How Bold!

Only fifteen minutes had passed.

Jiang Mu finished cultivating.

[Huo Yuhao, Soul Master, Killing Intent Index 99%, Remaining Health: 10.]

The revenge activation switch had been turned off.

"There's actually martial soul origin?"

He slowly opened his eyes, looked at the extra drop of essence blood in the system space, and muttered quietly.

"Is it because Huo Yuhao has a body martial soul?"

Jiang Mu stroked his chin as he thought.

Compared to Xu Sanshi's Xuanwu bloodline, Bei Bei's Golden Holy Dragon bloodline, or Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, what he had drawn from Huo Yuhao was actually origin essence blood from the Spirit Eyes martial soul.

"Since this essentially counts as a body martial soul, can it help purify my body martial soul?"

If he could use someone else's origin to cultivate his own body martial soul, could he directly reach a second awakening?

The level was a little low, though. He had only drawn three drops of essence blood.

There was only one drop of origin essence blood. If he could only draw one drop at a time, that was a little slow, wasn't it?

As he pondered, Jiang Mu shifted from his cross-legged sitting posture to lying down. He lay on his back, changing positions more and more as he thought, utterly casual.

"I'll try it first."

A guess was still only a guess. He slowly changed positions again, sat back up, and began refining it, deciding to first see the effects of refining this drop of martial soul origin essence blood.

The martial soul origin energy entered his body.

Jiang Mu could feel the martial soul energy being infused into his hands, evolving them and removing the impurities within.

So it really worked.

As long as the impurities were removed, it was effectively an increase in quality. Perhaps he could even directly undergo a second awakening.

No amount of painstaking cultivation could compare to the solid gains of adding points through the system.

There was not much in a single drop of origin essence blood. By the time Jiang Mu finished thinking, he had also finished refining it, and its future use had become clear to him.

Jiang Mu looked at his hands and clenched them again.

Creak, creak!

"Not bad. I can indeed feel the increase in strength. If I absorb a little more, then according to my reasoning, a second evolution definitely won't be a problem."

His hands transformed into jade, and he knocked them against each other. He could feel the increase in strength, the improvement in quality.

"Little Mu~"

While he was still lost in thought, a seductive voice suddenly came from beside him.

He looked up and met Tang Ya's gaze. Her eyes were filled with excitement and joy.

It seemed she had gained something.

"I can feel it. The quality of my martial soul has improved so much. If I refine some more, it will definitely evolve."

"Thank you, truly, thank you."

The excited Tang Ya jumped straight off the bed.

Thump!

A heavy embrace wrapped around him. Her body fragrance instantly drifted to Jiang Mu's nose, along with the softness of her figure pressing against him.

"Uh, no need to get so excited."

"Ha~"

Jiang Mu was about to say a few polite words when, the next second, his earlobe was directly bitten.

"Ha~ Thank you for letting me see the truth of the Tang Sect and for helping my martial soul evolve."

She held it tightly between her lips. He could feel the softness of Tang Ya's lips, and the atmosphere between them grew increasingly heated.

Their relationship was gradually drawing closer.

"Little Mu~ How do you want me to repay you?"

Tang Ya did not move away. Instead, she seductively pressed herself to Jiang Mu's ear and blew a warm breath against it.

"Marry yourself to me?"

Jiang Mu did not shrink back from the scene. Instead, he took the initiative to hold her and let Tang Ya lie across his lap.

"What do you think?"

Seeing that the blushing Tang Ya said nothing, Jiang Mu raised his hand and stroked her lips. They were very soft.

Though she was blushing, she did not dodge. As he gently rubbed her lips, Tang Ya nodded.

"Alright, but you can't eat me now. You have to wait until I've taken my revenge."

"Of course."

Jiang Mu was not so desperate that he had to take her right then and there.

Only after hearing his agreement did Tang Ya breathe a sigh of relief. She had been afraid Jiang Mu would take her on the spot.

Tang Ya slowly came back to herself. Looking at Jiang Mu, who had helped her see reality clearly and aided her martial soul's evolution, her relieved gaze became complicated once more.

"Although we can't take the final step, kissing is fine."

No sooner had Jiang Mu heard that than his lips softened. He did not even need to collect himself; the delicate fragrance at the tip of his nose proved that she had kissed him.

Mwah, mwah~!

At the same time, inside the Golden Tree in Shrek Academy's inner court.

Bei Bei, who had just finished being examined, suddenly shuddered.

"Hiss~"

He sucked in a cold breath. His heart pounded wildly, as though something had happened.

"What's wrong, Bei Bei?"

Mu En, who had temporarily relaxed after finding nothing wrong during the examination, became tense again when he saw Bei Bei like this.

"N-Nothing."

After coming back to his senses, Bei Bei quickly waved his hand in denial. That troubled expression was only because he had something on his mind.

He wanted to see Tang Ya and persuade her to let him explain what had happened.

"You're carrying such heavy thoughts. You don't look like you're fine. What's wrong? Did something happen? Why not tell me?"

Mu En did not pay attention to the unconscious Huo Yuhao. Instead, he continued questioning his great-grandson.

"..."

Bei Bei bit his lip, but in the end, he did not say anything.

And not answering was the best answer. Watching the scene before him, Mu En suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, right. Doesn't Tang Ya, the Tang Sect's sect master, usually go everywhere with you? Why did you specifically split up today? She seemed to have followed another male student into the freshmen dormitory!"

"Was she busy taking care of a relative?"

That was what he said, but the smile on his face made it clear that he had already guessed most of it.

Though his eyes were narrowed into slits, he was not blind. Tang Ya's expression and gaze had practically stuck to Jiang Mu.

There was clearly some special meaning there.

Had his great-grandson been cuckolded?

Impossible. They had not even confirmed their relationship, so what was there to call cuckolding?

Did Mu En want to comfort him?

Of course not...

He was even rather grateful.

It saved him a lot of trouble.

Besides, it was not as if Bei Bei had no one else. Mu En had prepared a child bride for him: talented, beautiful, utterly devoted, and loyal.

At least in Mu En's eyes, that child bride was five hundred thousand streets ahead of Tang Ya.

It was excellent that they could cut ties now.

"No, it's just a small misunderstanding. I'll go explain it tomorrow."

Bei Bei shook his head, still somewhat unwilling to let go.

But the more he thought about it, the harder his heart pounded. It was already too late to explain; there was not enough time.

That was what his heart was telling him.

His reaction was far too intense. How could Mu En possibly pretend not to see it? A person's state of mind could be triggered when absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

He still needed to explain things early. Otherwise, if he failed to absorb the ten-thousand-year soul ring, it would be utterly humiliating for Mu En's great-grandson.

Yet he could not make it too obvious, so he changed the subject.

"Hehe, a small misunderstanding wouldn't leave you so silent. You can tell me. I can offer you another way to understand things and help ease your mind. No need to be so upset."

Bei Bei gritted his teeth. After remaining silent for a long time, he finally spoke.