Tang Yin, Mistaken for a Child Bridegroom-in-Training; Second Soul Skill: Mysterious Jade Vajra Arm!

The Nine-Heart Begonia Family was a top auxiliary Soul Master family.

Its rules were rather similar to those of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!

That was, family members whose Martial Souls were auxiliary types had to find Battle Soul Master spouses!

Naturally, this included the main branch of the Nine-Heart Begonia Family descended from Ye Zhilan.

What Ye Zhilan's branch excelled at was finding talented civilian Soul Masters and recruiting them into the family from a young age.

If the next generation's Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master was male, they would recruit a talented female civilian Soul Master as a child bride and raise her from childhood.

If the next generation's Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master was female, they would recruit a talented male civilian Soul Master as a child bridegroom and raise him from childhood!

In any case, their whole thing was raising someone to become the perfect match!

At that moment, Ye Zhilan saw Tang Yin riding on a Thousand-Year Vajra Overlord Tiger, beating it to death with his bare hands. He was also exceptionally handsome, with short hair and blue eyes.

Whether it was his talent and strength, his courage, or his looks,

Ye Zhilan took one look at Tang Yin and instantly saw him as a potential son-in-law, just like a mother-in-law eyeing her daughter's suitor!

"Clan leader, those two boys are incredible. They actually killed this Thousand-Year Vajra Overlord Tiger!"

"Judging by their clothes and the fact that they came Soul Hunting alone, they most likely aren't from a Soul Master family or sect."

"Should we go out now and see if we can recruit them into the Nine-Heart Begonia Family?"

Just then, beside Ye Zhilan,

an elderly white-haired woman was equally shocked. She sent her question to Ye Zhilan through a Soul Power transmission.

"Those two boys are exceptionally talented. If we can recruit them into the Nine-Heart Begonia Family and carefully cultivate them, they'll surely become excellent allies for Miss Lingling in the future!"

Ye Zhilan noticed that after the Vajra Overlord Tiger died, Tang Yin had sat down beside its corpse and drawn its Thousand-Year Soul Ring over to himself, placing it around his body to begin absorbing and refining it.

She couldn't help taking a deep breath before speaking slowly.

"Not yet!"

"Look, that blue-haired boy is actually trying to absorb this Thousand-Year Vajra Overlord Tiger's Soul Ring!"

"He should only be at level twenty. How could his body withstand a Thousand-Year Soul Ring that exceeds the limit? Something is bound to go wrong!"

"We'll wait until he runs into trouble absorbing the Soul Ring and is on the verge of collapse before we step in."

"Then I'll use my Nine-Heart Begonia to heal him and help him through the crisis. He'll owe me his life!"

"Coming to someone's aid in their hour of need is far more memorable than adding flowers to brocade—and it'll make him easier to recruit!"

Hearing this, Granny Yan's aged face filled with admiration.

"The clan leader has thought this through so thoroughly. This old woman is impressed!"

"That way, they'll surely be deeply grateful to you, and recruiting them will be a natural next step."

As they waited for Tang Yin to run into "trouble" while absorbing his Soul Ring, Ye Zhilan couldn't help turning slightly to look at her daughter, Ye Lingling, who sat beside her in silence, her manner cool and aloof.

She gently took her daughter's hand and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, asked with a touch of expectation,

"Lingling, what do you think of that blue-haired little brother who rode on the Thousand-Year Vajra Overlord Tiger and beat it to death?"

Ye Lingling's dark-blue eyes, beneath her long bangs, showed a hint of bewilderment.

After instinctively looking toward Tang Yin, who was absorbing the Thousand-Year Vajra Overlord Tiger's Soul Ring in the distance,

Ye Lingling fell silent for a moment, then answered in her usual cool voice.

"He's pretty impressive!"

"And he's quite handsome, too!"

Ye Zhilan was delighted. She couldn't have been more satisfied.

Judging by this reaction,

if she arranged for this boy to become her daughter's child bridegroom, her daughter most likely wouldn't object.

As a woman—and one who'd been through it herself—

she knew all too well how powerful good looks could be.

As long as her daughter thought the boy was handsome, the first spark of affection was already there.

That meant it would be much easier to bring them together, with far less resistance.

