Apprenticing Under Mu En

The three of them were somewhat at a loss.

Mu En: "Speak one by one. Let's start with this second martial soul."

Mu Xuanheng nodded; he actually understood this second martial soul quite well.

Because this was the contract from the Divine Seal World.

"The contract is a bit complex, but generally, there are two types: a master-servant contract and an equal contract. The specific effects can be realized according to the content of the contract."

Mu En: "Can you only contract one soul beast?"

"It seems to be one for now." Mu Xuanheng himself wasn't entirely sure.

He would only know if he could contract a second one once he reached level 20.

"Can you only contract soul beasts?"

"It seems so?"

Mu En asked very detailed questions, and he also carefully sensed it himself.

The soul beast contracted by the second martial soul could add soul rings to the first martial soul, and it seemed there was no limit to the additions.

"In other words, as long as you contract one soul beast, you won't have to hunt soul beasts for the rest of your life?" Xuan Zi exclaimed.

This was no simple matter; such a martial soul effect directly challenged the basic common sense of the soul master world.

That is, one soul beast could only produce one soul ring.

Mu En made a decision: "Xuanheng, your second martial soul must never be revealed to the world. Except for me and Xuan Zi, no one else can know. Not unless you have the ability to protect yourself. That ability to protect yourself will be determined by me and Xuan Zi."

Mu En could not afford to take this lightly; one for nine was simply too terrifying.

Any means that appeared out of thin air was absolutely overpowered.

"If you can obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for your first ring, all your future soul rings could be hundred-thousand-year ones." Xuan Zi thought happily: "With all red soul rings, wouldn't you be invincible within your own rank in the future?"

It was just a pity that Mu Xuanheng himself couldn't handle a hundred-thousand-year soul beast for his first ring.

And there was another question: "What do you mean the soul skills are fixed, and the hunted soul beast only affects the strength of the soul skills?"

Mu Xuanheng: "The Chaofeng martial soul seems to have its own consciousness. It has already determined that the first soul skill effect is an ability like a dragon claw. I'll only know the specifics after I obtain the soul ring."

Mu En would not use Mu Xuanheng to conduct experiments: "Xuanheng, this matter, including your Chaofeng martial soul, must also be hidden."

"Ah? Both martial souls have to be hidden?" Both Twin Martial Souls hidden? Would Mu Xuanheng just appear to others as an ordinary person?

"I mean you should change the name of your martial soul; only I and Xuan Zi will know the real name. As long as I and Xuan Zi vouch for the fake name, no one will question it."

The martial soul could be hidden, but its inherent strength remained.

There was also the suppression effect; the Bright Holy Dragon and the Godly Taotie Bull would be suppressed, not to mention other dragon-type martial souls; even normal beast-type martial souls would be suppressed.

"You can be strong, but not too strong. Being as strong as you are is a problem," Mu En said to Mu Xuanheng very seriously.

"Then what should the martial soul be called?"

"Phantom Scale Dragon, let's just say it's a mutation of the Bright Holy Dragon. That way, everything can be explained." Mu En finalized the specific narrative.

Since it was a Bright Holy Dragon, it was normal for it to suppress dragon-type martial souls. It was also normal for it to be noticed by Mu En.

"Then I'll listen to the old man."

Mu En was all smiles: "Old man, old man, that sounds so unpleasant. Why not call me Master?"

Xuan Zi immediately reached out: "How can that be? Wouldn't he have to call me Senior Brother? That's too much of a gap in seniority."

"Exactly, exactly, it's still more affectionate to call you old man. Isn't that right, second old man?"

"You'd better just accept him as your master." Xuan Zi was defeated by Mu Xuanheng; he didn't doubt for a second that Mu Xuanheng would call him Xuan Zi directly in the future.

Mu En: "It's just to establish seniority; you can call me whatever you want later."

Without an apprenticeship ceremony, and without even having called him teacher, they simply became master and disciple. Xuan Zi also became his senior brother.

"Is the second old man the old man's disciple?"

Xuan Zi dragged Mu Xuanheng out to put him through various tests.

"No, Elder Mu is my martial uncle. You brat, behave yourself. I'll test your body in a moment, and then I'll take you to hunt soul beasts."

"Oh."

The two of them didn't even leave the Sea God Pavilion; they just changed rooms.

Strength and speed were the most basic tests.

"A six-year-old child, your body is stronger than a one-ring soul master. It seems we'll have to add some extra weight to your first soul ring."

When testing, the first step was to determine the upper limit of the soul ring. Usually, everyone was very conservative because exceeding the limit could truly lead to death.

As his two small legs dangled in mid-air, a middle-aged man walked in from the side.

"Elder Xuan, still taking care of Xuanheng? He's six years old today; has he awakened his martial soul?"

"Shaozhe, do you think I would forget such a thing?"

The person who arrived was his good senior brother, Yan Shaozhe.

"Put me down, you guys are chatting while still holding me." Poor little Mu Xuanheng was still dangling from Xuan Zi's hand at this moment.

Yan Shaozhe crouched down and opened his arms toward him: "Come here, let Uncle give you a hug."

Mu Xuanheng was placed on the ground, and Xuan Zi said: "You aren't his uncle anymore, you're his senior fellow apprentice now."

"Huh?" Yan Shaozhe was very confused: "Why? Did Teacher take him as a disciple? How old is he even?"

He thought for a moment: "What is his martial soul?"

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

???

A made-up dragon species—who could possibly know it? But the Xuan Zi before him stated it so openly that Yan Shaozhe had no choice but to believe it.

After all, Mu En was the Bright Holy Dragon himself; who could possibly understand the Bright Holy Dragon better than Mu En?

"Come, let Senior Brother see your martial soul." Yan Shaozhe also wanted to see this mutated Bright Holy Dragon.

Mu Xuanheng looked at Xuan Zi: "Old Man Two?"

"Let him see it, he won't give up otherwise." Xuan Zi had nothing to fear; there weren't even pictures in the ancient texts, and even Mu En didn't recognize it.

Yan Shaozhe immediately felt a suppression from the martial soul, and his brows furrowed: "Is this really a Bright Holy Dragon?"

The martial soul suppression that even his teacher didn't possess was appearing on Mu Xuanheng.

Xuan Zi said matter-of-factly: "That's why it's a variant. It's possible it mutated to be even stronger. Just remember it the way we said.

Under the heavens, the only one who might recognize his martial soul is the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian."

Floating in the void of the God Realm, a man and a woman were drinking and making merry.

"If we do this, the Sea God won't have any objections, right?"

"Who cares about that? We aren't doing anything troublesome; he already threw his daughter down to find the Child of Destiny. Why shouldn't we find a successor?"

The man put down his wine cup, and an image formed in the void, showing a man and a woman holding a wedding.

"Those two bastards, throwing us here while they go off to have fun. We're going to slack off too."

The woman stood up: "Mm, I also need to find him a partner. It just so happens there is a suitable one on the Douluo Continent."

"Wait, this kid doesn't look like the type who can be with just one person for a lifetime."

"That's why the one I'm finding for him is a partner who can make all his other spouses submit willingly.

We've done well enough, even giving him a contract to help him ease the conflicts. Enough talk, I'm going to heal her so she can enter the stage in time."

The two of them let out malicious laughter.

Mu Xuanheng, who had been thrown out of the Sea God Pavilion to go play with Bei Bei, had no idea that a "good" partner had already been arranged for him.

The gods of the God Realm also had no idea that the God King, who hadn't been in office for long, was preparing to pull a massive stunt on them.