Dugu Yan held out a finger and gently tapped Ye Qingzhou on the shoulder.
Feeling someone touch his shoulder, Ye Qingzhou turned around instinctively. Dugu Yan took the opportunity to slip around in the same direction he turned.
When Ye Qingzhou turned around, he didn't see anyone.
"Strange."
He looked behind him at the empty space. He really had felt something touch his shoulder.
Ye Qingzhou turned back and looked smugly at the Blue Silver Grass he had planted in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He took a water jug from his Storage Soul Tool and watered the newly planted Blue Silver Grass.
As he watered it, Ye Qingzhou once again felt something touching his shoulder.
He shook his head and sighed softly, but didn't stop watering. "Sister Yanzi, quit messing around."
"I know it's you."
"Ehh? You guessed already? How boring."
Dugu Yan had been hoping to prank Ye Qingzhou a few more times, but she trudged over to him with a dejected look.
Ye Qingzhou smiled. "Can't help it. You're too easy to guess. Unless you get my sister to join you next time."
Hearing Ye Lingling mentioned, Dugu Yan spread her hands helplessly. "Lingling? Forget it."
"With her personality, she'd never go along with something like this."
"But, Qingzhou, is there some reason you planted this Blue Silver Grass in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"
Dugu Yan leaned closer to Ye Qingzhou, curiously watching the Blue Silver Grass enjoy its downpour.
Ye Qingzhou kept her in suspense.
"Secret."
"You'll find out once it's grown."
Dugu Yan rolled her eyes at him. "Hmph. Fine, don't tell me."
"It's just a mere Blue Silver Grass. What could it possibly grow into?"
She said that, but she was still curious.
After he finished watering it, Ye Qingzhou put the jug back into his Storage Soul Tool.
Watching Dugu Yan stay close to him, Ye Qingzhou asked, "Sister Yanzi, did you need something?"
Dugu Yan chuckled. "What, I can't come see you unless I need something?"
"Was Liu Erlong captured by you?"
At the mention of Liu Erlong, Ye Qingzhou looked at Dugu Yan in confusion, his eyes seeming to ask how she knew.
Dugu Yan explained:
"Yu Tianheng told me. Apparently, a letter came from Yu Luomian asking him to help Liu Erlong or something."
"He told me that you and Grandpa captured Liu Erlong when she caused trouble at Skywater Academy. Is that true?"
Ye Qingzhou nodded. "That's right, Sister Yanzi. Do you want to hear the whole story?"
Dugu Yan's eyes lit up. Of course she wanted to hear about something like that.
"I do! Of course I do!"
Ye Qingzhou then briefly recounted what had happened that day.
As she listened, Dugu Yan grew indignant on Shui Bing'er's behalf. "Liu Erlong went too far! Is she even a woman? Helping a bunch of lecherous bastards!"
"Next time I see those Shrek people, I'll make them feel the full force of my Jade Phosphorous Serpent's transformed venom!"
After consuming the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had undergone a transformation. Not only had her poison problem been resolved, but the quality of her Martial Soul had also risen a level.
Seeing how worked up Dugu Yan was, Ye Qingzhou finally thought she was reacting the way any normal woman would when she encountered a pack of lecherous thugs.
"Sister Yanzi, don't get so worked up. We'll have a chance to run into Shrek sooner or later."
"But I'm curious: how did the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan react?"
"They're trying to get her out." Dugu Yan answered with just those few words. "I don't know what happened after that. You know Yu Tianheng and I haven't been getting along lately."
The outcome was just what Ye Qingzhou had expected. They were trying to get her out.
As far as he knew, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would only try to get Liu Erlong out.
As for the others from Shrek...
That depended on whether Liu Erlong would choose to rescue them.
Dugu Yan glanced at the sky, then at Ye Qingzhou, and suggested, "It's so late now, little brother Qingzhou. Why don't you stay the night at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"
"It's too dangerous for you to go back to the clinic alone."
Ye Qingzhou hesitated at the thought of staying overnight at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. But Dugu Yan had a point. Still, when he pictured Dugu Bo's furious face, he felt inexplicably nervous.
"But if your grandfather finds out, won't he get the wrong idea?"
Dugu Bo usually treated him well, but whenever it came to his granddaughter, he was quick to fly off the handle.
Seeing Ye Qingzhou all nervous, Dugu Yan burst out laughing.
"So what? Would he really dare send you back to Heaven Dou City alone?"
"All right, then."
With Dugu Yan so insistent, Ye Qingzhou could only accept her kindness.
The Sunset Forest was dangerous at night. He'd just wait until tomorrow to head back.
Holy Soul Village, rear mountain, inside the stone chamber.
"Impossible. This can't be."
Tang Hao stared in despair at the small mound of earth, bare of any plants.
He clearly remembered—he clearly remembered planting Ah Yin here.
Why? Why couldn't he find her?
"Ah Yin, don't joke around with me. Come out already."
Tang Hao's voice echoed around the stone chamber, but not a single reply came.
The only answer was his own voice.
"Damn it! Who stole Ah Yin?" Tang Hao angrily punched the stone wall beside him.
The mechanism was triggered.
A crack opened in the ceiling of the cave, but nothing fell through it.
Tang Hao stared up at the ceiling in panic, his eyes wide with shock.
"The Soul Bones! Why are the Soul Bones gone too?!"
He remembered it clearly. Ah Yin and her Soul Bone, along with the two Clear Sky Sect heirloom Soul Bones, had all been placed in the most important locations.
But all these items had mysteriously vanished.
As if they had never existed at all.
Tang Hao's face contorted. A powerful, crimson killing aura surged around him.
The killing aura stained the entire stone chamber red.
"Who was it? Who was it? Who stole my Ah Yin and all three Soul Bones?!"
His fist, infused with the powerful Soul Power of a Titled Douluo, crashed down. The entire stone chamber shook violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
But Tang Hao had lost all reason. He couldn't care less. He unleashed his fury with one punch after another.
"It had to be Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo!"
Tang Hao immediately thought of Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo.
Before he met Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo, Ah Yin and the three Soul Bones had been safe and sound here.
But after he met them, Ah Yin and all three Soul Bones had disappeared.
If they weren't responsible, who else could it be?
"Ye Shuyuan, Dugu Bo, you and I are mortal enemies!"
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