Ye Yuan continuously fought against the resentment of the Man Faced Demon Spider within his Spirit Sea.
Although Ye Yuan had once been a Soul Elder, he had barely cultivated his spiritual power.
Facing the Man Faced Demon Spider's resentment was somewhat difficult.
He kept swinging the sword in his hand.
But the Man Faced Demon Spider continued to resist stubbornly.
"Damn it, am I really going to die here?"
"I still haven't found Yan'er or helped her avenge herself. How can I die like this?"
The power of the soul ring continuously battered Ye Yuan's mind and body.
Purple cracks gradually emerged across his body.
Yet Qian Renxue was not worried in the slightest.
She seemed utterly confident that Ye Yuan could absorb this thousand-year soul ring.
The situation in the Spirit Sea was the exact opposite of Qian Renxue's confidence.
At this moment, Ye Yuan's body was gradually turning insubstantial.
"Sure enough, absorbing a thousand-year soul ring as my first soul ring is still impossible."
He no longer had the strength to keep attacking.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's physical body was already dead.
If it killed Ye Yuan now, it might still have a chance to possess his body.
Just as the Man Faced Demon Spider was about to deliver Ye Yuan a fatal blow,
the person who had previously appeared in Ye Yuan's mind appeared again, a Black Giant Dragon coiling around his shoulder.
He radiated a dazzling light, his figure imposing and majestic.
Like a god of the world, he was sacred, noble, and inviolable.
"Hmph!"
With a soft snort from the man, even the sound itself took shape!
Visible waves of light surged toward the Man Faced Demon Spider.
The Man Faced Demon Spider did not even have time to scream before it was destroyed.
Its resentment completely scattered between heaven and earth.
Ye Yuan stared blankly at everything before him.
The majestic figure slowly turned around.
He looked at Ye Yuan without moving.
Ye Yuan's heart was filled with countless questions.
But his shock only turned into one sentence: "You... who exactly are you?"
Ye Yuan waited for an answer.
"You... who exactly are you?" However, the same voice as Ye Yuan's came from the man's direction.
No matter how Ye Yuan questioned him afterward, the man only echoed Ye Yuan's own words.
Perhaps the man had grown annoyed, or perhaps for some other reason.
At last, the man made a move.
He placed his index finger against his lips in a gesture for silence.
Yet he still made no sound.
He merely pointed toward the sky.
Then he vanished, as if he had never appeared at all.
Ye Yuan also emerged from the Spirit Sea.
The instant he came out, he was only dazed for a moment before he began absorbing the soul ring with all his strength.
Since he had previously been a Soul Elder above level thirty, Ye Yuan's Soul Power began to rise continuously after he completely absorbed the soul ring.
The surrounding Soul Power kept circling above Ye Yuan.
It flowed into Ye Yuan's body.
Level eleven... level thirteen... level fifteen... level twenty!
In one step, he had gone from a Soul Scholar to a Soul Master.
He could soon absorb his second soul ring and advance toward Soul Grandmaster!
Qian Renxue nodded as she looked at Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan rose from the ground.
He looked deeply at Qian Renxue.
Was she really Qian Renxue? Why was she so confident that he could absorb a thousand-year soul ring?
And why had that person appeared in his mind?
Just as Ye Yuan was about to say something, Qian Renxue covered his mouth.
Qian Renxue said nothing.
She merely shook her head.
Who was it?
Who could make Qian Renxue so wary?
Even a God King would not make Qian Renxue this cautious.
Even a God King could not possibly observe every tiny movement across the entire continent.
Ye Yuan understood Qian Renxue's meaning.
So he nodded to show that he understood.
Ye Yuan said to Qian Renxue, "Why did you save me?"
Qian Renxue rolled her eyes.
She understood that if she wanted to continue getting along with Ye Yuan, she needed a reason.
She could not just bluntly say that Qian Renxue wanted to court him, could she?
That was something only a lovesick woman would do. She could not do something like that.
Qian Renxue clasped her hands behind her back and circled around Ye Yuan.
Then she said playfully, "I took a liking to your talent."
"I want to be your teacher. Join Spirit Hall."
"As for the questions in your heart, you will learn the answers later."
Ye Yuan examined his martial soul inwardly.
The Bloodthirsty Sword's aura was becoming increasingly powerful. Could this broken appearance be its original form?
So he actually had to thank those people from the Star Luo Empire.
