"Option One: Protect Little Dragon and prevent him from being taken away.
Reward: One Chinese Anime Lottery draw.
Option Two: Allow Di Tian to take Little Dragon away, then bring him back after he becomes powerful.
Reward: One Chinese Anime Lottery draw."
The rewards were identical.
The System's purpose here was clearly not to tempt Yin Zhang with different benefits, but to notify him of the situation and ensure he had the means to further strengthen himself.
Yin Zhang frowned slightly.
Although the rewards were the same, if Di Tian truly arrived and took Little Dragon away, it would objectively be beneficial for the child.
After all, both of them were Golden-Eyed Black Dragons.
As the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and Little Dragon's biological father, Di Tian would undoubtedly provide far superior guidance in True Dragon cultivation. Neither Yin Zhang nor Qiangu Yunying had any real understanding of True Dragons. If Little Dragon stayed with them, it would be forced to rely solely on instinct and slow self-exploration.
Following Di Tian—and learning from the many powerful Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest—would allow Little Dragon's strength to grow at an astonishing rate.
As for one awkward detail—
Didn't Yin Zhang kill Little Dragon's mother?
Yin Zhang calmly concluded that it didn't matter.
As long as no one said anything, no one would know.
…Though even he admitted that this line of thinking was starting to sound dangerously villain-like.
After a brief pause, Yin Zhang spoke decisively in his heart.
"System, I choose Option One."
"Congratulations, Host. Selection successful.
You have obtained one Chinese Anime Lottery opportunity.
Would you like to begin the lottery now?"
Yin Zhang felt a flicker of anticipation.
Last time, he had directly drawn Yun Shan at Rank Ninety-Seven. His luck had been absurdly good.
"Lottery," Yin Zhang said calmly. "System, begin."
"Understood.
Chinese Anime Lottery System initiating…
Drawing…"
"Congratulations, Host.
You have obtained the Mother-Child Talisman from the Chinese anime Fox Spirit Matchmaker.
The item has been modified by the System and stored in your personal warehouse.
You may check it through your attribute panel."
The Mother-Child Talisman?
Yin Zhang immediately remembered it.
In Fox Spirit Matchmaker, there had once been a Demon-Controlling Kingdom that relied on this talisman to enslave countless demons.
As long as a demon swallowed the Child Talisman, the person holding the Mother Talisman could control its life and death with a single thought. Disobedience meant instant annihilation.
The only way to解除 the binding was to hear the secret incantation spoken by another—otherwise, the demon would remain enslaved for life.
Yin Zhang opened his attribute panel and entered the warehouse.
Warehouse contents:
Black Tortoise Bead
Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Detection Bracelet
Spirit Ring Collection Bottle (Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Spirit Ring)
Fifty-Thousand-Year Age Limit Upgrade Card
Mother-Child Talisman
Yin Zhang nodded.
"Right. I still haven't used that fifty-thousand-year upgrade card."
He then selected the Mother-Child Talisman and examined its description.
Mother-Child Talisman (Modified)
Divided into Child Talisman and Mother Talisman
The Child Talisman takes effect immediately once swallowed by a Spirit Beast (up to one million years)
The Mother Talisman may be equipped or removed at will
With a single thought, the bound Spirit Beast can be killed instantly
Even a God King cannot forcibly remove the binding
The解除 incantation may be freely set by the Host
After reading this, Yin Zhang sucked in a breath.
"Ridiculous…"
It could control Spirit Beasts up to one million years old.
For a fleeting moment, Yin Zhang even thought about controlling the Silver Dragon King—but dismissed it immediately.
That was impossible.
The Silver Dragon King was a Divine Beast at the God King level, far beyond the limits of a million-year Spirit Beast.
On the current Douluo Continent, there was only one confirmed million-year Spirit Beast: the Heavenly Dream Ice Worm.
But that creature was still sealed in the Star Dou Great Forest, acting as an energy battery. There was no realistic way to approach it—and even if he could, controlling it didn't offer much practical benefit.
What about Spirit Beasts close to that threshold?
The only real candidate was the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
However, that creature was under the Sea God's constant surveillance. Considering that the final Seagod Trial required killing it, attempting to control it now would be suicidal.
Yin Zhang's eyes narrowed.
Then there was Di Tian.
Di Tian was coming.
In four months.
And he was, without question, the perfect target.
If Di Tian were controlled, Yin Zhang would gain a direct line of intelligence into the deepest secrets of the Star Dou Great Forest.
More importantly—
If other Vicious Beasts decided to move, Di Tian's cooperation would make hunting targets like the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape infinitely easier.
Yin Zhang nodded slowly.
"Good. Then Di Tian it is."
Next, he turned his attention to the Fifty-Thousand-Year Age Limit Upgrade Card.
His sixth spirit ring—hunted in the Golden Canyon of the Sunset Forest under the guidance of Golden Crocodile Douluo—had already been raised to ninety-five thousand years.
Without hesitation, Yin Zhang used the card.
Sixth Spirit Ring → One Hundred Thousand Years.
Though it did not gain a second Spirit Ability like a natural hundred-thousand-year ring, the power of its ability—Golden Python Flow—rose dramatically.
The seventh spirit ring was a Martial Soul True Body, so upgrading it would be pointless.
That left the first five rings.
Yin Zhang focused on the fifth spirit ring—the Fire-Winged Flying Dragon, originally fifty-six thousand years old.
He still had a Forty-Five-Thousand-Year Upgrade Card.
With a single decision, he applied forty-four thousand years to it.
Fifth Spirit Ring → One Hundred Thousand Years.
As for the remaining one thousand years?
Yin Zhang stored it away calmly.
It would be used later—when the time was right.