Teacher's Soul Rings?!

The library had granted him fourteen days of Marriage Leave, and now that he had taken in another student, Dan Heng decided to set his work aside for the time being and get Zhu Zhuqing's training on the right track. After that, things would become easier.

Early in the morning, Zhu Zhuqing was already standing beside Dan Heng's reclining chair.

She looked refreshed, with none of yesterday's exhaustion remaining.

Logically speaking, Zhu Zhuqing had pushed herself to her physical limit yesterday. Her whole body should have been aching by now.

Dan Heng frowned slightly and stepped forward, pinching Zhu Zhuqing's shoulder.

Zhu Zhuqing's brow twitched, and pain appeared on her face.

"Cough, cough..." Gu Yuena stood in the doorway, drawing the attention of both Dan Heng and Zhu Zhuqing.

The way she stood there seemed to say: I, the legitimate wife, am watching right here, so don't do anything that could be misunderstood!

Dan Heng said, "Zhu Zhuqing, you need to remember that cultivation isn't about blindly pushing yourself to the limit. That only drains your potential. If your body can't take it, don't hide it."

Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head. "Sorry, Teacher. I... I really am in a lot of pain right now..."

Dan Heng nodded slightly and continued, "I won't have you do physical training during the day. I'll prepare some medicinal baths for you so you can recover as quickly as possible. Now, I'm going to teach you a Meditation Technique."

"A Meditation Technique? Our... family has an inherited one..."

Zhu Zhuqing said softly.

The Star Luo Zhu Family's inherited martial soul was the Hell Spirit Cat. Whether it was soul rings, Meditation Techniques, or combat skills, they all had established inheritances that had been tested over thousands of years.

She only wanted to speed up her Soul Power cultivation and grow stronger. As for these basic things, she had never actually considered changing them.

"Let me see it." Dan Heng held out his hand.

Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip. A Meditation Technique was part of a family's foundation.

Teaching it to outsiders could practically be considered a betrayal.

If her family found out, they might even send people to hunt her down.

After thinking it over, Zhu Zhuqing still took the Meditation Technique out of her Storage Soul Tool and handed it to Dan Heng.

Dan Heng did not think much of it. He sat down in the chair, took out a pen, and began making deletions and revisions.

"???"

Zhu Zhuqing was startled. That was the original copy!

Her teacher was scribbling all over it. What if he altered the contents and made things worse? How would she explain it to her family then?

Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

Yet as she watched Dan Heng's pen move without pause, she found it difficult to voice her doubts.

Dan Heng added, "Gu..."

"Call me Wife." Gu Yuena said with a smile.

Her smile was beautiful, but it was far from sincere, like that of a little fox.

"Please take her to buy these medicinal ingredients and prepare her medicinal bath. Zhu Zhuqing, you have Gold Soul Coins, right? These ingredients... will probably cost thirteen Silver Soul Coins per bath."

"Uh, yes, Teacher." Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

Then Gu Yuena took Zhu Zhuqing away to buy the medicinal ingredients.

Meanwhile, several figures were muttering in the shadows some distance outside the courtyard.

They were black-clad soul masters from the Star Luo Empire. Watching Dan Heng write and revise, they could not make up their minds.

"He must be some hidden expert! The Second Miss wants to take him as her master, but the original plan was for her to go to the Third Prince. What are we supposed to do now? We're no match for him, either!"

"Wait, what was that booklet the Second Miss gave him?"

"How about we find a chance later to intimidate him using the identity of the Star Luo Royal Family?"

"..."

The black-clad men could not reach a decision and could only observe in secret.

Of course, they had already reported the matter to their superiors.

In another patch of shadow, the sleazy trio was also watching in secret, quietly discussing Dan Heng.

"I asked around. This guy is just a librarian, so how can he be so powerful?"

"We knelt there for an entire night yesterday. If he isn't an expert, then we were just talking nonsense, weren't we? I think we should still listen to him. He probably won't kill us."

"But what if we just run out of this Small Town? It's not like he can catch us..."

The sleazy trio's opinions were a mess, and they likewise could not make up their minds.

Before long, Gu Yuena returned with Zhu Zhuqing.

Seeing that Dan Heng was still revising the Meditation Technique, Gu Yuena curled her lip and said to Zhu Zhuqing, "When Master's Wife teaches you, you'll learn what a crushing advantage really is."

"He actually has to use someone else's Meditation Technique as a foundation and revise it. That's not real skill."

Gu Yuena wore a smug expression.

Her strength might not compare to Dan Heng's, but when it came to wisdom, she refused to concede in the slightest!

Zhu Zhuqing smiled awkwardly and said nothing. She secretly glanced at the booklet in Dan Heng's hands, but she could not see the words and felt a little disappointed. Then she followed Gu Yuena into the room.

When the two women came back out, Dan Heng was still modifying the booklet. His brows were slightly furrowed, as though he had encountered a difficult problem.

While drying her long hair, Zhu Zhuqing edged closer to Dan Heng, her eyes glancing toward the booklet in his hands.

Gu Yuena saw through her little thoughts. She had learned about human soul masters and knew how important a Meditation Technique was to a soul master faction.

"Husband, don't make random changes to Zhuqing's technique and cause trouble later."

Gu Yuena lay down on the reclining chair beside him, covered herself with a blanket, and stretched over to look at the booklet in Dan Heng's hands.

After thinking for a moment, Dan Heng said to Zhu Zhuqing, "I once studied the cultivation system of soul masters. After reaching the level of Soul Emperor, I gave it up... But I did gain some insights into Meditation Techniques."

Hearing Dan Heng's words, Zhu Zhuqing was reassured.

"Huh?" Gu Yuena exclaimed in surprise. She knew Dan Heng was not human, just like her, so how had he become a soul master?

Her curiosity was immediately ignited. Her eyes lit up as she tugged on Dan Heng's sleeve.

"Husband, let me see your martial soul and soul rings."

Zhu Zhuqing also looked at Dan Heng expectantly.

Although he had become her teacher, Dan Heng still held many mysterious unknowns for her.

Dan Heng glanced at Gu Yuena. Knowing the temperament of this bargain wife of his, he knew that if he did not indulge her, she would definitely continue pestering him.

So, he raised a hand and summoned the phantom of an azure water dragon. Only a dragon head appeared above him, lifelike and imposing without anger. Merely appearing there, it radiated an unmatched majesty.

It was not directed at anyone, yet its very existence made it impossible not to take notice of it, impossible not to feel alarmed.

At the same time, six soul rings slowly rose from the ground.

Red, red, azure, white, orange, iridescent.

"!!!"

"???"

The instant she saw the Azure Dragon, Gu Yuena seemed to return to the moment of her birth. That fleeting glimpse had left an overwhelming impression upon her.

Zhu Zhuqing stood dumbfounded, her expression blank, as though her soul had been stunned. She had once seen the Star Luo Emperor's White Tiger Martial Soul, but compared to this Azure Dragon in terms of majesty, it was like mud beside the clouds.

And even more outrageous were Dan Heng's soul rings.

The first two red soul rings alone were already shocking enough.

But what were those four soul rings after them?!