Bo Saixi's Call

Several days passed like this.

During those days, Lu Jin stayed with Ah Yin in Spirit Hall's library the whole time, which put Qian Daoliu and the others considerably at ease.

At least, for the moment, this mysterious expert showed no clear ill will toward Spirit Hall.

"Well? Did you find anything?" Lu Jin drank his tea, occasionally brushing Ah Yin's fallen strands of dark hair back into place.

He had to admit, Ah Yin's hairstyle really gave her that full-on married-woman look.

"A little, I guess, but I still don't think I'm cultivating fast enough. If only I could gain access to a god's inheritance."

Her words reminded Lu Jin of something.

He had been so focused on Limit Douluo like Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu that he had overlooked one thing: Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts like Ah Yin and Xiao Wu could not only become gods, but also possessed considerable talent for cultivation.

Lu Jin smiled and patted her head. "Don't worry, you'll get the chance."

"Mm! I'm a little hungry. What would you like to eat? I'll go make it for you!" Ah Yin looked at Lu Jin. "I just learned a new dish yesterday. Want to try it?"

"Mm, go ahead."

Ah Yin left, humming a little tune, leaving only Lu Jin and Bibi Dong in the library.

Bibi Dong stood silently without a word, repeating to herself, I'm just a heartless water-pouring machine. Don't look at me, don't look at me...

The more she feared something, the more likely it was to happen. "Dong'er, come here for a moment."

Bibi Dong's body trembled. She instinctively glanced at the departing Ah Yin, and those tragic romance stories came to mind.

A library, an irresistible male expert... Could he be about to do that to me...?

Bibi Dong pressed her legs together and approached cautiously. "S-senior, is there anything you need me to do?"

"Give me your hand."

"Huh? I... well..."

Could it be that he finally can't hold himself back?

I'm still a child... Bibi Dong pursed her lips and glanced at Lu Jin's face. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. "S-senior... I haven't filled out yet. How about you wait another two years?"

Holding hands can get you pregnant. All the books say so. I'm still so young, I don't want to get pregnant... Bibi Dong looked at Lu Jin nervously, her eyes pleading.

Lu Jin: ???

What's going on in this girl's head?

Well, Bibi Dong, I thought you really were as cold as ice. Who knew your mind was dirtier than an egg yolk is yellow?

The likes of you are the sweetest when you get going!

Lu Jin said, at a loss for words, "What are you thinking about? I heard you have Twin Martial Souls and wanted to study them."

"Huh?! Oh!!" Bibi Dong breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest, which would take another two years to become full. "You scared me to death."

Lu Jin took hold of Bibi Dong's cool wrist. He had to say, it really did feel delicate and soft.

After lightly stroking it once, he focused his mind and tried to examine Bibi Dong's soul.

Sure enough, this girl had a split personality!

Logically speaking, a soul should only be able to have one Martial Soul.

Lu Jin had previously guessed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls because he was a transmigrator, with two souls occupying one body.

Bibi Dong was no transmigrator, so her having two Martial Souls had to be related to her soul.

Bibi Dong didn't know what Lu Jin was doing. She only felt him stroking her wrist over and over, the ticklish sensation making the young girl's cheeks turn bright red.

A moment later, Lu Jin let go of her. "I read Spirit Hall's theories. Twin Martial Souls can't be released at the same time?"

Bibi Dong nodded vaguely, her head still in a daze. Because they were so close, she could smell a faint, indescribable fragrance on Lu Jin.

And that made her head even muddier.

Lu Jin asked, "Have you ever considered why Twin Martial Souls appear, or why they can't be released together?"

At the mention of cultivation, Bibi Dong finally calmed down a little. "Please enlighten me, Senior."

Lu Jin shook his head. "I wouldn't call it enlightenment. This is only a guess. One soul giving rise to one Martial Soul is what's normal. Wherever there's an exception, there must be something unusual. In your future cultivation, you could perhaps try working on your soul. It might improve the quality of your Martial Souls."

