Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Fight (Please Bookmark, Please Recommend)

"Mm..."

A very cold person.

That was Jiang Bai's assessment of his roommate. The guy seemed to dislike talking.

His roommate was called Lu Jia. His Martial Soul was a tiger, and he was a Two-Ring Battle Soul Master.

Lu Jia didn't like talking, and Jiang Bai wasn't much of a talker either.

When Jiang Bai headed out for breakfast, he saw two people on the open grounds.

Is this it? Is the plot starting?

So this was Wang Dong? She really was pretty.

That morning, after hearing the long list of rules Wang Dong had laid down, Huo Yuhao chose to fight.

Quite a few people had gathered to watch. Jiang Bai glanced toward the old man nearby and walked over.

"A Ten-Year Soul Ring? I could thrash you without even using my Martial Soul."

As soon as he arrived, Jiang Bai heard Wang Dong mocking Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring and watched the spectacle from the side.

"Old man, why are Soul Rings so obvious? Do they have to be released during battle?"

Hearing the question, the old man gave Jiang Bai a strange look.

That was actually quite an interesting question.

"If Soul Rings were suppressed inside the body during battle, Soul Masters would probably feel restrained, wouldn't they?"

That was how the old man answered. He didn't seem to have thought deeply about the question.

"Can't they be less conspicuous? They feel so flashy."

That seemed true enough. The old man chuckled inwardly, recalling how flamboyant he had been after obtaining his own Soul Rings.

In the battle ahead, Huo Yuhao won with overwhelming force.

Wang Dong watched Huo Yuhao leave, clearly indignant.

"He's obviously just a one-ring guy. Damn it~"

Sensing someone's gaze, Wang Dong looked up and met Jiang Bai's eyes at once.

"She's looking over here. Old man, help block me."

Jiang Bai shrank behind the old man.

Seeing Jiang Bai like that, the old man smiled. "I don't think you're any weaker than her."

"Why fight when there's nothing better to do? I'd rather sit in the sun with you, old man."

With that, Jiang Bai left. He still needed breakfast.

After eating, Jiang Bai asked Yuhao to come out.

"What do you think of your new roommate?"

"..."

Huo Yuhao didn't know what to say. He wanted to curse. The guy had laid down all those rules right from the start, without taking him seriously at all.

"Develop your soul skills properly, but don't forget to train your body as well."

Jiang Bai reminded him, then began analyzing that morning's battle.

"You could've avoided many of those attacks, but your body couldn't keep up. Your awareness and your body don't match. If you can achieve Unity of Body and Mind, you could easily thrash that guy if he doesn't use his Martial Soul."

"Unity of Body and Mind?"

"A kind of realm. You'll come to understand it slowly in the future."

After that, Jiang Bai didn't continue bothering Huo Yuhao. He simply carried Xue Ying around the campus.

When he reached the school gate, a soft, sweet voice asked from behind him, "Excuse me, where do I register?"

Jiang Bai turned around and immediately recognized the person before him—the Twin Martial Souls genius, Xiao Xiao.

As for why he recognized her?

Because there seemed to be only one little girl in the academy?

Everyone else had the build of young women, and there were plenty of mature beauties too. Come to think of it, was there only one little girl in the second part of Douluo?

"M-My name is Xiao Xiao."

Xiao Xiao looked at Jiang Bai's face and thought he was incredibly handsome.

Then Xiao Xiao saw Xue Ying in Jiang Bai's arms.

Wow, wow, wow! So cute!

"My name is Jiang Bai. I'm a new student too. Registration is over there. I'll take you."

He had nothing else to do, so taking Xiao Xiao to register wasn't a bad idea. Idle was idle.

"Thank you."

Following behind Jiang Bai, Xiao Xiao couldn't see Xue Ying, so she quietly moved to Jiang Bai's side.

What a cute Soul Beast!

Noticing Xiao Xiao's gaze, Xue Ying hid inside Jiang Bai's collar.

"Eek, eek, eek!"

"She's a little shy."

"Oh, okay."

Looking at the bashful Xue Ying, Xiao Xiao found her even cuter!

After registering and paying the registration fee, Jiang Bai took Xiao Xiao to check the class list.

"Class One? Jiang Bai, what class are you in?"

"Class Nine."

"Oh, okay."

On the way to the dormitory—

"What kind of Soul Beast is this?"

As they walked, Xiao Xiao couldn't help asking, "I want to raise one too."

"She isn't a Soul Beast. She's my Martial Soul."

"A Martial Soul?!"

Hearing that it was a Martial Soul, Xiao Xiao was even more shocked. It was her first time seeing a living Martial Soul. What kind of Martial Soul was that supposed to be?

"What kind of Martial Soul is this? A Beast Martial Soul?"

Detached Martial Souls were far too rare. Ordinary academies wouldn't teach about them.

"A Detached Martial Soul. They're indeed rare—perhaps only a little less rare than Twin Martial Souls."

At the mention of Twin Martial Souls, Xiao Xiao paused.

"Then it really is rare."

"But it's a little better than Twin Martial Souls," Jiang Bai said.

"What?"

Xiao Xiao grew curious. Why was it better than Twin Martial Souls?

"You won't explode when adding new Soul Rings. Twin Martial Souls are far more likely to cause the body to explode."

!!!

Hearing that, Xiao Xiao's face turned pale.

Adding Soul Rings to Twin Martial Souls could make her body explode!

"W-Why?"

"If you add Soul Rings to both Martial Souls at the same time, wouldn't the Soul Master explode if they couldn't endure it? I don't know either."

Jiang Bai didn't know much about Twin Martial Souls.

"Is it really that terrifying?"

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao couldn't help worrying about herself.

"More or less. I don't know either."

Jiang Bai waved his hand. The exploding-body thing was mainly to scare Xiao Xiao, so she wouldn't be like in the original story and directly attach Soul Rings to her second Martial Soul. That would be a complete waste of talent.

"But you can ask some teachers. The chance of Twin Martial Souls causing the body to explode really is higher than for ordinary Soul Masters."

"Right, old man?"

The two had already entered the old man's sensing range. Jiang Bai asked loudly enough that the old man naturally heard him.

The old man opened his eyes helplessly, already regretting praising him too soon yesterday.

"The chance of Twin Martial Souls causing the body to explode is indeed very high, but that only happens when they're cultivated improperly. With proper cultivation, the minimum is becoming a Titled Douluo."

With Twin Martial Souls, as long as one cultivated properly and survived, one would definitely become a Titled Douluo.

"A Titled Douluo?"

Hearing the old man say she would definitely become a Titled Douluo, Xiao Xiao found it hard to believe. Was that really true?

"Twin Martial Souls and all that are just empty talk. Who knows how long it's been since one appeared? If a Twin Martial Souls genius came to Shrek, Shrek might even put them on a pedestal."

Jiang Bai said it indifferently, completely ignoring the old man beside him.

When he heard the phrase "put them on a pedestal," the old man's lips twitched involuntarily. But if a Twin Martial Souls genius really came... that wouldn't be impossible.

If, while he was still alive, he could see someone at Shrek cultivate Twin Martial Souls to the rank of Soul Douluo, he would truly help them hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

The creatures in the Star Dou Great Forest were difficult to kill, but couldn't they simply choose one from elsewhere, or from the ocean?

"Alright, you should head back to your dormitory first. I need to go back too."

"Okay."

The two left, leaving only the old man outside to bask in the sun.