Twin Martial Souls and First Cultivation! (Part 1) (Please Vote)

Zhu Family, living room.

After being busy for half the day, Zhu Changhe and Liang Ying finally had some peace and quiet. They lay together on a chaise lounge, embracing each other as they enjoyed a brief moment of tranquility.

However, Zhu Ziyang clearly had no intention of letting them enjoy it any longer. He walked into the living room and stopped before the couple, his expression strange.

"Yangyang, what's wrong? Are you hungry? Mommy will go make dinner right away. Just wait a little," Liang Ying said gently as she immediately sat up from her husband's embrace upon seeing her son.

Zhu Changhe also watched him with concern. The couple had always been pleased by Zhu Ziyang's intelligence, and now that he had awakened his Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, that satisfaction had reached its peak. They were immensely proud of him.

Zhu Ziyang stopped Liang Ying as she moved to make dinner. Some excitement entered his voice as he said, "I'm not hungry. I want to tell you something."

"Oh? What is it?" Zhu Changhe heard the excitement in his son's voice and could not help growing curious.

"Yes, Yangyang, what is it?" Liang Ying asked as well.

"I have another Martial Soul," Zhu Ziyang said calmly, without the slightest fluctuation in his voice, as though he were talking about something unrelated to himself.

His casual attitude clearly affected Liang Ying. She did not even realize what her son had said, nor did she notice that her husband behind her had already frozen. Indifferently, she said, "Oh, I thought it was something important. Isn't it just... Ah! Zhu Changhe! What are you doing?"

Before she could finish, Zhu Changhe abruptly leaped to his feet and bumped into her as he sprang toward Zhu Ziyang. Liang Ying was both bewildered and angry.

Yet at that moment, no one cared about her feelings. Zhu Changhe stared at Zhu Ziyang with shining eyes, his face filled with disbelief and excitement. His voice was nearly hoarse as he said, "You said you have another Martial Soul? You mean you have two Martial Souls?"

Zhu Ziyang was not surprised by Zhu Changhe's reaction. Without changing expression or speaking, he simply extended both hands and silently focused his thoughts. In an instant, a chill swept through the room. A layer of frost-white scales covered Zhu Ziyang's small, pale hands, while his bright eyes changed into the vertical pupils unique to dragons.

Zhu Ziyang's Second Martial Soul: the Frost Tyrant Dragon!

The Frost Tyrant Dragon, also called the Arctic Tyrant Dragon, was a genuine subdragon Soul Beast and a type of Earth Dragon. It possessed a powerful physique and the ability to control ice. It was the strongest dragon-type Soul Beast on the Far North Ice Plain. At the same time, the Arctic Tyrant Dragon was one of the most representative Martial Souls of the continent's northern regions.

"This is..." Zhu Changhe's pupils suddenly contracted. Then, a joy beyond words appeared on his face. His voice rose louder and louder as he shouted, "My son has Twin Martial Souls! My son has Twin Martial Souls! My son..."

"Ahhh! Yangyang! You have Twin Martial Souls!" Liang Ying finally came to her senses. She pounced forward and pulled Zhu Ziyang into her arms, her beautiful face overflowing with excitement as she cried out.

Faced with his parents' complete loss of composure, Zhu Ziyang could only wait helplessly for their emotions to settle.

It took a long while before the couple finally calmed down.

"Dear, Yangyang has Twin Martial Souls, right?"

"That's right!"

"And Yangyang has Innate Full Soul Power, right?"

"Yes!"

"Our son is a super genius!"

The couple's conversation was very calm, as though they had entered a state of serene clarity after their excitement had passed.

"Come, Yangyang. Let Daddy take a look at your Second Martial Soul." Zhu Changhe was ultimately steadier than Liang Ying. He knew that the most important thing right now was his precious son, so he pulled Zhu Ziyang closer and carefully examined the scales on his arms.

"Wonderful! Yangyang's Second Martial Soul is obviously a Snow Dragon Lizard Martial Soul like mine," Liang Ying said to herself, wearing a foolish grin. "Hehe, wonderful. Now I have no regrets left. Hahaha."

