Strong Overnight? Don't Ask, Blame the Martial Soul Completion

Improved physical qualities?

That was the effect of the first-grade spiritual item from the Queen's storage ring.

Able to absorb a soul ring of a higher age?

That was groundwork he had laid in advance for challenging a thousand-year soul ring.

With a body strengthened by spiritual medicine, obtaining a thousand-year first soul ring was not mere fantasy.

But saying something like that outright would be far too shocking. He needed to wrap it in a reasonable explanation first.

The changes caused by completing his missing Martial Soul were the perfect cover.

There was no second case like this in the entire world, anyway.

Who could disprove it?

No one could.

She Xian's face was full of a young boy's sincerity.

Inwardly, he had already given his own script a ninety-five out of a hundred. He deducted five points only because he was afraid of becoming arrogant.

After hearing him out, a flicker of interest flashed through Qian Renxue's golden eyes.

A significant improvement in physical qualities? Overnight?

She was half-convinced, half-doubtful.

She rose from behind the desk and strode over to She Xian, her white robes fluttering.

"Hold out your hand."

Her tone was commanding and businesslike.

She Xian obediently extended his right hand.

Qian Renxue's fingers settled on his wrist.

They felt slightly cool.

Though she wore Xue Qinghe's handsome face, her hands could not deceive anyone.

Her fingers were slender and fair, her knuckles delicate, and her skin so smooth there was not a trace of callus.

These were absolutely not a man's hands.

These were Qian Renxue's hands!

Warm soul power slowly entered through her fingertips and gently traveled along She Xian's meridians.

That power was cool and formidable, yet exquisitely restrained. Bit by bit, it scanned his bones, meridians, and muscle fibers.

She Xian felt as if an invisible curtain of light had thoroughly swept over every inch of his body, leaving no blind spots.

Then, Qian Renxue's other hand pressed against his shoulder bone.

Through his clothes, she gently pressed down, testing the hardness of his bones.

Her fingertips slid from his shoulder to his arm, pressing lightly to gauge the springiness of his muscles.

Then they traveled back up to his shoulder blade, pausing briefly near his collarbone to confirm the support of his skeletal frame.

She Xian maintained a docile, respectful expression throughout.

But inwardly, he was screaming complaints.

Teacher, isn't this examination a little too thorough?!

Deep in his mind, Little White's voice drifted out sourly.

"That blonde woman... is touching Husband again."

Medusa Queen's cold voice immediately followed. "Shut up, stupid snake."

One each.

Qian Renxue's hand stopped.

Her golden eyes slowly widened.

She had discovered that She Xian's bone density vastly exceeded the limits of a six-year-old child.

The level of toughness was comparable to that of a Soul Grandmaster who had undergone years of cultivation.

The width and elasticity of his meridians were equally abnormal. They were more than twice as wide as those of children his age, with exceptional resilience.

It was as though they had repeatedly been washed over and expanded by some gentle force.

Though his muscle fibers still had a child's mass,

the explosive power and flexibility contained within them should never have existed in a six-year-old body.

On the way to the Great Rift yesterday, she had held She Xian in her arms herself.

Back then, he had been light as a feather, with a slender frame—the standard build of a six-year-old boy.

One night later, he had become like this?

Qian Renxue withdrew her hand, and the way she looked at She Xian changed.

It was no longer the routine scrutiny of a teacher examining her student.

It was a genius reassessing another genius.

"The density of your bones and the width of your meridians are already comparable to those of a Soul Grandmaster."

"Simply completing the missing part of your Martial Soul can produce changes of this magnitude?"

She Xian had already learned to read Qian Renxue's microexpressions.

When she slowed her speech, it meant she was genuinely shocked.

Thus, his expression revealed just the right trace of bewildered surprise.

"This disciple also finds it unbelievable. But it really did happen overnight."

Qian Renxue watched him, complex light churning in the depths of her beautiful eyes.

Twin Martial Souls—the rarest talent on the Douluo Continent.

If such Martial Souls truly possessed some special mechanism involving incompleteness and completion,

then everything could still be explained.

Qian Renxue did not press him further.

Instead, she made another decision.

