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The next day.
After completing his daily morning meditation, Xu Tianyang came to the exclusive training room in the mansion. This was built by Xu Yunxiao specifically for training and was able to withstand the attacks of the Soul Emperor without being damaged.
After separating last night, the father and son agreed on a time to test Xu Tianyang's growth over the past year and give him some guidance on his cultivation.
After arriving at the training room, Xu Tianyang first saw the familiar blue figure, who was his fiancée Xu Nianshuang.
She was still wearing the same clean white outfit today, with the same blue hat on her head, looking heroic.
"…"
"Have you been here long?" The two looked at each other in silence. The change in their identities made Xu Tianyang not know how to start. After a long time, Xu Tianyang took the lead and asked.
As far as I can remember, this was the first time I talked to Xu Nianshuang. When we were in school, she was always cold and kept to herself, and she didn't even have anyone to talk to.
"Just arrived!" Xu Nianshuang's crystal-like eyes had never left Xu Tianyang since he came in. When she heard Xu Tianyang's question, she responded coldly.
Nodding, Xu Tianyang was a little troubled. Neither of them seemed proactive and he didn't know how to get along with each other. Fortunately, at this critical moment, Xu Yunxiao walked in from outside, followed by Feng Tianxiang.
"Good that neither of you are lazy and late."
"Father!" "Uncle Feng!"
"Uncle Xu!" "Uncle Feng!"
The two greeted each other. Xu Tianyang didn't expect that Xu Nianshuang actually knew Feng Tianxiang, but when he thought about how the other party was inseparable from his father, it didn't seem so strange.
"Eat this before you practice." Xu Yunxiao looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, and reached out to take a box from Feng Tianxiang.
When the box was opened, there were black things inside, like black steamed buns, and it was impossible to tell what material they were made of.
The two of them didn't ask any more questions and took the steamed bun to start eating. Although the steamed bun was black and a bit strange, it was soft and sticky in the mouth, so it didn't taste strange.
"Don't be fooled by the strangeness of this thing. It's made from the meat of a thousand-year-old Ghost King Whale and a ten-thousand-year-old Wood Soul Dragon. These alone will sell for tens of thousands of gold soul coins. You can't usually get ten-thousand-year-old soul beast meat, but you're lucky this time."
After hearing Xu Yunxiao's introduction, Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang's eyes suddenly lit up and they quickened their eating speed. These were all good things.
After finishing the steamed bun in his hand in a few bites, a clear warm current flowed down his throat. In an instant, the warm current filled his body and flowed to his limbs and bones.
The energy and blood fluctuations emanating from the two of them became increasingly powerful.
"Follow me after you finish eating. Only in actual combat can the true power of these ingredients be unleashed. Let me see how strong you are now."
Looking at Xu Yunxiao standing still to the side, Xu Tianyang, who had already walked into the middle of the field with Xu Nianshuang, asked doubtfully, "Father, aren't you going to do it yourself?"
"What are you thinking?" Xu Yunxiao rolled his eyes at Xu Tianyang and said disdainfully, "How old are you? You're only at the Soul Master level. Do you still need your father to give you instructions?"
"I've already heard about your situation from the academy. There's no first-year rival for you two. We've even fought in actual combat, and I heard you were pretty good at it."
"But seeing is believing. Now that you two are fighting each other, your uncle Feng and I will naturally understand your current strength."
"Only in a battle with completely equal strength can one unleash one's unknown potential."
Hearing his father's words, Xu Tianyang nodded and turned to look at Xu Nianshuang. He saw a strong fighting spirit bursting out of the other's eyes. He suddenly felt awe in his heart. It seemed that the other party's strength had improved again.
But I'm not standing still.
"Xu Nianshuang, a level 15, first-ring combat soul master!"
"Xu Tianyang, a level 16, first-ring combat soul master!"
"Let's get started!"
After both parties finished their polite introductions, Xu Nianshuang adjusted the brim of his hat with his left hand, and took out the ice-blue sword with his right hand. His figure flashed and he rushed towards Xu Tianyang.
"Then let's try the sword skills first!"
Seeing that Xu Nianshuang did not release his martial soul, Xu Tianyang did not release his martial soul at the first time. Instead, he excitedly took out a soul-guided long sword and quickly lifted it up from the bottom.
"Keng!" A crisp explosion sounded. Xu Tianyang felt the power coming from the sword and was a little surprised. The opponent's power was much stronger than before.
Was it because he suffered a physical disadvantage in the previous fight that he improved so much in just three months?!
Xu Nianshuang pointed his sword forward, and a huge sword light instantly crossed the sky, spanning a distance of dozens of meters, and slashed vertically towards Xu Tianyang's body from top to bottom.
Xu Tianyang held his recently completed second-level soul-guided sword in both hands, raised the sword and slashed horizontally, and a huge sword light burst out.
The confrontation between vertical and horizontal is also a collision of the martial soul attributes, the power of ice and fire between the two.
The two sword beams collided with each other in mid-air and shattered, turning into light spots all over the sky.
The dissipating soul power fluctuations caused the ground beneath the feet of both sides to tremble.
Xu Nianshuang frowned slightly, moved her feet, and the next moment she was in front of Xu Tianyang. The tip of the azure sword in her hand trembled slightly, and turned into thousands of sword shadows.
The dynamic vision brought by Xu Tianyang's martial soul was used to its full potential. His figure dodged skillfully, and the long sword in his hand performed exquisite blocking again and again.
