No More Pretending, I'll Come Clean

After finishing his cultivation, Ling Yu arrived at the main hall of the side palace. He had assumed the maidservants would have breakfast ready, but as soon as he walked in, he saw a tall figure with perfect poise and peerless beauty sitting quietly in a chair in the hall.

"Tea, Teacher..."

Ling Yu's face flushed slightly. He did not dare look directly into her eyes. Bibi Dong was not wearing her usual rather loose and restrictive Pope's robes today. Instead, she wore a silky-looking purple gown, her snow-white ankles exposed. Just one glance was enough to make Ling Yu feel like he could not take it!

She had lost some of her usual majesty and gained a touch more gentleness.

Across two lifetimes, she was the first woman to help him take off his clothes. Though he was nothing more than a little kid in her eyes, his mental age was nearly thirty!

Bibi Dong looked at him with a smile on her lips. She said nothing, merely raising a hand to gesture for him to sit in the chair opposite her.

Ling Yu quickly walked to the long table and quietly sat down to one side, his expression somewhat awkward.

"Pfft!"

Seeing the bashful appearance of the little fellow before her, who was only six years old, Bibi Dong smiled. "All right, little fellow. Let's eat first. While we do, tell me about what happened in the training room yesterday!"

Ling Yu had long been starving, and upon hearing that, he could no longer care about his embarrassment. He picked up his chopsticks and launched into the dishes filling the table before him.

"Mmm, this meat is delicious!"

Ling Yu placed a slice of meat that was actually glimmering with light into his mouth. The indescribable sensation of bliss made his eyes widen instantly.

"Teacher, what kind of meat is this? It's so delicious! I've never had meat this good before! And after eating it, I feel warm all over. It's so comfortable!"

Ling Yu was not exaggerating. In his previous life, he had eaten many kinds of food, but none had given him the scalp-tingling thrill that this glowing meat did.

"This is the breast meat of a thousand-year Soul Beast, a Light Bird. It's the finest part of the meat. There are also the bird's wings and legs beneath the plate. Those are where the greatest amount of energy is contained. Hurry and eat. They were all prepared for you."

Upon hearing Bibi Dong's words, Ling Yu's gaze instantly went blank.

"Teacher, don't tell me everything here is..."

Bibi Dong glanced at him with a smile in her eyes. "That's right. Since this is our first meal together, I had the servants arrange something nicer. Look, this is the paw of an eight-hundred-year Great Strength Bear, and this is the meat of a thirteen-hundred-year Lightning Rabbit..."

As Ling Yu listened to Bibi Dong's introduction, he realized that every dish on this enormous table was Soul Beast meat, and every single Soul Beast was at least eight hundred years old.

"Teacher, isn't this too extravagant?" Ling Yu asked, swallowing hard.

"What are you thinking?"

Bibi Dong knew what he was thinking the moment she saw his expression. She reached out and tapped his forehead again. "Of course, we won't eat like this every day. Spirit Hall is dedicated to maintaining peace across the continent, eliminating Evil Soul Masters, and helping commoners rise. We are not some faction that indulges in pleasure! Even I can only have a table like this once every few months. This time, since you have become my disciple, naturally we should eat a little better. If you want to eat something this good again, it will depend on your contributions and performance!"

Ling Yu nodded in realization. That was what he thought. If they ate like this every day, the expense would be far too extravagant. He feared that his resolve in cultivation would grow lazy because of it!

"By the way, how did you endure the gravity in the training room yesterday? That place is meant for Soul Masters with Beast Martial Souls who are Soul Elders of three rings or above to cultivate in. Ordinary two-ring Soul Grand Masters cannot even stand upright inside, much less move! By all rights, your body should still be some distance away from meeting that standard, so why..."

Here it comes at last, Ling Yu thought. He definitely could not expose the fact that he possessed a cultivation technique. That was his foundation, so he could only find another explanation.

"Well, actually, I have two Martial Souls!"

After he said that, lightning flashed around his body. His golden robe was completely enveloped in blue lightning, and the crackling of electricity echoed continuously through the hall. His slightly messy hair was neatly swept back, while his handsome face seemed to carry a faint air of majesty at that moment.

Watching Bibi Dong's astonished gaze, Ling Yu's chopsticks slipped from his hand and fell to the floor.

Ling Yu only wanted to say, Sorry, I'm done pretending. I'm coming clean.

Bibi Dong stared at him in utter astonishment, her pupils gradually widening. In an instant, a fierce gust swept through the hall. When Ling Yu opened his eyes again, Bibi Dong was already beside him, her beautiful face only a short distance from his as she stared fixedly at him.

"You... actually have Twin Martial Souls!"

Bibi Dong reached out and touched his arm. A tingling numbness immediately spread through her palm. "Lightning? What is your second Martial Soul called?"

Ling Yu forced himself to tear his attention away from her flawless face and said calmly, "I call it the Body of the Thunder God! This Martial Soul allows me to freely control the form of lightning!"

Naturally, he could not say it was the Goro Goro no Mi. She had never watched One Piece! He had no choice but to make something up!

"Body of the Thunder God!"

Bibi Dong's pupils contracted sharply as she murmured, "It's actually called Thunder God? Could this Martial Soul..."

However, her expression soon returned to normal, though the joy on her face could no longer be restrained.

"Good, very good. Xiao Yu, your talent can absolutely be called unparalleled in this world. You are the third person on Douluo Continent in the past hundred years to possess Twin Martial Souls. This is an incredibly powerful gift. Of course, if such talent belonged to someone else, they might not only gain no benefits from it, but might even be unable to withstand the conflict between the two Martial Souls and explode to their death. But fortunately, you are a member of Spirit Hall, and you are my disciple. Your talent will certainly be developed to its fullest!"

Ling Yu could not help rolling his eyes inwardly. You're wrong, Teacher. There'll be a fourth one very soon, and he'll be a total cheater!

Still, he put on an ignorant expression and asked innocently, "The third? Could there be someone else like me?"

With a trace of pride in her eyes, Bibi Dong reached out and stroked his head. "That's right. The first one failed to find a solution to the Twin Martial Souls problem and has already exploded to death. The other one is me! I am also the first person in history to solve the problem of Twin Martial Souls."

Ling Yu revealed a perfectly timed look of disbelief. "Teacher, are you saying that you are also a Twin Martial Soul possessor?"

"That's right. That is why I said that if your talent were in any other faction outside, not only would it fail to develop, but the conflict between your Martial Souls could even lead to your death. But it is different here with me. I have already found a solution for Twin Martial Souls!"

This time, Ling Yu was genuinely shocked. Though he had watched some videos about Douluo Continent and knew that both Bibi Dong and Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, he had not known that Bibi Dong was the one who had found the solution to the problem.

At that thought, he felt heartfelt joy once again over his decision to join Spirit Hall.

Outside, not only would he be unable to eat such nourishing Soul Beast ingredients, he would not experience this cultivation method enhanced by the training room's gravity, nor would he have access to such obviously invaluable medicinal baths. Not to mention the dense, special Soul Power here, as well as his teacher's understanding of Twin Martial Souls.

All of this could only be provided to him at once by Spirit Hall.

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