Becoming Guan Yue's Disciple

"Is that the Prayer Angel Martial Soul?!"

Excitement crept into Yun Ming's voice. To him, seeing both his and his beloved's Martial Souls appear in their child was a kind of perfection.

The only problem was, why had his own Martial Soul come with another one belonging to his junior brother?

Yun Ming cast a somewhat "resentful" look at Guan Yue.

Seeing the situation turn against him, Guan Yue's smile promptly vanished. He slowly backed away a few steps and said,

"Senior Brother, what are you trying to do? There's something wrong with that look in your eyes."

Yun Ming said with a sinister expression,

"What am I trying to do? What do you think? Ya Li and I went through so much to have this child, and now he's even got your Martial Soul mixed in. Don't you think you should show some appreciation?"

Guan Yue took another step back and said,

"Senior Brother, please hear me out. I came here today with nothing but my life."

Yun Ming gave a quiet snort. "That's exactly what I want—everything you've got!"

Guan Yue: "???"

Yun Ming said,

"Have you forgotten what Master told us back then? Whichever one of us had a child, that child couldn't study under their own father. They had to become the other person's disciple."

Only then did Guan Yue understand. A father teaching his own son could hardly be strict enough, and might fail to pass on the essence of his teachings.

That was why their master had made that suggestion back then, after seeing how talented they both were.

Guan Yue rolled his eyes and said,

"Senior Brother, you couldn't even remember things our master said that were far more serious than that. And now you're acting all respectful toward the teacher?"

"You didn't bring a gift, and you're not taking a disciple. You think you can just leave? I'm closing the door."

Guan Yue's expression stiffened a little as he said,

"Senior Brother, you're always picking on an honest man like me. All right, all right. I've taken quite a liking to my good nephew here, too. But there's something I have to mention: people were already keeping an eye on the Prayer Angel back then."

"Although your nephew has both of you protecting him, he's still young and hasn't grown into his full strength. It would be best not to reveal the Prayer Angel Martial Soul."

Yun Ming nodded in deep agreement. Looking at the Prayer Angel tattoo on Yun Ze's back, he raised a hand and covered it with a layer of Soul Power.

After gradually concealing the Prayer Angel tattoo, Yun Ming solemnly told Yun Ze,

"Before you reach Soul Saint, don't reveal your Prayer Angel Martial Soul in public. Even if you have to use it, make sure the people around you are trustworthy."

Yun Ze nodded. He knew how Ya Li had ended up marrying Yun Ming, and could imagine what might happen if he used the Prayer Angel Martial Soul in public and attracted the attention of certain people.

It was better to worry about a thief coming back than to let one mark you as a target. You could spend a thousand days acting as a thief, but you couldn't spend a thousand days guarding against one.

Even with Yun Ming protecting him, there was still the risk that something might slip through the cracks.

Yun Ze shifted to his Heaven-Propping Spear Martial Soul. The Heaven-Propping Spear and the Heaven-Surpassing Spear were companion Martial Souls.

He could still release either Martial Soul on its own, but he felt a faint connection between them.

Companion Martial Souls were a special kind of mutation within Twin Martial Souls. Although they were two Martial Souls, both had to be equipped with Soul Rings before his cultivation could advance.

In exchange, he could use the two Martial Souls simultaneously without needing any special technique.

Yun Ze weighed the Heaven-Propping Spear in his hand, then released his Heaven-Surpassing Spear Martial Soul as well.

With a spear in each hand, the aura around Yun Ze surged. If he later learned how to control two Martial Souls simultaneously, as one could with Twin Martial Souls,

he would be able to use the power of three Martial Souls at once.

High damage in his left hand, high damage in his right, and a little healing from behind.

Feeling the changes within himself, Yun Ze thought that even Twin Martial Souls had Innate Full Soul Power. What more could be said for his Triple Martial Souls?

The Soul Power test was little more than a formality. Yun Ming looked at Yun Ze's test result, which showed Innate Full Soul Power, without the slightest surprise.

Then he put a helmet used to test mental strength on Yun Ze's head.

At that, a gleam appeared in Guan Yue's eyes.

"Innate Full Soul Power isn't surprising. But to have eighty-eight points of mental strength at just six years old—that's incredible."

Indeed, although Yun Ze was only six, his mental strength had already reached eighty-eight points.

Looking at the test result, Yun Ze felt a little more confident.

In the era of Soul Spirits, mental strength was even more important than physical fitness.

Physical fitness could be improved with medicine and natural treasures, but if your mental strength started too low, even the gods couldn't save you.

The moment the mental strength test ended, a glow of purple and green shimmered around Yun Ze.

The sudden glow, which carried a hint of divinity, left Yun Ming at a loss.

Yun Ming reached out and touched the purple glow. For an instant, he felt the shackles on his cultivation loosen.

After confirming that the glows were divine and not some kind of demonic force, Yun Ming decided not to investigate further.

The purple and green glows flickered, then sank into the Martial Soul imprints of Yun Ze's Heaven-Propping Spear and Holy Angel.

Yun Ze's vision blurred for a moment. Two figures seemed to appear before him, looking at him as they let out a deep sigh.

Guan Yue now wanted to take Yun Ze as his disciple for reasons beyond his senior brother's insistence.

"Dear nephew, would you be willing to come study with me at the War God Temple?"

Yun Ming looked at Yun Ze and said,

"Your Uncle Guan Yue is right. Although you're my son, our grandmaster made this clear long ago: the descendants of your Uncle Guan Yue and me must each spend some time studying under the other."

Yun Ze nodded. This was beyond what he'd expected, but on second thought, there were only benefits and no drawbacks. He could study with Guan Yue for a while and learn his Self-Created Soul Skills.

After that, if he wanted to learn Yun Ming's Self-Created Soul Skills, wouldn't they be his for the taking?

Guan Yue stroked his beard and smiled.

"Although I'm the one taking this child as my disciple, he can study here at Shrek. That way, our dear nephew won't have to miss home and lose focus on his training."

"Still, this means I'll be imposing on you, Senior Brother."

Yun Ming gave Guan Yue a slap and said,

"Enough of that. You've never been so polite to me before."

Guan Yue smiled and said,

"Whether I'm being polite depends on the situation. Our dear nephew is calling me his teacher, so I should give him a gift."

As he spoke, Moon Sky Douluo gave his Soul Tool a shake and took out a dark, vest-like suit of armor.

Guan Yue said with some pride,

"One of my disciples gave me this as a birthday gift. It's called the Nine-Curve Soft Armor, a Level 9 Soul Tool that even ordinary people can use. It can withstand most attacks..."