Chapter 37: The Effect of the Bad Luck Talisman (Double Chapter)

Su Ming noticed that Xiao Wu's eyes were red and asked with concern, "Xiao Wu, what's wrong? Why are your eyes red?"

"Huh?" Xiao Wu was startled. This is your fault!

"It's nothing, I just accidentally bit my tongue while eating, and it hurts a little," she replied.

Su Ming smiled gently, "Eat slower, no one's going to steal your food."

"Mm," Xiao Wu nodded.

After finishing their meal, the two went their separate ways to cultivate.

Even though they had become siblings, they couldn't always be together. At this stage, they were still just brother and sister.

Su Ming planned to give Xiao Wu a bottle of body-tempering liquid every day. Once she finished using them all, her physique would greatly improve.

Currently, Su Ming already possessed cultivation techniques and mental strength techniques, but he was still missing a body-tempering technique. He couldn't help but wonder when his luck would strike again.

Time passed, and soon it was midnight.

Su Ming eagerly looked at the diary in front of him, hoping for an awesome reward.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing today's diary entry. You've received the following rewards: Fully automatic large refrigerator, 10 bags of Happy Chips, Mastery in Cooking.]

Su Ming: What? System, you're killing me!

Su Ming was dumbfounded. Had he used up all his good luck on the amazing rewards from the past few days? What were these rewards today?

Out of the three rewards, only the cooking mastery had any real use—it could come in handy when camping outdoors. The other two were just basic, everyday items.

Sure, they were useful, but not by much. (The system can't always give the best rewards, after all. Sometimes it throws in some ordinary stuff.)

Su Ming tried to comfort himself: "It's fine, it's just an accident!"

He then started recording his daily rewards.

[Today's rewards are truly hard to describe. I wonder if I used up all my good luck over the past few days by getting those techniques. I ended up with a large fridge, ten bags of chips, and mastery in cooking. Out of the three, only the cooking skill seems useful.]

[As for the other two, they're just basic items. Sure, I haven't had chips in a long time and kind of missed them.]

[As for the refrigerator, I don't think there are refrigerators in Douluo at this time. Its only function would be to store some drinks and food.]

[At least I can put my unfinished Happy Soda in it—it's lost its chill. I have a feeling I'll definitely draw more food from the system in the future!]

[I'm starting to wonder if I accidentally used the Bad Luck Talisman on myself. Otherwise, how could my luck be this bad today?]

The women were dumbfounded; they hadn't expected that the rewards from the diary weren't always impressive. Sometimes, they were just ordinary things, which made it seem more realistic.

[Ding! The female protagonists mentioned by Su Ming today are Xiao Wu (24 times) and Ah Yin (14 times).]

[The female protagonist mentioned the most today is Xiao Wu. She has been awarded the "Wind God Leg" 3-Day Beginner Pass.]

Seeing that Xiao Wu was once again the most mentioned, the others felt numb. It couldn't be helped—Xiao Wu had appeared early, and today's reward wasn't bad either.

Xiao Wu, however, was thrilled. This meant she could soon master the Wind God Leg technique. She wondered if it could be combined with her Eight-Dan Explosive Throw, amplifying its power even more.

Time passed quickly, and six days went by.

During those six days, Su Ming took Xiao Wu to a hotel every day. Don't overthink it—they only went there to use the body-tempering liquid for cultivation.

Su Ming wasn't idle either. While Xiao Wu was tempering her body, he focused on cultivating his "Wood Sutra", continuously compressing his soul power. As for his mental power cultivation, after five days of refining his previous mental strength, his spiritual power had significantly improved.

Although cultivating mental power was painful, the results were worth it.

However, over the past six days, Su Ming had been disappointed. Despite writing in his diary daily, he hadn't received any particularly valuable rewards—just food, drinks, and some Gold Soul Coins. It was ridiculous!

In the diary, he hadn't mentioned the female protagonists much, except for Xiao Wu a few times, and the rewards for that weren't great either.

This led the women to speculate: was it that the more Su Ming mentioned their names, the higher the chances of getting extraordinary rewards? And perhaps the same applied to them—the more they were mentioned, the better the rewards they could receive.

One day, Su Ming noticed that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had returned from the Spirit Hunting Forest. It seemed that Tang San had obtained his first spirit ring.

However, something odd caught his attention: Yu Xiaogang was covered in blood and had been carried back by someone else. Could this be the effect of the Bad Luck Talisman? How intense!

Su Ming had initially thought it would just bring some minor misfortune, but this was something else entirely. He decided to ask Tang San about it later. The Bad Luck Talisman was more terrifying than he had imagined!

