San."

But on second thought, that seemed about right.

To Tang San, Ah Yin and her Spirit Bone were probably less important than the Blue Silver King. The only useful thing about the bone was likely the flight soul skill it provided.

Lin Chen shook his head, then inspected the newly refreshed reward pool.

[Reward One: Gold Soul Coins ×10086.]

[Reward Two: System-Bestowed Spirit Ring ×1.]

[Reward Three: Random ultimate technique ×1.]

[Reward Four: Teleportation Card. Teleport to a designated location within one hundred kilometers.]

[Reward Five: Gold Soul Coins ×10010.]

The earlier rewards were fine, but when Lin Chen saw Reward Five, he was at a loss for words.

Why were there Gold Soul Coins again?

Still, helpless as he felt, there was nothing he could do about the system.

Fortunately, the proportion of junk rewards wasn't high.

One junk reward out of five was barely within an acceptable range.

"Looks like I won't need to search everywhere for soul beasts in the future."

Looking at the System-Bestowed Spirit Ring that had appeared again, a smile rose on Lin Chen's face.

System, I choose Reward Three.

The other rewards were either useless or not something he could use for now.

He would leave them for later.

The moment Lin Chen made his choice, information about the ultimate technique appeared in his mind.

[Shaking Mountain Fist: A fist technique. Its power increases with the user's soul power level. When used alongside the Divine Physique, its power becomes even greater.]

The description was vague. He would only know its precise power after testing it himself.

Still, since it was a technique that could grow, it couldn't be too weak. At the very least, it wouldn't be inferior to ordinary ten-thousand-year, or even several-ten-thousand-year soul skills in the future.

Just as Lin Chen closed the panel, Wuhen appeared out of thin air in the dorm.

"Master, the things you requested."

Wuhen handed over a box and a Blue Silver Grass with streaks of golden patterns running across its stem and leaves.

Lin Chen took them.

Grass was still grass. Even if it was the emperor among grasses, it wasn't particularly special.

After giving it a brief look, Lin Chen stored it in the System Inventory.

Then he opened the box.

Inside was a crystalline leg bone, as clear and flawless as a crystal.

The leg bone resembled a human leg bone and was nearly complete.

Lin Chen couldn't understand why Spirit Bones dropped by soul beasts took the form of human bones.

Wouldn't it make more sense if they were beast bones that gradually fused with human bones during absorption, rather than emerging as human bones from the start?

Lin Chen didn't absorb it immediately. Instead, he looked up at Wuhen and asked, "Have you absorbed your Spirit Bone? Has your soul power level advanced further?"

Wuhen saluted. "Thanks to Master's blessing, I have already reached level ninety-seven."

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction.

Among Titled Douluo, especially Peak Douluo, the gap between every level was immense.

Without a 100,000-year Soul Ring or powerful self-created soul skills, even a one-level difference gave the higher-ranked one an overwhelming advantage over the lower-ranked one.

"Good. Guard me."

Although absorbing a Spirit Bone had no requirements—even a level-one Spirit Scholar could absorb a 100,000-year Spirit Bone—it was better to be safe than sorry.

Since he had the conditions, why not use them?

"Yes!"

Wuhen answered and stood there like a spear, watching Lin Chen absorb the Spirit Bone.

As Lin Chen injected soul power into the Spirit Bone, the enormous bone suddenly transformed into a streak of blue light and burrowed into his right leg.

There was no crushing pressure, nor was there any mental shock.

There was only surging soul power.

Lin Chen calmed his mind, circulated the Profound Origin Technique, and began refining that soul power.

He could clearly feel his level rapidly soaring.

Level fifteen, level sixteen, level seventeen...

Time slowly passed as Lin Chen refined the soul power contained within the Spirit Bone bit by bit.

As the final wisp of soul power sank into his dantian, his level finally stopped at nineteen. He was still one step short of level twenty.

But level twenty wasn't far away.

At Lin Chen's cultivation speed, he would break through in one or two months at most.

It was also at this moment—

Information about the two soul skills granted by the Spirit Bone surfaced in his mind.

The first soul skill was the same as in the original story: instantly heal all injuries.

The second soul skill, however, was somewhat different.

Not only was it different, it also gave Lin Chen quite a shock.

Devour Life: Devour and store the life force of any living creature or even plant. Once enough life force had been accumulated, it could even bring the user back from death.

Lin Chen remembered Tang Hao mentioning in the original story that if Ah Yin hadn't sacrificed herself, she could have revived even if she had been killed.

Now it seemed that this was the ability he had meant.

Such a heaven-defying ability had actually been replaced by a flight soul skill.

Looks like Tang San's luck wasn't all that good either.

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes, a faint smile curling at his lips.

Ah Yin's Spirit Bone was quite satisfying.

Seeing Lin Chen awaken, Wuhen clasped his hands and bowed.

"Master, if there is nothing else, this subordinate will take his leave."

Lin Chen nodded. "Go."

The instant his words fell, Wuhen vanished from the dorm.

System, begin editing.

*Scarface Wang Dong fled all the way to Nuoding City. After enduring wind and hardship for who knew how long, he planned to enter the city and enjoy himself.

The moment Wang Dong entered the city, he happened to encounter Yu Xiaogang, who was leaving to collect his subsidy.

The inexplicable arrogance on the other man's body made him furious. Without another word, he knocked him unconscious and took him to a deserted place...

Yu Xiaogang should have felt pain after suffering through an entire night of torment, but for some reason, he found himself strangely savoring the sensation.

That feeling had completely taken root in his heart. Given enough nourishment and time, it would fully sprout and grow into a towering tree.*

After checking it over, an evil smile involuntarily appeared on Lin Chen's face.

Lin Chu, as expected of you.

The moment he wrote this script, Lin Chen secretly made up his mind. In the future, he would follow Tang San and Gangzi to Shrek Academy.

He would take Gangzi and Flander's bond beyond mere brotherhood.

[Editing successful!]

The script had been written. The rest would be left to time.

It was only the beginning of the month. Given Yu Xiaogang's personality, he had likely collected his subsidy long ago. That meant the script would have to wait until the beginning of next month to take effect.

This one month before it descended was the travel time Lin Chen had given Scarface.

After all, the wanted notice might have reached Nuoding City, but Scarface himself might not be anywhere near Nuoding City.

If he wasn't there, the script's logic would have a problem.

He couldn't exactly expect the system to teleport him directly to Nuoding City, could he?

Time to cultivate seriously. I need to break through to level twenty within a month.

A determined look appeared on Lin Chen's face as he closed his eyes and began cultivating his soul power.