Soft on the Outside, Strong on the Inside, and All Alone

"You're getting cuter and cuter!"

Romantina released You Hui, grabbed her face, and rubbed it.

"No... no~"

You Hui said this, but her hands didn't move much. She just closed her eyes, pursed her lips, and looked like she was being manipulated: o(><)o!

After playing around, Romantina pulled You Hui to sit down. Looking at the books and scrolls on the table, most of which were related to Meditation Method, she asked, "Are you still studying this?"

"Well, as you know, my Martial Soul Innate Soul Power is very low. If I want to cultivate quickly, I can only start from the basics, but I haven't made any progress."

You Hui lowered her voice shyly, but secretly thought to herself: [Actually, it's for you, Romantina!]

Although You Hui's Innate Soul Power is lower than Romantina's, her cultivation speed is much faster than Romantina's before. In the sixth grade, she obtained a white Soul Ring and broke through to the Soul Master realm. Now her Soul Power has reached level twelve.

Therefore, she hopes to help Romantina break through quickly and become Soul Master by studying the essence of Soul Power cultivation.

But in the past six months, I have gained nothing.

After all, the various Meditation Method she could find on the market were all very similar, with almost identical routes for the circulation of Soul Power Martial Soul the human body. The main difference lay in how to truly calm one's mind.

After all, only by calming down can one better sense how the Soul Power circulates within the body and record it.

Through this, You Hui also understood that, apart from the most basic routes summarized by the Spirit Hall, the other routes for circulating Soul Power differed from each person's Martial Soul.

Although the human body is largely the same and the pathways through which Soul Power circulates should be similar, the order, speed, and efficiency of Soul Power flowing through those pathways differ when different Martial Soul are activated.

Therefore, You Hui's research progressed very slowly.

In her vision, since the channels through which Soul Power circulates within the human body are roughly the same, then theoretically, a method for circulating Soul Power that all Soul Master can use should be summarized.

but--

Even the Spirit Hall couldn't do this. They could only summarize the general route of Soul Power circulation within the body and mark it in the Meditation Method for Soul Master to refer to and confirm during meditation practice.

How could a twelve-year-old girl possibly create a universal martial art?

That's nothing short of a pipe dream!

This is also the root cause of her outburst of profanity just now:

I'm devastated!

But she is still willing to dedicate her life to this.

because--

Romantina was her best friend in this life!

"By the way, have you reached level ten in your Soul Power cultivation yet?" You Hui asked again, trying to hide her true feelings.

"Hmph, I've already reached level twelve!"

Romantina's Martial Soul Possession, releasing a pure white, jade-like Soul Ring.

"So fast?"

You Hui was surprised.

Within half a year, his Soul Power broke through from below level ten to level twelve. Such a cultivation speed is already comparable to that of those geniuses.

Congratulations!

However, You Hui did not feel that all her previous efforts had been in vain; instead, she was genuinely happy for Romantina.

You Hui even believes that Romantina came here this time just to share this one thing with her.

[You truly are my best friend!]

However, Romantina directly asked You Hui about what happened six years ago when Dales had just taken office in Falling Star City.

Why are you asking this?

You Hui it strange.

"Well, mainly because I recently formed a team with three other people to carry out a mission here..."

However, upon hearing this, You Hui's eyes dimmed, as if she had been plunged into a dark shadow, and she muttered, "You've already made new friends."

At the Nuoding Academy, neither Romantina nor You Hui spoke more than a few words to anyone other than each other.

This is mainly because Romantina already had a tendency to spout nonsense when she was in junior college.

And You Hui?

Most of the time, he is a quiet, introverted, and somewhat timid person. However, when he is alone, he will show a wild side, often talking to himself and even shouting profanities like "Fuck you" to vent his anger.

As a result, she made no other friends besides Romantina.

"What's with that expression?" Romantina didn't hear You Hui's mutterings, but seeing her dejected look, she was at a loss for what to do.

"Ah? It's nothing, I'm just a little tired." You Hui made an excuse and then started talking about what happened after Dales came to take office here six years ago.

"I don't actually know much about the missing persons cases that started six years ago. You know, I also studied in Nuoding City, and I was your classmate..."

"However, when I returned here during the summer and winter vacations, I also heard some rumors. Some people said in secret that Dales was secretly restoring order in the city, secretly arresting and imprisoning those homeless people and potential homeless people, or throwing them out of the city."

Romantina asked in confusion, "Thrown outside the city? Where did it end up?"

"I don't know." You Hui shook her head, but still offered a possibility. "If they really were thrown out of the city, they might be taken in by those villages."

Take them in?

Romantina shook her head secretly.

She had learned about the villages scattered along the vast border between Nuoding City and Falling Star City. Apart from one village where a Soul Saint had once lived, and whose villagers were doing relatively well thanks to the Soul Saint's legacy, the villagers in the other villages only had two meals a day, and in some villages, even after paying taxes, two meals a day were not enough.

Under such circumstances, if someone were to be expelled from Falling Star City, then no village within the Star Luo Empire territory would accept an outsider.

They themselves have no surplus food, so if they need to help others, they will only do so if they are related to them. They would never help strangers who are not related to them.

Unless those refugees have a trade.

Only the Holy Soul Village within the Heaven Dou territory, where every household has surplus grain and can earn money by selling it, is likely to extend a helping hand.

[But that's also a possibility. Perhaps we can go to Holy Soul Village to investigate in the next few days... Wait, we can directly ask Zhou Qing and Tang San. They came from Holy Soul Village Holy Soul Village and definitely know whether there are any outsiders there.]

"Thank you, You Hui."

Romantina was about to leave when You Hui grabbed her wrist and said nervously, "Um, I also want to help out, and also meet Tina's friends."

"No problem!"

Romantina readily agreed, grabbed You Hui's wrist, and they walked out of the room together...