One Hundred Percent Martial Soul Compatibility

Lu Yu thought of a possibility.

He immediately channeled his Soul Power through his Spirit Eyes martial soul and into Huo Yutong's body.

When his Soul Power began to touch Huo Yutong's, the two immediately melded together.

Lu Yu could feel that both the strength and circulation speed of this fused Soul Power were more than double what they had been.

Just as I thought, this is a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill was a special technique in which two highly compatible martial souls fused together to produce an effect greater than the sum of their parts: 1 + 1 > 2.

When Soul Masters who possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill were together, they not only cultivated faster than other Soul Masters, but their future achievements and strength would also far surpass those of other Soul Masters.

That makes sense. I stole my martial soul from someone else in the first place, so of course it has one hundred percent compatibility.

Lu Yu kept fusing his Soul Power with Huo Yutong's. Strangely, although their Soul Power had fused, he did not feel as though he had become one with her. Only their Soul Power could fuse.

It's fine even without a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Judging by the strength, this is one hundred percent martial soul compatibility. Unless they were molded by hand, only twins' martial souls could reach this level of compatibility.

Knowing that his combat strength had doubled, Lu Yu could not help humming softly.

As he hummed, he realized that there were actually two soft humming voices in his room.

What's this? Huo Yutong? Has she discovered our Soul Power fusion too?

"What are you humming about?"

"Sorry, it felt so good that I couldn't help myself."

Lu Yu was speechless. This girl had absolutely no concept of strength in her head. The fused Soul Power was right inside her body; logically, she should have been the first to notice.

"Have you really not noticed?" Lu Yu's voice immediately turned serious.

Huo Yutong, who had only just relaxed a little, immediately sat up straight.

"N-noticed what?"

"Our Soul Power has fused. Haven't you noticed?"

"Soul Power fusion? What's that?"

Great, she's an ignoramus too.

"Soul Power fusion means both parties' Soul Power merges to achieve a strength greater than 1 + 1. Generally, people whose Soul Power can fuse can also perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. If the people who can perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill are a man and a woman, they usually end up becoming husband and wife."

"H-husband and wife... Will we become husband and wife in the future?"

Huo Yutong felt dizzy, as though a grilled fish had fallen from the sky and landed on her little head.

Lu Yu realized that this Huo Yutong was a hopeless romantic too. Hadn't her eyes been full of resolve when she kowtowed earlier? He had thought she was an Uchiha Sasuke, but who would have guessed she was actually a Haruno Sakura?

"Don't worry. It's just that my martial soul is special and can fuse with other martial souls, so we won't become husband and wife."

"I-is that so?"

The grilled fish on Huo Yutong's head vanished.

That's right. What am I thinking? Someone like me has poor talent, knows nothing, and is so ordinary. I come with a whole pile of trouble too. I'd be satisfied just staying by Lu Yu's side and paying off my debt.

N-no, that's not right. I still have to avenge Mom. If I keep staying by Lu Yu's side, I'll bring trouble down on him.

Right, revenge, strength! Martial Soul Fusion Skills can increase the strength of Soul Power!

Huo Yutong closed her eyes and sensed it. She discovered that not only had her Soul Power grown stronger, but her cultivation speed had increased too.

"Soul Power fusion can actually increase cultivation speed."

"Looks like you're not too stupid after all."

Lu Yu wore an expression that said this child could still be taught.

"Get it now? From now on, cultivating with me costs one Gold Soul Coin per minute. Of course, you can put it on your tab."

"Will these charges accrue loan-shark interest too?"

Lu Yu suddenly felt that there was something wrong with Huo Yutong's brain.

The next day.

A knock came from outside the door.

"Coming."

Huo Yutong heard it, stopped cultivating, and walked toward the door.

After discovering yesterday that their Soul Power circulated twice as fast, the two had cultivated intensely all night. As a result, Huo Yutong owed another 192 Gold Soul Coins, taking one small step toward a lifetime of debt.

After they had more or less finished their morning cultivation, Lu Yu left Huo Yutong a few Tang Sect secret manuals he had picked up and went to the backyard to study martial souls.

