Qi-Gathering Soul Ascension Pill!

For a Soul Master, the simplest way to test the body was close-quarters combat!

It was the best way to learn one's own strengths and weaknesses and gauge the depth of an opponent.

Whether someone had the genuine article or was a fraud merely filling a place in the orchestra, real combat could puncture every lie and reveal the truth!

The blazing sun was like fire. Morning had passed, and the heat was at its fiercest.

No villagers could be seen working in the fields outside Peach Blossom Village. They had all taken shelter at home or hidden in the shade to escape the heat.

Old Tom lay beneath a tree, clacking his bamboo clappers in his hands.

Word that Ye Qiu had become a Soul Master had long since spread throughout the village, but Old Tom had never stopped playing his clappers in his spare time.

Still less did he know

that the ill omen the villagers spoke of was also about to become a true Soul Master!

Clack, clack, clack!

In the peach grove on the eastern side of the village, the house stood empty.

Ye Qiu, too, was cooling off beneath a tree.

No one had ever come here, so he was naturally bold and thoroughly at ease!

He could do whatever he wanted.

Su Yun'er was in his arms, holding a gracefully swaying peach tree, her face flushed by the hot outdoor breeze. Her peach-blossom face set against the clear blue sky and bright day lent the trees in midsummer a touch of spring, as though they were about to blossom and bear plump, juicy peaches.

Most of the grove had been planted by Su Yun'er's father, while many trees had also been planted by Su Yun'er and Ye Qiu together, and held special meaning.

Of course, whatever their meaning,

growing big, fine peaches always required diligent cultivation.

Ye Qiu took Su Yun'er's hands

and, to the lark's melodious, heavenly song, reveled in the pleasure of tilling, pouring the wellspring of life onto the peach tree's roots together with her.

When the blazing sun had slanted a little westward, the fields at the edge of the village grew lively once more.

Yet the peach grove on the village's eastern side was unusually quiet. The earth beneath the tree was still damp, but no one was to be seen inside or outside the house.

Even when the sun sank in the west, the usual curling wisps of cooking smoke were nowhere to be seen deep in the peach grove.

The Kamui Dimension was the third battlefield Ye Qiu had chosen. Even if they fought here until their strength was spent, there would be no danger.

The traces of their fierce battle on the stone platform had long since dried and vanished.

The entire dimension was silent.

Su Yun'er sat cross-legged in the center of the stone platform, wearing a well-fitted, plain-colored dress that perfectly outlined her shapely figure.

Her hair was arranged in a bun and secured behind her head with a jade hairpin, giving her a dignified beauty and an unworldly elegance.

Her jade-like face was exceptionally rosy, a coquettish charm played about her eyes and brows, and she looked like rippling spring water, with a distinctive allure befitting a young married woman.

All in all,

though her face and body still looked youthful, her bearing was growing ever more mature and gentle.

At this moment,

under Ye Qiu's instruction, Su Yun'er had focused her mind and embraced the pill, silently absorbing a Soul Ring glowing with a faint purple light.

In her palm,

her pill Martial Soul, translucent as jade, spun round and round.

Above her head,

the purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring gradually melted away, transforming into energy that poured into her body.

Ye Qiu watched silently from the side, a smile on his lips. His whole body felt comfortable and refreshed, and his face was full of contentment.

After spending more than half a shichen

and experiencing it firsthand, Ye Qiu had discovered that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red truly lived up to its reputation.

His Sister Yun'er was only an ordinary person, yet her body was already as powerful as a Soul Elder's. It was terrifying indeed!

Though before him, Su Yun'er would always be a fraud.

But there was no doubting the might of the king of immortal treasures!

The First Soul Ring Ye Qiu had chosen for Su Yun'er came from a Mystic Spirit Crystal Turtle about eighteen hundred years old.

The Soul Beast knew only how to eat, and when it wasn't eating, it was sleeping.

The crystal it carried on its shell was actually used to store excess Soul Power.

