Zhu Zhuqing's Transformation

Luo Chuan looked at the blushing Zhu Zhuqing and smiled lightly. "How does it feel?"

Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips before saying, "It feels like my Martial Soul has evolved a lot. I don't know exactly how far it has evolved."

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head in confusion. Luo Chuan said, "When Fatty wakes up, I'll help you take a look at your Martial Soul."

"Okay!"

This time, Zhu Zhuqing did not thank him. She merely looked at Luo Chuan with a hint of shyness in her eyes.

Another half hour passed before Ma Hongjun finally showed signs of waking up. However, his awakening caused quite a commotion.

Luo Chuan watched helplessly as the little house he had spent several days renovating was blown apart by a towering pillar of fire.

"Fatty!" Luo Chuan's expression darkened. Ma Hongjun looked at the shattered, crumbling dormitory with a huge hole in its roof and scratched his head with a foolish grin. "I lost control for a moment."

Luo Chuan was furious, but the phoenix phantom behind Ma Hongjun was far more magnificent now. The originally fiery-red phoenix had turned darker, yet it remained incomparably pure and blazing.

"Purgatory Phoenix..." Luo Chuan murmured. Ma Hongjun also sensed the power of his Martial Soul, and his gaze toward Luo Chuan was full of gratitude.

"Ding! Ning Rongrong's talent has been altered. Reward: Dao Scripture Wheel Sea Secret Scroll."

"Ding! Zhu Zhuqing's talent has been altered. Reward: Dragon Pattern Black Gold ×1."

"Ding! Ma Hongjun's talent has been altered. Reward: Nine Wonders Undying Medicine Fruit ×1."

Listening to the system rewards, Luo Chuan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Wasn't this a little too generous? Forget the divine material for an imperial weapon—in this trash world of Douluo, even a Level Three God might not be able to defeat a cultivator at the Wheel Sea Divine Bridge realm. Having materials for an imperial weapon did not mean he could forge one.

But the Nine Wonders Undying Medicine Fruit was just outrageous—no, not outrageous at all! Luo Chuan's heart raced and his hands trembled. If the timing had been appropriate, he would have immediately gone into seclusion.

The commotion Ma Hongjun caused drew quite a few people over, including Grandmaster.

"Ma Hongjun, are you willing to take me as your master? I guarantee that I can bring out your potential."

"Get lost, get lost. You can't even teach Tang San properly, and you want to ruin me too?" Ma Hongjun withdrew his Martial Soul and waved a hand as he left. "Xiao Chuan, I'll come fix your dorm tomorrow. Tonight, stay in Junior Zhuqing's room first."

Zhu Zhuqing froze. Why was this being dragged onto her again? But Luo Chuan's dormitory really did seem uninhabitable now.

And it was not even midnight yet.

Though everyone was curious, they knew Luo Chuan would not readily tell them anything.

Dai Mubai looked coldly at Zhu Zhuqing, then snorted. "Once some things are done, there's truly no going back." He absolutely would not agree to his woman spending the night alone in the same room as another man.

However, Zhu Zhuqing, who had still been considering whether to take Luo Chuan in for the night, made up her mind the instant she heard Dai Mubai's words.

Her slightly cool little hand grabbed Luo Chuan's. Zhu Zhuqing said, "Stay in my dorm first."

Luo Chuan blinked. Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head and pulled him into her dormitory, while Dai Mubai flew into a rage. A blazing light flickered in his eyes as he casually waved his hand. With a tiger's roar, he smashed Luo Chuan's door to pieces.

"Zhu Zhuqing, don't regret this!"

Dai Mubai barked impotently, while Zhu Zhuqing, who had pulled Luo Chuan into her room, was somewhat at a loss.

"What, regretting it?" Luo Chuan looked around Zhu Zhuqing's dormitory. It was plain and simple, with a faint fragrance lingering in the air.

"No." Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. Pulling Luo Chuan into her dormitory had been her way of drawing a complete line between herself and Dai Mubai. It was just that she now did not know how to face Luo Chuan.

