"Uh, yes. Master Lu, did we do something wrong?"
The Xiao Family members exchanged glances. They had no idea why Lu Yu was so angry.
"Right, my ass!"
Lu Yu launched straight into a tirade.
"Twin martial souls! That's the potential to become a Limit Douluo! Twin martial souls often come with innate full soul power. As long as you steadily cultivate your first martial soul to the Titled Douluo level, equip yourself with a full set of 50,000-year soul bones, then give your second martial soul nothing but soul rings over 50,000 years old, you could become a Level 99 Limit Douluo with your eyes closed."
"And you were going to ruin your daughter's future as a Limit Douluo for one level of soul power!"
"Th-this... a Limit Douluo!"
Lu Yu's words left the Xiao Family members' jaws on the floor. The strongest of their ancestors had only been a Soul King. How could they have known twin martial souls held the potential to become a Limit Douluo?
"Th-this... Master Lu, please accept this small token of appreciation. Thank you for saving my daughter's future."
The Xiao Clan Chief was a sensible man. He raised his hand and passed Lu Yu a bag of gold soul coins.
Lu Yu hefted it. There were actually a full thirty thousand gold soul coins inside!
"Master Lu, I take it you're all heading to Shrek Academy to study? Please look after my daughter, and help arrange her soul ring choices in the future as well."
"If you run short of money, you can contact the servants our Xiao Family has stationed in Shrek City. I can authorize an interest-free loan from the funds we keep there."
The Xiao Clan Chief looked at Lu Yu. According to his inquiries, the boy possessed a wealth of knowledge. He suspected even ordinary teachers at advanced academies were not as learned as him.
He had to be the successor of some Ancient Sect.
If he established a good relationship with him today, Xiao Xiao could receive an Ancient Sect's training in the future.
As the head of a small merchant family, he dared not hope for a Limit Douluo. He would be more than satisfied if Xiao Xiao became a Titled Douluo.
"You've certainly got a good eye."
Lu Yu accepted the coins without ceremony. He had even found an angel investor. Given how gracious the Xiao Clan Chief was being, he would definitely have to guide Xiao Xiao all the way to godhood.
Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao, both with twin martial souls-that was practically two future First-Level God teammates reserved for him.
"Yutong, come out. Meet your future classmate."
Once he saw there was no danger, Lu Yu called out Huo Yutong, who had been hiding nearby.
"Hello, my name is Huo Yutong. I'm Master's disciple."
Huo Yutong extended a hand to Xiao Xiao.
"Disciple?"
Xiao Xiao looked at Lu Yu. Although he was her age, he was indeed the most knowledgeable person she knew.
"Hello, I'm Xiao Xiao."
Lu Yu: No kidding. What kind of expert could a family that couldn't even develop an easy-mode build like twin martial souls possibly have met?
After the two exchanged greetings, Lu Yu addressed them.
"Did you know that martial souls and people actually have compatibility in terms of temperament?"
"For example, if someone with a dark disposition possessed a Bright Phoenix martial soul, even innate full soul power wouldn't make it easy for them to cultivate quickly. Even if they were force-fed resources to raise their cultivation, they would eventually get stuck at one point for a very long time."
A glimmer of understanding came to Xiao Xiao.
"Master Lu, are you saying my martial souls don't suit my personality?"
"Exactly. May I see your martial souls?"
Xiao Xiao nodded.
"First martial soul, Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron."
She raised both hands and tossed out a golden ball of light. It rose into the air before hurtling toward the ground, revealing a massive golden cauldron.
Three golden dragon heads were carved into the cauldron. Simply standing there, it exuded a pressure that made people want to prostrate themselves.
"Second martial soul, Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute."
Xiao Xiao raised both hands before her chest, and an emerald-green jade flute carved with phoenixes appeared in her hands.
A gentle breeze blew past, and peaceful, all-embracing flute music echoed through the woods.
"Looking at it this way, your personality really doesn't suit your martial souls. That's the real reason you're only level nineteen now despite having innate full soul power."
Lu Yu delivered his verdict. The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron represented a conqueror suppressing all beneath him, while the Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute represented an empress serving as the mother of the realm.
With Xiao Xiao's current girlish temperament, it was indeed difficult for her to resonate with her martial souls.
