Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun

"There's nothing to hide. You just haven't had the chance to encounter it yet. As your strength grows, you'll learn about it sooner or later. I'll tell you in advance."

"This is related to our Star Luo Imperial Throne."

"To ensure that each generation of emperors is wise and mighty, this special method of competition within the Star Luo Royal Family was born."

"Each generation's emperor must undergo a brutal competition with their siblings. If they lose, they might not necessarily die, but their Soul Power will definitely be crippled, and they'll be exiled to a remote place to live out their days in confinement."

"And I am the youngest prince of the current emperor. Since my eldest brother is a full seven years older than me, I knew I had no chance of winning. Not wanting my Soul Power to be crippled, I ran away."

Oscar frowned slightly, "What's the difference between that and death? Is the royal family really that cruel?"

A cold sneer touched Dai Mubai's lips, "You're not royalty, you don't understand the complexities."

Su Ming followed up with a question.

"Your Star Luo Royal Family's Evil-Eyed White Tiger martial soul and another family's martial soul, the Hell Spirit Cat, have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. You've been intermarrying for years. Is their family the same as yours?" Dai Mubai looked at Su Ming with a strange expression.

"Yes, it's the same. I have a fiancée, and we have a martial soul connection."

"Don't look at me like that. I just want to confirm. Also, one more question, how many sons does your father, the Emperor, have?"

"Three. I'm the third. What about it?"

"So, all three of you princes have a fiancée who possesses the Hell Spirit Cat, and your fiancées have a martial soul connection with you, enabling you to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

Dai Mubai looked at Su Ming, who was asking with a serious expression, and felt that what he was about to say was very important to him.

"Yes."

"So, your imperial throne is related to the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger?"

"Yes, what are you trying to say?"

"Don't rush, don't rush. Almost there, just one last question."

"I know the first three soul skills of your Evil-Eyed White Tiger are fixed through comparison, and they are the most convenient soul skills for your martial soul. What about the Hell Spirit Cat?"

"Is it the same as yours? Are the first three soul skills also fixed?"

"Yes."

"If that's the case, I understand. For the sake of the White Tiger and Spirit Cat's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, their first three soul rings have basically been fixed over these thousands of years of martial soul fusion."

"I see you don't want that imperial throne either."

"Then your first soul ring can't be changed. I suggest you directly deviate from the inheritance for your second and third soul rings. To be even safer, you could have your fiancée hunt different ones too."

"You're also about to reach level 20. For your second soul ring, hunt a Light Attribute one directly. Then you won't be able to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and you'll lose your eligibility for the imperial throne. Your threat to your elder brother will also disappear. Everyone will be happy."

Dai Mubai thought carefully. Su Ming's suggestion to hunt soul rings that deviated from the family inheritance was indeed feasible.

After offering his suggestion, Su Ming saw Dai Mubai seriously considering adopting it and quickly spoke up to remind him.

"Well, Boss Dai, this is just a suggestion. It's up to you whether you want to take it or not. I've given you this suggestion, and the rest is up to you."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai, whose thoughts were interrupted, looked at Su Ming and saw the fear on his face, immediately understanding what he was worried about.

"Don't worry, don't be afraid. Thank you for your reminder. If it weren't for your reminder, I might have indulged in pleasure and a life of debauchery in the future, and not cultivated properly."

He then turned to glare at Ma Hongjun and Oscar, saying sternly.

"And the two of you, although we've only been together for half a year, and it's just the four of us in this room now, this concerns my life safety. Now and for a period of time in the future, you absolutely cannot speak of this."

"Do you hear me?"

Ma Hongjun and Oscar said in unison, "We hear you, we hear you."

Hearing their agreement, Dai Mubai nodded with satisfaction and then said to Su Ming.

"Su Ming, Little Su, Little Ming sounds a bit awkward. Forget it, I'll just call you Su Ming from now on."

"Su Ming, I've finished talking. Tell us about Fatty's situation."

The two sat on a bed. Dai Mubai nudged Ma Hongjun's foot with his own.

"You said it, Fatty. Hurry up and introduce your Chicken Martial Soul to Su Ming."

"Nonsense, your martial soul is the chicken! My martial soul is the Phoenix! Even if all my elders' martial souls are chickens, mine is still a Phoenix. Haven't you heard, even a golden phoenix can come from a chicken coop?" Ma Hongjun retorted unhappily.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a Phoenix. I'll explain." Dai Mubai said with a hearty laugh.

Dai Mubai's smile lessened slightly as he explained to Su Ming, "Su Ming, Fatty's martial soul is a mutated martial soul."

Although Su Ming knew, he still had to ask.

"Mutated martial soul? How did it mutate? What were his parents' martial souls?"

Dai Mubai said, "Don't say it's me, even Ma Hongjun himself probably doesn't know. Their village is quite close to here. Fatty's parents died when he was young, and he grew up being fed by everyone."

"In their village, almost everyone's martial soul is a type of domestic fowl martial soul with no offensive power. His parents' martial souls were the same."

"For some reason, when he awakened his martial soul at the age of six, it mutated, and he was born with the ability of fire."

"Fortunately, the person who helped him awaken his martial soul was the Dean. According to the Dean's description, when his martial soul awakened, the fire was extremely unstable due to the mutation."

"If the Dean hadn't used his Soul Power to shield the villagers in time, all the other people awakening their martial souls might have been burned to death."

"After that, the Dean took Fatty as his disciple and brought him back to Shrek Academy."

"His Martial Soul mutation gave Fatty very strong flame abilities. This flame was also very strange, not only extremely hot but also highly adhesive and difficult to extinguish."

"The Dean said that after his Martial Soul mutated, it was truly possible for him to become a Phoenix. However, his Martial Soul also had a huge flaw: although the mutation brought powerful Soul Power."

"It also had a certain impact on his body. The current symptoms are just a bit of a temper and slight weight gain. What happens later is hard to say."

Ma Hongjun quickly added, "When the evil fire flares up, I really can't control it!"

"Brother Ming, do you have any suggestions?"

Su Ming glanced at Ma Hongjun, thought for a moment, and said, "Ma Hongjun's situation should be a mutation combined with evolution, but not a complete evolution. According to the Martial Soul Evolution Meditation Method I obtained, coupled with absorbing the correct Soul Ring, he should be able to control it around level 40."

"At level 50, another small evolution will allow him to completely evolve into a Phoenix."

"Yes, he can evolve according to my method."

Ma Hongjun suddenly jumped out of bed, looking at Su Ming with immense joy.

"Really, Brother Ming? Can he really evolve?"

Su Ming replied without hesitation.

"Yes, he can. Before coming here, I conducted an experiment and successfully purified a student's Martial Soul at our Nuoding City Primary Academy."

"As for how he evolved and mutated, I won't go into detail, but if you think carefully about what I'm about to say, you should be able to understand the reason for the evolution."