101: Chapter 101 Qian Renxue is shy, the secret of the Fire Dance Martial Soul

The Goddess Qian Renxue, how could Su Ling possibly let her go?

She is the number one Goddess discovered so far in terms of comprehensive value; even Bibi Dong lags behind her.

[Ding... Congratulations to the Host for successfully binding with the Goddess Qian Renxue!]

[Goddess: Qian Renxue (disguised as Xue Qinghe)]

[Goddess Comprehensive Value: 99]

[Current Favorability: 60 (Quite favorable)]

[Binding Effect: The Host can obtain 10% of the bound Goddess's daily Cultivate results, without reducing the bound Goddess's Cultivate speed.]

[Binding Skill: Light Shield (Active Skill, generates an energy shield that absorbs damage for oneself or teammates; the shield value is based on one's own Soul Power.]

A defensive skill?

Angels belong to the Light attribute, so it is surprising that this skill was granted.

Su Ling already possessed attack, escape, and Support skills; this was his first defensive-type Spirit Ability.

Thank you, System; thank you, Qian Renxue!

As for Qian Renxue, watching Su Ling sleeping on his side, she still couldn't quite fall asleep, constantly thinking about the words Su Ling had spoken.

Bibi Dong controls Spirit Hall, but she was not without strength. Her greatest reliance was the power of the Consecrated Hall, which her grandfather controlled, and the combined strength of these subordinates was not insignificant.

Although they were not as numerous as Bibi Dong's forces, in terms of quality, Bibi Dong absolutely could not compare.

Controlling the Heaven Dou Empire... perhaps in the future, I really will have to rely on you.

Thinking and thinking, Qian Renxue also closed her eyes. She didn't know why, but at this moment, beside Su Ling, she seemed to have lowered her Guard.

After all, a favorability of 60 already counted as being quite favorable; in front of Su Ling, her wariness gradually faded.

Without realizing it, the sky gradually began to brighten.

Su Ling hadn't fallen asleep at the beginning of this sleep either; besides researching the things inside the System, he was also thinking about future plans.

Not just for himself, but for the group of Goddesses around him as well.

Since they had chosen to follow him, he had the responsibility to lead them toward the Peak together.

Besides, if they became stronger, it would also be Su Ling's greatest assistance.

Having thought about so much, Su Ling actually didn't fall asleep. Furthermore, in the middle of the night, a sleeping Qian Renxue had actually moved closer to him on her own, and the two were pressed tightly together.

Eventually, Qian Renxue even draped her arms and legs over Su Ling, hugging him.

At first, Su Ling thought Qian Renxue was doing it on purpose, but until this position was maintained for the whole night, it showed that Qian Renxue was truly asleep.

Disguised as Xue Qinghe, she was actually very tired. Every day, she did many things she didn't like, and when facing people she disliked or even hated, she still had to respond with courtesy.

This night was probably the best sleep she had had in a long time.

Qian Renxue did not wake up, and Su Ling did not alert her.

It wasn't until Qian Renxue felt something hard pressing against her leg that she woke up. The first thing she realized upon waking was that she was actually hugging Su Ling.

So what was pressing against her just now was...!

Unable to resist taking a look, Qian Renxue's face turned crimson, and she was immediately startled.

Then, looking at Su Ling beside her, who seemed to be sleeping soundly, she finally relaxed.

Then, she quietly moved her body away and slowly got out of bed to put on her clothes.

However, during this time, she still couldn't help but glance from time to time at Su Ling, who was sprawled out on the bed.

"Hmph... Scoundrel! Lecher! Shameless! Pervert... Why am I scolding him!"

After getting dressed, Qian Renxue found a spot, sat cross-legged, and deliberately began to Cultivate.

She did not know that Su Ling was faking sleep!

After a long while, Su Ling finally opened his eyes and whispered, "Big Brother, why didn't you rest?"

Qian Renxue revealed a faint smile and said, "My Soul Power lags too far behind yours, and I am several years older than you; it is time for me to work hard. I didn't sleep much last night, so I just got up to Cultivate."

She certainly didn't want to admit that she had spent the whole night hugging Su Ling while sleeping.

Growing up, aside from her father and grandfather, this was the first time she had slept in the same bed with another man, and they had been so close.