She summoned Elder She Long.

Before long, She Long arrived at the study.

After hearing Qian Renxue's brief explanation, the old man's face was filled with enormous suspicion.

His grandson's body had changed drastically overnight?

He had lived for most of his life on the Douluo Continent, yet he had never heard of such a thing.

"Allow this subordinate to examine him."

She Long stepped forward, placing his rough, broad hand on She Xian's shoulder as his soul power entered.

The perception of a level ninety-two Titled Douluo was far beyond Qian Renxue's. His scan was more detailed and penetrated deeper; even minute changes deep within She Xian's bone marrow could not escape his detection.

A few breaths later.

She Long's expression changed layer by layer.

From suspicion, to shock, to utter disbelief.

"This... how is this possible?"

Even his voice trembled.

He had personally examined She Xian when his Martial Soul awakened the day before yesterday.

He had been a perfectly ordinary six-year-old child—soft bones, narrow meridians, the kind who seemed as though he could be crushed with a squeeze.

And now?

His bone hardness had more than doubled.

His meridians had widened by a great deal.

His physical foundation was so solid that it felt utterly unbelievable.

"Xian'er!"

She Long grabbed his grandson's shoulders, his old eyes wide. "What exactly happened? Why has your physical condition improved so much all of a sudden?"

She Xian spread his hands with an innocent expression.

"Grandfather, I don't know either."

"It just happened naturally after my Martial Soul was completed."

He blinked, his tone so sincere it was beyond reproach.

"I'm confused too."

She Long choked.

He wanted to press further, but what could he ask?

There had never been a precedent for Martial Soul completion. Where was he supposed to find anything to compare it to?

He could only turn to Qian Renxue with a bitter smile. "Young Master, this old man cannot make sense of it either. You should decide what to do."

Qian Renxue pondered for a moment and did not investigate further.

Some things would yield no answer no matter how deeply one questioned them.

The atmosphere eased slightly.

She Xian keenly caught the opportunity.

He put away his bewildered look and replaced it with a solemn expression that suggested deep consideration.

"Teacher, Grandfather, this disciple has an idea."

He looked at Qian Renxue, then at She Long.

"With my current physical condition and the foundation of innate full soul power, perhaps my first soul ring can attempt to absorb a thousand-year soul ring."

The study fell silent for a beat.

She Long was the first to explode.

"A thousand-year soul ring?"

His voice instantly rose two octaves.

"Xian'er, have you lost your mind?!"

"Absorbing a thousand-year soul ring as your first soul ring is unheard of!"

"The conventional limit for a first soul ring is four hundred and twenty-three years. Thousand-year soul rings are something to consider for the third or fourth soul ring!"

The more She Long spoke, the more agitated he became, nearly spitting everywhere.

"What if your body cannot withstand it? Do you want your grandfather to bury his own grandson?!"

She Xian remained unhurried.

He knew his grandfather would react this way.

But he also knew that She Long was not the one who truly made the decision.

Sure enough.

Qian Renxue raised her hand.

She Long's voice stopped abruptly.

Before her, a Titled Douluo was as obedient as an elementary school student.

Qian Renxue's golden eyes fell upon She Xian.

Twin Martial Souls, innate full soul power, a physique that had transformed overnight after his Martial Soul was completed, and bones and meridians far beyond those of his peers.

With all those factors combined, absorbing a thousand-year first soul ring no longer sounded quite so absurd.

She watched the white-haired six-year-old boy before her.

This child possessed an unyielding spirit.

It seemed a little familiar to her, like... herself.

"A thousand-year soul ring." Qian Renxue softly repeated it.

She did not reject it.

Nor did she approve it.

She Long's heart rose to his throat.

Qian Renxue's gaze flickered. It had been a long time since anyone had made her feel intrigued.

"We'll discuss this once we reach the Soul Hunting Forest."

Her tone brooked no argument.

She Xian lowered his head slightly.

Not rejecting it was the best answer he could have received.

He bowed. "This disciple thanks Teacher."

Qian Renxue picked up her vermilion brush again without looking up.

"Go back and prepare. We will head out to hunt soul beasts tomorrow."