Red Wonder: Tong Yu's Pesticide

"Lin Qingchen, Martial Soul: village dog. Innate Soul Power: rank one."

Su Yuntao shook his head in disappointment.

"Although you have a Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power, I doubt you can accomplish much with rank-one Soul Power. You might just barely manage to become a Soul Master in the end."

Su Yuntao wrote a few things on a special sheet of parchment, then handed it to Lin Qingchen, who was still in a daze.

"Here, take it. This is your Martial Soul certificate."

Lin Qingchen came back to his senses and hurriedly accepted the certificate, a complicated look on his face.

Watching him, Su Yuntao assumed the child had simply been dealt a blow and thought no more of it.

Come to think of it, Holy Soul Village really was strange.

First there was a child with Innate Full Soul Power and the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and then there was one with a village dog Martial Soul and rank-one Soul Power.

Why couldn't they have been switched? With Innate Full Soul Power, even a village dog could have accomplished something, but it just had to be Blue Silver Grass...

Su Yuntao shook his head and left, his face full of disappointment.

The moment he left, the village chief, Old Jack, who had been waiting outside, rushed in. "How did it go? What Martial Souls did you awaken? Do you have Soul Power?"

Lin Qingchen handed Jack his Martial Soul certificate.

"Grandpa Jack, I awakened a Martial Soul, but my Soul Power is only rank one. Tang San has Innate Full Soul Power, but his Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass."

As he spoke, Lin Qingchen pointed to Tang San beside him.

The thin, frail Tang San hurriedly nodded as well.

"Ah, never mind. Having Soul Power is good enough, good enough..." Jack sighed, then began to console himself.

"But now that I think about it, I can send you both to Nuoding Academy. The village only has one slot, but I remember no one in the neighboring village awakened Soul Power this year. We can borrow theirs..." Old Jack quickly calculated.

Seeing Old Jack lost in thought, Lin Qingchen didn't interrupt him. He simply said, "Then we'll head home first, Grandpa Jack."

"Mm, go on home."

Lin Qingchen was from Blue Star and had lived in Yu City, Dragon Country. Then the warmhearted Uncle Truck sent him off from a building over ten stories high.

In the end, he successfully transmigrated to Douluo Continent.

Both his parents were dead, leaving him an orphan.

Fortunately, they had been hunters, and the family wasn't too short on money. They also had a house, so he had managed to scrape by.

He had originally thought that, as a transmigrator, he would likely awaken some powerful Martial Soul along with Innate Full Soul Power and ascend straight to the peak of life.

Unfortunately, fate toyed with him. Lin Qingchen had awakened only a village dog Martial Soul, and he had only rank-one Innate Soul Power.

And never mind that principle about there being no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters.

After all, God King Tang and his next two generations had ultimately proven one thing: Blue Silver Grass really was a trash Martial Soul.

God King Tang himself had once been beaten by Feng Xiaotian until he questioned his life, eventually taking the path of swinging a great hammer before switching outright to the Sea God's path. Tang Wulin had spent his whole life using the Golden Dragon King with Blue Silver Grass, only to discover that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline was stronger. Lan Xuanyu went even further, driving a truck called the Dragon God and turning Blue Silver Grass straight into roadside grass.

Looking at it that way, Lin Qingchen's future was truly shrouded in darkness...

[Ding! Soul Power fluctuations detected. Wonder Maker successfully bound.]

Lin Qingchen: !!!

"Wonder Maker? Could this be my golden finger?"

So I really am the child of destiny?

Over the next few minutes, Lin Qingchen took a good look at the functions of this so-called Wonder Maker and found that it really was very simple. It didn't even have any intelligence.

It had three functions in total.

First: collect Power of Fortune, quantify it, and store it.

Second: search for Wonder Seeds.

Third: inject Power of Fortune into a seed, causing it to transform into a wonder.

Only the third function required Lin Qingchen to operate it himself. The first two were passive abilities, so he didn't need to worry about them.

When a Wonder Seed was found, it would light up in Lin Qingchen's eyes, so there was no need to worry about missing it.

As for the Power of Fortune, although it sounded mysterious, based on Lin Qingchen's understanding from years of reading, it was most likely connected to the characters in the original story. He only needed to interact with them, positively or negatively, to obtain Power of Fortune.

Injecting Power of Fortune was even simpler. Lin Qingchen only needed a thought to do it; it was practically a foolproof system.

The biggest problem now, however, was that he didn't seem able to find any Wonder Seeds, and he had no Power of Fortune to use.

Just then.

[Ding! A blessing from an unknown existence detected. Power of Fortune increased.]

Then, under Lin Qingchen's bewildered gaze, the Power of Fortune field jumped straight from 0 to 300.

[Message: My child, don't let yourself suffer out there. This is my last gift to you.]

Whoa, even after transmigrating away from home, I can still receive one last benefit from my home planet?

Lin Qingchen was suddenly overcome with emotion.

With this Power of Fortune, he had enough to create three wonders. The biggest problem now was where to find Wonder Seeds.

Lin Qingchen decided to search his house thoroughly first.

He searched every corner of the house, and unexpectedly, he really did find a point of light deep inside a storage cabinet.

But...

"Why is the Wonder Seed a bottle of pesticide?"

Lin Qingchen was dumbfounded. If he wasn't mistaken, this bottle of pesticide seemed to be older than he was.

What kind of wonder could this thing turn into?

Lin Qingchen didn't understand, but he decided to grit his teeth and try anyway. After all, he couldn't find any other Wonder Seeds, could he?

He carefully wiped the dust off the pesticide bottle, then gripped it in his hand.

With a thought, brilliant golden Power of Fortune poured in from every direction and entered the bottle of pesticide.

The next second, he felt his palm grow hot. The light around the bottle instantly flared, dazzlingly bright, then slowly faded a few seconds later, retreating into the bottle.

There was no real change to the pesticide's appearance. Everything looked utterly ordinary.

But Lin Qingchen could see a line of small text on it, an introduction to the wonder.

[Tong Yu's Pesticide] (Red) (Single-use)

Effect: After consumption, it will not poison the user. Instead, it will grant the user a chance to defy the heavens and change their fate.

Wonders were divided into six grades, from lowest to highest: white, yellow, purple, black, red, and gold. Of course, there were also some other special tags.

For example, single-use meant it could only be used once.

But Lin Qingchen suddenly thought the name looked familiar.

Tong Yu's Pesticide?

Wait, could it really be the one I'm thinking of?

Lin Qingchen suddenly remembered. No wonder it had looked so familiar.

Tong Yu, wasn't he the Qilin Douluo from Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King?

If I remember correctly, he seemed to have a village dog Martial Soul too. But after he downed a bottle of pesticide, it transformed into the super Martial Soul Five Elements Qilin, and he eventually cultivated to the level of a Limit Douluo.

Didn't that mean...?

Lin Qingchen's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked at the bottle of pesticide in his hand.

He gritted his teeth. "It's just a bottle of pesticide, isn't it? Bottoms up!"

With that, he unscrewed the cap and drank the entire bottle of pesticide in one gulp!