"I see. If Big Brother works hard to Cultivate, you will definitely make a Breakthrough," Su Ling said.

Qian Renxue said, "I hope so!"

Su Ling got up and dressed, and the two of them finished washing up, attended by two maids.

After eating breakfast, Su Ling said goodbye to Qian Renxue and returned to Shrek Academy.

Qian Renxue had other things to do in the morning; after all, in the current Heaven Dou Empire, she had to handle all political affairs, large and small. She was the busiest person in the entire Heaven Dou Royal Family, so she did not ask Su Ling to stay!

Upon returning to Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuxin and Ma Hongjun had already finished absorbing their Spirit Bone.

Su Ling went directly to find Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

"Brother Su!" Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang said in unison.

"Come with me!" Su Ling thought for a moment and then led them to an empty classroom in the academy.

"Wu'er, Wushuang, you are about to leave. It was my fault for not letting you participate this time; I am truly sorry," Su Ling said.

"Su Ling, it's fine. We didn't expect the people from Spirit Hall to target us," Huo Wushuang said.

"I'm glad you can understand."

"I asked you to stay these past two days because I wanted to assist you once more; perhaps it will be of some help to you." After speaking, Su Ling took out the Fire Essence Spirit and the eight-petal immortal orchid from the System.

"Wu'er, this is the Fire Essence Spirit. Consume and absorb it; it can not only strengthen your Soul Power but also increase your potential. It is most suitable for you."

"Wushuang, I am giving you this eight-petal immortal orchid. It can also help you improve your potential and boost your Soul Power. Before you leave, it might allow you to reach Rank 50," Su Ling said.

Huo Wu was one of his own, and one shouldn't be too stingy. Huo Wushuang was his brother-in-law, and he was also a potential talent, so he could invest in him as well.

"Thank you, Brother Su!" "Thank you!"

Huo Wushuang already knew about the ten-thousand-year medicinal herb that Huo Wu had consumed previously; it had come from Su Ling's hands, and he was very much looking forward to this.

"Just consume it; I will Guard you," Su Ling said.

"Okay!"

Huo Wu consumed hers first. Seeing his sister Huo Wu consume it, Huo Wushuang also ate his. The two of them sat cross-legged with a distance of three or four meters between them, circulating their Soul Power and waiting for the medicinal effect to take hold.

While the two were absorbing the medicinal effects, Su Ling looked at the System screen.

[Remaining unopened chests: White * 162, Yellow * 45, Purple * 30, Black * 7, Red * 5, Gold * 1]

Since the two were leaving, Su Ling decided to give them another gift.

"System, open all Black chests!"

[Ding... Opened seven Black chests. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 30,000-year Spirit Bone * 1, 10,000-year Healing Spirit Ability Card * 2, 50,000-year Spirit Bone * 2, 10,000-year spirit ring * 2.]

"Not bad, three Spirit Bones, two of which are Fire-attribute; they are suitable for them."

Red chests could yield 100,000-year Spirit Bones, but giving them 100,000-year level Spirit Bones was obviously inappropriate; 10,000-year Spirit Bones were acceptable.

Having nothing better to do, Su Ling glanced at the only Gold chest.

"Sigh, System, let's open the Gold chest after all," Su Ling thought, finally unable to resist.

He had previously opened two Gold chests; one was for Resurrection, and the other had evolved his external Spirit Bone to one million years.

Although Resurrection was not currently needed, it couldn't be said that it was a bad item; in certain situations, Resurrection was much more useful than a one-million-year Spirit Bone.

[Ding... Opened Gold chest. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a one-million-year spirit ring * 1.]

This time it was actually a one-million-year spirit ring! A good item, one that could be absorbed and used directly. Of course, with his current physical state, he still couldn't absorb it.

Moreover, his first choice for absorbing a spirit ring was still the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger; he needed to fuse more of its elemental powers into his Spirit to complete it.

...Waiting from the morning until the evening, everyone knew Su Ling had matters to attend to, so no one came to disturb them.

Huo Wushuang woke up before Huo Wu.

"Hasn't my sister woken up yet?" Huo Wushuang came to Su Ling's side and asked in a low voice.

