Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III, Targeting Tang San
The amethyst lamp blazed with light. A beam of fiery red shot out and landed directly on a tree stump as tall as an adult nearby. The stump instantly erupted in flames, and in the blink of an eye, the fire burst outward, engulfing everything within five meters.
In just a few seconds, everything within those five meters had been burned clean away. Even the surrounding stones had melted into liquid.
"Your Soul Skill is pretty fierce. It even melted stone. If that had been a person, wouldn't it have been even worse?" Gong Yu said mildly. The other girls nodded repeatedly when they heard him.
"I'll just use this Soul Skill less often from now on." Gong Niuniu looked a little embarrassed. She didn't know why her Soul Skill was so powerful either.
"It's fine. Just use it less often on our own people, and hold back when you do. But when you're dealing with enemies, you can't afford to go easy on them," Gong Yu said patiently. He didn't want Niuniu to feel burdened and become afraid to act in the future.
"I understand, young master." Niuniu nodded.
Then Gong Yu looked at Gong Xue and said, "Xiao Xue, from now on, stay by your sixth sister's side and cultivate with her. She has the Ultimate Fire attribute, while your flames are too mixed. Cultivating with her can only do you good."
Gong Xue nodded. "I understand, big brother."
Gong Yu looked at the sky again. It was nearly dusk, so he immediately said to the girls, "There's still a little time left, so let's leave the Soul Hunting Forest first. We won't spend the night in the forest."
With that, he led the girls toward the outskirts of the Soul Hunting Forest.
About two hours later, the sky had gradually darkened, and the group finally emerged through the gates of the Soul Hunting Forest.
Outside, they reserved a small stall and ate something to fill their stomachs. Although they didn't eat their fill, they could only make do.
After eating, Gong Yu got the girls' unanimous agreement, then hired two carriages and headed back to Nuoding City overnight.
On the way back to Nuoding City, Gong Yu took stock of what they had gained over the past few days.
The eldest, Gong Lan: Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass. Her First Soul Ring came from a Mamba Silver-Banded Snake that was nearly eight hundred years old. Soul Skill: Snake Vine Entanglement.
The second, Gong Xiao: Martial Soul, bamboo staff, now mutated into a golden bamboo staff. Her First Soul Ring came from a six-hundred-year-old Golden Iron Birch Tree. Soul Skill: Golden Single Strike.
The third, Gong Yue: Martial Soul, cabbage. Her First Soul Ring came from a Soft Bone Rabbit over six hundred years old. Soul Skill: granted a teammate two seconds of intangibility, during which all attacks were ineffective.
The fourth, Gong Qianqian: Martial Soul, cold Qi. Her First Soul Ring came from a Three-Legged Frost Toad around a thousand years old. Soul Skill: none, but she had gained an innate domain with both offensive and support capabilities.
The fifth, Gong Xi'er: Martial Soul, pink rose. Her First Soul Ring came from a Pink Lady around eight hundred years old. Soul Skill: Pink Devour.
The sixth, Gong Niuniu: Martial Soul, Nine-Colored Amethyst Lamp. Her First Soul Ring came from a Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff around a thousand years old. Soul Skill: Netherfire Illuminates the World.
The seventh, Gong Miaomiao: Martial Soul, chrysanthemum. Her First Soul Ring came from a Light Griffin around seven hundred years old. Soul Skill: Holy Light Slash, a petal attack that could strike either groups or single targets. She had also awakened a companion support skill of her chrysanthemum Martial Soul: Holy Light Healing.
The eighth, Gong Xue: Martial Soul, Fire Kite. Her First Soul Ring came from a Blazing Flame Eagle around six hundred years old. Soul Skill: Flame Wing Slash.
As for the ninth, Na'er, their little sister who was probably a million years old could be left out of the reckoning for now. After all, her abilities were simply too powerful!
Shortly after noon the next day, the group finally returned to Nuoding City.
