Chapter 259: Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling, Blue Silver Grass and Nine Heart Begonia
Hearing Lin Qingmo's request, Ye Lingling no longer hesitated.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple!
Four soul rings rose explosively from beneath her feet at the same time.
All four soul rings lit up simultaneously. Brilliant radiance instantly enveloped her entire body, illuminating her originally cold and elegant face with dazzling brightness.
Within her pale white palm, the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul quietly bloomed.
The flower bud unfurled layer by layer, blossoming with an unprecedentedly dazzling red glow. Even the air became filled with a faint, sweet floral fragrance.
A torrent of life energy erupted from the blooming Nine Heart Begonia, transforming into a surging, scorching red pillar of light that swept across Lin Qingmo's entire body in an instant.
The robes around his body fluttered violently under the energy torrent, while even the meridians beneath his skin were clearly illuminated by the red glow.
The healing effect of this life energy was astonishingly powerful.
Lin Qingmo did not focus on enjoying the comfort brought by the flowing life energy.
Instead, he condensed all of his spiritual power to the limit, turning it into countless fine threads that tightly wrapped around the extreme life energy surging into his body. He forcefully redirected its flow, sending all of it rushing toward the green stone at the root of the Blue Silver Grass martial soul within his dantian.
Every bit of the life energy was poured in without reservation into that green stone, which had remained dormant for a long time like a lifeless object with no reaction.
And it was this action that caused a sudden mutation!
The originally cold, dim, and motionless green stone suddenly came alive the moment it touched the torrent of life energy.
It was like an ancient, ferocious beast starved for eternity.
Faced with the surging life energy, it not only showed no resistance. Instead, it opened an invisible, giant mouth and began frantically devouring it with terrifying suction force.
The speed of its devouring was horrifyingly fast.
The torrent of life energy Ye Lingling was pouring in with all her strength—
Before it, it was like a stream flowing into the ocean, completely devoured in an instant.
It even began actively pulling. That terrifying suction spread backward through the energy pathway, tugging at the soul power within Ye Lingling's body, causing her face to pale slightly.
Even though she did not understand what was happening, Ye Lingling still gritted her teeth and continued channeling her soul skill.
And then—
A dazzling green light exploded from within the stone!
The green light was gentle yet carried astonishing penetrating force, illuminating the entire training ground in an instant.
The surrounding lights completely lost their brilliance before this green radiance, turning dim and lifeless.
Every corner of the training ground was thoroughly enveloped in this rich emerald-green glow.
Even the figures of the two of them became blurry within the radiance.
Thump! Thump!!!
Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling's hearts began pounding wildly at the same time.
Their heartbeats seemed to be synchronized by an invisible force.
At the exact same moment, they beat heavily in unison, causing their chests to tremble slightly with numbness.
An indescribable spiritual resonance exploded within their minds.
This was not a simple spiritual connection but a profound fusion at the level of the soul and the origin of life itself.
It was as if, at this moment, the life origins of the two had been tightly bound together by an invisible force—completely indistinguishable from one another.
Lin Qingmo could clearly sense the trust, worry, and faint hidden flutter within Ye Lingling's heart.
He could perceive the trembling of every petal of her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.
Ye Lingling could also feel the comfort flowing through Lin Qingmo's meridians and sense the toughness and determination deep within his bones, as well as the endless vitality carried by the Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
Their senses had completely fused, sharing everything.
Their gazes met within the emerald-green radiance.
Without a word or deliberate command, their bodies moved entirely on instinct from their deepest origins, simultaneously raising their right hands.
When their fingertips touched, a warm sensation spread between them.
Immediately afterward, their palms pressed tightly together, with no gap between them.
The instant their palms touched, the soul powers of the two completely shattered the boundaries between hosts and merged seamlessly.
The toughness of Blue Silver Grass and the holiness of Nine Heart Begonia—
These two, originally entirely different soul powers, are now fused perfectly without conflict.
The phantom projections of their Blue Silver Grass and Nine Heart Begonia martial souls appeared behind them simultaneously.
They slowly approached each other, breaking through all barriers as they crazily intertwined and merged.
In the next instant, even more dazzling light filled the entire training ground.
Blue Silver Grass, glowing with shimmering blue radiance and outlined with emerald-green light, frantically surged from Lin Qingmo's palm.
It rapidly spread along the ground, climbed up the walls, and burrowed into every crack in the floor.
In merely an instant, it covered every corner of the training ground.
Dense layers of grass leaves are intertwined into an enormous network of life.
Every blade of grass appeared lush and vibrant, trembling gently as it radiated a rich life aura.
Meanwhile, Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia left her palm and floated into the center of the training ground.
The begonia flower, originally only palm-sized, rapidly expanded under the nourishment of the fused soul power.
Layer upon layer of petals unfurled, red like carved agate—breathtakingly exquisite and beautiful.
At this moment, every petal shimmered with fine blue patterns, resonating with the aura of the surrounding Blue Silver Grasses at the same frequency, merging into one.
Under the continual fusion of their soul powers and within the embrace of the emerald-green radiance, the ground at the center of the training ground suddenly cracked apart.
Rumble!!!
A gigantic ancient tree erupted from the ground amid deafening roars!
The trunk of the ancient tree was a warm, shimmering blue.
It carried the delicate patterns of Blue Silver Grass.
Its surface emitted a faint luster, filled with life force.
The enormous crown stretched outward in every direction, supporting the entire roof of the training ground.
Countless shimmering blue branches hung downward like waterfalls.
Each branch bore emerald-green leaves dripping with vitality.
Blue radiance flowed through the veins of the leaves, while beautiful crimson Nine Heart Begonia flowers adorned the branches and leaves—sacred and awe-inspiring.
At the very center, where the shimmering blue trunk and crown intertwined—
Nine sacred hearts, roughly the size of a human head and crimson like fresh blood, formed a perfect circle as they slowly rotated at a steady speed.
Each sacred heart pulsed with a clear rhythm, like a living heartbeat, radiating a holy, majestic life aura.
The auras of the nine sacred hearts connected end to end, forming a flawless cycle.
A unique pressure and sacred aura erupted from the ancient tree.
This aura possessed both the sacred gentleness of the Nine Heart Begonia, which controlled life and death and healed all things, and the vigorous life force of Blue Silver Grass.
The two ultimate powers fused seamlessly, as if this ancient tree embodied life itself.
At the exact moment the tree fully formed and the circulation of the nine sacred hearts stabilized—
The name of this tree appeared simultaneously within the minds of Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling.
That voice had no source, as if it came from the ancient past, yet also seemed to flow naturally from the deepest parts of their souls.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Sacred Heart Ancient Tree!
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