Huo Yutong took the Martial Soul Evolution Pill from Huo Tian and stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation.
Huo Tian was stunned for a moment by her decisiveness. Did she trust him that much? Was she really not afraid he might give her something bad to eat?
Over the months Huo Yutong had spent with Huo Tian, her affection and trust toward him had already been maxed out. The aura of evil fire on him was also quietly changing her personality.
The moment the Martial Soul Evolution Pill entered her mouth, it dissolved into a mass of pure energy that flowed down Huo Yutong's throat into her abdomen.
Huo Yutong's fair little face flushed crimson in an instant. The burning heat brought by the Martial Soul Evolution Pill spread from her abdomen throughout her body, and an unfamiliar sensation shot straight from her abdomen to the crown of her head.
"Master! Tongtong feels so hot!"
Mist began to cloud Huo Yutong's eyes, and her whole body grew unbearably hot. Watching this, Huo Tian had not expected the Martial Soul Evolution Pill to be so potent.
"There's no such Martial Soul Evolution Pill in this world!"
Huo Tian clutched his head and shook it repeatedly. He uncovered one eye and discovered that the blue-haired little girl on the bed was staring straight at him.
Under the effects of the Martial Soul Evolution Pill, Huo Yutong felt discomfort throughout her body, as though ten thousand ants were gnawing at every limb and bone. Her fair, beautiful legs kicked wildly on the bed.
"Little Huo Tong, guard your mind. Circulate your soul power and force this energy into your dantian."
As Huo Tian spoke, he immediately released his martial soul, the Vermilion Bird. A fiery-red great bird manifested behind him, and countless flames of evil fire spread outward.
Huo Tian injected his soul power into Huo Yutong's abdomen, guiding her to pour all the soul power within her into her dantian.
"Master~! Why is your Martial Soul Evolution Pill so strange?"
"Could you be..."
Huo Yutong lay flat on the bed, her face crimson as she gazed at Huo Tian with large, bewildered eyes. She felt that her master was a little improper.
"Little Yutong, circulate your soul power!"
Standing beside her, Huo Tian did not know whether to laugh or cry. He really did not want to be struck by Destruction Divine Lightning. Four soul rings-purple, purple, black, and black-shone beneath his feet.
"Mmm~ Master, you can't leave Tongtong!"
Part of Huo Yutong's long blue dress had slipped down to her shoulder. Bracing both hands against the mattress, she tilted her head, her eyes brimming with possessiveness as she revealed a sickly smile.
Huo Yutong immediately sat cross-legged and circulated her soul power. Through their combined efforts, the fierce energy brought by the Martial Soul Evolution Pill gathered toward her dantian.
At first, the Martial Soul Evolution Pill had brought only the burning heat of its energy. Only now had its medicinal power begun to spread.
"Master! Tongtong's eyes hurt so much!"
In that instant, the burning heat that had filled Huo Yutong's body transformed completely into excruciating pain. A mass of heaven-and-earth energy gathered within her dantian erupted all at once.
The soul power magnetic field around Huo Yutong went completely out of control and began frantically absorbing the soul power within Huo Tian. His heart jolted in alarm. He had not expected the energy he had just suppressed to erupt again.
Huo Tian no longer hesitated. Seven soul rings began circling his body, and the Vermilion Bird cried out behind him as vast amounts of soul power poured into Huo Yutong's lower abdomen.
This Martial Soul Evolution Pill was of the lowest grade to begin with. Not only was its chance of inducing evolution extremely low, but the pain it brought was also beyond compare.
"Aaaah-!"
Huo Yutong screamed. Blood vessels began appearing in her eyes, and in an instant, her eyes turned entirely blood-red.
Huo Yutong clutched her head, feeling as though it would explode, as though countless needles were piercing the central structures of her brainstem. Blood began flowing from her seven orifices.
Huo Tian stood beside her like a helpless husband. All he could do now was release his soul power to steady her mind.
Huo Yutong's condition showed that the Martial Soul Evolution Pill was taking effect. Huo Tian's gamble had paid off. As long as she endured this, her talent would tower over everyone of this generation on the continent.
Huo Yutong felt something deep within her soul shatter completely, then condense anew, only to shatter again, repeating hundreds upon thousands of times.
The blood-red color in Huo Yutong's eyes began slowly receding, and a dazzling light burst from their depths.
This ray of holy light was like something emerging from the darkness. Huo Yutong's originally deep-blue hair gradually began to take on a luster.
The soul power within Huo Yutong automatically absorbed Huo Tian's soul power, forming a ball of light that enfolded her in its embrace. Her eyes transformed completely into a luminous silver.
"Mom... Mom!"
Huo Yutong let out a tearful cry within the ball of light, then grew weak again. She missed her mother terribly.
Deep within Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness, the color of the once-boundless deep ocean transformed completely into alternating light and silver.
"Mom, Tongtong really misses you!"
Within her Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yutong saw the mother she longed for day and night. Huo Yun'er was in soul form.
"Tongtong has grown so much. Mom is very happy!"
With a doting expression, Huo Yun'er held Huo Yutong in her arms. She was truly proud of her. Mother and daughter quietly embraced within the Sea of Consciousness, the scene especially heartwarming.
"Mom! Tongtong has been very good! Master treats Tongtong very well too. Tongtong will keep working hard!"
Huo Yutong blinked her large, watery eyes and looked at Huo Yun'er's face, tears and snot streaming down her own as she clung tightly to her with both arms.
"Yes! Your master is a very good person. Tongtong must listen to him!"
"Tongtong, Mom has to leave first. Perhaps we can meet again in the future!"
After Huo Yun'er said goodbye to Huo Yutong, her soul turned into points of light and merged completely into Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness.
"We definitely will!"
Huo Yutong's eyes became utterly resolute. Her consciousness returned fully to her body, and her martial soul had finished evolving.
Holding a warm, damp towel, Huo Tian crouched beside the bed and gently wiped Huo Yutong's fair little face. Huo Yutong opened her eyes.
"Master! Tongtong feels like her vision has become clearer. Apart from giving off a faint golden light, her eyes..."
Huo Yutong released her martial soul. She could see everything in the room with perfect clarity, and her eyes radiated a holy aura.
"Little Yutong, what has your martial soul evolved into?"
Huo Tian raised a hand and gently stroked the back of Huo Yutong's head. She rubbed her little face against the long sleeve of his red robe.
"My martial soul evolved into Holy Light Spirit Eyes! My Spirit Eyes used to have rather limited attributes, but now they seem to possess the holy attribute and the light element!"
Huo Yutong rubbed her eyes. Her dependence on Huo Tian was growing stronger and stronger.