Chapter Fifty-Four Zuo's Odes

  In front of the living room of Shi's house, there is a not-so-small garden. The garden is planted with various flowers and grasses, as well as many precious plants. This garden is in full bloom all year round, and the intoxicating fragrance of the flowers will never dissipate.

  Shi Yan arrived at the garden and saw Zuo Shi surrounded by several young men.

  Among the flowers, Xiuzhu stood tall and slender, her beautiful legs extremely long and straight, with a very attractive leg shape.

  Under the sunlight, her snow-white skin emitted an extraordinary glow, like porcelain. Her delicate face was adorned with gemstone-like eyes that were clear and free of any impurities.

  Although he had known that Zuo Shi was good-looking, when Shi Yan saw him in person, his eyes lit up and he felt a sense of astonishment.

  Zuo Shi is actually a beauty on the same level as Mu Yu Die, and Zuo Shi is even taller, with two legs that are even more slender and elegant.

  Zuo Shi, surrounded by a group of young people like stars surrounding the moon, held a small pot in a careless manner, watering flowers in the flower cluster, with a hint of helplessness in his clear eyes.

  It seems she doesn't like being treated specially by people.

  Shi Yan just took a glance from afar and didn't continue staring, entering the garden he headed straight for the reception hall at the back of the garden.

  "Rocky!"

  A young man shouted loudly, and it was seen that many young people surrounding Zuo Shi on the other side all shifted their gaze to Shi Yan.

  "Anything wrong, brother?" Shi Yan's body paused for a moment, and he asked with his head turned sideways.

  "Where have you been these days? I heard you've been back for a while, but I haven't seen you?" Shi Tianxiao took a sip and waved his hand at Shi Yan, saying: "Shi Yan, come over here. Xiaoshi got a piece of tortoise shell with some strange ancient characters on it. You're good at ancient texts, aren't you? Come take a look."

  Several young people in the center left, after hearing Shi Tian Xiao say this, seemed to have finally gained some interest. Ten meters away from him, her pair of eyes as clear as a lake fell on Shi Yan's body.

  "I'm busy, Grandpa is looking for me with something, let's talk when I have time."

  Shi Yan's expression was indifferent, and he casually refused, then immediately left without lingering, heading straight to the reception hall behind the garden.

  "Uh..."

  Shi Tianxiao's expression was strange, and he stared blankly for a moment before forcing a smile and awkwardly explaining to Zuo Shi: "That guy Shi Yan has a weird temper, isn't good at talking, and doesn't have any interest in martial arts. These years, I don't even know what he's been busy with, running around all over the place. Don't mind him, I'll catch him later and make him write to you."

  Zuo Shi's clear eyes showed a hint of puzzlement, she stared at the back of Shi Yan and asked strangely: "If he has no interest in martial arts, how can his cultivation be higher than yours?"

  "What? What?"

  Shi Tian let out a loud cry, hastily saying: "Xiao Shi, could you have mistaken him? In these seventeen years, I've never seen him practice martial arts, what kind of cultivation could he possibly have?"

  Zuo Shi's face showed a hint of confusion, and she stared blankly for a moment before speaking seriously: "He clearly has the cultivation base of the Three Heavens Realm, how could he not have practiced martial arts? That old man taught me the 'Divine Eye Technique', which allows me to see through to an opponent's cultivation realm with just one glance. His realm is not higher than mine, I won't be mistaken."

  "Heaven of Innate Threefold Heaven!"

  Next to him, Shi Tian Luo exclaimed and shook his head, repeatedly exclaiming: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! In these seventeen years, this kid Shi Yan has never practiced martial arts for a single day. How could he possibly enter the First Heaven of the Pre-Heaven Three Heavens in just one night? It's too absurd!"

  Zuo Shi saw that these people didn't believe him, so he lightly shook his head and didn't continue to explain. He picked up the water jug and went to the other side.

  ……

  "Grandpa, are you looking for me?"

  Shi Yan entered the living room and first bowed to Shi Jian, Han Feng, and Zuo Xu one by one. After finishing his greetings, he spoke up and asked questions.

  Shi Jian nodded, took a step forward, grabbed his arm and dragged him to Zuo Xū's side, saying: "Zuo younger brother, take a good look, see what this kid's martial soul is all about. Your left family has collected so many classics related to martial souls, your understanding of martial souls must be much deeper than mine, I don't understand the situation, you can definitely do it."

  About sixty years old, with white temples on both sides, he sat in the chair without any overbearing arrogance, but had a somewhat elegant demeanor.

  He doesn't look like a master of a noble family, but rather a teacher from some sort of academic society.

