A Forced Melon May Not Be Sweet, but It Quenches Your Thirst!

"Xiao Luo, come down quickly!"

Maple Forest Village's Back Mountain.

After bringing Qian Renxue and a group of guards to the foot of the small hill where Ye Luo cultivated.

Village Elder Tom leaned on his cane and excitedly shouted toward Ye Luo, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in meditation at the center of ring-shaped fields densely planted with Blue Silver Grass.

"His Highness the Crown Prince wants to take you back to Heaven Dou Imperial City for proper guidance and training!"

"Come down quickly! Don't keep His Highness the Crown Prince waiting!"

At that moment, on the hillside.

Upon hearing Old Tom's words, Ye Luo slowly opened his eyes, a trace of bewilderment flashing through them.

Wait!

Had he heard wrong?!

His Highness the Crown Prince? Which crown prince?

Could it be Xue Qinghe, the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire—or rather, Qian Renxue?

But that shouldn't be possible!

Why would Qian Renxue come to their Maple Forest Village and seek him out?

Ye Luo was filled with uncertainty. After getting to his feet, he looked down toward the foot of the hill.

There, aside from Village Elder Tom.

There was also a youth dressed in luxurious golden brocade robes, tall and straight in stature, with short golden hair, a gentle and handsome face, and a mild smile.

Behind him stood two rows of guards clad in gleaming silver armor, fully armed, each holding a silver lance with a sword at their waist and a solemn expression.

Though he did not recognize him, judging by his build, bearing, and those two rows of fully armed guards.

Ye Luo immediately felt that the visitor was almost certainly Qian Renxue.

At Village Elder Tom's call.

Although he was full of doubts, Ye Luo still passed through the circular fields planted with Blue Silver Grass, hurried down the hill, and arrived before Village Elder Tom and Qian Renxue.

"Grandpa Tom, what's going on?"

Pretending that he had not heard clearly, Ye Luo glanced at Qian Renxue and asked.

"Who is this big brother...?"

Faced with Ye Luo's question.

Before Old Tom could answer, Qian Renxue introduced herself with a gentle smile and slowly delivered the explanation she had prepared long ago.

"You are Ye Luo, right? I'll call you Xiao Luo."

"My name is Xue Qinghe. I am the crown prince of the current Heaven Dou Empire. Your uncle was once one of my guards. During an outing, he encountered danger and sacrificed himself to protect me."

"After investigating, I discovered that you are your uncle's only blood relative in this world."

"This time, I have come to take you to Heaven Dou Imperial City for proper guidance and training. Only then can I live up to the debt I owe your uncle for sacrificing himself for me!"

Qian Renxue sighed, speaking with great sincerity and emotion.

What? I have an uncle?

Ye Luo was instantly stunned, finding it unbelievable.

In this life, because his parents had died early.

He had no idea whether he had any other relatives in this world.

In any case, over all these years, not a single relative had come looking for him.

He had always believed that he had no family left in this world.

Yet unexpectedly, he actually had an uncle who had served as Qian Renxue's guard and even died for her.

Could this be some minor plot point that had never been recorded in the original story?

Although it did not seem entirely impossible.

After thinking it over carefully, Ye Luo felt that something was off.

First of all, even if he did have an uncle who had died protecting Qian Renxue while serving as her guard.

Given Qian Renxue's personality, she certainly would not mistreat that guard's only remaining relative in this world.

But with Qian Renxue's status as crown prince, she could have simply assigned this matter to a subordinate.

Was there really any need for her to personally come to Maple Forest Village and take him away?

Thinking of the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, the opportunities most useful to him in this world that lay within the Continuous Mountains behind the village.

Besides, while relying on Qian Renxue would indeed bring him guidance and training, and perhaps even cultivation resources and facilities unavailable to Commoner Soul Masters.

Ye Luo thought it over.

In another month or so, he could go to Nuoding Academy to learn Soul Master knowledge and Soul Beast knowledge.

If given the chance, he might even knock Yu Xiaogang unconscious and steal all of Yu Xiaogang's books related to Soul Masters and Soul Beasts!

As for cultivation resources and facilities.

He had the Blue Silver Grass Meditation Method and had already found a way to increase his cultivation speed by planting large amounts of Blue Silver Grass around his cultivation site.