For a moment, Ye Zhilan could already picture the future.

A peerless, powerful Battle Soul Master standing by her daughter's side as her husband.

And their Nine-Heart Begonia Family gaining a brilliant young Soul Master with the potential to become a Titled Douluo!

But events unfolded in a way Ye Zhilan had never expected.

At that moment, beside the Vajra Overlord Tiger's corpse,

Tang Yin circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, drawing the purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring over his head and placing it around his Martial Soul: Mysterious Jade Arm.

In an instant, a vast and violent surge of Soul Power poured into Tang Yin's body!

Though the Vajra Overlord Tiger was two thousand years old,

its Soul Ring released Soul Power that was both violent and immense, sharp with the force of metal.

But Tang Yin had fused with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and been tempered and strengthened by the immense vitality and Soul Power it released.

His physical constitution was incredibly strong, far beyond that of Soul Masters at the same level.

On top of that, Tang Yin and Tang San had spent more than a year eating century-old, thousand-year, and even ten-thousand-year Whale Glue, further strengthening their bodies.

So as Tang Yin absorbed the Soul Power released by the Vajra Overlord Tiger's Soul Ring, he showed no pain, no trembling, and no signs of coughing up blood or collapsing.

Two or three hours later,

Tang Yin absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring without a hitch.

The purple Soul Ring's glow gradually faded, then finally merged completely into Tang Yin's body and disappeared.

The Soul Power fluctuations radiating from Tang Yin suddenly surged. He had officially entered the Soul Grandmaster rank!

At that moment, Tang Yin slowly opened his eyes and stood. When he activated his Second Soul Skill, a golden-jade sheen spread across both his arms.

Feeling the surging power in his body, along with the feedback from his Second Soul Ring,

Tang Yin clenched his fist, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

"Not bad! This Second Soul Skill is exactly what I wanted!"

Tang Yin named the Second Soul Skill he'd gained from the Thousand-Year Vajra Overlord Tiger: Mysterious Jade Vajra Arm!

It increased his overall physical attributes by one hundred percent, while boosting the strength and defense of both arms by two hundred percent!

It also came with a passive effect that transformed both arms into Vajra arms, imbued them with metal properties, and made them as hard and sharp as metal.

"Little San, let's go. We should leave first!"

"There's too much blood in the air here. It could easily attract other Soul Beasts."

"Next, we'll look for a Plant-type Soul Beast that suits you."

After deactivating his Second Soul Skill, Tang Yin turned to his younger brother Tang San, who was watching him with concern, smiled, and beckoned.

"Congratulations, big brother, on breaking through to Soul Grandmaster!"

Tang San was thrilled and excited, happy for his big brother's success.

Hidden in the shadows, Ye Zhilan was completely dumbfounded. Her red lips parted, and her beautiful eyes were full of shock and disbelief.

Th-this can't be right!

He absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his Second Soul Ring—and from a top Soul Beast like the Vajra Overlord Tiger, no less. How could his body possibly withstand it?

And he didn't just absorb it so smoothly; he didn't show even the slightest sign of pain or struggle!

Ye Zhilan felt as if everything she knew about how Soul Masters absorbed Soul Rings had been turned upside down!

Even among the direct heirs carefully raised by the great sects, she'd never heard of anyone absorbing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as their Second Soul Ring so effortlessly!

Just how terrifyingly strong were this blue-haired boy's body and meridians?

Seeing Tang Yin and Tang San tidy up the battlefield and prepare to leave,

Ye Zhilan knew she couldn't wait any longer.

Her original plan to come to their aid in their hour of need had become a mere attempt to add flowers to brocade, its impact greatly diminished.

But how could she let such an extraordinary gem slip away right before her eyes?!

"Granny Yan, Lingling, let's go out."

Ye Zhilan took a deep breath and quickly composed herself, restoring her graceful, gentle demeanor.

Then she led Granny Yan and Ye Lingling out from behind the trees where they'd been hiding, walking straight toward Tang Yin and Tang San as they prepared to leave, and called out to them.

"Young friends, please wait!"

(Ye Zhilan · concept art)

(Ye Lingling · concept art · comic version)