Divine Rings

Congratulations, customer! You have obtained one Martial Soul Limit Breakthrough Voucher! (Purple quality)

"Is... is this something good?!"

Ning Rongrong's voice abruptly rose, her beautiful eyes widening as she stared fixedly at the rectangular paper voucher Ning Fengzhi had taken from the machine.

His fingertips gently brushed over the smooth, warm patterns on its surface before he turned to Lin Yue.

Before he could speak, however, Lin Yue spoke first:

"With this voucher, lie down in the gaming pod again, and the martial soul selection interface will reopen. You all have twin martial souls now. With this breakthrough voucher, you can shatter your shackles and attain triple martial souls."

"Of course, if you have more Martial Soul Limit Breakthrough Vouchers, the same principle applies. Four martial souls, five martial souls-none of that would be a problem."

Understanding dawned on Ning Fengzhi, and he nodded, offering Lin Yue his sincere thanks before lowering his head in thought.

He had already witnessed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's potential in that world, but he still had no idea how it could develop along the three paths of power attack, agility attack, and control.

Thus, if he rashly unlocked a third martial soul and took the wrong direction, he might instead disrupt his existing foundation.

After considerable thought, he decided to put the voucher away safely.

It would not be too late to decide after he had thoroughly grasped the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's other possibilities.

Having settled on this, Ning Fengzhi raised his eyes to the deep dusk beyond the glass door. It was already completely dark.

Thus, after bidding Lin Yue farewell, he turned and left the little shop with the other three, returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through the night.

Just then, a cold system notification suddenly sounded in Lin Yue's mind.

[Ding. The number of returning customers has reached the requirement. Starting today, host, please officially begin operating the shop. Missions have been sent. Please check them.]

Lin Yue's gaze shifted slightly as he brought up the mission panel:

Mission 1: Bestow a Divine Ring upon Zhu Zhuqing's third martial soul, the wooden door, allowing it to travel between towns and cities throughout the Douluo Continent to distribute flyers.

Mission 2: Bestow Divine Rings upon Yue Guan's third martial soul, the iron pot, and Gui Mei's third martial soul, the flame, and put them in charge of supplying meals.

An accompanying specialty cookbook has been delivered to storage.

After reading the missions, he tapped his fingers rhythmically against the counter.

The system had indeed given him plenty of benefits since his transmigration, and it really was time he did some work.

He then looked up at the three in the corner and called, "Come over here for a moment."

Zhu Zhuqing, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei approached at his call.

Yue Guan spoke first. "Boss Lin, do you have any instructions?"

Lin Yue nodded. "Yes. Starting tomorrow, you'll officially begin work."

Before he had finished speaking, he raised his hand and loosely curled his fingers, and a thick stack of flyers appeared out of thin air in his palm.

The paper's edges were neat, the printing crisp, and a faint scent of ink wafted from it. The three were already accustomed to such methods of creating things from nothing, and their gazes barely flickered.

Lin Yue pushed the flyers toward Zhu Zhuqing:

"Go to the nearby towns and cities tomorrow and hand these out. Come back once you're done. If new customers arrive, just help explain how things work in the shop."

Zhu Zhuqing lowered her eyes as she took them and nodded quietly.

Next, Lin Yue took a cookbook with a yellowed cover from the system space and placed it before Yue Guan and Gui Mei.

"Study this cookbook carefully. From now on, the shop's meals will depend on you two."

Taking the cookbook, Yue Guan exchanged a glance with Gui Mei. A trace of resigned helplessness flashed through both their eyes, but they still answered in unison:

"Yes."

Seeing this, Lin Yue smiled slightly and opened his palm.

Three soul rings radiating brilliant platinum light rose from his hand.

The three watched and exchanged glances. They could only sense that these soul rings were crystal-clear and pure, filled with vast divinity and an incomparably exalted aura, leaving their hearts full of astonishment.

They had seen thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul rings, and even rare Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, but they had never seen wondrous soul rings like these, which were not pure white.

Seeing that the three merely watched in surprise and uncertainty without looking particularly excited, Lin Yue shook his head in feigned disappointment and made to raise his hand to take back the Divine Rings:

"All right, it seems you're not interested in these exclusive Divine Rings. I'll take them back, then."

At those words, all three of their expressions changed drastically!

Yue Guan grew frantic on the spot and hurriedly pleaded:

"Boss Lin! I'm interested! Extremely interested! Please, you mustn't take them back!"

Gui Mei immediately followed suit, his voice full of urgency:

"We could only dream of such wondrous treasures! Please bestow them upon us, boss!"

Beside them, Zhu Zhuqing's heart also trembled urgently. Her gaze locked onto the floating pure-white Divine Rings, and she nodded hard several times, brimming with longing.

Watching their urgent yearning, Lin Yue smiled faintly and stopped teasing them.

"All right. Summon the martial souls I had you choose earlier."

At his words, none of the three dared hesitate, immediately summoning their respective third martial souls.

Light flickered behind Zhu Zhuqing, and an ordinary wooden door, plain in design and entirely black, floated silently there. It was utterly unremarkable, without the slightest unusual fluctuation.

A faint light shimmered before Yue Guan, and an ordinary, thick black iron pot slowly appeared. Its texture was unexceptional, and it looked just like the most commonplace cooking utensil in the mortal world.

Above Gui Mei's palm, a tiny, weakly flickering flame swayed and rose, its light feeble, with nothing extraordinary about it.

Seeing that all three martial souls had appeared, Lin Yue stirred his will.

Three dazzling platinum Divine Rings flew from his hand, settling with unerring precision around their respective third martial souls.

Hum!

Vast, pure divine radiance instantly burst forth, and a gentle yet overbearing power swept over all three of them!

White light flowed around Zhu Zhuqing. Every grain in the panels of her once plain wooden door was now gilded with sacred silver radiance, and mysterious spatial runes faintly emerged along its edges.

The door, which had once seemed no different from a lifeless object, now seemed to have become a nexus connecting countless worlds. The spatial power born within it surged severalfold, vast and profound.

With the Divine Ring's blessing, the wooden door gained the ability to travel across the entire Douluo Continent.

Next came Yue Guan's formerly black iron pot martial soul.

Covered in flowing platinum divine light, it likewise manifested densely packed divine markings winding around the entire pot, its sense of weight and capacity increasing dramatically.

Last came Gui Mei's flame martial soul.

The tiny flame, which had once seemed liable to go out at the slightest breeze, transformed completely and solidified. Within that small flame, a terrifying power could faintly be sensed!

At the same time, Yue Guan and Gui Mei both felt a slight tremor in their hearts.

They could clearly sense an invisible resonance forming between their iron pot and flame.

That mysterious response, that wondrous sensation of their minds connecting, felt incomparably familiar.

After only a little thought, they recalled the sensation of using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. It was practically identical!

In mere moments, three ordinary trash martial souls had all undergone divine transformations under the Divine Rings' blessing, utterly shedding their old selves!

Now, quietly sensing the surging divine power within their martial souls, all three trembled inwardly. They then bowed solemnly to Lin Yue in unison, their voices sincere:

"Thank you, Boss Lin, for the grace of remaking us!"

Looking at the three in their completely renewed states, Lin Yue nodded faintly, his expression composed and calm.

With that, everything was ready for attracting customers and supplying meals. All that remained was to wait for Soul Masters from every direction to come calling.