Ah Yin, Gu Yuena: In the Prime of Youth

ps: (The previous chapter was revised. Yan Zu who read before 8 PM last night should check it out, or you might get confused later. If you have thoughts on the plot or spot any pitfalls, feel free to speak up—the author writes and posts the same day, so there's time to revise.)

Notting Academy.

Xiao Wu hid under the covers, staring at the PUA tactics the Sisters in the Chat Group were sharing, falling into silence.

What they said kind of made sense.

Xiao Wu looked down at her own body—small, and she was only at the Soul Master level.

Right now, she was a total nobody with nothing to her name—only looks, no figure, no money, no strength.

Bibi Dong, on the other hand, was an idiot, but her circumstances were genuinely good.

And on top of that, Bibi Dong's topic popularity left Xiao Wu in the dust by miles. Sure, Bibi Dong was riding on negative buzz, but negative buzz was still buzz.

As long as Bibi Dong showed up near Lin Chen, she'd bring massive attention and traffic, and the Diary Copy's Hidden Reward that day would definitely go to Bibi Dong.

"Should I share with the Sisters? Feels like my advantages aren't that obvious."

Xiao Wu murmured to herself, hesitating internally.

In the end, Xiao Wu gave in.

Better to let the Sisters she was close with in the Chat Group get the reward than let Bibi Dong have it.

As the saying goes, don't let fertile water irrigate another's field.

Xiao Wu's relationship with Bibi Dong in the Chat Group was just so-so, and that was before Xiao Wu knew Bibi Dong was her mother's murderer.

Otherwise, Xiao Wu would have spilled Lin Chen's and her location the first chance she got, and never let that enemy Bibi Dong claim any reward.

[Love Eating Carrots: Sisters, the city I'm in is called Notting City, under Fasnuo Province, at the border of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.]

Lin Chen and I are both students at Notting Academy, the junior soul master academy here in Notting City.

[Love Eating Carrots: I've told you everything. Whether you can outcompete Bibi Dong is up to your own skills.]

After posting in the Chat Group, Xiao Wu felt a deep reluctance.

Her Super Carrots—she'd have to ration them from now on, no more indulging like before.

She wasn't the only one monopolizing Lin Chen anymore. If she ate too fast, those Super Carrots might be gone in a few days.

"Wuwuwu, it's all Bibi Dong's fault. Why did that stupid woman have to come to Notting Academy?"

"Now I have to cut back on my Super Carrots. All because of Bibi Dong."

Xiao Wu blamed Bibi Dong in her heart. Couldn't she just stay put in Martial Soul Hall?

At worst, after Xiao Wu ate enough Super Carrots and became a super powerhouse, she'd help eliminate that father-son pair Tang Hao and Tang San—Tang Hao was her enemy anyway.

And once Xiao Wu's and Lin Chen's location was known, the Chat Group exploded.

[Love Eating Carrots: Xiao Wu, you truly are a good sister. Now that we know Lin Chen's location, I'll set out to find him as soon as I obtain my First Soul Ring.]

[Cat Yearning for Freedom: Huh? I need my First Soul Ring too, but my situation's a bit tough. I'll see if I can slip away.]

[Yanzi Will Return: Are you both little girls? @I Am Little Princess, @Cat Yearning for Freedom.]

[I Am Little Princess: Yeah, just awakened my Martial Soul not long ago.]

[Cat Yearning for Freedom: Mm, same here. About the same age as Lin Chen and Xiao Wu.]

[A Little Fox: Speaking of which, how old are the members in this Chat Group? Any Sisters willing to share?]

[A Little Fox: I'll go first—six years since my Martial Soul awakened.]

[Yanzi Will Return: Same generation.]

[Cold Eating Melon Girl: Same generation.]

[I Have No Mother: Ten years since my Martial Soul awakened. I'm your older sister.]

[I Don't Have the Surname Yu: I don't need to say much—I could be your aunt.]

[I Don't Have the Surname Yu: And I'll add for that idiot Bibi Dong, since she and I are of the same generation.]

[Sea God's Most Loyal Believer: Uh, I think I'm a bit older. I'm embarrassed to say.]

[I Am a Grass: ???]

[I Am a Grass: How about you look at me?]

Back Mountain, Holy Soul Village.

Ah Yin counted her age—at least tens of thousands of years.

As for a hundred thousand years, her actual age didn't reach that; her Lifespan just hit a hundred thousand years.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast didn't necessarily live for a hundred thousand years—some could cultivate several years' worth of cultivation in a single year.

But Ah Yin's age, from the moment she was born, was at least tens of thousands of years by now.

"Sigh, in this Chat Group, I feel like I could be the matriarch."

Ah Yin's branches and leaves swayed gently, her heart sighing repeatedly.

But the next moment, Ah Yin's tone shifted:

"However, spirit beasts' ages can't be calculated that way."

"Mm, I should still be in the prime of my youth, a beautiful young maiden."

[Sea God's Most Loyal Believer: @I Sleep Every Day, just you left, sis. How old are you now?]

[I Sleep Every Day: In the prime of my youth.]

[Sea God's Most Loyal Believer: I see, so you're the younger sister then.]

Deep within the Lake of Life.

Gu Yuena looked at Bo Saixi's message, gazed at her own mountain-like Dragon Body, and recalled the eons since her birth.

Her face flushed with embarrassment, faint pink seeping through her silver, beautiful scales.

But then she steeled herself.

"Right, I'm not wrong either. Even if I've slept for hundreds of thousands of years."

"I, the Silver Dragon King, am after all a Divine Beast with infinite lifespan. As long as I live, I'm in the prime of my youth."

Notting Academy.

At High Altitude, Tang Hao's battle with Bibi Dong and her two companions had reached a fever pitch.

Tang Hao's mountain-like Clear Sky Hammer, crackling with lightning, furiously struck at Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.

Facing Tang Hao's assault, the trio chose not to meet it head-on but to dodge continuously.

In terms of martial soul attack power, neither Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, nor Ghost Douluo Gui Mei could match the terror of a strong attack type martial soul like the Clear Sky Hammer.

Seeing this, Tang Hao's heart grew anxious.

This Bibi Dong wasn't acting as he'd imagined.

"Haha, I never thought this generation's Martial Soul Hall Pope would be such a coward, not even daring to face me head-on."

"You truly disgrace the name of your Martial Soul Hall—a ninety-seventh level Super Douluo, along with two ninety-fifth level Super Douluos."

"Yet you all have to avoid the edge of my ninety-fourth level Title Douluo. How ridiculous."

Unable to land a hit, Tang Hao stopped swinging his Clear Sky Hammer and taunted Bibi Dong and the others.

"Heh."

"Tang Hao, spare us your provocations. If I'm not mistaken, the injuries on your body are already throbbing with pain, aren't they?"

"If we compared purely by attack power, then there would be no need to distinguish between Agile Attack Type, Strong Attack Type, and Support Type in this world."