Score: 43.
You were born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, adorable as snow and ice since childhood.
As you grew older, your intelligence became apparent.
You awakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul with innate soul power level seven and caught the eye of Sect Master Ning Fengzhi.
You grew up with Ning Rongrong, who fell in love with you.
Ning Fengzhi immediately sent you away.
You then met Dugu Yan and became engaged to her, consuming immortal herbs together.
However, after the High-Level Soul Master Tournament ended, you were imprisoned by Pope Bibi Dong…
Just as you were rescued from the secret chamber by Dugu Yan, you were killed by Tang San.
As an auxiliary soul master, you were too weak to control your own destiny.
Rewards: 8 Destiny Points, Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Fang Yuan looked at this haul, and his expression grew even more grim.
Although he had obtained the soul ring he urgently needed now, the situation was dire.
With only 8 destiny points to start the next simulation, becoming a god—or even a Titled Douluo—seemed impossible.
A purple soul ring unfolded around Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan also summoned his Radiant Phoenix martial soul.
Its dazzling light illuminated the entire room.
The first soul skill attached to this thousand-year soul ring was called Holy Light Feather Arrows.
When the martial soul was possessed, the radiant wings behind him could fire hundreds of arrows formed from light feathers at enemies.
Paired with the Radiant Phoenix martial soul’s flight ability, it allowed for both offense and defense.
Seeing this soul skill effect, Fang Yuan finally felt some comfort in his heart.
However, the sky had already darkened.
After three consecutive simulations, it was now the middle of the night.
Fang Yuan looked at the destiny points that had dropped to 8 and ultimately decided not to continue simulating.
He was afraid that if he kept going, he’d end up with a beggar, a cripple, and a fool all rolled into one starting point.
Steadying his mind, he forced himself to sleep.
The next day, while the sky was still dimly lit, Fang Yuan woke up on time due to his biological clock.
Looking at his rundown yet tidy home, he remembered that he had already awakened his martial soul and activated his golden finger to become a soul master.
“It’s time to leave this place.” Fang Yuan looked at the villagers who had already started their morning labor and began planning his future.
As an orphan, Fang Yuan had no real family.
He simply said goodbye to the village chief, gave away items he could no longer use to the villagers who had often helped him, packed his things, and prepared to leave.
The village chief walked Fang Yuan to the village entrance, still trying to persuade him.
“Xiao Yuan, why not stay in the village?
Didn’t we just finish clearing that plot of land on your left?”
In the village chief’s eyes, Fang Yuan’s martial soul was just an ordinary chicken with no innate soul power.
He couldn’t become a soul master, had no money, and was still so young.
If he left like this, it was uncertain whether he could even support himself.
If he stayed in the village, at least the villagers would give him food and he wouldn’t starve.
Things would be different out there.
“Village chief, thank you for all your help over the years.
But I still want to go out and see the world.”
“Sigh!
You child…” Seeing Fang Yuan’s determined expression, the village chief ultimately swallowed the words he was about to say.
There had always been people in the village who refused to accept their fate and wanted to leave to become soul masters.
The hearts of these people didn’t belong here—they couldn’t be kept.
But after Fang Yuan left,
Su Yuntao, who had just departed, rushed back.
As soon as he arrived at the village, he went straight to the village chief’s house and asked urgently, “Village chief, where does that child named Fang Yuan from yesterday live?”
The village chief was puzzled.
He didn’t understand why Su Yuntao, a soul master, had suddenly returned and was asking about Fang Yuan.
However, Su Yuntao was an executive of the Spirit Hall who came every year to help the children awaken their martial souls.
The village chief naturally trusted him and immediately replied: “That child Fang Yuan left early the day before yesterday.
May I ask what business the soul master has with Fang Yuan?”
Hearing this answer, Su Yuntao looked somewhat disappointed.
He didn’t keep them in suspense and said: “The Spirit Hall has recently been searching for children named Fang Yuan.
It’s said they plan to send them to Spirit City for intensive training.”
“Even if their martial soul is a trash one with no innate soul power, being sent to Spirit City for training would still be a good thing.
In the future, they could find decent work and live in the city.”
After hearing this, the village chief was filled with regret.
“If I had known there was such a good opportunity, I should have stopped Fang Yuan the day before yesterday.
Sigh!”
But now, it was too late to say anything.
After a moment of regret, the village chief bowed to Su Yuntao and thanked him.
“I’m extremely grateful that the soul master thought of Fang Yuan immediately upon hearing this news.
It’s a pity that child doesn’t have the fortune.”
Su Yuntao waved his hand dismissively.
“Since that’s the case, forget it.”
It had already been two days since Fang Yuan left, and Su Yuntao had no idea where he had gone.
He wasn’t about to search for him in such a vast world.
“If that child comes back in the future, you can tell him this good news.
I can try to see if I can still arrange for him to go to Spirit City.”
The village chief was deeply moved and immediately thanked him again: “Of course.
If that child comes back, I will certainly tell him this good news immediately.
But at that time, I’ll have to trouble the soul master again.”
“No problem.
I still have things to do, so I’ll take my leave now.” Having delivered his message, Su Yuntao had other matters to attend to and left promptly.
After leaving the village, Fang Yuan staked out the only road leading into and out of Notting City.
He had calculated that Xiao Wu entered Notting Academy after Tang San.
This was the best time window for an interception.
If he waited until Tang San and Xiao Wu met, they would definitely be exposed to Tang Hao’s notice, and killing her would become much harder.
With simulation scores getting lower and rewards getting worse, Fang Yuan naturally cared a great deal about the opportunity presented by a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast.
However, after several days of staking out, when Fang Yuan was bringing his meager savings into the city to buy supplies, he saw a “Missing Person” notice about “Fang Yuan” with a handsome reward—ten thousand gold soul coins.
But aside from a name, there was no description of appearance, age, or anything else.
Fang Yuan immediately decided that it would be better to use an alias when out and about.
Even a boy needed to protect himself.
Over the next two months, Fang Yuan alternated between meditative cultivation and staking out Xiao Wu.
During this time, Fang Yuan saw an old man and a young boy arrive on foot.
Both wore tattered, patched clothes.
The boy had an ordinary face, but his eyes were exceptionally sharp, and his demeanor was composed and confident, completely unlike the cautiousness typical of lower-class villagers in this era.
Fang Yuan immediately confirmed that this pair was Old Jack and Tang San.
“Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at Notting Academy on the same day, but Xiao Wu was slightly later.” Thinking that his target would soon appear, Fang Yuan perked up and focused even more intently on his surveillance.