Ye Yuan nodded, then slowly woke up from his seat.
Just then, the auction house manager walked in.
Several guards followed behind her, dragging a large cage containing the catgirl he had bought earlier.
Inside the cage, the catgirl kept looking around. To her, Ye Yuan's room was an unfamiliar environment, filled with danger.
"Mr. Ye, here is your purchase."
"The collar around her neck is a special Soul Tool that can temporarily restrict her abilities."
"When you do that, remember not to take it off."
Ye Yuan nodded and replied, "Mm, I understand. You can leave first."
After they had left, Ye Yuan leaned forward slightly. The catgirl did not bare her fangs at him.
Instead, she stared blankly at him. Ye Yuan could not help finding it strange. "You were snarling and baring your teeth when they were here. Why are you so well-behaved now?"
Her current appearance was a stark contrast to before. She now looked obedient, wearing an innocent expression.
"Human, you smell so good," the catgirl said.
Ye Yuan exclaimed, "You can talk?"
The catgirl nodded. She stared fixedly at Ye Yuan, clearly able to smell the fragrance coming from this man.
For some reason, she always felt that the man before her gave off an inexplicable attraction.
It made her unable to resist wanting to get close to him.
Ye Yuan had not expected this catgirl to be able to speak. He had thought she had not yet gained intelligence.
But this was good too. It would make communication much more convenient.
Just as Ye Yuan was wondering what to do next, the catgirl's next words caught him completely off guard.
She struck a seductive pose and said to Ye Yuan, "Master, do you want to eat me?"
Ye Yuan shuddered all over. What kind of wild nonsense was that?!
"Who taught you that?!" he asked.
The catgirl rolled her eyes, then said in a coquettish voice, "A woman who watched over me taught me when I had just been captured."
"She said that if I did not learn properly, I would not get any food, so I learned. I reject everyone else, but I do not feel the slightest disgust toward Master."
After thinking it over, Ye Yuan guessed that the half-beast bloodline in his body had made her feel close to him.
Wait, had he really gotten this lucky? She would be useful to him without even needing to be trained.
Ye Yuan slowly opened the cage, ready to summon his martial soul at any moment.
After all, he did not want to entrust his life and fortune to the Soul Tool on the catgirl's body.
"I can remove the restraining Soul Tool around your neck, but on the condition that you remain loyal to me forever. How about it?"
"No matter what orders I give, you must obey them. Do you understand?"
The catgirl tilted her head at Ye Yuan. "Wasn't I already Master's?"
Fine, it seemed that the women at the auction house had taught her well.
What Ye Yuan did not know was that the catgirl had only used what the woman taught her on him.
She had scratched every other man who had tried to touch her.
"Fine." Ye Yuan cautiously removed the Soul Tool around the catgirl's neck.
The instant it came off, the catgirl's Soul Power surged.
In just a moment, her Soul Power had reached level 46.
Ye Yuan could not help being astonished. No wonder—judging by her appearance, no one would think she was a level 46 Soul Master.
"What is your martial soul? Show it to me."
"Mm."
The catgirl immediately circulated her Soul Power and released her martial soul.
In an instant, the phantom of a pitch-black tiger with mismatched eyes appeared behind her.
Her appearance also kept changing. Her figure became fuller, and her face more seductive.
Wasn't this just like Ye Yuan's Candle Dragon Emperor body?
It seemed his guess had been right. This woman's martial soul had not mutated at all; she simply possessed half a beast bloodline.
But this woman looked far too...
"You can stay by my side from now on. When the time is right, I'll arrange other tasks for you."
"Yes, Master."
This catgirl's talent was not bad. At her age, she was already a level 46 Soul Master.
If properly nurtured, she would surely become one of his capable aides in the future.
Ye Yuan planned to keep her by his side first, then send her to Qian Renxue's teacher after training her for a few days.
After all, the establishment of the Heavenly Court could not do without Spirit Hall's support.
He sat on the sofa, looking somewhat listless.
Ever since that time with Dugu Yan, he felt as though he had become a little addicted.
Whenever he thought of that scene at night, he could not fall asleep.
After all, Ye Yuan was still a hot-blooded young man.
"By the way, don't you have a name?" Ye Yuan asked.
The catgirl shook her head. "No."
"That woman only taught me how to speak. She did not give me a name or teach me how to write."
Looking at that devastatingly beautiful face, Ye Yuan thought of an anime character from his previous life.
"How about I call you Anna from now on?"
"Anna?"
Ye Yuan immediately stood up, picked up a fountain pen beside him, and wrote two names on a piece of paper. "This is your name. It belongs to you alone—Anna."
"This is my name, Ye Yuan. From now on, you, Anna, belong only to me, Ye Yuan."
Anna nodded. "Anna belongs only to Master?"
"That's right. Whatever I tell you to do from now on, you do it. Understand?"
Anna kept thinking over Ye Yuan's words, then finally nodded. "Mm!"
"Anna belongs only to Master."
"Then does Master belong only to Anna too?" Anna asked in return.
How was Ye Yuan supposed to answer that? Still, he did not deny it. At the very least, she knew that she only needed to listen to him from now on.
At that moment, Anna stepped forward. "Master, are you tired?"
Ye Yuan said, "A little. What is it?"
"I also learned many ways to ease my masters' fatigue."
"Oh? You know how to do that too?"
Anna stepped forward and faced Ye Yuan. Her breath was fragrant, and the alluring scent of a young girl rushed into Ye Yuan's nose.
She directly pulled down the clothes on her body.
"That woman told me that when Master is tired, we should help Master relieve his fatigue like this and feed our masters buns!"
Anna's eyes looked innocent, forming a stark contrast with her actions.
Before Ye Yuan could react, Anna directly hugged his head.
"Master, don't be polite. Eat up. This bun is very fragrant."
Ye Yuan felt as though he could barely breathe.
The hand he had raised to resist stopped.
After all, he was her master. What was wrong with enjoying it a little? Ever since that time with Dugu Yan, he had tasted its sweetness and found himself unable to stop.
Ye Yuan immediately took the initiative, while Anna's expression became dreamy. In truth, she was enjoying it too. She had always been unable to resist wanting to get close to Ye Yuan, and now she finally had the chance.
Recalling what Ye Yuan had said before, she murmured dreamily, "Master belongs only to Anna. If anyone tries to take him away, then... Anna will kill them!"
Just as Ye Yuan was about to take the next step, his door was kicked open.
A beautiful girl in a pink dress rushed inside.
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