The gap between double pupils and twin pupils, Jiaojiao's sacrifice, and a surge in strength
Looking at the reflection in the clear spring water, Lu Cheng's eyes widened in astonishment.
Double Pupils?
He then recalled that in the original novel, after Huo Gua's Spirit Eyes Martial Soul awakened for the second time, he also developed two pupils, one purple and one gold. It seems that this should be a common feature of the Martial Soul Second Awakening.
When he looked around again, all the secrets of the world seemed to be exposed. He could clearly see things as small as particles. Every petal of the Jiaojiao in front of him was made up of fiery red particles. Everything seemed to stand still, and time flowed strangely and slowly.
Transparent World?
Lu Cheng looked bewildered.
At the same time, his own Blood Pupils became increasingly eerie and bewitching, even carrying a hint of evil. The dark red color completely stained his original Sea of Consciousness, and this Spiritual Power even materialized in reality...
He remembered that in the original novel, Huo Gua cultivated the Purple Demon Eye to its highest level by absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which allowed him to achieve such a level of Spiritual Power materialization.
After all, materializing Spiritual Power is a realm that only Super Douluo have a chance to break through. Once they break through, it's basically the limit they're guaranteed to reach, which is the Late Spirit Domain Realm set ten thousand years later...
Moreover, upon closer reflection, this is different from Huo Gua's pupils.
The latter's pupils were purple with the whites of the eyes turning into purple, while the gold pupils occupied the core, making it look like he was wearing colored contact lenses. His Blood Pupils, on the other hand, were two real pupils squeezed into one eye socket.
Extremely standard Double Pupils.
He had a premonition that his Blood Pupils might be far more powerful than Huo Gua's Spirit Eyes after his Second Awakening.
As for the so-called Purple Demon Eye Technique, he had no interest in cultivating it, nor did he wish to join the Tang Sect...
"Let's call him... Double Pupils," Lu Cheng said thoughtfully.
"What a powerful name! Congratulations, Master, on your Second Awakening of your Martial Soul," Jiaojiao chuckled from the side.
"So..."
"When will my lord take me?" A fiery breath escaped his lips. The fiery red flower beside him was already thirsting for him, and even materialized into a fiery red woman with a long ponytail, which gently wrapped around Lu Cheng's neck.
Lu Cheng smirked. "Now!"
Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Over the years, nourished by the remains of a real dragon, this place has long since transformed from a pool of water less than 100 meters in diameter into a giant lake exceeding 1,000 meters in diameter. When viewed from the sky, it resembles the convergence of yin and yang, with red and blue dividing the entire lake into two distinctly colored areas.
Youyou's attributes are more neutral, so it lives in the very center, at the intersection of ice and fire.
Jiaojiao's blazing Yang Spring is naturally located at the very edge of the red area. This is the place with the strongest and most vigorous fire attribute in the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Ordinary Soul Master would be corroded by the lava-like spring water if they were not careful, turning into foam.
But Lu Cheng was not afraid at all.
Soak it directly in it.
The scalding, molten lava-like spring water continuously washed and cleansed the body, which was an exaggerated amplification for the physical body as well.
"Let us... become one." Jiaojiao transformed into a fiery phantom, her eyes burning with passion, and stepped into the pool, embracing Lu Cheng. She glanced provocatively at Ma Xiaotao in the distance.
Even though the latter gritted her teeth and her pretty face was full of anger, she did not dare to disturb Lu Cheng's cultivation.
Sacrificing her fourth Soul Ring Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was an extremely dangerous thing to do. If something went wrong, she would probably regret it to death.
"You bitch, you just wait..."
The fiery red flower petals completely enveloped Lu Cheng's body, while Jiaojiao's vitality was gradually fading away. This scene attracted many Immortal Herb to emerge from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, watching this scene in astonishment and confusion.
They wouldn't stop Jiaojiao; they would only feel sorry and confused for their former companion.
