It's Over, I Can't Take the Civil Service Exam Anymore (Please Bookmark and Keep Reading)

Blue Star!

The food Xiao Ran had ordered earlier arrived. It was an ordinary meal of three dishes and a soup: stir-fried beef, steamed pork ribs with rice flour, blanched choy sum, and tomato and egg soup. He invited Qian Renxue to eat with him.

Qian Renxue was the young mistress of Spirit Hall and the crown prince at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. Accustomed to fine clothes and exquisite food, she naturally found nothing remarkable about this ordinary meal, which had not been prepared by a state-banquet chef.

Yet it gave her a sense of home.

She had not felt that way since she was nine, when she used to eat with Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji.

After turning nine, she had gone to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where she spent her days scheming and her nights calculating. Even the finest delicacies tasted like wax in her mouth.

Now, with the burden lifted from her heart, Qian Renxue found that same warmth again in this takeout meal.

But suddenly!

As Xiao Ran ate, a mechanical voice sounded in his ear:

[Ding! A major deviation in the plot of Douluo Continent has been detected. The Clear Sky Sect, which had sealed itself away in the mountains, has been destroyed by Golden Crocodile, Lion, Azure Luan, Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, who led the Angel Legion. Reward: one chance at Martial Soul Awakening.]

[Beep, beep, beep... Martial Soul Awakening failed. No Martial Soul detected within the host, but traces of True Dragon Bloodline have been found. Reward converted to True Dragon Bloodline awakening.]

Boom!

In an instant, a roar filled Xiao Ran's ears. His heartbeat quickened like a furious drumroll, and the power hidden in his blood surged through his organs like an erupting volcano. Every organ, even every cell, felt as though it were burning in a raging fire.

"Xiao Ran? Xiao Ran!"

Qian Renxue saw a powerful aura suddenly erupt from him and called out in alarm.

But the next moment, a crushing pressure washed over her. The aura pouring from Xiao Ran left even Qian Renxue struggling to breathe.

With a sharp rip, Xiao Ran's clothes burst apart. The force tore his white T-shirt to shreds. Beneath his skin, patterns of dragon scales emerged, linking together to form a golden dragon tattoo.

Its head rested on his shoulder, its tail on his buttock. Four legs and five-clawed feet seemed to come alive as it swam across his body.

His awakening was not yet complete when the mechanical voice sounded in his ear again:

[Ding! Another major deviation in the plot of Douluo Continent has been detected. Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have been slain by Qian Daoliu. Reward: a matching cultivation art.]

[True Dragon Bloodline detected in the host. Reward: the Ancestral Dragon Breathing Art. The Ancestral Dragon is a divine being born of heaven and earth. With each breath, it draws in the vital energy of heaven and earth to temper its body. By cultivating the Ancestral Dragon Breathing Art, one can draw in that energy with every breath to temper the spirit, blood, and magical power. Mastery grants the body of the Ancestral Dragon.]

A flood of information appeared in his mind, as though branded deep into his soul. It broke apart and reassembled into words he could understand.

He did not even need to cultivate deliberately. The Ancestral Dragon Breathing Art became instinctive, slowing his rapid breathing into a calm, steady rhythm.

With every breath, a warm current arose within him, circulated through his body, and settled in his dantian, opening the path of cultivation to him.

After a long while, Xiao Ran came back to himself and regained control of his body. He turned his head and saw the golden dragon tattoo stretching from his shoulder across his entire back.

His mind went blank in a flash.

It's over. I can't take the civil service exam anymore!

True Dragon Bloodline? Ancestral Dragon Breathing Art? Xiao Ran cast them all to the back of his mind. On Blue Star, the power of Daoist arts was no match for the power of government office.

Xiao Ran was still in a daze when Qian Renxue, her cheeks flushed, reminded him:

"Xiao Ran, put some clothes on first."

Xiao Ran walked back to his room with a blank expression, changed into a fresh shirt and pants, then returned to the living room.

Qian Renxue looked at him with shining eyes.

"Xiao Ran, you said you were just an ordinary person! Was that your Martial Soul? Why did it appear as a tattoo? It must be a super-divine Martial Soul that surpasses the Six-Winged Angel. The instant it awakened, even my Six-Winged Angel was suppressed."

Xiao Ran composed himself and gave a vague answer:

"Something like that. I'm a descendant of dragons, after all. I just awakened my bloodline."

How strange!

I only just told Qian Renxue the plot of Douluo Continent. How did she send the information back?

Qian Daoliu has done something enormous. He wiped out the Clear Sky Sect and killed Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. The Qian Daoliu from the original story would never have done that.

Could my conversation with Qian Renxue have been transmitted back to Douluo Continent somehow, causing its plot to change?

Could it be...

The Sky Screen?

It brought Qian Renxue to me, and there's that mechanical voice giving me rewards. Have I stumbled into a system?

What's done is done!

The tattoo covering his back could no longer be washed off. Since the road into government office was closed to him, he would charge so far ahead on the path of Daoist arts that no one could catch up.

As long as he kept changing the plot of Douluo Continent, he was sure to earn more rewards. He could become someone with extraordinary powers on Blue Star.

At Xiao Ran's words, Qian Renxue's respect for him surged.

A dragon was the mark of an emperor!

On Douluo Continent, anything connected to dragons, whether a Martial Soul or a Soul Beast, was invariably rare and powerful.

Xiao Ran really had only been modest. He was no ordinary person.

She had to show him even greater respect and never look down on him.

Xiao Ran then went to clear the table, and Qian Renxue eagerly insisted on helping.

"Mr. Xiao, let me help too."

As they moved back and forth, they inevitably ended up rather close.

Qian Renxue smelled wonderful.

Once they finished cleaning up, Xiao Ran sat back down on the sofa. With every breath, the warm current within him grew stronger.

"All right. Let's continue talking about your Douluo Continent."

Qian Renxue immediately sat up straight, like a diligent student listening in class.

Xiao Ran began to explain. "Tang San awakened Tang Chen with the Sea God's Light, but Tang Chen's foundation was already ruined. Knowing he had little time left, he didn't return to the Clear Sky Sect. He went straight to Sea God Island and spent his final days there."

"As I said earlier, the King of Slaughter was hunting Hu Liena. By dealing with the King of Slaughter, Tang San saved her too."

"Hu Liena fell in love with Tang San because of certain events. She even betrayed her teacher, Bibi Dong, to tell him that Bibi Dong was hunting the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Tang San arrived at just the right moment. The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape had been driven into a corner. Rather than let Bibi Dong absorb their Soul Rings and Soul Bones, they sacrificed themselves to Tang San."

"Heh. Without the Soul Rings and Soul Bones of the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, Bibi Dong's foundation fell far short of Tang San's. That gap remained even after they became gods."