Formed Yet Intangible, A Father-Daughter Conversation

After who knew how long, Lin Yuan felt only that his sea of spiritual power—or rather, when he opened his eyes again—

His spiritual power seemed almost tangible. At that moment, it was as vast as the ocean, and it even seemed to have taken on a shape?

This made Lin Yuan let out a breath of turbid air as he hazily realized something.

His current state seemed to mean that his spiritual power had undergone a qualitative transformation and reached the Formed Yet Intangible realm?

However, aside from his spiritual power, he could still faintly sense that the two powers within his body remained separate. They seemed to be one step away from fully merging.

But Lin Yuan did not care much about that, because he could feel that his sea of spiritual power seemed to have connected with the Second Sea of Consciousness he possessed.

This perhaps meant that his spiritual power would recover several times faster than before.

Then, as he exhaled another breath of turbid air—

Outside, Gu Yuena's figure came into view.

Her gaze was somewhat tense.

This time, Lin Yuan had been in seclusion for nearly three months. A faint layer of grime had even formed over his body.

Lin Yuan moved. His body began to tremble slightly as dust fell continuously, and the layer of grime covering him started to develop tiny cracks.

Though this made Gu Yuena somewhat nervous, Lin Yuan's condition was better than she had imagined.

Although Lin Yuan's body had received little nourishment over those three months, his physical constitution was there for all to see.

He had grown much thinner, but to Lin Yuan's surprise, his meridians were still circulating traces of Soul Power at an extremely slow pace. It was very little, but it still relieved him, because it meant his Soul Power would not run into bottlenecks or blockages.

As his eyes opened, a faint golden glimmer flashed and vanished.

It gave one the sensation of standing amid a boundless ocean, though it lasted only an instant.

Then, with a casual gesture, Gu Yuena summoned a wooden tub full of warm water and placed Lin Yuan inside it.

Beneath the warmth of the water, Lin Yuan felt as though his parched body had finally let out a long sigh of relief.

His dry, cracked lips split open, tearing at the flesh as he softly said,

"Water..."

Seeing this, Gu Yuena first handed Lin Yuan a cup of warm water. As he drank it, he felt much more comfortable all over.

Then Gu Yuena handed him a jade bottle. Lin Yuan did not suspect anything and drank it. Beneath the faint medicinal taste, he felt warmth spread throughout his body.

It was like parched earth receiving moisture once more.

"Jing Hongchen sent this over. I checked it. There shouldn't be any problems."

As Gu Yuena softly explained, Lin Yuan exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Gradually, with the warm water and special medicinal liquid soaking into him, his body began to recover.

At the same time, Gu Yuena slowly began explaining the current situation.

Over the past three months, the one that had changed the most was naturally Shrek.

It was no longer as arrogant and domineering as before. Instead, it had become exceptionally low-key. Even when dealing with evil Soul Masters and the like, it would first communicate with the various empires.

After all, Mu En and Xuanzi, Shrek's two top experts, were dead.

It had even faintly fallen out with the Sun Moon Empire. Shrek now understood its awkward position and naturally no longer dared act as it once had.

Lin Yuan was not particularly surprised by such an outcome.

If Shrek were still as arrogantly self-important as before, putting on that air of being an academy rather than an empire while wanting to enjoy special treatment—

Then it could only mean that everyone in Shrek was an extraordinary talent who did not want to live.

"As for the Sun Moon Empire, Crown Prince Xu Tianran's actions recently don't seem to be as arrogant and domineering as before."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow. Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui had been severely injured, so the Holy Spirit Cult clearly could no longer support Xu Tianran in making casual moves against the imperial family as it had before.

"As for Xiao Zhen, he has already brought a group of Soul Engineers he successfully persuaded and is preparing to enter the Sun Moon Empire."

"Only his daughter, Xiao Xiao, still seems to be hesitating and has not given an answer right away."

This made Lin Yuan think of Shrek's glory-oriented education.

In a sense, he had disrupted the timeline.

Otherwise, under Shrek's education, Xiao Xiao had nearly allowed her martial soul to shatter, permanently losing her cultivation and suffering damage to her foundation, all just to win.

Trying to persuade Xiao Xiao of that time to leave would have been no different from climbing to heaven.

But Shrek's successive defeats, coupled with his own intervention, might have resulted in it not continuing to kktv the three of them.

The fact that Xiao Xiao was hesitating was already not a bad outcome.

"By the way, what about you..."

Lin Yuan looked toward Gu Yuena. She merely shook her head gently before stating,

"My strength has already stabilized. If I encounter those two again, I can suppress either of them easily in a one-on-one fight. Against both of them, I can barely hold them off even without Battle Armor. If I use Battle Armor, I will not fear them even if they burn their Soul Cores."

Lin Yuan nodded. Gu Yuena's terrifying strength was still within his expectations. Over the next few days, he stopped worrying about anything else and focused on recovering his condition.

In just a few days, relying on his powerful physique, he gradually recovered to his peak state.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Xiao Zhen looked at his daughter, who was still somewhat stubbornly fixated, and could not help trying to persuade her.

"Xiao Xiao, do you know how much you have given for Shrek? Your martial soul nearly shattered, and what did you get in return?"

"Don't forget, Shrek is only a temporary residence for you. Your family is where you belong!"

Xiao Xiao still lowered her head, looking especially hesitant.

Without a victory, she naturally had not entered the Golden Tree for deep seclusion in time, nor had she received a Soul Bone. Though she had now reached the Soul Ancestor realm.

But because Shrek had not offered compensation right away and had instead continued with its somewhat suppressive style of education, Xiao Xiao began to doubt her life under Xiao Zhen's reminder.

She had already given so much for Shrek's glory, yet what she received in return was still no reward.

For an academy like this, she had even nearly shattered her martial soul. Was it really worth it?

"Father, weren't you the one who opposed Soul Tools the most? Then why are you now urging me to leave Shrek?"

"If I leave Shrek, where can I go?"

Xiao Xiao raised her head and asked Xiao Zhen this question. He was briefly stunned.

More precisely, after that invitation, he had also taken a trip around the Sun Moon Empire and deeply experienced the changes Soul Tools had brought to ordinary people—or rather, the changes brought by their integration.

He had also realized that Soul Tools could allow blacksmiths to return to their peak again. Only then did he begin vigorously persuading his old friends, even including his daughter.

After taking a deep breath, he looked at Xiao Xiao and softly said,

"Must you really reduce yourself to someone else's substitute or support? I met someone who truly changed my impression of Soul Tools. Perhaps with the help of Soul Tools, you can walk the path you want..."