Chapter 577 Soul, Colors, and Candy

[Alex]: Whatever, hit me with all that you got.

[Professor Frances]: You-

"Hong~"

Before Professor Frances could emulate her point, Alex suddenly let out a shout, which released a frightening pressure from his body.

At the instant that this happened, Professor Frances had the sudden urge to fall to the floor, as if what Alex did had an effect on her body.

"Hola!"

Out of nowhere, a multi-colored, 5-armed illusory body suddenly appeared behind Alex, one which loomed all over him and Professor Frances like a god. It did not do anything inherently malicious against anyone inside the hut, as it seemed to be contented to just float behind Alex.

The multitude of colors present on the Illusory body continued to glow as its arms moved around randomly, something that made Professor Frances gulp nervously. After all, each one of these arms appeared to have the power to instantly destroy anything that touches them.

"Shung shung!"

Along with the arm movements, the translucent skin of the illusory body was displaying some changes too. A multitude of colors, ranging from black, blue, gold, white, and red continuously flashed and glowed all around the body’s translucent skin, making it look pleasing to the eyes.

These 5 colors also had countless effects on the surroundings, which just made their existence much more intriguing.

The blue color was the most active out of the 5 colors, with it constantly creating explosions and lightning blasts on the floor. The black color on the other hand seem be corroding the surrounding air, while the white color appears to be purifying it instead. The red color had no visible effects, although the sensation of getting shaken can be felt from looking at it. As for the final color which is gold, an overbearing sense of superiority could be felt emanating from it, one which seemed to affect the movement of the nearby objects.

The combination of the beautiful lights display and their effects had effectively turned the illusory body into a beautiful object. It was so pretty that it made the Immortal Empress and Arcane Sorceress squeal in delight upon seeing the Illusory body, with their eyes lighting up as if they had seen the best thing in their life.

[Immortal Empress]: Ah! It’s so pretty! Junior Brother, is this something that you can make? Give it to me! Give it to me!

[Arcane]: Pretty! Can I eat it like candy?

But even with this beautiful light display, Professor Frances still appeared to be spooked by this illusory body. Just the way that she held up her Soul-Splicing Knife in front of the illusory body was enough to show her wariness against it.

[Professor Frances]: ....

After moving its arms around for a while, the illusory body did nothing else but to float on its current spot, with the inherent power inside it completely restrained. As for Alex, he let out a sigh as he went back to his seat, with beads of sweat now present on his face.

Upon taking his seat, Alex tried to smile once more as he looked at Professor Frances. In response to his look, Professor Frances gave Alex a solemn gaze, one that is made more serious by her suddenly scary face.

The professor looked like she was greatly disturbed by something, a feeling that she reciprocated to Alex with her next question.

[Professor Frances]: Alex, tell me. This is... your Soul? I mean, your real one? Why do I feel like I am looking at something wrong?

[Alex]: What are you saying? This is my Soul!

[Professor Frances]: What? But-

[Alex]: Professor, this is my consciousness, accumulated altogether to form my soul! All that you see here is who I really am!

"Grong!"

As if to illustrate his point, Alex’s Soul began to twirl all around the place, as if Alex was showing off his control of his soul.

This action just infuriated Professor Frances, who now looked like she had enough of Alex’s antic.

[Professor Frances]: Alex, this... this is not how a Soul is supposed to look like! From all the studies that I had, a Soul should have been a pure, untainted representation of a living creature. There must be no impurities mixed with a soul, and it should just exist as the agglomeration of soul power! That means that your soul should also look pure and untainted!

[Alex]: Oh really? So you’re saying that because the illusory body behind me is tainted with different colors and with a lot of arms, it’s not supposed to be my Soul?

[Professor Frances]: Hmph, yes, I am saying that! Instead of seeing that 5-armed, multi-colored monstrosity, what I should see from your soul is like the ball that we saw from the lizard earlier!

[Alex]: ...

[Professor Frances]: ....

[Alex]: Well, I am sorry to burst your bubble, but what you see right here is my Soul, all in its full glory.

[Professor Frances]: No way! If that is really your soul, then why does it look like that? Why is it this... so convoluted and tainted? Your soul... is not supposed to look like this.

Professor Frances looked down at the floor at this point, as if she was trying to avoid looking at Alex’s Soul. This made it look like she was scared, but the steely expression on her face says otherwise.

[Professor Frances]: ....

But even with this ’avoiding’ action, the professor still tried her best to glare at Alex, although the best that she can do now was give him a sideways glance.

[Alex]: Hm... there is indeed an interesting reason why my Soul looks like this. But as for what this reason is, I will not be telling it to you now. After all, I am more interested on getting my Soul cut into pieces. So-

[Professor Frances]: What do you mean by that, huh? You won’t be telling me? Hmph, you dirty man! You dare show me something this interesting, but now you deny telling the truth all about it? You... you must be playing with me now!