If not for them, he truly would not have been able to break and rebuild himself.
"Of course, to prove that I can be your teacher—"
"I won't summon my martial soul. How about we compete with swords?"
Ye Yuan did not waste words and directly summoned his martial soul.
Although he had already decided to take her as his teacher, he still wanted to see just how skilled Qian Renxue was with a sword.
After all, his martial soul was the Bloodthirsty Sword. He was quite confident in swordsmanship.
He unleashed the sword technique he had learned in his mind, Ten Thousand Swords Breaking Dharma.
He continuously focused all his attacks on one point.
The advantage of this sword technique was that it repeatedly attacked a single point, maximizing its destructive power.
Just as Ye Yuan thought this move could suppress Qian Renxue,
a scene that shocked him occurred.
Not only was Qian Renxue not suppressed, she caught his attack instead.
She even used a sword move of her own!
What shocked him even more was that Qian Renxue's sword move was even more practiced than his!
Smack!
Qian Renxue knocked Ye Yuan's sword to the ground.
She seemed extremely familiar with every one of his moves.
She even knew the flaws in his sword techniques.
"I lost."
Qian Renxue looked at Ye Yuan with a grin and said, "Call me teacher. Let me hear it."
Ye Yuan did not hesitate. "Teacher."
He knew that once he became connected to Qian Renxue, it meant becoming connected to Spirit Hall.
From then on, he would become enemies with the protagonist, Tang San.
After all, Tang San and Spirit Hall had become mortal enemies long ago, when Tang San's mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, had sacrificed herself.
Only one of Spirit Hall and Tang San could remain.
After saying that, Ye Yuan immediately wanted to kneel.
Qian Renxue reacted quickly.
"No need to kneel!"
Ye Yuan was somewhat confused.
Qian Renxue, her face flushed red, said in a panic, "I... I'm only teaching you swordsmanship. We're teacher and friend."
"You don't need to kneel, because later..."
Ye Yuan did not understand, but he still nodded.
"Teacher Qian Renxue, I have to leave first. Yan'er is still waiting for me."
"Once I rescue my younger sister, I'll go to Spirit Hall to find you."
The moment Qian Renxue heard Yan'er's name, she looked at Ye Yuan with some heartache.
"Go."
"You don't need to come find me for now."
"Come find me after you absorb your second soul ring. I have another identity as well—the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe."
Ye Yuan asked, "Why?"
Qian Renxue said thoughtfully, "Your path to becoming stronger isn't with me."
"After you absorb your second soul ring, I'll help you temper your body a second time."
Qian Renxue could not interfere too much.
Because she worried that too much interference from her might affect Ye Yuan's path to becoming stronger.
Qian Renxue suddenly walked up to Ye Yuan.
She was not short, standing a full one meter seventy-five.
But when she stood before Ye Yuan, she only reached his chin.
Qian Renxue rose onto her tiptoes.
Ye Yuan's pupils constricted. Was he being forcibly kissed?
This was his first time kissing a girl.
A few seconds later, their lips separated.
Qian Renxue's breath was fragrant, and her cheeks were flushed.
Qian Renxue stared fixedly at Ye Yuan's lips.
What should I do? I really want to bite them!
No, no, Qian Renxue, you must hold back!
You can't scare Ah Yuan like you did in your previous life.
But Ah Yuan is just too tempting, ahhh!!!
He's mine! Mine! Even if he dies in this life, he'll still be mine!
Once I find a chance to destroy those bastards, I'll break Ah Yuan's legs.
I'll lock Ah Yuan in a basement, where he'll belong only to me...
Oh, right. I'll have a whole bunch of little Ah Yuans with him too...
She softly said, "Consider this a farewell kiss."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Ye Yuan recovered from his shock but still asked, "Why exactly are you helping me?"
Qian Renxue's back grew farther and farther away.
Just as Ye Yuan thought she would not answer,
he heard, "Can't I help you because I think you're handsome?"
Ye Yuan was caught completely off guard by that answer.
Watching her retreating figure, he felt both gain and loss.
"Ye Yuan, Ye Yuan, you've really lost your mind."
"You're actually reluctant to let her go," Ye Yuan muttered.
Afterward, he made some preparations, bought some rough old clothes in a village, and put them on.
Then he set off for the imperial capital of the Star Luo Empire.
"Yan'er, wait for me."
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