Chapter 104: Developing Tang Ya's… Martial Soul
Ye Chen took Tang Ya by the hand and instantly teleported them into the luxurious suite upstairs.
Ye Chen sat cross-legged on the bed.
Tang Ya took off her shoes, climbed up, wrapped her fair legs around Ye Chen's waist, and held him tightly.
"Xiao Ya-jie, it's starting~"
Ye Chen chuckled, pinched her soft, pink cheeks, and leaned in to kiss her red lips.
"Mmm…"
Tang Ya softly moaned, closing her eyes and looping her arms around Ye Chen's neck.
Soon, Ye Chen activated Resonance. A surge of soul power gathered between them, forming a faint vortex of worldly energy above their heads.
Pure essence poured continuously into both their bodies.
Their cultivation process began normally.
But as they trained together more frequently, their distance grew ever closer, and then...
Of course, it was Tang Ya who took the initiative.
Originally, her "breakup" with Bei Bei was meant to give them both time to cool off.
However, his repeated foolish actions only deepened her disappointment.
Meanwhile, every interaction with Ye Chen made her feelings for him stronger.
The moment a comparison existed, Tang Ya's heart had already shifted completely.
Half a month ago, during one of their joint cultivation sessions, she had been unable to resist any longer—
She leaned in on her own… and from that moment, there was no turning back.
Besides her growing affection toward Ye Chen, Tang Ya discovered that cultivating with him drastically increased her progress—what once gave a 12x boost now reached an astounding 40x improvement.
That, above everything, amazed her the most.
As their training continued, Ye Chen's hands began to wander toward…
"Ungh…"
Tang Ya bit lightly at Ye Chen's lips but didn't stop him. She was already used to it, as long as he didn't go too far.
...
An hour later.
Their cultivation session ended.
Tang Ya's soul power had reached level 38.
Ye Chen also improved slightly, though he didn't break through.
At higher levels, growth became harder—it would take at least two sessions to achieve another breakthrough.
With cheeks still flushed, Tang Ya slowly climbed down from Ye Chen, turning her back as she fixed her clothes.
"Xiao Ya-jie~"
Ye Chen slid his arms around her slender waist from behind, pressing against her again.
"Mmm... stop that. We agreed—no funny business after cultivation," Tang Ya murmured, giving him a playful elbow as her voice trembled slightly, worried he might take things further.
Ye Chen smiled, making no inappropriate move. Instead, he said curiously, "Xiao Ya-jie, just now while we were cultivating, I sensed another kind of power within your martial soul. What was that?"
Tang Ya's body trembled slightly, but she forced a calm tone. "What other power? I don't know what you're talking about… My martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, a life-attribute spirit."
The "Devour" attribute was her greatest secret—one she never wanted anyone to know.
After all, devour was a trait associated with evil soul masters. She was terrified that if Ye Chen found out, he would see her as one and distance himself.
That was something she could not bear.
"Xiao Ya-jie, do you not trust me? I can sense your fear and pressure. I just want to share your burden."
Ye Chen rested his head gently on her shoulder, his soft voice brushing against her ear, stirring a few strands of her hair.
...
Of course, Ye Chen already knew exactly what that hidden power was.
But he couldn't say it outright—he wanted Tang Ya to confess it herself, to let him into her heart.
His true purpose was to help Tang Ya develop the "Devour" attribute within her martial soul.
Though a dangerous power, if properly controlled, it could make her exponentially stronger.
The danger of that ability lay in Tang Ya's weak Blue Silver Grass bloodline—it simply couldn't suppress devour's force.
Once they found the Blue Silver Emperor and awakened her latent royal bloodline, it would perfectly balance that power, allowing her to control it completely.
That was a plan for the future.
For now, Ye Chen aimed to help her activate the devour attribute.
It needed to grow gradually and wouldn't harm her in the short term. He wasn't concerned about her losing control or turning dark.
With this ability awakened, her combat power would skyrocket—a tremendous boon for the Tang Sect's revival.
Tang Ya was far too weak.
Even as a Soul Sect, she would remain fragile.
The phrase "trash martial soul" wasn't exaggerated—it fit perfectly.
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was reforged through the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, gaining immunity to both flame and frost, enhanced with the Eight Spider Lances and Tang Sect's peerless arts—that was what made him so formidable.
Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass, however, feared heat, cold, piercing, corrosion—basically everything restrained it.
Her techniques were similar to Tang San's, her soul rings not inferior, yet her fighting strength barely reached one percent of his.
Utterly weak.
Without "darkening," she'd achieve little combat worth.
...
"I… it's not that I don't trust you, I just…"
Tang Ya's heart tightened with a mix of fear and emotion. After a long silence, she finally decided to be honest.
"Alright… actually, my Blue Silver Grass is a mutated martial soul. Besides its life attribute, it also carries a dark devouring ability—it can consume living creatures' flesh and blood to boost my cultivation speed.
"But I don't dare use it anymore. I'm afraid I won't be able to control it and end up like an evil soul master…"
She spoke softly, trembling slightly.
When she was a child, she had secretly devoured the life of a kitten—and lost her sanity on the spot.
If her parents hadn't found her in time, she would have…
And that act had been addictive. It took her a long time to recover her will.
Evil soul masters fall because their minds are engulfed by their spirits' darkness—and she never wanted to become that kind of monster.
From that day onward, Tang Ya had completely suppressed her devour power.
Even now, she avoided using it, fearing that once unleashed, she might lose control again.
"Xiao Ya-jie, from my perspective, martial souls aren't defined by good or evil. Devouring life energy isn't truly wicked. It's just that the life force you absorbed before contained too many impurities—that's what clouded your mind."
Ye Chen wasn't just guessing.
When Tang Ya eventually fused with the Blue Silver Emperor's essence, that issue would vanish completely.
A bold idea struck him.
He sacrificed one year of his lifespan and condensed a Life Seed pill, then gently placed it in Tang Ya's palm.
"Xiao Ya-jie, try absorbing the vitality within this pill. See if it affects you at all," Ye Chen said with a warm smile.
(END CHAPTER)
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