Drawing a Martial Soul

After bustling about for a while, Mu Chen finally had time to stop.

Then Mu Chen stared blankly at a spot, as though lost in thought.

"System, open my personal data panel," Mu Chen called.

"Ding! The Cooling System is at your service. The host's current personal data panel is as follows:

Host: Mu Chen.

Age: 6.

Martial Soul: Not awakened.

Soul Power Level: None.

Other: God-tier Cooking Skill.

Cool Points: 1000."

A mechanical voice replied to Mu Chen.

"System, I'm awakening my Martial Soul tomorrow. Aren't you going to help me? What if I awaken something like Blue Silver Grass or a sickle?

If I can't awaken a powerful Martial Soul and gain great strength, how will I show off and earn Cool Points in the future?" Mu Chen asked anxiously.

That was right. He was a transmigrator from Blue Star, transported to Douluo Continent, known as the "sewer of the fantasy world."

He had been adopted by Ning Fengzhi and the others of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a child, growing up there until now. Just earlier, they had been passing the time playing Landlord, a game "created" by Mu Chen.

By his reckoning, he had been in this world for six years. It was finally time for the most important event: awakening his Martial Soul.

Tomorrow, he would awaken his Martial Soul alongside the disciples of the same age in the sect, including that girl Ning Rongrong.

But the problem was, he was not Tang San. He had not inherited top-tier Twin Martial Souls like the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor, let alone Twin Martial Souls along with Innate Full Soul Power.

He did not even know whether he had any Soul Power. Nor did he have a cultivation technique like the Mysterious Heaven Skill, or the Tang Sect's various manuals, Hidden Weapons, and techniques for crafting and using them.

We're both transmigrators, so why do I have nothing besides this Cooling System? As its name implied, the Cooling System required Mu Chen to show off in order to gain Cool Points. To earn them, he had to show off before different characters in the story. The amount was based on two criteria: the target's strength or potential, and the importance of their role.

The 1000 Cool Points he currently had had mainly been earned by showing off before Ning Rongrong over the years. He could not help it. With his current abilities, he could not show off before figures like the two Super Douluos and Ning Fengzhi.

"Ding!

The system has detected the host's strong desire, valid reason, and current urgency. The system will provide a Martial Soul draw. Innate Soul Power will be granted according to the strength of the drawn Martial Soul."

(Based on the settings of Douluo I, the amount of Innate Soul Power was directly proportional to the strength of one's Martial Soul, so do not bring up examples from other books.) As the system's voice sounded, a huge roulette wheel that only Mu Chen could see appeared before him.

The roulette wheel was evenly divided into roughly three hundred and sixty sections, each with its own symbol. Mu Chen swept his gaze over them.

There were high-grade and even top-tier Martial Souls: the Clear Sky Hammer, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Seven Kill Sword, and even the Golden Sacred Dragon. There were also some beast Martial Souls and tool Martial Souls he did not recognize, though they looked like extremely high-grade existences.

Mu Chen counted them. There were only a little over twenty powerful Martial Souls.

Naturally, there were far more weak Martial Souls. Low-grade Martial Souls such as Blue Silver Grass, sickles, hoes, and hammers occupied nearly all the remaining spaces. Powerful and weak Martial Souls were mixed together without any discernible pattern.

However, Long Yu also noticed several gray sections with no symbols on them at all.

"System, what do the gray sections on the roulette wheel mean? Better luck next time?" Mu Chen asked.

"Ding!

The gray areas represent random acquisition. You may receive no Martial Soul at all, or a Martial Soul never recorded on Douluo Continent. Whether it is powerful or weak is uncertain—it all depends on whether the host is lucky.

If the host draws a Martial Soul they do not want and wishes to replace it, they may draw again. However, the originally drawn Martial Soul will become invalid and cannot be retained."

the system replied.

"Hm?

Two options?

500 Cool Points or 100 Gold Soul Coins per draw? That's way too outrageous!" Mu Chen said speechlessly.

He had worked hard for years and only accumulated 1000 Cool Points. As for 100 Gold Soul Coins, that was no small sum.

On Douluo Continent, a single Gold Soul Coin could cover the basic living expenses of an ordinary family of three for three months. It was easy to imagine just how much purchasing power Gold Soul Coins had.

Yet the system was demanding 100 Gold Soul Coins for a single draw, leaving Mu Chen with very few chances.

After all, he was still so young and truly did not have much money. Unless he relied on Rongrong or those two.

"Ding!

System warning! System warning! 100 Gold Soul Coins per Martial Soul draw is a benefit, not a scam. Martial Souls are immensely important to a Soul Master's cultivation. If not for obtaining more Cool Points, the system would not have opened a pay-to-win option!"

The system's mechanical voice sounded.

"Fine, fine! Don't get mad!

I really should thank you for that," Mu Chen said helplessly.

"System notice! Martial Soul draws are available from today through tomorrow. Please complete them as soon as possible!"

the system's voice said.

"Then let's do two draws first. What if I get lucky?"

Mu Chen took two deep breaths and reached out to press the button for 500 Cool Points. In reality, though, he looked like a blind man feeling his way around, making for a rather strange sight.

"Come on, give me something good!"

Mu Chen watched as the pointer spun, gradually slowing until it came to a stop on Blue Silver Grass.

That was right—ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Its corresponding Innate Soul Power was Level 1, and that was already the better outcome, since at least it did not say he had no Innate Soul Power.

"Again. It's not the Blue Silver Emperor!"

Mu Chen pressed the 500 Cool Points button once more. The pointer spun again before stopping on a vine.

Mu Chen had no idea what kind of plant it was, but its Level 1 Innate Soul Power showed that its Martial Soul quality was about the same as the Blue Silver Grass from before.

That was it. The draws were over. His current Martial Soul was only this vine, with Level 1 Innate Soul Power, and he had no Cool Points left.

But Mu Chen was truly unwilling to accept such a Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power.

So, Mu Chen turned his gaze toward the 100 Gold Soul Coins option.

If luck was not on his side, he could only pay. He did not know how many draws it would take, and his personal stash could not support many attempts.

Mu Chen put away the system and sighed. No matter what, he had to obtain a powerful Martial Soul. Otherwise, many things that followed would be impossible to carry out.

Looking at the nearly finished fried chicken before him, Mu Chen took it out and arranged it on an exquisite silver platter. Then he began preparing other dishes. It seemed his God-tier Cooking Skill was finally of some use?

He might not have many Gold Soul Coins, but the sect's two pillars and little princess Rongrong were definitely rich!

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