Huo Yutong began learning the Purple Demon Eye. According to Lu Yu's explanation, it was the Tang Sect secret manual best suited to her.

After hearing the knock, Huo Yutong opened the door and saw a girl with long golden hair and fair skin standing outside in a red dress, like a noble swan.

Compared with her, Huo Yutong felt like nothing more than an ugly duckling.

Holding a box, the girl spoke to Huo Yutong with a smile.

"May I ask if Master Lu Yu is here?"

"Master Lu Yu? He's here. Master, someone's here to see you!"

Huo Yutong called into the house. After they finished cultivating, she had kept addressing Lu Yu respectfully, and he had repeatedly asked her to call him by name. Seeing that she was unwilling, Lu Yu had told her that calling him Master was fine too.

Huo Yutong had agreed. After all, a teacher for a day was a father for life, so a master was equivalent to a father.

"Oh, my hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin carving knife is here."

The moment Lu Yu came out, he recognized the girl before him: Xu Jiujiu, princess of the Star Luo Empire. Although Xu Jiujiu often moonlighted as an auctioneer at the Starlight Auction House, Lu Yu had not expected her to moonlight as a courier too.

"A hundred thousand!"

Huo Yutong's eyes widened. That was worth seventy days of cultivation.

If she had a hundred thousand, could she get Lu Yu to cultivate with her for seventy days straight without sleeping?

For a moment, a yearning for Gold Soul Coins rose in Huo Yutong's mind.

"Don't you recognize me, Master Lu? Given the information you've gathered, you should know quite a lot about me."

"No. I only gathered some information on the Star Crown martial soul while studying Soul Master knowledge. I don't know you."

What Lu Yu said was more or less the truth. If he had not sensed her Star Crown martial soul, he would not have remembered who the woman before him was.

"Doesn't that mean you know everything?"

Xu Jiujiu smiled.

"Yes, what wind has blown the empire's eldest princess here? Could you be looking for me to marry into your family?"

That wouldn't be out of the question, Lu Yu thought. Farewell, Little Brother Shi. Your Uncle Lu Yu is throwing himself into Big Brother Xing's embrace.

"Hehe, I have quite a few suitors. If you're interested, Master Lu, you only need to defeat the other suitors. It's not as though I couldn't agree."

Xu Jiujiu cast Lu Yu a flirtatious glance.

Holy crap, a player. Scary.

Lu Yu began to think of retreating, taking the opportunity to sense the martial soul's strength. Hmm, the top-tier Star Crown martial soul. It has a decent Soul Power pool, a wheelchair martial soul that's useful for getting through the early game. But star-attribute Soul Beasts are too rare, so no matter how you roll, you basically end up with those same few Star Crown skills. It has some strength, but it's limited. Rating: medium cup.

It's weaker than Spirit Eyes. After all, Spirit Eyes has the invincible Spiritual Detection. Although the rest of its skill pool is pretty trash, Spirit Eyes goes with anything! Pick a few Soul Beasts with powerful skills and it can easily take off. After its Silver Awakening, it's even more-aaaaaaah!!!

Huo Yutong's gaze immediately turned wary too. For some reason, she had the urge to hiss at the other girl.

Seeing Lu Yu's gaze gradually settle on Huo Yutong, Xu Jiujiu looked over too.

Isn't this the duke's illegitimate daughter? If I remember correctly, her mother died from overwork and a recurrence of old injuries. How did she end up with Master Lu?

Xu Jiujiu did indeed intend to recruit Lu Yu. Although his martial soul was ordinary Blue Silver Grass, his knowledge of Soul Beasts was truly extensive. Although they were all Soul Beasts suited to commoners, if he were allowed to guide the army in obtaining Soul Rings, he could probably increase the Soul Master army's strength by thirty percent.

Now that the duke's illegitimate daughter had become involved with him too, placing her in the army to gain prestige would allow her to serve as a counterweight to the duke's faction.

"It seems Master Lu already has someone in his heart."

It looks like Her Highness is a good woman. Huo Yutong's favorability went up!!!

"My main reason for coming this time was to warn you, Master Lu. After all, this carving knife is hardly anything good."

Xu Jiujiu raised the box in her hands and opened it.