Tang San was the real exception. After all, he was a transmigrator, and his two Martial Souls had no connection to each other.

But Bibi Dong was different. Both her Martial Souls were spiders. If she could completely fuse them into one, its quality would surely improve.

As for losing a Martial Soul and a few Soul Skills, none of that was really a big deal.

In the face of absolute numbers, quantity was useless.

Bibi Dong recalled the task the Great Enshrined had given her: to find out the truth behind Spirit Hall's destruction. She rarely had a chance to speak with Lu Jin, so she seized the opportunity.

"Um... Senior, you said before that Spirit Hall would be destroyed. What caused its destruction?"

"What caused it?" Lu Jin looked at her with amusement. "Of course, it was because a bunch of love-brained fools ruined your Spirit Hall. First and foremost among them was Spirit Hall's next Pope."

Oh, so it was the Pope. Good thing it has nothing to do with me... Bibi Dong breathed a sigh of relief.

Only a member of the Qian Family could be Spirit Hall's Pope, so Bibi Dong felt quite reassured.

"What are you smiling about?" Lu Jin sneered. "You're the next Pope!"

Bibi Dong's eyes widened again, and she pointed at her own nose. "M... me?"

Sea God Island.

For Bo Saixi, the past few days could be described as each day feeling like a year.

Her yearning for freedom and her thirst for a higher level of power had not diminished with the Sea God's warning. Instead, they had grown even stronger.

She had even wondered whether the Sea God would still dare torment her like this if she became a First-Level God herself.

But the more she thought that way, the harsher the mental torment brought by the contract became. If not for her extraordinary willpower, she would probably have suffered a mental collapse long ago.

During a rare chance to catch her breath, Bo Saixi lay limply on her bed, her curvaceous figure pressed flat, with a little of her exposed at the sides.

But Bo Saixi, the High Priestess herself, paid no attention to her indecent posture. Days of mental torment had left her exhausted in body and mind.

The price of resting was that her brain began wandering uncontrollably again.

She recalled the Whisper that had suddenly appeared in her mind that day.

Freedom, fate... She had to admit that the Whisper had been tempting enough that, even after all the torment she had endured, she still did not want to forget it.

As she recalled it and more thoughts gradually filled her mind, the contract activated again, tormenting her soul.

This time, Bo Saixi didn't make a sound. She simply lay on the bed, her body trembling constantly without yielding in the slightest. Instead, under this torment, her yearning for freedom and escape from fate continued to grow.

I'll die either way. I might as well die for freedom... The seed Lu Jin had planted in Bo Saixi's heart was beginning to sprout.

"Sister Ah Yin's cooking... mmph, mmph, mmph... is so delicious..."

Bibi Dong's mouth was stuffed with food. An entire large plate of pastries had gone into her mouth, and the capacity made Lu Jin glance at her in surprise.

You have an extraordinary gift, girl.

"Eat slowly! I'll make you more another time!" The smile hadn't left Ah Yin's face since she saw the food she had made disappear.

You've really got that married-woman look down, Miss Ah Yin.

Lu Jin wiped his mouth. "Dong'er, make me a glass of sugar water. Three spoonfuls of sugar."

"Mmph, mmph, mmph... okay..."

After sending Bibi Dong away, Lu Jin looked at Ah Yin. "I have a way to increase your cultivation speed."

"What way?"

"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a treasured place in Sunset Forest. It greatly boosts plant growth and might increase the speed at which you level up."

Ah Yin's eyes lit up. She threw herself into Lu Jin's arms and hooked both hands around his neck, her red lips almost touching the tip of his nose as she breathed hotly. "When are we leaving?"

"In a few days."

Just then, Bibi Dong came over with the sugar water. Seeing the position the two were in, she couldn't help blushing.

Such an intimate position was too much for the young girl!

That night, Lu Jin was just about to go to sleep.

Suddenly, a voice called out by his ear.

"Are you there? I want to change my fate. Help me, and I can pay any price!"

The corners of Lu Jin's mouth rose. The seed had finally blossomed.