The process of transferring the Soul Bead back was the exact sa as when it happened the first ti, with Wu Long sitting opposite Ye Ling, with Liang Zhiqiu operating a powerful concealing formation around them.
Fen Baihu watched the scene with an unreadable look in her glowing pink eyes, but those who were sensitive to emotions of others like Cai Yin, Gong Cui, Shen Min and Xue Bing knew how much this mont ant for her. Although, in this case, even those without such abilities understood it on an instinctive level.
The mont her Soul Bead sank into Wu Long’s Soul Sea, contrary to the nature of the latter, which was far less calm and soothing than Ye Ling’s Soul Sea, the Celestial Fox felt an indescribable comfort, like regaining sothing she lost or coming back to a place she felt a belonging to.
It was the sa for Wu Long. All this ti that her Soul Bead was not with him, it felt like sothing was out of place, missing, which made this mont of regaining it almost cathartic.
After taking a mont to adjust and conceal all traces of her Soul Bead within his Soul Sea, he opened his eyes, to see Fen Baihu in her human form standing in front o of him, and a smile appeared on his lips, "Welco back"
She lunged into his embrace, and he chuckled while wrapping his arms around her under the warm gazes of the beauties around.
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During dinner, Wu Long explained that through studying the connection between him and Fen Baihu that Yuanfen helped her find, he was able to understand the principles of how it worked.
This allowed him to use his own Celestial Fox bloodline’s power to establish a special connection with all of them through the bonds of the Dual Extres Infinite Union Art, thus making it possible for Fen Baihu to manifest her powers through that connection.
Now, no matter where they were, how far from Wu Long or each other, each of them could act as a beacon for Fen Baihu’s powers, and thus be under her protection individually.
"So when you learn how to use your powers of the Celestial Fox bloodline, you will be able to do it as well?", Bi Rui asked with curiosity.
"Hmm, it might be possible, but it’s not as simple as just applying the sa logic. The reason it works with Baihu, is precisely because of the connection between our bloodlines. You could say that, in a way, I used a trick", Wu Long touched his chin in thought.
"I see, so what you did was making it possible for Sister Baihu to connect with us through you... or rather, for her - through the bonds of Dual Extres Infinite Union Art - each of us is essentially an extension of you, which is why the connection works just as if she were to just doing it with you. But since we don’t have the Celestial Fox bloodline, you wouldn’t be able to use the sa trick yourself, only able to connect with Sister Baihu herself", Luo Mingyu nodded, partially vocally analyzing what he said, and partially explaining to others, "So for that trick to work for you, there would have to be a direct connection between Sister Baihu and us"
"Exactly", Wu Long nodded, "It is one thing to use the ability Baihu already awakened, and just expand it. It is another to create a completely new one, even if the effects are similar"
"But for this trick to work, you have to be the one holding her Soul Bead?", Wu ngqi asked with a confused expression.
"No", Wu Long chuckled, shaking his head, "Strictly speaking, the connection works because of the link between and Baihu, and it doesn’t really matter in practical terms if her Soul Bead is with Ye Ling or with ..."
His smile widened as he turned to Fen Baihu, "...but it matters to personally"
The Celestial Fox’s eyes revealed a deep color of affection and joy, while the beauties around raised voices full of approval and excitent.
Hong Yue who was having dinner with them looked at this scene seemingly deep in thought, while her twin sitting next to her was subtly peeking at her expression and trying to read those thoughts.
The warm and fuzzy atmosphere continued for so ti after. The topic of conversation gradually shifted to what brought this change in the first place, Wu Long’s completion of the Five Elents Dao Runes.
And since this signified that Wu Long was ready to advance into Essence Awakening Realm, it ant that the ti he would be taking the paragon quality pill Yu Huan made was closing in.
She revealed an excited look. Observing soone taking an alchemy pill was a very valuable mont for the alchemist, but even more than that, she was just happy that she was able to help him.
It was refined to maximize the Yin and Yang attributes of the ingredients, and thus was not strictly speaking a cultivation pill. In truth, its direct effect on cultivation would be rather minuscule.
It’s greatest effect was in enhancing a cultivator’s Harmonic Root, and this ti, it was not only for Wu Long but for his ladies as well.
