Mu En smiled slightly, "Can you tell this old man about your path?"
"Yes." x2
Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er exchanged smiles and said in unison, "An Zhen."
"Oh?" Mu En was a little surprised, but it also felt reasonable.
"Regarding my own path, I thought about many things at the time, such as offense, light, and so on," Wang Dong'er softly recounted, a sweet smile appearing in her dreamy eyes. "But that guy's image kept appearing in my mind."
Then, suddenly, her mind was completely filled with that guy's image. It was like when she was studying, her mind would suddenly be taken over by thoughts of playing. But Wang Dong'er felt that this time it was right; this was what she wanted.
From their initial acquaintance, she thought An Zhen harbored ill intentions towards Huo Yutong. But this guy indeed harbored ill intentions, even taking her down, making her secretly intimate with An Zhen behind Yu Tong's back, becoming his first love. He also constantly thought about lewd things, touching her small hands and feet. Later, Yu Tong clearly knew but didn't tell her, just watched her make a fool of herself, and he hooked up with other girls—what a philanderer.
This scoundrel!
But thinking of these things, she was only angry, with no thought of leaving An Zhen.
He used various methods to please her, helped her cultivate with his Spirit, would earnestly coax her, clean the house, and tolerate all her emotions. Although he was lewd, she didn't dislike it. By An Zhen's side, she could be unrestrained, be her true self, not worry about other things, and let him handle everything. Aside from being a philanderer, An Zhen truly doted on her.
Every kiss and hug brought a wonderful feeling she had never experienced before. After more than a year of being together, Wang Dong'er felt that she probably couldn't leave An Zhen anymore.
"An Zhen Ge Ge is family."
This was Huo Yutong's answer.
He was the most important person.
Her star-like eyes lit up with spiritual light—that was the most determined expression Mu En had ever seen.
"Since that is the case," Mu En showed a benevolent smile, and two rays of spiritual light shot out from the room behind him, landing in front of Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er. They were two Spirit Bones. "Then persevere and walk down the path you believe to be correct. These are two Spirit Bones the academy is rewarding you with."
In front of Huo Yutong was a left leg bone, like a crystal-clear white jade, emitting a strange silver light with a somewhat illusory quality, extremely extraordinary.
In front of Wang Dong'er was a right arm bone, entirely bright golden, its dazzling light emanating an extremely powerful sharpness.
"Huo Yutong, the one in front of you is a 100,000-year Spirit Bone. Its origin has some connection with you. It belonged to a female Titled Douluo from the Body Sect whose Spirit was the Dual Pupils. She had two Spirit Abilities: one was Spatial Leap, and the other was Spatial Collapse, which destroys space. Both abilities are very powerful. If Xuan Zi hadn't been there, she almost slipped away from the encirclement."
"Wang Dong, the one in front of you is Light of Demon Break. I obtained it when I was young, but unfortunately, my Spirit Bones were already full at the time, so I had no edge with it. It comes from a very rare elemental Spirit Beast and has a high probability of producing offensive Spirit Abilities. Although its quality hasn't reached 100,000 years, its compatibility with you is definitely very high, and it can complement your Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, which will surely bring a great amplification to all your Spirit Abilities."
Mu En introduced the information about the two Spirit Bones.
Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er were surprised by the quality of the two Spirit Bones. Spatial element, 100,000-year Spirit Bone—the rarity of these two combined goes without saying. For any Spirit, it's an extremely compatible divine skill, something that can be described as a rare treasure. The quality of Light of Demon Break was also not bad. More importantly, it was extremely compatible with Wang Dong'er's Light Goddess Butterfly. That dazzling power of light made Wang Dong'er's heart feel a sense of longing, as if it were attracting her.
However, a Titled Douluo from the Body Sect?
What happened?
Was this Spirit Bone taken directly from someone else?
Wouldn't killing another sect's Titled Douluo lead to war between the two sides?
Noticing the two girls' confusion, Mu En spoke, "It's been over a month since you began deep meditation. During this time, some things have happened. This old man won't waste your time. Let An Zhen tell you later."
"Over a month!" Wang Dong'er suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no!"
"Hmm?" Huo Yutong looked at Wang Dong, puzzled. What was wrong?
"An Zhen, of course!" Wang Dong'er wondered if something had grown on her head. She turned, placed her hands on Huo Yutong's shoulders, and said with a serious expression, "Yu Tong, think about it. When we were usually around, he already hooked up with so many girls. This time, you, me, and Xiao Xiao and Sister Ma Xiaotao are all in seclusion. Xu Jiujiu just arrived, and Sister Le Xuan usually dotes on An Zhen so much. That pervert might have found us new sisters!"
