Became Mu En's Disciple

The three of them were at a loss.

Mu En: "Let's go one at a time. Start with this Second Martial Soul."

Mu Xuanheng nodded. He really did know about this Second Martial Soul.

Because it was a Contract from the Divine Seal World.

"The Contract is a little complicated. Basically, there are two kinds: the Master-Servant Contract and the Equal Contract. Its specific effects depend on the terms of the Contract."

Mu En: "Can you Contract with only one Soul Beast?"

"Seems like it, for now." Even Mu Xuanheng wasn't entirely sure.

He would have to wait until he reached level 20 to find out whether he could Contract with a second one.

"Can you Contract with only Soul Beasts?"

"Seems like it?"

Mu En asked in great detail, and he carefully sensed it as well.

The Soul Beast contracted to the Second Martial Soul could provide Soul Rings for the First Martial Soul, seemingly without limit.

"So you only need to Contract with one Soul Beast, and then you'll never have to hunt Soul Beasts again for the rest of your life?" Xuan Zi cried out.

This was no small matter. Such a Martial Soul effect directly challenged the basic common knowledge of the Soul Master World.

That was, one Soul Beast could produce only one Soul Ring.

Mu En made his decision. "Xuanheng, you absolutely cannot reveal your Second Martial Soul in front of the public from now on. No one else can know besides Xuan Zi and me. Not unless you can protect yourself. Xuan Zi and I will decide when you're capable of that."

Mu En couldn't afford to take this lightly. One Soul Beast for nine Soul Rings—that was terrifying.

Any ability that came out of nowhere was utterly unbalanced.

"If your First Soul Ring comes from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then all your Soul Rings could be Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings from now on." Xuan Zi imagined it happily. "All red Soul Rings! You'd be invincible among your peers."

Unfortunately, Mu Xuanheng wouldn't be able to withstand a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as his first Soul Ring.

And there was another issue. "What do you mean, the Soul Skill is fixed, and the Soul Beast you hunt only affects how strong it is?"

Mu Xuanheng: "The Chaofeng Martial Soul seems to have a mind of its own. It's already decided that the first Soul Skill will be something like dragon claws. I'll only know the specifics after I get a Soul Ring."

Mu En wouldn't use Mu Xuanheng for an experiment. "Xuanheng, this matter must stay hidden, including your Chaofeng Martial Soul."

"Huh? I have two Martial Souls, and both have to stay hidden?" Hide both Twin Martial Souls? Was Mu Xuanheng supposed to pass himself off as an ordinary person?

"I mean we'll give your Martial Soul another name. Only Xuan Zi and I will know its real name. As long as Xuan Zi and I vouch for the name we give it, no one will question it."

A Martial Soul could be concealed, but its strength was plain to see.

It also had a suppressive effect. The Bright Holy Dragon and Godly Taotie Bull were both suppressed, not to mention other dragon-type Martial Souls. Even ordinary Beast Martial Souls would be suppressed.

"It can be strong, but not too strong. When it's as strong as yours, that becomes a problem." Mu En spoke to Mu Xuanheng with great seriousness.

"Then what should we call the Martial Soul?"

"Phantom Scale Dragon. We'll say it's a variant of the Bright Holy Dragon. That way, everything will make sense." Mu En settled on the explanation.

Since it was a Bright Holy Dragon, its suppression of dragon-type Martial Souls was perfectly reasonable. It also made sense that Mu En would take an interest in him.

"Then I'll listen to you, old man."

Mu En beamed. "Old man, old man—it sounds so impolite. Why not call me Master?"

Xuan Zi immediately put out a hand. "How can that be? Then he'll have to call me senior brother! That's far too big a gap in seniority."

"Exactly, it's more affectionate to call you old man. Right, second old man?"

"You should still acknowledge him as your Master." Xuan Zi had been beaten by Mu Xuanheng. He had no doubt that, sooner or later, Mu Xuanheng would just call him Xuan Zi.

