"Although this girl is formed from Xiao Wu's soul rings, she seems vastly different from Xiao Wu now. They are completely different people. The killing intent towards Tang Hao earlier was likely the last lingering resentment from Xiao Wu's death. If it were Xiao Wu, she would have devoured that bowl of spicy rabbit heads in under twenty minutes."
Xiao Yan raised a hand and touched his nose, then looked at the pink-clad girl.
"The girl before me appears to be a brand new and independent person. I can't treat her as a reincarnation of Xiao Wu's soul."
For a person, the most important thing is their memories.
The body is merely a vessel for memories.
He, for example, is proof of this.
Although he'd changed bodies twice, he was always Xiao Yan.
Not Tang San of the Tang Sect, nor Tang San, son of Tang Hao, but a modern man, Xiao Yan!
"Don't call me master anymore. Since you can eat, what do you like to eat?" Xiao Yan waved his hand, asking.
"Not call you master?" The pink-clad girl rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "Then how about I call you daddy?"
"Cough cough..." Xiao Yan was truly startled. What kind of address was this?
If someone heard, Xiao Yan could almost instantly imagine countless pairs of eyes staring at him.
A teenager of about ten years old, actually having a daughter around the same age...
Was it a distortion of humanity, or a decline in morality?
Xiao Yan quickly said, "No, no, quickly change it."
"Still no..." The pink-clad girl pouted, walking beside Xiao Yan, suddenly hugged Xiao Yan's arm, and her tender little face flushed, "Then how about I call you hubby?"
"Hold on!" Xiao Yan quickly stopped the girl. Those titles were just too ridiculous.
Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "From now on, you should call me 'brother'."
"Understood, brother." The pink-clothed girl looked a little disappointed.
What was wrong with those titles she'd suggested? Weren't they much better than "brother"?
Xiao Yan looked at the purple-haired girl, then at the pink-clothed girl, and asked, "I still don't know your names?"
As soon as he said the words, Xiao Yan felt something was off.
Even though they looked very human, they were actually just vines and soul rings.
Xiao Yan asked awkwardly, "Do… do you have names?"
"No," the pink-clothed girl replied.
The purple-haired girl, standing gracefully to the side, shook her head slightly. She didn't have a name either.
"In that case, how about I give you names?"
The pink-clothed girl clapped her hands: "Yay, yay!"
The purple-haired girl also nodded in agreement.
Having received their consent, Xiao Yan turned his attention to the purple-haired girl.
He had to admit, she really resembled Shao Siming. Her appearance, that ethereal and mysterious aura, and even her leaf-manipulation attack style were all similar.
Should he call her Shao Siming? He remembered that Shao Siming was a position within the Yin-Yang School. Using it as a name didn't seem quite right.
Xiao Yan racked his brain, trying to recall, and slowly recited, "Spirit garment, jade pendant, one yin, one yang. Under the Hall of Rebirth, autumn orchid, eternal life."
Looking at the purple-haired girl, Xiao Yan said earnestly, "From now on, your name will be Xiao Yi, Yi as in the word for 'beautiful person'."
Upon hearing this name, the purple-haired girl's elegant purple eyes showed a clear emotional fluctuation.
After a moment, the girl slightly nodded in agreement.
"What about me, what about me?" The pink-clothed girl shook Xiao Yan's arm, urging him.
Xiao Yan thought carefully and said, "How about your name is Xiao Xue?"
The snow-white little rabbit, calling her Xiao Xue was quite fitting.
The girl nodded with satisfaction, "Xiao Xue, it sounds pretty good."
Having given them their names, Xiao Yan asked again, "What would you two like to eat?"
Xiao Yi shook her head slightly. Her eyes slowly closed, and a blue airflow emanated from her body. The surrounding Blue Silver Grass released strands of energy, which flowed into Xiao Yi's body.
Xiao Yan watched, clicking his tongue in wonder, "It seems like she's absorbing the energy of the Blue Silver Grass?"
After a few seconds, Xiao Yi retracted the blue airflow and slowly opened her eyes, indicating that she didn't need to eat.
"I'll just eat this. This stuff is really delicious," Xiao Xue said, holding a plate of cold Blue Silver Emperor salad and eating it with relish.
Xiao Yan thought to himself, This Xiao Xue, definitely isn't Xiao Wu.
The first time, Xiao Wu had eaten food related to the Blue Silver Emperor, but she hadn't touched it since.
After the meal, Xiao Yan returned to the Blacksmith Shop with the two of them.
The two were usually fine. Thanks to the Mysterious Heaven Skill's regenerative effects, the drain on his internal energy wasn't too significant.
However, once they started fighting, the consumption of his internal energy increased dramatically.
Although the combat power they unleashed was extremely strong, the drain on his internal energy was also terrifying.
Most people, even with such soul skills, would struggle to use them for long.
He needed to carefully study these two strange soul skills.
Entering his room, Xiao Yan closed the door and windows. He focused intently, sensing the surroundings and confirming no one was present. Only then did he raise his hand and place it on Xiao Yi and Xiao Xue's wrists.
A touch of their wrists caused Xiao Yan's heart to beat faster.
These two lively girls actually had a pulse!
He channeled two strands of internal energy into their bodies, and Xiao Yan began to carefully examine their condition.
Gentle Daoist inner energy flowed into their bodies without any obstruction. As Xiao Yan delved deeper, he became even more astonished.
The condition of these two girls' bodies was no different from that of living people. Even more astonishing was that their Eight Extraordinary Meridians had already been opened, making them excellent martial arts talents.
After carefully taking their pulses, Xiao Yan confirmed two things.
First, they not only looked like humans, but they were also no different in actuality. Except for the rather bizarre manner of their appearance.
Second, the two had excellent bone structure and could be trained to cultivate.
Regarding the first point, although Xiao Yan found it strange, the Douluo Continent world had even stranger things like martial spirits. The effects of various soul skills were also dazzling, so he was relieved.
However, Xiao Yan spent more time pondering the second point.
The two's strength was extremely powerful; their only flaw was the excessive consumption of inner energy, even more severe than the consumption of the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
If he could overcome this flaw, he could become a purer, more singular combat force in the future.
Besides, Xiao Yan felt that since their attacks were draining his inner energy, perhaps cultivating internal energy could allow him to reverse the flow.
This opened up two possibilities:
He could directly enhance his own cultivation efficiency.
Or, in the same state, his internal energy cultivation speed could double.
Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
The effect was simply too exaggerated.
His cultivation speed of internal energy was already eight times faster than ordinary people, and now he could gain two more boosts.
That was the equivalent of twenty-four times the speed of a normal person in a year.
In this way, in about four years, internal energy could directly increase by a hundred years of cultivation.