An Invincible Life Begins!

Liu Hao silently mapped out his future revenge in his mind while helping pack their luggage.

An incense stick's worth of time later, Ghost Douluo and Liu Hao's family of four boarded a carriage bound for Spirit City.

As for Su Yuntao, he returned to the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City.

Judging by the smile on his face when he left, he had probably received a substantial reward.

The only person Liu Hao felt reluctant to leave behind was Old Gordon, that kindhearted little old man.

Over the past year, however, Liu Hao had secretly used the system to restore Old Gordon's body to its prime, leaving him full of vigor every day and able to live in good health until his natural end.

This was the best way Liu Hao could think of to repay him for now.

Giving Old Gordon a fortune or turning him into a Soul Master would have been going too far.

An ordinary man was innocent, but possessing a precious jade made him guilty.

If Old Gordon possessed an enormous fortune, he might not be able to protect it. It could even bring death to his door.

As for making Old Gordon a Soul Master, that was even more out of the question for now.

After all, if a man in his seventies suddenly became a Soul Master, the top Soul Masters would probably investigate him immediately.

When that happened, it would be a major problem for both Old Gordon and Liu Hao.

Spirit City lay northeast of Qingshi Village. With stops along the way, their carriage took half a month to finally arrive.

Liu Hao's family was settled in a small courtyard residence in the city, surrounded by an area specifically reserved for Spirit Hall members and their families.

Meanwhile, Ghost Douluo took Liu Yao to meet Pope Bibi Dong.

From that day onward, Liu Hao's family made their home in Spirit City.

Liu Hao learned from his younger brother that Pope Bibi Dong was very pleased with him. For some reason, though, she had not taken him as her own disciple, instead having Liu Yao become Ghost Douluo's disciple.

Even so, Liu Yao was already more than satisfied.

After all, Ghost Douluo was one of the strongest experts of the time, and their martial souls shared a similarity: both were related to darkness.

From that perspective, Ghost Douluo was indeed a very suitable master for Liu Yao.

As the family of a prodigy, Liu Hao's household received an additional monthly subsidy of Gold Soul Coins from Spirit Hall.

This subsidy was calculated according to the prodigy's current value and the number of family members.

Since Liu Yao had yet to mature, Liu Hao's family received the lowest tier of subsidy: one Gold Soul Coin per family member, meaning they could currently collect four Gold Soul Coins each month.

On top of that, his father, Liu Jun, and Liu Yao, who had already obtained his first soul ring, could each collect a monthly Soul Master subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin.

In other words, their family currently had a fixed monthly income of six Gold Soul Coins.

Compared with their life in Qingshi Village, they were certainly much better off.

As Liu Yao grew stronger in the future, the family subsidy would continue to increase, filling him with motivation.

For as long as he could remember, he had always been a burden.

That had only changed last year, after his older brother met a Mysterious Old Grandpa.

Now he could contribute to the family too, and Liu Yao felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

After arriving in Spirit City, where powerful experts gathered, Liu Hao kept an even lower profile.

Apart from strolling around the courtyard to strengthen his body, he spent his days lying flat at home and cultivating.

He made up his mind that he would never venture out until he became a Titled Douluo.

As for his father, although there were no fields here for him to farm, he found something else interesting to do.

He borrowed all kinds of books from the Book Hall, which Spirit Hall opened to members' families, and read them aloud to his wife.

Not only did this help him understand the world of Soul Masters better, it also brought comfort to his wife's dull inner world.

Time flowed like water, and five years passed in the blink of an eye.

Liu Hao had only just turned twelve, but nourished by soul power and physically strengthened by the system, he looked like a grown man, with a robust build standing nearly 1.8 meters tall.

His only regret was that the plain looks he had inherited from his parents remained unchanged.

As he grew older, many small black moles had even appeared, adding frost to the snow on a face that had never been particularly attractive.

But that was fine. For the system, something like this was a piece of cake.

Over those five years, Liu Hao had not used the system once, and his simplification chances had accumulated to sixty-one.

Before, he had been too weak, not even daring to casually alter his looks for fear of attracting attention.

Now, he had reached level ninety-nine, a Limit Douluo! He no longer needed to keep a low profile. His invincible life was beginning!

"System, I want to become the most handsome male human. Simplify that for me!"

"Ding! Host request received. Becoming the most handsome male. Simplifying...

One simplification chance consumed. Remaining chances: 60. Simplification complete. Methods for becoming more handsome, including consuming heavenly treasures, cosmetic surgery, makeup, and cultivating special techniques, have been simplified to: washing your face with clean water.

Whenever the host washes his face with clean water, appearance +1. To allow the face to adapt to the body, this is limited to once per day. Maximum appearance: 100. Current appearance: 30."

Good grief, was I really that ugly? The maximum was one hundred, and I only had thirty points? Ahem.

Once he was done marveling, Liu Hao naturally went to test whether the system was still reliable after so long without using it.

A few handfuls of clean water splashed onto his face left him feeling refreshed and clearheaded.

Yet although checking through the system showed that his appearance had increased by one, no matter how he looked in the mirror, he could not see any change.

It seemed this was another thing that needed to build up over time.

Helpless, Liu Hao could only leave it at that. He left his room and headed into the courtyard, where he found his mother taking a walk with her white cane.

Six years. It had taken six whole years for Liu Hao to muster the courage to cure his mother's eye condition.

Sometimes, he did think that perhaps curing her earlier would have been fine.

But Liu Hao did not dare gamble. Human nature was the last thing that could withstand being put to the test.

In his previous life, in that age of widespread internet access, what outrageous things had he not seen?

Biological parents brutally murdering their children for money.

Monstrous children hiring someone to slaughter their entire family merely because their relatives tried to keep them in line.

If even blood relatives could do that, what about strangers?

Although these were all extreme cases and accounted for only a tiny fraction, their very existence meant there were reasons they had happened.

So sometimes, it was still necessary to remain vigilant. Who knew? It might avert a disaster.

"System, I want to cure my mother's eye condition. Simplify this for me."

"Ding! Host request received. Curing mother's congenital eye condition. Simplifying..."

"One simplification chance consumed. Remaining chances: 59. Simplification complete. Methods for curing the congenital eye condition, including consuming heavenly treasures to remedy congenital deficiencies and cultivating special techniques, have been simplified to: bathing in sunlight. Receiving the baptism of the Sun's rays will cure the congenital deficiency."

"Huh? Bathing in sunlight?" Liu Hao froze.

He could not help remembering his younger brother's strange illness. The cure the system had provided was bathing in moonlight and starlight.

Now, the cure for his mother's eye condition was actually bathing in sunlight.

Could there be some connection between the two?

Before Liu Hao could ponder it further, Li Zhaodi, who was standing in the sunlight, suddenly shuddered.

Then she reached up to rub her eyes, her brows drawing together slightly as though she felt uncomfortable.

"How strange. Why are my eyes suddenly so itchy...?" Li Zhaodi could not help muttering.

Itchy?

A thought stirred in Liu Hao's mind. "You damn system, what's happening to my mother? Is new flesh growing in her eyes?"

"You damn host, you really do know a lot. You got half of it right~"

"Half? Then what's the other half?"

"The other half... is that she's growing a martial soul."

"What? Growing a martial soul? You damn system, what's going on? Why would my mother suddenly grow a martial soul? Didn't a Spirit Hall deacon help awaken her martial soul when she was little?"