In the depths of the Papal Palace, in the huge dimly lit study.
Bibi Dong was still sitting behind the obsidian desk, her long dark purple hair hanging down her shoulders. In the crystal ball in front of her, an image was playing silently - at dusk, in the corner of the college square, the light burst out when Hu Liena opened the blind box, Yan's aggrieved and stunned expression after opening it, and finally the chaotic scene of the crowd rushing towards Ling Ye's stall.
The image ends and the light of the crystal ball dims.
Bibi Dong slowly raised her eyes. In those purple eyes as deep as the abyss, there was no shock or doubt, only a bottomless calm. Her slender fingers tapped lightly on the smooth and cold table.
Da...dah...dah...
Regular knocking sounds echoed in the silent study.
"The blind box...increases the soul power...the effect is inversely proportional to the level of the one who opens it..." Her red lips were slightly parted, and her cold voice was like pearls falling on a plate, with a hint of strange playfulness, and whispered in the empty study room, "Ling Mo Sang...you did give birth to an...interesting son."
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The dormitory area of the college.
Ling Ye has recovered all his soul power after several hours of meditation.
He spread his right hand. Thoughts moved slightly.
Buzz!
A faint light lit up, and a rough and simple wooden square box appeared out of thin air, floating an inch away from the palm of your hand. This is his foundation, the blind box of the heavens.
According to the rules, after his soul power is restored, he can gather a new blind box for tomorrow. Three is his daily limit.
"Condensation."
The idea is released.
In the dantian, the puddle of soul power that had just regained its fullness seemed to have been opened. The trickle was quickly drawn away and poured into the blind box martial spirit in the palm of the hand.
The feeling of weakness is clearly felt.
On the surface of the wooden box in the palm of my hand, the light that flickered like breathing lit up again. It lasted for about three or four breaths, and the light completely converged.
【Soul power consumption: about 1/3. 】
【The blind box was successfully condensed. 】
【The current number of remaining condenses per day: 2. 】
Ling Ye did not pause and condensed again.
When the last blind box successfully condensed in the palm of his hand and the light completely faded away, Ling Ye took a long breath and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
Three brand new, identical rough wooden boxes were lying quietly on the bed in front of him. They look ordinary, but they contain secrets that can stir up troubles.
Ling Ye carefully put the three blind boxes into the innermost layer of the cloth bag, and placed the clay jar containing two gold soul coins (Hu Liena and Yan's "contribution") next to it. He closed his eyes and began to sleep.
Tomorrow is the real beginning.
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When the first ray of morning light shone on the Wuhundian Academy Square, the sight in front of them made all the instructors and senior students who passed by early in the morning take a breath!
At the edge of the square, the inconspicuous corner where Ling Ye set up a stall yesterday has been completely overwhelmed by the crowd!
It was a dark place, crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder! Most of them are young girls wearing junior and intermediate college uniforms, and most of their soul power fluctuations are between ten and twenty levels.
"Don't be crowded! Get in line! I was here first!"
"Fart! I've been squatting here in the middle of the night!"
"Why aren't you here, Senior Ling Ye? It's already dawn!"
"It's coming! Look! Over there!"
I saw a small figure wearing a blue uniform of a junior college, carrying a half-old cloth bag, and holding the iconic ponytail in his hand, walking towards this side step by step, leisurely. It was Ling Ye.
He looked no different from yesterday, his little face was still calm, even a little bit as if he had just woken up, and he seemed to turn a blind eye to the spectacular and mind-numbing queue in front of him.
The crowd automatically separated into a narrow passage, and countless scorching eyes focused on him, as if they were going to set him on fire.
Ling Ye walked to where he was yesterday and seemed not to notice the eyes around him that were almost bursting with fire. He put down the pony and sat down. Then, under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, he slowly took out the familiar white wooden signboard that read "One Gold Soul Coin Opens a Blind Box" from the cloth bag and placed it squarely in front of his feet.
Then he took out the open clay jar.
Finally, with everyone watching with bated breath and their hearts almost beating out of their chests, he took out three identical, rough and plain wooden square boxes and placed them side by side next to the signboard.
"Three blind boxes." Ling Ye raised his head, glanced calmly at the excited faces in the front row, and announced in his clear but unruffled child's voice, "The opening order is in the order of queuing. One gold soul coin once, open and leave."
His voice was not loud, but it clearly overcame the noise of the scene.
“I’m first! I’m here first!” At the front of the queue was a girl wearing a washed-white intermediate college uniform. She looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a delicate face, but her eyes were full of nervousness and desperate determination. Her family background was obviously very ordinary, and her knuckles turned white from holding a gold soul coin hard. She almost threw herself in front of the stall, and with trembling hands, she carefully put the gold coin, which was still warm, into the clay jar.
"I...I want to open one!" Her voice was trembling, and her eyes were fixed on the three wooden boxes on the ground, as if looking at the hope of changing her destiny.
Ling Ye nodded, picked up the blind box on the far left, held it in the palm of his hand, and handed it to her: "Please open it."
