Bronze Awakening of the Body Martial Soul, Lu Xiao Plots Against Da Ming and Er Ming

Behind Notting Academy, amid leafy woods and a gentle breeze, all was quiet and deserted.

Du Busi landed lightly and set Lu Xiao down in a flat clearing.

Looking at Lu Xiao, he began, "Xiao'er, humans are the primates of all creation and retain the wisdom of the gods. Among humanity, those who retain not only wisdom but also some of the gods' power are known as the Divine Favored Clan."

"Ordinary tool martial souls and beast martial souls merely borrow the power of living creatures and objects, relying on external things. Before their cultivation reaches its peak, their foundations are shallow."

"Only the Body Martial Soul takes root in one's own flesh, bones, and meridians. It is humanity's most fundamental divine-favored power. It borrows neither heaven nor earth and relies on nothing in creation. One's own body becomes the martial soul, and one's flesh becomes a world. That is the wonder of the Body Martial Soul!"

"You possess the most perfect Body Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power. You are a genius the Body Sect sees only once in ten thousand years."

Du Busi rubbed Lu Xiao's head and said gravely, "But a child's meridians are narrow and clogged, their channels stiff and blocked, their flesh bound by countless shackles. If you cultivate according to the usual methods of Soul Masters, your Soul Power will flow sluggishly, wasting your supreme talent for nothing."

As he spoke, he raised a hand and gestured for Lu Xiao to sit cross-legged atop a bluestone, with his back straight and his palms, soles, and crown facing heaven.

"Hold your breath and focus! Do not resist!"

Lu Xiao did as instructed, closing his eyes and focusing his mind. He completely relaxed his body and placed his full trust in the master before him.

The next second, Du Busi slowly raised the hands behind his back, and his black robe stirred despite the lack of wind.

A massive green crystal flickered in and out of view at his dantian. Milky-white Soul Power, condensed into tangible form, slowly flowed forth.

This power was gentle and rich, pure and flawless, carrying not the slightest hint of murderous ferocity.

"Enter the body!"

With a low shout, two streams of Soul Power struck Lu Xiao's Jianjing acupoints on his shoulders with precision and bored through his flesh into his body.

In an instant, Lu Xiao felt two currents of heat explode within him, racing through the meridians from his shoulders.

At first, the warmth was gentle, like soaking in hot water.

But a moment later, the warm currents abruptly became vast and fierce, like raging rivers crashing violently against the walls of his originally narrow, rigid meridians!

"Urgh—!"

Excruciating pain swept through his entire body. The veins at Lu Xiao's temples bulged instantly, while fine cold sweat soaked his forehead.

Du Busi's expression remained stern as he warned, "Endure it! If you cannot withstand even this much pain, how will you roam the continent in the future?!"

Lu Xiao gritted his teeth as impurities accumulated in his blood and filth gathered within his young body slowly seeped out through his pores.

Hidden meridians that ordinary Soul Masters could never touch in their lifetimes were broken open, connected, and widened one by one by Du Busi's Soul Power.

Lu Xiao's entire body trembled faintly, his fingertips curling slightly. His face was pale, but he never let out a muffled groan.

At that moment, his eyes were tightly shut, and his will was like a lone boat amid towering waves, ready to shatter at any moment!

At the same time, Lu Xiao's newly awakened Body Martial Soul autonomously possessed him, and a faint Bronze radiance spread outward from within his body!

The scattered elemental energy of heaven and earth in the surroundings converged wildly, pouring into Lu Xiao through his newly opened meridians. A cool sensation swept through his entire body, easing his pain.

A flash of astonishment crossed Du Busi's eyes. "Excellent! Hold on! Just one last step!"

As he spoke, that stream of core Soul Power rushed straight into Lu Xiao's lower dantian, forcibly expanding his small sea of qi and increasing its capacity severalfold!

The Bronze radiance around Lu Xiao flared brilliantly, gathering behind him into a blurry humanoid phantom.

Half an incense stick later.

The phantom behind Lu Xiao completely merged into his body.

Du Busi slowly withdrew his hands and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, his face full of exhaustion.

Even he found it taxing to use his Soul Core to open all the meridians of a six-year-old child.

