Chapter 177: Twin Martial Souls, Black Demon and Heavenly Star Furnace

In recent days, the news of Xu Jiawei breaking through to Super Douluo has spread almost across the entire continent. There's no way around it; there have been many big movements in Star Luo City in the past two years, and the eyes of many forces have been fixed here. With any slight disturbance, the entire Star Luo City feels somewhat like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow.

Stepping into the Super Douluo level, Xu Jiawei needs to go into seclusion for a period of time to stabilize his cultivation, so state affairs were temporarily handed over to ministers and Xu Jiujiu, which also led to Xu Jiujiu being somewhat overwhelmed by work recently.

She isn't Xu Jiawei. Although she is talented and could have been exposed to this level of affairs before, the main area she was responsible for wasn't here, which led to her feeling a bit tricky when facing a bunch of old foxes now.

Su Mingxuan is still holed up with Han Lin, focusing on researching soul tools, occasionally returning to accompany his wife, and at other times, he is wholeheartedly wanting to break through the final barrier.

That level 9 Soul Guide Master from the Sun Moon Empire is somewhat tearful. Having been squeezed by the two of them one after another for a long time, he has a feeling of being overworked.

Speaking of which, he and Han Lin are actually quite similar. His Title Douluo cultivation was also forcefully raised by drugs, and his soul skills are mostly augmentation-type soul skills, which must be combined with soul tools to exert corresponding strength.

Han Lin's first level 9 soul tool, the "Star-Quenching Tower," was manufactured with his assistance. Of course, this soul tool was finally dedicated to Xu Jiawei by Han Lin. It can only be said that this old kid is still very good at being a person.

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A few more days passed. When Ruan Qinyu returned this day, she brought a somewhat shy black-haired little girl. Shu Yan was surprised to find that this black-haired little girl was the little girl who had launched a spiritual soul skill at him back then but was backfired instead, Meng Ning.

Meng Ning stood by Ruan Qinyu, wringing her hands and looking at Shu Yan somewhat embarrassedly. Her tender little face had a faint blush. Even though she was thirteen or fourteen years old, she looked like a little girl of about ten, shy and timid yet lovable.

Ruan Qinyu took the little girl's hand, a gentle smile on her face, and then said to Shu Yan: "A-Yan, I only found out today that this little girl is extraordinary..."

Meng Ning lowered her head shyly. The little girl's mind was always exceptionally simple. Seeing Shu Yan, she had a kind of surprise and helplessness of suddenly seeing a handsome idol, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Shu Yan laughed lightly, then looked at Meng Ning, his tone becoming gentler.

"Long time no see, little Meng Ning..."

"Bo... Boss, long time no see..."

The little girl said with her head down, her face red, and at the same time, she hid behind Ruan Qinyu.

Ruan Qinyu patted the little girl's hand reassuringly, then mysteriously pulled the little girl to sit on the sofa beside Shu Yan. A hint of excitement appeared on her face, and she said to Shu Yan: "Today I had a heart-to-heart talk with this little girl, and she gave me a huge surprise. A-Yan, you might not dare to imagine, but this little girl is actually a twin martial soul genius rarely seen in a century..."

Hearing this, Shu Yan was stunned for a moment, his gaze subconsciously looking at the little girl again. The little girl sat beside Ruan Qinyu, and seeing Shu Yan's inquisitive gaze, she nodded slightly shyly and said in a small voice: "My first martial soul is the Control System Black Demon, and the second is the Defense System Heavenly Star Furnace..."

As she spoke, a golden, shining tripod furnace appeared in the palm of her right hand, with a total of seven silver stars on it, shining brightly.

A heavy and solid aura overflowed, emitting the formidable strength unique to a top-tier Defense System tool martial soul. The defensive power of the Heavenly Star Furnace is exceptionally outstanding among all tool martial souls. A Heavenly Star Furnace Soul Master at the Soul Douluo level possesses defensive power that even Title Douluos rarely can break through with strength alone. Originally, I thought this top-tier tool martial soul had been lost, but today it gave Shu Yan a surprise. Ruan Qinyu looked at Meng Ning with a very gentle gaze. She understood the huge potential of a twin martial soul Soul Master. Once Meng Ning starts adding soul rings to her second martial soul in the future, her soul power will grow at an explosive speed. Title Douluo will definitely not be her end point. With twin top-tier martial souls, her future achievements should be at the Super Douluo level at the very least. This wasn't it—as soon as Meng Ning told her this, she rushed to the Princess's Mansion with Meng Ning.

Shu Yan stared at the little girl for a while, but in his heart, he was sighing. The three committee members of ten thousand years ago were close friends who stood on the same front. Even after leaving the Heaven Dou Empire together, they could be said to be inseparable. Who would have thought that ten thousand years later, in the era of the Peerless Tang Sect, there would appear a descendant who inherited the bloodlines of two of them at the same time? Thinking of this, Shu Yan said: "Little Ning, I remember your innate soul power should have exceeded level 8, right?"

Meng Ning nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"Boss, I know what you want to ask. The reason my cultivation speed was so slow is that my cultivation before the age of nine went wrong. The twin martial soul cultivation method passed down from the Southern Region was somewhat imperfect, which caused me to waste some time. I have adjusted it in the past few years, and my cultivation speed has returned to normal."

"Also, the only people who know I have twin martial souls besides you are my few closest friends; no outsiders know..."

Hearing this, Shu Yan nodded. If Meng Ning were just a single-martial-soul Black Demon, she indeed wouldn't be worth pouring too much thought into. But if Meng Ning were a twin top-tier martial soul, then the situation would be completely different. Until now, twin martial souls were still extremely rare existences even in the original three Douluo countries. Twin martial souls mean an upper limit and combat power far higher than ordinary Soul Masters. This has been verified by history. A twin martial soul genius, if placed in the high-and-mighty Shrek Academy, would be a key cultivation object, which can prove its potential and importance.

Thinking for a moment, Shu Yan continued to ask: "Then do you plan to stay at the Star Luo Royal Academy forever?"

Meng Ning looked at Ruan Qinyu, then said in a small voice: "Godmother let me follow you, Boss, to cultivate..."

Shu Yan: "……?"

Looking at the hint of love in Ruan Qinyu's gaze toward the little girl, Shu Yan also roughly understood the reason. But this was also good. With Meng Ning's personality, he could also be at ease.

"Since that's the case, don't call me Boss in the future. You call my Mom 'Godmother,' and then call me 'Boss'—it doesn't make sense..."

Meng Ning's pretty face flushed red. Looking at the smile on Shu Yan's face, she then called out timidly: "Brother..."

Shu Yan nodded. He didn't have any feelings about inexplicably having an extra sister. Perhaps he should call Su Tong over to meet Meng Ning, but thinking about it, he denied this idea.

Su Tong is a pure cultivation maniac. Ever since her cultivation reached the peak of Soul King, she has requested the Ice Empress to train her specially as soon as she arrived in Star Luo City, striving to break through to the Soul Emperor realm faster. The Ice Empress was also bored, so she naturally didn't refuse. The two have been living in the Star Luo Grand Arena these days. Xu Jiujiu specially asked the person in charge to leave the most luxurious arena in the depths for them. Except for someone delivering food at a fixed time every day, no one would disturb them.

If she knew she had an extra sister for no reason, I'm afraid her expression would be quite interesting...

But now is not the time to talk about these things. Before she breaks through, Shu Yan won't disturb her for the time being...

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