The Douluo Continent.
On a bustling street in Spirit City.
A middle-aged man walked out of a small shop by the street, indignation written all over his face.
"A hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for one lousy jar?"
"Why don't you just rob people?"
"No, that's exactly what you're doing! This is a scam!"
His shouting was loud enough to draw quite a crowd.
Not far away.
Two young men were also startled by the commotion. They exchanged a glance, and the one with eerily handsome features smiled faintly. "Few people dare to cause trouble in Spirit City these days. This should add a little spice to our dull lives. Yan, let's take a look."
"Boss, you know what? I'm pretty interested in a jar that costs a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, too... I'd like to see what's inside. Even if it were made of solid gold and silver, it still wouldn't be worth a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, would it?"
Yan also smiled faintly, curiosity filling his eyes.
Among Spirit City's younger generation, Xie Yue was the only person he would call boss.
Yan followed Xie Yue to the roadside, where the little shop came into view.
Besides the sign bearing the words "Lucky Jar Shop," two lines of text hung on either side of the entrance, equally eye-catching.
On the left: create the future with your hands.
On the right: create happiness with money.
"Heh, this shop is rather interesting! Why does it feel like they're openly fleecing people?"
Xie Yue smiled faintly.
"Come on, boss. Let's get inside. I can hardly wait."
With that, Yan stepped into the shop.
The shop's furnishings were simple.
There was an old counter, with tall shelves behind it.
Jet-black jars, each thirty to forty centimeters tall, sat on the shelves.
There weren't many people inside, only five or six.
They all seemed to have wandered in out of curiosity.
Just then, someone asked, "Owner, how much is one of these jars?"
"A hundred thousand."
"A hundred thousand Copper Soul Coins?"
"A hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
Xie Yue's heart jolted at those words. This really is robbery...
Instinctively looking toward the voice, Xie Yue spotted the shop's owner.
In an inconspicuous spot beside the counter, an ordinary-looking young man dressed in black lay lazily in a rocking chair.
He hadn't even opened his eyes to answer the customers' questions.
His name was Lin Xiao, and he owned the little shop.
He came from Blue Star. Somehow, he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, and, even more inexplicably, had been bound to the Lucky Jar System.
According to the system's rules, each jar cost a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. For every jar he sold, he would receive a jar with ten times the drop rate.
Furthermore, each jar sold earned him transaction points equal to its price. Once he had enough transaction points, he could unlock items from new worlds.
Such as Devil Fruits from the One Piece World, Imperial Arms from the Crimson World, Heavenly Flames from the Battle Through the Heavens World, and so on...
The world currently linked to Lin Xiao was the Dungeon Fighter world.
It was a game world, and any equipment or item within the game could come out of a jar.
Such as Level-Up Tickets, Awakening Tickets, Equipment Reinforcers, and so on...
Of course.
These items had all been adapted to fit Douluo:
An Awakening Ticket could make a martial soul evolve... for example, turning a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
A reinforcer could increase a Soul Ring's age... for example, reinforcing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring to +1 would add two hundred years to its age... and so on, with the increases multiplying.
But anyone who had played Dungeon Fighter understood... probability was a tricky thing...
A Level-Up Ticket could raise one's soul power level... for example, someone at level one could reach level two after using one...
Apart from these, the jars also contained an item suited to the Douluo Continent: Soul Bones.
As for why he had been linked to this world, Lin Xiao suspected it had something to do with the raid he had been running before transmigrating to Douluo. He had flipped a reward card worth eight hundred million and gotten so excited...
That he had dropped dead...
After all, anyone familiar with the drop rates on Ma's servers knew the score. Those blessed with godlike luck paid for their gaming with years of their lives.
"Xie Yue, let's go."
"I've examined these jars. They aren't made of any special material. They couldn't be more ordinary, and they're practically worthless. Either this shop's owner takes everyone else for a fool, or he's a fool himself."
Yan had never seen such a shamelessly unscrupulous shop, and he wanted Xie Yue to leave with him.
Who would have thought?
After hearing Yan's words, Xie Yue instead shook his head and asked Lin Xiao, who was still in the rocking chair, "What makes your jars worth a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins?"
A hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins was no small sum. Commoners on the Douluo Continent used Copper Soul Coins as their everyday currency.
Even the basic allowance Spirit Hall paid low-level Soul Masters amounted to just one Gold Soul Coin a month.
It was easy to imagine the staggering purchasing power of a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
It was enough for an ordinary family to live on for several lifetimes.
So he really wanted to know what could possibly be inside a jar to make it worth a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
Was it a marketing gimmick, or did it truly contain some treasure?
Lin Xiao opened his eyes, looked at Xie Yue, and said slowly, "There's a reason it's expensive. It's worth a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. Buy it or don't."
In fact, Lin Xiao had noticed the two of them the moment they entered the shop.
As a fan of the Douluo novels, he had recognized them with ease.
The Spirit Hall Golden Generation...
At the same time, Lin Xiao considered them the Golden Generation with the greatest spending power...
After so many days of waiting, the fat sheep had finally arrived.
"What an arrogant shopkeeper! How dare you speak to us like that? Do you know who we are?"
Lin Xiao's attitude angered Yan.
With their status, where could they go without everyone treating them with the utmost respect?
"Hmm? Are you trying to cause trouble?"
Lin Xiao's brow furrowed, and his voice instantly turned cold.
Boom!
The moment Yan sensed Lin Xiao's icy gaze, his face went deathly pale, as though he had been struck by lightning.
Thud, thud, thud.
He stumbled backward several steps and only stopped when Xie Yue caught him.
Inside, however, towering waves of shock surged through his heart.
He doesn't look much older than me. How can he be so powerful? Facing him feels like facing His Holiness the Pope...
What he didn't know was that this, too, was an ability the system had granted Lin Xiao. As long as he was inside the shop, he was invincible.
"Senior, we meant no offense. Please accept our apologies."
"Please show mercy, senior. We'll leave right away."
Xie Yue came to his senses and hurriedly apologized to Lin Xiao.
Although Lin Xiao hadn't targeted him just now, even the aura he had inadvertently released had chilled Xie Yue to the bone.
"Wait."
Lin Xiao stopped Xie Yue and Yan.
Someone with a little spending power had finally come along. Naturally, Lin Xiao couldn't let him leave so easily.
"Senior, is there anything else?"
Xie Yue turned back.
Yan's heart trembled even harder.
Lin Xiao smiled faintly. "Don't be nervous, lad. You looked eager to give it a try just now. Want to open one?"
Open a jar?
Xie Yue's gaze passed over Lin Xiao and landed on the shelves behind him.
A voice rose from the depths of his heart: Why not open one?
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