  Shi Jian and he were old bosom friends, and the Shi family and the Zuo family were also close allies, so when it came to matters concerning Shi Yan, Shi Jian kept many people in his own household in the dark, but not Zuo Xu.

  He slightly furrowed his left eyebrow, stretched out a somewhat thin left hand and gently placed it on Shi Yan's wrist, saying: "First petrify your body."

  The stone skin immediately petrified.

  Suddenly, thousands of strands of strange energy, like silk threads, drilled into his wrists!

  Those silk threads seemed to have a life of their own, flexibly wandering around every corner of his body, but without causing Shi Yan any pain, only making him feel itchy all over.

  Those threads, having passed through his meridians, drilled into his bone marrow, entered his five viscera and six entrails, and after wandering around every corner of his body, disappeared again at his wrist.

  He loosened his left hand, furrowed his brow and remained silent for a moment before saying, "There's nothing unusual."

  Shi Jian was overjoyed and hastily asked: "So, this kid's martial soul is completely normal now? Can it continue to grow from now on?"

  "It should be like this." Zuo Xuan sank into thought for a moment, his face somewhat strange, and said: "Older brother, in his body, is there, or isn't there still another kind of martial soul?"

  "How can you be sure?"

  Shi Jian couldn't help but laugh, and he was the first to burst out laughing: "Zuo younger brother, you really have a good eye for this! This kid's body indeed has a kind of self-healing wound Wu Soul! Haha, I originally planned to wait a bit longer before telling you, didn't expect you to be the first to notice!"

  A strange color suddenly flashed in his left eye, and the corner of his mouth also twitched slightly. After a while, he nodded heavily and said, "Congratulations, old brother!"

  "Haha, congratulations to you too." Shi Jian was overjoyed and laughed loudly: "Your family's little girl isn't bad either. Now she has reached the Second Heaven Realm, even Chi Xiao that old fellow is asking you to take her as a disciple. Her future achievements will definitely not be inferior to those of the North Ming family's young master."

  He shook his head with a wry smile, and let out a somewhat doting sigh: "That girl's talent is undeniable, but unfortunately she's just too lazy. If I didn't keep an eye on her every day and urge her on, she'd never waste her time practicing. If she had the perseverance of that North Ming Ce brat, her achievements now would definitely be more than this."

  Later on, Zuo Xun's face had a hint of pride, clearly proud of Zuo Shi's talent.

  "The cultivation speed of the little girl in your family is fast. However, this kid Shi Yan has entered the First Heaven of the Innate Realm all at once! In the past decade or so, he had never cultivated before. If we compare cultivation speeds, haha, I really haven't seen anyone faster than him." Stone Stead said with a smile, his head tilted back.

  His left eye flashed a sharp light, looking at Shi Yan, smiling and nodding: "The Double Martial Souls are indeed formidable, it seems that this martial arts conference, the Shi family will surely win."

  "That's natural."

  Shi Jian didn't mince words and said with a big smile, "This kid was locked up by me for so long, just to give the Mo family some color at the martial arts conference."

  "Older brother, since Shi Yan is a dual martial soul, his petrification can directly enter the second stage, which also makes sense."

  Zuo hesitated for a moment before saying, "As far as I know, when two types of martial souls appear in one person's body and come into contact with each other, there is a chance that they will undergo a variation. However, most of the time, this variation does not bring any benefits. After the variation, the two martial souls may influence each other, and the power of each martial soul may be weakened instead. Nevertheless, there are also cases where the martial souls can nourish each other and grow together, but the probability of this happening is extremely low. Shi Yan, that kid, has really good luck - his dual martial souls have developed in a benign way, which is why he was able to directly enter the second stage after petrifying in the Innate realm."

  "......This kid's luck is indeed good! Otherwise, he wouldn't be seventeen years old and still give me such a big surprise." Shi Jian smiled and nodded.

  Then the two old men started chatting about trivial matters, seemingly forgetting that Shi Yan was still beside them.

  "Cough cough, if there's nothing else, I'll head back to the Gravity Room to continue my training." Shi Yan was left hanging on the side, and could only shout out in frustration.

  "Alright, go! Hurry up and don't slack off!" Shi Jian sternly warned.

  "Oh, right, I heard you're quite familiar with ancient texts, aren't you?" Zuo Xu seemed to suddenly remember something and patted his head, saying: "Xiao Shi got a tortoise shell, and there are some ancient characters on the tortoise shell. Xiao Shi wants to know what those ancient characters mean, so after you go out, can you help take a look?"

  "Oh."

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