"System, if I draw another martial soul from this Martial Soul Lottery, will I end up with mutated dual martial souls?"
"According to the system's calculations, mutated martial souls are not a possibility for the host. There is no ceiling on your soul rings!"
Hearing the system say this, Ye Xingchen froze in place.
If there was no limit on his martial souls, wouldn't three, four, or even ten martial souls be possible?
He thought of the various Sky Covering Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons in the Martial Soul Lottery system. If all those things became his martial souls, just how powerful would he be?
Unable to fathom it, he sighed. Just as he was about to see what this Martial Soul Lottery would give him, a shout suddenly came from outside.
"Brother Ye, why aren't you done yet?"
Hearing Rongrong's voice, Ye Xingchen shook his head slightly, then parted the curtain of water, revealing himself at once.
Ning Rongrong, who had been waiting anxiously on the shore, smiled when she saw that Ye Xingchen was safe and sound.
She pushed off lightly with her heels and flew forward over the waves.
"You scared me to death! I thought something had gone wrong while you were absorbing your soul ring. It's been nearly half a day!"
Hearing Ning Rongrong say this, Ye Xingchen looked up at the sky and saw signs of white already appearing in the east.
He shook his head slightly and said with a smile:
"It worked. It just took a little longer. This time wasn't bad!"
Looking very pleased with herself, Ning Rongrong nodded, then asked:
"What level are you now? Have you reached Soul Grandmaster?"
Ye Xingchen smiled nonchalantly and waved a hand. Soul power fluctuations belonging to level twenty-nine slowly spread from his body.
At the sight, Ning Rongrong's expression immediately turned miserable.
"Comparing yourself to others really can anger you to death! How little time has it been, and you're already a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster? You're leveling up way too fast!"
"Still, that's pretty normal for you. After all, you could rival a Soul Elder as a level eighteen Soul Master. It really makes me envious!"
Ye Xingchen smiled faintly. Looking at Ning Rongrong before him, he scratched his head and teased:
"Don't worry. The stronger I get, the safer you'll be. In the future, no one in this world will be able to hurt you!"
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong's pretty face flushed crimson. Just as she was about to take Ye Xingchen away from this stretch of water,
a snowy-white figure in the water behind them suddenly caught her attention.
On closer inspection, it was actually a miniature little white tiger.
"Look, this little white tiger isn't dead! She's so much smaller than before, too. She's just too cute!"
"She's so fluffy! I love her. Can I adopt her?"
A little puzzled, Ye Xingchen paused, then looked behind him.
He discovered that the so-called miniature little white tiger was the very Mutant White Tiger whose divine beast soul ring he had just stripped away.
The creature floated on the water, barely alive, her vitality steadily declining. If no one paid her any attention, she would probably become a corpse before long.
"If you like her, keep her. I'm rather fond of white tigers too!"
"So white, with so much water all over her. She really is lovable!"
He liked white tigers?
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong nodded slightly and waved a hand, immediately enveloping the little white tiger in soul power.
Once the tiger was in her arms, she said with a smile:
"She looks pretty well-behaved. And she's female. No wonder she's so fierce!"
"From today onward, I'll call you Xiao Bai. Come with us from now on. We happen to need a mount!"
Hearing this, the dying Mutant White Tiger let out a low growl. Unfortunately, all her soul power had vanished, and she was no different from an ordinary tiger now.
For a moment, she felt that all her dignity as a Tiger King had been utterly lost.
"Did you hear me? I'm talking to you, and you dare growl at me?"
While the Mutant White Tiger was distracted, she felt a pain in her little head. Looking at Ning Rongrong before her, she suddenly felt that this woman was terrifying.
Trembling, she nodded, then lay quietly in Ning Rongrong's arms to please her.
"See? She understands people pretty well. Without a little knocking into shape, she wouldn't know to respect her master!"
Having tamed the Mutant White Tiger, Ning Rongrong smiled and spoke smugly.
"Shall we go? Our little rabbits must be burnt by now, right?"
Hearing Ye Xingchen say this, Ning Rongrong immediately remembered. She took his arm and headed toward the shore.
From the shore, Zhu Zhuqing saw the two approaching over the waves, as beautiful as a pair of immortal lovers.
She could not help feeling a trace of envy, along with a pang of bitterness in her heart.
To think there was a man in this world who could be so captivating. What a pity someone else had gotten there first. Now that the other girl had taken a fancy to him, all she could do was stand by and envy her.
"What a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into you again. You're soaked through. Come warm yourself by the fire with us!"
Lost in thought, Zhu Zhuqing heard Ye Xingchen's words, and her pretty face immediately flushed crimson.
She looked down and discovered that the black clothes covering her body were completely soaked, revealing every curve of her figure.
A little bashful, she nodded, then said, "I misunderstood you earlier. I'm really sorry!"
Holding the little white tiger, Ning Rongrong heard this and asked:
"Do you two know each other?"
Ye Xingchen nodded casually, then recounted everything that had happened in the forest earlier.
"So that's what happened. It seems we're rather fated to meet. We're going to Shrek Academy. Where are you headed? This forest is too dangerous. Let us escort you out!"
Ning Rongrong nodded slightly and smiled, then turned to Zhu Zhuqing and asked.
Shrek Academy?
A little surprised by Ning Rongrong's words, Zhu Zhuqing could not help looking delighted.
She glanced at the two of them, then said with a smile:
"I'm going to Shrek Academy too. It seems we really are fated to meet. Otherwise, we wouldn't have run into each other so many times!"
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong looked delighted.
She immediately placed the little white tiger in Ye Xingchen's arms, then turned and took Zhu Zhuqing's arm, saying with a smile:
"Really? That's wonderful! Now we can travel together!"
"Come on. I roasted some little rabbits over there. Let's have something to eat and dry you off by the fire, so we can set out tomorrow!"
Watching Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing instantly hit it off,
Ye Xingchen sighed inwardly. He glanced down at the trembling little white tiger and reached out to stroke her head.
Upon sensing that faint trace of white tiger power, the white tiger pattern on his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron martial soul also gave off a faint glow.
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