Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 450 The Relationship Between Soul Masters and Soul Spirits
Lu Jun's body trembled slightly, and behind him, the cold and beautiful phantom of the Ice Emperor suddenly appeared, crystal clear.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her body emitted a rich emerald green light, which flowed slowly and continuously into Lu Jun's body like rivers flowing into the sea.

However, unlike the usual intense energy interaction between the two parties when a soul contract is signed, and the soul master also enters a deep meditative state, Lu Jun did not have any other particularly violent reactions except for feeling a pure and powerful extreme ice energy slowly flowing through his body and merging into his limbs and soul core.

His mind remained clear, and he could even clearly perceive every change in the illusory figure of Hyotei behind him.

Is this... normal?

Lu Jun looked at Leng Yaozhu with some confusion.

This seemed to be different from the soul contract process he was familiar with.

Leng Yaozhu carefully observed the scene before her, especially Lu Jun's overly calm demeanor, and couldn't help but roll her eyes, saying irritably:
"...As you can see, this is not normal."

Her tone carried a mixture of helplessness and astonishment:
"Logically speaking, in the highest level of soul contract, the souls and powers of both parties will be deeply intertwined. You should be in a deep meditative state like Hyotei, fully absorbing and adapting to each other's power."

“But now it seems…” Leng Yaozhu looked Lu Jun up and down as if she were looking at some monster, “It seems that it’s because your strength level and life status are too high and too special, far exceeding the objects that the contract law usually applies to.”

"As a result, the contractual power that should have been applied to both parties was mostly passively absorbed or even rendered immune by you. On the contrary, Hyotei needed to operate at full power to complete the connection and fusion with you."

"So, this is how things have turned out. Hyotei needs some time to fully stabilize and officially become your spirit. And you..." Leng Yaozhu shrugged, "...don't seem to feel anything?"

Lu Jun suddenly realized: "Oh..."

It turned out that the foundation of his own artifact spirit was too strong, causing the contract to become unbalanced.

Just then, a cool and ethereal figure appeared silently beside Lu Jun.

She was none other than the Snow Emperor, who was like an incarnation of a goddess of ice and snow.

She sat gracefully on the ice rock, her clear blue eyes curiously watching the illusory figure of the Ice Emperor behind Lu Jun, who was working hard to merge with it.

"I see. So this is the Soul Contract created by the Spirit Pagoda? It's a very interesting symbiotic method." Xue Di's voice was like icy spring water dripping onto a jade plate. She tilted her head slightly, looked at Leng Yaozhu, and asked a crucial question, "I'm just curious, if a Soul Master encounters misfortune after signing this contract... will Bing'er, as a Soul Spirit, perish along with him? Is it a relationship of sharing life and death?"

Upon hearing this, Leng Yaozhu smiled and shook her head, explaining with certainty:
"Please rest assured, Senior Snow Empress. One of the core principles of the Soul Contract developed by our Spirit Transfer Tower is to ensure the relative independence of the soul."

"Even if a Soul Master unfortunately dies in battle or dies of old age, their soul has a corresponding protection mechanism and recycling procedure, and can safely return to the Spirit Pagoda for nurturing and preservation through special means."

“If that weren’t the case…” she continued to explain, “we simply couldn’t support such a huge number of Soul Masters across the entire continent with our limited Soul Spirit resources. Even now that we have artificial Soul Spirits as a supplement, top-tier natural Soul Spirits are still a scarce resource.”

Leng Yaozhu's smile carried a hint of pride:
“Every natural soul spirit has a long lifespan. As long as it is properly stored and technically maintained by the Spirit Transmission Tower, a soul beast that has become a soul spirit can theoretically live almost forever. Moreover, the soul power generated by a soul master during cultivation, as well as the special spiritual power obtained by entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, can nourish the soul spirit and promote its cultivation.”

"The higher the cultivation level of the soul spirit, the greater the bonus it will provide to the soul master."

"Therefore, within our Spirit Pagoda, the number of spirits with 100,000-year or even 200,000-year cultivation who have undergone the sedimentation of ten thousand years and the feedback from generations of spirit masters is still quite considerable, enough to support the needs of the continent's high-end spirit master system."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun couldn't help but clap his hands, his eyes gleaming with sudden realization:
“Wonderful! In this way, a close symbiotic cycle is truly formed between Soul Masters and Soul Spirits.” “Soul Spirits rely on Soul Masters to prolong their lives and even improve their cultivation, and experience different worlds; while Soul Masters will also do their best to improve their Soul Power in order to become stronger, which in turn nourishes the Soul Spirits.”

"A hundred years after the Soul Master's death, the Soul Spirit is retrieved into the Spirit Transfer Tower, and its cultivation level is actually stronger than before the contract was signed..."

"Then..." He looked at Leng Yaozhu and continued, "This stronger soul spirit can wait for and choose the next suitable soul master to begin a new round of symbiotic enhancement?"

“That’s right.” Leng Yaozhu nodded with a smile. “This is the wisdom left by our ancestor Huo Yuhao, the first tower master, and it is also the cornerstone that has enabled our Spirit Tower to stand for ten thousand years.”

"This is a truly win-win and sustainable development approach. As long as there are no extreme and unexpected destructive situations, the Soul System can continue to operate in a virtuous cycle and continuously accumulate powerful strength."

"So, you two don't need to worry about what will happen after you become Lu Jun's soul."

"Even if you become spirits, you will remain the same as before, still residing within Lu Jun's body and fighting alongside him."

"The only change is that Lu Jun can use the soul skills you bestowed upon him, and you can also use Lu Jun's soul ring skills."

"Becoming Lu Jun's soul is a true 1+1 greater than 2 improvement effect."

Xue Di listened quietly, her clear eyes sparkling as she seemed to be pondering and assessing the profound significance of this system.

During the period of waiting for Hyotei to complete its initial fusion, the ice cave fell into a brief silence.

Only the surrounding ice-blue energy particles drifted slowly, and the faint energy humming emitted when the Ice Emperor's phantom merged into Lu Jun's body.

Suddenly, Leng Yaozhu let out a soft breath, and her straight back relaxed slightly.

She walked up to Lu Jun, no longer the majestic Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, the deputy tower master of the Spirit Transmission Tower, and the head of the Leng family. Her eyes revealed a rare softness and vulnerability that belonged to women.

"Mr. Lu..."

She called softly, her voice much gentler than usual.

"Ok?"

Lu Jun looked at her with some surprise, not understanding why she suddenly showed such an expression.

Leng Yaozhu stared at him intently with her beautiful eyes, as if trying to imprint his current appearance deep into her heart.

Her gaze was complex, filled with gratitude, relief, and a hint of indescribable emotion.

"Thank you."

(End of this chapter)