Balance Between Attributes

At night, lying on the small bed in his room, Ye Chen found his eyes unbearably uncomfortable.

He tried to raise a hand to rub them, only to discover that his body felt as though it had been filled with lead. His arms could not move even an inch.

What's wrong with me? Don't tell me I'm going blind?! Ye Chen grumbled helplessly in his heart, but he could not change a thing.

I've only just awakened my Soul Power and gained Twin Martial Souls. If I go blind, how am I supposed to look at all those long-legged beauties?!

I'm such a handsome, dashing guy. If I became blind, wouldn't that be a huge loss for all the girls in the world?

What a waste of talent!

At that moment, Ye Chen felt utterly miserable. He wanted to scream, yet he could not make a single sound.

Even at a time like this, Ye Chen was still thinking about long-legged beauties.

And so, amid unbearable torment, Ye Chen gradually fell asleep. Unbeknownst to him, his Twin Pupils underwent a slight change as well.

"Xiao Chen, why are you still sleeping? Get up and have breakfast."

When the first rays of morning sunlight fell through the window, Xian Lin'er came to Ye Chen's door to wake him, her voice incomparably gentle.

"Okay."

"Ah?!"

Ye Chen answered groggily at first, but then suddenly realized something and cried out in surprise.

He found that his body could move again. When he opened his eyes, the sunlight was still just as brilliant, and the world was still just as beautiful.

It was as if what had happened yesterday had been nothing more than a dream.

He ran to the bathroom mirror and carefully examined his eyes. They did not seem any different from before.

The only thing that felt slightly off was that his entire body felt refreshed, while his mind seemed clearer than before.

"Phew!"

Ye Chen let out a long breath, and the weight in his heart finally lifted.

At the very least, he had not gone blind.

"Xiao Chen, why aren't you out yet? I warmed up some Beast Milk for you!" Since Ye Chen liked to lock his door when he slept, Xian Lin'er could only urge him from outside.

"I'm coming!"

Ye Chen replied, suppressing the countless thoughts in his mind as he happily ran outside.

To him, nothing was happier than waking up in the morning and drinking a cup of warm Beast Milk.

For the following days, Ye Chen went to Sea God's Pavilion every day to study under Mu En for three hours.

Mu En did not teach him anything too profound. He merely explained some basic knowledge while observing the energy within Ye Chen's body.

Amazingly, even without deliberate cultivation from Ye Chen, the four kinds of energy naturally formed a beneficial cycle.

It was similar in principle to the complementary yin-yang Soul Core Mu En knew of. Even he had never found a way to make two kinds of energy transform into one another.

Thus, he had kept Ye Chen from immediately obtaining his first soul ring, worried that the energy of a soul ring would disrupt that balance and inflict irreversible harm upon him.

This situation continued for two months.

After two months of continuous observation with Spiritual Power, during which he had also let Ye Chen consume some heavenly treasures with corresponding attributes to test things cautiously, Mu En finally reached a conclusion.

Because four attribute energies existed within the cycle, when one or two attributes increased slightly, the principles of mutual attribute generation would fill in the small gap, and the balance would not immediately be broken.

Theoretically, Ye Chen could obtain a soul ring.

However, there was also a critical limit to the difference in Soul Power between the two Martial Souls.

In other words, before Ye Chen obtained his third soul ring, he could attach soul rings to only one Martial Soul. But if his primary Martial Soul wanted to obtain its fourth soul ring and become a Soul Ancestor, then he had to attach a soul ring to his Second Martial Soul as well, in order to maintain the balance of the four ultimate attributes within his body.

As his cultivation increased, the age limit of soul rings he could withstand would also rise. Therefore, if he wanted to attach a fifth soul ring to his primary Martial Soul, his Second Martial Soul needed to possess three soul rings.

The same principle applied afterward.

With this conclusion, Mu En felt much more at ease, though he still found it somewhat regrettable.

He had originally intended to let Ye Chen cultivate one Martial Soul first, then consider attaching soul rings to the Second Martial Soul only after he reached at least rank seventy. Clearly, however, Ye Chen's situation would not allow that.

It seemed the two Martial Souls could only be cultivated at the same time.

"Xiao Chen, go back for now. Come to Sea God's Pavilion tomorrow. It's time to obtain your first soul ring," Mu En said kindly after today's lesson ended.

"Then I'll head back first. Grandpa Mu, you should rest early," Ye Chen said politely as he stood up. His small body bowed to Mu En before he left the room.

At that moment, he was even more excited than when he had first undergone Martial Soul Awakening.

What was the use of having two top-tier Martial Souls if he could not cultivate?

Now that he could obtain his first soul ring and become a true soul master, he could not wait to tell everyone that the days when he would roam the continent had finally begun!

Ye Chen knew Mu En's strength very well, but this elderly man, already in the twilight of his years, gave him the feeling that he was nearing the end of his life.

Ye Chen knew that several years later, Mu En would leave this world early because of an attack by Evil Soul Masters.

When Ye Chen had read that part in his previous life, he had still felt a sense of sorrow. Since he had come to this world, he absolutely could not let such a thing happen.

To accomplish that, he first had to raise his own strength.

After Ye Chen left, Mu En's Spiritual Power followed him. Watching him skip along happily, a smile appeared on the old man's face.

Not long afterward, his gaze shifted toward the direction of the Sun Moon Empire, and he fell into thought.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

The next day, in the sky between Shrek City and Star Dou Forest, an earthy yellow figure streaked through the air at high speed, accompanied by a childish scream that echoed across the heavens.

There were merchant caravans traveling toward Shrek City on the main road below. Some people looked up after hearing the sound, but they found nothing. In the end, they simply assumed they had imagined it.

The one screaming was Ye Chen.

He was currently tucked under Xuan Zi's arm as they flew rapidly toward Star Dou Forest.

Since both Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo had teaching duties, Mu En had arranged for Xuan Zi to take Ye Chen to obtain his first soul ring, resulting in this scene.

"Why are you shrieking like a ghost, little brat? Is it really that scary?" Xuan Zi curled his lips. He had already used a Soul Power barrier to protect little Ye Chen, yet the boy had screamed the entire way.

Ye Chen rolled his gem-like eyes at Xuan Zi. You're a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo, of course you're not scared, but I'm still just a powerless child!

Ye Chen could not help suspecting that Xuan Zi was taking revenge for personal reasons.

He had stolen quite a few of Xuan Zi's chicken legs before. This old bastard had definitely held a grudge over it!

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