Naturally, the first thing they did upon returning was fill their stomachs. Gong Yu took everyone straight to a restaurant, reserved the whole place, and treated them to a proper, filling meal.
After the meal, Gong Yu had originally planned to take the girls to the Spirit Hall Branch to have their Martial Souls assessed. But when he considered that none of their First Soul Rings seemed ordinary, he feared they would draw unwanted attention and be sliced up for research. He immediately abandoned the idea.
Registering was only for the monthly subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin. But none of them were short of money now, so there was no need to put their information right under the Spirit Hall's nose.
So he took the girls straight home.
Once home, he didn't assign them any cultivation tasks. He simply let the girls familiarize themselves with their respective Soul Rings on their own.
Gong Yu and Na'er returned to their room as well. There were no spare rooms in the house, so the two of them slept together.
Lying on the bed, Na'er saw that Gong Yu seemed to have something on his mind and asked, "Brother Yu, what are you thinking about?"
Gong Yu turned his head and glanced at Na'er. "I'm thinking we might need one or two bodyguards. We'll be leaving in a few days. Nuoding City is too small and no longer suits us, but if we're going to a big city, I need powerful backing to support us."
Na'er thought for a moment, then said, "I can have Di Tian send a couple of people."
Gong Yu's eyes immediately lit up. "That's right! We can bring in two Ferocious Beasts. Ferocious Beasts can take human form anyway, so it'll be convenient enough for them to come to the human world. And with their powerful cultivation, as long as they don't expose themselves, no one on the entire continent will know they're Ferocious Beasts."
"Then who should we bring in?" Na'er asked.
Gong Yu cupped his chin and thought for a moment. "Bi Ji would be good. If we bring her here, she can treat us whenever we get hurt or sick. Who do you think we should choose for the other one? Zi JI or another Ferocious Beast?"
Na'er said, "Let's go with Zi JI. Female Soul Beasts are more attentive. Male Soul Beasts aren't much good-they're either not bright enough or look fierce and menacing. If they follow us around, I'm afraid they'll frighten quite a few people."
"All right, summon Zi JI and Bi Ji, then!" Gong Yu agreed. Leaving aside whether Zi JI and Bi Ji were suitable, at least they were easier on the eyes than the other Ferocious Beasts.
"Mm-hmm," Na'er answered. As for how she would summon Zi JI and Bi Ji, Gong Yu didn't know. She probably had her own method.
Before long, Na'er fell sound asleep.
Gong Yu, however, was still awake. In his mind, he began considering another simulation.
"System, start the simulation!"
Chapter 37: A Lackluster Simulation Reward
[Ding... Please select an associated person before the simulation. Associating with different people will produce different simulation results.] [Available associated persons: 1. Tang Sect member Ming Yu. 2. Holy Spirit Cult member Liu Hong. 3. A woodworm in the Sea God Pavilion's round table.]
The corners of Gong Yu's mouth twitched. He laughed and cursed, "A woodworm in the Sea God Pavilion's round table? What the hell is that? What good would choosing it do? Ridiculous. Forget it, I'll choose one!"
