Chapter 47: Mutated Spirit Eyes — An Alternative Twin Martial Soul
Initially, Fan Chen had come here specifically for her. Xiao Bai's detection ability had always been accurate.
As for Meng Xiaoyan, Fan Chen could be said to know her inside and out. He was well aware of all her little tricks.
During the time he had been away, she couldn't have stirred up anything too big. The only real uncertainty was her martial soul.
"You're trying to trick me, aren't you?"
Meng Xiaoyan looked at Fan Chen with vigilance, unconsciously taking a few steps back to put some safe distance between them.
Based on her understanding of Fan Chen, whenever this guy agreed too readily, he was definitely up to no good.
She had already suffered losses at his hands several times, which was practically the greatest humiliation of her life.
Back when she was three, she had dominated the orphanage. By five, she had already tricked everyone there without a single rival, thinking herself invincible.
Who would have thought she'd run into Fan Chen, this so-called extraterritorial demon, who suppressed her with a single move?
All the tactics that had once worked flawlessly were completely useless against Fan Chen. Not only that, he exposed every single one of them with ease, leaving her utterly helpless.
In her eyes, Fan Chen was a demon—a true demon.
The greatest demon in her world.
And that was exactly how the nickname "Little Demon Fan Chen" came to be.
"Brother, her martial soul is eyes—very pretty eyes."
At that moment, Xiao Bai spoke up and answered Fan Chen's question.
"Eyes? Spirit Eyes!"
"Ah! You little thing—you can actually talk?!"
Meng Xiaoyan was startled badly by Xiao Bai's sudden speech.
"I was wondering what you little brats were doing hiding over here. Didn't we agree before coming out not to run off to places with fewer people?"
A slightly stern voice sounded from behind. In the next instant, Guang Ling lifted Fan Chen like a little chick, grabbing him with one hand.
Originally, he hadn't intended to interfere in the affairs of the three youngsters. However, Xiao Bai's identity and uniqueness absolutely could not be exposed to too many people.
Even if the other party was just a child, it wouldn't do.
As a result, he had no choice but to step in and forcibly interrupt their conversation.
"Fifth Grandpa, why are you here?"
Seeing Guang Ling suddenly appear, Qian Renxue felt a little surprised.
"Fifth Grandpa, put me down! I'm in the middle of something important."
Xiao Bai's perception wouldn't be wrong—there was definitely something special about Meng Xiaoyan that he didn't know.
"A Titled Douluo!"
Meng Xiaoyan's voice trembled slightly. Her small frame involuntarily took a few steps back, and, losing her footing, she collapsed to the ground.
At this moment, she didn't even care whether her backside hurt or not. She hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands, muttering under her breath.
"I didn't see anything. I don't know anything."
"Playing dumb is useless. Hurry up and confess—what's your martial soul, how much innate soul power do you have? Otherwise, you're done for today."
Fan Chen knew very well how tightly Guang Ling and the others guarded Xiao Bai's secret—especially after Di Tian had shown up back then. Since then, the situation has only become more serious.
Every time he took Xiao Bai out, it was either to keep him silent and pretend he was just a pet,
Or to store him directly inside the soul imprint and not let him come out at all. Guang Ling's appearance was obviously because Xiao Bai had just spoken.
Now that Meng Xiaoyan had learned something she shouldn't have, playing dumb definitely wouldn't get her off the hook.
Either she joined their side, or she'd be taken away later after Guang Ling called for reinforcements.
She definitely wouldn't be killed—but the outcome certainly wouldn't be pleasant either.
"My martial soul is a semi-mutated Spirit Eye. My innate soul power is rank six. Its main ability is—"
After Fan Chen's reminder, Meng Xiaoyan immediately reacted, pouring out everything she knew about herself like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
"Six? My ass—it's clearly rank eight!"
Fan Chen was furious. At a time like this, you're still hiding things?!
"It really is rank six. I'm not lying to you."
Seeing that Fan Chen didn't believe her, Meng Xiaoyan hurriedly explained.
"That's enough, Xiao Chen. Let's stop here. I won't do anything to your friend."
Seeing how anxious Fan Chen was, Guang Ling spoke up to calm him down.
"No—Fifth Grandpa, believe me. You know my abilities better than anyone. She truly has rank-eight innate soul power."
Fan Chen could clearly see the state of Meng Xiaoyan's soul power. The gap between innate rank six and rank eight soul power was enormous—there was no way he could be mistaken.
"Xiao Bai, quickly tell us everything you know."
With Meng Xiaoyan in this state, continuing to question her was meaningless. The only hope now was whether Xiao Bai could provide some different information. After all, he was the one who had discovered her—he should know something more.
Hearing this, Xiao Bai immediately jumped in front of Meng Xiaoyan and called out to her.
"Repeat the movements you did earlier."
Upon hearing that, Meng Xiaoyan hurriedly recalled the scene from when she first encountered Xiao Bai and Qian Renxue.
A faint stream of soul power gathered around her body, and a glimmer of light appeared in her lowered eyes.
An unusual spiritual fluctuation spread outward from her eyes, rippling through the surrounding area.
When the mental wave swept over Xiao Bai, a faint white glow lit up on his body, directly dispersing the spiritual interference.
The same happened when the wave reached Fan Chen—it was likewise dispersed.
However, when the fluctuation reached Qian Renxue and Guang Ling, the outcome was different.
The mental wave passed through both of them, causing a brief blur in their vision.
That said, both of them possessed extremely strong spiritual power, and they quickly dispelled the interference.
"What kind of ability is this?"
Guang Ling was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected the ability of this child to be capable of interfering with his vision.
While it couldn't compare to the abilities of Fan Chen or Qian Renxue, it was still an exceptionally rare ability.
Guang Ling set Fan Chen down and quickly walked up to Meng Xiaoyan, leaning in to closely examine her eyes.
Her two eyes were different colors.
The left eye was pale violet, emanating the same spiritual power that had just interfered with his vision.
The other eye, however, glowed with a faint white light. Its spiritual power was restrained, not released outward.
One martial soul—yet two eyes with completely different effects. Was this what she meant by a "half mutation"?
Mutated martial souls weren't particularly rare, but cases like Meng Xiaoyan's—where only half had mutated—were truly uncommon.
This kind of situation was even rarer than innate full soul power. Generally speaking, mutations tended to be negative, with beneficial mutations being extremely rare.
Much like ordinary mutated martial souls, but comparatively even worse.
It was like growing an extra head on an existing body—this not only interfered with the normal operation of the martial soul, but also added an unnecessary burden.
After all, when soul power circulated, it acted upon the entire martial soul. It didn't care which eye you were using.
Unlike Fan Chen's twin martial souls, where each soul power system functioned independently.
However, Meng Xiaoyan's case was an exceptionally rare positive mutation, with the two attributes complementing each other perfectly.
Her right eye condensed spiritual power, greatly enhancing her vision, focus, and resistance.
Her left eye, however, released spiritual power outward, disrupting others' vision and judgment.
This ability was purely supportive. From a certain perspective, Meng Xiaoyan was now a highly unconventional holder of twin martial souls.
One martial soul, two abilities—mutually reinforcing. Her innate talent was truly terrifying.
If her innate soul power were only ranked six, that would be fairly average.
But since Fan Chen had just insisted that she has rank-eight innate soul power, there were certainly other issues that required further investigation.
Most importantly, this was merely her initially awakened ability. She hadn't even obtained a soul ring yet—once she did, the situation might change even further.
"And this kid actually managed to find someone like this… What kind of ridiculous luck is that?"
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