Meanwhile, the female characters with journals were eagerly waiting to see what reward Su Ming would receive. They were too excited to sleep, staring intently at the journal, hoping for an update.
Then, the journal opened, but it wasn't an entry—it was a set of rules.
[Rule 1: The female characters with journals will gain a random increase of 0.01% to 1% of their soul power every seven days by reading the journal daily.]
[Rule 2: The female character mentioned the most in the journal each day will receive a random reward.]
[Rule 3: Warning! The existence of the journal must not be revealed, even to Su Ming. Violators will be eliminated!]
[Rule 4: Female characters with journals must get along harmoniously. If any actions taken to seize rewards or harm the host occur, the perpetrator will be eliminated!]
After reading the new rules, the female characters were pleasantly surprised. They hadn't expected to receive rewards just for reading the journal, with a minimum of soul power as a guaranteed prize. However, many of them were still skeptical.
After all, such an unbelievable thing needed to be verified.
But before they could dwell on it, they suddenly felt a slight increase in their soul power!
In a small village, Xiao Wu had earned the village's only working student spot, thanks to her awakened soul power and her adorable appearance.
The village chief found her so cute and, seeing that no one in their village had awakened soul power in recent years, generously gave her the spot.
While staying at the village chief's house, Xiao Wu distinctly felt her soul power increase by 1%!
The same phenomenon occurred elsewhere, at the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Zhu family in the Star Luo Empire, and the cave in Holy Soul Village. The change in their soul power was the best proof that the journal's rewards were real!
This meant that the reward for being mentioned the most in the journal was also real!
Just then, the journal made another move.
[In today's journal, Xiao Wu was mentioned six times, and A Yin was mentioned five times. Issuing rewards now.]
[Xiao Wu has received the skill: Aura Concealment.]
Xiao Wu's journal displayed a description of the skill.
[Aura Concealment: Allows the user to perfectly hide their soul beast aura, making it undetectable by anyone.]
Xiao Wu immediately felt the change, realizing that her ten-thousand-year soul beast aura had vanished. Now, she no longer had to worry about her identity being discovered!
Meanwhile, the other female characters pondered Xiao Wu's reward. For them, this skill didn't seem very useful—it only hid one's aura. What was the point?
They couldn't see the skill's detailed description and could only guess based on its name.
At the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong eyed her own journal, which was marked with her name. Her mind was racing with thoughts.
She hadn't yet awakened her martial soul, so she couldn't directly feel whether her soul power had increased. She was curious and planned to check later to confirm whether the reward was real.
If it was real, would the increase in soul power count as innate soul power? If she steadily accumulated these increases, would she awaken with innate full soul power?
Their Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had never produced a soul master with innate full soul power before. (In the original story, Ning Rongrong had innate level-nine soul power.)
She wasn't the only one with this thought. Far away in the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing had the same guess. She, too, had yet to awaken her martial soul.
Meanwhile, Su Ming, having received the Sharingan as his reward, couldn't help but record his thoughts in the journal.
[I didn't expect my first journal entry to trigger a critical reward: a one-tomoe Sharingan, which can grow without side effects. As long as I keep developing, with Susanoo and the Great Buddha combined, no one will be able to beat me!]
[And I also received 1,000 gold soul coins, which means my living expenses are covered. I remember that one gold soul coin can support an average family for several months. With 1,000 gold soul coins, I'll be living comfortably!]
The female characters read this and, though they didn't fully understand how powerful the Sharingan was, it was clear that it was some kind of eye technique, and Su Ming was quite excited about it.
As for the 1,000 gold soul coins, Ning Rongrong, being a wealthy heiress, couldn't care less. She was the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and that amount of money meant nothing to her.
The next morning.
Grandpa Jack woke Su Ming up early, as they had a long journey ahead to Nuoding City, where Su Ming would need to register for school.
Before long, Tang San also arrived, which left Su Ming puzzled. Wasn't there only one working student spot in the village?
Grandpa Jack chuckled and explained to the two of them, "Originally, the village only had one working student spot, but since both of you awakened your soul power and have such good talent, I couldn't let that go to waste. So, I asked the soul master from Wuhun Hall for another recommendation letter."