Even without cultivation resources and facilities.

His cultivation speed should not be slow before reaching Soul Ancestor, or even Soul King.

There was no need to rely on Qian Renxue.

After all, relying on Qian Renxue meant choosing a side and getting dragged into conflict.

If Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall were the final victors, Ye Luo would gladly choose to join them.

But unfortunately, they were not!

As a Transmigrator, Ye Luo knew perfectly well.

From Bibi Dong, Spirit Hall's Pope, to Qian Renxue, its Young Master, and then to the future Saintess Hu Liena.

Every last one of them was a love-brained fool with something wrong in their heads.

How were they supposed to win under those circumstances?

Ye Luo had no intention of being buried alongside Spirit Hall!

Although his martial souls and talent were somewhat lacking.

He had created the Blue Silver Grass Meditation Method and found the sure path of greatly increasing his cultivation speed by planting Blue Silver Grass in large quantities.

He had also sensed the locations of the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin.

Furthermore, he knew that the correct path for Blue Silver Grass was to absorb Soul Rings from Plant Soul Beasts and follow the Extreme Life Path.

In the future, Ye Luo believed.

As long as he proceeded steadily, he had a great chance of obtaining the Life Goddess's God Position!

And if he could evolve his Scythe martial soul into the Death Scythe through Ji Juechen's method from Dou Er.

He might even inherit the God of Destruction's God Position and achieve Dual God Integration!

With such a promising future ahead.

Ye Luo only wanted to lie low, cultivate diligently in secret, seize every opportunity available to him, evolve his Blue Silver Grass and Scythe martial souls, and inherit the God Positions of the Life Goddess and God of Destruction in the future.

As for relying on Qian Renxue and getting involved in conflict?

The risk was far too great!

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Ye Luo's delicate little face revealed a hint of yearning and conflict. In the end, he still shook his head and spoke with great sincerity.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, thank you for your kindness!"

"But for my uncle to sacrifice himself for you was his honor. You do not need to take me to Heaven Dou Imperial City. I am dull-witted, and my talent as a Soul Master is poor. I have no value worth cultivating."

"Besides, I have already grown used to living in Maple Forest Village. I truly cannot bear to leave Grandpa Old Tom and everyone else..."

"Xiao Luo..."

Listening to Ye Luo's words, Village Elder Tom was deeply moved. But in his eyes, Ye Luo's future was certainly more important, and he could not help but persuade him.

"Xiao Luo, you are a good child."

"But Maple Forest Village is not where you should stay. You are the rare Soul Master our Maple Forest Village has produced in ten years, a golden phoenix that flew out of a grass nest!"

"In the future, if you miss the village, miss Grandfather and everyone else, you will have plenty of time to come back."

"But now, His Highness the Crown Prince is taking you to Heaven Dou Imperial City. This is a tremendous opportunity, your chance to change your fate. You must seize it!"

Ye Luo had long expected Old Tom's persuasion, yet he still insisted on remaining in Maple Forest Village.

This made Old Tom extremely anxious.

Seeing that Ye Luo refused to leave with her no matter what, Qian Renxue sighed helplessly in her heart.

It seemed she still had to use her final method.

Qian Renxue's expression hardened. Taking a deep breath, she spoke in a solemn voice.

"Xiao Luo, I understand your thoughts."

"But before your uncle died, he entrusted you to us."

"No matter what, I must take you away!"

"If you refuse to go, then I will have someone tie you up and take you away by force!"

What?!

Ye Luo was dumbfounded.

This was not right!

He was merely a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate level-three Soul Power, utterly ordinary and only part of the bottom tier in the Soul Master World.

Since he had insisted on staying.

Shouldn't Qian Renxue at most give him some Gold Soul Coins as compensation?

Why was she insisting on taking him away?

This was unreasonable. It did not fit Qian Renxue's character at all!

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you cannot do this!"

Ye Luo became a little anxious.

"Even if my uncle entrusted me to you, I am an independent person, not an object!"

"I have never even met my uncle. What right did he have to decide my fate!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, even if you forcibly take me away, I will not sincerely accept your guidance and training."

"A forced melon is not sweet!"

"A forced melon is not sweet?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue immediately smiled and said teasingly.

"Whether it is sweet or not does not matter. As long as it quenches your thirst!"