*Splash... Splash...*
"Phew!" Tang Xiao let out a sigh of relief and immediately leaned towards the side of the hot spring. "Soaking in hot water like this after strenuous exercise is truly the most enjoyable thing."
Suddenly, Hun appeared beside Tang Xiao, but the water in the pool did not wet her, especially since she was only a soul. "You enjoyed your life so much, Master."
"Haha." Tang Xiao laughed and asked her. "How are you? It's been some time since you last came out of the sun stone."
"Master, I'm like a parasite to you because I have to use your qi to recover myself, so I can't come out to see you too often, especially since it will weaken me and be detrimental to you." Tang Xiao turned to him with an understanding nod, but he could see that Hun's soul looked more solidified than when they first met. "As for my condition, I'm much better compared to when you released me the first time, and I'll be even better if I continue to absorb your qi. However, I won't absorb too much of it, or your cultivation will slow down because of me."
Instead, Tang Xiao shook his head at Hun. "You are a part of me now, so you don't need to think too much about it. Moreover, I have several women beside me, and they can help me improve my cultivation."
"You're not wrong about that, Master." Hun replied as she nodded in agreement. "However, your cultivation will become slower as you progress, especially since each level requires a different amount of qi, and the amount of qi you need will continue to increase."
Tang Xiao was naturally aware of that, but he still didn't mind if Hun absorbed more of his qi, especially since they would be together for a long time. "Is there any other way that can help you speed up the process of reshaping your body?"
"Actually, there is another way, but I'm not ready for it, Master."
"I see." Tang Xiao understood Hun's meaning after he saw the red hues on her cheeks, and the path was to dual-cultivate with him, but he didn't want to force her since she wasn't ready for that. "You can tell me when you're ready."
"Yes."
*Tap... Tap...*
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Hun immediately entered the sun stone again, but Tang Xiao was stunned when he turned towards the voice, especially after he saw Mu Yan walking towards him with her body only covered by a towel, so he could clearly see the smoothness of her white skin.
Even though Mu Yan is still a teenager, her body is no less mature than her mother, and her breasts are considered big enough for a girl of her age, so Tang Xiao can see her cleavage freely.
"Why are you here, Yan'er?" Tang Xiao asked as he averted his gaze.
Mu Yan pouted her lips when she saw him like that, but she then took out two wooden stools and a set of toiletries from her storage ring, and she placed them behind Tang Xiao. "Big brother, I want to help you clean your body, so you can get out of the pool and let me do it."
Hearing that, Tang Xiao took a towel and covered his lower body, and he immediately floated out of the pool before sitting with his back to Mu Yan. "Does Qingge know that you are here?"
"Haha." Instead, Mu Yan laughed and teased him. "Does this mean you already consider my mother as your wife, Big Brother? Otherwise, you won't call her name directly, right?"
Tang Xiao was stunned for a moment, and he did not deny that he wanted Mu Qingge to be his wife soon, but things still took a lot of time. "Well? Even though we're not married yet, your mother has accepted me, and our marriage is only a matter of time."
"That's true." Mu Yan then used her qi to draw water from the pool into the bucket, and she began to rub Tang Xiao's back using a rubbing stone. "Anyway, my mother was practicing in the training area, and I felt bored there, so I followed you here."
"Yan'er, you are still young and a virgin. Therefore, you shouldn't do this kind of thing, you know?" Mu Yan didn't refute Tang Xiao's words, but she just wanted to help him, and she felt it was a natural thing to do. "You can do it this time, but you must not do it again in the future, and you can only be like this with your husband."
However, Mu Yan's answer actually shocked Tang Xiao. "If that's the case, I want to be your wife, too, so I can continue to help you like this, Big Brother."
"Why do you want to be my wife? Do you like me now?"
"I don't know." Tang Xiao let out a heavy sigh after hearing that, but Mu Yan then continued, "I always feel uncomfortable when there is a man by my side, but I feel so comfortable when you are by my side, and I feel lonely when you are not with me."
After hearing that, Tang Xiao became lost in his own thoughts, weighing the pros and cons of disclosing to Mu Yan the reasons behind her comfortable feelings for him. He felt a dilemma and was afraid of breaking her feelings if he told her the truth, but he felt that she had the right to know the truth, so he decided to tell her. "Yan'er, I want to tell you something, but I hope you won't be disappointed after hearing it."
"Hmm? What do you want to tell me? Why should I feel disappointed by that?"
Tang Xiao immediately turned to face Mu Yan and grabbed her shoulders, and he took a deep breath before telling her. "To tell you the truth, you feel so comfortable with me and my big sister because our late mother's soul resides in your body, and she has more or less influenced your feelings towards us."
"Huh?" Mu Yan looked at Tang Xiao with a confused expression as her eyes kept blinking.