It wasn't that Wang Dong was being suspicious or lacked confidence in her beloved.
It was precisely because she understood An Zhen and believed in An Zhen that she thought he would do such a thing.
Last semester: Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Ning Tian.
This semester: confirming relationship with Xiao Xiao, and also Gu Yuena, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xu Jiujiu.
Huo Yutong: …
She really wanted to say, no way.
But based on An Zhen Ge Ge's past behavior, this was highly likely to happen.
"If you don't go back and take a look, I'm afraid you won't be able to cultivate peacefully." Mu En showed a helpless smile on his face. This disciple of his, "An Zhen has been on Sea God Island recently. Since that's the case, then take them back to absorb."
"Thank you, Elder Mu."
"Goodbye, Elder Mu."
Having received permission, the two beautiful young women excitedly scurried out. More than checking up on him, it was like expressing their longing from the past month.
Inner Courtyard, Zhang Lexuan's residence.
Two radiant figures filled with youthful energy stood at the door, looking at the closed door with some confusion. Wang Dong'er felt a bad premonition. "He's not with Senior Sister here, but Elder Mu said that pervert is on Sea God Island. He wouldn't really have run off to another senior sister's house, would he?"
"Hard to say." Huo Yutong gently shook her head.
"Wronged, too wronged." A familiar voice sounded behind the two, and a pair of arms reached out directly, embracing the two young women. An Zhen's wronged voice sounded, "I didn't expect Dong'er and Yu Tong to see me this way."
With the current scale of the Virtual World, any slight disturbance on Sea God Pavilion couldn't escape An Zhen's notice. Unlike Spirit Detection, this power came from a higher dimension; at least, beings below the divine level couldn't detect it at all. An Zhen had already noticed the moment the two girls finished their seclusion.
"Pervert, aren't you such a person?" Wang Dong'er playfully scolded, as a pair of large hands caressed her waist, causing a seductive blush to appear on the girl's beautiful face. Beneath her blue and white dress, her beautiful legs, clad in white ankle boots, suddenly felt a little weak.
"An Zhen Ge Ge~" The blue-haired little cutie's cheeks were flushed, letting An Zhen tease her.
"Of course not." An Zhen denied.
He merely appreciated beautiful things.
Taking out the key, An Zhen opened the door to Zhang Lexuan's residence. The Virtual World had cleared the dust inside, and An Zhen carried the two girls into Zhang Lexuan's bedroom.
"Dong'er seems to have grown a bit taller and become even more beautiful." An Zhen examined the changes in the two girls. Wang Dong'er's figure was more slender, her proportions seemed to have grown a bit, and her once slightly childish face had matured, revealing her stunning beauty, dazzling and captivating like a goddess of light.
"Yu Tong has also become cuter."
Huo Yutong looked as if she had been revitalized. The girl blinked, showcasing her gains from this trip to An Zhen. The next moment, her star-like eyes directly transformed into Dual Pupils, as if nurturing a brilliant light.
"body martial soul secondary awakening, the formless level of mental force," An Zhen said with some surprise.
"Yes." Huo Yutong nodded excitedly. She had become stronger. After consuming the Forget-Me-Not Autumn Water Dew, she was already close to this realm. The meditation room she entered had a very good training effect on mental force. Under the appropriate pressure from the outside World, she absorbed Tian Meng Jie's seal, officially completing this transformation.
"What is body martial soul secondary awakening?" Huo Yutong was a bit confused by this technical term.
"You can think of it as an evolution of a Spirit," An Zhen explained. "It is well known that Spirits can undergo changes influenced by certain factors. Wu Feng and Ning Tian are examples of this, and body martial souls are no exception. Teacher Wang Yan and an elder senior are currently researching these. Yu Tong, you can listen to their classes later."
After the Body Sect's research materials were brought back, simply leaving them there would definitely not do. As the continent's number one academy, Shrek naturally had a dedicated team researching Spirits. The leader was an elder from the Sea God Pavilion. Although his cultivation wasn't high, his ability to sit as an elder through Spirit research was enough to prove his strength. After the Body Sect's thousands of years of research materials were brought back, they were overjoyed. They put aside other things and immediately buried themselves in researching body martial souls, saying that they would specially recruit a batch of body martial soul students next semester and directly establish a Body lineage within the academy's Martial Soul Department.
An Zhen recounted the events that had transpired during this time one by one: Zhang Lexuan's seclusion, the Body Sect's attack, the Body Sect's incident, cohabiting with Xu Jiujiu, and the Douling Royal Family wanting to acknowledge their kinship.