[Alex]: No, I am not playing with you. I’m just tired from revealing my soul, ok? I don’t have any interest to talk to you more, so please stop questioning me. Let’s just talk about my unique soul... once we’re done here.

[Professor Frances]: !!!

[Alex]: Oh, but there’s something that I can tell you. The reason for my unique soul is also the reason that I am confident on surviving the ’Soul Division Process’. So don’t be plagued by worries, and just start cutting!

[Professor Frnaces]: Hah? No, I will-

[Alex]: Professor, I am feeling weaker and weaker now, so please get on with it already. If you don’t, I might really die here. You don’t want that happening, right?

[Professor Frances]: !!!

[Alex]: But don’t worry, professor. As long as we finish our jobs, not only will I get to survive, I will also be able to answer your questions about my soul. So can you start already?

[Professor Frances]: ....

[Alex]: Oh, you look like you’re agreeing already. Hehehe, thank you, professor!

With his oddly persuasive tone and the belligerent look on his face, Professor Frances found no way to dispute what Alex was telling her to do.

She could only sigh in resignation, with the knife on her hand slowly reaching out towards Alex.

[Professsor Frances]: ...Fine, so where shall I start cutting?

[Alex]: Oh, just start anywhere you want it. But please don’t do it near my crotch. I don’t want feeling pain at that spot you know...

[Professor Frances]: ...

[Immortal Empresss]: Hey, you said crotch! That’s funny!

[Alex]: Hehehe, yes, that’s indeed funny. Crotch! Crotch! Crotch!

[Immortal Empress]: Gigigigi!

[Alex]: Hoho, so you like hearing jokes? Well then, do you want to hear more?

[Immortal Empress]: Yes please! I want to hear more! Give me give me!

[Alex]: Well, I can give you more jokes... But before I do that, can you help me out a little first?

[Immortal Empress]: Help you... out? What does that mean?

[Alex]: It means that you will assist me with something. Can you do that for me?

[Immortal Empress]: Um... maybe I can help you out, but-

[Alex]: Good! So what I want you to do is simple. Do you remember the briefcases that you gave to me earlier?

[Immortal Empress]: Ah um, mommy said that I should not-

[Alex]: Those briefcases contain items that are filled with the Essences of Duality, which I need to get stronger. Now, I am supposed to be extracting these Essences by myself, but because of a situation, I cannot do that now....

[Immortal Empress]: Um-

[Alex]: So Immortal Empress, I need your help in regards to the extraction of these essences. With your expertise regarding Immortal Cultivation, surely it will be easy for you to extract all the Duality Essences for me. You are after all, the best Immoral Cultivator that I ever met!

[Immortal Empress]: Um-

[Alex]: So what say you, Immortal Empress? Will you help me out or not? If you do, I will give you a lot of new jokes! Oh, and I will also give you Arcane Sorceress’ share of candy!

"Swish!"

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Right after he gave this promise, Alex quickly fulfilled it, as se snatched the candy residing on the hands of Arcane Sorceress. The poor kid could only watch as Alex grabbed her candy away, with her eyes quickly turning watery with tears.

[Arcane Sorceress]: Hey Alex! What are you saying! Waaah!!! That’s my candy! Don’t give it to her! Waa-

[Immortal Empress]: It’s a deal! It’s a deal! Gimme her candy quick! Gimme gimme!

[Alex]: Ouch! I can’t give the candy to you now since my hand cramped. Why don’t you extract the essences for me first, Immortal Empress. Maybe once you have done it, my cramps will disappear...

[Immortal Empress]: Um, okay! I will start extracting now! But don’t give back the candy to Arcane Sorceress, ok? If you do, I will stop!

[Alex]: Hehehe, I promise to not give it back. You have my word.

[Immortal Empress]: Yay! Candy candy candy!

[Arcane Sorceress]: Waah!!! You bully! Waah!!

[Professor Frances]: Alex, you said that you will take advantage of these kids much later. Why are you then doing this now?

[Alex]: Hm? Did I just hear something? Oh, it must have been the wind. Anyways, you should really start now, Professor Frances. Or do you want a candy to be motivated too?

[Immortal Empress]: Hey! No giving my candy to Professor Frances too! That candy is only mine!

[Arcane Sorceress]: Waah!! My candy!!! Waah!!!

[Professor Frances]: ...Wow, I don’t know what to say here...

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[Author’s Note]: What go you guys think of a man bun? I just used this hairtstyle, and it had mixed reactions with my relatives... Well, it is my hair, so I think will just be fine...