Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong naturally did not receive a response from Tang Sui.
However, the training room where Tang Sui was in seclusion remained tightly shut, and those outside had no way of knowing what was happening inside, so they could only wait.
Tang San woke up the next afternoon.
But after waking up, he first took a piece of Dragon Zhi Leaf to strengthen his foundation, then meditated to restore his spirit power and mental power, as well as the internal energy that had been depleted from firing the Yan Wang Tie.
Tang San spent the entire day cultivating.
It wasn't until dusk that he went to find the Master.
"Creak—"
The door to the Master's room was opened a crack, and Tang San appeared at the doorway.
"Come in and sit."
The Master was already sitting in his chair, drinking tea, having waited for a long time.
"Teacher." Tang San called out to the Master and was about to close the door when he heard his sister's familiar voice.
"Wait a moment, brother, I also have something to discuss with the teacher."
Tang Sui, who had just returned from the soul beast forest, called out to Tang San, who was about to close the door, and quickly squeezed into the room.
Tang Sui, still carrying the lingering scent of blood and wisps of malevolent aura from her recent hunt, caused the temperature in the room to drop significantly as soon as she stepped inside.
The Master, holding his teacup, was so startled by the lingering malevolent aura on Tang Sui that he almost dropped his cup. He trembled and, like Tang San, showed a look of astonishment: "Sui Sui? Weren't you in seclusion? You don't look like you just came from the training room... you look like you just came off the battlefield."
Tang Sui, who had indeed just come off a battlefield in another sense, said with a hint of contentment, "My seclusion is over. I just returned from the soul beast forest. Teacher, brother, I have advanced to Soul King."
The Master's eyes widened, Tang San's expression was blank, and after a moment of eerie silence, two completely different voices broke out—
"Sui Sui, you've reached Soul King?!"
"You actually went to that dangerous soul beast forest to hunt for a soul ring by yourself?!"
The former was shocked by Tang Sui's cultivation speed, while the latter's concern was that Tang Sui had sneaked off to the perilous soul beast forest to hunt for a soul ring.
Tang Sui stuck out her tongue, "I'm super strong now, it's okay for me to go alone. Besides, when I was absorbing the soul ring, the masks watched me and helped me protect me."
The Master recovered from his shock and said with a dark expression, "That's still no excuse for you to go to the soul beast forest alone! If you had encountered another soul hunting team, how many people could those two masks fight against by themselves?"
"It's not just the Fox Mask and Ape Mask, Teacher~" Tang Sui's smile grew even brighter.
Master:?
Tang San:!
After a moment of stunned silence, the two realized the implication of Tang Sui's words. While they felt joy, another chill crept up their backs.
"You... you mean... the number of your martial soul masks has increased again?" the Master said, his voice trembling slightly.
Didn't that mean that Sui Sui's personalities had become more numerous?!
Tang San, whose thoughts were similar to the Master's, his eyes slightly darkened, his lips tightened. He stared at his sister, who was beaming with joy and completely unaware of the danger, feeling extremely heavy-hearted.
"You'll know when you see it." Tang Sui smiled playfully, circulating her spirit power, and three purple and two black soul rings floated up from her feet. The black color, mixed with deep purple light, cast the entire room in a rather gloomy hue.
"My fifth soul skill, Reincarnation Mask, is quite special. It can only be attached to the effect of my first soul skill, increasing speed by 15%, damage by 10%, and defense by 10% on top of the first soul skill's effects. Additionally, the accompanying white little masks can resist some damage effects." Tang Sui explained.
"But its limitation, like the first soul skill's effect, is only effective before the third activation of the soul skill."
"In other words, after you have given Xiao San and the others two layers of soul skill amplification, you can only use the masks themselves for single-target attacks and can no longer use other soul skills, is that right?" The Master's mind worked quickly and he immediately understood.
Tang Sui nodded, "Yes. In other words, in the early stages, I can either be a pure support, sacrificing strong offense, or split the difference, and after using the first soul skill, I directly switch from support to offense."
The Master frowned and fell into thought, "In that case, your development direction is quite limited." After all, it was a choice between two.
"Hmm... If Sui Sui, after using your soul skills twice, lets... the other you take over?" Tang San's eyes lit up, and he began to consider the possibility of a switch.
Tang Sui: "Emmmm, what are you thinking, brother. 'She' and I are only mentally independent, not physically separated, we're still in the same body."
Tang San froze and sheepishly rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Tang Sui, who could still beat enemies in attack form, didn't care much about this limitation.
After all, in attack form, even her basic attacks were now multiplied.
In short: frontally confront, don't be a coward.
After finishing what she had to say, Tang Sui retracted her martial soul and soul rings, turned to Tang San, and preempted what Tang San was going to confess to the Master:
"Brother, did you encounter enemies on your way back?"
Enemies?
The Master frowned and looked at Tang San: "Xiao San?"
A flash of surprise crossed Tang San's face, "Sui Sui, how did you know?"
"Because... while I was in seclusion, my mind was suddenly pulled into an illusion, and I saw a middle-aged man wearing a soul master robe with the words 'Canghui Academy' printed on his shoulder."
—Author's Notes—
Finished updating! It's the punctual Carp today!
Counting down the last day to the 24th~
Mwah! See you tomorrow~