Once it encountered danger,

the crystal served as a hidden reserve of power.

Its defense was good, but before spatial distortion, any defense was so easily broken!

With Blue Silver Grass there as well,

the hidden reserve of power on its back could ultimately become nothing more than a few Blue Silver trees standing tall in the water, thick and sturdy as banana plants.

Catching such a gluttonous, lazy Soul Beast was as easy as reaching out and grabbing it for Ye Qiu.

As for killing it,

that was naturally Su Yun'er's job.

Su Yun'er might have looked gentle and harmless, so delicate that a breeze could knock her over, but she was an expert at slaughtering the chickens and poultry at home.

Killing a turtle was as easy as killing a chicken!

Ye Qiu didn't need to do anything to prepare her for it.

It was only a Soul Beast. Before developing intelligence, it was no different from livestock,

just a little stronger.

As time passed, the curtain of night fell over the golden Sunset Forest.

In the Kamui Dimension,

Su Yun'er finally opened her eyes, full of delight. Her eyes shone as she looked at the young man before her and said with a gentle smile,

"Xiao Qiu~ I did it!"

"I knew you could do it, Sister Yun'er!"

Ye Qiu quickly crawled over and rolled onto her lap, resting his head there. Looking past the hills at the lovely face above him, he asked joyfully,

"Sister Yun'er, how is it? What does your first Soul Skill do?"

Smiling, Su Yun'er cradled Ye Qiu's head and said happily, "My first Soul Skill is called Qi-Gathering Soul Ascension Pill... As for its effect, a Soul Master ten levels below me can take it and unconditionally rise one level, but it only has that effect on a person once in their lifetime."

Su Yun'er paused, seemingly arranging her thoughts. This was, after all, a field she had never encountered before.

Ye Qiu's eyes lit up, and he eagerly pressed her.

"What else, Sister Yun'er?"

"Besides that, it also restores Soul Power..."

Su Yun'er stroked Ye Qiu's chin and continued, "When a Soul Master whose level is lower than or equal to mine takes it, it instantly restores sixty percent of their Soul Power. For every Soul Ring their cultivation exceeds mine by, the effect weakens by ten percent."

When she finished,

the smile on Su Yun'er's face faded a little. She looked at Ye Qiu worriedly and asked softly, "Xiao Qiu~ I don't understand these things. My Soul Skill isn't too bad, is it?"

"Bad?"

Ye Qiu couldn't help laughing.

"Haha... Sister Yun'er, how could your Soul Skill possibly be bad? It's amazing! If word got out, who knows how many people would fight over it!"

"Ah~ mm!"

As he spoke, Ye Qiu pounced on Su Yun'er, pressed her beneath him, and kissed her fiercely.

Su Yun'er braced her hands against Ye Qiu's chest, her cheeks flushed and her red lips pursed. Joy shone in her eyes. That meant...

She wouldn't hold Xiao Qiu back anymore?

A radiant smile blossomed on Su Yun'er's face, her delight plain to see.

"As long as you're satisfied, Xiao Qiu."

"Satisfied? I couldn't be more satisfied!"

Ye Qiu's joy was entirely genuine. He was happy from the bottom of his heart.

While Su Yun'er's cultivation was low,

the Soul Skill might only be useful for helping Soul Masters restore their Soul Power in battle.

And Su Yun'er currently had only one Soul Ring.

At present, she could only restore twenty percent of a Soul King's Soul Power and ten percent of a Soul Emperor's, and it had no effect on a Soul Saint.

But as her cultivation rose, both effects would undergo a qualitative leap!

If she were a Titled Douluo,

a single pill could allow a Soul Douluo to break through.

A single pill could restore sixty percent of the Soul Power of a fellow Titled Douluo!

A Soul Skill like that couldn't be more sought-after...

And this was only her first Soul Skill. As long as she got through the early stages, everything else would be easy to manage.

Ye Qiu looked with satisfaction at the beauty beneath him and asked, "By the way, Sister Yun'er, what level is your Soul Power now?"