Not only had it consumed an enormous amount of his spiritual power, but more than half of his own Soul Power had also been expended!

Fortunately, it had all been worth it!

Lu Xiao slowly opened his eyes, and a tremor of Soul Power shook the foul black grime from the surface of his body.

At that moment, the skin all over his body was lustrous and translucent. His aura was restrained yet profound, while the elemental energy of heaven and earth flowed into him on its own, circulating through his widened meridians before being purified and refined.

Joy flashed in his eyes. He felt incomparably light, all the stagnation throughout his body gone, leaving him utterly refreshed.

"Thank you, Master—"

Before Lu Xiao could finish, Du Busi kicked him into the nearby stream.

Splash!

The crisp sound of water echoed through the woods.

"Wash yourself clean before coming back!"

As he spoke, Du Busi's gaze shifted slightly, as though he had sensed something.

The next second, he vanished from where he stood.

Lu Xiao froze in the stream. Lowering his head to look at his clothes covered in black grime, he caught a pungent stench and could not help revealing a look of disgust.

"You could have gone a little easier!"

He glared irritably in the direction Du Busi had disappeared, then began carefully washing himself.

Half an hour later.

Lu Xiao climbed out of the stream in his dripping-wet clothes. At that very moment, Du Busi's booming voice came from afar. "Disciple, guess what good thing your master brought back for you!"

Following the voice, Lu Xiao saw Du Busi flying toward him with something in his right hand.

Within a few breaths, Du Busi landed before Lu Xiao.

Only then did Lu Xiao see what exactly the "thing" in Du Busi's hand was.

More accurately, it was a delicate young girl. Her pretty face was fair with a rosy glow, tender as a ripe peach that seemed as though water could be squeezed from it.

However, the girl's eyes were currently filled with panic and despair.

Lu Xiao shot Du Busi a disdainful look and said, "Master, our Body Sect may be short on members, but there is no need to do this sort of thing, right? Do you still want to keep that old face of yours—"

Before Lu Xiao could finish, Du Busi knocked him on the head with a fist and snapped, "What are you thinking?! This is not a human!"

"Hiss—"

Rubbing his head, Lu Xiao seemed to realize something and cried out, "A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form!"

"Mhm!"

Du Busi nodded in satisfaction and placed the "thing" in his hand on the ground.

Lu Xiao examined the girl, whose acupoints had been sealed by Du Busi's Soul Power, and thought to himself, At Notting Academy, who else could it be besides Xiao Wu, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form?

Still, keeping Xiao Wu might not be a bad idea. After all, Soft Bone Rabbits were far too weak, but the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts behind her were perfectly suited to a Body Martial Soul...

Thinking this, he turned to Du Busi and said helplessly, "Master, I cannot absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring yet..."

"Of course I know that. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast taking human form is an opportunity that cannot be sought!"

Du Busi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the immobile Xiao Wu as he said calmly, "She is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form. If we hunt her, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone will certainly appear!"

"I do not lack soul bones! Once your cultivation reaches Soul Sage, kill her and take her soul ring and soul bone!"

Xiao Wu's soul trembled as she looked despairingly at the master and disciple before her.

As a soul beast, she naturally knew what fate awaited her after falling into the hands of human Soul Masters. Yet at this moment, she could not even kill herself.

Lu Xiao shook his head and said, "I want to keep her by my side!"

Du Busi looked at Lu Xiao in confusion.

"A Soft Bone Rabbit is too weak. Even if it has grown into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, its foundation is still somewhat lacking!"

Lu Xiao changed the subject and lowered his voice. "Master, have you ever considered how a weak Soft Bone Rabbit could grow into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"

At those words, a sharp glint flashed through Du Busi's eyes. "You mean..."

He did not say the rest, but master and disciple already understood each other perfectly.

Lu Xiao nodded and smiled. "Master, what do you think of my proposal?"

"Hahaha!"

Du Busi slapped a large hand onto Lu Xiao's shoulder and said excitedly, "Do as you wish with this matter!"

Then, with a flick of his finger, he shot two streams of Soul Power through the air and released some of Xiao Wu's acupoints. He then looked at Lu Xiao and said, "I'll leave the rest to you!"