Xia Yu, We've Been Waiting for You

"All right, you two can stop flirting now!"

After giving Xia Yu and Meng Hongchen enough time to interact, Jing Hongchen interjected at just the right moment.

In truth, he was no less excited than Meng Hongchen.

After all, this was an unprecedented Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique.

But as the master of Virtue Hall and an elder to both Xia Yu and Meng Hongchen, he certainly could not display his excitement so openly.

Jing Hongchen had his pride, too. He had to maintain an unfathomable expression.

"Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

Hearing Jing Hongchen's words, Meng Hongchen became even more embarrassed.

The blush on her cheeks quickly spread to her ears.

Then she shrank her head like a turtle, claiming that she was making room for Jing Hongchen and Xia Yu to talk.

She was all bark and no bite.

"By the way, Xia Yu, how is your Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique? It seems somewhat different from the Martial Soul Fusion Technique used by those two Titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago. Is that all right? And that method of yours..."

Once he began speaking with Xia Yu, Jing Hongchen immediately poured out all his questions.

He had read some records regarding the Martial Soul Fusion Technique involving the Ghost and Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial souls.

Naturally, he also knew how Xia Yu's Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique differed from it.

Jing Hongchen had no idea whether those differences were good or bad, which was why he had asked.

After all, Xia Yu was his hope. Naturally, he did not want anything to go wrong with him.

"Don't worry, old man. There's absolutely nothing wrong with my Martial Soul Fusion Technique."

Xia Yu knew what Jing Hongchen was worried about, so his answer was resolute.

So far, he truly had not found any issues with his Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique.

Besides, no one had ever said that Martial Soul Fusion Techniques performed with the same martial souls had to be exactly identical.

In any case, Xia Yu felt that his current Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique was excellent and perfectly suited his wishes.

He had even given it a resounding name to emphasize its power and prestige—Two Extremes Divine Transformation!

"Whew, it's good that no problems have been found."

After confirming that Xia Yu was not lying and that there truly did not seem to be any issues, Jing Hongchen quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The two then carefully discussed the Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique in greater detail.

Naturally, Xia Yu revealed everything he could, even generously allowing Jing Hongchen to test the basic data of Two Extremes Divine Transformation.

As for things he could not reveal, such as memories from his previous life, he naturally kept those to himself.

"So you completed this Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique by guiding and deepening the origin resonance between your martial souls, using quantitative change to bring about qualitative change."

Through their discussion, Jing Hongchen also learned how Xia Yu had explored his Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique.

Unfortunately, this method simply could not be applied to anyone else.

Just accurately sensing the faint origin resonance between martial souls with spiritual power was beyond the capabilities of ordinary soul masters.

Forget sensing the origin resonance of martial souls—even sensing one's own Martial Soul Origin would stump ninety-five percent of soul masters.

As for things such as guiding the resonance to deepen, those were even more difficult. Only Titled Douluo like Xia Yu, who specialized in spiritual power, could achieve such things.

Originally, Jing Hongchen had planned to apply Xia Yu's experience to other soul masters so they could use Martial Soul Fusion Techniques in pairs as well.

But the difficulty was simply too high, and it was not feasible at all. His plan died before it could even begin.

Still, Jing Hongchen was not disappointed. He had only intended to give it a try.

If it worked, then heaven had blessed him. If it did not, then so be it—he had lost nothing anyway.

"All right, let's go. We'll have a good meal to celebrate!"

After their conversation ended and they briefly gathered and sealed away some information, Jing Hongchen suggested celebrating Xia Yu's accomplishment.

Xia Yu naturally had no objections.

Come to think of it, he had not eaten anything for nearly ten days. This was the perfect chance to have a hearty meal and satisfy his appetite.

Then Xiao Hongchen was dragged out of training and added to the celebration.

Xia Yu felt rather conflicted about Xiao Hongchen, his brother-in-law.

In order to defeat Shrek and Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen had practically gambled away his future.

From Xia Yu's perspective, it certainly was not worth it.

But some things were like that. Other people's opinions did not matter; what mattered was one's own heart.

And Xiao Hongchen's heart was occupied by his obsession with defeating Huo Yuhao and overcoming Shrek. He was consumed by the desire to wash away the humiliation of five years ago.

So how could he possibly listen to advice?

Besides, this was Xiao Hongchen's own choice. If he himself did not care, why should Xia Yu go looking for trouble?

If an opportunity arose in the future, he could simply lend his brother-in-law a hand.

Before long, the group of four arrived at Jing Hongchen's private dining room.

"Come on, don't be polite. Eat as much as you like!"

It had to be said that Jing Hongchen truly deserved to be the dean of Sun Moon Imperial Academy. The standards of his private room were outrageously high.

With a single order, all kinds of delicacies were brought in like a flowing stream.

Xia Yu left the meal thoroughly satisfied.

Normally, once one was full and warm, one would start thinking about that sort of thing. At times like this, Xia Yu would usually seize the chance to fool around with Meng Hongchen.

Especially this time, because they had been exploring and testing the Self-Martial-Soul Fusion Technique, they had gone a full ten days without any intimate contact.

Naturally, Xia Yu wanted to once again savor his little wife's tender sweetness.

But this time, Meng Hongchen had her family present to support her and was determined not to cooperate with a certain bastard.

Even when Xia Yu deliberately gave her meaningful looks, she pretended not to notice them.

In the end, she still returned to the team's training base with Xiao Hongchen, entirely on her own terms.

Xia Yu could only feel helpless about that.

He could not exactly grab Meng Hongchen and do that sort of thing in front of Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, could he?

"Heh heh, Meng, oh Meng. You can hide today, but you can't hide forever. Just wait and see how I punish you tonight."

Watching Meng Hongchen's gradually receding figure, Xia Yu's lips curled into a meaningful smile.

Afterward, he bid farewell to old man Jing Hongchen and left Sun Moon Imperial Academy.

Originally, Xia Yu had merely intended to take a casual walk and clear his mind.

But as he passed through a relatively secluded area, he suddenly ran into an ambush.

BOOM!!!

Without any warning, the ground beneath Xia Yu's feet suddenly collapsed.

At the same time, thick smoke from the explosion surged out from the collapsed area, completely shrouding everything around it.

Before long, more than ten black-robed figures emerged from the smoke and surrounded Xia Yu.

One of them, a thin and frail elderly figure, seemed to be the leader. The moment he appeared, his cold gaze locked firmly onto Xia Yu.

"Xia Yu, we've been waiting for you for a long time."

As his voice fell, an incomparably cold and violent surge of soul power erupted from the elderly figure, stirring the surrounding smoke into a frenzied churn.