Legend of the Dragon King: I really didn't mean to provoke them!

Almost simultaneously, intense dark soul power exploded around Zhang Yangzi.

Unlike Wang Jinxi's dragon-type dark soul power, his soul power was more agile and unpredictable. Accompanied by a sharp eagle's cry, a pair of huge wings suddenly unfolded from his back.

The wings were not made of ordinary feathers, but rather shimmered with a dark, inky sheen.

The tips of the feathers were tinged with a faint purplish-black iridescence, and the edges of the wings were swirling with wisps of dark energy, creating a chilling breeze with each flap.

Zhang Yangzi's eyes turned completely dark, revealing a bewitching cold light. The dark elements around him were light and elusive, carrying the unique agility and mystery of a flying martial soul.

Xie Xie's eyes popped out when he saw the two people's martial spirits.

Is this some kind of mutation? Did these two just delete and reinstall their martial souls?

Moreover, Xie Xie was all too familiar with the dark aura emanating from the two of them; it was exactly the same as the aura emanating from Yingzai.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue were also stunned for a moment.

After staring at the two for a few seconds, Wu Changkong decisively took out a square soul tool.

She fiddled with it silently for a while, then stopped, her clear, cold voice devoid of any emotion, yet each word struck the hearts of everyone present with unwavering clarity:

"If I'm not mistaken, Zhang Yangzi's Dark Illusionary Eagle Martial Soul is suspected to be mutating and evolving into the Dark Demon God Eagle; Wang Jinxi's Bone Dragon King Martial Soul is also evolving towards a higher level of his bloodline."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi were both shocked and looked at Wu Changkong with astonishment in their eyes.

Wu Changkong's gaze swept over the increasingly concentrated dark aura surrounding the two, his tone remaining calm, yet revealing the key reason:

"The dark aura emanating from the two of you is highly similar, which means you were both influenced by Xie Xie's dark aura, thus triggering this evolution of your shared martial souls."

"On this point alone, the pull of the same dark origin should theoretically not have damaged the original compatibility of your martial soul fusion."

Xie Xie touched his nose.

Wu Changkong is absolutely right; Yingzai can be considered the progenitor of all dark elements.

Therefore, even if their martial souls were affected by him and mutated and evolved, they should theoretically be moving in the same direction of evolution.

Suddenly, Wu Changkong's gaze abruptly turned to Tang Wulin.

With a hint of certainty in her cool eyes, she slowly uttered the final answer:

"Then the only problem most likely lies with Tang Wulin."

Tang Wulin froze, then abruptly looked up at Wu Changkong.

Wu Changkong didn't pause and continued to explain in a deep voice: "It is very likely that it is your second dragon-type martial soul that is awakening, and the bloodline is too domineering."

"Wang Jinxi has been cultivating with you for a long time, and your bloodline aura has subtly influenced Wang Jinxi's Bone Dragon King Martial Soul, causing his Martial Soul evolution to focus entirely on the purification of pure dragon bloodline."

"This kind of influence is different from the influence brought about by Xie Xie."

"The influence of Xie Xie's dark origin on Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi is that it causes the two to mutate and evolve together in the same direction, and the two still share the same origin and coexist.

"And the influence you have brought to Wang Jinxi will gradually lead the Bone Dragon Dynasty to evolve into a high-level dragon martial soul that is independent of itself."

"This means that the symbiotic attributes that the Bone Dragon King originally shared with the Dark Illusionary Demon Eagle have been completely stripped away, so it is no longer possible for it to complete the Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Zhang Yangzi."

After these words were spoken, the entire training ground fell into a deathly silence.

Zhang Yangzi stared blankly at Wang Jinxi, then at Tang Wulin. His previous grievances and anger vanished instantly, leaving only a complex mix of emotions.

Wang Jinxi stood frozen in place, looking down at the illusory image of the bone dragon claw in his palm.

Tang Wulin clenched his fist again, his knuckles turning slightly white, a deep sense of self-reproach welling up inside him. He had never imagined that he would actually ruin the martial soul fusion technique that Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi relied on for their cooperation.

For a moment, his hands, hanging at his sides, trembled slightly.

Gu Yue noticed Tang Wulin's emotions and moved closer to him without making a sound, a hint of worry appearing in her eyes.

Although Xie Xie knew this was the case, he still felt somewhat conflicted at this moment.

As one of the two incarnations of the Dragon God, the Golden Dragon King's domineering influence is self-evident.

It's important to know that in the original story, Xie Xie was just a kid with two daggers that had a bit of dragon attribute, but he was dragged and pulled by the Golden Dragon King into becoming a Time-Space Dragon Martial Soul.

Following the Golden Dragon King, as long as you have anything to do with dragons, even just the slightest bit—

Suppress or submit, choose one.

Wang Jinxi is the same. Due to the influence of the Golden Dragon King, his Bone Dragon King is now following a self-contained path and no longer needs to coexist with any martial soul.

Finally, it was Wu Changkong who broke the silence.

"That's all for today's class. Except for Gu Yue and Zhang Yangzi, the other three of you come with me."

"Row."

"Yes." ×2

Before leaving, Xie Xie winked at Gu Yue without making a sound.

Gu Yue nodded knowingly.

Teachers' Office —

"Wang Jinxi".

"exist."

Wang Jinxi responded and immediately sat up straight.

Wu Changkong sat opposite the two of them, his tone solemn and serious.

