Chapter 562: The Division of Luck: External Luck and Internal Luck

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Upon returning to Soul Master City, Xiao Wu immediately found Tang San to explain the situation with Gu Yuena, as well as how she had obtained her ninth spirit ring, releasing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

At this moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was only thirty centimeters long, held gently in Xiao Wu's arms, looking like a pet.

"You're Tang San?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sized him up, grinning widely and showing off its sharp little teeth. "You definitely give off a very strong life force."

"Hello," Tang San said, equally curious about this dragon species. He reached out and patted its head, taking the opportunity to pull a hair from its fur.

Unfortunately, since the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was in its spirit form, its fur had become an energy-based product. The moment Tang San pulled the hair, it instantly dissolved into energy and couldn't retain any useful genetic information.

Tang San, together with Electrolux, had previously studied soul spirits and designed a mechanism to prevent their bloodline information from leaking, so that outsiders couldn't replicate them by obtaining their fur or blood.

This mechanism could be customized according to the creator of the soul spirit, meaning it was a protective measure added by Gu Yuena to prevent the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from being mass-produced.

Although Tang San could crack the mechanism with some time and effort, since Gu Yuena had given him this signal, he felt it wasn't appropriate to proceed further.

After all, he still needed to respect the Silver Dragon King.

Moreover, once he became more familiar with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and she willingly agreed to assist him, research would undoubtedly progress more smoothly.

"Why did you pull my fur?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion bared its teeth, clearly uncomfortable despite it being only a single hair.

Though she hadn't shed fur when she was a spirit beast, now that she was in soul spirit form, her energy-based fur was even more sensitive. Pulling out one strand felt like a loss of cultivation.

Even if it was only a minute of cultivation lost, it still hurt.

"Sorry, I was just curious. After all, I've never seen such a cute, beautiful, and fluffy creature before," Tang San praised, releasing a wave of his own spirit power into her forehead's eye.

"Ying ying ying~"

Immediately, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion trembled all over, her eyes squinting in pleasure as her soul seemed to ascend to a state of ecstasy, letting out an elated cry.

"Are you in heat?" Xiao Wu suddenly tossed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion aside, wiping her hands with a look of distaste.

"…No," the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was stunned, then, after understanding the meaning of "in heat," she became speechless. "Now I understand why you're so strong. Not only are you the child of destiny, but your soul power is also extraordinary. Just one strand of your soul power is equivalent to my decades of hard training. You've absorbed so much essence…"

"Ying~ Aow!"

Before she could finish, Xiao Wu kicked the "teacup dog" away, glaring at it and scolding, "I just realized that accepting this kind of offering was an unwise choice. You'll talk nonsense about anything, really asking for trouble!"

Tang San broke out in a cold sweat but cleared his throat and said, "Alright, don't argue with a child. Besides, she's still your soul spirit. No matter how far you kick her, she'll just return to your spirit ring. Now, let's talk about your ninth spirit ability, Destiny's Dominance."

At this point, Tang San hadn't anticipated that after Xiao Wu received the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's offering, she would gain such powerful abilities, becoming a master of luck.

With this skill, Xiao Wu could control the luck of the entire Douluo Star. She could manipulate others' destinies using luck.

Those with little luck would face misfortune even when hiding at home, perhaps even dying in the most trivial of ways, like drowning in a latrine.

Those with great luck could leap off cliffs and remain unscathed, even encountering hidden masters and discovering treasures.

This kind of luck, Tang San referred to as: External Luck, or luck granted by the heavens.

Xiao Wu could only control this external luck.

Since there is external luck, it naturally follows there is also internal luck.

Internal Luck is determined by factors like one's knowledge, character, strength, and wisdom. Strong or wise people attract followers; those with great knowledge naturally have admirers.

In short, internal luck can be summarized as: "A phoenix will naturally come to perch on the parasol tree."

Thus, Xiao Wu couldn't directly control internal luck.

But this doesn't mean she was helpless against those with abundant internal luck.

After all, while one needs internal luck to gain great knowledge or cultivate immense strength, such growth requires time, and time itself is governed by external luck.

As previously mentioned, bad luck could result in even a trip to the bathroom ending in disaster.

If Xiao Wu deliberately targeted someone, as long as the person still existed on Douluo Star and relied on the planet's environment to survive—meaning they needed to drink Douluo Star's water, eat its food, and breathe its air—they would always be at risk of an accident.

Even if they hid in the safest place, it might still cause mutations in their cells, or Douluo Star could directly draw a meteor from outer space and send it crashing toward them.

One couldn't claim, "I fetch my own water from the mountain, I grow my own food," because as long as they were still within Douluo Star's ecosystem, they would always be subject to the planet's rules.

Even if one could transcend the Three Realms, not bound by the Five Elements—meaning they could survive in the vast vacuum of space without depending on Douluo Star's environment—on Douluo Continent, they would have to reach the divine level to do so.

However, even if you could leave Douluo Star and resist its gravitational pull by flying away, the pull of gravity would still exist.

Of course, the influence of Douluo Star's luck on divine-level powers was minimal. After all, Douluo Star was one of the 108 small worlds in the God Realm, managed by the gods. No matter how powerful Douluo Star's luck might be, it couldn't control the gods of the God Realm.

Nevertheless, Xiao Wu's ability was still incredibly powerful.

Tang San, however, advised Xiao Wu not to use this ability. Their minds had not yet transcended the mortal realm, and their position was not high enough to toy with the fates of others. Even if the entire will of Douluo Star stood on their side, they might still be subject to a backlash from the forces of fate.

"Don't worry, San-ge, I'm not the kind of troublemaker who messes with other people's fate," Xiao Wu said with a playful grin, waving her hand. "Even the gods aren't qualified to manipulate fate. Besides, I only control luck."

"To cultivate one's internal luck, enhance oneself, and in turn gain external luck—that's the true path."

"The key to being the master of fate is to remain objective."

Tang San smiled faintly. "I didn't expect the little girl who once wanted to break free to now be able to speak so wisely. You've really grown."

"I'm not just good at spouting big words," Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at Tang San. With her deep knowledge of the human body and medicine, she truly believed that luck should be distributed fairly and justly, just like how the organs and systems of the body all have their own functions. When combined, they form a complete human being.

Luck may differ in quantity, but whatever portion each being receives must come with a corresponding cost.

Just like them—having gained their current powers, they had to repay the heavens. For the world, and for themselves. As the saying goes: Every gift of fate comes with a price tag, marked in the shadows.

Of course, for her, San-ge, and Guang Ling, having already cultivated their primordial spirits and become independent, if anything went wrong, they could simply leave Douluo Star.

But that would be irresponsible.

Moreover, escaping a small world meant that the vast universe would still have its constraints…

(End of Chapter)