[Ding... Simulation starting.] [Age 0: You were born. Your father named you Ming Yu. Since both your parents were members of the Tang Sect, you became a Tang Sect member.] [Age 3: Your parents secretly taught you the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but warned you not to use it in front of outsiders.] [Under your parents' guidance, you quickly grasped the basics.] [Age 4: Your parents secretly taught you Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Purple Demon Eye. Under their guidance, you once again quickly grasped the basics.] [Age 5: Your parents secretly taught you Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.] [Age 6: Your parents performed your Martial Soul Awakening. You awakened a black spatula and were disappointed, but fortunately, you had Innate Full Soul Power.] [You knew this was probably thanks to the Mysterious Heaven Skill. After all, a spatula couldn't have given you Innate Full Soul Power, and you had already cultivated the first level of the Innate Skill to perfection half a year ago.] [Seven days later, your father brought you a yellow-grade Golden Bear Soul Spirit. You absorbed it and obtained the first Soul Ring of your life, as well as your first Soul Skill, Bear Spatula Single Smack. Your Soul Skill reached level 11.] [Because cultivating the Tang Sect's secret manuals required exchanging merit points for them, and you were not a Tang Sect disciple, your father secretly taught you the second level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill. He also didn't want you to join the Tang Sect, fearing you would lose your personal freedom.] [You cultivated the second level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.] [Age 7: Your Soul Power reached level 15. Nothing major happened, and you diligently cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the other Tang Sect techniques.] [Age 8: Your Soul Power reached level 18. Still, nothing major happened, and you continued diligently cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the other Tang Sect techniques.] [Age 9: Your Soul Power reached level 20. Your parents asked whether you wanted to add a second Soul Spirit or have your first Soul Spirit produce a Second Soul Ring.] [Your parents recommended having your first Soul Spirit produce a Second Soul Ring. Your body wasn't strong enough, and you might not be able to withstand a second Soul Spirit yet. You took their advice.] [Your first Soul Spirit produced a Second Soul Ring. Your two Soul Rings divided the Soul Spirit's age equally, but both were still yellow. You obtained your second Soul Skill, Bear Spatula Double Smack.] [Your Mysterious Heaven Skill broke through again, and you urgently needed the third level.] [Three days later, after careful consideration, your parents secretly taught you the cultivation methods for the third through eighth levels of the Mysterious Heaven Skill. With those levels, you no longer needed to worry about lacking a cultivation method before becoming a Soul Douluo.] [Both your parents were Soul Saints and had only obtained the first eight levels for the time being. If you wanted the subsequent levels, you would have to find a way to obtain them yourself.] [Age 10: Your Soul Power reached level 23. Your Purple Demon Eye broke through to the Minute Detail realm, increasing your spiritual power by 300 points and bringing it to the middle stage of the Spirit Connection Realm.] [Age 11: Your Soul Power reached level 25. The fact that your parents had secretly taught you Tang Sect cultivation methods was accidentally exposed.] [Fearing punishment from the Tang Sect, your parents fled with you.] [The Tang Sect declared your parents traitors and began hunting your family.] [Age 12: Your Soul Power reached level 27, but your father had been surrounded and killed by Tang Sect members a month earlier.] [Age 13: Your Soul Power reached level 29. You and your mother had been on the run the whole time.] [During your escape, your mother broke through to level 80. You joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and with its help, your mother obtained her Eighth Soul Ring.] [Three months later, you broke through to level 30. Your mother went to obtain a second Soul Spirit for you, but was accidentally discovered by the Tang Sect and surrounded and killed.] [To take revenge on the Tang Sect, you made the first eight levels of its Mysterious Heaven Skill and all its secret techniques public. This caused a sensation and benefited many people without Innate Soul Power.] [The Holy Spirit Cult began investing more effort in nurturing you. They obtained a Soul Beast for you, and you gained a genuine Third Soul Ring.] [You died. Simulation ended.] [Simulation ended. Calculating rewards!] [Items obtained in this simulation: 1. Yellow-grade Golden Bear Soul Spirit. 2. One set of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, excluding the ninth level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Hundred Solutions of Hidden Weapon. 3. Third Soul Ring, unknown attribute.] [Choose one of the three!]
Seeing the items he had obtained in the simulation, Gong Yu cursed inwardly, Chicken ribs.
The first option was useless.
The second option was a set of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. The Mysterious Heaven Skill it contained was of little use, since Gong Yu already had the Quanzhen Great Dao Song. Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track were barely passable, while Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon fell a little short. He knew tai chi and wing chun too. Wasn't tai chi better than Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon?
The third option was even less necessary. A Soul Ring with an unknown attribute would be a thousand-year ring at best, making it even more useless than the first option.
With no other choice, Gong Yu could only bite the bullet and respond inwardly, System, I choose two.
