Lingming Stone Monkey, Xiao Wu's Embarrassment

In the student dormitory.

Bai Yi lay on his bed, deep in thought.

According to the terminology here, the Lingming Stone Monkey was a beast martial soul, while the Golden Cudgel was a tool martial soul. Together, they counted as Twin Martial Souls.

But no matter how he looked at it, what he possessed in this life was clearly the template of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven from Journey to the West.

At the same time, he had been born without Soul Power in this world.

Yet what he cultivated was the technique Bodhi Patriarch had taught Sun Wukong.

The Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art!

It could seize the creations of heaven and earth and penetrate the mysteries of the sun and moon.

The mana cultivated through this art could easily simulate this world's system.

It could even be used to learn and cast the spells and divine abilities of the Journey to the West world.

One had to know that even a mere shrimp soldier or crab general in Journey to the West was an immortal.

Crushing the continent's peak combatants, the Titled Douluo, would be effortless.

Once the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art was cultivated to mastery, one could obtain the "Flawless Immortal Body," achieving eternal youth and immortality.

By then, with divine abilities such as Three Heads and Six Arms, Seventy-Two Transformations, and Heavenly Law, Earthly Form—even Asura God, Sea God, or God of Destruction—

None of them would be able to withstand a single strike of his Golden Cudgel.

He only needed to cultivate step by step to reach the pinnacle of this world.

The only troublesome part was that this immortal art cultivated far too slowly. The Soul Power Level it simulated was only level three.

The mana in his body was pitifully scarce.

He would have to keep a low profile for a while.

Once he reached level ten, perhaps he could try learning a divine ability or spell.

"Hey, hey, were you the one who beat up Tang San?"

A crisp voice interrupted Bai Yi's thoughts.

Bai Yi turned his head and looked over.

A delicate little girl with a scorpion-tail braid was staring at him curiously.

Wasn't this Xiao Wu, the female lead of Soul Land?

Boys and girls lived together in the first Soul Land... and they still lived together in the second. As expected of Tang God King.

But Bai Yi had no interest in little girls. He yawned. "What, are you here to avenge him?"

Xiao Wu smiled softly. "Of course not. But everyone who comes to Dorm Seven has to fight the boss. And I'm the boss here—Xiao Wu. Wu as in dancing."

Bai Yi sat on the bed and picked at his ear. "Fine."

Xiao Wu struck a pose and lifted her chin. "Hmph, you haven't even told me your name. If you lose, you'll have to call me Sister Xiao Wu from now on."

Bai Yi casually raised a hand. The Golden Cudgel in his hand instantly whipped across Xiao Wu's waist.

"Ah!"

With a cry of pain, Xiao Wu was sent flying by the staff.

After a while, she finally stood up while clutching her waist. Tears lingered at the corners of her eyes as she glared angrily at Bai Yi.

"That hurt so much! Why did you hit me so hard, you jerk?!"

Bai Yi ignored her and sat cross-legged, beginning to cultivate the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art.

Seeing that Bai Yi did not react, Xiao Wu puffed out her cheeks and ran over to bother him.

"Hey, I asked for your name, and you still won't tell me!"

"You hurt my waist. Rub it for me!"

"It hurts so much! I don't care, I'm going to lie on your bed!"

Several months passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside a Soul Hunting Forest somewhere in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Bai Yi walked through the forest with his eyes closed.

He was testing the innate talents of his Lingming Stone Monkey.

"Understand transformations, discern the seasons, know the terrain, shift stars and move constellations."

Discern the seasons: He could keenly sense changes in the heavens and perceive the course of fate, tempering his combat instincts and predictive ability so that he could anticipate his enemies' moves.

Know the terrain: He understood his surroundings completely and could make use of the terrain's advantages. In any environment, he could swiftly adapt and seize favorable ground.

Over the past few months, he had often gone out in search of forests inhabited by soul beasts.

It was to quickly awaken his talents.

At the same time, once he reached level ten, he wanted the Lingming Stone Monkey martial soul to gain its first golden soul ring.

