"Xiao Tian, you shouldn't go to Nuoding Academy."
Inside the dim blacksmith shop.
Tang Hao's voice was raspy and cold.
He didn't even look back at his eldest son.
"Your hammer is just ordinary iron. Stay in the shop and be an ordinary blacksmith; just live a stable life."
"Watch carefully and learn well."
After saying this, Tang Hao turned around.
His rough, large hand pressed onto Tang San's tender shoulder.
His tone carried a rare hint of warmth:
"Little San, watch closely. This is the power technique for the hammer method. You must memorize it with your heart..."
As the eldest brother, Tang Tian...
Stood alone in the corner.
Like a redundant bystander.
That once-unparalleled Clear Sky Douluo...
Was now placing all his hopes on his younger son, Tang San, who had awakened the Clear Sky Hammer.
As for the other son, Tang Tian, who had only awakened the trash Spirit Blue Silver Grass and an ordinary little iron hammer?
He probably felt there was no value in nurturing him.
He simply decided to let him remain a commoner.
Tang Tian watched for a while.
A self-deprecating curve formed at the corner of his mouth.
He turned and walked out of the sweltering blacksmith shop.
From behind him came Tang San's slightly hesitant voice:
"Father, Brother..."
"Concentrate! Ignore him!"
Tang Hao's scolding voice immediately rang out.
Stepping out of the blacksmith shop, the mountain breeze blowing against him felt very comfortable.
Tang Tian stretched.
There wasn't much dejection from being abandoned on his face; instead, he looked quite enthusiastic.
"Tsk, this old man really is biased."
"But it doesn't matter. I didn't plan on following that bitter 'trash counterattack' trope anyway."
At the moment his Spirit awakened...
Tang Tian regained the memories of his past life and realized the truth of this World.
He originally thought that as a transmigrator, he would be calm and handle things with ease.
Unfortunately, he awakened Blue Silver Grass and a hammer; he couldn't even beat other gifted monsters if he tried!
Fortunately, he was also bound to a Love System with a peculiar style.
In his past life, he was a hardcore player of Galgames—beautiful girl dating sims.
He mastered the system easily.
With a thought...
A panel that only he could see surfaced before his eyes.
[Name]: Tang Tian
[Age]: 6 years old
[Innate spirit power]: Rank 6
[Spirit]: Blue Silver Grass, little iron hammer
[Talent]: Exceptionally Handsome
[Evaluation]: Your cultivation talent has been crowded out by your looks; therefore, your cultivation talent is mediocre.
Tang Tian looked at the panel and couldn't help but think.
Perhaps because he didn't inherit the violent genes of the Clear Sky Hammer...
He perfectly inherited the soft beauty of his mother, the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin.
If it were his past life, he could have taken the path of a beauty influencer.
Unfortunately, in Douluo Continent, looks are useful, but the most important thing is strength!
"Rank 6 spirit power, a mediocre talent."
"Without a cheat, in a 'low-tier fantasy' World like Douluo Continent, I'd probably only end up as eye candy."
Tang Tian touched his already somewhat handsome face.
He sighed helplessly.
That drunkard Tang Hao.
Hadn't given him any resources at all.
Mysterious Heaven Skill?
That was Tang San's private stash.
"So, if I want to live a brilliant life, I have to rely on this..."
Tang Tian's gaze fell on the other side of the system interface:
[Conquest Panel]
As a veteran player who had conquered countless Galgames...
When he clicked on the list, he was stunned.
[Current Targets for Conquest]:
1. Blue Silver Grass
2. little iron hammer
[Please conquer them and become a god through love!]
Tang Tian originally thought the system would have him conquer Xiao Mei from the village...
Or perhaps Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Qian Renxue, or the like.
Tang Tian refreshed it three times to make sure the system wasn't bugged.
"What the hell? I'm supposed to conquer my own Spirits?"
Although he had played many personified battleship or firearm games...
