Fusion Soul Spirit, Water Element Control

"Child, what is your martial soul? I'll help you choose a relatively suitable soul spirit based on it!"

The Soul Master asked as he walked with Long Yuan.

"Sir Soul Master, my martial soul is a white dragon!"

"A white dragon?"

Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, the Soul Master fell into thought.

He had never heard of a White Dragon Martial Soul before.

What kind of soul spirit would be suitable for it?

Before long, the Soul Master led Long Yuan into another room.

This room was very large. In the center stood a cylindrical device five meters tall and roughly three meters in radius.

The device was filled with viscous green liquid.

Many transparent spheres around thirty centimeters in diameter floated inside it, each emitting a faint glow.

"There aren't any dragon-type soul spirits suitable for you at the moment. How about trying a water snake?"

Dragon-type soul spirits were rare in this Spirit Pagoda, and even in the entire Spirit Pagoda.

After giving it some thought, the Soul Master could only recommend a water snake to Long Yuan.

After saying that, the Soul Master walked up to the device and pressed a button. A white soul spirit ball dropped from the machine's outlet.

The Soul Master handed the soul spirit ball to Long Yuan, then brought over an oval-shaped device.

"Press this button and shine the device's light onto the soul spirit ball. The soul spirit will be able to hatch."

As soon as the Soul Master finished speaking, Long Yuan pressed the button without hesitation.

As a gentle yellow light shone upon the soul spirit ball, the previously sealed sphere gradually became transparent.

A faint aura of life emerged, and the soul spirit wriggled slightly.

Then, the glow emanating from the soul spirit ball turned white. A brighter ring of light flashed at its center, and the entire ball slowly opened down the middle.

"Hm? This water snake seems a little unusual. Why does it look like it's growing horns?"

"Could it be transforming into a dragon? How is that possible?"

As the white light receded, a small snake crawled nimbly out from inside the soul spirit ball and made its way to the edge.

It was about twenty centimeters long and looked more or less like an ordinary little snake.

However, two horns had already begun growing from its head. They were tiny, but they were definitely there.

Its head was also different from that of an ordinary snake. Normal snake heads were smooth and rounded.

This snake's head was somewhat squarish, and its eyes were large as well.

A water snake, a water snake—this one looked just like a stream of flowing water.

It was the color of clear water.

"Maybe one day, it will evolve into a water dragon!"

As Long Yuan looked at the water snake, that thought suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Afterward, Long Yuan took the soul spirit ball and walked out of the Soul Spirit Pagoda.

By then, the other students had also chosen suitable soul spirits.

Long Yuan glanced at the soul spirit in Tang Wulin's arms. Just like in the original story, it was Golden Light.

It could evolve.

He sighed inwardly. As expected of the child of destiny—he could randomly choose and still end up with a soul spirit capable of evolution.

Still, without the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, could it continue evolving?

Some time later, Long Yuan and Lin Ximeng returned to the apartment.

The moment he returned, Long Yuan could not wait to go to his room and fuse with his soul spirit.

Once inside, Long Yuan sat down cross-legged and took out the soul spirit ball.

He reached inside and took out that unusual water snake.

Although a soul spirit did not have a physical body, it felt almost exactly the same as holding something tangible.

Holding the water snake, he focused his mind, and the Soul Power within his body began to circulate.

The White Dragon Martial Soul appeared behind him, then coiled around him and completed the possession.

The water snake answered the summons with unusual excitement.

Long Yuan entered a meditative state and began fusing with the soul spirit according to the method Lin Ximeng had taught him.

Before long, his tailbone grew slightly warm. A burning sensation spread from his tailbone through his entire spine before extending throughout his body.

Pale golden, web-like patterns appeared and rapidly spread downward from his forehead.

Fine golden threads swiftly climbed up from his tailbone, then spread across his entire body.

Finally, they spread toward the White Dragon Martial Soul and the water snake within the soul spirit sphere.

As the golden threads spread over the water snake, its body slowly began to change, dragon scales gradually emerging.

Its length and girth were both changing.

When the golden threads gathered at its head, two horns grew at a visible rate, eventually becoming two small Dragon Horns.

At that moment, the water snake had already transformed into the shape of a Water Dragon.

Throughout the entire process, Long Yuan felt unbearably hot.

After an unknown amount of time, the scorching sensation gradually faded.

In its place came an itchy, tingling feeling that spread through his limbs and bones, as though countless tiny insects were crawling through every part of his body.

He felt somewhat uncomfortable, but he endured it.

During this process, Long Yuan's Spiritual Power rose rapidly.

Before long, the water snake in his palm completely transformed into a Water Dragon and burrowed into his palm.

The Golden Patterns on Long Yuan's forehead turned into a Dragon Scale, then gradually dimmed and disappeared.

Drenched in sweat, Long Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a delighted expression appearing on his face.

Although the fusion process had been rather exhausting, he had gained something unexpected. At least his effort and money had not gone to waste.

He released his martial soul, and with a thought, a pool of water appeared in his palm.

With a wave of his hand, the water moved before him and changed shape according to his will.

It could take the form of a Water Dragon and coil through the air.

It could also condense into an Ice Sword for attacking.

"Water Element Control!"

Long Yuan was overjoyed. The ability this soul spirit had given him was actually Water Element Control.

What surprised him even more was that he already possessed a Blood Essence Soul Ring. He had never expected that he could also fuse with a soul spirit and gain another soul ring and Soul Skill.

Looking at the Yellow Soul Ring pulsing around his body, Long Yuan revealed a stunned expression.

He had clearly bought a ten-year soul ring, yet it had become a yellow, hundred-year one.

This was an unexpected windfall.

"Brother Long Yuan, did the soul spirit fusion succeed?"

When Long Yuan opened the door, Na'er ran toward him with delight written all over her face. She hugged his arm, curiosity and concern shining in her purple eyes.

"Yes, it succeeded. I made Na'er worry, and Mom too!"

Long Yuan picked Na'er up and walked over to Lin Ximeng.

The instant he opened the door, Lin Ximeng, who had been preparing dinner, rushed out of the kitchen to check on him.

Her face was likewise filled with concern.

"As long as it succeeded. Come eat quickly!"

As she spoke, Lin Ximeng hurriedly brought steaming dishes out from the kitchen.

The three of them ate together in cheerful harmony.

Na'er and Long Yuan continued to serve each other food as usual, even feeding one another.

They both continued to put food on Lin Ximeng's plate as well.

Together, all three of them were in excellent spirits.

"Mom, thank you for raising me. I earned all these Federal Coins by taking jobs at Mang Tian Workshop. I'm giving them all to you—consider this my first surprise for you!"

After dinner, Long Yuan took a box from beneath the bed. It was filled with Federal Coins.

He had earned all of them over the past year at Mang Tian Workshop.

"Th-this much? You..."

Lin Ximeng took the box and roughly counted it. There were a full twenty thousand Federal Coins.

That was as much as she earned from four months of teaching.

"I never expected you could earn so much money taking jobs at the workshop. Long Yuan, you must have worked so hard.

Mom can't take this money. Keep it to buy a better soul spirit later!"

Lin Ximeng was deeply moved, and tears even welled up in her beautiful eyes.

This son of hers was so sensible.

She wanted nothing more than to hold Long Yuan and burst into tears.

"Mom, I can earn more. Mang Tian Master said I have great talent for forging, and that I'll definitely make lots and lots of money in the future. This is for you—I still have more!"

As he spoke, Long Yuan took out some more from his person.

Lin Ximeng wept tears of joy.