Chapter 279: with translation of chapter title

Stepping out of the room, Tang Wulin couldn't help but startle.

He actually found Wang Dong at the doorway.

Wang Dong, looking weary, gave him a glance.

"Finished?"

"Um..." Tang Wulin asked cautiously, "When were you here?"

"This morning."

Wang Dong sighed, weary at heart.

That morning, Senior Elder asked her to summon Tang Wulin to report on the first floor of Sea God Pavilion, but after she arrived she discovered Tang Wulin wasn't in his own room.

So whose room he was in needed no further thought.

But upon reaching outside Huo Yutong's room, she was stunned to find the room equipped with a soundproof soul conduit device.

Wang Dong wasn't foolish; she instantly understood everything, and knocking now would be too impolite.

So she waited at the door, assuming that after a while Tang Wulin would emerge, but she ended up waiting until night.

She considered leaving midway, but ultimately gritted her teeth and endured.

She wanted to see how long Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong could linger in the room.

Now she regrets it, truly regrets it.

She really didn't expect the two to make her wait outside for an entire day.

She asked, "What are you planning to do now?"

Tang Wulin's gaze drifted a bit.

"I'm going to bring some food back to eat with Yutong."

"Oh~ I see—it's been so long, you must be really hungry, right?"

Listening to Wang Dong's sarcastic tone, Tang Wulin felt a bit overwhelmed; he coughed and asked:

"What are you here for?"

Wang Dong said irritably:

"At first we asked you to attend a meeting on the first floor, but later Senior Elder learned about your situation and said it would be postponed until tomorrow. I was simply curious when you'd come out, so I waited here."

"I‑I see."

Tang Wulin grew even more embarrassed.

"Then why don't we go eat together? It's on me."

Wang Dong raised an eyebrow and hummed.

"Fine, I've been waiting here all day and I'm hungry too."

After speaking, she led the way toward the outside of Sea God Pavilion, and Tang Wulin hurried to follow.

The two flew toward the inner courtyard, silent all the way.

When they reached the shore, Wang Dong suddenly asked:

"How's Yutong now? Has she been soothed?"

"Hmm." Saying that, Tang Wulin felt sincere gratitude, "Thanks for the suggestion, Wang Dong. No need to say more; from now on we're iron brothers. If you fancy any girl, tell me and I'll do my utmost to help you."

Wang Dong gave him a strange look and shook her head lightly.

"Never mind, I don't need your help. You first fully soothe your girlfriend, then we can talk."

"..."

Indeed.

Given Wang Dong's standards, any girl she wants is already unattainable, so she doesn't need his help at all.

At that moment, Tang Wulin suddenly felt a strange sensation, and an incredibly familiar voice rang in his mind.

"Wulin, can you hear me?"

Tang Wulin's eyes widened, and instinctively he replied in the Sea of Spirit, "Yutong?"

"Yes!"

The voice's owner was clearly Huo Yutong, sounding extremely excited.

Tang Wulin, however, felt very puzzled.

"Yutong, how did you do that?"

Tang Wulin had experienced similar things before; both Huo Yutong's spirit detection and Mu En's spirit communication could achieve the same effect.

But the method Huo Yutong was using now was clearly not any of those; he felt a dedicated channel had formed between them to transmit words and spirit.

Huo Yutong said excitedly:

"Wulin, after you wake up you can feel the special connection that has formed between us, right? I asked the teacher, and he said our power and spirit are now linked, so whenever we want, we can talk to each other at any time."

"That impressive?"

Tang Wulin was truly surprised.

Spiritual telepathy isn't unheard of in the Soul Master World, but it mostly appears among twins; for a couple like him and Huo Yutong to develop this ability is probably the first in history.

If the channel had existed before they went to Dragon Valley, Huo Yutong wouldn't have mistakenly thought he was dead.

Wang Dong looked at him gloomily.

"What's wrong? So startled?"

From his perspective, Tang Wulin remained silent, yet his expression kept changing dramatically.

What is this guy thinking about so obsessively? Tang Wulin quickly shook his head.

"Nothing."

It's better not to broadcast this matter around for now.

He recalled the feeling just now and initiated conversation: "Yutong, can you hear me?"

"Yes!"

Huo Yutong was visibly more excited.

Being able to talk with Tang Wulin anytime and anywhere made her very happy.

Tang Wulin asked curiously:

"Has your Sea of Spirit and soul power changed? What did Ilex say?"

"Oh, this..." Then Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin talked about the changes they noticed upon waking.

As Tang Wulin expected, Huo Yutong's Sea of Spirit and soul power also showed a gray-green light, and Ilex, like Youyou, judged this to be divine sense and divine power.

Ilex's conclusion was exactly the same as Tang Wulin's, believing that the change occurred because their actions last night were essentially creating life.

If it were any other martial soul fusion, this wouldn't happen naturally, but you should know their third martial souls are respectively the top-tier life and death attributes.

Therefore, under the intense clash and fusion, divine power had divine sense as its leader, divine sense had divine power as its vessel, and the two forces truly merged together.

This is truly an unexpected surprise; according to Ilex, with these two, theoretically, as long as they have a godhood and sufficient energy, they can instantly become gods without any bottleneck.

