Oscar's Favorability Reaches 80%: Treasure Chest Drops

"Boss Dai, I knew about some of the methods you mentioned, even if I didn't know as many as you did."

"But the methods you mentioned all cost money."

"I'm from an ordinary commoner family. Each month, all I get is a Soul Master subsidy from Spirit Hall, and I still have to save it up to pay the academy's yearly tuition~"

"Where would I get the money to prepare medicinal baths or buy heavenly materials and earthly treasures?"

Perhaps it was a limitation of his thinking. After hearing Oscar's reasons, Dai Mubai couldn't help shaking his head.

"Little Ao, all you've seen is how slowly Food-Type Soul Masters cultivate and how Auxiliary-Type Soul Masters have no combat power. You haven't seen how precious and scarce Auxiliary-Type and Food-Type Soul Masters are."

"Whether it's the two empires, the Seven Great Sects, or a massive, transcendent power like Spirit Hall, they all have a great need for Auxiliary-Type and Food-Type Soul Masters. They're actively searching for and nurturing talented Soul Masters of those types."

"At the same time, demand for Auxiliary-Type and Food-Type Soul Masters is enormous in the civilian Soul Master World as well."

"Auxiliary-Type and Food-Type Soul Masters may cultivate slowly and have no combat power, but wherever they go, they're hot commodities."

"Being an Auxiliary-Type or Food-Type Soul Master means being better liked, having a wider network of connections, and having more money than an ordinary Battle Soul Master..."

"Little Ao, you're already a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster. Your two Soul Skills can each create sausages, one that restores Soul Power and another that cures poison."

"How come I only ever see you pushing a little cart around selling grilled sausages when the academy recruits students, playing pranks and grossing out unsuspecting freshmen? Why haven't I seen you actually go sell them in Suotuo City, at the entrance to the Great Soul Arena, or even in the Soul Hunting Towns outside some Soul Beast forests?"

"If you were truly willing to do business and turn your Martial Soul's abilities into money, would you still be short of it now?"

As he said this, Dai Mubai looked at Oscar with the frustration of seeing iron fail to become steel.

In some fantasy cultivation worlds, professionals in production-oriented occupations, such as alchemists, artifact refiners, and spirit talisman masters... were often the wealthiest.

On Douluo Continent, the enormous gap between supply and demand in society made Auxiliary-Type and Food-Type Soul Masters very wealthy as well.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, for example, was an auxiliary-type sect, yet it ranked among Douluo's Seven Great Sects as one of the Upper Three Sects;

At the same time, despite being an auxiliary-type sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was also the wealthiest of the Seven Great Sects.

It couldn't be helped. Compared with Battle Soul Masters, Auxiliary-Type and Food-Type Soul Masters were simply far too scarce.

For Oscar, a Food-Type Soul Master gifted with Innate Full Soul Power, to have ended up like this was no easy feat either.

Of course, it might also have been because Shao Xin, Flender... and the other teachers were protecting Oscar.

But protecting him didn't mean he had to be "raised poor."

And "raising him poor" was plainly making him eat bitterness when he didn't have to!!

"Well..." Hearing Dai Mubai's words, Oscar found himself unable to offer a rebuttal for the moment.

"Also, Little Ao, I know you've always resented being an Auxiliary-Type Soul Master and felt that you had no combat power."

"But in fact, even as a Food-Type Soul Master, you can still gain combat ability. For example, you could improve your control over your own Soul Power, then research and develop some offensive Self-Created Soul Skills."

"Also, I once read about a Soul Beast called a [Mirror Shadow Beast] in a book. It has the ability to copy;"

"There's another, even rarer and more precious Soul Beast called a [Silver Ying Beast]. It has the ability to imprint."

"If you can hunt down one of them later, absorb its Soul Ring, and gain its ability to copy or imprint."

"Then, Little Ao, even as a Food-Type Soul Master, you might still be able to gain combat power. So don't lose heart. As long as you hold a dream in your heart, there's nothing you can't accomplish."

"Besides, you're not alone. You still have us. The academy's teachers, Fatty and I will all help you."

Looking at the silver-haired youth before him, who was usually flippant and seemed not to care about many things but was actually ambitious at heart, Dai Mubai reached out and patted him on the shoulder in encouragement.

"That's right, Scumbag Ao. Just like Boss Dai said, even though I don't know what I can do to help, if you need me for anything, just say the word~"

At the side, Ma Hongjun also patted his chest and made a loyal, wholehearted promise.

"Boss Dai, Fatty..." Looking at the two brothers before him, Oscar was deeply moved, and his peach-blossom eyes filled with glistening tears.

"All right, we're all brothers here. Little Ao, after you eat, go back and get yourself ready, then have a good night's rest. Starting tomorrow, you'll train with me."

"And Fatty, I'll also think of a way to help with your Evil Fire and your cultivation problems. Of course, you'll have to pull yourself together too."

"If you don't want people calling you Brothel Phoenix and Evil Fire Pheasant in the future, and instead want to become a truly noble Phoenix Soul Master-"

Compared with the ambitious and strong-willed Oscar, the fatty Ma Hongjun before him really was a lazy salted fish. That was also why Flender, as his teacher, kept such a tight rein on him.

But as his roommate, Dai Mubai knew very well that Ma Hongjun had his own pride as a Phoenix Soul Master.

All he needed to do was stir that pride, and Dai Mubai believed Ma Hongjun would work hard at cultivation himself.

Dai Mubai also greatly admired and valued Ma Hongjun for his loyalty and sense of brotherhood.

He intended to bring both of them under his wing, and their favorability toward him had already reached ≥70% (close friendship/sharing hardship and adversity).

He wasn't far from triggering a Favorability Treasure Chest, and Dai Mubai was willing to give them both pointers, gradually invest in them, and spend some time and effort on them.

"Okay, Boss, you said it yourself! From now on, you're my boss, and I'll follow your lead."

"Boss, you've got to help me with my Martial Soul's Evil Fire."

Ma Hongjun had no particular ambitions of his own, and he could vaguely guess that Dai Mubai's identity was far from ordinary.

He approved of Dai Mubai's loyal and affectionate character, and he also knew that with Dai Mubai's talent, he would definitely achieve great things in the future.

Ma Hongjun made up his mind to cling tightly to Dai Mubai's thigh.

"Boss Dai, don't forget your little brother here! I know your identity is no simple matter. I'll follow your lead from now on too, so take me along with you."

Oscar was quick on the uptake as well. Like Ma Hongjun, he immediately clung to Dai Mubai's thigh.

"Don't worry, we're all brothers here. If one of us gains wealth and honor, he mustn't forget the others. Follow me, and I certainly won't forget you two."

Seeing the two pledge their loyalty, Dai Mubai naturally wouldn't refuse. After all, bringing them under his wing had been his goal from the start.

"Hehe, thanks, Boss. From now on, I'll follow you. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west."

"That's right. Boss, if you tell me to chase dogs, I'll never run after chickens."

"All right, enough of your smart talk. Fatty, about those medicinal herbs I mentioned, go discuss them with Dean Flender later and see if there's a way to buy some."

"Little Ao, after you eat, go back and get some rest early too. As a Food-Type Soul Master, you'll have to put in a lot of effort to gain combat ability, so be mentally prepared for that," Dai Mubai said.

"Okay ×2." Ma Hongjun and Oscar nodded with serious expressions.

[Ding, character [Oscar]'s favorability toward the host has increased by 5 points. Current favorability: 80%]