In the study, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo learned the effects of Ning Chuan's second Soul Skill, Origin Restoration.
They were surprisingly calm. They had come to understand that no matter how outrageous something involving Ning Chuan might be, it was perfectly normal.
"Xiao Chuan, don't worry about us. Let us sit here and collect ourselves!" Bone Douluo said, looking at Ning Chuan.
"All right!" Ning Chuan replied, then left the study.
After leaving Ning Fengzhi's study, Ning Chuan headed straight to Xiao Yun's residence.
The girl was two years older than Ning Rongrong, but because of martial soul backlash, she was even smaller than Ning Rongrong.
Although Sword Douluo had helped suppress her martial soul, she still had to endure the injuries that had accumulated in her body over the years.
Sword Douluo had arranged a private courtyard for her and assigned two servants specifically to look after her daily needs.
When Ning Chuan arrived, she was exercising in the courtyard.
With a change of clothes, the girl looked much livelier.
She was sensible and understood her humble origins, so she insisted on doing everything herself rather than enjoying the treatment of a young lady from a wealthy family.
The two servants knew Sword Douluo had brought her back, so they stayed by her side, afraid she might fall and hurt herself.
Seeing Ning Chuan arrive, the two servants immediately bowed and greeted him respectfully. "Fifth Young Master!"
When Xiao Yun saw Ning Chuan, she followed their lead and bowed, without overstepping in the slightest.
"You two can leave for now!" Ning Chuan instructed, and the two servants left the courtyard.
"Come inside with me," Ning Chuan said softly, then walked into the room.
Healing Xiao Yun required him to summon the Creation Exquisite Pagoda, so naturally, he could not do it in the courtyard.
After Xiao Yun entered, she respectfully addressed him again as "Fifth Young Master."
"Don't be so formal. You count as a sect disciple, not a servant. From now on, just call me Brother Ning when you see me!" Ning Chuan said.
"Yes... Young Master Ning!" Xiao Yun still did not dare look directly at him. After learning his surname, she stopped calling him Fifth Young Master and switched to Young Master Ning instead.
Ning Chuan knew that such deep-rooted feelings of inferiority from growing up at the bottom were difficult to change in a short time, so he did not press her.
"Close your eyes. Don't open them without my permission!" Ning Chuan instructed.
No one besides Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had seen the Creation Exquisite Pagoda. Although Ning Chuan felt the girl was not the sort who could not hold her tongue, having her close her eyes was still safer.
Xiao Yun offered no resistance to Ning Chuan's instruction and immediately closed her eyes.
Without delay, Ning Chuan summoned his martial soul and activated his second Soul Skill, Origin Restoration.
The injuries inside Xiao Yun's body were far from simple, so Ning Chuan had to draw upon the creation power within the pagoda to heal her completely.
This was Ning Chuan's first time using creation power.
Under the system's guidance, Ning Chuan drew out only a tiny wisp of creation power, yet he felt his own reserves draining at an extraordinary rate.
Clearly, Ning Chuan was still too weak.
Fortunately, Xiao Yun's soul power level was lower than Ning Chuan's, so it took him only ten seconds to heal her completely.
The creation power drawn from the pagoda circulated once through Xiao Yun's body before returning to the Creation Exquisite Pagoda.
After withdrawing his martial soul, Ning Chuan said, "You can open your eyes now!"
Xiao Yun slowly opened her eyes. She looked down at herself, then moved her body, only to discover in amazement that all her pain and ailments had completely vanished.
"This..." Xiao Yun could scarcely believe Ning Chuan had healed the injuries accumulated over so many days and months in such a short time.
"How do you feel?" Ning Chuan asked.
Looking at Ning Chuan, Xiao Yun said with overwhelming excitement, "So light and at ease! My body has never felt this comfortable before. Thank you for healing me, Young Master Ning!"
As she spoke, she dropped to her knees.
Ning Chuan did not stop her. He had practically given her a new life, and he could accept such gratitude.