This would greatly enhance the effectiveness of Dual Cultivating, and thus allow him to make greater progress.
However, this ant that he needed so ti in seclusion to actually advance. This naturally led to the conversation that Wu Long was planning on having, about the upcoming events and preparations to pay attention to.
In the course of this discussion, they eventually reached the topic of the arrival of the delegation of the Wei Dynasty which was likely to happen quite soon.
"Is your primary interest for this eting the Imperial Ambassador?", Nie Xiwang asked, certain that the 5th prince who also was coming was not that important in Wu Long’s eyes.
"Mm, unlike the immature and inexperienced princes this one wouldn’t be so easy to deal with. Even if he’s from a collateral family, he’s still of Imperial bloodline, and if he knows how to use that status well, he might be soone we need to be cautious against", Wu Long nodded, "But it’s really the entire delegation except for the prince, since every faction will put at least one of their own people in there. In fact, it would be great if you, Bing’er, Yin’er and Min’er can help see through them"
All four beauties nodded, eager to help him.
"Li Weifang will arrive about a day earlier than the delegation, so we will know in advance", he then added so that they won’t need to guess the timing, "Speaking of him, I should give him more guidance when he gets here"
"Isn’t that a bit risky? He’s already powerful enough to have been a troubleso opponent for you when you fought him, raising his strength further at this ti...", Shen Min spoke up, "It hasn’t been that long since he joined us"
"Didn’t he already prove himself by working in the Erald Falls City all this ti though?", Cao i made a surprised expression.
"It is only a few months, and he did already receive so guidance from Wu Long prior to that which is more than enough motivation", Cai Yin shook her head, "I agree with Sister Shen Min that it is a bit too early to know if he can be trusted"
"You’re both right that we can’t just completely and utterly trust him - or anyone who joins us for that matter - right away, but suspicion and prudence are different things", Wu Long smiled, knowing where both Shen Min and Cai Yin were coming from when voicing their doubts, "One of them can beco a self-fulfilling prophecy as you push the person away because of your lack of trust, so you have to balance trust and caution well to not fall into that pitfall. There is also timing to trust"
"Timing?", Cao i asked.
"There is an old saying regarding human relationships that goes sothing like ’keep your eyes wide open before, half shut afterwards’, which ans that you should be discerning before committing to sothing and tolerant after. Although it isn’t universally true and even when it is true, it is not absolute - nothing in our life ever is - but the gist of it is still valid. While you never should throw away caution completely, any trust requires at the very least so involvent of a leap of faith", he shrugged.
"Besides, trust is not only about testing, but more so about building it in the first place, and the best way to build trust is sincerity", he added with a grin, "Sotis, you can even turn the person that would otherwise be untrustworthy into the one you can trust"
Both Shen Min and Cai Yin nodded, but it was obvious that both still were vigilant against Wu Long’s newest follower.
"Thank you for voicing your concerns", Wu Long then shifted his tone to a more sincere one, "I know that you’re looking out for and all of us, and it is very important that I hear such things, it is a great help"
Cai Yin’s cheeks turned rosy as she looked down, while Shen Min smiled at him with affectionate gaze.
When it looked like Wu Long was going to move on to the next topic of conversation and shift the tone from romantic one back to a serious one...
"Sweet talker", Cao Xiang chuckled, as laughter erupted around the table, causing a wry smile to appear on Wu Long’s face.
The conversation then gradually shifted to reviewing the various opportunities for Sowing Karma that could be handled without Wu Long’s involvent, and the ones that he expressed interest in personally.
Liang Yuhan provided fresh information about the people coming into the city that might be of interest, as well as the latest developnts in the cases they were already tracking.
After that they discussed the progress at the Soaring Feather Trading Company.
"Speaking of... there’s so unusual activity in the black markets of the Iron Claw City which might be stealing a bit of our thunder", Liang Yuhan added, "Though it is just rumors"
"Black markets?", Wu Long raised his eyebrows, and then an interested look appeared in his eyes, "That might be worth investigating, I will go"
"You’re going personally?", Madam Liang puffed out a cloud of herbal smoke.
"I have a hunch it’s not a simple boost in activity", he chuckled.
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