Changes in the Pure Yang Flame, First Draw

Feeling Jiang Lin's gaze, Xin Lan's delicate body trembled, her heart filled with resentment. But for the sake of her own life, she was willing to do anything.

Without waiting for Jiang Lin's reply, Xin Lan actually climbed up and lunged at him.

"What a bore—"

A trace of disgust appeared in Jiang Lin's eyes as he aimed the Pure Yang Flame in his hand at the charging Xin Lan.

"No, don't! Jiang Lin, Aunt Xin was wrong! Aunt Xin doesn't want to die! Aunt Xin really doesn't want to die!"

Feeling the terrifying heat, Xin Lan was stunned at first, then her body immediately began shaking like a sieve, her face filled with terror and regret.

What was more, a stream of yellow, foul-smelling liquid spread directly across the floor from beneath her.

"If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?"

Jiang Lin's eyes were filled with indifference. With a toss of his hand, the flames flew straight toward Xin Lan and swallowed her whole amid her agonized, despairing screams!

"Eh, why does the Pure Yang Flame seem a little stronger?"

"Was that just my imagination?"

After recalling the flames, a trace of surprise appeared on Jiang Lin's face.

"Forget it, no point thinking about it. I'll deal with the others first."

Jiang Lin did not leave Ao Gang's house immediately. Instead, he went to another room, where Alto and his younger brother were still sound asleep, completely undisturbed by their parents' screams.

"Don't blame me. Blame your parents for their countless evil deeds. They brought this fate upon themselves."

Jiang Lin did not linger over the two children. After cleaning up the traces, he left the room.

After leaving Ao Gang's house, Jiang Lin followed his memories to Zhu Hao's home. This man had spoken the most vicious words during the day and harbored the darkest thoughts. Not only had he wanted to kill Old Jack, but he had also intended to make a move against Little Dragon Girl!

Against someone like him, Jiang Lin directly made every one of his malicious thoughts come true upon him.

On his way over, he had also brought along the village's well-known old beggar. His intentions were self-evident.

"Ah!"

"No, I was wrong! Please let me go! I really was wrong! Please stop!"

Jiang Lin's eyes were full of mockery. He then signaled for the old beggar not to hold back.

"Hehe, don't worry, sir. This old beggar will definitely make this fat pig understand pain today!"

"Ah! No!"

Half an hour later, the old beggar collapsed to the side from exhaustion. He closed his eyes in satisfaction and drew his final breath.

"Old man, rest in peace."

With a wave of Jiang Lin's hand, the Pure Yang Flame instantly enveloped both of them and burned them to ashes.

Over the next several hours, Jiang Lin's figure passed through the homes of those people from the day. Only when dawn was about to break did he return home.

After rinsing himself in the bathroom with cold water, Jiang Lin let out a long breath. The gloom in his eyes completely vanished, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Then Jiang Lin summoned the Pure Yang Flame and silently sensed the changes within it. Delight appeared on his face.

"It seems the Pure Yang Flame really has grown stronger. But why did this change happen? Was it because of the evil deeds they had committed? Or the soul power in their bodies?"

"Probably both. But the soul power in their bodies was too weak, so even though their evil deeds were grave, the enhancement to the Pure Yang Flame was still not very obvious."

"Looking at it this way, perhaps I can become a bounty hunter in the future, specializing in capturing those soul masters burdened with crimes and using them to increase the Pure Yang Flame's power."

"..."

"Now that everyone who deserved to die is dead, there's no reason for me to remain in Holy Soul Village."

"But Grandpa Jack—"

[ Ding! ]

[It has been detected that a large number of Holy Soul Village residents have died, causing the future of Holy Soul Village to deviate from the original timeline. Settlement will now be made based on the degree of deviation.]

[Holy Soul Village plot deviation: F. Collapse Points +100.]

"Eh, I can get Collapse Points even this way?"

A trace of surprise appeared in Jiang Lin's eyes.

"Right, I have 100 Collapse Points now, just enough for one draw. Let me give it a try!"

With a thought from Jiang Lin, a black iron disk appeared before him.

Each section of the wheel was filled with black iron cards. The higher the star rating, the smaller the section; the lower the star rating, the larger the section.

These cards came in many types, such as the inheritance-type Shaolin Temple Basic Cultivation Method, the pet-type Pokémon spirits, and the medicinal-type Battle Through the Heavens Continent Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

There were also equipment-type Quanzhen Sect standard longswords from The Return of the Condor Heroes, as well as summoning-type minor background characters from the various worlds.

Overall, none of these cards were particularly precious. After all, even the highest, Black Iron Three-Star, only corresponded to the Great Soul Master level of the Douluo Continent.

Therefore, Jiang Lin did not place much hope on this draw and directly spun the wheel.

About a minute later, the wheel slowed down, and the pointer finally stopped on the Black Iron Three-Star summoning category.

Then a burst of pale golden light flashed, and the system's announcement rang out in Jiang Lin's mind.

[ Ding! ]

[Congratulations, Host, for drawing the special character summoning card—Black Shadow Ten-Man Squad.]

[This card is a special group summoning card. Its favorability toward the Host is fixed at 60, the obedience stage.]

[Due to the card's star-rating restriction, the Host can currently only summon ten Shadow Ninjas at the level of Level 20 Great Soul Masters.]

"Damn, I pulled gold on my very first draw?"

"Shadow Ninjas? Aren't these from Jackie Chan Adventures? I actually drew them. Although each one is only as strong as a Great Soul Master, they're more than enough to secretly look after Grandpa Jack."

"With this, I can leave Holy Soul Village without worry."

Jiang Lin was somewhat surprised by his good fortune, then directly selected use.

The next moment, a black iron gate appeared before Jiang Lin.

The gate opened, and ten Shadow Ninjas clad in black ninja attire, with dark bluish skin and glowing red pupils, appeared before Jiang Lin.

"Black Shadow Ten-Man Squad greets the master."

Jiang Lin nodded slightly and swept his gaze over his status panel.

[Special Corps: Black Shadow Ten-Man Squad]

[Cultivation: Level 20 Great Soul Master]

[Martial Soul: Shadow, a body martial soul]

[Soul Skills: Shadow Following, Shadow Cage]

[Corps Combined Skill: Shadow God Claw (the more people involved, the greater the power)]

"They even have a combined skill. That's pretty good, though I wonder how powerful it is."

"But judging from the description, it seems it can be used without all ten people. In that case, I'll leave seven with Grandpa Jack. I'll keep three by my side, since Little Dragon Girl is with me anyway."

Having made up his mind, Jiang Lin immediately numbered the ten of them Shadow One through Shadow Ten. He then sent Shadow Three through Shadow Ten, the seven of them, to Old Jack's house to protect him in secret.

As for the remaining three, they transformed into shadows and hid around Jiang Lin.

After finishing everything, Jiang Lin carefully returned to his room and quietly climbed into bed.

"Jiang Lin, what did you go out to do?"

A cool, detached voice suddenly rang out in the room.