UNRIVALED TANG SECT : Sharing Life With Firefly (Doulou 2)

"Liuxing, who is the girl who just came in with you? She's so pretty!"

Xu Tianzhen poked Liuxing with her finger, her curiosity shining through like a child's.

"Her name is Gu Yuena. Liuying and I met her on the way here."

Liuxing explained to Xu Tianzhen and Ye Guyi how they had come to know Gu Yuena.

To be honest, Gu Yuena was indeed stunning.

Even at such a young age, she looked like a delicate porcelain doll, surpassing even Ye Guyi in beauty. And in Liuxing's eyes, her silver hair was an added bonus.

Of course, if he had to evaluate, Liuying was still the most beautiful and cute in his eyes.

"Hello, my name is Nana, and my martial soul is a Ghost. What about you?"

At that moment, a little girl with dark red hair sitting in front of Liuying turned around, her eyes filled with curiosity.

She released a white, translucent figure from her hand, her Ghost martial soul.

Seeing others discussing their martial souls, she couldn't help but join in.

After all, for children their age, different martial souls were fascinating and rare.

For Liuying, going to academy and making friends was part of the life she had always dreamed of, so she was more than happy to engage with her new classmates.

"Hello, my name is Liuying, and my martial soul is the Molten Knight."

As she spoke, a sleek, silver-white mecha covered her right hand.

The streamlined design, coupled with its metallic sheen, looked both powerful and elegant. Nana's eyes sparkled with admiration.

"That's so cool! It's so much better than my Ghost."

Nana couldn't help but feel a little envious. Ever since she awakened her Ghost martial soul, many of her friends had started avoiding her, refusing to play with her anymore.

She had been looking forward to academy life, hoping her new classmates wouldn't judge her for her martial soul and would instead become her friends.

Ye Guyi frowned slightly. She instinctively felt a bit repelled by a martial soul like the Ghost, but she wasn't the type to look down on others because of their martial soul.

"My name is Ye Guyi, and my martial soul is the Holy Angel."

"I'm Xu Tianzhen, and my martial soul is the Sun."

"My name is Liuxing, and like Liuying, my martial soul is the Molten Knight."

Liuxing had no objections to making new friends.

Nana froze for a moment, her shoulders instinctively shrinking.

She suddenly regretted speaking up.

Even she knew that martial souls like the Holy Angel and the Sun were natural counters to her Ghost.

Nana felt like crying. Was she just unlucky? How had she ended up surrounded by her martial soul's natural nemeses?

"It's okay, we're classmates. We won't hurt you."

Liuxing noticed Nana's nervousness and quickly reassured her. He didn't want to scare her off right after they'd just met.

"Nice to meet you," Nana said, mustering her courage and deciding not to run away.

So what if their martial souls countered hers? Ye Guyi and Xu Tianzhen didn't seem like the type to bully her.

"Tianzhen, why didn't you join the Soul Guidance Department? Why are you in the Control Soul Tool Department instead?"

Liuxing suddenly realized something odd. Why was Xu Tianzhen here? Wasn't she supposed to be in the Soul Guidance Department?

Xu Tianzhen crossed her arms and puffed out her chest proudly. "Hmph, I've already decided. I'm not just going to be a soul engineer, I'm going to be a soul master too! And my brother supports me."

Liuxing nodded. It wasn't all that surprising.

The requirements for becoming a control soul master were stricter than those for an average soul master.

Xu Tianzhen's Sun martial soul was undoubtedly a top-tier martial soul, and it would be a waste for her to limit herself to being just a soul engineer.

Unless she followed the path of someone like Meng Hongchen, who pursued both soul mastery and soul engineering simultaneously.

However, in Liuxing's opinion, Meng Hongchen's martial soul talent wasn't strong enough to surpass her grandfather through dual cultivation.

It would be better for her to focus on one path. Her brother, Xiao Hongchen, had a slightly better chance of surpassing their grandfather, but even that was uncertain.

Still, this was the path their grandfather had laid out for them, and it was their own choice. Liuxing wasn't going to interfere.

After all, when it came to understanding soul masters and soul engineers, he was nowhere near as knowledgeable as the master of Illustrious Virtue Hall.

Perhaps there was some method or plan in place to help the siblings achieve their goals.

Both soul mastery and soul engineering required immense time and effort.

Unless one had an exceptionally long lifespan to accumulate experience, it was nearly impossible to excel in both without slowing down progress in one area.

Liuxing believed that if someone wanted to pursue both paths, they should first reach Title Douluo level and gain the extended lifespan that came with it.

Given Xu Tianzhen's lively and outgoing personality, she wasn't suited to being cooped up in a research lab all day as a soul engineer.

It would be torture for her.

Her brother, Xu Tianran, had originally planned for her to join the Soul Guidance Department, as becoming a soul engineer was the orthodox path for members of the Sun and Moon Empire's royal family.

The control soul master profession was relatively new.

While its potential was evident, it hadn't yet produced many figures capable of rivaling ninth-level soul engineers.

For most people in the Sun and Moon Empire, becoming a soul engineer was still the safer choice.

On the other side of the room, Gu Yuena sat quietly, her expression cold and distant, exuding an aura that kept others at bay.

It was a stark contrast to her earlier demeanor when she had been talking to Liuxing.

The few boys nearby who had wanted to approach her were intimidated by her presence and didn't dare to get close.

She glanced subtly in the direction of Liuxing and Liuying, then lowered her head, her eyes narrowing slightly. "So, it really is the divinity of life... but it's stronger on Liuying?" she thought to herself.

Gu Yuena was puzzled. Both Liuxing and Liuying carried the aura of life divinity, but Liuying's was far more pronounced.

She couldn't determine who the true inheritor of the Goddess of Life was.

However, this wasn't her primary concern. She had been awakened by the aura of the Goddess of Life, which had also aggravated her injuries.

Her infiltration of Mingdu was mainly to gather information about the current state of the human race.

Originally, she had planned to wait until her injuries were fully healed before emerging to lead the resurgence of the soul beasts.

But the situation for the soul beasts was far worse now than it had been 10,000 years ago during the Three Gods War.

The number of soul beasts had drastically declined, while the human race had grown stronger and stronger.

If she waited another 10,000 years, the soul beasts might be extinct by the time she awoke.

The divinity of the Goddess of Life could, to some extent, serve as a healing treasure.

If she could seize it, her injuries might heal much faster.

However, her current condition wasn't ideal, and she didn't dare to make a move against the inheritor of the Goddess of Life just yet.

For now, she would bide her time and observe. Gu Yuena's eyes flickered with determination as she made up her mind.