Lan Xuanyu naturally had unconditional trust in Nana. Without hesitation, he quickly placed his hands together and unleashed the gold and silver Blue Silver Grass.
He cupped his hands and formed a space between them, allowing the Blue Silver Grass to envelope both his arms entirely. The gold and silver energy forming within his hands undulated unsteadily. In the next moment, a rainbow-colored light erupted from his hands and turned the entire space pure white.
Lan Xuanyu instantly felt as though he was plunged in darkness and was unable to sense a thing. There was no pain or energy. It was as though he had sunk into a vacuum.
There was emptiness around him, all void of energy.
After an unknown period of time, he suddenly saw a patch of rainbow. It was a brilliance of rainbow light. When he caught sight of it, the rainbow light suddenly grew larger as he regained all of his senses again. With a ‘plop’, he returned back to his original location.
Everything became clear again, and Lan Xuanyu was finally able to feel his body. Everything had returned to normal, and if not for the faint throbbing pain in the meridians inside his body, he would have thought that nothing had happened.
He quickly focused on the inside of his body. The gold and silver vortex within was revolving steadily, now a third larger than it was previously. More importantly, the two energies had become purer and clearer, as though both entities were bright and glistening.
They revolved harmoniously and no longer had any intention of conflict. And at the core of the vortex was a rainbow light that appeared even brighter.
Yes, Lan Xuanyu was able to observe the rainbow-colored light after everything he had gone through. Despite the light being the same size as a grain of rice, it was much clearer. It was as though he had found a pillar to rely on.
His soul power had stabilized after breaking through. ‘Rank 20, that’s right, I’ve reached rank 20!’
When others broke through and gained a Soul Ring, they would jump directly to rank 21, yet he had regressed back to rank 20. He was sure that it had something to do with the merging of his martial soul.
He’d dropped rank again, but at least, the crisis seemed to have been averted following the drop.
“When you use the martial soul fusion technique after the rise in your Soul Power rank, it will not deplete your own strength. The explosion that occurred this time was due to the merging. This should be the use of your third rainbow-colored bloodline. So the next time I’m not with you when you breakthrough, you need to maintain sufficient Spiritual Power, at least enough to complete one martial soul fusion technique when your body isn’t able to take it any longer to complete the process. You’ve done well and your rise is extremely stable, allowing both bloodlines to increase, yet another step in merging. But I did not expect for the bloodline energy within your body to increase upon breaking through to the next realm. So when you breakthrough in the next threshold, it is best that someone stays by your side to act as a protector. It will be best if you can come and find me to complete the process as well, as we can have everything well prepared.”
Nana’s voice sounded out in his ear, causing Lan Xuanyu to feel completely at ease. When she was with him, he felt extremely safe and secure.
‘Did I succeed? Is this considered a success?’
Fatigue started to creep in as he felt extreme soreness at every nook and cranny of his body. Lan Xuanyu gradually opened his eyes.
In that instant, when his eyes opened, Nana became slightly startled. To her surprise, she noticed a silver color transformation within Lan Xuanyu’s left pupil, which brimmed with sharpness and perception, as well as a gold color within his right pupil, which was filled with berserk and ferocity.
The two colors flashed for a second and then disappeared, but the short moment was sufficient in leaving a deep impression on her.
After adjusting his Soul Power, Lan Xuanyu heaved a sigh of relief. “That scared me to death, Teacher Nana. Is the power of bloodline so tyrannical? Luckily for me, I have you. Otherwise, I’m afraid that trouble would have befallen me the first time this occurred.”
Nana smiled and extended her hand out to pull him up.
Lan Xuanyu looked around curiously. To his recollection, the martial soul fusion technique explosion was extremely powerful. How strong was the defensive capability of the training room to be able to hold it in?
How could he have known that when the explosion occurred, Nana had long sent them into another space and only recalled them back after the explosion?
“It should be much safer in the future. With this trial under your belt, you will have better mental preparation the next time you breakthrough. However, I suggest that you make ample preparations for your future breakthroughs. For example, absorbing more nutritious foods can ensure sufficient replenishment from consumption. You can also look for items that assist in maintaining a calm mental state. That will help a lot. Also, it is extremely important for you to remember that you have to complete every martial soul fusion technique, as it is the only way for you to subdue the two bloodlines. You have to listen to me. While growing from rank 20 to 30, you need to train your third bloodline by unleashing the martial soul fusion technique 10 times. Understand?”
“En en, I understand.” Lan Xuanyu nodded his head.
After going through a full-body transformation, he had a brand new understanding of his own body. Certainly, wielding two bloodlines was extremely rare amongst Soul Masters. This was also the foundation for his Twin Martial Soul.
The Twin Martial Soul had undoubtedly strengthened him in many aspects; for example, assisting and strengthening others. This was most likely due to the bloodlines within his body.
After cultivating for the past few years, the current Lan Xuanyu’s understanding of Martial Souls was no longer as shallow as back then. He was already aware that the ability to threaten Ye Lingtong’s martial soul and prevent her soul skill from activating came from the might of the bloodlines.
The gold bloodline corresponded with the golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass, while the silver bloodline most probably corresponded with the silver-patterned Blue Silver Grass. While his own martial soul was, in fact, just a Blue Silver Grass, its mutation came from the two bloodlines.
Thus, although the two bloodlines gave him a lot of trouble, it made him different from the others and strengthened him fundamentally. He could only accept them, utilize them, and unleash their potential.
And while strengthening them, the two bloodlines were bound to bring immense danger to him. Without Teacher Nana’s protection, he knew that he would have fallen to danger earlier on. And it was his luck to have gained the martial soul fusion technique and resolved the problem at the roots, which was a radical measure he had taken. He knew that utilizing the martial soul fusion technique would result in a drop in rank, so he believed that he needed to look for other methods or ways to circumvent this. Further, he knew that the speed at which he was raising his Soul Power was truly too slow.
As for Nana’s words regarding his vitality surpassing ordinary people and allowing him to have a lifespan far longer than others, it was nothing to the 11-year-old Lan Xuanyu. Those were words that only impacted his future.
Nana smiled and said, “Come, let us see the changes in your martial soul.”
Lan Xuanyu’s eyes lit up. ‘Right! After suffering so much, I should see what changes have occurred to my martial soul.’ This was also the matter he was most excited about!
He focused and sensed the changes of his Soul Power, then gradually controlled it and unleashed his martial soul.
He raised his left hand first and unleashed the silver-patterned Blue Silver Grass as per usual.
Blue Silver Grass gradually bore out of his palm. It was only then that Lan Xuanyu opened his eyes wide.
That’s right, it’d changed!
His original gold and silver Blue Silver Grass had very minute differences compared to ordinary Blue Silver Grass, looking extremely fine and brittle, with the only difference being in the vein colors. The grass was also extremely thin.
But right now, the Blue Silver Grass that came out of his palm was evidently different. After growing out, Lan Xuanyu discovered, to his surprise, that the leaves were no longer thin. Although they were just as slender, they appeared as cylinders, with only the tips being sharp and pointed. The blades of Blue Silver grass supported each other and grew upwards. They were countless times more tough and durable than in the past!