Returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan's Suitor?

"Finally, I'm back!"

After a long and arduous journey, they had finally returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Looking at Dugu Manor before him and recalling the year-plus of rough living, traveling from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Yu could not help but sigh with emotion.

Although he had suffered for so long,

he had ultimately undergone a complete transformation. It had all been worth it!

"I'll take a good bath, then get some sleep first!"

After returning to Dugu Manor with Dugu Bo,

Ye Yu first took a bath, then had a good sleep.

Having returned at noon,

Ye Yu slept all the way until dusk.

After finishing her cultivation at the Martial Soul Mimic Training Ground of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and going to the library with her good sister Ye Lingling,

it was not until dusk

that Dugu Yan returned home with Ye Lingling.

Upon returning to the manor,

when she discovered that her grandfather, Dugu Bo, had returned, Dugu Yan's exquisitely beautiful face, both glamorous and spirited, immediately filled with excitement and joy.

"Grandfather, you're back!"

"Yanyan, it's been several months. Did you miss your grandfather?"

Dugu Bo stroked his snow-white beard with one hand while keeping the other behind his back. His sinister-looking face was full of smiles.

He had thought his granddaughter Dugu Yan would be so excited and happy that she would leap straight into his embrace.

But in the next moment, Dugu Yan asked excitedly,

"Grandfather, before you left, you said you were taking A Yu to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a soul ring."

"Has A Yu come back too?!"

Dugu Bo: "..."

At Dugu Yan's question, Dugu Bo's old face instantly fell, and his expression darkened.

She had a boyfriend now and had forgotten all about her grandfather!

Though Dugu Bo felt bitter and deeply depressed, he still said,

"Little Yu has returned too. He's resting in the side room."

The moment she heard that, Dugu Yan spun around and ran straight toward the room where Ye Yu was resting.

"A Yu!"

After pushing open the door,

when she saw the figure she had longed for day and night sleeping on the bed,

Dugu Yan could not help but become overwhelmed with emotion. Her beautiful eyes reddened as she cried out passionately.

At that moment, Ye Yu, who had been sleeping on the bed, was startled awake.

Due to the habits he had developed while hunting soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest,

the instant he opened his eyes, Ye Yu reflexively sprang upright.

He turned toward the source of the voice.

A graceful purple figure, carrying a fragrant breeze, instantly threw herself at him.

"A Yu, you're finally back! I missed you so much!"

Feeling the soft, delicate body in his arms and hearing that familiar voice, filled with excitement and choked with sobs, Ye Yu's heart was also full of emotion and love as he hugged the beauty in his arms tightly.

Gently stroking her long purple hair, he said tenderly,

"Be good! Aren't I back now?"

"Actually, I didn't want to leave you either, Yanyan. But so that I can protect you in the future and earn Grandfather's greater approval,"

"I have to cultivate diligently and seize every opportunity to grow stronger!"

"It's all for our future happiness!"

Inside the room,

after a spell of sweet intimacy and heartfelt confessions,

when Dugu Yan learned that Ye Yu's cultivation had actually reached Level 47, she was ecstatic.

"A Yu, you're already Level 47? That's wonderful!"

"I knew you were the best, A Yu!"

"With your ability and talent, A Yu, even if your martial soul is Blue Silver Grass with Innate Level 1 Soul Power, it can't stop you from becoming a powerhouse!"

"Once you return to the academy, let's see if they still dare say anything!"

As though she had remembered something, Dugu Yan clenched her delicate fist and angrily waved it.

"Yanyan, what happened at the academy?"

Hearing Dugu Yan's words, it seemed something had happened at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ye Yu could not help frowning as he asked.

"It's like this."

Dugu Yan, equally troubled and indignant, told him everything that had happened after Ye Yu left the academy.

It turned out that while Ye Yu had taken leave to undergo Ice Fire Body Tempering at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,

a new student had enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and happened to be assigned to Class One, Year Two of their intermediate division.

This new student came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He was the grandson of Yu Yuanzhen, the current clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and his name was Yu Tianheng!

Even in an aristocratic academy like Heaven Dou Royal Academy,

Yu Tianheng was among the most elite young rich and handsome men!

And for some unknown reason,

Yu Tianheng had actually taken a liking to her and begun pursuing her fervently.

She had clearly told him that she already had a boyfriend.

Yet Yu Tianheng still refused to give up.

After learning Ye Yu's identity,

he had even said that trash like Ye Yu, with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul and Innate Level 1 Soul Power,

would never be worthy of Dugu Yan, even if his martial soul had mutated once!

Many people in both the class and the academy agreed with that.

One after another, they gathered around her, urging her to dump Ye Yu and get together with Yu Tianheng.

They were so noisy that it was simply infuriating!

"Once you return to the academy tomorrow, show them your current strength and slap them hard across the face."

"Let's see whether they'll still dare spout nonsense afterward!"

Dugu Yan crossed her jade-like arms over her chest. As though imagining tomorrow's scene, her beautiful, spirited face was full of satisfaction and delight.

"Yu Tianheng?"

Ye Yu had not expected that while he had been undergoing Ice Fire Body Tempering, a romantic rival would emerge.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he snorted coldly in his heart.

Trying to steal my woman? You clearly don't know who you're messing with!

Although his cultivation had now reached Level 47 Soul Ancestor,

he was still only thirteen years old.

A thirteen-year-old Level 47 Soul Ancestor was far too eye-catching!

So Ye Yu planned that, when using the Blue Silver Domain to disguise the colors of his soul rings in the future, he would also conceal the number of soul rings.

He would hide his fourth soul ring

and reveal only three soul rings, presenting himself as a Level 31 Soul Elder.

Ye Yu told Dugu Yan about this as well.

He told her not to say publicly that he was a Level 47 Soul Ancestor, but merely a Level 31 Soul Elder.

"Mhm, you're right, A Yu."

"A thirteen-year-old Level 47 Soul Ancestor is too conspicuous. It could easily bring unnecessary trouble and might even attract assassins!"

"But a thirteen-year-old Level 31 Soul Elder is much better!"

After hearing this, Dugu Yan strongly approved.

The next day, early in the morning.

Having completed his transformation and obtained his soul rings,

Ye Yu naturally no longer needed to take leave. He and Dugu Yan prepared to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for classes.

"Ye Yu!"

While waiting for Ye Lingling at the entrance to the Nine Heart Begonia Family's residence with Dugu Yan,

when Ye Lingling saw Ye Yu, excitement and surprise filled her deep-blue eyes, hidden beneath her long bangs and framed by cascading deep-blue hair.

"Ye Yu, have you already obtained your soul ring?"

Ye Lingling clenched her jade-like hands and quickened her pace toward him. A trace of irrepressible longing appeared on her delicate, clear face as she asked in a cool voice that carried a hint of excitement.

"I've already obtained it. Lingling, guess what level I am now."

Ye Yu stood tall and straight, his black hair falling over his shoulders. A faint smile appeared on his handsome face as he asked with a grin.