Yu Tianqing left the room and went to the entryway. Seeing their clothes strewn all over the floor, he pinched his nose and smiled.
Last night's battle had indeed been a little too intense.
He gathered his clothes and put them on, then folded Ling Luochеn's clothes and placed them beside her bed before finding an empty room.
His consciousness sank into his spiritual sea. The empty space was gray, with a gray bead floating slowly in its center.
Yu Tianqing approached it. The gray bead trembled twice and transformed into the old man he had first met, though his figure was still somewhat illusory.
Yu Tianqing spoke first. "You're awake?"
"Mm, but there are still many things this old man can't remember."
That was how old men were, so there was nothing strange about it.
Yu Tianqing nodded, but he didn't mind helping in that regard. There really weren't many transmigrators as helpful as him left:
"You're Electrolux, from the Holy Demon Continent. You were originally the Child of Light, ..."
"...You chose to give up becoming a god, and now you've come here as a wisp of a remnant soul."
"According to the original course of fate, you entered that little boy's body and helped him grow... In the end, at the Clear Sky Sect, you would have completely dissipated."
Yu Tianqing spoke for a full ten minutes, recounting Electrolux's past and present life in one go. Only then did he pause for a short rest, giving the old man across from him time to react.
"Th-th-this, y-y-you..." Electrolux's mouth fell open. "How do you know so much about me?"
Yu Tianqing pointed to the space between his brows, where a golden vertical eye sat.
"I saw your deeds in the long river of time. I knew you would appear there, so I saved you from your originally certain death."
Yu Tianqing hadn't lied. He really had seen Electrolux's deeds.
The place he pointed to was between his brows, and behind that was his brain. As for what Electrolux thought, that was up to him.
Electrolux's chest heaved violently. After panting for quite a while, he finally let out a long breath and bowed deeply to Yu Tianqing.
"Thank you for lending me a hand, sir."
Hmm, had he already reached the "sir" realm?
Yu Tianqing waved a hand, unconcerned.
"It was just a small effort. I had my own selfish reasons for saving you, too."
"Naturally. I promised you before that I would reward you generously. May I ask what this old man can do for you?"
"Everyone has their own field of expertise. As you were dying, you created a method of using Soul Spirits to replace Soul Rings. I need that."
Yu Tianqing hid nothing and got straight to the point.
He really did need Soul Spirits. First, his Martial Souls needed them.
A hundred thousand year Soul Ring had two Soul Skills, but hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were relatively scarce on the continent, and they each stuck together in groups, making them difficult to target.
A hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit could grant three to four Soul Rings, and the number of skills directly doubled.
For him, whose Yin Thunder Dragon's Soul Ring slots were still empty, that was unquestionably vital. In his plans, his Yang Thunder Dragon Martial Soul's Seventh Soul Ring was also connected to it.
Second, Yu Tianqing needed to build a faction of his own.
As everyone knew, a faction was like a business: if it wanted to develop in the long term, it had to master core technology.
Soul Spirit technology had withstood the test of ten thousand years, which showed its value.
"Very well. Since, at the time you mentioned, this old man could do it, I certainly can now. It's just..." Electrolux hesitated.
"Elder Yi, just tell me what you need."
"My divine soul is still not very stable. I need some help from you: merge that piece of Gold of Life into your spiritual sea."
"Then I'll leave this body of mine for you to control, Elder."
Yu Tianqing's yin and yang origins intermingled, and the vertical eye between his brows opened.
This vertical eye had been formed from that plain pendant and served as a firewall. Normally, Electrolux couldn't see what was happening outside. Only when Yu Tianqing actively lifted the restriction could he interact with the outside world.
Seeing Yu Tianqing hand his body over to him without the slightest reservation, Electrolux was moved for a moment.
"Are young people nowadays so straightforward? You have quite the bearing of the ancients."
"Good, good, good. Since you trust this old man so much, I shall treat you with equal sincerity in the future."
Electrolux took possession of his body, removed the Living Gold Carving Knife from around his neck, and slowly pressed it toward the space between his brows. There was no pain. As though alive, the vertical eye actually drew the Living Gold Carving Knife straight inside without the slightest resistance.
Even Electrolux was left somewhat stunned. He had thought he would have to endure pain or something, but it had been as easy as a flick of the hand?
Yu Tianqing was also at a loss for words for a moment. He had tricked Electrolux into logging in, intending to have him take the damage from this, but it had been that simple?
Wouldn't it have been the same if he'd done it himself?
It seemed he still hadn't explored the full potential of his vertical eye!
Electrolux appeared in the spiritual sea again. The formerly hazy gray space now had a faint layer of green-gold.
Their eyes met, and neither knew what to say.
"Heh heh heh-"
"Heh heh heh-"
The two laughed a few times in unison, treating what had just happened as though it never had.
In the world of adults, whoever felt awkward first lost.
"Then, Elder Yi, please rest and recuperate here. If you have any problems, you can come to me at any time."
Electrolux nodded. "Good, good, good. This old man will also study that Soul Spirit Method. As soon as I have any results, I'll notify you immediately."
"Then this junior will take his leave."
Yu Tianqing opened his eyes just as Ling Luochеn happened to enter the room.
But she wasn't wearing the clothes he had put in order. Instead, she wore a dark blue nightgown.
Her face was flushed, her knees were a little red, and she still had some difficulty walking.
Seeing Yu Tianqing in the room, she raised her brows, overjoyed.
Yu Tianqing stood and wrapped his arms around the girl's slender waist. "Couldn't bear to be apart from me? It's hard for you to get around, so you only had to call out."
"It's all your fault." She thumped Yu Tianqing's chest with her delicate fist. "I just woke up and didn't see you, so I got worried~"
Yu Tianqing pinched her pretty nose. "I came to check how much the Soul Power in my body had increased. Luochen, didn't you gain anything?"
"Gain anything?"
Ling Luochеn froze and looked within herself. Her red lips gradually parted, and she looked up at Yu Tianqing in disbelief.
"F-fifty-eight. How did that happen?"
Ling Luochеn had still been level fifty-six yesterday. After one night, her strength had risen by two levels.
One had to know that Soul Masters with Ultimate Attributes cultivated slowly to begin with. Even with the ten thousand year profound ice marrow, Ling Luochеn had barely managed to rise two levels over the past three months.
Ling Luochеn's eyes lit up. "Tianqing, does that mean we can do it in the future..."
"What are you thinking? The first time has the best effect." Yu Tianqing dispelled her naughty thoughts, leaving Ling Luochеn a little disappointed. "But it's still much faster than cultivating normally."
Ling Luochеn's eyes turned sultry again, as though they could draw out threads.
"Then, Tianqing, shouldn't we now..."
"Look at you. Give it a rest." Yu Tianqing slapped her pert bottom, exasperated. "In a couple of days. Right now, it's swollen like a brown sugar bun."
"You... how awful~"