A Chance Encounter with Little Cat

Lan Xiao Die held the 42,000-year Right Leg Spirit Bone and planned to let Ye Liangchen absorb it. Among the spirit bones the Ye Feng Couple had left behind before, there had not been a right leg bone.

"Little Chen, absorb this right leg bone. It will greatly increase your strength, and it will also give you a soul skill."

Lan Xiao Die handed the spirit bone to Ye Liangchen. Whenever she had any good resources, she used them on the little guy at once, doing everything she could to nurture him.

"Aunt Lan, you should absorb it instead! I don't need it."

Ye Liangchen shook his head like a rattle-drum, refusing to absorb this spirit bone. Now that he had the support of the Douluo Continent's First Rich Woman, the Silver Dragon King, Ye Liangchen simply had no interest in spirit bones under one hundred thousand years old, unless they were growth-type External Soul Bones.

Besides, he had long since arranged a hundred-thousand-year right leg bone for himself. Once he reached Soul Elder strength, he would go straight to the cave where Tang Hao had hidden that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and swipe it. Why would he need these spirit bones?

Ye Liangchen had already calculated the timing. After Tang San graduated from Nuoding Junior Academy, he would go to Suotuo City, and Tang Hao would leave with him. Only then would Ye Liangchen have a chance to make his move.

"Little Chen, listen to Aunt Lan. Hurry and absorb the spirit bone." The Lan Xiao Die sisters' expressions were firm. They were determined to make the little guy absorb this Right Leg Spirit Bone.

"Aunt Lan, I'm only six. If I absorb this spirit bone and it gets exposed, those bad people will definitely kill me and take the bone."

"You should absorb this spirit bone instead! You could also leave it for Sister Bing'er and Sister Yue'er."

"The Myriad Plum Blossom Swordplay I cultivate has techniques that are equivalent to Self-Created Soul Skills, so I'm not lacking soul skills."

No matter how the two sisters tried to persuade him, Ye Liangchen refused to absorb this spirit bone.

"All right! If you don't want to absorb it, then Aunt Lan will give it to Teacher Su Lin. After all, the soul ring she absorbed also came from the Blue Scaled Flood Dragon."

Lan Xiao Die smiled and decided to let Su Lin absorb the spirit bone. That woman was also her junior sister, not an outsider.

After witnessing the little guy's exquisite swordplay, which felt even better than soul skills, the Lan Xiao Die sisters also felt they could not rely too much on soul skills. In the future, they would have to learn those sword techniques as well.

"Bzz, bzz..."

Four hours later, a powerful aura erupted from Su Lin's body. The soul ring had perfectly fused with her martial soul, and her Soul Power had risen to the late stage of rank 71. She was just a little short of breaking through to rank 72.

"Su Lin, this spirit bone came from the Blue Scaled Flood Dragon, so it suits you perfectly. Hurry and absorb it."

When the Lan Xiao Die sisters saw Su Lin wake up, they quickly gave her the spirit bone.

"Senior Sister, such a good spirit bone should be absorbed by Little Chen!"

"Little Chen doesn't want to absorb it, so you absorb it, Su Lin. Stop fussing."

"Senior Sisters! Your junior sister will love you forever!"

"Gross."

After the three sisters acted all lovey-dovey for a while, Su Lin accepted the Right Leg Spirit Bone and began absorbing and fusing with it.

"Bzz, bzz..."

Half an hour later, a powerful aura shot into the sky. The spirit bone perfectly fused into Su Lin's right leg, and it even helped her break through to rank 73.

"Rank 73." The Lan Xiao Die sisters cried out in surprise.

"Thank you, Senior Sisters! Thank you, Little Chen! I'll love you forever."

Su Lin jumped straight up from the ground and kissed the Lan Xiao Die sisters and Ye Liangchen on the cheek one by one, incomparably excited.

"You're drenched in sweat and stink. Hurry up and wash." The Lan Xiao Die sisters pretended to look disgusted and pushed Su Lin away.

"All right! I'll go wash first, then come back and get intimate with my two senior sisters."

"Get lost! Damn girl, stay away from us. Little Chen is still right here!"

The three women laughed and tussled happily, as if they had returned to their maiden days.

"Aunt Lan, Teacher Su Lin! I can't see anything, and I can't hear anything. Please continue." Ye Liangchen pretended to close his eyes and even covered his ears with both hands.

"Pfft... Hahaha..."

Seeing the little guy's mischievous look, the three women could not help bursting into delicate laughter. Su Lin cheerfully rushed toward a secluded place in the distance, stripped herself completely bare, jumped into the river, and soaked comfortably.

Today's gains were simply too great. As she bathed, the woman even hummed a little tune, extremely excited.

