Humanoid Auspicious Beast Huo Yuhao, Life-Doubting Xiao Hongchen

Xiao Hongchen was dumbfounded.

After seeing Meng Hongchen's martial soul evolve into Ultimate Ice, his first thought was not that she had encountered some extraordinary opportunity. Instead, he thought he was hallucinating—perhaps he had gotten up too abruptly that morning and was still mentally dazed.

To prove that he was hallucinating, Xiao Hongchen immediately decided to have Meng Hongchen freeze him. He wanted to personally verify whether this really was Ultimate Ice.

Meng Hongchen did not hesitate in the slightest at his request. As though afraid he might regret it, she immediately unleashed Ultimate Ice. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Hongchen became an ice sculpture.

It glittered beneath the sunlight, radiating a dazzling glow.

What pleased Meng Hongchen was that she had finally experienced what it felt like to show off before others.

When Huo Yuhao saw her freeze Xiao Hongchen into an ice sculpture with a single move, his eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief and the look of someone questioning his entire life.

At the same time, the Diary Copy in her mind began to pulse frantically.

My God! What is going on? Why did Meng Hongchen's martial soul become Ultimate Ice? If I remember correctly, Meng Hongchen's martial soul is the Jade Sunny Ice Toad. Unlike the Ice Jade Scorpion, the Jade Sunny Ice Toad did not abandon poison to elevate its ice attribute to the ultimate level. Yet Meng Hongchen's Jade Sunny Ice Toad not only possesses Ultimate Ice now, it even retains compatibility with the poison attribute. What the hell is this?!

Could this fucking be another change brought about by me, the Child of Destiny? I do not even have my Second Martial Soul yet, but Meng Hongchen's martial soul has already advanced to Ultimate Ice? Can getting close to me, the Child of Destiny, also earn one the favor of the Plane Will? So Di Qiu'er is the Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, while I am the auspicious person of the entire Douluo Continent?

Reading the contents of the Diary Copy, Meng Hongchen nearly burst out laughing. She forcibly suppressed her delight and looked smugly at Huo Yuhao as she asked,

"How was that, Yuhao? My Ultimate Ice is pretty good, right?"

Huo Yuhao swallowed in shock, then gave her a thumbs-up in praise.

"It's incredibly powerful, Senior Sister Meng! But is it really okay to leave Xiao Hongchen frozen like that?"

"Ah!"

Coming to her senses, Meng Hongchen cried out and hurriedly dispelled the solid ice covering Xiao Hongchen's entire body, completely failing to notice anything unusual in Huo Yuhao's reaction.

After Xiao Hongchen stepped out of the ice sculpture, he could not stop shivering as he looked at Meng Hongchen. Even his lips trembled—half from the cold, and half from anger.

"Meng! You're really so good to your brother!"

Meng Hongchen stuck out her tongue and said apologetically,

"I didn't do it on purpose. Don't be mad, Xiao."

Xiao Hongchen kept taking deep breaths and stood beneath the sunlight, using its warmth to ease the chill throughout his body. At the same time, he could not help asking Meng Hongchen,

"Meng, what exactly happened to you? Why did your martial soul suddenly become Ultimate Ice? That shouldn't be possible!"

Seeing the confusion and bewilderment on Xiao Hongchen's face, Meng Hongchen shook her head.

"I don't know what happened either, but I feel like my martial soul's evolution into Ultimate Ice might be related to Yuhao. Whenever I spent time with him before, I always felt comfortable in both body and mind. Even my martial soul seemed to undergo faint changes, but I never paid much attention to it. Then yesterday, I suddenly discovered that my martial soul had somehow turned into Ultimate Ice, and its poison attribute had not disappeared either!"

After hearing that, Xiao Hongchen froze briefly. Then, disregarding the cold still clinging to his body, he instantly rushed before Huo Yuhao, grabbed his arm tightly, and shouted,

"Yuhao, Yuhao! Consider it your brother begging you—make my martial soul evolve like Meng's too! I also want to experience what kind of changes an ultimate attribute can bring!"

"No! Brother! I'll call you brother! As long as you can make my martial soul evolve like Meng's, you'll be my Brother Hao from now on!"

Huo Yuhao was caught completely off guard by Xiao Hongchen's behavior. He could neither laugh nor cry as he said,

"Don't be like this, Senior Xiao. I have no idea what is going on. How could Senior Sister Meng's martial soul evolution possibly have anything to do with me?"

Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen lifted his head and eyed Huo Yuhao suspiciously, but he found nothing unusual in his expression. Thinking carefully, aside from Huo Yuhao's extraordinary talent as both a soul master and Soul Engineer, his godlike Mental Detection and Sharing, and the self-discipline that even Xiao Hongchen found difficult to match, there did not seem to be anything particularly special about him.

Spending time with Huo Yuhao could cause one's martial soul to mutate?

Ever since Huo Yuhao had arrived at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Xiao Hongchen had been the person who spent the most time with him. Yet he had never felt anything like that!

Could this kind of martial soul mutation actually discriminate based on gender?

Xiao Hongchen could not understand why this was happening. While he was busy questioning his life, Meng Hongchen ignored him and instead looked at Huo Yuhao with a smile.

"Let's go, Yuhao. I'll take you to find a soul beast suitable for you!"

Naturally, Huo Yuhao did not refuse. Of course, to make himself appear more normal, he still recorded it in the Diary.

This is bad. I really have become an auspicious person!

Meng Hongchen actually said that her Jade Sunny Ice Toad evolved into Ultimate Ice because of her contact with me! She said that whenever she was with me, not only did she feel comfortable in body and mind, but even her martial soul would subtly change?

I only knew that Auspicious Beast Lady Di Qiu'er could speed up the cultivation of those soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and raise the chances of Ferocious Beasts succeeding when crossing their tribulations. But spending more time in contact with me, the Child of Destiny, can apparently also bring about such miraculous changes?

If the people of Star Luo, Heaven Soul, and the Dou Ling Empire found out about this, would they not try everything possible to kidnap me to their countries? Hiss, it looks like I need to keep an even lower profile in the future. I absolutely cannot reveal my identity as the Child of Destiny before others!

After seeing the contents of the Diary Copy, Meng Hongchen felt a little excited. This was the excuse she had worked so hard to come up with.

She had originally been worried that Huo Yuhao would notice something strange, but now it seemed that his identity as the Child of Destiny had provided the perfect cover for her lie!

Hehe, from now on, I can openly use my Jade Sunny Ice Toad, which has risen to the level of Ultimate Ice, in front of everyone!

While Meng Hongchen eagerly pulled Huo Yuhao around in search of soul beasts with spiritual attributes, Xiao Hongchen trailed behind them with vacant eyes. Looking at their backs, he could not help murmuring softly,

"This isn't right. This really isn't right! If spending more time with Yuhao can cause such a beneficial mutation in one's martial soul, why has my Three-legged Golden Toad shown no reaction at all? I'm clearly the greatest genius in the history of the Sun Moon Empire! Why is this happening? Can someone explain it to me?"