The Day Fate Turns

Chapter 3 The Day Fate Turns

"Everyone! I'm back!"

Suddenly, a boy's excited voice rang out in the quiet, dilapidated building. Yinlan hugged her mother's flowerpot and subconsciously peeked out from the girls' room, where she saw the boy holding a bag of food, his face full of excitement.

Ever since Yinlan gained the ability to move on her own and found a flowerpot for her mother, she has always carried the flowerpot with her and never let it out of her sight.

Since his mother hadn't abandoned him, he naturally couldn't abandon her either.

The boy, not much older than Yinlan, first held up the bag of food in his hand, took out a roasted sweet potato, and then continued excitedly, "I brought dinner from Grandpa Lin's..."

Before he could finish speaking, a fist the size of a clay pot slammed into his head, causing him to jump up in pain. The food bag in his hand flew out of his hand, and tears welled up in his eyes as he covered the spot where he had been hit.

"Bear Two, why are you causing trouble for others again!"

Behind the boy called "Xiong Er," a slightly older boy who looked somewhat similar to him walked over at some point and said with a serious expression.

"I...I also wanted to lighten the burden on you and Huaqiang, Xiong Da..." Upon hearing this, Xiong Er shrank his neck, turned around and looked at his brother with teary eyes, while constantly making hand gestures to Yin Lan behind his back, hoping that Yin Lan would help him.

Xiong Da and Xiong Er are brothers. These two names have often aroused Yin Lan's desire to complain. Both brothers have bear spirits and can possess other beings. They are indeed stronger than children of the same age, but unfortunately, neither of them has innate spirit power.

As for "Hua Qiang" mentioned by Xiong Er, like Xiong Da, he is one of the two oldest children among the orphans. His martial spirit is an iron axe, and he has no soul power.

After acquiring martial spirits, Huaqiang and Xiongda felt that living a life of causing trouble for everyone in the village every day was not a good thing. As they grew older, Huaqiang started working as a woodcutter to earn money to support his children, while Xiongda relied on the strength of his bear martial spirit to do manual labor in the village to earn money.

However, the money the two children earned was ultimately not enough to support the entire orphanage. Therefore, despite Xiong Da and Hua Qiang's strict prohibition, Xiong Er would still occasionally sneak into the village to "hunt for food".

The villagers all knew that there were a group of children struggling to survive in the village, so they turned a blind eye to the children's behavior. Sometimes they would even deliberately leave some leftover food for the children to take away. The old man surnamed Lin had no relatives or descendants, so he took extra care of the children.

Experiencing hardship at a young age made the children mature early and lacked the playful mentality of their peers. As a result, Huaqiang and Xiongda always felt guilty and wanted to help the villagers as soon as possible.

"Big Bear and Little Bear were thinking of everyone too. How about we go see Grandpa Lin together tomorrow, apologize to him, and see if we can help him in any way?" Yinlan had no choice but to say this.

The old man surnamed Lin was all alone and actually loved children very much. However, it was wrong of Xiong Er to cause him so much trouble. This kindness must be remembered.

"Sigh, Lan is right," Xiong Da sighed. "I'll go see Grandpa Lin tomorrow and see if there's any hard labor I can do."

"Then I'll go help too. I'll apologize," Xiong Er nodded, realizing his mistake, before handing the food to Yin Lan. "Lan, eat more. Look how thin you've become. The day you awaken your martial soul is coming soon. I wonder what kind of martial soul you'll awaken..."

Eating meals from many families with a group of orphans, Yinlan was indeed somewhat malnourished, but not to the extent that Xiong Er described her as "thin and weak." This was because Yinlan was the youngest among the children, and they all took good care of her, always saving the best food for her first.

Having lived two lives, Yinlan felt somewhat guilty for the care these children had given her, but no matter how much she declined, and given that this body was indeed very young, the children always indulged her.

"Hey, Xiong Da, maybe I should go look for a way to make a living tomorrow." A burly girl led the children out of the room, looking at Xiong Da with a worried expression.

Her name is Cuihua. Her martial soul is the same as Xiong Da and Xiong Er, which is also a bear. However, she is not related to the two brothers by blood. They are just childhood sweethearts who grew up together. She does not have innate soul power, but she is also very strong.

Sometimes Yinlan really felt like she had traveled to the wrong world, but it was actually just a coincidence (laughs). Everyone gave themselves their own names. Before Yinlan could speak and give herself a name, everyone called her "Grass Girl"... because they found her in a lush patch of Blue Silver Grass.

Looking at the children, Xiong Da felt a pang of worry. He realized why the villagers could turn a blind eye and help the children survive, yet no one would adopt them. He sighed and nodded to Cuihua, "Alright, let's go out together tomorrow. We can't keep troubling everyone in the village like this forever..."

Just then, a cold female voice suddenly rang out, interrupting the children's conversation.

"We really can't let you cause any more trouble for the villagers."

The sound seemed to come from afar, or perhaps it was coming from all directions; for a moment, the children couldn't tell where it was coming from.

The next second, a loud "boom" was heard, and the already dilapidated door of the broken building was blown open by terrifying flames and shattered into charred pieces. A woman wearing a tight-fitting outfit with a veil obscuring her face stood there, looking at the children with icy eyes.

"You bunch of wicked brats, you actually think you can team up and go out to rob and plunder?" The woman let out a sneer, then roared, "I'll put an end to your dreams!"

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A scorching heat emanated from her body, brushing against the children's faces and frightening them until they turned pale.

Xiong Da glanced at his younger siblings who were trembling with fear behind him, mustered his courage, and asked, "Sir Soul Master, are you perhaps mistaken? We're just a group of orphans; we haven't done anything to offend you, have we?"

"Offend? Hmph!" The woman snorted coldly again, then cursed angrily, "The very existence of people like you is an offense against me!"

Just then, an iron axe suddenly flew out from behind the woman and smashed down hard on her head.

Fun fact: Tang San was born without soul power, as stated in the original text. However, this was probably a fabrication due to incomplete early settings. The Douluo series can be considered a prime example of how setting up a character's character is the foundation of their success.

By the way, more detailed settings regarding the Dragon God Ban in Douluo Continent IV can be found in the "Related to the Works" section of this book's table of contents. Please check it out. Stop attacking me with old settings from Douluo Continent II and saying I'm out of my mind. Those old settings from Douluo Continent II are relics from ten years ago. I would never use those old settings if I wanted to woo Gu Yue Na. I've also written the specific reasons in the "Related to the Works" section.

Thank you for your understanding.

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