In the Heaven Dou Empire, at Notting Academy,
a little boy in blue clothes held a certificate from the Spirit Hall, staring blankly at the middle-aged man before him.
The middle-aged man stopped in front of him, looking at him with a determined gaze, and asked,
Child, would you like me to be your teacher?"
The boy sized up the middle-aged man with the crew cut, suddenly feeling that the man's appearance was very familiar. Holy crap, isn't that Master Yu Xiaogang?
The boy suddenly remembered, this is Master Yu Xiaogang from the anime Douluo Continent he watched in his previous life!
He's saying this to me? Could it be…?
The boy suddenly looked at his own clothes, at the blue-clad boy's appearance
Holy crap, I really became Tang San, Tang San from Douluo Continent?
The boy's eyes widened, his whole body trembled, and he almost fell to the ground
Coincidentally, this boy's original name on Earth was also Tang San, because his father's surname was Tang, and they just happened to give him the exact same name as Tang San.
Douluo Continent was a very popular anime on his previous life's planet, Earth. Back then, many classmates and friends would tease him, calling him "Third Brother" and asking him to teach them the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Whenever this happened, he would helplessly explain, "My name is Tang San, but I'm not Tang San from Douluo Continent."
But unexpectedly, upon waking up, he had actually become Tang San from Douluo Continent, and had just happened to meet Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
"Child, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yu Xiaogang, seeing Tang San's suddenly shocked expression, couldn't help but ask. At the same time, he was a little flustered, worried that this once-in-a-century genius with twin martial souls wouldn't want to be his disciple.
Hearing this, Tang San looked up at Yu Xiaogang's familiar face again. Scenes from the anime from his previous life instantly flashed through his mind. He couldn't help but think,
"This should be the scene where Grandmaster just accepted Tang San as his disciple… So, next, I think I should pretend to be silent and then let Grandmaster reveal the secret of my twin martial souls…"
But just then, a mechanical female voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, host Tang San, on successfully binding with the Anti-Routine System. The system needs to help the host rewrite the original Douluo Continent protagonist's storyline and create a new protagonist, Tang San. Next, the host needs to make an anti-routine choice.
One: Agree to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple, becoming the good-for-nothing's personal disciple.
Two: Refuse to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple and make him extremely uncomfortable.
If the host successfully makes the anti-routine choice, the system will reward the host with a divinely bestowed soul ring and grant the host's martial soul, the Blue Silver Grass, even more powerful soul skills... Conversely, the host's soul will disappear and be replaced by the original Tang San's soul."
Damn, a system?
And I have to make an anti-routine choice...
Tang San, the Blue Star youth who had read countless online novels in his previous life, immediately realized that this was the system binding required for transmigrators. No wonder, he felt that this system must have swapped his soul with the original Douluo Continent Tang San's soul.
So, is there even a choice? He must refuse to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple, otherwise the original transmigrator Tang San's soul will return.
So Tang San quickly shook his head, looked at the master Yu Xiaogang in front of him, and calmly said...
"It's alright, Master, it's just... I still need to think about the matter of becoming your disciple..."
"Oh?"
The master looked at Tang San in front of him, unaware that this Tang San had been replaced. He then glanced at the Spirit Hall report in Tang San's hand, just like in the original story, and said in a pretentious manner.
"I know you must be wondering why I'm so eager to take you as my disciple. Because... you're only the third person in a hundred years to possess twin martial souls."
After saying this, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San and was suddenly incredibly surprised. He found that Tang San showed no surprise whatsoever, as if he had known he would say this all along.
"And then?"
Tang San looked into the Grandmaster's eyes, already knowing how to refuse him.
The Grandmaster looked at Tang San with slight surprise, then continued self-importantly,
"I'm sure you want to know how I figured out you possess twin martial souls? I've investigated hundreds of children with Blue Silver Grass martial souls, and based on my research into the ten core competencies of martial souls..."
"Wait..."
The Grandmaster's words were exactly the same as in the original story, and the reborn Tang San couldn't stand it anymore. He interrupted the Grandmaster, looking at his face and feigning curiosity, asking...
"None of that matters. Since Master wants to take me as his disciple, I'd like to ask, what is your soul power level?"
As expected, after Tang San finished speaking, Master Yu Xiaogang's face turned unusually awkward, as if someone had touched a sore spot.
Yes, the young Tang San from Blue Star actually disliked this hypocritical master. Now that he had been reborn as Tang San of Douluo Continent, he couldn't possibly become this guy's disciple; he had to mock him and let him know his own worth…
After a brief moment of awkwardness, the master regained his composure. In his view, it wasn't strange that Tang San wanted to know his soul power, so he answered truthfully.
"Child, to be honest, my soul power is only level twenty-nine, even lower than some teachers in the academy. However, based on my ten core competitive advantages of martial souls, I can guess that you possess twin martial souls… If you're willing to believe my theory, I guarantee your future achievements will be limitless…"
It must be said, this master was quite good at deception. Unfortunately, the Tang San before him was no longer the original protagonist. He shook his head, feigning difficulty, and said…
"I'm sorry, Master, although your theories are indeed good, I still believe more in real soul power. I want to find a true expert to be my teacher, so... if you want to verify your theories, you'd better find someone else..."
After saying that, Tang San glanced at the Master's extremely ugly robber-like face, then turned and left without paying him any more attention.
Yu Xiaogang watched Tang San's departing figure, stood there for a long time, and finally lowered his head dejectedly, unable to help but sigh.
"Alas... what a pity, what a pity. If Gangcai had taken this child with twin martial souls as his disciple, I, Yu Xiaogang, would have had a chance to make a name for myself in the future. Am I, Yu Xiaogang, destined to be a clown who freeloads for the rest of my life?"
By this time, Tang San had already gone far away. According to his memory of the plot, he went to the Academic Affairs Office alone, took out the certificate issued by the Spirit Hall to register as a work-study student, and then walked towards the academy's dormitory building.
"Seventh Dormitory should be the work-study student dormitory, right? So, will I meet Xiao Wu next?"
Tang San thought to himself. Just then, the system notification sounded in his mind again.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for making an unconventional choice, refusing to worship the master at the beginning. The system rewards the host with a divinely bestowed soul ring. The divinely bestowed soul ring will choose the optimal age based on the host's current strength, and will increase in age as the host's soul power increases in the future..."
"Ding, the divinely bestowed soul ring has been successfully issued. It is a 500-year yellow soul ring, breaking the limit of the first soul ring. The host Tang San's soul power has increased to level 15, and his physique has been replaced with a Saiyan physique. The Purple Demon Eye that Tang San was originally proficient in has been replaced with the Heavenly Eye Divine Eye, the Xuan Jade Hand has been replaced with the Qiankun Great Shift, the Xuan Tian Gong has been replaced with the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and the Ghost Shadow Mirage has been replaced with the Divine Shadow Step. The three martial arts have been automatically cultivated to the entry level. The Heavenly Eye Divine Eye is at the first stage yellow, and the host can activate it at any time..."
What the heck, a divinely bestowed soul ring? The Qiankun Great Shift, the Nine Yang Divine Skill...
(End of this chapter)