The Entire Group Transforms, Part One

After a long while, Taohua cautiously asked, "Young Master, what is that more important matter?"

Hu Haoran stared at Taohua and slowly said, "Taohua, do you remember your origins? How did you come to the Hu residence?"

"My origins? Let me think... It has been a long time since anyone mentioned them." A lonely look filled Taohua's eyes as she sank into brief thought. Then she said, "I remember Grandpa Liu telling me long ago that I was picked up. After a border defense battle between the Cangyun Empire and the Minghun Empire, Grandpa Liu found me still breathing in the ruins. He could not bear to watch me starve to death, so he brought me back to the Hu Family as a maid. After that, I grew up by your side, Young Master. At the time, I had nothing to prove my identity, but there was a peach blossom birthmark on my shoulder. If my parents are still alive, I should be able to find them with it, but..."

Hu Haoran sighed and asked, "What do you want most right now?"

Tears rolled down Taohua's face as she cried, "To find my parents!"

"Alright! Taohua, I promise you! I will do everything in my power to help you find your parents, provided they are still alive. Otherwise, there is nothing I can do." Hu Haoran made a major decision. "But you cannot sit back and do nothing either! I need your help too!"

"Young Master, how do you want me to help you? I am only a maid." Taohua wiped away her tears.

"I want you to become strong, as strong as my mother, and then stand with me at the peak of the continent. By then, everyone in the world will know us. You will not have to fear being unable to find your parents!" A regal aura radiated from Hu Haoran.

"As strong as Madam?" Taohua looked at Hu Haoran in confusion. "Young Master, although I also want to become as strong as Madam, I..."

Hu Haoran smiled confidently. "As long as you want to, it can be done! Do you believe in miracles?"

Taohua hesitated slightly, but still nodded. "Yes."

"Then wait a moment, and I will let you witness a miracle! Go summon Hu Tengfei and the other two. I want all of you to witness this miraculous moment together!" Hu Haoran said with a mysterious smile.

Half an hour later, Hu Tengfei, Hu Yuchen, Niu Dagui, and Taohua had gathered in Hu Haoran's room.

"Young Master, did you summon us because you have something to instruct us?" Niu Dagui boldly asked.

"Did I not promise to help transform your Waste Martial Soul into a true beast martial soul capable of battle? Now, I will fulfill that promise. The key is whether you can endure this pain. Are you ready?" Hu Haoran stared at Niu Dagui, his regal aura stirring him onward.

Niu Dagui nodded fiercely. "Rather than die after a mediocre life, I would rather make a glorious sacrifice. If fate decrees that I must live an ordinary, toiling life, then I will smash through fate and break this cage!"

"Good!" Hu Haoran took out a crimson vial from his Storage Ring. "This is Soaring Dragon Mad Ox Blood. It can help your martial soul transform. If you can absorb the dragon blood essence hidden within it, you will surely achieve great things in the future! Dagui, take it and drink it. The opportunity is right before you. Whether you succeed or fail depends on how you seize it!"

Niu Dagui snatched the Soaring Dragon Mad Ox Blood from Hu Haoran's hand and loudly declared, "No matter whether I succeed or fail, I will be loyal to Young Master's orders for the rest of my life! Thank you, Young Master, for granting me this chance!"

Niu Dagui drank it all in one gulp, then swiftly sat down cross-legged.

"I called the three of you here for two reasons. First, to witness the birth of a miracle with me. Second, to tell you that I can help you reach heights beyond your imagination!" Hu Haoran turned to Hu Tengfei, Hu Yuchen, and Taohua.

The three swallowed hard and stared intently at Niu Dagui's changes.

The instant the bottle of Soaring Dragon Mad Ox Blood entered Niu Dagui's stomach, he felt as though his abdomen were about to explode. The blood flowed down his throat and formed a surge of heat in his dantian. This violent energy spread through his limbs and rushed into his meridians. Niu Dagui's tiny meridians could not withstand such enormous power. In an instant, ninety percent of the meridians throughout his body were torn apart. The overwhelming pain made his eyes roll back, and he nearly fainted.

"Hold on, Dagui! Success or failure is not something I can bestow upon you. You have to fight for it yourself!" Hu Haoran shouted from the side.

After hearing Hu Haoran's voice, the fading light in Niu Dagui's eyes slowly gathered again. A force of life flowed from his dantian into his limbs, repairing his meridians. Thus, tearing and restoration alternated. Niu Dagui gritted his teeth and endured pain that ordinary people could never bear. Beads of blood mixed with impurities seeped from his skin, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he had become a bloody man.

"Very good. You have made it through the most painful beginning. All that remains is persistence! Do not give up. You are not worthless!" Hu Haoran encouraged him.

"Young Master, I will go prepare some food. Once he wakes up, he will probably need it." The attentive Taohua noticed that Niu Dagui was expending tremendous physical strength during his transformation.

"Alright, go prepare it." Hu Haoran nodded. "Teng Fei, Yu Chen, go prepare a large tub of bathwater. Dagui should be covered in impurities once his transformation is complete."

"Yes, Young Master!" The Hu brothers went out to make the preparations.

Everyone awaited the result of Niu Dagui's transformation. Although Martial Soul Awakening determined a person's future, there had always been tales of martial soul evolution since ancient times. They had never had the chance to encounter such an opportunity before, but now Hu Haoran was creating this living miracle before their eyes. They could not help but grow excited.

"Roar..." A dragon's roar soared into the heavens. A golden four-clawed giant dragon burst from Niu Dagui's body and circled around him.

Hu Haoran's eyes widened as he laughed heartily. "Dagui, you truly did not disappoint me! This is the dragon blood essence hidden within the Soaring Dragon Mad Ox Blood! Quickly summon your martial soul and see what it has transformed into!"

After suffering through half an hour of torment, Niu Dagui had finally endured it to the end. His eyes shone with vitality, and his entire body brimmed with strength. He rushed out of Hu Haoran's room and roared, "Come forth! Vajra Subduing Demon Ox!"

A gigantic golden ox descended from the sky, while the circling four-clawed golden dragon rushed into the Vajra Subduing Demon Ox's body. Dragon roars and ox bellows echoed together. Dragon scales covered the Vajra Subduing Demon Ox's body, and a third horn emerged between its two horns. The third ox horn was a golden spiral unicorn horn that emitted a faint dragon's might.

Liu Daoran looked up at the sky. Just as he was preparing to depart, he was stunned by that dragon's might. With a wave of his hand, he created an isolation barrier, sealing off the aura within the Hu Family estate so that outsiders could not sense it. After a long while, he muttered, "It is actually the dragon's might of a four-clawed golden dragon. What is little Haoran doing in his room? Sigh, never mind for now. This barrier should seal away those auras. Even if he turns the place upside down, no one will notice. This old man will be leaving first..."

"How mighty!" Hu Haoran could not help but praise the Vajra Subduing Demon Ox.

Taohua, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen were filled with envy as they watched. Hu Haoran had truly created a miracle—a miracle in which a Waste Martial Soul evolved into a supreme mutated martial soul!

"Next, it will be your turn!" Hu Haoran turned to the three of them and said.