"Th-then... Master Lu, what should we do?"
Urgency crept into the Xiao Clan Chief's voice. His daughter's future was at stake; he had to be careful.
"Xiao Xiao is mainly cultivating the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron right now, correct? Actually, there's a fastest way to restore the cultivation speed of innate full soul power: become an emperor!"
"B-become an emperor! Master Lu, please don't joke. Is there another way?" The Xiao Clan Chief trembled in fright. With their family's meager resources, never mind becoming an emperor-a single Soul King would be enough to give them more than they could handle.
"There's another very simple method: fighting."
"Fighting?"
"Yes." Lu Yu nodded. "This method takes time to show results, and it carries a risk: you mustn't let defeat shatter your resolve. If you grow braver with every battle and foster an arrogance that proclaims, 'I alone reign supreme,' your cultivation might become even faster than with innate full soul power."
"But once your resolve is shattered and you grow afraid of fighting and failure, your cultivation will become even slower than it is now."
"Actually, the Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute is the better choice to cultivate first. As long as you're kind and accepting enough, your cultivation speed should at least match that of ordinary people with level eight or nine innate soul power."
After hearing Lu Yu's words, the Xiao Clan Chief frowned.
"But Xiao Xiao is about to enter Shrek Academy. It's teeming with geniuses. I'm afraid Xiao Xiao might..."
Beside him, Xiao Xiao grew worried as well. With her level nineteen cultivation, how could she remain undefeated at Shrek?
Lu Yu saw Xiao Xiao's spirits begin to sink. She was afraid before she had even fought. How could she use the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron properly with that mindset?
Fortunately, PvP was his specialty, and playing easy-mode builds was even more firmly within his comfort zone.
He crouched down until his shoulders were level with Xiao Xiao's.
"Xiao Xiao, what do you think of your talent?"
"My talent? It's ordinary, I suppose."
Xiao Xiao lowered her head. Her family had always called her a once-in-a-century genius, but at the elementary Soul Master academy, her cultivation speed could never keep up with those geniuses. She could only compare with the mediocre students.
"Ordinary? You couldn't be more wrong."
"You have the best talent of anyone I've ever met! Even the princess of the Star Luo Empire isn't as talented as you."
Lu Yu truly wasn't lying. Although neither of these martial souls had appeared in the game in his previous life.
A trace of fortune about them had reminded him of the national fortune martial souls on the emperor route in his previous life's game. Besides the strength of the martial souls themselves, they could draw on national fortune or the power of faith, making them easy-mode martial souls for attaining godhood through faith.
Xiao Xiao's two martial souls possessed similar functions; they simply hadn't awakened yet.
Even unawakened, they already had the strength of top-tier martial souls. Once fully awakened, they could become super martial souls by drawing on the fortune of a major power.
Two super martial souls-that was fucking easier mode than even Tang San and Bibi Dong, second only to Qian Renxue's Holy Angel martial soul with its level twenty innate soul power.
"The princess of the Star Luo Empire? Less talented than me?"
Xiao Xiao's eyes widened. She hadn't expected Lu Yu to say such a thing. Xu Jiujiu, the princess of the Star Luo Empire, was an eighteen-year-old Soul King. Even at Shrek Academy, she would be a genius among geniuses.
How could a level nineteen Soul Master like her possibly compare?
Lu Yu closed his eyes, and his soul struck the gold of life within his Sea of Consciousness.
"Teacher, do you happen to know any magic that controls people's bodies?" Lu Yu told his teacher about Xiao Xiao's situation and his own plan, then explained his martial soul.
"Her martial souls are extremely powerful. As your disciple, I can't bear to see her waste her talent like this. Of course, most importantly, I also want to copy that talent for myself."
"Magic to control a body? Simple. Just come to me when the time comes."
With his teacher's confirmation, Lu Yu felt his plan was feasible, so he addressed the Xiao Clan Chief beside him.
"Xiao Clan Chief, do you trust my abilities?"
"Of course. I certainly trust your abilities, Master Lu."
"Good. Then we'll head straight to Shrek Academy's gates and set up a challenge arena."
Then Lu Yu turned to Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao, you must swear on your martial souls that if you lose, you'll never set foot inside Shrek Academy for the rest of your life!"
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