Heaven Dou

Lin Li said slowly, "Who said I was going there as a student? I'm going there as a teacher."

Ye Lian raised her eyes in surprise. "Oh?"

Lin Li merely smiled. "At my current level, they might not even be able to teach me. I'm only going because the vast resources within Heaven Dou Royal Academy are tempting enough, and besides..."

Her Phoenix Eyes narrowed slightly. "Tang Hao's whereabouts are unknown. The Clear Sky Sect is one of Heaven Dou's Three Great Sects, and even its four affiliated clans are still in Heaven Dou City. It's time for him to repay those debts."

Of course, she knew where Tang Hao was hiding now. Going to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's academy was merely to better learn of Dugu Bo's whereabouts. The boost brought by an Immortal Herb was no weaker than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

At the same time, her Phoenix Eyes narrowed. The maximum age for participants in the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Competition Tang San entered was twenty-five.

But she was only six years older than Tang San. In other words, she could participate in that grand event as well.

And this was a perfect chance for her to thoroughly deal with Tang San. If Tang Hao appeared, then even if he did not die, she would strip him of a layer of skin.

Ye Lian sighed. "If you want to know, the master of Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City, Heaven Dou Empire, is surnamed Tang."

Lin Li hummed. "If Teacher has nothing else, this student will be leaving."

Ye Lian nodded. "Go."

But after Lin Li left, she let out a quiet sigh. "In the end, there was no fate between them."

The next morning, Lin Li changed into a black dress and headed for Heaven Dou City.

One incense stick of time after Lin Li left, a youth dressed in moon-white robes arrived at Ye Lian's office.

Knock, knock.

Ye Lian said flatly, "Come in."

The moment her words fell, Ye Lian saw a youth dressed in moon-white robes. His features were handsome, his temperament gentle, and he seemed refined and courteous. Faint phoenix patterns were embroidered on his clothes, making his noble, upright bearing stand out even more.

Looking at the phoenix pattern on him, Ye Lian said calmly, "Your father will be here shortly. Go back. After all, you're already a Soul Elder—a high-level Soul Elder at that."

Ling Xuan immediately went hoarse. "Aunt, Xiao Li, she..."

Before he could finish, Ye Lian interrupted him coldly. "There is no fate between you and her."

Ling Xuan instantly said, "Why? I like her. I love her. There is fate between us."

Ye Lian laughed upon hearing that. A trace of reluctance flashed through her eyes, but she still said coldly, "You already bear the burden of the Ye Family, and it is heavy enough. Do you know the enmity and hatred she carries?"

Ling Xuan froze, then heard Ye Lian say lightly, "Her hatred involves no fewer than ten Soul Douluo, as well as seven or eight Titled Douluo. Do you have the ability to bear that together with her?"

Not only Ling Xuan froze; even Ling Che, who had just entered the office, was stunned.

Seeing the two like this, Ye Lian gave a disdainful laugh. "Back then, I wanted to join forces with several Titled Douluo from the family to kill that beast. Even if some died, it could still drop a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Yet even with such enormous benefits, the family refused to agree. Much less when it comes to several Titled Douluo."

She had never held any fondness for the family. Perhaps she had once depended on them, but that dependence had long since been worn away by what happened back then.

She sighed, set down the water pipe she always held in her hand, and spoke with a trace of consolation. "Don't worry. Even if you could stand against her enemies with her, she still hasn't given you any response after all these years."

Ling Xuan lowered his head and sat down on the Sofa in dejection.

Ling Che lightly tapped the desk. His handsome face, similar to Ling Xuan's, also carried a trace of coldness.

He said in a deep voice, "You've hated the family for all these years for no other reason than that no one avenged your Deceased Husband. But I went."

Ye Lian shot to her feet, staring at him in disbelief.

Ling Che sighed. "But as soon as I entered the ocean and released my Martial Soul Avatar, a woman in a fishtail dress holding a scepter came to me."

Staring into Ye Lian's eyes, he said word by word, "She was Bo Saixi, the Great Enshrined of Sea God Island! She had once received aid from our Ye Family. She told me that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was only one step away from Dragon Transformation.

"And if measured by strength, even a level ninety-nine peak Douluo would not be his match. Do you understand now, my foolish little sister?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Lian suddenly slumped into her chair. Her eyes filled with tears, but she forcibly held them back and looked at him calmly.

She said coldly, "So what if it is level ninety-nine? Sooner or later, it will die—as the soul ring of my most outstanding student!"

As if seeing the stubbornness in her eyes, Ling Che sighed as well. "Still, no matter who that girl's enemies are, if my son likes her, then he can fight for her. That is the confidence I give him as his father."

Hearing this, Ling Xuan abruptly raised his head to look at Ling Che. Ling Che smiled and patted his back. "Your father may not be as strong as Bo Saixi, but I am still a level ninety-six Titled Douluo. I can give you that confidence."

But Ye Lian's next words silenced them both. Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Tang Hao—those three alone carried enough weight.

Not to mention that the martial souls represented by those three were still safely displayed on Spirit Hall's token.

Especially Tang Hao—the Clear Sky Sect.

Elsewhere, a carriage traveled unhurriedly toward Heaven Dou City.

Saint Er City was indeed a large city, but it was far from Heaven Dou City.

The horses pulling Lin Li's carriage were two hundred-year Soul Beasts called Gale Horses that she had captured in the Star Dou Great Forest.

She controlled them with a medicine called Soul Bewildering Powder. When traveling outside, one's identity was something one gave oneself.

Especially in her case.

At that moment, Lin Li opened the system. Ever since obtaining the Body Tempering Method and the Hundred Herbs Famous Furnace last time, she had not paid attention to the system again. There was no particular reason for it; no matter how powerful the system was, it could not make her become a god in a single leap.

But seeing that ten gift packs had yet to be claimed still surprised Lin Li.

The system replied, "The Host can receive one exclusive gift pack every year. In addition, there are gift packs for every major advancement in level, a gift pack for hunting the first Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in your life, a gift pack for obtaining your first Soul Bone..."

Lin Li gritted her teeth and asked, "Why didn't you remind me at all?"

The system replied, "You didn't ask."

Lin Li slowly exhaled. "Open them all."

In an instant, the system erupted with dazzling rays of light, and an electronic voice rang out.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the External Soul Bone, Azure Nether Demonic Eyes.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one Spirit Ascension.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one Spirit Ascension.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Rank Nine Soul Tool, Illusory Sea Nether Blade.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one hundred sets of high-grade Mituo Attire.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Divine Inheritance Instruction Diagram.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul, Star Annihilating Dragon Emperor.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Thirty-Thousand-Year Right Arm Spirit Bone, Nether Demonic Snake Spirit Bone.

Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Forty-Thousand-Year Azure Blood Pill Lotus Left Arm Bone.

Lin Li was instantly stunned. If the first few rewards had made her ecstatic, then the sixth had already reddened her eyes. She immediately took out the diagram and flipped through it to see which Deity it belonged to.