Mu En: "We're only settling the seniority. You can call us whatever you like afterward."

There was no ceremony, and Mu Xuanheng hadn't even called him teacher. Just like that, they became master and disciple. Xuan Zi became his senior brother, too.

"Is second old man one of old man's disciples?"

Xuan Zi carried Mu Xuanheng outside to put him through various tests.

"No. Elder Mu is my martial uncle. You'd better behave yourself, kid. I'll test your body in a bit, then take you to hunt a Soul Beast."

"Oh."

The two of them hadn't even left the Sea God Pavilion. They had only moved to another room.

Strength and speed were the most basic tests.

"Kid, you're only six, but your body is stronger than a One-Ring Soul Master's. Looks like we'll have to add something extra to your first Soul Ring."

The first purpose of the tests was to determine the upper limit for a Soul Ring. Usually, everyone played it safe, because exceeding the limit really could get you killed.

His little legs swung in the air as a middle-aged man walked in.

"Elder Xuan, still looking after Xuanheng? He turned six today. Has he awakened his Martial Soul yet?"

"Shaozhe, do you think I'd forget something like that?"

The newcomer was his good senior brother, Yan Shaozhe.

"Put me down! You can talk after you put me down!" Poor little Xuanheng was still dangling from Xuan Zi's hand.

Yan Shaozhe crouched and opened his arms to him. "Come here, let your uncle give you a hug."

Mu Xuanheng was set down. Xuan Zi said, "He's not your nephew now. He's your junior brother."

"Huh?" Yan Shaozhe was baffled. "Why? The teacher took him as a disciple? He's so young!"

Then he realized something. "What's his Martial Soul?"

"Phantom Scale Dragon, a variant of the Bright Holy Dragon."

???

Who could know about a dragon species they'd made up? But Xuan Zi stated it so confidently that Yan Shaozhe had no choice but to believe him.

After all, Mu En was the Bright Holy Dragon. Who could know more about it than Mu En?

"Come on, let your senior brother see your Martial Soul." Yan Shaozhe wanted to see the mutated Bright Holy Dragon, too.

Mu Xuanheng looked at Xuan Zi. "Second old man?"

"Let him see it. He won't be satisfied otherwise." Xuan Zi wasn't worried. There weren't even pictures in the ancient texts, and Mu En didn't recognize it either.

Yan Shaozhe immediately felt his Martial Soul being suppressed, and his brow furrowed. "Is this really a Bright Holy Dragon?"

The suppression of a Martial Soul—a trait even his teacher didn't possess—had appeared in Mu Xuanheng.

Xuan Zi said as if it were obvious, "That's why it's a variant. It might have mutated into something stronger. Just write down what we said.

"Under heaven, the only person who might recognize his Martial Soul is Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King."

In the Divine Realm, floating through the void, a man and a woman were drinking and making merry.

"Do you think the Sea God will object to what we're doing?"

"Who cares? We're not doing anything troublesome. He even sent his daughter down to find a child of destiny. Are we not allowed to find someone to inherit our legacy?"

The man set down his cup. An image appeared in the void, showing a man and a woman holding a wedding ceremony.

"Those two scoundrels left us here and went off to enjoy themselves. We might as well slack off, too."

The woman stood up. "Mm, I need to find him a partner, too. As it happens, there's someone suitable on the Douluo Continent."

"Wait, that kid doesn't look like the kind of person who'd stay devoted to just one partner for life."

"That's why we're finding him a partner who'll win over all his other spouses.

"We've done plenty for him already. We even gave him a Contract so he could ease the tensions. Enough talk. I'm going to heal her so she can make her entrance in time."

The two of them laughed with ill intent.

Mu Xuanheng, who had been sent out of the Sea God Pavilion to play with Bei Bei, had no idea that they'd already arranged a good partner for him.

The gods of the Divine Realm didn't know, either, that their newly appointed God King was about to spring something huge on them.