I'll Have to Put Gangzi Through a Little More Trouble! [Thanks to Erdier for the Tip-Bonus Chapter]

"Scarface, is this your new girlfriend?"

The prison bosses had gathered in the communal bathhouse. Every one of them stared at Gangzi with curiosity and greed.

"Yeah, heh. I'm about to have him pick up my soap." Scarface narrowed his eyes, looking eager.

"Pick up soap? You can't keep something that good all to yourself!" The other bosses looked keen to join in. They had been locked up so long they had barely seen a female mosquito.

Gangzi's skin was hardly delicate, but to men like them, he was a feast for the eyes.

Gangzi still had no idea how serious things had become.

Damn Wang Hu. Damn Scarface. Once Flender comes to get me out of prison, I'll destroy you no matter what it takes!

By the time he snapped out of it, Wang Hu was approaching with a group of men.

"Brother Hu, Scarface, everyone... did you need something?" Gangzi had just been thinking about killing them, but he knew better than to show it. He gave them his most fawning smile.

"Oh, nothing much, Gangzi. Just a little favor." Wang Hu chuckled and dropped the soap in his hand onto the floor. "Sorry for the trouble, but could you pick that up?"

"Pick up the soap?" Gangzi was puzzled, but he did as asked. It was only a matter of bending over.

The bosses exchanged glances, then smiled.

Wang Hu turned his head away. The sight was too much for him.

Wang Hu quietly used what little Soul Power he had regained to block his eyes and ears. Knowing full well what was happening, he still called out a taunt: "Gangzi, I heard your Martial Soul is a Detached Martial Soul—a fat pig that farts, right? Why not summon it and let us have a look?"

[Violent emotional fluctuations detected from Yu Xiaogang. Emotion Points +1999]

[Detected...]

Bai Ranmo glanced at the panel. Holy shit, that's a lot of Emotion Points.

At the rate Gangzi was earning him Emotion Points, Bai Ranmo felt he could make several Titled Douluo clones.

Thanks, Gangzi!

But if a supporting character could bring in this many points from something like this, then if it happened to one of the Shrek Seven Devils...

The thought alone made Bai Ranmo wince.

Still, the Emotion Points would be incredible. Tang San was off-limits, though. If anyone dared touch him, Tang Hao would pound them into paste with his hammer—and even paste might be too generous.

As for Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others, he would need to send a few clones to Suotuo City and Star Luo City later to gather information.

Ah, for the sake of my Emotion Points, I'll have to put Gangzi through a little more trouble!

[Emotion Points: 545687]

With the three Infinite Points Cards active for a combined hour, Gangzi alone had brought in that many Emotion Points.

Now that he had the points, it was time to spend big. First, he needed at least one Titled Douluo.

It was also time to deal with Dugu Bo. Snakes were cunning; who knew what last-resort trick he might have hidden?

Toji had been tailing Dugu Bo without attacking because he wanted to strike when the poison in Dugu Bo's body flared up. For all his rough edges, Toji was a meticulous assassin.

It seemed there was no need to wait.

With two Titled Douluo, surely they could handle one Dugu Bo.

But...

He could forgive bad luck once or twice, not three or four times.

Bai Ranmo refused to believe his luck was that terrible. He would make four draws this time. If he still got nothing worthwhile, he would never draw again.

Bai Ranmo made four draws in a row.

A box of spicy snacks from his childhood, a Soul Bone from a beast over three hundred years old, a ten-minute Infinite Points Card, and... a Random Titled Douluo Generation Card!

Bai Ranmo's eyes lit up.

Ha! My luck's finally turned around!

Without hesitation, Bai Ranmo summoned the Random Titled Douluo Generation Card and used it.

The black-and-gold card vanished.

Then...

Bai Ranmo's face fell. A woman? What the hell?

A black-haired woman appeared before him, her expression grim and her body seemingly wreathed in dark energy.

She wore an ornate black gown with what looked like a black snake coiled around it. Slowly, she opened her eyes and fixed her dark gaze on Toji.

[Name: Awaiting input]

[Martial Soul: Dark Shadow]

[Level: 95]

[Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black]

Toji clicked his tongue. At least she wasn't one of his clones, but a living person with a mind of her own. If he had to take on a woman's role himself, he would rather find some poor soul to fill in.

"Your name will be Bai Cangyue."

Once he confirmed the name, the woman's eyes seemed to come alive.

"From now on, you're Hei Ranbai's mother and Toji's wife. For certain special reasons I haven't worked out yet, we don't get along. That's only on the surface, though. Deep down, we still care a great deal about each other." Toji laid out Bai Cangyue's role as simply as he could.

Bai Cangyue nodded, then switched to a look of disgust in an instant. "Well? What do you want with me?"

Bai Ranmo: "..."

She got into character fast.

Bai Ranmo had a dramatic streak himself. As a child, he had dreamed of becoming an actor, and he still enjoyed playing a part. He deliberately put on an indifferent expression. "I haven't found your son yet, but that doesn't mean I can't secure a good future for him in advance."

"You have the nerve to say that? If it weren't for you back then, how would my son have—" Bai Cangyue's performance was convincing. Like a mother who had lost her son, she covered her face in anguish. Killing intent even flashed through her eyes as she looked at Toji.

Wait. This doesn't feel like acting.

Even Toji found it unsettling. Her acting was so good he couldn't keep up. "All right, enough. You don't have to act when no one else is around."

"Understood." Bai Cangyue's face went blank again in a second.

Toji marveled at her. The speed with which she changed expressions was ridiculous.

The two lay in wait in Sunset Forest, along the route Dugu Bo had to take back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Today, he had attended a banquet at Xue Xing's invitation.

Dugu Bo was in a good mood.

At the banquet, Xue Xing had given him a special medicinal herb that could greatly suppress the poison in his body.

With the herb and the aid of that miraculous spring, he was confident he could break through to Titled Douluo. He would no longer have to fear the poison in his body killing him when he reached level ninety.

After visiting his well-behaved granddaughter at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, ready to attempt his breakthrough.

For some reason, though, he felt a chill at the back of his neck.

Powerful Soul Masters were acutely sensitive to killing intent. Dugu Bo, who was on the verge of becoming a Titled Douluo, recalled how he had felt watched lately. His eyes narrowed.

Today, the feeling that his life was in danger was especially strong. Dugu Bo scanned his surroundings warily.