After obtaining Su Lin's seventh soul ring, the sky had already grown dark. Everyone found a dry cave upstream along the river, then set up tents, lit a fire, cooked, and enjoyed a hearty meal.

There was nothing to report overnight. The next morning, after eating some dry rations, the group immediately left the area where the ten-thousand-year soul beasts lived.

"Chirp, chirp..."

Lan Xiao Die directly used Martial Soul Possession and held Ye Liangchen as she flew through the air. Su Lin and Lan Xiao Ling also leaped forward quickly, but they had no flying soul skills, and their martial souls were dolphins, so they could not fly.

After rushing along for several hours, they finally left the area where the ten-thousand-year soul beasts lived. The group stopped on a mountaintop and ate some dry rations to replenish their strength.

"Sister! We haven't entered the borders of the Star Luo Empire, have we?"

"Forty percent of the Star Dou Forest is in the Heaven Dou Empire, and sixty percent is within the Star Luo Empire's borders. We've wandered through the forest for so many days, so we have indeed already reached the Star Luo Empire's territory."

"From here to Soul Hunting Town, even if we run at full speed, it will probably still take two days. Besides, if we keep running nonstop, our Soul Power won't hold out."

"We have plenty of time. Now that we're out of the area where the ten-thousand-year soul beasts live, we don't need to worry about safety."

The three women stood on the mountaintop and looked into the distance. All that entered their eyes were towering trees, with mountains, rivers, and streams crisscrossing everywhere. Although they were in the outer region, there were still countless Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Ye Liangchen looked at the boundless forest and found it incredibly beautiful. Taking in a breath of air made him feel refreshed and clear-headed. This was the true breath of nature!

After the group quickly finished some dry rations, they sped toward the Heaven Dou Empire, striving to reach the cave they had stayed in some time ago by nightfall.

Ye Liangchen had originally wanted to use his External Soul Bone wings to fly, but Lan Xiao Die gave him no chance. She felt that the little guy was only a rank-14 Soul Master and that his Soul Power would not last long, so she held him in her arms and flew the whole way.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

A Soul Douluo's speed was terrifying indeed. The wind roared past his ears, and as he watched towering trees constantly fall away behind them, Ye Liangchen felt fantastic.

Su Lin and Lan Xiao Ling chased after them with all their might, continuously leaping along the branches of those hundred-meter-tall trees.

"Sis! Wait for us," Lan Xiao Ling shouted from a thousand meters behind.

"Senior Sister! Are you bullying us because we only have Soul Saint cultivation?"

Su Lin also shouted in irritation, wondering why that woman was flying so fast.

"You two are the ones who can't keep up! I'm even carrying Little Chen while I fly!"

Lan Xiao Die stopped on the branch of a hundred-meter-tall tree and waited for the two sisters. Watching them sprint over so quickly put her in an excellent mood.

A few hours later, the group finally reached the cave from a few days ago. It was already evening by then, so everyone decided to spend the night there.

"Awooo..."

"Rarr, rarr..."

Suddenly, from the forest eight hundred meters ahead, the howls of a wolf pack rang out, as if they were chasing something. The pack was even charging toward the direction where Ye Liangchen and the others were.

"Swish, swish..."

Immediately after, two figures, one large and one small, rushed out of the forest in a miserable state.

Both were women dressed in black leather. The older one looked to be around thirty-five, with the cultivation of a High Spirit Elder. The younger one was around six years old and had not even reached rank 10 Soul Power, but she was extremely beautiful, like a porcelain doll.

No one knew how they had run into a pack of Netherworld Wolves, but they were being chased down by more than a dozen of them. Among the pack, two Netherworld Wolves were roughly four thousand years old and looked as if they should be the leaders.

"Awooo..."

Seeing that the two alpha wolves were about to pounce from behind, the woman threw the little girl forward.

"Buzz, buzz..."

"Awooo..."

The woman released her Martial Soul. It was a purple-black cat, and three spirit rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—rose from her body. She blocked the wolf pack, fighting them as she shouted, "Qing'er! Run!"

"Auntie...!" the little girl cried out in despair, wanting to run back and help.

"Aunt Lan, let's help save them!"

Ye Liangchen could not bear to watch the two women die in the wolves' jaws either, so he rushed straight over, summoned his Martial Soul, and activated the Goddess of Life's First Spirit Ability.

"Swish, swish..."

An emerald-green vine wrapped around the little girl and directly carried her away from the battlefield.

"Don't go over there. You'll distract her."

Ye Liangchen's voice sounded beside the little girl's ear, immediately drawing her attention.

"Ah...!"

"Thank you for saving me."

