Huangfu Ruiās mental and physical growth were both exceedingly slow!!
Not only was she just barely learning to speak when she was five, but she also looked like a two or three-year-old!
A child experiencing problems in growth wasnāt meant to happen! The genes of a soul cultivator were superior to those of a commoner. A child born from two soul cultivators, like Huangfu Rui, wasnāt supposed to experience any developmental problems!Ā
But there was a reason why such a problem had occurred. It was because of a certain person whom Cang Yu fought and was injured by!
Dongfang Ming!
His goal at the time wasnāt to injure Cang Yu, but to use a technique to target the unborn baby in her! It was a technique that not even Zi Jin had noticed at the time!
The couple was heartbroken upon realizing that. All sorts of doctors were called upon in hopes that they could heal Huangfu Rui.
But no doctor could.
The pain grew even worse when they found out that Huangfu Ruiās mental growth had capped at the age of a pre-teen.
It pained Huangfu Nan and Cang Yu greatly for nearly twenty years. That was why the two of them were so excited to hear about the Yao clan still existing.
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Bai Yunfei was quiet. Zi Jinās story had been a more heavy one than he expected. Never had he ever expected the Crafting School to have a story like that.
The Soul Refining School had actually attacked the Crafting School thirty years ago!
And to think Dongfang Ming was that type of personā¦Ā
It was no wonder Jiang Nan had been so angry when he asked about the second discipleā¦Ā
āPlease be assured, master. Iāll definitely bring little Rui to the Yao clan to see if they can help her.ā
The Yao clan had actually given Bai Yunfei plenty of high-grade pills and such, but those were primarily geared towards recovering soulforce or wounds in battle and not meant for something like what Huangfu Rui had. It was best that the Yao clan take a look at her first. They had many different types of pills, after all, maybe they had a pill that could help her.
The Yao clan had recipes for many pills, most of which they had little of in their repositories. Due to the limited resources on the Qimang Mountains, the Yao clan found it impossible to make many of the pills written in their records. Some pills also required a Soul Emperor to be the one to make it.Ā
With the Yao clan being in the Soulbeast Forest now, they would undoubtedly have the means and resources to make even more pills than before. A few of the elders were already preparing themselves to become Soul Emperors with the cooperation of the soulbeasts. Given all that, the Yao clan would without a doubt be able to reclaim their past glory with pills that would be even more astonishing than before.
It was nearly a month since Bai Yunfei and Li Chengfeng parted ways, meaning there was a little over two months until they promised to meet again at the Crafting School. It wouldnāt do for Bai Yunfei to leave with Huangfu Rui back to the Soulbeast Forest without putting any preparations on Li Chengfengās soul armament. It might be best for Huangfu Rui that his master take her to see the Yao clan. Maybe theyāll have a pill to help Zi Jin recover his strength tooā¦Ā
āYes, well, thereās no need to rush this issue. Plan it out as you willā¦ā Zi Jin spoke, he noticed how deep in thought Bai Yunfei was.Ā
āItās getting late now, hurry back to your courtyard. We can talk about this another time, rest up for nowā¦ā
But Bai Yunfei didnāt move from his spot. Confused, Zi Jin turned around.Ā
āYunfei? Is there something on your mind?ā
Bai Yunfei looked up to his master, a hesitant expression still on his face. āMasterā¦ā He decided at last, āThere is an important secret I would like to confess aboutā¦ā
āA secret?ā Zi Jinās eyebrows rose upward, āWhat is it?ā
āIā¦have this unexplainable āpowerā. I can āupgradeā any soul armament like another crafter might refine one. All I need to do is concentrate on it and I can greatly improve a soul armamentās power.ā
āWhat?ā Zi Jin didnāt know how to respond to such a declaration, āWhat are you talking about, Yunfei?ā
He could understand what Bai Yunfei said, but the meaning behind them was a little too much for him to comprehend.
