Baptism, an Unexpected Gain

"Mm, no... no more!"

Freshly married and newly acquainted with carnal pleasures, Xia Yu naturally indulged himself in the tender embrace of love.

After several consecutive nights of passion, even though Meng Hongchen was a soul master with exceptional physical fitness, she could not withstand such frequent ravaging.

Sure enough, after another wild night, when Xia Yu wanted to begin a morning battle at dawn, Meng Hongchen stopped him.

"Meng, your physical fitness is lacking. It's only been a few days, and our wedding leave isn't even over yet."

Though Xia Yu was somewhat regretful, faced with Meng Hongchen's watery eyes, he naturally would not force her.

After all, compared with him, Meng Hongchen's physical fitness was indeed much weaker. Lasting until now had already brought her close to her limit.

She was, after all, his properly wedded wife. Naturally, he had to cherish and care for her.

"You... how can you put it like that?"

Meng Hongchen puffed out her cheeks and glared angrily at Xia Yu, arguing indignantly.

"Hasn't it always been this way? It's perfectly normal for soul engineers to be physically weaker than traditional soul masters. After all, we have to spend a great deal of time researching, developing, and crafting soul tools."

"Besides, Xia Yu, you're a soul engineer too. You should know that perfectly well. Hmph, you're just being unreasonable."

After saying that, Meng Hongchen did not forget to snort coldly, expressing her contempt for Xia Yu.

"Alright, alright, you're right, little miss. Happy now?"

Xia Yu had merely spoken on impulse. He had not wanted to quarrel with his newlywed wife, so he quickly surrendered.

Besides, Meng Hongchen was right. That was indeed the current state of the Sun Moon Empire: soul engineers were generally physically inferior to traditional soul masters.

But Xia Yu still felt that, as his wife, her physical fitness needed to be up to standard.

With Meng Hongchen's current condition, if she did not improve, Xia Yu suspected that by the time she broke through to become a Titled Douluo, she might not even be capable of absorbing a 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

After all, under normal circumstances, it was best for a soul master's ninth soul ring to be a 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

Although many traditional soul masters had black ten-thousand-year soul rings as their ninth soul rings, it was not because they could not absorb 100,000-Year Soul Rings.

It was simply because their abilities were limited, and they could not obtain one.

Could Meng Hongchen obtain a 100,000-Year Soul Ring? There was no doubt about it.

Leaving aside the power possessed by the Red Dust Family behind her, merely as Xia Yu's wife, he would never let her suffer any injustice. Hunting a 100,000-year soul beast for her would be easy enough.

Therefore, for Meng Hongchen's future development, Xia Yu decided to improve her physical fitness.

As for the method, he would naturally have to rely on the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul.

After breaking through to become a Titled Douluo, Xia Yu could theoretically use his martial soul to create medicinal potency comparable to that of the immortal herb Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum.

However, that required a long period of accumulation and nurturing. It would take at least half a year to a year before any results could be seen.

Therefore, even if Xia Yu wanted to give Meng Hongchen an immortal-herb-grade medicinal baptism right now, it was unrealistic. One could not make bricks without straw.

What he could give Meng Hongchen was only an ordinary medicinal baptism.

Yet even an ordinary medicinal baptism was a rare opportunity for a soul master.

Xia Yu was, after all, a Titled Douluo. How could the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum medicinal baptism he had developed possibly be weak?

"Come on, Meng. For your future development, and for the harmony of our future life together, I'll use the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul to baptize you and improve your physical fitness."

Without hesitation, Xia Yu immediately pulled Meng Hongchen out of bed and began preparing for her baptism.

"Huh?"

Hearing Xia Yu's words so suddenly, Meng Hongchen could not help feeling bewildered.

Had they not just been discussing the physical fitness of soul engineers? How had it suddenly turned into him using his martial soul to baptize her?

Had she zoned out just now and missed something?

That could not be right. She remembered not losing focus, so how had things turned out like this? Could it be...?

Thus, still dazed and confused, Meng Hongchen was dragged around by Xia Yu and kept busy for quite some time.

Once everything was ready, Xia Yu pushed her into medicinal liquid brewed from all kinds of precious herbs.

"It might feel a little uncomfortable later. Just bear with it..."

Xia Yu acted swiftly and decisively. After reminding Meng Hongchen of a few precautions, he summoned the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul.

Buzz!!!

Amid dazzling golden soul light, an enormous golden chrysanthemum appeared in Xia Yu's hand.

The Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul resembled golden glass as a whole. Its translucent petals emitted a gentle purplish-gold glow, while rings of golden patterns covered its calyx and stem...

"So this is the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul Grandpa praised so highly? It's so beautiful—gorgeous and noble. It's hard to imagine that this is actually a martial soul."

Looking at the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum gleaming with flowing golden light, Meng Hongchen's attention was immediately drawn to it, and she could not help admiring the extraordinary flower.

Of course, as she admired it, her heart was also filled with anticipation.

Since her grandfather Jing Hongchen thought so highly of the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum, the baptism it gave her surely would not be lacking.

Could it perhaps resolve the backlash from her Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's cold poison in one stroke?

"Go!"

Under Meng Hongchen's expectant gaze, Xia Yu quickly activated the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum and moved it above her head.

Streams of purplish-gold light then poured continuously from its pistil, turning into golden droplets that slid down and fell all over Meng Hongchen's body.

"Mmph, what's happening? It's so cold!"

Meng Hongchen had been soaking in scalding medicinal liquid, her pretty face flushed bright red from the heat.

Yet the moment those golden droplets landed on her body, they swiftly transformed into cool currents that flowed into her body from all directions.

Startled by the sensation, she could not help crying out.

"Don't be afraid. This is normal. Just focus and guide the medicinal power to refine it."

Seeing Meng Hongchen cry out in alarm, Xia Yu hurriedly comforted her.

"Mm, I understand!"

With Xia Yu's reassurance, Meng Hongchen quickly calmed down and began concentrating on refining and absorbing the medicinal power produced by the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum.

As time passed, a faint golden radiance began to appear over Meng Hongchen's body.

Under the baptism of medicinal power, all eight extraordinary meridians within her were tempered once over.

The residual impurities left behind from taking pills were also thoroughly cleansed away, restoring them to pristine clarity.

And that was not all. Aside from her meridians, her body also received tremendous strengthening.

Her skin in particular, being the first to come into contact with the medicinal power, was not only as delicate as snow at that moment but also shone with a crystalline radiance. It was the ultimate embodiment of flawless snow-white skin.

"I never expected there to be an unexpected gain as well. Deciding on this medicinal baptism was absolutely the right choice."

Looking at Meng Hongchen's flawless, snow-white skin, Xia Yu could not help admiring the version of himself from several hours earlier.

His decision to give Meng Hongchen a medicinal baptism had truly been brilliant.

He would have plenty to enjoy in the future.