Mu Yueye turned the short knife Mu En had given him, then plunged it into the Dawn Sub-Dragon's neck.
The Dawn Sub-Dragon threw back its head and let out a piercing scream.
Mu Yueye remained unmoved. His movements were swift; almost the instant the knife went in, he pulled it back out.
Dragon blood spurted twice, and the Dawn Sub-Dragon collapsed headfirst to the ground.
A dark yellow Soul Ring emerged.
Mu En watched the scene and nodded in satisfaction.
Mu Yueye looked at the Soul Ring. According to what the Shrek library taught, a Soul Ring of this color should be close to nine hundred years old.
According to the standard optimal Soul Ring configuration, that was precisely the age range for a Second Soul Ring.
Even so, Mu Yueye still felt he could absorb this Soul Ring with ease.
He immediately sat down cross-legged and reached out, guiding the Dawn Sub-Dragon's Soul Ring toward himself.
At the same time, the illusory form of the Radiant Sacred Dragon floated into view above Mu Yueye's head, the sacred dragon of light shimmering with the might of Ultimate Light.
Almost instantly, that light enveloped the Dawn Sub-Dragon's Soul Ring.
The Dawn Sub-Dragon's Soul Ring was now like a shy, bashful young bride, slowly pouring streams of energy into Mu Yueye's meridians.
Mu Yueye's meridians, however, had already been gently nourished for a week and had long since surpassed the limits of an ordinary One-Ring Soul Master.
As stream after stream of energy poured into them, his Soul Power immediately swept it along, carrying it through his dantian in an orderly manner to be transformed into his own Soul Power.
About two hours later, Mu Yueye opened his eyes.
He clenched his fists. His Soul Power had now reached Level 14. After briefly sensing his Soul Skill, he nodded in satisfaction.
His first Soul Skill was called Light of Dawn. It countered all evil and dark powers and enhanced all his attributes by forty-five percent.
Moreover, the light it released could judge the evil in a person's heart. Once that evil exceeded a certain threshold, the Light of Dawn itself would burn them.
It was a group attack and enhancement Soul Skill.
After learning the effects of Mu Yueye's Soul Skill, Mu En also nodded in satisfaction. Then he said to Mu Yueye, "Truly not bad. Come with me."
Mu Yueye was curious about what Mu En intended to do, so he followed him.
No matter what Mu En wanted to do, even if it meant stabbing himself, Mu En now would not have the heart to hurt Mu Yueye in the slightest.
That much was certain, so Mu Yueye followed him without concern.
Only when he followed Mu En into a quiet room did he freeze.
Inside the room, a girl with long black hair was sitting cross-legged.
The girl had delicate features and fair skin, with a gentle, tranquil bearing that made her unforgettable at a glance. Her eyes were dark and bright, as though they held stars.
They were like two black pearls worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Mu Yueye deduced her identity almost immediately: the tragic figure from the original story, the eldest senior sister, Zhang Lexuan.
Sure enough, the next moment, Mu En introduced her.
"This is Zhang Lexuan. You'll stay with her from now on. She'll help you cultivate and keep you safe."
Mu En's words were strongly suggestive, and the next moment Mu Yueye was pushed toward Zhang Lexuan.
Zhang Lexuan also rose to her feet, a gentle smile appearing on her face.
"Hello, Little Yueye. My name is Zhang Lexuan. From now on, you can call me Lexuan or Sister Xuanxuan."
Zhang Lexuan warmly drew Mu Yueye to her side, then rubbed his head as she spoke.
Although Mu Yueye enjoyed the fragrance in the beauty's embrace, he gently pushed her away and said calmly, "Sister Lexuan, you're too kind... Judging by your clothes, you're also an inner court student, so you're my senior."
The smile on Zhang Lexuan's face did not change in the slightest. She merely pinched Mu Yueye's cheek gently and said,
"Then I hope we can get along well, Little Yueye. I like you very much."
The corner of Mu Yueye's mouth twitched. If he really were an ordinary six-year-old, he certainly would not have understood what Zhang Lexuan meant by "like."
At the moment, though, his thoughts were still a tangled mess. He merely coughed softly and returned a polite smile as he said,
"Ahem, Sister Lexuan, let's talk about these things slowly later."
Zhang Lexuan nodded, then affectionately rubbed Mu Yueye's head again before looking up at Mu En.
Mu En nodded in satisfaction, evidently very pleased with Zhang Lexuan's behavior. Then he patted Mu Yueye on the shoulder and said,
"All right, spend some more time talking with Sister Lexuan. Come back tonight."
After Mu En left, only Mu Yueye and Zhang Lexuan remained in the quiet room.
After a moment's silence, Mu Yueye chose to sit down on a meditation cushion to one side. He crossed his legs and began cultivating.
No matter how much Zhang Lexuan accepted her status as his child bride or took the initiative in pressing her attack, he was still only a six-year-old child. Leaving aside the fact that he had no such wicked thoughts, even if he did, now was not the time.
And the simplest and quickest way to stop Zhang Lexuan from continuing her offensive was naturally to begin cultivating.
Cultivation on the Douluo Continent was not as outlandish as martial cultivation, where an interruption would immediately block one's meridians and cripple them.
But as long as someone still wanted to be viewed favorably by another person and did not consider themselves above that person, they would not readily disturb that person's cultivation.
For although the risks were much lower than in a martial arts world, it was not unheard of for interrupted cultivation to damage the body or even cause one's cultivation to regress.
This was especially true at the beginning and end of a Soul Master's career: cultivation from Level 10 to Level 30 Soul Power and from Level 90 onward was most vulnerable to interruption.
Thus, almost the instant Mu En left, Mu Yueye made his decision and sat on a meditation cushion to cultivate his Soul Power.
Seeing this, Zhang Lexuan merely smiled gently, then sat down beside Mu Yueye and began cultivating as well.
On this first meeting, she was very pleased with Mu Yueye. He could settle his mind; even in front of an enthusiastic stranger like her, he could still sit down cross-legged and cultivate without a change in expression or a quickening of his heartbeat.
That steadiness alone already surpassed that of many of his peers Zhang Lexuan had met.
If she could spend her life with someone like Mu Yueye, it would be a good thing, even with a certain age difference between them.
At least with someone like that, as long as no calamity fell from the heavens, there would not be too many problems.
Zhang Lexuan had also heard that either Mu Yueye or Bei Bei possessed Twin Martial Souls, and that both were dragon Martial Souls.
Judging by Mu En's attitude toward Mu Yueye, it was most likely him.
By that reckoning, she had even found herself a treasure, Zhang Lexuan PUA'd herself...