āI canāt explain it fully, this āpowerā of mine, but it was something I was able to use even when I was just a commoner. I called it the Equipment Upgrade Technique. As long as I think about āupgradingā any equipmentālike a soul armamentāthen I can strengthen them without danger.ā
āYouāreā¦ā
Zi Jin didnāt seem to quite understand yet, but he had a grim look on his face, āAreā¦are you telling the truth, Yunfei?ā
āAbsolutely.ā Bai Yunfei nodded. āI could never joke to you, master. If you can let me borrow a soul armament youāre familiar with, I can show you.ā
Zi Jin obliged. Taking out a small red blade, he tossed the weapon over to Bai Yunfei.
Bai Yunfei took the soul armament, it was an ordinary low-heaven tier soul armament without any distinguishing features. Concentrating on the soul armament, Bai Yunfei muttered, āUpgrade.ā
A moment later, he said it again. āUpgrade.ā
And again. āUpgrade.
āUpgradeā¦ā
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Confused by Bai Yunfeiās mutterings and what he was trying to do, Zi Jin watched him in silence. He didnāt understand at first, but the more he watched Bai Yunfei do whatever it was he was doing (and fail twice), the more the understanding dawned on his faceā¦Ā
His eyes could see the flow of soulforce. Every time Bai Yunfei said that word, some of Bai Yunfeiās soulforce would trickle into the soul armament in his hands and cause a reaction!
The last time Bai Yunfei said the word āupgradeā was when the soul armament was +10. The soul armament flashed once with red light, causing Zi Jin to gasp out loud. āThatāsā¦the Law of Fire!ā
Having a soul armament become +10 meant itād gain an additional effect. This one in particular gained one pertaining to elemental fire, which was evident by the Law of Fire appearing. Bai Yunfei knew that and understood that it was the Law of Fire that was responsible for āgrantingā an additional effect.
Zi Jin was a Peak Late-stage Soul King, but he was once a Soul Emperor before he lost his strength. As such, his power of perception was better than any Soul King. Furthermore, he was even more sensitive to the flow of elemental fire as a crafter and could easily tell what the Law of Fire meant if it was doing here.
Its appearance wasnāt the result of Bai Yunfei summoning it here. It flowed into the soul armament for a brief moment before causing the soul armament to change drastically!
He didnāt even need to hold the soul armament himself to tell that it had changed. That low-heaven tier soul armament wasā¦now a mid-heaven tier!
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āMaster, this is the āupgradingā I told you about. This soul armament has now been upgraded to +10, but upgrading it any more would risk it being destroyed. Itās nearly twice as strong as it was before and has a special āpowerā now. Thereās a 30% chance to send a wave of elemental fire whenever its used to attack.ā
Smiling at the stunned expression on his masterās face, Bai Yunfei bowed deeply to him. āPlease forgive me if this offends you, master!ā
āWhoosh!ā
Then he threw the blade at Zi Jin!
He knew it was easier to show than it was to explain. The best method of proving it to his master was to show the changes of the upgraded soul armament himself.
āEh?!ā Moving immediately to protect himself, Zi Jin grabbed hold of the thrown dagger with his right hand, clamping the blade in between his index and middle finger.
āClang!ā
A metallic hum ran up the blade as it thrummed in between Zi Jinās fingers. The soul armamentā¦was definitely as strong as a mid-heaven tier soul armament now!
āWhoosh!ā
Enveloping the dagger in a bubble of elemental fire, Bai Yunfei had it pull itself from Zi Jinās grasp and move in to slash at him!
āClang clangā¦ā
Zi Jin slapped the dagger away immediately, causing sparks to fly between where his palm and the dagger made contact. But rather than be safe as he expected, Zi Jin was alarmed to see a wave of elemental fire erupt from the dagger toward him!
āBang!!ā
A wave of fire washed over Zi Jin but failed to do any damage to him. Dispersing the flames, he watched as the dagger slowly floated back down to his hand.
āIā¦ā
He was at a loss for words. There was no way he didnāt believe in Bai Yunfeiās words now, but stillā¦Ā