The instant their palms touched, Yun Luo could feel the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul's excitement.
Feeling its excitement, Yun Luo still could not understand why the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion had Martial Soul compatibility with Su Tong's Ice and Snow Maiden. Could it really be because of the relationship between the Ice Emperor and the Snow Empress?
Still, following the principle of not dwelling on what he could not figure out, Yun Luo gathered his thoughts.
Su Tong clearly felt it too. Her fingertips trembled slightly, and she instinctively tried to pull back.
"Don't move."
"Stop moving around. Next, we'll circulate our Soul Power at the same time and let it flow between us to guide our Martial Souls into resonance."
Sensing Su Tong trying to withdraw her hand, Yun Luo hurriedly spoke.
The sudden voice startled Su Tong, but she nodded and stopped trying to pull her hand away.
"Mm... I understand."
With that said, Yun Luo closed his eyes again and circulated his Soul Power, sending it surging toward Su Tong.
Feeling Yun Luo's Soul Power surge toward her body, Su Tong also released her Soul Power and did the same as him.
As they poured in their Soul Power, jade-green Soul Power and ice-blue Soul Power met between their palms.
Just as Yun Luo thought the fusion would take some time, the two streams of Soul Power stuck straight together like two magnets the moment they touched.
At the sight, Yun Luo froze, even forgetting to circulate his Soul Power.
"Are you kidding me?"
"He remembered that things had been much the same for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong back then. Was his compatibility with Su Tong that high now?"
Yun Luo had already prepared for a drawn-out battle, yet in less than ten minutes, the two streams of Soul Power had fused successfully as though they were old acquaintances.
Meanwhile, sensing Yun Luo stop his Soul Power, Su Tong opened her eyes as well and looked at their joined hands in surprise.
"That's... it?"
"Mm, it looks like we succeeded."
"I thought it would take days just to get them working together."
Although he found it somewhat hard to believe, Yun Luo was naturally pleased now that they had succeeded. After all, this gave him more time to research other things.
Su Tong was also shocked, but she could not hide the excitement in her eyes.
Thinking of the benefits Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had gained after their Martial Soul fusion in the original story, Yun Luo spoke.
"Since we succeeded, shall we see what benefits our Martial Soul fusion brings to cultivation?"
"All right."
That night, the two cultivated until dawn using this circuit of intermingled Soul Power.
After a night of cultivation, Yun Luo clearly felt that his Soul Power circulated more than twice as fast as usual, even approaching three times as fast.
"Holy shit, this cultivation speed is more potent than popping pills."
"If she keeps cultivating with me, I feel like it won't be long before I can steamroll this era of the Unrivaled Tang Sect-unless Uncle God King Tang descends to smurf."
Thinking about how he could smurf his way through this era in the future, Yun Luo's lips unconsciously curled upward.
After tasting the accelerated cultivation buff, Su Tong was unwilling to cultivate alone even during the day, constantly coming to Yun Luo's room to cultivate.
What about her maidenly reserve, you asked?
Su Tong: Reserve won't speed up my cultivation. Besides, I have the Ultimate Ice attribute, and my cultivation is so slow. Who else can I rely on if not him?
Yun Luo glanced at the distance of less than half an arm's length between them, then at Su Tong's face as she feigned composure.
It was just that Su Tong was still somewhat self-conscious during the first three days. She occasionally became distracted when their palms touched, but after Yun Luo reminded her twice, she grew used to it.
By the fifth day, she could even initiate a little conversation during breaks in cultivation.
By the seventh day, the two had established a fixed routine.
Su Tong would bring something to eat when she came. They would first put something in their stomachs before cultivating, then cultivate together after eating.
During this time, Du Busi visited once.
As soon as he reached the courtyard entrance, he saw the two sitting cross-legged opposite each other inside, their palms touching, the glow of their mingling Soul Power spilling through the gaps in the window.
Du Busi stood outside the door, took a couple of looks, and rubbed his chin.
"This brat... Never mind. Since he's cultivating, I won't disturb him."
He had originally wanted to ask how Yun Luo had been doing lately, but judging by this scene, he should have been doing quite well.
With that thought, Du Busi turned and left.
After all, he had not had much time to pay attention to Yun Luo lately either. There was still a pile of sect business waiting for him to handle. Since Yun Luo was cultivating normally, he would not worry too much.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Inside his residence, Yun Luo slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened his eyes.
"Rank seventy-six. This speed is like riding a rocket."
The vortex of interwoven jade green and ice blue in his palms slowly dispersed.
In half a month, he had gone from the peak of rank seventy-four to rank seventy-six.
The speed could hardly be called slow. After all, he was now a Soul Sage, and with the two complementing each other, he had gained more than one rank in just half a month.
Su Tong also finished cultivating and opened her eyes, rubbing her wrists.
"What rank are you?" Yun Luo asked.
"Sixty-two. I'm close. I feel like I'll reach the threshold of sixty-three in a few more days."
She had gained more than one rank in half a month. Cultivating alone in the past, it would have taken her at least two or three months.
"Get on with your work. I'll head out first."
During this half-month, Yun Luo spent his days studying the Necromancy Electrolux had left behind, along with some other things.
During that time, Su Tong would also go do what he wanted to do, while consolidating her cultivation.
"Mm."
Su Tong walked to the door, then glanced back at him.
"Um... I'll come find you tonight."
With that, Su Tong ran straight out without waiting to see whether Yun Luo had heard her.
Watching Su Tong flee outright, Yun Luo could only give a couple of dry laughs, take out several formation diagrams, and continue studying their contents.
"Never mind. I'd better keep studying what Electrolux left behind."
Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.
Inside a room in the dormitory area, warm sunlight spilled through the window, falling on two beds placed side by side.
Zhou Yi's hellish training for their entire class had left Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong falling asleep early, right after lunch.
The most exhausted of them was Huo Yuhao. Although he no longer had the Skydream Iceworm, with Bei Bei and Tang Ya's help, he had still obtained a hundred-year Soul Ring and successfully entered Shrek Academy.
It could even be said that, because he still possessed providence, his first soul skill had actually combined Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing into one, becoming Spiritual Detection Sharing.
Yet his physique had not improved much, and he remained the weakest in their class.
Thus, every day after class, Huo Yuhao felt as though he had been wrung dry, lying down on his bed as soon as he finished eating.
While the two were taking their afternoon nap, an extremely faint wisp of blue-gold light silently emerged between Wang Dong's brows.
The wisp of light coalesced in midair for an instant, turning into an exceedingly subtle strand of divine sense. It circled the room before finally settling on Huo Yuhao.
That strand of blue-gold divine sense lingered for only a moment before withdrawing between Wang Dong's brows.