Ye Lingling: I Have Nothing to Trade With You, Only...

The next morning, when Lu Chen woke up, he was alone in the room.

Lu Chen touched the hickey on his neck; the sensation was still slightly warm.

He chuckled, "Even sleeping at night isn't peaceful..."

Lu Chen got dressed and walked out of the room. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were already having breakfast.

Seeing the faint red mark on Lu Chen's neck, Xiao Wu's pretty face flushed, and she buried her head, eating the carrot baozi in her hand.

Lu Chen sat at the table and greeted, "Zhuqing, morning."

"Morning."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded. Although she was still eating, her peripheral vision remained fixed on Lu Chen.

Just then, a knocking sound echoed softly.

Lu Chen got up and opened the door. A purple figure pounced into his arms.

Lu Chen subconsciously hugged Dugu Yan's body.

He looked at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and said slowly, "Yanzi, you and Lingling were looking for me, is there something?"

Seeing Dugu Yan and Lu Chen's intimate display, Xiao Wu couldn't help but feel jealous.

She threw down the baozi in her hand and quickly walked over, putting her arm around Dugu Yan's arm and leading them back to the living room.

When they were all seated, Dugu Yan spoke first, cautiously probing, "Lu Chen, I'm sorry, I told Lingling about you helping me solve my martial soul's defect..."

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't speak, Dugu Yan's voice softened, her eyes slightly reddening, almost on the verge of tears.

"Lingling helped me many times when my snake venom backfired, always doing her best to suppress it for me..."

Lu Chen looked at her, on the verge of crying, and reached out to rub her hair, saying gently, "It's okay, I know you have a sense of proportion."

Ye Lingling spoke up, "Captain... I heard you treated Yanzi's martial soul defect. I want to..."

Ye Lingling became hesitant, only saying half of what she intended.

Seeing this, Dugu Yan said, "Lu Chen, do you know that the Nine Heart Begonia also has a fatal flaw?"

"Fatal flaw?" Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were filled with confusion.

Lu Chen nodded and explained, "The Nine Heart Begonia martial soul can only have one inheritor per generation, and only two Nine Heart Begonia soul masters can be alive at the same time. Only when one dies can another possibly appear in the next generation. It can be said to be the martial soul with the smallest population.

But Heaven's will is just. The Nine Heart Begonia also possesses the most powerful healing ability, known in the Soul Master world as the 'Undying Begonia'."

Hearing this, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Lingling with a hint of sympathy in their eyes.

Dugu Yan looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Do you have a solution?"

As the words fell, the living room instantly fell silent. Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan's gazes all converged on Lu Chen. Even Ye Lingling looked up, her eyes filled with anticipation and trepidation.

"Yes!"

Lu Chen said slowly, "I saw a Aromatic Silk Beauty in Senior Dugu's medicine garden. It has the ability to improve martial souls. If it's used as a base to refine a pill, it should be able to solve Lingling's situation."

Ye Lingling's eyes brightened, then dimmed again. After a moment of hesitation, she said softly, "Lu Chen, can I talk to you alone?"

Although Lu Chen was confused, he nodded and took Ye Lingling to his room on the second floor.

Before entering, he casually left the door ajar, as there should be a distinction between men and women.

But as soon as he turned around, Ye Lingling behind him reached out and gently closed the door, locking it.

Before Lu Chen could react, Ye Lingling turned around, her body swaying slightly.

The next moment, her black tight suit quietly slipped down. The fabric brushed lightly against her skin, silently pooling at her feet, revealing her naked delicate body.

A nearly perfect delicate body was thus presented before Lu Chen.

Although Ye Lingling was a Support System Soul Master, due to her training, there was not a trace of excess fat on her.

Her skin was as lustrous and fair as jadestone. Her slender waist was elastic, and the perfect curve extended downwards, outlining a breathtaking arc.

Ye Lingling looked at Lu Chen sideways, her pretty face flushed to the point of bleeding. Her voice was faint as a mosquito's hum, "Lu Chen, Yanzi said that Senior Dugu Bo has already gifted you the medicine garden. I know how precious immortal herbs are, and I don't have any precious items to exchange with you, only—"

Before Ye Lingling could finish, Lu Chen quickly walked over, grabbed the quilt on the bed, and wrapped it around Ye Lingling's body.

Lu Chen felt his nose getting hot, and his adam's apple involuntarily rolled due to the feverishness, as if he were about to get a nosebleed.

He tapped Ye Lingling's smooth forehead with his right index finger and said, "What are you thinking about? Yanzi has already agreed to it, and I wouldn't help you? I'll refine the pill for you after the team's soul battles are over."

Hearing this, Ye Lingling remembered what her grandmother had said.

She suddenly knelt before Lu Chen and swore, "I, Ye Lingling, swear by my martial soul, if Lu Chen can help me resolve the defect of the Nine Heart Begonia, my Nine Heart Begonia lineage will forever follow Lu Chen from now on, never betraying him in this life and this world!

If I break this oath, may I be annihilated and never reincarnated!"

Lu Chen looked at Ye Lingling's determined eyes and helped her up from the ground, "Put your clothes on first."

After speaking, Lu Chen turned his back.

Ye Lingling felt her cheeks burning intensely and hastily put on her clothes.

"Alright," Ye Lingling said softly.

Lu Chen turned around, his gaze subconsciously sweeping over Ye Lingling. The scene from earlier, so fragrant and intimate, couldn't help but reappear in his mind.

He felt his face grow a little hot. He quickly opened the door, letting the cool air blow on his face, barely suppressing the feverish heat in his heart.

"I... I'll go down and wait for you first."

Watching Lu Chen's retreating back, a smile appeared on Ye Lingling's face.

Lu Chen arrived in the living room. Xiao Wu looked at the unnatural expression on Lu Chen's face.

She pressed her body against him and asked curiously, "Lu Chen, what did Lingling say to you?"

Lu Chen patted Xiao Wu's head and said, "Children shouldn't ask about adult matters."

"I'm not a child anymore..."

Just as Lu Chen and Xiao Wu were playing, Ye Lingling came downstairs, her pace still a little unnatural.

Dugu Yan sat beside Ye Lingling and asked with concern, "Lingling, did Lu Chen agree to help you?"

Ye Lingling slowly nodded. Thinking back to the scene just now, the tips of her ears turned pink, and even her drooping fingertips felt a trace of heat.

Dugu Yan hugged Ye Lingling and cheered, "This is truly wonderful."

She and Ye Lingling had known each other since they were children. Perhaps it was because both of their Martial Souls had flaws that they quickly became good friends.

Because of her Martial Soul, Ye Lingling's personality was extremely cold and aloof. Even when she was with familiar teammates, she would choose to stand in the darkest corner of the room.

No emotion could be seen in her eyes. From her, one could only feel loneliness and desolation.

Now that Ye Lingling's Martial Soul could be resolved, she was genuinely happy for her.