Zhou Yi touched her face in terror.
Because of her Martial Soul disguise, there was no visible change to her appearance compared to a moment ago.
Yet that face was hers, and Zhou Yi could feel the changes that had occurred beneath the skin.
Zhou Yi placed both hands on her face, shaking her head as she muttered, "Impossible, this is impossible..."
Xuanyuan Sheng, who hadn't walked far, heard Zhou Yi's scream behind him and couldn't help but shake his head. "Who provoked her now? Can't she be a bit more composed?"
Just as he was wondering, a vibration came from the Soul Tool on his person.
Xuanyuan Sheng took out the jade stone from his Soul Tool, and a message appeared on its surface.
[Little Sheng, are you coming home for lunch today?]
Xuanyuan Sheng didn't even think about it, replying with a single character.
[Coming.]
There was no other reason; the food outside simply wasn't as good as what was at home. No matter how good the ingredients in the cafeteria were, they couldn't compare to a home-cooked meal.
Looking at the jade stone in his hand, this gadget with functions identical to a smartphone, Xuanyuan Sheng always felt as if he had transmigrated to a world tens of thousands of years into the future.
Was this thing really something that could be created in this era?
His elder sister, Zhang Lexuan.
After returning from a certain Inspector mission, she claimed to have seized it from an Evil Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire. Seeing how convenient it was for communication, she brought one back for him.
Back then, Xuanyuan Sheng had really wanted to ask: Sister, are you serious?
This thing wasn't just for simple communication; it had photography and video capabilities—all the functions were there, except for playing games.
But setting aside the events that had happened to him, Xuanyuan Sheng felt it wasn't impossible for such a thing to appear in this world.
Blessed by the luck of humanity, different knowledge would surface in his mind every so often, allowing him to master it completely.
If Xuanyuan Sheng had a system that could list his attributes, he would know just how luxurious his skill set was.
Level 5 Soul Tool Master.
Third-grade Alchemist.
Culinary arts, pet training experience, exquisite medical skills, Yu Xiaogang's teaching experience...
Humanity, you little rascal, trying to set me up.
Xuanyuan Sheng swiped his hand, and the Xuanyuan Sword wiped away all of the teaching experience related to Yu Xiaogang.
Sometimes Xuanyuan Sheng wondered if his human luck was connected to the humanity of ten thousand worlds; otherwise, how could alchemist techniques from Battle Through the Heavens appear here?
Thinking this, Xuanyuan Sheng took out his pass and successfully returned to the small, detached villa on Sea God Island.
He gently pushed open the door.
At the table on the side of the hall sat a gentle woman, who nodded toward him.
"You're back. Did you see your classmates?"
Xuanyuan Sheng pulled out a chair and sat opposite her.
"No, how would I know who my classmates are? I won't know until class starts later."
Zhang Lexuan nodded. With one hand propping up her chin, she used the other to take out the prepared meal from a special Soul Tool.
"It's your favorite, but aren't you tired of eating the same food every day?"
Xuanyuan Sheng picked up his chopsticks and began to eat immediately, saying vaguely, "This is the benefit of being a picky eater. You don't understand, Sister; if you could actually get tired of eating, you'd just starve to death."
Listening to the boy's words, Zhang Lexuan tilted her head, looking as if she half-understood.
[Daily task completed: Prepare a delicious meal.]
[Reward: Soul Tool Master proficiency +20, Chef proficiency +20]
But Zhang Lexuan acted as if she hadn't heard anything. Her bright eyes remained fixed on Xuanyuan Sheng as she took out an identical jade stone and began filming him.
Seeing the photo on the screen, she couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.
Xuanyuan Sheng put down his bowl and chopsticks, feeling content.
He was very familiar with the taste of this food; if he were to cook it himself, the flavor would be exactly the same.
He watched as two small blue orbs emerged from Zhang Lexuan, as if drawn by an attraction, and merged into his body.
The message that appeared made him reveal an "as expected" expression, and the experience regarding Soul Tools and culinary arts in his mind became a little more profound.
Every time he finished an interaction, he would harvest light orbs from others due to his human luck. Even Zhou Yi, whom he had just met, had dropped a completely useless collection of Yu Xiaogang's teaching methods.
The only downside was that the quality was hit or miss.
Currently, the only ones who could consistently drop useful things for him were his sister and a certain bunny girl.
Seeing Xuanyuan Sheng's brows furrowed, Zhang Lexuan reached out and gently smoothed them with her fingers. "Are you troubled?"
Hearing her gentle voice, Xuanyuan Sheng shook his head.
"No, it's just... Sister, you're already the Chief Senior Sister of the Inner Court. Has no one approached you to be the successor of the Sea God Pavilion?"
He was truly baffled. The Zhang Lexuan of now was far more formidable than the one he had originally known; not only was she a Level 7 Soul Tool Master, but also an 87th-rank Soul Douluo. Seeing these two identities combined gave Xuanyuan Sheng the distinct feeling that she was cheating.
Zhang Lexuan flicked his forehead.
"Do you really not want me to appear before you?"
Xuanyuan Sheng was full of question marks. Was that what his words had meant? He had just been asking about the situation.
Zhang Lexuan chuckled and waved her hand. "I won't tease you anymore. Go do whatever you want to do."
Xuanyuan Sheng immediately felt a weight lift off his shoulders and headed toward his room.
Only then did she look at the object that had sent the message.
[Perfect Sister System]
[Current daily tasks completed.]
She then claimed the rewards from the task just finished.
[Current Soul Tool Master level has reached Level 8]
This thing had bound itself to her when she first met a very young Xuanyuan Sheng. It was precisely because of the items gifted in the system's starter pack that she had managed to avoid many disasters.
[Nine Heavens Profound Thunder: Current power can kill a Titled Douluo (1/3)]
Whether it was dealing with Evil Soul Masters or securing that 100,000-year soul ring when Xuan Zi led the team, she had relied on this to resolve situations that otherwise would have been impossible to face.
She had always believed that Xuanyuan Sheng was her lucky star, and it was because of him that her fate had been changed.
However, Zhang Lexuan had never treated her time spent with Xuanyuan Sheng as a task.
In her daily life, aside from the time spent with him, she spent all her other time cultivating and researching the functions of Soul Tools.
Because in her view, if high-level Soul Tools could be used by her little brother, wouldn't that allow her to protect him even better?
Except for the communication jade Soul Tool rewarded by the system, every Soul Tool on Xuanyuan Sheng's person had been crafted by her own hands.
Back in his room, Xuanyuan Sheng held the Xuanyuan Sword, which was currently displaying its true form, gripped horizontally in his hands.
Because the Xuanyuan Sword was upright and unyielding, containing an aura of righteous integrity, it was currently scouring his meridians and strengthening his physical body.
Those wisps of human destiny waited for the righteous energy to widen his pathways before repeating the process of the righteous energy once more.
From the moment he awakened the Xuanyuan Sword martial soul until now.
Every day, Xuanyuan Sheng had to endure the scouring of both the Xuanyuan Sword and human destiny, allowing him to take another step forward on the path toward bearing the weight of humanity.
And the reason he needed to accept this method.
Was precisely because of that pair of parents of the Tang God King who had already hidden their tracks.
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