Circumstances Were Stronger Than Man

Lu Shiyuan politely declined Su Yuntao's recruitment, only saying that he would definitely join Spirit Hall if given the chance, before hurriedly leaving the square.

After successfully awakening, a notification had already sounded in his mind.

Of course. How could a transmigrator not have a system?

Could someone without a system even be called a transmigrator?

He was in such a hurry to leave not only to inspect his Martial Soul, but also to properly study the system he had just obtained.

After awakening his Martial Soul, Lu Shiyuan's physical fitness improved tremendously. A journey that had originally taken half an hour took him only five minutes this time.

Of course, walking and running were entirely different in speed.

After returning home, he hastily shut the door tight, slipped into his bedroom alone, and summoned his Martial Soul.

Around the heterochromatic twin eyes, one gold and one blue, swirled a radiance as brilliant as a galaxy.

As the owner of the Martial Soul, he naturally knew what his awakened Martial Soul was called.

[Void-Time Dragon Eyes]

His left golden eye controlled time.

His right blue eye controlled space.

Combined with Innate Full Soul Power, Lu Shiyuan knew that the Martial Soul he had awakened was, at the very least, a top-tier Martial Soul.

It might even be a God-Tier Martial Soul.

So the question was, his father Lu Hao's Martial Soul was an Ancient Ding Saber, while his mother Chen Yun's Martial Soul was a White Crane Lotus. Why had his awakened Martial Soul turned into the Void-Time Dragon Eyes?

Besides that, there was another Martial Soul he had been willing to act cute to conceal back at the square.

[Star God Heavenly Orbit]

Looking at the meteorite-like stone in his hand, Lu Shiyuan's little eyes held enormous confusion.

I wanted to turn my life around, but I never meant to leap through the Dragon Gate.

Just as Lu Shiyuan was feeling puzzled, the notifications in his mind began sounding more and more frequently.

Unable to figure out the issue with his Martial Soul, he simply stopped dwelling on it and directly opened the system panel that only he could see.

[System]

What a simple, crude name. It did not even have a prefix.

After examining it inside and out, Lu Shiyuan discovered that the system he possessed could be described as simple to the extreme.

High emotional intelligence: returning to simplicity, the Great Dao was simple.

Low emotional intelligence: it was just a damn broken half-finished product.

His system had only one function: issuing tasks.

Once Lu Shiyuan completed a task, he could receive the corresponding reward.

Though the system interface was simple to the point of being shabby, its functions were quite powerful.

Because nearly all its rewards were related to Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

In other words, Lu Shiyuan would not need to worry about Soul Rings or Soul Bones at all in his future cultivation.

As everyone knew, Soul Rings of suitable age and high-age Soul Bones determined a Soul Master's upper limit.

With this system's help, Lu Shiyuan would still need to cultivate on his own, but one thing was certain: his future was destined to be smooth sailing.

Not only would the system reward him with Soul Rings and Soul Bones of perfect age, it would also generate the Soul Skills best suited to him.

This was not merely made for lazy people—it was practically a treasure for the unlucky.

Before transmigrating, Lu Shiyuan had been the kind of unlucky player who needed eighty-nine pulls just to hit pity for a gold and would still lose every coin flip!

The small number of rewards unrelated to Soul Rings and Soul Bones were all heavenly treasures that would make anyone jealous.

Lu Shiyuan had already spotted several familiar names in the reward list.

After he finished studying the system, his first task was successfully issued.

[Task: Successfully enroll in Nuoding Academy. Reward: First Soul Ring of the Void-Time Dragon Eyes]

Perfect. He had Innate Full Soul Power, and now he did not need to worry about Soul Rings either.

He knew very clearly that cultivation was still effective before obtaining a Soul Ring.

It was just that the accumulated Soul Power could not be reflected in his level. Instead, it would be stored within his body, allowing him to break through all at once after obtaining a Soul Ring.

Before Chen Zehua's excitement at becoming a Soul Master had even faded, Lu Shiyuan prepared to circulate the meditation method his father had left behind.

But before he could even sit cross-legged, he heard a knock at the door.

The knocking was urgent, yet not forceful, giving off a cautious feeling.

The visitor seemed anxious, yet also afraid of disturbing whoever was inside. Lu Shiyuan immediately sensed this conflicting state of mind.

It left Lu Shiyuan deeply puzzled.

It was not as though no one usually came knocking. After all, if the neighbors wanted to give him something, they could not exactly toss it straight into the courtyard.

But he had never heard knocking this strange before.

Suppressing his confusion, Lu Shiyuan carefully walked into the courtyard and peered outside through the crack in the gate.

A tall figure paced back and forth outside the entrance, occasionally lifting her head to glance at the villa itself.

Her gaze held extremely complicated emotions: anxiety, unease, and even a trace of nostalgia.

Lu Shiyuan had no idea why he could read emotions resembling a pie chart from such beautiful eyes.

After thinking it over, he still opened the courtyard gate.

"Big sister, are you looking for—" Before Lu Shiyuan could finish his sentence, he saw tears welling up in the woman's eyes.

"Xiao Yuan..." The woman's eyes reddened, and a clear tear fell straight down...

Oh, it did not reach the ground, because it was blocked by a certain towering part.

Just as Lu Shiyuan was about to ask something, the woman rushed forward and pulled him into her arms.

A rich, sweet fragrance instantly enveloped his entire body. Lu Shiyuan's little face was buried between two soft masses, and he nearly suffocated.

Only after a long while did the woman release him, her emotions having calmed considerably.

Only then was Lu Shiyuan finally able to speak.

"Big sister, who are you looking for?" The question that had been interrupted earlier was finally asked in full.

The beautiful woman did not answer his question. Instead, she asked, "Xiao Yuan, is your Martial Soul the Void-Time Dragon Eyes?"

Lu Shiyuan froze on the spot. Why could this person accurately name his Martial Soul?

That should not have been possible. Wasn't this era's understanding of Martial Souls still at a rather superficial level?

What the woman said next struck him like a thunderbolt.

"Xiao Yuan, you have Twin Martial Souls, don't you?"

Those two brief sentences made Lu Shiyuan feel as though he had been stripped completely bare. The sensation of being naked left him feeling like needles were pricking his back.

The childish smile on his face vanished entirely, replaced by utter vigilance.

"Who exactly are you?"

The woman was amused by his expression. She rubbed Lu Shiyuan's head. "Are you planning to talk here?"

After thinking for a moment, Lu Shiyuan nodded. "Then come in."

He could sense the terrifying aura surrounding this woman.

That aura was even stronger than his deceased father's. In other words, the woman before him was at least a Soul Ancestor.

He was a weakling who had only just awakened and did not even have a Soul Ring. Even if he wanted to do something, he could not.

All he could say was that circumstances were stronger than man.

Of course, there was not no good news.

Since she was willing to come inside to talk, it meant she bore no ill will and did not intend to publicly expose all of Lu Shiyuan's secrets.

That was also the main reason Lu Shiyuan was willing to let the woman enter.