Luo Chuan walked around the dormitory. Unfortunately, he did not see any little items that could stir one's imagination.

"Wh-what are you looking for?"

"Underwear. Uh..." Luo Chuan had let it slip. Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly at him, the blush on her face instantly spreading all the way to the tips of her ears.

Luo Chuan rubbed the tip of his nose, looking awkward, then changed the subject. "Well, let me take a look at your Martial Soul."

"Okay!" Zhu Zhuqing also wanted to quickly change the subject, though inwardly she chided Luo Chuan for being a pervert.

Yet for some reason, although Zhu Zhuqing felt shy and flustered, she did not feel the disgust she had expected to arise.

Zhu Zhuqing activated Martial Soul Possession, and her figure instantly underwent subtle changes. Her eyes turned the color of black jade, and a golden lotus mark appeared between her brows. The Hell Spirit Cat itself had also changed, carrying an innate air of nobility. After Martial Soul Possession, Zhu Zhuqing seemed to vanish before Luo Chuan's eyes, giving off an illusory feeling.

"Where do you feel the changes happened?"

Luo Chuan smiled faintly. Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul had undergone far more than a minor transformation. Its quality had originally been merely average even among high-grade Martial Souls. The Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone could at most raise its quality to the lower-middle tier of top-grade Martial Souls, still unable to compare with the quality of the Blue Silver Emperor.

Yet now, Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul quality had already surpassed the top-grade level and barely entered the ranks of God-level Martial Souls.

"It seems I gained another ability. My original Martial Soul could only be considered an agility-attack-type Martial Soul, but now I... I can't really explain it." Zhu Zhuqing looked somewhat confused.

Luo Chuan smiled faintly, then waved his hand and extinguished the lamp in the room. "What about now?"

Once the lights went out, only faint moonlight remained in the room. Luo Chuan looked in the direction where Zhu Zhuqing stood, only to realize that unless he focused his Soul Power to observe, he could not even make out her outline.

"Darkness. I gained the power of the darkness attribute!" Zhu Zhuqing's voice was filled with delight. Then, instinctively, she activated a power contained within her Martial Soul. In an instant, the room was swallowed by complete darkness, and even the faint moonlight vanished.

"Not bad. An Innate Domain was actually born." This time, Luo Chuan truly could not see Zhu Zhuqing, though he could still clearly sense her movements.

"Your domain's restriction on Soul Masters other than yourself should only be absolute darkness. It doesn't have any attribute suppression." Luo Chuan was not particularly satisfied, but the moment his words fell, an assault from the darkness pounced toward him.

Luo Chuan did not resist and simply experienced it for a moment. "Soul Power stagnation by ten percent. That will slow the speed at which your opponents use soul skills. There's also interference with spiritual perception, suppressing perception by ten percent."

"Within the domain, all my attributes are increased by ten percent." Zhu Zhuqing's voice came from the darkness. Luo Chuan turned his head slightly, then felt a soft, warm, moist touch against his cheek.

Zhu Zhuqing continued maintaining her domain, and Luo Chuan did not expose her. Instead, he asked, "Have your soul skills changed in any way?"

Zhu Zhuqing fell silent for a moment, seemingly trying to ease the shyness in her heart, before finally saying, "The power of my first soul skill, Netherworld Hundred Slashes, has increased. My Martial Soul's quality has improved, and the physique granted to me by the Hell Spirit Cat has also been strengthened. My claw blades are covered in a jade-like sheen now, with some armor-piercing properties and dark erosion.

"My second soul skill, Hell Stab, has changed significantly. I can use shadows to move through them, then follow up with my first soul skill. The second soul skill itself no longer has any attacking power, but its consumption has decreased.

"This soul skill is better suited for infiltration. Even during the day, I can appear anywhere there is a shadow at any time."

Luo Chuan did not speak for a long while after hearing that. Zhu Zhuqing stood in the darkness, watching Luo Chuan's strange expression, and softly asked, "Is... is there a problem?"