The girl took a deep breath, as if she had exhausted all her strength, stretched out her slightly trembling fingers, pinched the edge of the lid, and lifted it up!
Click!
Buzz!
After the familiar slight mechanical sound, the same soft light of pure warmth and indescribable color burst out instantly, illuminating the girl's nervous and expectant face!
The light is fleeting.
The box is not empty!
A few dazzling golden lights lie quietly at the bottom of the box!
"Gold...gold coins?!" the girl exclaimed, her voice pitched up due to the extreme surprise. With trembling hands, she carefully poured out the golden coins from the box.
One, two, three, four, five!
Five brand new gold soul coins!
「Wow——!」A huge uproar instantly broke out all around!
"Five! One gold soul coin was opened, and four were earned?!"
"Oh my god! This... this is too much luck! Okay!"
"It's worth it! It's so worth it! One gold soul coin becomes five!"
"Hahahahaha"
The girl was completely stunned!
"Next!" Ling Ye's voice was still calm, as if the five gold soul coins just issued were just an ordinary matter. He put the opened empty box back into the cloth bag.
The second in line is a junior college boy with a stocky build and an honest face. His soul power fluctuates around level 17 or 18. He couldn't wait any longer. When he saw the girl leaving, he immediately rushed up and threw a gold soul coin into the jar with a clang. He pointed eagerly at the blind box on the ground: "Me! I'll open this!"
Ling Ye picked up the blind box in the middle and handed it to him.
The young man imitated Hu Liena's example, held the lid of the box with his fingers, and lifted it hard!
Click! Buzz!
The light returns!
The moment the light dissipated, the eagerness on the young man's face instantly solidified! Then it was replaced by a huge, incredible ecstasy! He clearly felt a weak but extremely clear warm current pouring into his body and instantly integrated into his soul power! His bottleneck, which had been stuck at the peak of level 17 for less than half a year, actually produced an extremely weak feeling of loosening under the impetus of this warm current!
"It's gone up! It's really gone up!" The young man trembled with excitement, jumped up suddenly, waved his fists, and shouted excitedly at the crowd around him: "I feel it! My soul power! It's really improved a little bit! The bottleneck is loose! Haha! It's loosened!"
His roar was like a torch thrown into an oil drum, instantly detonating an even more fanatical atmosphere at the scene!
"Really improved!"
"Succeeded again!!"
"Next! Hurry! It's my turn!!"
"Oh my god! It's true! Blind boxes can really increase soul power!"
The crowd was completely excited! Countless pairs of eyes turned red, staring at the last blind box left on the ground, like a hungry wolf staring at a plump lamb! In third place is a red-haired boy named Li Tie who was at the scene yesterday and witnessed the whole process of Hu Liena and Yan opening the box. His soul power was level nineteen. At this moment, his face was red with excitement and he was breathing heavily. He almost threw himself in front of the stall and slapped a golden soul coin into the clay jar. His voice was hoarse with excitement:
"The last one! Give it to me! Quick!"
He pointed to the only remaining blind box on the ground, his fingers trembling.
Ling Ye picked up the last blind box and handed it to him.
Li Tie took a deep breath, as if performing some kind of sacred ritual. He held the wooden box with both hands and opened the lid religiously and carefully!
Click! Buzz!
The light lit up for the third time, illuminating Li Tie's expectant and nervous face brightly.
The light dissipated.
At the bottom of the box, there is neither soul power nor gold coins, but an extremely tiny transparent crystal fragment with a faint white halo that can hardly be seen. The fragment was only one-tenth the size of a fingernail and was inconspicuous.
"What is this?" Li Tie was stunned, and the expectation on his face instantly turned into confusion and a hint of disappointment. Not soul power? Not gold coins either? Does this look like broken glass? There was also a confused buzz from the surrounding crowd.
However, just when Li Tie subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch the tiny fragment -
A sudden change occurred!
That tiny transparent fragment, as if sensing something, instantly turned into an extremely fine, almost imperceptible white stream of light. With a "swish", it sank into the back of Li Tie's right hand and disappeared!
"Ah!" Li Tie screamed in fright, suddenly retracted his hand, and looked at the back of his hand in horror. It was as smooth as ever, without any wounds or marks.
But the next second!
Hum——!
A faint, blurry white halo suddenly rose from Li Tie's feet without warning! Although it is extremely thin and seems to dissipate at any time, it is indeed the form of a soul ring!
“Soul ring?!” Someone screamed.
"Ten-year spirit ring? Isn't Li Tie's first spirit ring a hundred years old?"
"This...what's going on?"
Just when everyone was in shock and doubt, an even more jaw-dropping scene happened!
I saw that the original soul ring around Li Tie's waist, symbolizing ten years, was beginning to merge into Li Tie's first soul ring at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Li Tie was frozen in place as if he had been petrified! He clearly felt that his first soul ring seemed to be strengthened!
"I...my soul ring..." Li Tie's voice was completely distorted due to extreme shock and ecstasy, "The age...has increased?! Although...even though it's only a little bit! But it's really...really improved!!!"
Hang——! ! !
Dead silence!
Absolute silence!
The life span of the soul ring...has been increased?