[Nine Trials of Heaven-Equal]

[First Trial Activated · Black Bear Spirit of Black Wind Mountain: Defeat and kill a Black Gold Mysterious Armor Bear over two thousand years old head-on.]

[Reward: The Lingming Stone Monkey gains a million-year soul ring. Divine abilities unlocked: Copper Head and Iron Arms, Body Outside Body Technique.]

His other martial soul, the Golden Cudgel, had completely integrated into the Soul Land system and required killing soul beasts to obtain soul rings.

So Bai Yi's main purpose this time was still to acquire a soul ring for the Golden Cudgel.

To experience life in a lower realm.

After a while.

Bai Yi opened his eyes and said, "Come out. If you keep following me in secret, I'll whip you with my staff."

The moment he finished speaking, a girl with rabbit ears behind a large tree quickly covered her butt with both hands. Her little face reddened, as though she had recalled some unpleasant memory.

Xiao Wu poked her head out and stared at him with wide eyes. "Bai Yi, this is just a coincidence. I was only passing by."

Bai Yi turned around and looked at her calmly. "Why have you been following me? It's not like I have anything for you to gnaw on."

Over the past few months, instead of properly being the female lead, this rabbit kept bothering him. He had taught her a lesson more than once.

Yet she still kept following him tirelessly.

She was just as annoying as when she had still been a rabbit.

Xiao Wu blinked and said, "I feel something familiar about you, like an old friend I used to know."

Then Xiao Wu slowly approached Bai Yi, keeping an eye on his hands.

She was afraid that if she said the wrong thing, he would pull out his staff and hit her again.

Seeing that Bai Yi did not react, she leaned closer and sniffed him lightly. "And you smell so nice."

Nice?

Could it be that the mana refined by the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art had attracted her?

It might also have been because of his Lingming Stone Monkey.

It seemed that creatures from lower realms had an instinctive longing for things from higher realms.

But only soul beasts with keen senses of smell could detect it.

Solving this would be simple. Once he became familiar with the Seventy-Two Transformations, he could easily conceal his aura.

After thinking it over, Bai Yi could not be bothered to keep pretending and simply came clean.

A golden-furred monkey tail extended from behind Bai Yi.

Xiao Wu opened her little mouth in surprise as she watched the tail slowly approach her.

Then it flicked her forehead with a snap.

"Ugh, that hurts! Why are you hitting me again?"

Xiao Wu immediately crouched down, clutching her forehead.

Bai Yi's hair turned golden, and golden fur slowly grew over his arms.

"We were indeed familiar before, but you didn't know it. Instead, you kept disturbing my sleep."

"What do you mean?"

Xiao Wu raised her head in confusion. Seeing Bai Yi's appearance, she asked in surprise, "Bai Yi, is this your second martial soul?"

Bai Yi moved his tail and said, "You can think of it that way, but this is also my true body."

"True body? Bai Yi, are you a soul beast in human form too?!"

Xiao Wu's tone rose, and she was clearly much more excited.

Bai Yi answered, "To be precise, I used to be a stone."

Xiao Wu tilted her head in confusion. "A stone? Bai Yi, aren't you obviously a golden monkey?"

"I am indeed a monkey, but I burst out of a stone a month ago," Bai Yi slowly explained.

"Before that, I had always been a stone in the Star Dou Great Forest—a stone that had existed for who knew how many years."

"And you knew me very well, because you and your mother often slept on top of my nest, you stupid rabbit."

"A... a stone?!"

Upon hearing Bai Yi's words, Xiao Wu was first shocked, then she remembered.

There really had been a huge stone in the center of the forest that could neither be damaged nor moved, no matter what happened...

Suddenly, Xiao Wu's face turned bright red. She covered her face with both hands, and both rabbit ears stood straight up.

She abruptly turned around.

Ahhh—how embarrassing!

The reason for her reaction was that when Xiao Wu had still been a rabbit and had yet to gain intelligence, she would always go through a certain special physiological period.

But her mother would restrict her movements and prevent her from coming into contact with any soul beast.

During that time, she had basically spent it in front of that stone.

Sometimes, she had even slept on top of it!