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%.