Chapter 18: Exchange of Aura
The moment their spirit powers touched, they unexpectedly blended together. Huo Yuhao's Mysterious Heaven Skill activated automatically, and spirit power flowed out from Wang Dong's palm. Meanwhile, Wang Dong's spirit power surged into his back, starting from the governor vessel and following the path of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Sure enough, this was exactly the situation Huo Yuhao feared. This Wang Dong seemed like a spirit power cultivation accelerator designed specifically for him. Was this the arrangement of the Child of Luck, or a scheme by Tang San?
Huo Yuhao was also confused. Logically speaking, he had already mutated other Spirits. They were different from the original Spirits, let alone being able to circulate spirit power between two parties without any obstruction.
He guessed it might be an issue with the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but Wang Dong didn't know it. Compared to the gentle Mysterious Heaven Skill, the spirit power Wang Dong cultivated was a rather overbearing existence.
Huo Yuhao dismissed the idea that it was the Cultivation Technique.
Wang Dong was also startled by the spirit power invading her body and hurriedly tried to pull her hand back. However, her hand was firmly stuck to Huo Yuhao's back and couldn't be pulled away at all.
"What's going on! Student Huo Yuhao, why can't we separate!" Wang Dong panicked; she had never seen anything like this. But the spirit power feedback showed that Huo Yuhao's Meridians and spirit power were undamaged, which eased her worries slightly.
"I told you not to move recklessly. Don't be so fast next time. It'll be fine in a moment; don't resist." After saying that, Huo Yuhao hurriedly called out to Brother Tianmeng in his Sea of Consciousness, "Calling, calling! Wake up and help solve this."
Intuition told Huo Yuhao that he could use the three-pointed double-edged spear to break them apart, but doing so would hurt them both.
"Wow, you hit the jackpot, kid! It's actually three... no, six-Spirit Fusion. Your compatibility can be said to be one hundred percent. This must be what you humans call Dual Cultivation. There's no need for me to solve this. Once the exchange of aura is over and you've adapted to each other, it'll be fine. At most, I can let you take the dominant position in the Fusion," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said in surprise.
"No, that's not necessary. Equality is fine." Huo Yuhao immediately rejected Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's suggestion; he didn't want to take advantage. Just as Huo Yuhao finished speaking, the small grey orb in his Sea of Consciousness twitched slightly.
Her father was already using her; if he bullied her as well, it would be going too far.
"Since you don't want it, just wait a while. About half an hour or so. If there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep." Since his intervention wasn't needed, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm returned to his slumber.
The auras of both sides were constantly exchanging: light, delusion-breaking, sharpness, heaviness, ice, and waves.
The Light Goddess Butterfly, the Heavenly Eye, the three-pointed double-edged spear, the Clear Sky Hammer, the hidden embryonic ice-attribute Spirit, and the sea god phantom. Six different auras rotated among each other, like a ring without end, repeating in cycles, one after another.
Wang Dong looked at Huo Yuhao in shock. She hadn't expected this person to also have three hidden Spirits!
Huo Yuhao looked at her calmly. "It's enough that you know. Don't tell anyone, and I'll keep your secret too. Also, our situation is a six-Spirit Fusion. The benefit is that it can accelerate spirit power Cultivation and allow us to perform Martial Soul Fusion Skills. As for the downsides... there don't seem to be any."
With the truth laid bare, Wang Dong knew Huo Yuhao was aware of her secret as well. Feeling the pleasure of the spirit power circulating rapidly within her body, she couldn't help but tremble slightly and let out a soft groan. "Hmph... then when will it end?"
"It will end naturally when it's time. Just wait patiently." Huo Yuhao didn't bother to explain further, trusting she wouldn't tell anyone about this situation.
Both were silent for a long time, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Although her hand couldn't be moved, her body could still move. After maintaining the position for about ten minutes, Wang Dong finally sat on Huo Yuhao's wooden bed. As soon as she sat down, she couldn't help but complain, "It's so hard and uncomfortable. Don't you find it painful to Cultivate while sitting on this?"
"You're asking the obvious; if it's uncomfortable for you, it's obviously uncomfortable for me too. Speaking of which, I really should give you a lecture. Although I don't know what noble family you come from or how luxurious your life was before..."
"Just because you feel uncomfortable sitting on a hard bed, you should understand the concept of empathy. You should stop bullying others. You don't want to clean, but do you think I do? Either we clean together, or you pay me a proper wage to do it. I'm poor and can't even afford food; I'll take any chance to earn money. However... even though it was a misunderstanding earlier, thank you for stepping in to help..."
Huo Yuhao felt a bit embarrassed towards the end. Misunderstanding aside, she really had intended to help.
"Who wants to hear your lectures! You're! Not! Welcome!" Wang Dong had never been lectured like this before. She huffed and sat a bit further away. Her arm was stretched straight, but since she couldn't pull it away, she could only sit at the maximum distance possible to show her anger!
She looked down at the bare bed boards and realized he didn't have money to buy bedding... Thinking about how she had planned to set rules for Huo Yuhao when she arrived and even intended to beat him up if he didn't listen, she felt a pang of guilt.
Although Huo Yuhao had spoken first, what he said seemed fair... He didn't mean to bully her; rather, it was her... In the Clear Sky Sect, she was always pampered and had never suffered... Wang Dong quietly looked up at the back of his short black hair. From behind, he looked quite thin, and his hand felt like it was just bone.
"Hey, where are you from?" Wang Dong suddenly asked.
"Star Luo Empire," Huo Yuhao said, but as he answered, he thought of that blue planet.
"What about your parents?" Wang Dong asked again.
"They're gone." Huo Yuhao's voice remained flat, devoid of emotion.
"Sorry... I didn't mean it. I just wanted to find something to talk about... It's quite uncomfortable just sitting here like this..." Wang Dong whispered.
"If you're sorry, remember to say it less next time," Huo Yuhao said with a twitch of his lips.
Wang Dong made a gesture as if to hit Huo Yuhao's back, then lowered her hand with an indignant expression. This guy's way of speaking was truly infuriating!
...Thirty minutes later, Wang Dong felt the suction from Huo Yuhao's back disappear. She lowered her hand, gave Huo Yuhao a cold hmph, and went back to lie on her bed.
Huo Yuhao continued to Cultivate his spirit power. The aura Fusion just now had been greatly beneficial to both of them, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Seeing how diligent Huo Yuhao was, Wang Dong tossed and turned, unable to sleep, so she also got up to Cultivate. However, as soon as she felt Huo Yuhao's aura still circulating in her body, she felt strange inside. But since it was good for her Cultivation, she endured it.
About an hour passed, and Wang Dong was the first to finish her Cultivation. "Hey, class is starting soon, and you're still practicing."
"No rush, you go ahead," Huo Yuhao said calmly. He had already calculated that it would only take three minutes to sprint from the dormitory to the teaching building; there was still time.
"So much for being kind! Bleh!" Wang Dong stuck out her tongue and left.