The moment Gong Yu made his choice, five streaks of light flashed from his body and landed at the head of the bed.
When the light faded, five scrolls had appeared at the head of his bed.
Gong Yu picked up the five scrolls and glanced over each one, confirming that they were the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eye, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.
He casually stuffed the five scrolls into his Soul Tool and thought no more about it.
"I didn't get anything good from that simulation." Gong Yu lay on the bed with his hands pillowed behind his head. After some thought, he murmured inwardly, I still have several simulations left anyway. I might as well do another one.
All right, that's what I'll do. Hopefully I can get something good this time.
Gong Yu once again focused his mind and said inwardly, System, start the simulation.
[Ding... Please select an associated person before the simulation. Associating with different people will produce different simulation results.] [Available associated persons: 1. Mu Yun, son of Body Sect Master Mu Ye. 2. A deformed child of the Dou Ling Imperial Family. 3. An Ice Silkworm Soul Beast in the Far North.]
Heh heh... Is there any need to choose the deformed child?
This is already the world of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King. The Soul Beasts of the Far North have already withdrawn from the stage of history, so is there any need to choose one?
No need. Gong Yu smiled and immediately said inwardly, I choose one: Mu Yun, son of Body Sect Master Mu Ye.
Chapter 38: A Choice: Soul Engineer or Battle Armor Master?
Mu Ye was the only Soul Master in the world of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King to hold both the professions of Four-Word Battle Armor Master and red mecha pilot. Simulating the identity of Mu Ye's son could only bring plenty of benefits, so how could Gong Yu pass it up?
After he confirmed his choice, the system responded.
[Ding... Simulation starting.] [Age 0: You were born as the son of Body Sect Master Mu Ye. Your father named you Mu Yun.] [Age 4: You had already grown as tall and large as an eight-year-old, and you were much stronger than ordinary children. Your father began using the Body Sect's secret method to give your body preliminary tempering and started teaching you forging.] [Age 5: You could already forge a piece of Heavy Silver to Hundred Refinement and had long since met the standard for a first-rank blacksmith.] [Age 6: Your father performed your Martial Soul Awakening. You awakened a Body Martial Soul, your fists, with Innate Soul Power at level 9.] [Your father was both surprised and delighted that you had awakened a Body Martial Soul. He immediately began training you to the standards of the Body Sect's future successor.] [Your father taught you the Body Sect's cultivation method, and you began the first formal cultivation of your life.] [One month later, your Soul Power reached level 10.] [Your body had grown strong after two years of nourishment through the Body Sect's secret method. Your father brought you a seven-hundred-year Qian Jun Ant Soul Spirit.] [You absorbed the Qian Jun Ant Soul Spirit and obtained your first Soul Skill, Force Breaks a Thousand Jun. Your Soul Power reached level 11.] [You took the official test and became a first-rank blacksmith.] [The strength of one arm reached 300 kilograms, and your father began teaching you Thousand Refinement.] [Age 7: Your Soul Power reached level 15, and you completed Thousand Refinement for the first time. You had met the standard for a second-rank blacksmith long ago, but had yet to take the examination.] [Age 8: Your Soul Power reached level 18. Under your father's guidance, you crafted a first-grade Soul Tool for the first time and became a first-grade Soul Engineer.] [Age 9: Your Soul Power rose to level 20. You chose to have your first Soul Spirit produce a Second Soul Ring, becoming a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster. Your Soul Power reached level 21.] [Age 10: Your Soul Power reached level 24. A month earlier, you had taken the second- and third-rank blacksmith tests in succession and passed both.] [Two months later, you attempted to make a Level 2 Soul Tool for the first time, but failed.] [Another month later, you entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform. When you emerged, both your Soul Rings had reached the thousand-year level.] [Age 11: Your Soul Power reached level 27. You made your second attempt at crafting a Level 2 Soul Tool and succeeded, becoming a Level 2 Soul Engineer.]