Grandpa Jack handed the letter to Tang San and continued, "With this letter, Nuoding City should grant us a favor and give you both a working student spot."
Tang San took the letter calmly and thanked Grandpa Jack.
Su Ming, however, understood the situation. The letter came from Su Yuntao, and as long as Nuoding Academy was willing to give him some face, they would allow them to take the working student spot, though there was still a small risk.
Su Ming could figure this out, and with a thirty-something-year-old soul in his body, Tang San surely wouldn't miss it either.
Su Ming sighed internally. Tang San wasn't likely to feel grateful. In fact, he might think, Since my innate soul power is higher, why wasn't the working student spot reserved for me?
And indeed, Tang San had thought of this. While he thanked Grandpa Jack outwardly, he couldn't help feeling slightly uncomfortable. My innate soul power is higher than Su Ming's. Why wasn't the spot given to me?
Is it just because Su Ming is closer to you, Grandpa Jack?
Tang San couldn't voice these thoughts, though. After all, Grandpa Jack had gone out of his way to secure the recommendation letter from a Wuhun Hall soul master. Without it, Tang San wouldn't have been able to study and learn more about soul masters.
Of course, even without the working student spot, Tang San's father, Tang Hao, would never have let his son's talent go to waste, especially after discovering that Tang San had twin martial souls.
It was ironic—when Tang Hao thought Tang San had only awakened Blue Silver Grass, his attitude remained cold. But once Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, Tang Hao was so excited that he hugged his son, and his attitude changed dramatically!
PS:
Explanation: The early rewards from the journal won't be too overwhelming. After all, the protagonist is only six years old and will focus on increasing his soul power at Nuoding Academy. The real excitement will come after six years, when he's grown and when the female characters start appearing more frequently.
Also, the reason the story begins at six years old is because of Xiao Wu. I didn't want her to sleep next to Tang San for six years.
As a result, the protagonist will only interact with Xiao Wu at first. As for Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others, they are too young to appear right now.
Lastly, since I'm a new author, my writing might not be perfect. Feel free to give suggestions, but please be kind and avoid harsh words. Let's keep things harmonious. Thank you!
This is a harem story!
Note: The journal system's rules have been adjusted slightly. Female characters now receive a soul power increase every seven days, with the range changed to 0.01% to 1%.
Su Ming, in his usual routine, summoned the journal with a thought to begin writing. He recorded the day's events and made some personal remarks. With this simple process, he could earn rewards every day—something Su Ming found incredibly satisfying!
[This morning, Grandpa Jack is taking me to Nuoding Academy to become a working student. Since he felt that Tang San also awakened his martial soul and soul power, he didn't want his talent to go to waste, so he asked Su Yuntao for a recommendation letter so that Tang San could also become a working student.]
[After all, the village only had one spot for a working student, and Grandpa Jack naturally gave it to the person closer to him. I think this is perfectly normal.]
The female characters reading the journal agreed that this was reasonable. Su Ming was the one raised by Grandpa Jack, so it was only natural that he had a closer relationship with him. The only working student spot should go to Su Ming. It was already generous of Grandpa Jack to get a recommendation for Tang San as well. After all, it was just an extra spot, and most academies would give Wuhun Hall some face and accept it.
Just when they thought Tang San would be grateful to Grandpa Jack, the journal's content took an unexpected turn.
[But honestly, I didn't expect Grandpa Jack to go to Su Yuntao for a recommendation letter for Tang San. With Tang San's thirty-year-old soul, he should understand the situation clearly. This letter might not even work, though the chances are low. Still, the village's working student spot is a safer bet.]
[Now, I'm not sure if Tang San will feel grateful to Grandpa Jack. Who knows? He might even harbor some resentment. At the very least, he's bound to feel uncomfortable.]
[Let's not forget, in my previous life, when Tang San was young, his father Tang Hao didn't like him much and was often drunk. Tang San took care of his father's daily needs, and his life wasn't great. Only Grandpa Jack truly cared for him and even scolded his father for him.]
[Yet, instead of being grateful, Tang San coldly said to Grandpa Jack, 'What right do you have to criticize my father? No matter what, he's still my father!']
