Ye Lingling Was Dumbfounded

Among all known Titled Douluo, the three Peerless Douluo stood at the pinnacle, with Bibi Dong, who was undergoing a God Exam, ranking second. If Bibi Dong went all out, it was still possible for her to surpass the three Peerless Douluo.

Among ordinary Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo's position was somewhat awkward. He was indeed a Titled Douluo.

But aside from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison, which he took the greatest pride in, he seemingly had no other offensive methods. In a one-on-one fight, Dugu Bo ranked near the bottom.

Yet on a battlefield, Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison was everyone's nightmare. Slaughtering an entire city would be no difficult task.

The advantages and disadvantages were obvious. Ye Hao had no teacher; the reason he called Qin Ming "Teacher" was simply because Qin Ming was a teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ye Hao remembered that three months ago, he had left Nuoding City and headed for Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire. Back then, he had not said goodbye to Grandmaster, Tang San, or Xiao Wu. He had simply left alone.

He could not bring himself to enroll in Shrek and mingle with a bunch of swindlers.

Put another way, the current Shrek Academy was merely an academy without a license to operate.

Ye Hao had to admit that "Shrek" was indeed a good academy. It had even produced students it could be proud of, such as Qin Ming. During his time teaching at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Hao had felt this deeply.

When he had first encountered Qin Ming in Heaven Dou City, it was through Qin Ming's recommendation that Ye Hao had been able to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Otherwise?

With Ye Hao's utterly ordinary background, could he really have entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a place crawling with nobles? Wasn't that just wishful thinking?

At the time, Ye Hao had already made up his mind. If Heaven Dou Royal Academy refused to take him, he would immediately change course and head to Spirit Hall, exposing his two martial souls right in front of everyone.

Fortunately, things had gone smoothly. Ye Hao entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy as he wished and received focused training. He seemed to have forgotten all about the secret of his Twin Martial Souls, devoting himself entirely to cultivation and teasing Ye Lingling.

He refused to believe that this icy Sister truly never smiled.

"By the way, Xiao Hao, what are those six wings on your back?"

Dugu Yan could not help asking. She had never seen Ye Hao use them before. They granted him the ability to fly, and his speed was no trifling matter.

Ye Hao smiled faintly. "Sister Yan, have you ever heard of an External Soul Bone?"

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The scene fell deathly silent. Even Qin Ming, who had seen all sorts of storms, changed expression at that moment.

An External Soul Bone was a unique existence among soul bones. It had enormous potential for future growth; as its owner grew stronger, the External Soul Bone could even evolve. It was something every soul master dreamed of obtaining, yet might never acquire in their entire life.

Then, Qin Ming's eyes lit up. "Xiao Hao, are you saying that your External Soul Bone came from this Purple Winged Demonic Spider?"

Ye Hao nodded with a smile. "That's right. My External Soul Bone is called the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings. You've already seen the skill it grants—flight. Its speed is even faster than Yu Feng's Wind Spirit Bird."

Yu Feng: (°°)

Although everyone had varying feelings toward the External Soul Bone, it belonged to Ye Hao. No one could take it from him unless they killed Ye Hao.

But if Ye Hao died, the Three Education Commissioners of Heaven Dou Royal Academy would hunt that person to the ends of the earth.

Besides, they were a team, with the championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition a year later as their goal. Since Ye Hao had grown stronger, they should have been happy for him.

With the hunt for the Purple Winged Demonic Spider over, the group prepared to leave. The sun was setting, and another day had passed in the blink of an eye.

Several carriages rolled forward beneath the afterglow of the setting sun, making their grand way toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Inside the last carriage, Ye Lingling sat quietly with her eyes closed. There was still quite a distance from Sunset Forest to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ye Lingling was the only support-system soul master on the team. Her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul was passed down through a single bloodline, with only one inheritor in each generation. At any given time, only two Nine Heart Begonia soul masters could exist. Only after one died could another possibly appear among the descendants.

It had only one effect: area-wide healing. Put simply, as long as you still had a breath left, with the healing of the Nine Heart Begonia, you would not be able to die even if you wanted to.

"Sister Lingling, smile a little. Don't be so cold all day. Smiling often is good for your physical and mental health."

Ye Lingling remained unmoved in the face of danger, her heart calm as still water. She did not take Ye Hao's words to heart.

Children at this age were always mischievous. In Ye Lingling's eyes, Ye Hao had always been a younger brother—nothing more than a younger brother, that was all.

She treated it as her little brother making trouble, while the elder sister simply ignored him.

Ye Hao had grown used to it. He even admired this young Sister Ye Lingling somewhat. She truly seemed impervious to everything, impossible to sway. It had already been three whole months.

Ever since Ye Hao joined the Imperial Dou Team, he had never seen Ye Lingling smile. Even the other members of the Imperial Dou Team treated it as a spectacle. You wanted Ye Lingling to smile?

Wait until your next life...

For the Imperial Dou Team to give such an assessment, perhaps only Ye Lingling could deserve it. Facts proved that they were right. Three months had passed, and Ye Hao had been teasing Ye Lingling for three months.

From beginning to end, Ye Lingling had only regarded him as a younger brother. She rarely smiled, and sometimes barely spoke at all. Unless Qin Ming took the initiative to ask her something, Ye Lingling would only respond with a word or two before falling silent again.

Seeing this, Ye Hao could only sit quietly beside the carriage window, watching the setting sun outside. The crimson glow of sunset reflected off the distant walls of Heaven Dou City. Such magnificent scenery, yet no one could appreciate it with him. What a pity, truly a pity...

After all the weary travel, carriages had undoubtedly become the greatest torment of Ye Hao's life. The day-and-a-half journey to Soul Hunting Forest had truly left him with psychological trauma.

Not long after sitting down, Ye Hao became drowsy. On top of having absorbed a Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, he was especially tired. In the other carriages, Yu Feng and Qin Ming shared one and were talking; Dugu Yan and Yu Tian Heng occupied the middle one. They were a couple, so naturally they sat together, and they had already drifted off sleepily. The last carriage held Ye Hao and Ye Lingling.

Ye Lingling remained calm and composed, with no emotional fluctuations visible on her face. Like an icy beauty, she sat gracefully in the carriage with her eyes closed, continuing to rest.

Suddenly, Ye Lingling could not help shuddering all over.

She noticed that her slender, long, youthful thighs seemed to have gained some weight. There were only Ye Hao and herself in this carriage. There was no need to think further to know what had happened.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw Ye Hao sprawled on the floor from exhaustion, his head having inadvertently come to rest on her thigh.

Ye Lingling sucked in a cold breath, her eyelids twitching wildly as she fell into an awkward predicament.