This is something countless soul masters have yearned for over the past ten thousand years but could not achieve; when stating this conclusion, even Ilex felt a bit envious.

As for what other wonderful uses divine sense and divine power have, we'll have to wait for detailed experiments later.

"Hey, what are you spacing out for? We've arrived."

Hearing Wang Dong's voice, Tang Wulin snapped out of his thoughts and realized they had arrived at the inner courtyard cafeteria.

He shifted his thoughts and smiled:

"Oh, I was just thinking about something and didn't notice. Wang Dong, what do you want to eat?"

Wang Dong gave him a strange look.

"I want crispy ling stir-fried chicken, and also remember to keep it moderate, don't overindulge."

Tang Wulin stared, then suddenly realized the meaning behind Wang Dong's words.

"I was thinking about something, I'm not exhausted!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Wang Dong gave a half-hearted reply and casually found a seat.

Tang Wulin took a deep breath, suppressed his urge to argue, and went to the window to get his meal.

Wang Dong really wasn't being polite with him, directly ordering one of the most expensive dishes.

Sitting opposite Wang Dong, he passed her the crispy ling stir-fried chicken she had ordered and asked: "Over these two years, what changes has the Academy seen?"

He decided to chat with Wang Dong for a while, then go back and eat with Huo Yutong.

Having left the Academy for two years, he was sure he'd missed many things, and given Huo Yutong's obliviousness to outside affairs, asking her would surely yield no satisfactory answer, so it was more reliable to ask Wang Dong.

Wang Dong snapped apart his chopsticks, said lightly: "Nothing much happened; have you heard about Ma Xiaotao's situation?"

"Hmm."

Tang Wulin nodded and asked:

"She hasn't been giving Yutong trouble, has she?"

Wang Dong shrugged.

"No, that crazy woman has become much more well-behaved this time; although her temper is still explosive, she doesn't cause trouble much, and she's oddly afraid of Yutong, always keeping her distance."

"Oh, that's good."

Tang Wulin wasn't surprised by this, since Huo Yutong's attribute inherently suppresses Ma Xiaotao; after absorbing the ice attribute contained in the Water Dragon King and fusing with the Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Grass, her ice attribute strength reached a level that surpasses all peers, so it's natural for Ma Xiaotao to instinctively fear her.

Wang Dong let out a soft sigh.

"Sigh, although I don't particularly like that crazy woman, I have to admit that without her, Xuan Lao might still not have recovered; at least in how he treats Xuan Lao, I can find no fault."

"Treating Xuan Lao?"

"Yeah, after she came back, seeing how distressed Xuan Lao was, she voluntarily took charge of his meals."

Wang Dong took a sip of the soup that came with the crispy ling stir-fried chicken, his expression somewhat wistful.

Tang Wulin also felt quite surprised, never expecting Ma Xiaotao to be so respectful to her teachers.

He pursued:

"Anything else major?"

"Major stuff..." Wang Dong murmured, repeating it, then suddenly broke into a meaningful smile: "Wulin, do you know? When they heard the news of your disappearance, Meng Hongchen actually fainted outright."

"... Let's just forget about that."

Tang Wulin's mouth twitched involuntarily.

He could not possibly return her affection.

Fortunately, afterward Wang Dong stopped joking with him and instead seriously told him about many things that had happened over these two years.

Some things made Tang Wulin happy, such as the Tang Sect's development going very smoothly, with new faces appearing every day.

Some things weighed on Tang Wulin's mind, such as the Holy Spirit Sect still being well hidden, making it hard for the Academy to find their traces.

Some things left Tang Wulin fuming, such as the rumor that a sword maniac named Jue Jue Chen dragged his female companion along to follow Huo Yutong to the Tang Sect, challenging people everywhere every day, utterly annoying.

Wang Dong spoke in great detail and earnestly, to the point that Tang Wulin temporarily forgot other matters and focused solely on what she was saying.

Without realizing it, Wang Dong put down his chopsticks, took out a tissue to wipe the corner of his mouth, and said:

"I'm done eating."

"Ah..." Tang Wulin then realized nearly twenty minutes had passed and hurriedly said:

"Wait a moment, I'll go buy some food for Yutong."

"Mm."

Wang Dong rested his chin on his hands, watching Tang Wulin rush to buy food for Huo Yutong, his eyes somewhat wistful.

She lowered her head, looking at her own reflection printed on the glass table, and couldn't help but show a bitter smile.

At that moment, she suddenly heard Tang Wulin's surprised voice coming over.

"You, who are you?!"

She instinctively lifted her head toward the direction of the voice, and then her pupils shook.

What did she see? There were actually two Tang Wulins?

Side note: Lao Qiu appears, classic late arrival (joy).

Actually speaking seriously, if Lao Qiu had come when Huo Yutong first fell ill two years ago, there would be a considerable chance of turning Huo Yutong gay.

After all, judging from the original work's performance, this person Lao He would self-hypnotize (Wang Dong'er and Tang Wutong), and given that Lao Qiu's appearance, martial soul, and even weapons are exactly the same, it is truly possible to take advantage of the situation and capture the mentally unstable Huo Yutong.

Huo Yutong: I can't tell, I really can't tell!

However, it's too late to say anything now; with the genuine article returned, Huo Yutong's eyes simply won't have anyone else.

(End of chapter)