The little girl in black looked at the person who had saved her. To her surprise, it was a little boy about the same age as her, and he was very cute.

Behind the little boy, an unbelievably beautiful woman was attached to him, and a deep yellow spirit ring encircled her.

"Is this your Martial Soul? It's so pretty!"

The little girl was stunned by Ye Liangchen's beautiful Martial Soul and spirit ring, her eyes filled with deep envy and yearning. At that moment, she thought, Why is his spirit ring's color so dark? There's even a trace of purple. Could this be a spirit ring close to a thousand years old? How is he so amazing?

"What's your name?" Ye Liangchen put away his Martial Soul and asked curiously.

"My name is Zhu Zhuqing."

The little girl in black did not hide it and directly gave her name.

Zhu Zhuqing? The Little Cat from the Seven Devils?

Ye Liangchen was instantly shocked. He carefully looked over the little loli before him. She had big eyes, delicate features, and two cat-ear-like ornaments on her head, making her look incredibly soft, cute, and adorable. There was also a tail-like decoration behind her, and most importantly, she wore that iconic leather top and leather pants.

Sigh! How did I forget this?

This little girl had dressed like a cat-eared girl ever since she was young. Although she had not grown up yet, in another six years, she would become one of the goddesses with the most explosive figure on Douluo Continent.

The women of the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire all had explosive figures. In any case, there was only one word for it: "big." Even the black-clad woman fighting the Netherworld Wolves in the distance was the same. It was probably because of their Martial Soul.

When a woman lowered her head and could not see the tips of her toes, she was a peerless beauty among mortals. This saying was very fitting when used to describe the women of the Hell Spirit Cat Clan.

However, Little Zhuqing's Soul Power was only around rank 8 right now. She should have awakened her Martial Soul only a few months ago. In Ye Liangchen's memory, this girl seemed to have only innate rank-7 Soul Power, making her the least talented among the Seven Devils.

At this moment, the girl's large eyes were filled with confusion and loneliness, and she looked utterly helpless. It was likely the result of being suppressed by her eldest sister, Zhu Zhuyun.

What a pitiful Little Cat.

"Ice Seal."

"Water Blossom Canopy."

"Like Water, Gentle Passion."

Just then, the Lan Xiao Die sisters and Su Lin made their move, activating their spirit skills one after another and directly wounding the dozen or so Netherworld Wolves, saving the black-clad woman.

"I am Zhu Yu Ling. Thank you, my lords, for saving me." After the black-clad woman was rescued, she was endlessly grateful to Lan Xiao Die and the others.

"No need to be polite."

"Miss Zhu's spirit is the Hell Spirit Cat. You're from the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire."

"Your Soul Power should have reached rank 40. Of those two four-thousand-year Netherworld Wolves, you can choose either one as your Fourth Spirit Ring."

Lan Xiao Die and the others had seen through Zhu Yu Ling's identity, and they also knew something about that family's rules, so they directly advised her to hunt a four-thousand-year Netherworld Wolf as her Fourth Spirit Ring.

"Thank you, my lords. I, Zhu Yu Ling, will never forget your great kindness for as long as I live."

Zhu Yu Ling immediately knelt before Lan Xiao Die and the others in thanks. In the Star Luo Empire, for the sake of their own interests, schemes between family members and mutual slaughter were constantly playing out. It was extremely cruel. This was her first time meeting such good people, and it made her deeply moved.

"No need to be polite. Hurry and obtain your spirit ring! We'll protect you."

The three women helped Zhu Yu Ling up and urged her to act quickly. Helping the weak was the bearing of the strong.

Zhu Yu Ling did not stand on ceremony either. She immediately killed one of the four-thousand-year Netherworld Wolves and began absorbing its spirit ring.

"Su Lin, little sister, go prepare dinner. Cook a bit more."

Lan Xiao Die stayed behind to protect Zhu Yu Ling, while Su Lin and Lan Xiao Ling returned to the cave to set up the tents, start a fire, and cook.

When Su Lin and Lan Xiao Ling passed by Ye Liangchen and saw the little girl standing quietly beside him, they both showed auntie smiles. "Little Chen! Not bad! You already know how to save a beauty at such a young age."

"Teacher Su Lin, what are you talking about?" Ye Liangchen scratched his head, sat on a rock, and pretended to be completely baffled.

"Nothing. You play slowly with the little girl. We'll go make dinner first."

Lan Xiao Ling and Su Lin smiled sweetly, rubbed Ye Liangchen's little head, then walked toward the cave.

When Little Zhuqing heard the two beautiful big sisters say the words "save a beauty," her face flushed slightly.

Douluo girls matured early, especially someone like her who had been born into a great family. She knew many things.