Xiao Yun knocked her forehead firmly against the floor once. Only when she was about to bow a second time did Ning Chuan help her up.
"Xiao Yun, I asked you before whether you wanted to become a Soul Master. Now I'll ask you again. What's your answer?" Ning Chuan said.
"Yes!" This time, Xiao Yun did not hesitate in the slightest.
"Very good!" Ning Chuan nodded, then took out the Fire Dragon Martial Soul Unsealing Card the system had just rewarded him with.
"Summon your martial soul," Ning Chuan instructed.
"Yes, Young Master Ning!" Without any hesitation, Xiao Yun immediately summoned her martial soul.
The instant her martial soul appeared, Ning Chuan could sense that Xiao Yun actually had innate full soul power.
The Fire Snake martial soul raised the temperature throughout the room.
Ning Chuan flicked out the Fire Dragon Martial Soul Unsealing Card, and it instantly merged into Xiao Yun's martial soul.
The moment the unsealing card merged with her martial soul, a surge of violent fire-attribute energy erupted outward.
Peals of dragon roars rang out amid it.
Then Ning Chuan saw the Fire Snake martial soul in her palm transform at incredible speed, becoming a dragon in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterward, a pillar of fire shot skyward, blasting a huge hole straight through the roof.
Ning Chuan was utterly astonished. He truly had not expected a single Fire Dragon Martial Soul Unsealing Card to cause such a commotion.
Fortunately, this was the residential area for the sect's direct line, not far from Ning Fengzhi's study.
Sensing the soul power fluctuations coming from this direction, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo rushed over at once.
When the three saw Ning Chuan there, Sword Douluo immediately released his spiritual power, enveloping the surrounding area.
By now, the house had burned down completely, and Ning Chuan had already retreated into the courtyard.
The system had already told Ning Chuan that the unsealing card would never harm its user, so he had no need to worry about Xiao Yun's safety.
"Xiao Chuan, what's going on? Has that girl's martial soul backlash erupted in full?" Sword Douluo asked, looking at the enormous pillar of fire.
"No. Her martial soul seems to have undergone some kind of transformation after I healed her body!" Ning Chuan said.
"Martial Soul Evolution?" Sword Douluo said, watching the dragon-shaped silhouette dancing within the pillar of fire.
"Yes. Her martial soul changed from a Fire Snake into a fire dragon," Ning Chuan answered truthfully.
"There is indeed a sign of life within the pillar of fire!" Bone Douluo said.
All three could sense that Xiao Yun's life force was extremely strong, so, reassured, they stood with Ning Chuan in the courtyard and watched.
After about a quarter of an hour, the pillar of fire finally began to dwindle. Before long, it dissipated completely.
Xiao Yun's figure emerged, and the group discovered to their astonishment that her soul power aura was actually at level twenty.
Good grief, her cheat is even crazier than mine. System, is this right? Ning Chuan complained to the system.
System: "Isn't this perfectly normal? She resisted martial soul backlash through her own strength for eight years. That was a form of cultivation in itself." "Creation power improved her constitution, and her martial soul completed its unsealing and evolution. Reaching level twenty is perfectly normal. If the host teaches her the cultivation method, she might even cultivate to level thirty faster than the host."
After hearing the system's explanation, Ning Chuan understood.
After all that bitterness, sweetness has finally come! Ning Chuan marveled inwardly.
Beside him, Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluos were also deeply shocked.
Sword Douluo in particular had never imagined that a poor, unfortunate child he had brought back on a whim would possess such extraordinary talent.
Bone Douluo immediately began thinking of taking her as his disciple.
Although his martial soul and Xiao Yun's were as different as heaven and earth, who could resist such a promising young talent?
Moreover, ever since Ning Chuan became Sword Douluo's disciple, Sword Douluo had constantly shown off to him. Now that Bone Douluo had encountered a genius like Xiao Yun, he naturally did not want to let her slip away.
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