"No! I don't think Yangyang's Martial Soul is a Snow Dragon Lizard!" Zhu Changhe said after examining it, instantly wiping the silly smile off Liang Ying's face.

"What did you say?" Liang Ying looked at Zhu Changhe with an expression that said she had not understood.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm telling the truth! The scales on Yangyang's Martial Soul are larger than those of a Snow Dragon Lizard, paler in color, and colder as well. I don't know exactly what Martial Soul it is, but I can say for certain that it definitely isn't a Snow Dragon Lizard Martial Soul!" Zhu Changhe smiled helplessly at his wife's expression and pointed at Zhu Ziyang. "If you don't believe me, release your Martial Soul and compare them yourself!"

"This..." Liang Ying was doubtful, but she stretched out her hand. At once, a layer of fine scales appeared over the back of it. When the scales on Liang Ying's hand were compared to those on Zhu Ziyang's hand, the difference became immediately apparent. They were entirely different Martial Souls. This left Liang Ying utterly astonished. Looking at Zhu Ziyang, she asked, "Yangyang, what Martial Soul is that? Why is it different from Mommy's Snow Dragon Lizard Martial Soul?"

With a hint of pride, Zhu Ziyang said, "Of course it's different. My Martial Soul is a Frost Tyrant Dragon!"

"Frost Tyrant Dragon!" the couple shrieked in unison. As natives of the north, they naturally knew of the Frost Tyrant Dragon's power, which was why they were so thrilled and overjoyed.

"Mhm! That's right." Zhu Ziyang understood his parents' feelings well, and a smile spread across his little face.

"Dear, why does our son have a Frost Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul?" After her excitement faded, Liang Ying asked the key question—the very question Zhu Changhe was concerned about as well.

Zhu Changhe pondered for a moment before saying, "I think it should be the result of a Martial Soul mutation. Your Snow Dragon Lizard Martial Soul is originally a dragon-type Martial Soul, so it has a certain chance of mutating and evolving into a more powerful dragon-type Martial Soul."

Zhu Ziyang listened from the side, nodding repeatedly. Though Zhu Changhe was limited by his resources and status and had read only a limited number of books, he had still deduced the reason from what knowledge he possessed. Zhu Ziyang found his reasoning quite convincing.

"So Yangyang's Martial Soul is a mutated Martial Soul! Then... could there be any side effects?" Liang Ying's heart tightened as she asked at once.

"You don't need to worry about that. Yangyang's Second Martial Soul has a very stable aura. It's an extremely perfect positive mutation," Zhu Changhe said with a smile. "And if I'm not mistaken, Yangyang, your first Martial Soul is a mutated Martial Soul too, isn't it?"

Although Zhu Changhe did not know the theory of Twin Martial Souls, he understood the importance of balance. Coupled with the anomaly he had sensed during Zhu Ziyang's Martial Soul awakening, he came to this conclusion.

"Yes. My Dimlight Scythe Martial Soul also mutated. It became the more powerful, Light Attribute Radiant Scythe. I believe you can sense that too, Dad," Zhu Ziyang answered directly, with no intention of hiding it.

"Just as I thought!" A confident smile appeared on Zhu Changhe's face. "Radiant Scythe, Radiant Scythe... Release it and let me take another look."

"Alright." Zhu Ziyang nodded and extended his hand. The Radiant Scythe Martial Soul appeared in his grasp, and its dense Light Attribute instantly caused the light elements in the surrounding air to stir.

Zhu Changhe released his Martial Soul as well. A War Scythe similar to the Radiant Scythe appeared in his hand. The two war scythes looked highly alike, yet they were worlds apart. The Radiant Scythe was brighter, a pure white, while the Dimlight Scythe was comparatively dull, grayish-white. The gap between the two Martial Souls' Light Attributes was plain to see.

"So this is a high-grade Martial Soul. It's so beautiful..." Zhu Changhe murmured as he looked at his son's Martial Soul, his eyes filled with envy and fascination.