"Honestly, I don't know how our late mother's soul came to be in your body, but I'm telling you the truth." Mu Yan still looked confused, even though he had said that, so Tang Xiao explained it to her again. "Three days ago, Big Sis Yin heard you address her as Yin'er, and you addressed me as Xiao'er. Besides, she also heard you mumbling some things, and she heard you referring to yourself as our mother. That's why she asked Xiao Ai to examine you, and they found that there were indeed two souls in your body. One is your original soul, and the other is her soul."
Mu Yan then pressed both palms against her own chest. "Is that true, Big Brother? Is your late mother's soul really in my body?"
"Yes, my late mother's soul is really in your body now."
"Can we meet her?"
"Eh?" After a moment of shock, Tang Xiao recalled that Xiao Ai had once sent his soul into Tang Yin's soul space to wake her up. 'Hey, can you send us into Yan'er's soul space? My mother's soul should be there, right?'
[You are right about that, Master. I can send you into Mu Yan's soul space, but you two won't be able to stay there for long, especially since you two haven't formed your cultivation souls yet.]
'Do you have another solution? I want to talk to my mother, so she can stop influencing Yan'er's character.'
[Master, it happened against your mother's will, so you won't be able to ask her to stop influencing Mu Yan.] Tang Xiao frowned at Xiao Ai's answer. [Anyway, another solution is to bring a cultivator who has already formed their cultivation with you, so that person can extend your time there. Mu Qingge is the best choice for that, but I have to teach her a technique to enter another cultivator's soul space first, or else she won't be able to do it.]
'All right, you can contact Qingge now, and we'll follow you there in a moment.' Tang Xiao then said to Mu Yan. "Xiao Ai has a way for us to meet my mother's soul, so we have to go to the laboratory now, and your mother will be waiting for us there."
"Yay!" Mu Yan jumped with joy, but her actions caused the towel covering her body to fall, revealing her naked body to Tang Xiao's eyes. Instantly, her face became as red as a ripe tomato, and she pushed him backwards before running away as fast as a rabbit.
Tang Xiao smiled wryly at Mu Yan's behavior, but he immediately dried his body before getting dressed, and he went to the lab afterward.
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When they arrived there, Mu Qingge looked at her daughter with a confused look, especially since Mu Yan's face was still so red, and she looked at Tang Xiao questioningly.
Seeing her like that, Tang Xiao became awkward and confused about explaining the truth to Mu Qingge, and he directly said it to Mu Yan. "You can go into this capsule, and I'll go into the other one."
Mu Yan nodded shyly and lay down directly in the capsule, and Tang Xiao entered the other one. "Xiao Ai, let's start now."
'Has something happened between them? Otherwise, they wouldn't be that awkward with me. Sigh! I'll have to ask Yan'er later.' Mu Qingge inwardly thought as he glanced at them alternately with a suspicious look, but she ignored it and asked Xiao Ai. "What should I do now?"
"Press your palm against Mu Yan's chest and use the soul technique I just taught you, and you will meet their souls there. Anyway, I don't know the situation in her soul space, so you have to use your soul power to envelop them, or else they'll disappear from there too soon."
"En." Mu Qingge nodded and did as Xiao Ai said, and she used the soul technique afterwards.
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"Huh? Are we in my soul now, Big Brother?" Mu Yan asked as she looked around her soul space in awe.
The situation in Mu Yan's soul space amazed Tang Xiao, particularly because it was so bright and had a huge rainbow stretching from end to end, a stark contrast to Tang Yin's soul space.
Suddenly, Mu Qingge appeared in front of them and enveloped them with her soul power, and she then looked around before commenting. "This is the first time I have entered another cultivator's soul space, but I didn't expect the atmosphere here to be so cheerful, and it really suits your character."
"Hehe." Mu Yan giggled at that. "So where should we look for her soul? This place seems big, and we might have trouble finding her."
"Wait a moment." Mu Qingge immediately closed her eyes and checked all corners of Mu Yan's soul space. Soon, she managed to locate Zhao Jing's soul, and she pointed in a certain direction. "She was there."
"Let's go then; we don't have much time here, so I want to meet her now." Tang Xiao spoke as he ran in the direction Mu Qingge was pointing at just now.
Mu Yan wanted to run after Tang Xiao, but Mu Qingge unexpectedly carried her so they could follow him faster.
After they ran for some time, they arrived at the location of Zhao Jing's soul, but Tang Xiao's body was shaking intensely as he listened to his mother humming the tune of a song that she often hummed for him in the past, and tears were involuntary flowing down his eyes.
Mu Yan wanted to say something to Tang Xiao, but Mu Qingge immediately covered her daughter's mouth and shook her head. After all, it had been almost two decades since he had seen his mother, so she could understand his longing for her.
With a stagger, Tang Xiao walked over to Zhao Jing's soul while stretching out his hand, and he called softly to her. "Mom."
- To Be Continued -
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My other novels:
1. Cultivator With Modern AI
2. Primordial 'Dual Cultivator' Dragon With System
3. Otherwordly-Cultivator
4. Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son
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