The Legend of Min Hong

Chapter 177: The First Time Is Always Painful

Then he spun;

Ka-Ching!

Ka-ching!

Ka-ching!

Slot!

They clicked on the notification and another orb popped out with a tag that read;

Item Usage Cultivation

Item Type Resources

Item Nature Dark

Item Source Beast Core

Item Name Dark Forest Medusa

Item Class Attack Type

Abilities Petrification (Soul)

Rarity Magic Beast

Rank Purple

Level 9650 Years

Dao Boost Yin (75%), Death (50%), Darkness (25%)

Then his expectations abruptly drained, he didn't need this core since he didn't want to use it as his primary spirit ring

Thus the beast core had little importance or usefulness to him, so he tried to check if swapping function was present in this system, but he got no response in return

Thus, he could only resign to his first-ever unlucky situation, or so he thought

The roulette was done so the rewards were sent to a backpack function of the system that was linked directly to any storage ring or treasure bounded to Min Hong

Min Hong was slightly crest-fallen "Yeah, the first time is always painful"

Daniel, with strong nostalgia, recalled the times when he was still an assassin within the Elite Black Mamba Division

Then they had a subpar handcrafted roulette with papers displaying rewards and 'Try Again' signal plastered on it

Then they would use their hard earned cash to spin a roulette that was created by a fellow soldier who made fortunes out of their stupidity

Then Daniel saw the roulette that has only two 'Try Again' slot out of a possible 50, he thought to himself that his odds were strong

"After all, I just need to spin it at a particular angle that would put the pin behind the 'Try Again' slot"

He thought further and looked into his pocket bringing out the remaining 401 dollar 38 cents that was left in his pocket

"It is all or nothing, I am a soldier, anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing Moderation is for cowards"

After reciting one their morning call songs, he grabbed the wheel and spun it and then the heart racing began;

Ba-Dump!

Ba-Dump!

Ba-Dump!

The roulette spun to a crawl until it crossed the spots away from 'Try Again', then two spot, then one spot and then 'Try Again' when Daniel saw that the roulette was still crawling ever so slowly, he had set his eye on the reward that came after the 'Try Again' slot which was a 'SIG Sauer P320 Pistol'

But then, just as the pin was halfway across the 'Try Again' slot, the roulette stopped, but still had to fall on a slot

Daniel blew a cyclone of air in his mind, but it never affected the roulette board which actually tilted backwards and fell on the 'Try Again' slot'

It was like my earthly saying; "The Cyclone in one's mind can never affect the candle in the outside world"

Thus, Daniel had to walk home that day, and yup, this time like those clich movies, it rained heavily and Daniel was soaked, down-casted and worn-out [Lol... follow the roll]

This was the reason why the lessons of one roulette spin became a lesson not forgotten even after death, to Daniel

It was also the reason he could perfectly relate to Min Hong's current plight

Min Hong then accessed the backpack function and moved the Elf into his storage ring before bringing it out in the outside world floating over his hand

A faded-gold orb floating there, over the palm of Min Hong who stared curiously at the orb till it jerked slightly, like the person within was feeling uncomfortable with such penetrating gaze positioned on her

Then he sent his mind inside and unlocked the orb as a faded-gold wisp was revealed within the orb, lying there like she was in a test-tube, as little as Min Hong's palm with her golden hair fluttering like they were in a vacuum

Chu-Lom!

"Assign name to character"

"Min Rou!" Min Hong blurted in nostalgia without him realizing that he had actually thought out that name which caused Min Qing to stop her cultivation and open her eyes which was already reddened by painful memories

Chu Lom!

"Name assigned..."

Syncing character's neural information with Host's dimension

Sync Complete

Activating Character Traits & Abilities

Activation Complete

Awakening Character

Sedation Mode Deactivated

Then gradually the little Elf awoke and began to look around with a lost expression before it then abruptly froze for about one minute, before it then looked over to Min Hong and bowed slightly before speaking;

"My lord!"

Min Hong was taken aback and quite petrified; for one's own mother to call one 'my lord' is a great taboo, so he immediately tried to correct her but was interrupted by a Chu-Lom! Sound

"Emotional Intelligence detects user's desire to change character configuration"

"Scanning User for Memory Back Up files"

Instantly Min Hong felt some sort of energy that bordered between soul sense and electric current wash all over his body, before moving to scan his entire mind and finally his soul causing him to spasm like someone who had a metal rod stuck into his nose up to his brains

Scanning Completed

User's Mother Memory Fragments found

When it got to this stage, a white wisp appeared on the screen

Min Hong remembered this white wisp, it was the same wisp that his mother Min Rou had placed within his body back when his Qi deviation episode just ended [See Chapter 66]

Collating Memory Fragments

Consciousness Created

Reconfigure Character to match Consciousness Yes/No

Cost 32,000 Cowries

Min Hong was stunned speechless for about a minute at the entire situation, but was also amazed and astounded by the efficiency of Daisy's E.I function

He clicked on Yes and the eyes of the tiny elf opened wide as the sound of a coin dispenser began to ring within Min Hong's mind

He then saw his Cowry balance reduce continuously as the elf received information about his mother's consciousness

After about what seems to be 7 strong hours, the information transfer finally ended and Daniel who had been cringing about the loss of their hard earned cowries finally breathed a deep sigh of relief when he saw the reduction slow to a stop