"Not yet. The Fire Essence Spirit she used is of excellent quality and is the most suitable for her."

"Wushuang, how much has your Soul Power increased?" Su Ling asked.

Speaking of this, Huo Wushuang said, "Rank 48; I'm just a little bit away from Rank 49."

The eight-petal immortal orchid had allowed Oscar to rise five Ranks; Huo Wushuang rising three Ranks was actually quite good, after all, one was a Spirit Elder and the other a Spirit Ancestor.

It seems Huo Wushuang hadn't absorbed enough of the medicinal effect!

"Wushuang, continue to consume this Medicinal Pill; it can accelerate the absorption of the medicinal effect in your body. You said you were close to Rank 49; this should allow you to Breakthrough," Su Ling said.

"Okay, I'll try it." Huo Wushuang took the Medicinal Pill from Su Ling, immediately ate it, and began to Cultivate.

Actually, Su Ling had an idea: if one were to consume two return-to-origin qi fusion pills to accelerate the absorption of the medicinal effect while consuming an immortal herb, wouldn't that be even more perfect?

The first absorption would be able to maximize the medicinal effect!

Thinking of this, Su Ling already had a suitable target in mind to experiment on.

And not long after Huo Wushuang had immersed himself in Cultivation, flames began to emanate from the originally calm Huo Wu, and this flame covered her entire body.

While Cultivating, Huo Wu actually released her Spirit.

Huo Wu's Spirit was originally just a shadow, called Fire Shadow.

But this shadow actually began to materialize; it seemed to be turning from a shadow into a real person.

Having a person as a Spirit is rare on the Douluo Continent; Poseixi counts as one, after all, her Spirit is the Sea God.

The Fire Shadow began to become clearer and clearer—a woman in fire-red clothing, very beautiful, with a strong aura, and she looked somewhat similar to Huo Wu.

Could it be that Huo Wu's Spirit is herself?

The Spirit looked around, then entered Huo Wu's body again.

The flames on Huo Wu's body continued to burn.

Clearly, the effect of the Fire Essence Spirit was very good. Looking at Liu Erlong's dragon flame flower and Feng Yuer's phoenix gall, even without using them, one could imagine they were definitely good items.

"System, the gap in what you provide is too big. You are simply too double-standard in how you treat the Goddesses versus me," Su Ling couldn't help but question the System.

But every time Su Ling questioned the System, it seemed not to respond, and this time was no different.

He could only accept the loss in silence.

He continued to wait until late at night when the flames on Huo Wu's body slowly began to weaken until they disappeared and returned to normal.

But Huo Wu was still in the midst of Cultivating, with no sign of wanting to finish.

In the early morning, Huo Wushuang was the first to finish Cultivating.

With the help of the return-to-origin qi fusion pill Su Ling gave him, continuing to consume the medicinal power successfully allowed him to reach Rank 49.

While Huo Wu was still Cultivating, Su Ling and Huo Wushuang waited until noon before Huo Wu finished her Cultivation.

Su Ling immediately looked at Huo Wu's panel in the System.

[Bound Goddess: Huo Wu]

[Goddess Comprehensive Value: 97]

[Favorability: 100 (You are her whole World)]

[Binding Effect: The Host can obtain 100% of the bound Goddess's daily Cultivate results, without reducing the bound Goddess's Cultivate speed.]

[Binding Skill 1: Charm (Passive skill, Host's Charm permanently increases by 50%)]

[Binding Skill 2: Fire attribute bonus (When the Host uses the fire attribute alone, the power of fire-attribute Soul Power increases by 100%)]

[Binding Skill 3: Perception (When Huo Wu is within 10,000 meters of the Host, the Host can immediately perceive any danger and her location)]

[Binding Skill 4: Fusion (Unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill by merging into the Host's body; can be stacked with other Goddesses)]

A Goddess Comprehensive Value of 97; other Goddesses with the same comprehensive value as Huo Wu included Xiao Wu and Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong had reached this value by relying on her own talent, twin spirits, and that peerless beauty.

Huo Wu and Xiao Wu had been boosted by the medicinal herbs Su Ling had them consume.

Xiao Wu had Innate full Soul Power, and the Nine-Grade Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng had helped a great deal, which is why she reached a comprehensive value of 97.

