The Ye Family.
Ye Lingling stood quietly at the gate, waiting for someone.
She watched the Dugu Clan's carriage.
Suppressing her excitement, she stepped forward.
"Lingling!"
"Yanyan, Su Wen, you're here!"
Ye Lingling sounded delighted, excitement even creeping into her voice.
"Su Wen, my mother already knows. She wants to meet you."
"Sure. Lead the way!"
Su Wen and Dugu Yan followed Ye Lingling into the Ye Family.
In the Ye Family's hall, a voluptuous woman stood quietly, watching them.
A white veil covered her face. With her beautiful figure and white palace dress, she seemed mysterious and ethereal simply standing there.
"Mom, this is Su Wen, the Pope's disciple."
As Ye Lingling introduced him, Dugu Yan beside her greeted the woman familiarly. "Aunt Ye!"
"Mm. You're Su Wen, right? I'm Ye Qingxian, the current head of the Ye Family."
"Please, have a seat."
Ye Qingxian's voice was mature. She extended a pale hand to Su Wen, gesturing for him to sit, then asked with some curiosity:
"To become the Pope's disciple, you must have remarkable talent!"
"Lingling told me you helped Yanyan obtain a thousand-year second Spirit Ring?"
Su Wen looked at Dugu Yan, and she immediately understood.
She stood up and, under Ye Qingxian's expectant gaze, summoned her Spirit Rings.
Ye Qingxian watched as the thousand-year second Spirit Ring rose beneath Dugu Yan's feet.
Its purple light was dazzling.
Even though she had been prepared, her hands couldn't help but clench tightly.
This wasn't just a matter of a thousand-year second Spirit Ring. It also shattered the Martial Soul Theory that had held sway throughout the soul-master world and set a precedent.
"Aunt Ye, my third Spirit Ring is five thousand years old."
As Dugu Yan spoke, she released some of her Spirit Ring's power.
As the ring