Youyou: "Love-stricken flower, please wait another lifetime."
March passed in the blink of an eye.
Ma Xiaotao sat listlessly by the lake, leaning against an ancient tree, fiddling with her fingernails. Lu Cheng had been silent for three whole months.
Based on the timeline, at least five months have passed since they left Shrek Academy. Now, not only has the first semester ended and winter break begun, but even the two-month-long winter break is nearing its end...
If I don't go back soon, I'm afraid I'll get expelled.
She was aware of Lu Cheng's aversion to Shrek and wouldn't try to persuade Shrek to stay. She also felt that Shrek was not good enough for Lu Cheng, but at the very least... he should stay and meet his Grandmaster before leaving.
"Boom!"
Just as Ma Xiaotao hesitated, the water, which had been calm for months, suddenly rippled. Lu Cheng's figure, who was sitting cross-legged on the lake, gradually began to move, and a Golden Crow phantom that blotted out the sky behind him shot straight into the clouds.
"It worked?" Ma Xiaotao's eyes were filled with excitement.
"Drink it!"
Lu Cheng slowly stood up, his back ramrod straight.
His skin, tanned a dark red from the fire, suddenly cracked and fell apart like fragments, revealing smooth, fair skin underneath—a rebirth through fire!
The entire physical body undergoes extreme training.
The Soul Bone that Jiaojiao sacrificed to him was her torso bone. Under Lu Cheng's guidance, she compressed and sealed all her cultivation into the Soul Bone before slowly completing the sacrifice and becoming Soul Spirit.
At the same time, Lu Cheng's Soul Power also surged suddenly.
It only stopped at the peak of level 44.
This was only a small fraction of Jiaojiao's cultivation level, but it was also the limit that Lu Cheng's body could currently contain. If it were any more, it would burst this body. Ten thousand years of cultivation was no trivial matter...
Lu Cheng landed gracefully on the lakeside.
"Xiaotao."
"You really are... a monster." Ma Xiaotao's eyes twitched. An eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor, let alone on this continent, even Lu Cheng in her memory, who was the highest mountain and the longest river in the eyes of countless disciples on the original continent, was only a barely thirty-seventh level Soul Elder at this age.
"Let's go. This trip has been very fruitful; it's time to head back." Lu Cheng smiled calmly, a hint of reserve in his expression.
"That slut... cough cough, where is that woman?" Ma Xiaotao raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Xiaotao." Lu Cheng's eyes twitched, and he immediately sensed that something was very wrong.
But in the Sea of Consciousness, a beautiful figure emerged from the calm surface. A stunningly beautiful woman with a ponytail and a touch of heroism had a furious expression on her face. She materialized into human form and appeared beside Lu Cheng Lu Cheng, her fair, porcelain-like arm draped over his shoulder, and a provocative look appeared in her beautiful, gem-like red eyes.
"Hmph, what does that dead turkey want with me?"
"I'm Divine Fire Phoenix! You're just a worthless flower."
"If it weren't for the Master's Martial Soul Evolution, wouldn't you still be a turkey by now?"
"Want to fight?"
"Come on, who's afraid of who!"
Two stunningly beautiful red-haired women were locked in a fierce confrontation, their foreheads almost touching, while Lu Cheng stood trembling in the middle.
"Listen to me, both of you!" Lu Cheng took a deep breath.
"Say it!" ×2
Both women paused, turning their gazes toward them.
"Why don't we go back to the Shrek Academy first..."
Lu Cheng forced a smile and said sincerely.
"Hmph, for my master's sake, I'll spare your life." Jiao Jiao snorted Jiaojiao and shrank back into Lu Cheng's body.
Ma Xiaotao clenched her pale hands, her phoenix eyes equally displeased.
"..."
Lu Cheng let out a sigh of relief.
Still too weak.
In a Simulation Device, he would have already pinned those two to the rocks and spanked them...