At that moment, Little Zhuqing looked at her young aunt in the distance, who was absorbing the four-thousand-year spirit ring. Her small hands clenched tightly as she kept cheering her on in her heart.

"Hey, Little Cat, your Soul Power is only rank 8 right now. How did you dare follow your aunt to Star Dou Forest?"

Ye Liangchen directly called her Little Cat. After all, with that cat-eared girl appearance of hers, wasn't she just a little cat?

"Don't call me Little Cat. My name is Zhu Zhu Qing." Little Zhuqing shouted coldly at Ye Liangchen.

"Fine, Little Cat!" Ye Liangchen spread his hands. He was absolutely not changing his way of addressing her.

"What's your name?"

"What's your spirit? How old is your first spirit ring? It looks really powerful!"

Little Zhuqing had originally been a bit angry, but when she saw that the little boy before her was about the same age as her, that tiny bit of irritation immediately disappeared. The key was that he was far too good-looking, making it impossible for her to stay angry, so she began asking Ye Liangchen about his name and spirit.

"My name is Ye Liangchen. My spirit is the Goddess Spirit. As for my Spirit Ring Years, that's confidential for now."

Ye Liangchen only gave his name. As for his spirit and Spirit Ring Years, he did not reveal them. The main reason was that he was afraid if he stated his Spirit Ring Years, this girl might also get the idea to try it herself, and when the time came, "just trying" might really turn into "just dying."

"Hmph! If you don't want to say it, then forget it. Ye Liangchen, I'll remember you!"

"It isn't safe for me at home, so I followed my young aunt out to hunt Soul Beasts. In the end, we barged into a wolf den. Two other uncles were buried in the wolves' mouths too. They died covering our escape."

"If we hadn't met you, my young aunt and I would already have been eaten by the wolf pack."

Little Zhuqing wore a sorrowful expression as she told Ye Liangchen what had happened, but she did not mention how she had been suppressed by her own older sister.

Ye Liangchen listened quietly to Little Cat's story. Even if she did not say these things, he could guess them.

After Little Cat finished talking about her own situation, her gaze fixed firmly on Zhu Yu Ling, who was absorbing the spirit ring.

Seeing that the little girl was somewhat pitiful, Ye Liangchen quietly took two Body Tempering Pills from his Game Backpack, placed them among the Sugar Beans snacks, and pretended to start eating.

"Little Cat! Don't worry anymore."

"Here! I'll treat you to some Sugar Beans."

Ye Liangchen first took out two real Sugar Beans and fed them into Little Zhuqing's mouth, letting her eat them.

"Ah! Thank you!"

"Crunch... crunch..."

The little girl chewed the Sugar Beans, feeling a tiny bit touched.

Ever since awakening her spirit, she had been suppressed by her own older sister. No one dared play with her. Whenever the other children in the family saw her, they kept far away, and even her parents treated her coldly from the sidelines. These past few months had made her feel very lonely, as if she had been abandoned by the world.

The little prince she had been engaged to since childhood could barely look after himself and could not help her. She had not even met him before. Only her young aunt encouraged her to work hard and survive. This time, when her young aunt came out to hunt her Fourth Spirit Ring, she had followed along mainly because she did not dare stay at home.

Now, the little boy in front of her had actually taken out Sugar Beans to eat together with her. It moved Little Cat deeply, warming her heart.

As she ate the Sugar Beans Ye Liangchen handed her, Little Zhuqing began shedding tears, leaving Ye Liangchen utterly confused. Why was this girl crying too?

"What's wrong? Did sand get in your eyes?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.

"Ah...! No!" Little Zhuqing wiped her tears. She was too embarrassed to talk about the things that made her sad.

"Ah! Open your mouth. I'll feed you."

Ye Liangchen mixed the two Body Tempering Pills together with a few Sugar Beans and directly delivered them into Little Zhuqing's mouth.

"Ah..."

"Crunch... crunch..."

Little Zhuqing chewed on the Sugar Beans as she mumbled indistinctly, "These Sugar... Beans of yours are so... good!"

"Of course. Aunt Lan bought them for me."

Ye Liangchen said it with a cheerful smile. Giving Little Cat the Body Tempering Pill was also meant to raise her physical strength a little, so she could absorb a first spirit ring of over four hundred years.

In the original plot, this girl's first spirit ring seemed to have only been a little over three hundred years old. That was a bit low.

Ye Liangchen first gave Little Zhuqing a good impression. Then, six years later, he would look for a chance to pry her away from the Seven Devils.

For now, he would help her a little. As for the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill, it was too precious. If she was not one of his own, Ye Liangchen could not just give it away casually. If this girl later became dead set on joining the Seven Devils' team, all his efforts would go to waste.