Su Ming hurried over and asked Tang San what had happened. How did Yu Xiaogang end up like this?

Tang San frowned and explained, "My teacher and I were searching the Spirit Hunting Forest for several days and finally found a suitable spirit beast for me, a 400-year-old Mandala Snake."

"But my teacher's spirit wasn't a match for the Mandala Snake, so we had to flee. Unfortunately, the Mandala Snake was too fast. My teacher summoned Luo San Pao to cover our retreat, but Luo San Pao was bitten by the snake."

"Since Luo San Pao and my teacher share a bond, my teacher was poisoned too. As we ran, he eventually collapsed from exhaustion, and we were gradually overtaken. After that, my teacher passed out."

Tang San paused for a moment before quietly adding, "You know my martial arts skills aren't bad, and I've developed some self-created spirit skills. Eventually, I wore the Mandala Snake down and killed it."

Su Ming thought to himself, "Wore it down? More like you killed it with hidden weapons, right?"

Tang San, looking embarrassed, continued, "During my fight with the Mandala Snake, my teacher got caught in the crossfire. The snake spat venom, and while I dodged it, my teacher—who was unconscious—was hit. And the place where he was hit... was, well, rather awkward!"

Tang San pointed at a spot below Su Ming's abdomen and said, "This area was hit by venom, I'm afraid it can't be saved."

Su Ming thought to himself, It seems the Misfortune Talisman worked, but I didn't expect it to directly disable that part of Yu Xiaogang. In the original story, even when Yu Xiaogang was unconscious, he wasn't affected by the battle. Who knew this time, by coincidence, that place got hit. Tsk tsk.

Then Su Ming asked, "So, who are these people that brought the Grandmaster back?"

Tang San replied, "These people were also in the Spirit Hunting Forest to obtain spirit rings. The one leading them happens to be a teacher from our academy. They ran into him by chance, and knowing that he's a friend of the dean, they decided to bring him back."

Su Ming continued to ask, "Did you absorb your spirit ring?"

Tang San nodded and said, "They left one teacher behind to watch over me while I absorbed the spirit ring. The others planned to bring the Grandmaster back first, hoping the dean might find a way to help him. When they saw that my first spirit ring was a 400-year-old Mandala Snake, they all advised against absorbing it, fearing a conflict with my Blue Silver Grass, a plant-type spirit. But I trusted the Grandmaster's theory, so I absorbed it anyway."

Su Ming, a bit puzzled, asked, "Since you stayed behind to absorb the spirit ring, how did you return with them?"

Tang San, a bit embarrassed, replied, "I originally thought absorbing the spirit ring would take a long time, but to my surprise, I finished in a minute. So, I hurried to catch up with them."

After speaking, Tang San followed the teacher to find the dean, hoping the dean might save the Grandmaster's... vital part. From what he could see, unless some great opportunity appeared, that part was beyond saving.

Su Ming shook his head, realizing, just as the system had warned, that the Misfortune Talisman must be used with caution. A careless use, and... well, something's gone for good. Sigh... Hehe.

Having such a significant event occur, of course, called for an entry in his diary. The rewards he'd received recently hadn't been great, so he hoped today's would be better.

[Today, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned from the Spirit Hunting Forest. Tang San successfully obtained a spirit ring, but Yu Xiaogang had a bit of an accident.]

The first sentence of the diary immediately piqued the curiosity of the women around. What happened to Yu Xiaogang? Was it caused by the Misfortune Talisman that Su Ming used on him?

[First, let's talk about Tang San. As expected, his first spirit ring was the 400-year-old Mandala Snake, and it only took him a minute to absorb it, which proves his incredible physique. In fact, Tang San could've absorbed a spirit ring beyond the 423-year limit.]

[After all, Tang San has been training his body from a young age, practicing Xuantian Art and Tang Sect martial arts. His physical condition is far superior to ordinary people. He could've tried absorbing a 600-year spirit ring, but Yu Xiaogang believed that the first spirit ring's limit for a spirit master couldn't exceed 423 years, so he chose a spirit ring around 400 years.]

[If Yu Xiaogang had tested Tang San's physique first, he might have discovered how different it was. But he was too confident in his own theory!]

[And Yu Xiaogang is only a level 29 Spirit Grandmaster, whose spirit, Luo Sanpao, has two farting skills with almost no attack power. Yet he dared to bring Tang San to hunt a 400-year-old Mandala Snake. It was pure arrogance!]

[In the end, if it weren't for Tang San's unique abilities, they both would have been eaten by that Mandala Snake!]

All the women, except for Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, were stunned. Yu Xiaogang's spirit... only farts? How ridiculous!