[I remember laughing out of frustration when I saw that in my past life. Grandpa Jack helped him, and he didn't even appreciate it!]
[Later, Grandpa Jack gave the only working student spot to Tang San. After that, Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village only once during the holidays, and that was to see his father. After Tang Hao left, Tang San never returned.]
[Today, when Grandpa Jack gave him the recommendation letter, Tang San just calmly thanked him and accepted it. Perhaps, in his mind, he felt it was something he deserved.]
The female characters were stunned by what they read.
A thirty-year-old soul?
What was that supposed to mean?
Could Tang San be like Su Ming?
Why wasn't Su Ming explaining further?
They were then struck by Tang San's "defense" of his father. How could someone act like that?
Most of the female characters merely found their opinion of Tang San dropping a bit further.
Since only Su Ming could see the journal, they figured that while some of his personal thoughts might come through, the majority of what he wrote had to be true. It wasn't like Su Ming knew someone else was reading it, so why would he lie?
After reading Su Ming's journal, the one most affected was A Yin. She had also received a soul power boost as a reward, increasing her soul power by 1%, which made her feel incredibly lucky.
This boost also increased the cultivation years of her soul beast form, giving her hope. If she kept reading the journal and receiving a soul power increase every seven days, it wouldn't be long before she regained her one-hundred-thousand-year cultivation and transformed back into human form.
She also had questions for Tang Hao, especially about whether he had set her up when Wuhun Hall discovered her soul beast identity.
Now, she saw something even more shocking: that Tang San's body housed a thirty-year-old soul!
Could Tang San be like Su Ming?
She couldn't accept that her son might have another person's soul inside him!
A Yin was incredibly anxious but had no way to confirm the truth. All she could do was hope Su Ming would write more about Tang San in his journal to clarify things.
As for Tang San's lack of gratitude to Grandpa Jack, it paled in comparison to the potential revelation about the thirty-year-old soul.
If Tang San really did have a thirty-year-old soul, that would mean Tang San wasn't her son!
No six-year-old child would treat someone who helped him that way, and it seemed Tang San's personality didn't resemble hers at all.
After the initial shock, the female characters resumed reading the journal. After all, they weren't directly involved with Tang San, so they might as well enjoy the drama.
[In reality, even if Tang San didn't get the working student spot, he would've been fine. After all, he has twin martial souls. Throughout the entire continent's history, how many twin martial soul users have there been?]
[With Tang San's talent, there's no way Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo, would let it go to waste.]
[Speaking of which, I have to mention one of the most memorable moments (in my opinion). It's so funny when you think about it.]
Su Ming's words piqued the curiosity of the female characters.
[At first, Tang San happily told Tang Hao that he had awakened innate full soul power. Tang Hao was slightly pleased when he heard that, but when he saw that Tang San's martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, his attitude immediately turned cold.]
[Later, when Tang San revealed his other martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao's attitude changed drastically. He immediately embraced Tang San with excitement.]
[Then he grabbed Tang San by the shoulders and said excitedly, 'Xiaosan, you can't reveal this hammer martial soul yet. In the future, you must use your left-hand hammer to protect your right-hand grass!']
[Isn't that contradictory? He told him not to use the Clear Sky Hammer, but then said to use the left-hand hammer to protect the right-hand Blue Silver Grass. It's hilarious! The best part is that Tang San seriously nodded in agreement!]
[Afterward, Tang San's most frequently used martial soul was Blue Silver Grass. Whenever he fought, he would bind his opponents with it. Online, people jokingly called it the "Mother's Embrace," and it was just too funny!]
The female characters reading this couldn't help but feel strange. However, since Tang San's mother was the Blue Silver Emperor, calling it the "Mother's Embrace" didn't seem entirely wrong.
As A Yin read this, she felt uncomfortable all over. Originally, using Blue Silver Grass for binding opponents didn't seem odd, but after reading Su Ming's take on it, she now felt weird about it.
At that moment, Grandpa Jack looked at Su Ming and Tang San and said, "Su Ming, Tang San, it's time to go."
Hearing Grandpa Jack's voice, Su Ming put away his journal and followed him. Tang San also followed quietly. The two of them didn't speak to each other.
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