Fusang Above Tanggu!

Fusang Above Tanggu!

On the outskirts of Star Dou Forest, where Ye Chen had landed six years ago.

The sapling, once only half an infant's arm tall, suddenly shot up considerably. Its original three leaves had become dozens, each covered in golden veins.

A branch of roughly the same size sprouted from the surrounding soil, bearing a crystal-clear round fruit.

The fruit emitted a strange fragrance and a holy glow, like a miniature sun.

"It smells so good. Huh, what is this?"

A soul beast more than three meters long and eight chi tall at the shoulder, its entire body covered in brilliant golden fur, arrived here.

Its body seemed like translucent crystal, possessing a strange texture. It resembled a lion, but its four claws were like those of a dragon, with a cluster of golden flames beneath each dragon claw. Its mouth was also longer than that of lion-type soul beasts, and beneath its fur appeared to be fine, dense golden scales.

Most strangely, it had three eyes—and it could speak human language!

It seemed to be the creature that had chased the Aurora Dragon-Tooth Beast not long ago.

Drawn by the strange fragrance emitted by the fruit, it had followed the scent here.

Its three large eyes, as though each contained a starry sky, stared at the fruit. After hesitating for a moment, it carefully plucked the fruit and tossed it into its mouth.

Compared to its enormous body, that fruit was truly insignificant.

Yet in the near future, its fate would undergo earth-shaking changes because of this single fruit.

After Xuan Zi brought Ye Chen back to Shrek Academy, he immediately went to Sea God's Pavilion and recounted the entire matter to Mu En in full detail.

"How could this be?"

In the secret chamber, Mu En did not blame Xuan Zi after hearing his account. Instead, he fell into deep thought.

To his knowledge, nothing like this had ever appeared on the continent.

Forget a first soul ring with a lifespan of fifteen hundred years—even one thousand years had never been achieved by a single soul master.

Moreover, according to Xuan Zi, Ye Chen's body had originally been on the verge of shattering. Yet an ultimate flame erupted from within him, enveloping his entire body, after which he became completely unharmed.

Why did that sound like the phoenix clan's rebirth through fire?

Could his martial soul have mutated?

"Xiao Chen, have you felt any abnormalities in your body? Or has your martial soul changed in any way from before?" Mu En asked.

After all, he was one of the strongest people on the continent. His experience and knowledge were far beyond Xuan Zi's, and with a single remark, he had guessed most of the truth.

In fact, Ye Chen's martial soul was less a mutation than a form of growth—evolution.

It had grown from its original sapling form into its current state.

"The impurities in my body seem to have been completely cleansed, and my martial soul has changed as well." After speaking, Ye Chen directly released his Fusang Divine Tree martial soul.

Everyone here was one of their own. There was no need to hide anything.

Ye Chen circulated his soul power, fully revealing the transformed Fusang Divine Tree martial soul before Xuan Zi and Mu En.

A rich aura of light filled the entire secret chamber.

Although it did not create as much commotion as the Martial Soul Awakening, the light emitted by the Golden Tree walls was still suppressed somewhat.

"A phoenix!?"

"B-but why does it have three legs?"

When the entire Fusang Divine Tree appeared in the secret chamber, Mu En and Xuan Zi exclaimed in shock.

Unlike Ye Chen, they were not transmigrators. Three-legged Golden Crows had never existed in this world, so they naturally mistook the miniature Three-legged Golden Crow for a phoenix.

"This is called a Three-legged Golden Crow, a legendary sun bird!"

Ye Chen looked at the two elders with a face full of black lines and explained, already too exhausted inside to complain.

Even though the two elders still did not understand.

They did know of Golden Crows. There was even a girl in the academy who possessed a Golden Crow martial soul.

But the appearance of a Golden Crow was completely different from the Three-legged Golden Crow Ye Chen described.

The Three-legged Golden Crow resembled a phoenix. The greatest difference was the third leg growing from its middle.

The rest were merely minor differences.

In the myths and legends of Ye Chen's previous life, the Three-legged Golden Crow had looked like this.

Yet the Golden Crow martial soul in this world was drastically different from a phoenix, simply resembling a crow.

So the two elders' mistake was understandable.

"Xiao Chen, rather than a mutation, your martial soul seems to have evolved. It looks like a good thing."

After recovering from his shock, a gentle smile appeared on Mu En's face. He began explaining in a way Ye Chen could easily understand.

It was not as though they had never heard of martial souls capable of evolution.

For example, ten thousand years ago, the martial souls of the First-generation Shrek Seven Monsters had all undergone such changes.

That was why those seven people had created their own legends and glory!

Ye Chen said nothing. He had actually thought of this long ago, but simply had not voiced it.

At that moment, the Three-legged Golden Crow on the Fusang Divine Tree martial soul miraculously flew up. After circling for a while, it landed on a branch on the other side, as though it possessed life.

The two most important members of Sea God's Pavilion stared dumbfoundedly at the scene, feeling as if their entire worldview had been shattered.

They had heard of martial souls with growth potential, but what they were seeing now was truly unprecedented!

Such a situation was probably rare even once in ten thousand years, wasn't it?

Without any control from the soul master, the martial soul had flown by itself.

Anyone who saw this would probably wear the same expression.

Ye Chen, however, understood it clearly.

This was merely an unconscious action of the martial soul. It had not become a true living being.

Mu En forcibly suppressed the doubts in his heart, intending to search the ancient texts in Sea God's Pavilion's library later to see whether anything like this had ever appeared in history.

But at the moment, he had another question to ask.

"Xiao Chen, what soul skill did you obtain?" Mu En asked curiously.

After Ye Chen obtained his first soul ring, even his martial soul had evolved. It was difficult to imagine what his First Soul Skill could possibly be.

Ye Chen himself was somewhat puzzled as well.

The name of his First Soul Skill was rather long, and it was not a soul skill obtained from the Aurora Dragon-Tooth Beast.

Nearly all of the Aurora Dragon-Tooth Beast's abilities were related to offense, while Ye Chen's First Soul Skill was a support skill.

By comparison, it seemed more like an innate ability of the Fusang Divine Tree martial soul, merely carried through the soul ring.

"My First Soul Skill is called—Fusang Above Tanggu. It seems to be a support-type soul skill." Ye Chen scratched his head, speaking somewhat embarrassedly.

His martial soul still held many secrets waiting for him to uncover.

"Oh? A support-type soul skill? What exactly does it do?" Xuan Zi pressed.

Although he had witnessed Ye Chen's entire process of absorbing the soul ring, he had been in a hurry to return to the academy and had not asked about it then.

"Within the range covered by my First Soul Skill, it can provide a ten percent increase or decrease to all attributes. It can also provide a certain healing effect. As my major soul power level rises, the enhancement effect will increase as well."

Ye Chen paused here and began observing the two elders' reactions.

Seeing the shocked expressions on their faces, Ye Chen continued before they could interrupt him. "But there is one prerequisite: the strength of the target receiving the enhancement cannot differ too greatly from mine. If I used my current Soul Power Level to apply it to a Title Douluo, the effect would be negligible and practically useless."

After Ye Chen finished speaking, the two elders finally calmed down somewhat.

What if there were no restrictions? That would be absurd!

Even so, Ye Chen's First Soul Skill was enough to be called a divine support skill!

There was a small mistake. That part of the plot came much later, so I overlooked it and made a minor adjustment. My apologies to everyone.

I read the original text, and it did not specifically describe the appearance of the Golden Crow martial soul, so please allow me this one shameless indulgence.