"To be on the safe side, I scanned your body again with my soul power."

"Your martial soul has indeed mutated at the same time, and it is mutating to a higher level, because of the influence of Xie Xie's dark origin."

"The reason why your fusion of martial souls with Zhang Yangzi failed was because it was affected by Tang Wulin's bloodline power, which caused the mutation of your Bone Dragon King martial soul to deviate from its direction."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jinxi fell silent once again.

Tang Wulin silently lowered his head.

Xie Xie stood next to Wu Changkong, rubbing his hands together nervously. He was ready to poach Wu Changkong!

Chapter 88 Responsibility, Strength, and "Partners"

"To be frank, Wang Jinxi, this is a good thing for you personally."

Wu Changkong said, "Under the dual influence of Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, your martial soul is not only mutating towards a higher level, but at an extremely fast speed, as can be seen from your martial soul possession just now."

"As for how high this mutation will allow your martial spirit to reach, I don't know either."

"All I can say is that if you continue to train with Tang Wulin, you will probably never be able to use your Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Zhang Yangzi again."

Without hesitation, Wang Jinxi quickly asked, "If I stop cultivating with Tang Wulin in the future, will I be able to recover?"

"can."

Wu Changkong nodded, "Because of Xie Xie's influence, Zhang Yangzi's martial soul is also constantly mutating, so the rift between you is not too big yet."

"In addition, Tang Wulin's soul power is weaker than yours, and you haven't been cultivating together for very long."

"If you stop cultivating together now, and with Xie Xie's dark source pulling you along, you should be able to gradually recover."

"So, you need to make a decision now."

Wang Jinxi fell silent again.

Tang Wulin finally slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with apology and guilt as he looked at Wang Jinxi.

"Jin Xi, I'm sorry!"

"I...I never expected it to turn out like this..."

He certainly knew what the Martial Soul Fusion Skill meant for two Soul Masters.

Wu Changkong stared at Wang Jinxi and said, word by word, "I need to remind you that, judging from the current situation of Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, their bloodline power is gradually getting stronger."

"In other words, if you continue to cultivate with them, the improvement of your martial soul in the future may surpass the benefits brought by the martial soul fusion skill."

After about a minute of silence, Wang Jinxi slowly spoke.

"Teacher Wu, can I go back and think about it carefully before making a decision?"

"Of course, go back and think it over carefully."

Wang Jinxi and Tang Wulin left the office one after the other.

"Sigh—" Xie Xie sighed, pulled up a chair and slumped down on it, "Teacher Wu, it seems our Class Zero is going to have to lose some members."

Wu Changkong looked at Xie Xie, raising an eyebrow slightly, "Are you so sure Wang Jinxi will give up?"

"There are always things more important than sheer power, aren't there?"

Now, it was Wu Changkong's turn to fall silent.

The atmosphere in Class Zero began to turn strange from that day on.

Zhang Yangzi became much quieter, as if he had reverted to the arrogant Zhang Yangzi that everyone had first met.

Wang Jinxi, who was already taciturn, became even more silent.

The two of them stopped cultivating together and now cultivate in their respective rooms every night.

Two days later, it was time for the second subject of the final exam.

Wu Changkong strode into the classroom.

"Come with me to the second part of the final exam."

"Teacher Wu." Just then, Wang Jinxi stood up. "I've made up my mind. I'm not going to cultivate with Tang Wulin anymore."

Zhang Yangzi looked at him in surprise and subconsciously stood up from the chair.

Wu Changkong looked at Wang Jinxi.

"In that case, I respect your choice."

Wang Jinxi looked at his hands. "Perhaps I will gain more by cultivating with Tang Wulin... but if only I benefit, what will happen to Yangzi?"

“We grew up together, we were inseparable, like brothers.”

"I won't abandon Yangzi..."

"Never in this lifetime."

Zhang Yangzi stared blankly at Wang Jinxi.

Wang Jinxi continued, "If I stay in the academy, I will continue to be affected by the power of my bloodline."

“I’ve felt noticeably depressed these past two days not cultivating with Tang Wulin. So, I’ve made up my mind…”

Wang Jinxi took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Wu Changkong.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Wu, thank you for your teaching this semester, and thank you to my classmates as well."

"Sorry……"

"But I will still transfer schools with Yangzi and leave this place."

"Jin Xi, if I have such a big influence on you, I can simply stay away from you!" Tang Wulin stood up and said urgently, "You don't need to transfer schools!"

Having finally spoken his mind, Wang Jinxi breathed a sigh of relief.

He smiled and looked at Tang Wulin: "Wulin, this matter has nothing to do with you. It's my own problem. After all, you can't control the changes in your own bloodline."

"But this doesn't affect our friendship. The days I spent cultivating with you, Brother Xie, and Gu Yue have truly benefited me greatly... It's just that we really can't cultivate together anymore."

Looking at Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi suddenly felt his eyes well up with tears, as if a thin mist had covered his vision.

Wang Jinxi bowed to Wu Changkong once again.

"Teacher Wu, thank you for taking care of us during this time. My family will make up for the expenses that Yangzi and I incurred at the academy."

Tang Wulin could see that as he bent down, two small puddles of water appeared on the ground.

Wu Changkong's hands were still in his trench coat pockets, but his tone was somewhat low, "...For you, this may be the best choice, so let's leave it at that."

"Now that the decision has been made, I'll take care of the rest."

"Golden Seal!"