The confrontation between the two surprised Xu Yunxiao and Feng Tianxiang who were watching the fight. Even when they were soul masters, they did not possess such strength.
"Tianxiang, where did Yang'er learn his swordsmanship? Have you taught him privately?" Xu Yunxiao looked back at Feng Tianxiang in confusion.
"I have never taught Your Highness swordsmanship."
Feng Tianxiang shook his head and observed for a moment before speaking, "From my humble opinion, Your Highness Nian Shuang's swordsmanship has a military foundation. I think she learned it there.
Your Highness, on the other hand, only has the most basic sword techniques. I suspect she is using her martial spirit's inherent advantage to intercept her opponent's swordsmanship in advance. She is relying entirely on her martial spirit advantage to defeat the enemy."
"Haha, this kid is really lucky."
Xu Yunxiao smiled and shook his head, then turned to look at Xu Nianshuang with a surprised look and said, "Shuang'er actually gave me a big surprise. That's the embryonic form of sword intent, right? He's truly a natural swordsman. It's a pity that his martial spirit isn't suitable."
Nodding, Feng Tianxiang looked at Xu Nianshuang in surprise, feeling regretful in his heart. It was not a sword martial soul. Even if he had comprehended the rudiments of sword intent, what could it be?
After all, this world was dominated by martial souls. In the future, Xu Nianshuang's sword practice would not be able to keep up with the martial soul cultivation and would be abandoned.
"boom!"
A loud bang was heard, and it was seen that the two sides were no longer limited to the sword competition, but had added the ability of martial spirit.
Xu Nianshuang placed her right foot on the ground, drew a long arc, and kicked towards Xu Tianyang. An ice thorn emerged from the ground, forming an ice thorn wall along the direction of the kick. Xu Tianyang dodged it.
The yellow soul ring surrounding Xu Nianshuang lit up, and a layer of ice blue instantly appeared in the sky, and the cold air was everywhere. Her martial soul was pure ice element, and controlling ice was her most basic ability. With the blessing of the first soul ring, she could instantly create a large world of ice and snow.
"Spiritual force field!"
In Xu Tianyang's eyes, obscure fiery red lines flickered, and his only soul ring also lit up, and terrifying mental power enveloped the entire scene.
The familiar feeling spread throughout Xu Nianshuang's body again.
The battle ended quickly. At the low-level soul master stage, mental attacks are an unsolvable tactic for 99% of soul masters.
Before using their martial spirits, the ratio between Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang was 70:30, but after using their martial spirits, the ratio became 100:00.
"Are you okay?"
Xu Nianshuang, sitting on the ground with her soul power exhausted, looked at the hand stretched out in front of her, raised her head to look at Xu Tianyang's concerned eyes, and felt a little happy in her heart.
Xu Tianyang, who had defeated her twice, left an indelible impression on her. Because of her experience, she admired the strong very much, and Mu Mengyu was the type she pursued.
So she usually imitates Mu Mengyu's expression.
Ever since Mu Mengyu saved her and helped her get revenge, she secretly vowed in her heart to repay him with all her strength, even if it meant sacrificing her own life.
When Mu Mengyu asked her if she was willing to be her daughter-in-law, she agreed without hesitation even though she had never met Xu Tianyang before, although Mu Mengyu told her at the time that she would not force it unless she was satisfied.
However, this was the first time that Xu Tianyang was remembered by her.
Then she met Xu Tianyang for the first time after entering school. At that time, Xu Nianshuang didn't have any special feelings towards him until she was defeated by Xu Tianyang for the first time.
Xu Tianyang broke into her heart with a domineering attitude.
This time, it was her second time losing to Xu Tianyang. Looking at the concern in the other's eyes, a string in Xu Nianshuang's heart seemed to be plucked.
He placed his hand in the other's and stood up, trying his best to hide the joy in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "It's okay, just take a rest."
"Yeah!"
Xu Tianyang didn't say anything. In his opinion, with Xu Nianshuang's personality, she would not lie.
"Wonderful! I didn't expect you to be so capable at your age. Your father couldn't have done better than you back then." Xu Yunxiao's happy voice came from a distance.
Looking at the two of them, Xu Yunxiao was very excited. Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang were much better than him and his wife. He really wanted to hurry to twenty years later. He wondered what the situation would be like then.
"Although your eye spirit has great potential, it lacks sufficient offensive means in the early stages. A spirit guide can more than compensate for this. Your idea is good, but you haven't systematically studied swordsmanship, so you can't bring out the full potential of your body. During the next holiday, let Tianxiang teach you swordsmanship."
After talking about Xu Tianyang, Xu Yunxiao turned to look at Xu Nianshuang beside him and praised: "Shuang'er, even I have to marvel at your talent in swordsmanship."
"But, unfortunately, your martial soul isn't a sword martial soul. Studying the sword path isn't for you." Seeing Xu Nianshuang about to speak, Xu Yunxiao raised his hand to stop her. "Swordsmanship is a good offensive tool in the early stages. You don't have to answer me now. You still have plenty of time to make your choices for the future."
"Remember, you must choose what your heart desires most. The same goes for you, Yang'er."
Looking at Xu Yunxiao's serious expression, Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang nodded in agreement.
"As long as you understand, Shuang'er and Yang'er will practice swordsmanship with Tianxiang during the day. I will guide you in the practice of martial spirits and soul guides at night."