A chrysanthemum

Aromatic silk beauty, an immortal herb.

Without the Reload System, this immortal herb would have been worth a lottery draw.

But with the Reload System...

Then again, this was Sunset Forest!

If he wanted aromatic silk beauty, couldn't he just rob Dugu Bo?

Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo, true, but all his strength lay in his poison arts.

After all, Chu Sheng's Martial Soul was the mythical-grade Nüba!

With his current strength, he couldn't turn a thousand miles into scorched earth, but a few hundred meters was well within his reach.

Under Martial Soul Possession, his body took on a zombie form... no, more accurately, a drought demon form, or perhaps a Zombie Ancestor form!

As a Zombie Ancestor, would he be afraid of poison??

Don't make your Zombie Ancestor laugh!

In principle, zombies feared fire and light, so Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul should have countered him.

But Nüba was different. She played with fire herself!

Besides, the two weren't even in the same "dimension."

Without any surprises, Chu Sheng returned to one second before the draw.

"System, draw!"

The conquest lottery system obediently began the process, without suspecting a thing.

"Congratulations, host! You have obtained one Lovesick Heartbreak Red!"

Chu Sheng: "..."

The same rule still applied: if he wanted immortal herbs, he'd rob Dugu Bo!

"Load!"

"System, draw!!"

"Congratulations, host..."

"Load..."

"Congratulations, host..."

"Lo..."

"Cong..."

Chu Sheng might not have had much else, but he had patience in spades.

When drawing his Martial Soul, he'd made hundreds of thousands of attempts!

He had drawn Martial Souls such as the Six-Winged Angel, the Asura Demon Sword, the Tree of Life, and the Sea God.

In the end, Chu Sheng had rejected them all.

Because he had once asked the system what the highest grade of Martial Soul available in the lottery was.

"If the host's fortune rivals the heavens, you might draw a Mythical Martial Soul!"

"The odds of drawing a Mythical Martial Soul are approximately one in a trillion!"

What a joke!

He, Chu Sheng, had succeeded in only a few hundred thousand draws. Didn't that count as fortune to rival the heavens?

The Starter Pack rewarded by the system corresponded to three prize pools: Martial Souls, Soul Power, and Soul Rings.

These draws were guaranteed wins!

Martial Soul prize pool: Mythical Martial Soul at maximum.

Soul Power prize pool: innate rank sixty Soul Power at maximum.

Soul Ring prize pool: a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings at maximum.

"Everything I've achieved today came from my own sweat and hard work!"

Only Chu Sheng knew how much hardship lay behind all those reloads!

"Heh, this prize pool's really latched onto the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hasn't it?"

As he kept drawing, Chu Sheng discovered a pattern.

All the prizes that had appeared over so many attempts were related to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Could it have been because he was in Sunset Forest, relatively close to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?

"Congratulations, host! You have obtained one Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It has been refined into a Small World, which the host may enter at any time."

Chu Sheng: "???"

Boom! A tremendous roar came from several miles away, shaking the earth and rocking the mountains.

Chu Sheng: "???"

His previous draws hadn't come with this sort of "special effect"!

As something seemed to occur to him, the corner of Chu Sheng's eye twitched.

"System, this reward..."

"That's right. It's exactly what the host is thinking!"

Well, damn. It actually admitted it!

Could the immortal herbs from before have been "drawn" straight out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well too?

This time, it had packed up the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

If Chu Sheng didn't reload, robbing Dugu Bo would no longer be possible, because the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the real world had already "disappeared"!

After a little thought, Chu Sheng nodded.

This was a Small World!

It wasn't large, but it had plenty of uses.

He could grow flowers and plant herbs.

When he encountered an enemy he couldn't beat, he could escape straight into the Small World.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was bound to Chu Sheng, and he could enter it with a thought.

This Small World wasn't even bound to the Douluo Continent. No one outside could find it!

Of course, after leaving the Small World, Chu Sheng would appear wherever he'd entered it. That was its only drawback.

"Enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"

He'd intended to rob Dugu Bo of his Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but the system was even more ruthless. It had carried off the entire split hotpot!

In an instant, Chu Sheng vanished from the spot.

When he reappeared, he was greeted by vast quantities of ice and fire crystals, ice and fire spring water, and countless immortal herbs and medicinal plants...

It really had carried off the whole pot!

Outside, in Sunset Forest.

Qian Renxue, She Long, and Ci Xue also felt the earth shake and the mountains rock.

Although they were on the outskirts, the disturbance was considerable, and all three of their expressions changed.

"Young master, leave, quickly! Something drastic has happened in Sunset Forest!"

She Long shielded Qian Renxue behind him, his expression solemn.

Their failure to protect their young master before had been carelessness.

If they failed again this time, the two of them might as well find a rope and hang themselves, rather than end up scattered in pieces.

Ci Xue said nothing. Like She Long, he released his Martial Soul, keeping Qian Renxue protected between them.

This time, even a god would have to step over their corpses to hurt Qian Renxue!

"He... that beast is still in there."

Qian Renxue spoke softly, her expression conflicted.

She Long and Ci Xue: "..."

That damned brat!

Just as the two were about to say something, a "familiar" figure appeared in their sight.

"It's him?!"

"Damn it, he's back!"

"Young master, don't do anything foolish. He isn't worth it!"

"This isn't how you court someone!"

At the sight of the newcomer, She Long and Ci Xue's eyes widened, and they gritted their teeth.

Chu Sheng glanced at the two of them, utterly unconcerned, and swaggered toward Qian Renxue.

So what if they attacked?

At worst, he'd reload!

Chu Sheng had spent half a day in the Small World before loading back to the moment just after the draw.

In other words, the three people who should have returned to Heaven Dou City were back in Sunset Forest...

Chu Sheng was quite pleased with receiving the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as a reward, so he hadn't redone the draw.

He also had one draw remaining.

He'd simply reloaded too many times that day and felt mentally exhausted, so he planned to get some sleep before continuing his draws.

Chu Sheng drew ever closer, completely unguarded.

She Long tightened his grip on his snake lance, while Ci Xue emitted a poisonous mist, as though ready to attack at the slightest disagreement.

Qian Renxue pressed her lips together and sighed.

As long as this beast was all right...

"Uncles, let him come over."

Upon hearing this,

She Long and Ci Xue's faces twisted as though they'd swallowed several tons of shit!

With their young master saying that, what else could they do?

The two cleared a path, but did not withdraw their Martial Souls, keeping their eyes fixed firmly on Chu Sheng.

If this brat continued his "violent pursuit of a wife," they would teach him some manners!

Seeing this, Chu Sheng gave a wickedly charming smile.

This was the Qian Renxue he "knew," the one who disliked throwing her weight around to bully others.

A loss was a loss.

Love was love.

Even if she refused to admit it!

"Here, this is for you!"

Chu Sheng walked up to Qian Renxue and, under the three's puzzled gazes, produced a "chrysanthemum" from somewhere and offered it to her.

"Singular velvet sky chrysanthemum?"

The three froze, looking at Chu Sheng in surprise.

They might not recognize other immortal herbs, but this was singular velvet sky chrysanthemum!

How could they fail to recognize Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul?

"You're giving me a chrysanthemum?"

Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes narrowed, her brow lifting slightly. She wanted to speak, but held back.