The Ice and Fire Body Tempering

As time passed, Mu Xuanheng's Soul Power Level reached Level 20.

Mu En asked, "Can you sense what your Second Soul Skill will be?"

Mu Xuanheng replied, "It should be a strengthening-type Soul Skill. What exactly it can strengthen may depend on the Soul Beast I hunt."

For a Power Attack System Battle Soul Master, a strengthening-type Soul Skill was perfectly normal. It also matched Mu En and Xuan Zi's expectations.

They also needed to keep an eye on his other Martial Soul.

"How many Soul Beasts do you think your Second Martial Soul can Contract with now?"

In the Divine Seal World, a knight could generally Contract with only one magical beast.

After coming to the Douluo World, he had clearly felt that he could Contract with one more.

In other words, each Soul Ring could correspond to one Soul Beast.

But there was one very important problem: he could form an Equal Contract with only one.

Any others would have to be bound by master-servant Contracts.

That was his greatest limitation. Only with an Equal Contract could he form a Contract with a stronger Soul Beast while he was still weak.

After hearing Mu Xuanheng's explanation, the two men fell silent for a moment. The general situation was within their expectations, and the details would not affect the overall picture.

"Have you thought about what you want for your Second Soul Ring?"

The two had decided to respect Mu Xuanheng's opinion. Whatever he chose would be the best choice.

"I want to wait a little longer and improve my physical fitness. I just need to make sure I can refine a Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Mu Xuanheng was still under eight years old.

There had never been a precedent for anyone having a Thousand-Year Soul Ring at eight.

Mu En sat in his wheelchair and handed him a pill. "This is a Mystic Water Pill I bought from the Xuanming Sect. I made a few improvements to it, so it'll suit you better. But I only have this one."

He knew what the Mystic Water Pill did. It purged impurities from the meridians and improved physical fitness.

Huo Yuhao's leap from Level 11 to Level 20 in a year had a lot to do with the effects of two Mystic Water Pills.

"Thanks, old man." As soon as he got the Mystic Water Pill, he went off to refine it.

Watching Mu Xuanheng leave, Xuan Zi asked, "Don't we have a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue? Why not give it to him?"

"The main effect of Whale Glue is indeed that it greatly improves the body, making it easier to obtain a Soul Ring. But don't forget the side effects. Dragons are lustful by nature. If it stirs up his desire, it'll be hard to deal with."

At this point, giving the Whale Glue to Mu Xuanheng, whose Martial Soul was Chaofeng, was truly a bad idea.

It would be all right to divide Thousand-Year Whale Glue into small portions, but refining a whole piece was absolutely out of the question.

Mu Xuanheng sat cross-legged in the cultivation room.

He took out the Mystic Water Pill Mu En had given him. The dark-blue pill was covered in fine patterns, with water mist drifting around it and a hint of light within.

This was Mu En's specially made Mystic Water Pill.

The mild Mystic Water Pill was worth ten thousand gold outside. One like this was beyond imagining.

Once he swallowed it, a faint mist of water rose around him.

Gradually, the water mist turned into a foul stench.

When Mu Xuanheng opened his eyes, he felt a layer of grime covering his body.

He was sticky all over. That was the effect of the Mystic Water Pill.

He couldn't wait any longer and hurried to take a shower, washing away the filth.

Then he sat cross-legged again. He could clearly feel that his meridians had widened and thickened.

They could withstand a much greater surge of Soul Power.

That wasn't all. His spiritual power had also improved greatly.

He could see farther, and his control over Void Dragon Claw had grown stronger.

He sauntered over to Xuan Zi and held out his hand without a hint of hesitation. "Old man, lend me some money."

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Xuan Zi laughed. "You want to borrow money from me? I don't have any."

"Then put it on your tab. Just don't complain later that I bought things at inflated prices."

"What do you want to buy?"

"I'm going to the Shrek auction and light the sky lantern."

Xuan Zi asked, "What does that mean?"

"No matter what the item is or who bids, I'll outbid them until I win it."

Xuan Zi immediately hauled Mu Xuanheng up. "Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson."

Only after Xuan Zi had finished beating him did Mu En call out, "Tell us, what do you want?"

Mu Xuanheng gave them his answer. "A Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit and a Hundred-Year Red Flame Fruit. I want Ice and Fire Body Tempering."

Mu En shook his head. He thought Mu Xuanheng's constitution was already strong enough to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

All those nourishing medicinal meals hadn't been for nothing.

"If I want to reach my full potential, I have to be brave."

If he were only worried about the dangers of Chaofeng, he wouldn't have brought this up now.

He was cautious by nature. With the Mystic Water Pill having nourished his meridians, the chance of something going wrong would be much lower.

That one sentence left both famous Titled Douluo speechless.

At that moment, neither of them dared make the decision.

"Ice and Fire Body Tempering. You actually came up with something like this. I do think it makes sense, but wouldn't Hundred-Year fruits be too potent?"

Mu En was worried. This was different from Whale Glue.

Whale Glue's benefits came gently, though its side effects were obvious.

But Ice and Fire Body Tempering was different. Its strengthening effect came from the domineering force of the impact.

"No. I'm absolutely confident I can do it."

Only by experiencing the false Ice and Fire Body Tempering of Hundred-Year spirit fruits could he prepare himself to endure the Ice and Fire Body Tempering of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Mu En said, "Too much protection really can rob a fledgling of its ability to fly. But you're not ready to understand these things just yet."

In their eyes, Mu Xuanheng was still too young.

The future of Shrek was meant to be entrusted to him, and he needed to develop some good habits.

"Once Bei Bei starts school, the two of you will be able to roam outside."

In Shrek City, Mu En and Xuan Zi could find what they needed quickly.

A day later, the fruits arrived in Mu Xuanheng's hands.

The two men stayed where they were to watch him undergo Ice and Fire Body Tempering.

They had thought he would use some unusual method.

Instead, Mu Xuanheng ate the fruits one bite at a time.

As he ate the Ice Crystal Fruit, his body felt a cold beyond anything it could resist. It wasn't just his limbs—his blood felt frozen, too.

With the second bite, he tasted the Red Flame Fruit, and the sensation immediately turned scorching hot.

Xuan Zi was horrified. "This is madness! Eating spirit fruits of this caliber outright would seriously injure even a Soul Elder." As he spoke, he moved to stop Mu Xuanheng.

But Mu En wouldn't let him interfere. He said he trusted Mu Xuanheng.

Heat and cold alternated, and his body and mind endured the agony.

"So this is what it feels like? No wonder my Martial Soul is so delighted. What a rush, born of pain."

He gritted his teeth, but could still think clearly. That meant he hadn't lost his reason.

He was even more reckless than Tang Wulin.

At least Tang Wulin had finished one fruit before eating the other.

He ate them in alternation.

His Martial Soul unfurled, and Chaofeng let out a delighted dragon's roar behind him.

His clothes were already being torn apart by the heat and cold radiating from his body.

His face inevitably twisted into a grimace.

Mu En was about to use his Soul Power to ease Mu Xuanheng's pain when Mu Xuanheng stopped him.

"I'll do this myself. If I can't even endure this much, I shouldn't talk about Contracting with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast or reaching the highest heights."

Pain, heat, and cold churned through his body.

His face turned pale, then flushed red. Even so, he needed no outside protection.

His External Soul Bone appeared, helping to suppress the pain.

He focused his mind, steadied his breathing, and circulated his Soul Power.

Under the trusting gazes of the two men, he said, "Mu Xuanheng, I haven't let you down."