Weren't "Grass Personification" and "Hammer Personification" a bit too advanced?
With thirty percent doubt and seventy percent curiosity...
Tang Tian clicked on the details for the Blue Silver Grass.
What popped up on the screen wasn't a picture of a plant.
But an exquisite 2D anime illustration.
In the image, it was a Blue Silver Grass curled up in a dark corner.
Its leaves emitted a faint blue shimmer.
It looked weak, pitiful, and helpless.
Beside the illustration...
A dialogue box was slowly scrolling:
[I'm a piece of trash, aren't I... I must be.]
[At the awakening ceremony, that Su Yuntao said I was a trash Spirit.]
[Those children with Blue Silver Grass Spirits were also mocked for awakening roadside weeds.]
[Even the Master's father didn't give me a single look.]
[As a blade of grass, I can't forge iron like a hammer, nor can I fight like a Beast Spirit.]
[Master Tang Tian is so good-looking...]
[But he's stuck with a Spirit like me. He must really despise me, right?]
[I should just rot in the dirt.]
[Current Favorability: 30/100 (Ordinary)]
Looking at these lines filled with gloom, melancholy, and self-destructive tendencies...
Tang Tian's DNA as a veteran player surged.
"Holy cow!"
"Gloomy, insecure, self-denying, thin presence..."
"Isn't this the classic 'Gloomy Girl' character archetype?!"
A girl with this kind of setting usually needs a bright, cheerful, and gentle 'Yasashii' male lead.
Through constant encouragement and companionship, she can build confidence and step out of the shadows.
And finally become—a top-tier yandere who only relies on the male lead!
I know this script!
Tang Tian instantly got into character.
He walked to the small woods outside the village and found a clean patch of grass to sit down.
But he didn't start cultivating immediately.
Instead, he looked at the withered Blue Silver Grass surfacing in his palm.
Using a deep, affectionate tone worthy of an idol drama...
He muttered to himself:
"Everyone says Blue Silver Grass is a trash Spirit, and that the Clear Sky Hammer is number one in the World."
"But..."
Tang Tian paused.
His fingertips gently brushed over the leaves of the Blue Silver Grass.
"I believe there are no trash Spirits, only trash Spirit Masters."
"I will nurture you into the strongest plant-type Spirit!"
After speaking, he closed his eyes and began to circulate spirit power in the crudest way.
[Blue Silver Grass Inner Thoughts Refreshing]
[Master... is touching me?]
[He says I'm not trash?]
[He says he'll nurture me into the strongest plant-type Spirit!]
[Master's hand is so warm.]
After cultivating for an hour...
Tang Tian stopped.
[Seeing this, the Blue Silver Grass returned to its original state.]
[Master really was just comforting me.]
[That's right! With a trash Spirit like me, how could he have the motivation to keep cultivating?]
[Only top-tier Spirits can provide the joy of cultivation!]
[Master must be discouraged again, right? As his Spirit, I can't give him any help.]
[After all, I'm just a boring wild grass...]
It thought so.
However, it didn't expect that after stretching a few times...
Tang Tian continued his meditation.
This repeated several times.
Meditating for an hour each time.
All the way until evening.
Seeing Tang Tian's extraordinary effort, the Blue Silver Grass couldn't help but be deeply moved.
Especially since Tang Tian even teased it a few times.
When Tang Tian tried to control the Blue Silver Grass to attack or sway...
The Blue Silver Grass couldn't help but feel it.
Tang Tian's previous words didn't seem to be a lie.
[He really doesn't despise me. Even though I'm so weak, he's still working hard to cultivate with me.]
[For the first time, the insecure Blue Silver Grass felt that continuing to cultivate like this might not be bad.]
[But it knows that as Tang Tian's spirit power rank increases, it will sooner or later be unable to keep up with him.]
[If I could be a little stronger, would I be qualified to stay by Master's side forever?]
[Thinking of this, it couldn't help but feel very sorrowful again.]