The Grudge Has a Head, the Debt Has a Master, Please Put the Sword on Her Neck, Thank You

"Alright, let's go." Lin Ye stood up and said.

For the past six months, he and Qian Renxue had spent nearly 24 hours a day together.

They cultivated, underwent assessments, and ate together.

On countless nights, they even slept right in front of the Angel Path.

Although they didn't communicate much, the relationship between them had undergone a subtle change through osmosis; at the very least, they were no longer at each other's throats.

The two of them went to find Qian Daoliu together.

"You've both broken through! Good, that saves some trouble." Qian Daoliu smiled and immediately set off, taking Lin Ye and Qian Renxue toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

In the carriage, Qian Daoliu considered, "Disciple, your first soul ring was 700 years, so for your second soul ring..."

"Wait, wait!" Qian Renxue wondered if she had misheard and hurriedly interrupted, "Grandfather, what did you say? His first ring was 700 years!?"

"That is correct, Xiaoxue."

Hearing Qian Daoliu's firm confirmation, Qian Renxue stared at Lin Ye with an incredulous expression, thinking, This kid, what kind of monster is he?

Qian Daoliu continued, "Logically, since your first ring was 700 years, a thousand-year second ring shouldn't be a problem. However, for thousands of years, there has never been a precedent for a soul master's second ring to be a thousand-year one. I cannot guarantee you will succeed with 100% certainty."

"Therefore, to be safe, I have two plans for you. You can decide for yourself."

"One, absorb one that is over nine hundred years old. Two, one that is over a thousand years old."

Although theoretically, Qian Daoliu felt a thousand-year soul ring for Lin Ye was fine, he didn't dare to guarantee it without any precedent.

Furthermore, Qian Daoliu had his own private thoughts; he didn't want his disciple to be too heaven-defying.

But Lin Ye's answer was very decisive: "Teacher, I choose the thousand-year second ring!"

"Very well, then I shall help you obtain a thousand-year soul ring." Qian Daoliu nodded.

This guy, can he really pull off a thousand-year second ring? Qian Renxue couldn't help but be skeptical.

A long time later, as they were about to arrive at the Star Dou Great Forest, it was nearly dark.

"Both of you require soul beasts with the light attribute. Such beasts rarely appear at night and are difficult to find, so let's rest for the night in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest," Qian Daoliu said.

"Understood."

The vast majority of soul masters came to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings, and where there is human traffic, there are business opportunities and gathering places.

After all, soul masters must prepare supplies before entering the soul beast forest: food, weapons, tents, snake-repellent powder, and so on.

Therefore, there were several small towns and settlements around the great forest.

When they arrived at the nearby town, it was already six in the evening, and the sky was turning dark.

The three of them found an inn and checked into their rooms. Qian Daoliu took out a ring and handed it to Lin Ye: "Disciple, I haven't given you a gift yet, have I? Consider this ring a welcoming gift."

"A ring?"

"This is a spatial Soul Tool that can store items. If we are unlucky during our trip into the Star Dou Great Forest, we might have to spend the night there. You can go into town now to buy any supplies you want to bring in tomorrow."

"Finally, I have my own spatial Soul Tool. Traveling will be much more convenient from now on." Lin Ye smiled: "Thank you, Teacher!"

"I'm going out to buy some ingredients. If we end up staying in the forest for a long time, we can cook ourselves something hot to eat."

Qian Renxue said with some surprise, "You know how to cook?"

"If an orphan like me didn't know how to cook, I would have starved to death," Lin Ye said, turning to leave: "I'm off."

"Hey, wait, I'll go with you."

Qian Renxue followed quickly.

Lin Ye joked, "What's the matter? Trying to make a move on me while your grandfather isn't around?"

Qian Renxue rolled her eyes: "I said I wouldn't make a move on you for two and a half years, so I won't. What do you want?"

The two walked and talked along the main street of the town.

Just then, two luxurious carriages drove down the road ahead, accompanied by a hundred knights in heavy armor wielding weapons, led by two soul masters who clearly weren't weak.

It was quite the spectacle!

Moreover, it was extremely overbearing; the two carriages were driving side-by-side, taking up almost the entire road.

"Move! Move! Get out of the way, move to the side!" the lead knight shouted aggressively, urging the pedestrians.

Qian Renxue frowned: "Who are these people, being so overbearing? This is a two-way street; can't they drive on one side?"

"They look like nobles."

"Most of these imperial nobles are corrupt, greedy, and bully the common people!" Qian Renxue said with a look of disgust, coldly adding, "If my Martial Soul Hall unifies the Douluo Continent in the future, I will abolish the noble fiefdom system!"

In the original work, it was always the Martial Soul Hall and its branch soul masters who were depicted as bullying others.

But if one thinks about it carefully, how could countries under the noble fiefdom systems of the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires not have corrupt, greedy nobles and local officials who bully others?

In fact, it was highly likely that there were far more "bad apples" there than in the Martial Soul Hall.

Lin Ye had a premonition that trouble was coming. He looked at Qian Renxue beside him: "Should we move?"

"Do you think I, the Young Master of the Martial Soul Hall, would yield the road to a mere noble?"

"As expected." Lin Ye smiled helplessly; he had already guessed as much.

Although Qian Daoliu was not by her side, Qian Renxue's Seraphim Martial Soul was the very symbol of the Martial Soul Hall's upper echelons; as long as she manifested it, ordinary nobles would never dare to provoke her.

They did not yield, continuing to walk straight ahead.

The lead knight began to shout, "Hey! You two in front, move aside at once!"

Seeing that Lin Ye and Qian Renxue had no intention of backing down, the knight grew furious and roared, "I'm talking to you, did you hear me! Do you know who is inside this carriage! If you don't want to die, get lost!"

"Is this road owned by your family? It's a two-lane road, yet you refuse to take one side and insist on hogging both?" Qian Renxue said coldly.

"Insolent!!"

The lead knight was incensed, charging forward and pressing his sword against Lin Ye's neck, "Either die, or get lost!"

"...?" There was no fear in Lin Ye's eyes, only speechlessness, "Look here, big brother, are you confused? She's the one talking back to you, why are you holding the sword to my neck?"

"Every debt has a debtor, every grievance has a source; whoever is talking back to you, threaten them. Could you please move the sword and hold it to her neck instead? Thanks!"

The knight remained cold and indifferent. He didn't care who was talking back; he only knew that Lin Ye was closer. He repeated, "Either die, or..."

But before he could finish his sentence.

Lin Ye struck in an instant, snapping the sword in the man's hand with a flick of his finger, then followed up with a kick that sent him flying.

"Ah!" The knight let out a miserable shriek, sent flying several meters on the spot.

Lin Ye couldn't help but retort, "Are you sick in the head? Do you think I'm easy to bully just because I look young!"

"You're courting death! How dare you lay a hand on us!"

The surrounding knights all drew their weapons.

At this moment, a lazy, youthful voice drifted from inside the carriage, "What is going on?"

"Your Highness! Someone is blocking the way! They even injured one of our men!"