Chapter 56: Bingdi Becomes a Soul Spirit, Xuedi Transforms
Following Xuedi's words, Bingdi felt as if she'd fallen into an ice cave. No, wait, her heart was even colder than the Myriad Year Xuan Ice Marrow!
In Bingdi's heart, Xuedi had always been her best sister. If it weren't for their different genders, mere friendship couldn't possibly describe their relationship.
But now, in the face of choosing to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit, Xuedi had inflicted a wound on Bingdi, a wound that felt incurable. The most crucial thing was that the wound was on her heart!
Bingdi looked at Xuedi with a mournful gaze and whispered, "Xuedi, why do you have to do this? Is Huo Yuhao more important to you than I am?"
Xuedi didn't even glance at Bingdi, naturally not answering the question.
Bingdi felt she already knew the answer, but since Xuedi was so determined to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit, she would compete with Xuedi!
Taking a deep breath, Bingdi's eyes suddenly became sharp, the majesty of the Ice Jade Scorpion's queen revealed itself. She met Huo Yuhao's gaze and said in a low voice, "Yuhao, I am the one and only queen of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan. Although my cultivation is only approaching the limit of 400,000 years, not as good as Xuedi's 700,000 years, the benefits I can bring you are definitely not something Xuedi can compare to!"
"If you let me become your Martial Soul, your physical strength will receive an enormous boost! Among all humans, there won't be a single Soul Master at your level who can compare to you!"
"The most crucial thing is, Xuedi, as the Heavenly Snow Woman, might also appear as a Martial Soul on a human, but I can guarantee, they will all be female! If you were to let Xuedi be your Martial Soul, it would become…unnatural, especially after you reach the Soul Saint level and use your Martial Soul True Body. You might even experience some undesirable changes because of it."
"I think you wouldn't want to see that, right?"
Hiss!
After hearing Bingdi's words, Huo Yuhao inhaled sharply.
It wasn't because Bingdi's words were too shocking, but because it was dreamlike to hear them from Bingdi.
Bingdi, who usually only knew how to charge forward, could actually say something so reasonable?
Huo Yuhao glanced at Xuedi beside him, and found that she was merely silently watching the scene, with no intention of speaking up to argue. Huo Yuhao immediately understood.
Perhaps, Xuedi never intended to fight with Bingdi over who would be his Soul Spirit from the beginning. Instead, she silently gave the opportunity to Bingdi, only worried that Bingdi would be too rash and might refuse, so she came up with this method!
After all, compared to the other women around Huo Yuhao, becoming a Soul Spirit seemed to offer a greater chance at an endless life!
Not only Huo Yuhao, but even Gu Yue Na vaguely sensed Xuedi's thoughts.
Since that was the case, there was nothing more to say.
Huo Yuhao sized up Bingdi, who stood at one and a half meters tall and possessed an exquisite form, and said,
"In that case, Bingdi, you'll be my Martial Soul!"
Bingdi was overcome with mixed emotions upon hearing this, her feelings incredibly complex. On the one hand, she had successfully outmaneuvered Xuedi. On the other, her relationship with Xuedi might never be as harmonious as before.
For some unknown reason, Bingdi didn't even look at Xuedi. Instead, she looked at Huo Yuhao and said in a deep voice,
"Get ready, I'm going to start the sacrifice."
Huo Yuhao almost burst out laughing. Even now, Bingdi still wouldn't give up acting?
She knew perfectly well that with the Soul Spirit Contract, there was no need for a sacrifice. Yet, to avoid exposing the fact that they could see what he wrote in his diary, she still pretended to be making a sacrifice.
For the always headstrong Bingdi to take this matter to heart, Xuedi must have reminded her a lot, right?
Huo Yuhao shook his head and directly took out the Soul Spirit Contract stored in his diary. He began to establish the contract with Bingdi.
Bingdi could clearly feel the power within her being mobilized, which made her feel inexplicably panicked. But before she could resist, she heard Huo Yuhao's voice.
"Don't resist. If you're willing to accept, you can become my second Martial Soul and soul ring. You can also retain your self-awareness and continue to exist by attaching yourself to me."
After a moment of hesitation, Bingdi decisively followed Huo Yuhao's words and signed the Soul Spirit Contract with her consciousness.
In the next second, the Soul Spirit Contract began to take effect. Bingdi's soul seemed to be directly extracted, slowly drifting into Huo Yuhao's body and merging with his soul.
Huo Yuhao could sense that his second Martial Soul, which originally only had ice attribute and was completely blank, was beginning to merge with Bingdi, the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor. His body was also undergoing tremendous changes.
Under the effect of the Soul Spirit Contract, this fusion was completely painless and incredibly fast, finishing very quickly.
At the same time, the small, jade-green scorpion-shaped Bingdi shouted in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
"Yuhao! My body has left behind the spine bone from my Soul Bone. After fusion, your physical attributes will become even stronger. But during this process, you will feel excruciating pain. I hope you can persevere!"
As soon as Bingdi finished speaking, Huo Yuhao immediately responded in his Sea of Consciousness.
"Don't worry, Bingdi, I won't let you down."
Before, when writing in his diary for seven consecutive days, besides the Soul Spirit Contract, Huo Yuhao had also received a Soul Bone Fusion Card. With this Soul Bone Fusion Card in effect, would he even need to experience any pain?
While Huo Yuhao was using the Soul Bone Fusion Card to fuse with the Soul Bone left behind by Bingdi, Gu Yue Na looked at Xuedi beside her and, with her powerful mental strength, isolated Huo Yuhao from them. Then, she said lightly,
"Bingdi has become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit. What do you plan to do? Will you continue to stay in the Extreme North Land?"
Xuedi glanced at Huo Yuhao, who was currently fusing a Soul Bone, then shook her head and smiled. Even though she was ranked third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, representing the ultimate power of ice, Xuedi appeared incredibly gentle at that moment.
"No, I'm going with you! Instead of waiting here for your final outcome, I'd rather participate personally! I'm destined to fail the upcoming 700,000-year tribulation anyway, so I might as well take this opportunity to gamble!"
Gu Yue Na frowned slightly, sizing up Xuedi.
"You mean… to take human form?"
Xuedi nodded firmly, reaching out to catch a snowflake, her voice gentle.
"To take human form!"
With that, Xuedi didn't hesitate any further. She immediately followed the decision she'd already made, taking out the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus she had obtained earlier, sealing her own origin, and beginning the process of transforming from the 700,000-year-old Heavenly Snow Woman into a human!
Gu Yue Na's eyes twitched slightly. For a moment, she couldn't quite figure out whether Xuedi's decision to let Bingdi become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit was for Bingdi's own good, or if it was simply the most convenient excuse for her to take human form! She wondered what Huo Yuhao's reaction would be when he finished fusing the Soul Bone, Bingdi emerged from his body as a Soul Spirit, and then he saw Xuedi in human form.
Gu Yue Na felt that Huo Yuhao and those other girls might have corrupted her. Seeing this situation, the first thought that popped into her head was to be a spectator and enjoy an unprecedented spectacle?
(End of Chapter)