As for Huo Wu, her Innate Soul Power was not as high as Xiao Wu's, but this Fire Essence Spirit was truly too good, raising her Goddess Comprehensive Value.

Moreover, after consuming the Fire Essence Spirit, Huo Wu's appearance and temperament had both improved even further.

The only reason Bibi Dong was currently also at 97 was one possibility: age had affected the System's evaluation of her Goddess Comprehensive Value.

After all, this was calculated comprehensively, and age was also one of the most important factors.

Xiao Wu was now fifteen, Huo Wu nineteen, and Bibi Dong was already over forty.

To still have a Goddess Comprehensive Value of 97 at this age was terrifying.

Bibi Dong's favorability was likely higher when she was young; if she had had the help of immortal herbs back then, she should have been able to reach a comprehensive value of 99, like Qian Renxue.

"Brother Su, I... my Soul Power has actually increased to Rank 59!" Huo Wu said with a surprised expression.

"Sister, your previous Soul Power was Rank 52; to actually increase by seven Ranks at once! I only rose from Rank 45 to Rank 49, and that was only achieved after consuming a Medicinal Pill given by Su Ling halfway through," Huo Wushuang said.

Speaking of this, he felt quite ashamed; his sister had so much more Soul Power than him, and the gap had already widened significantly.

"And my Spirit seems to have changed as well."

After saying this, Huo Wu immediately released her Spirit, and a woman who looked similar to Huo Wu appeared before the three of them.

The woman's appearance and temperament seemed to be not at all inferior to Bibi Dong's.

"This is? Mother!" Huo Wushuang said with a surprised expression.

"Mother?" Huo Wu also looked at Huo Wushuang with a confused expression.

After all, he was three years older than Huo Wu. Although a three-year-old child doesn't have many memories, there would eventually be some memory fragments. As his Soul and Mental Energy grew stronger, he could awaken the memory fragments deep within his heart.

After all, the three-year-old Huo Wushuang had spent some time with his mother.

"Brother, are you saying my Spirit is our mother? Then wasn't my Spirit just mother's shadow before?" Huo Wu said.

"Hmm, it's very likely!" Huo Wushuang said.

"I see. I have finally seen Mother's appearance; so she has always been by my side." Tears welled up in Huo Wu's eyes. A wish she had held for many years had been partially realized; at least it allowed her to see her mother's appearance.

However, it was just a Spirit; Huo Wu's Spirit appeared very mechanical.

"Mother, I will definitely find you," Huo Wu resolved.

Su Ling said, "Since that's the case, I will help you one more time. These are two Fire-attribute Spirit Bones. Huo Wu, you absorb this 50,000-year one; Wushuang, you are suited to absorb this 30,000-year Explosive Flame-attribute one."

"Brother Su, you have already helped us improve so much; if we absorb these Spirit Bones as well, we..." Huo Wu said.

Su Ling immediately stepped forward and covered Huo Wu's mouth with his hand, whispering, "In the future, we are all one family. One family doesn't need to be polite; just take what I give you."

"You might face danger on this trip, so it's always good to raise your strength higher. Didn't you say that you need to be at least a Spirit King to go? You are now a Spirit King, but your brother Wushuang is not yet."

"After absorbing these two Spirit Bones, you should both be able to reach the Rank for absorbing your respective spirit rings. At that time, I will find a suitable spirit ring for you," Su Ling said with a smile.

"Well, okay then!" Huo Wu said.

"Su Ling, thank you!" Huo Wushuang also bowed to Su Ling. At this moment, Huo Wushuang had completely accepted Su Ling because Su Ling was good enough to him and his sister.

Of all the things Su Ling had given them, which one wasn't a priceless treasure?

He gave them away without even blinking.

"Wu'er, Wushuang! I have other matters to attend to today. You can take turns absorbing the Spirit Bones while the other Guards; switch off. Once you have finished absorbing them, I will take you to the Sunset Forest."

"Brother Su, go be busy! We will come find you after we have finished absorbing them." Huo Wu said this and then took the initiative to step forward and hug Su Ling.

Right in front of her brother Huo Wushuang, she kissed Su Ling on the cheek, without any hesitation at all.