One Year Later

Quiet passed the night.

Noticing that Ah Yin had already fallen asleep, Jun Lin then opened the beginner's gift pack provided by the system.

With a thought, Jun Lin discovered that several items had appeared in the system's own System Space.

Martial Soul upgrade, Innate Soul Power increased by ten levels.

Two adaptable millennium Soul Rings.

Elemental Garment, one Titled Douluo follower.

He immediately checked the information on these items.

First was the Martial Soul, which upgraded from an ordinary light element Martial Soul to one capable of controlling all elements.

Next, due to the Martial Soul's upgrade, his Innate Soul Power also increased by ten levels, just like Qian Renxue in the original work—a God Level Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power of level twenty.

Then came the [Elemental Garment], an item of clothing imbued with Soul Power that possessed defensive capabilities, could automatically repair itself when damaged, and came with self-cleaning, breath-concealing, and perception-shielding functions, could freely change styles, and also had the effect of disguising Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

As for the two adaptable millennium Soul Rings and the Titled Douluo follower, they went without saying.

Good stuff!

With a thought from Jun Lin, the Elemental Garment instantly clothed his body. He then activated the breath-concealing function on the garment, directly shielding Ah Yin's perception.

Then, using the remaining rewards from the system, he shifted his thoughts slightly.

A woman with a stern expression, dressed in white, with skin as white as snow, autumn-water eyes, and three thousand strands of dark hair swaying in the wind, slowly came into Jun Lin's view, exuding the profound aura of a Titled Douluo.

"Your subordinate Shui Linglong greets Master."

Looking at Shui Linglong kneeling on one knee, Jun Lin hastily said:

"Sister Linglong, you don't need to be like this. In the future, you can just call me by my name."

"In the Douluo Continent, neither of us has any ties or burdens, so from now on we shall address each other as siblings."

Shui Linglong stood up and nodded.

"Linglong understands."

After finishing the beginner's gift pack, Jun Lin opened his Attribute Panel.

Instantly, a golden light screen appeared within Jun Lin's vision.

[Attribute Panel]

Host: Jun Lin

Age: Six years old

Martial Soul: Lord of Elements

Cultivation: Level twenty-six

Soul Ring Configuration: Purple, purple

Soul Skill: Increase all attributes

Host's rank is Soul Grandmaster: Wish Points +2, Wish Points +2, Wish Points +2...

Subordinate: Shui Linglong

Martial Soul: Ice Element

Cultivation: Level ninety-one

Soul Ring: Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red

Soul Skill: Increase all attributes

After reviewing the Attribute Panel information for himself and Sister Linglong, Jun Lin felt secretly pleased, knowing that he now had the capital to gain a foothold in the Douluo Continent.

Jun Lin suddenly fixed his gaze on the "Wish List" section, involuntarily thinking of the wishes of key figures in the Douluo World mentioned by the system.

Key figures? Meaning famous characters from the original work?

Jun Lin: "..."

Let alone the three Peerless Douluo of the older generation!

The heirs of the Upper Three Sects of the younger generation? Or Dugu Bo?

Or perhaps Bibi Dong? Yu Xiaogang? Tang Hao?

The names of these people surfaced in Jun Lin's mind.

In this era before Tang San was even born, these few fellows were the only ones available to fleece.

Oh, right, with Qian Xunji thrown in as a bonus.

Yet what kind of person was Qian Xunji? A scum and a disgrace who stopped at nothing to achieve his goals, even violating his own disciple.

Even Jun Lin, who did not consider himself a perverted pedophile, thought he was extremely perverted.

To keep hold of that ungrateful wretch Bibi Dong, he went so far as to use force...!

Yet out of all the methods he could have used, why did he have to resort to force?

Just walking right up to Bibi Dong and saying, "Dong'er, you don't want anything to happen to Yu Xiaogang, do you..." Wouldn't that be way more thrilling than using force?

With just this... would Bibi Dong still dare to betray Spirit Hall? Would she still dare talk about eloping with Yu Xiaogang?

Or simply wait until Qian Renxue was born and kill Bibi Dong with a single blade; that had to be better than keeping her in Spirit Hall with all that hatred.

Why insist on planting a ticking time bomb right inside Spirit Hall!

Did it really have to be that extreme?

When it all came down to it, Qian Xunji was just too perverted, craving her body ever since he took Bibi Dong on as a disciple, even though our man Jun Lin also craved her body quite a bit...

Early the next morning, Jun Lin and Ah Yin also got up early and headed toward the cafeteria.

"Yo, aren't these the poor ghosts from Dorm Seven? They can't even afford to go to the second floor."

The moment they stepped into the cafeteria, a discordant voice immediately rang out.

Hearing this, Jun Lin also looked over at once, witnessing the classic scene from the original work where noble students mocked the working-study students.

As the boss of working-study student Dorm Seven, he fully stepped up to his responsibilities, and seeing someone provocation, he spoke up, "Hmph, having money makes you amazing! Having money means you can do whatever you want?"

"SORRY, having money really does let you do whatever you want."

(Tactical lean back.jpg) Wearing a victorious smile, the group of noble students headed up to the second floor.

Enraged to the point that his face flushed crimson, the Dorm Seven boss set off to chase them, only to be pulled back by a classmate beside him who said, "Boss, forget it, forget it."

Faced with his classmate's comfort, the Dorm Seven boss held back for the moment only to grow more furious the more he thought about it, stepping back only to feel more ripped off the more he dwelled on it.

When on earth would they, the working-study students, truly be able to stand tall? It really made a person so "angry, shaking, and chilled."

Days at Nuoding Academy always flew by, and as time slipped away, a whole year passed in the blink of an eye.

Over this past year, Jun Lin established a fixed daily routine.

In the morning, he attended regular classes together with Ah Yin.

In the afternoon, he sparred and trained with Ah Yin to enhance close-combat fighting abilities.

At night, he shared a bed and pillow with Ah Yin to cultivate their relationship.

One could say Jun Lin spent every single day feeling utterly fulfilled.

As for buying extra bedding or sleeping in separate beds? Our man Jun Lin stated that he had no recollection of any such thing ever happening.

Though our man Jun Lin would absolutely never admit to being a pervert, playing the long game of raising someone up was still pretty great.

Tomorrow was the day Nuoding Academy broke for vacation, and the students were all immersed in the joy of the impending holiday.

Inside Dorm One, Jun Lin was packing his luggage.

"Ah Yin, tomorrow is the start of break. Aren't you going home?"

Sitting on the bed, Jun Lin asked Ah Yin, feigning ignorance.

"I'm not going back; I'll just stay at the academy~"

Ah Yin's gaze was filled with desolation; she was originally a Spirit Beast in human form, having no family in the human world and no home in any true sense of the word. Whenever she thought of this, an indescribable sadness welled up in her heart.

Looking at Ah Yin's helpless appearance, Jun Lin's heart softened, and without a moment's hesitation, he said, "Then, beautiful and gentle Miss Ah Yin, would you be willing to come be a guest at my home?"

Jun Lin issued the invitation to Ah Yin.

Ah Yin looked at Jun Lin in surprise, a warm current welling up in her heart. "Is it really okay? Won't I be troubling you too much?"

Jun Lin smiled and bantered, "There's a saying that goes, a hundred years of cultivation brings people across the same boat, a thousand years of cultivation brings them to share the same pillow! We've been sharing a bed for so long now, I couldn't bear to leave you all alone in the academy with no one to look after you~"

"Bah, go die~, you dog can't spit out anything ivory."

Hearing this, Ah Yin's face flushed red, and she punched Jun Lin right in the chest, wondering just how she had ever let this guy trick her back then.