"So that's how it is." Huo Yutong took out the spatial 100,000-year Spirit Bone. It really was taken directly from someone else, and the previous owner was similar to her: female, and an eye Spirit.
"You really didn't hook up with other young girls?" Wang Dong'er looked at An Zhen suspiciously. He had been so well-behaved for over a month.
"Really didn't." An Zhen looked up, his eyes sincerely gazing at Wang Dong'er.
"Then I wronged you." Wang Dong'er believed him. The academy was only so big; An Zhen couldn't possibly secretly meet others without them knowing. It was better to just say it directly.
"If you wronged me, there must be compensation." An Zhen's hand moved downwards.
"Pervert." Wang Dong'er squeezed her legs together, a blush appearing on her fair cheeks. "It's been over a month since we went into seclusion. Wait until I take a bath first, and I still need to eat, then change into a pair of silk stockings. My little feet need to be washed!"
…
Half a day later.
The underground World of Sea God Pavilion.
Two doors opened almost simultaneously.
"So hungry." The petite and adorable girl gently rubbed her stomach, stepping out in her white ankle boots. Xiao Xiao had already found her path, but that Mimicry environment felt too comfortable. Her spirit power was just about to advance further, so she endured and meditated for a while longer, only coming out after breaking through.
"Here." Two fingers held a soft pastry to Xiao Xiao's mouth.
Xiao Xiao looked up, saw the person in front of her, and her eyes showed a surprised expression, "An Zhen!"
Xiao Xiao opened her mouth, taking both the pastry and An Zhen's fingers into her mouth, making an indistinct sound, "Delicious."
"Na'er." An Zhen looked towards the other opening door, gesturing to the table beside the beautiful silver-haired girl, "Sit down and eat something."
Xiao Xiao looked to the side and saw that a long table had been placed against the wall in the narrow passage, with various dishes steaming on it. A girl was already sitting there eating, her brilliant golden hair cascading down, exuding an elegant and noble aura in every gesture, as if she were the most dazzling presence in the crowd—it was Ning Tian.
"Mm." Gu Yuena nodded lightly, her cold expression as usual, looking a bit taller. For Gu Yuena, deep meditation was basically useless; at most, it only accelerated cultivation advancement. How could mortal things cause a qualitative transformation for the Silver Dragon King?
The silver-haired dragon girl quickly walked to the dining table, picked up food, and stuffed it into her mouth, looking very hungry as well.
"Where are the others?" Xiao Xiao, who had been hungry for quite some time, reached out her fair little hand, directly grabbed a meat pie, and asked confusedly while gnawing on it.
"Yu Tong and Dong'er finished a bit earlier than you. They went back to eat, wash up, and then returned to Sea God Pavilion to continue their seclusion and absorb Spirit Bones."
An Zhen didn't do anything else. After all, the two girls had been in seclusion for so long. It wouldn't be good to bother them for a short time. He wasn't that desperate yet.
"As for Wu Feng, it seems she's using this opportunity to refine and absorb the residual treasures in her body, the ones that evolved her Spirit before." This was what An Zhen saw using the Virtual World.
"I see." Xiao Xiao nodded lightly, finishing the meat pie in her hand in two or three bites. She reached out and took the meat soup An Zhen handed her. As the food went down, a sense of fullness emerged, and the weakness caused by hunger gradually dissipated.
"It seems everyone has gained a lot."
An Zhen observed the girls.
The external changes were in their height and spirit power fluctuations.
The internal changes were in their mental state. Compared to before, Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao's eyes now held an indescribable look; they had found the direction of their life's path, with less confusion.
"Didn't An Zhen undergo deep meditation?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously.
An Zhen gently shook his head, "I know what I want, and the environment here isn't very suitable for my Spirit."
After eating and drinking their fill, the three girls recovered their state, then took the Spirit Bones An Zhen brought, preparing to complete the final step of this seclusion in one go.
Sea God Pavilion's reserves were abundant, plus the generous gift package from the Body Sect this time. To cope with the future crisis of Evil Soul Masters and the Sun Moon Empire, Sea God Pavilion was prepared to fully assist the growth of this most talented generation.
Three 100,000-year Spirit Bones.
A "heaven-sent" gift package.
For Spirit Masters, compatibility is important when absorbing Spirit Bones. Tool Spirits are fine, but Beast Spirits with elemental attributes have a very small selection range. Light of Demon Break was already the strongest light-attribute Spirit Bone in Sea God Pavilion's collection. Unless they took one from Mu En, of course, that was not allowed.
In the middle of the night. The long table on the first floor of Sea God Pavilion, which should have been empty, had two people sitting there, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, as if waiting for something.