"Brother Ye!" Clinging to Lu Ye's back, Yiyi spoke very softly. She had wanted to call Lu Ye that for a long time, but had always felt a little embarrassed.
Lu Ye halted and hurriedly said, "Don't call me that!"
It reminded him of You Die. That woman had called him that too!
"Then what should I call you?" Yiyi raised her head.
"Anything but that."
Her eyes rolled, mischief gleaming within them. "Brother Ye? Big Brother? Brother?"
"Cheeky!" Lu Ye said lightly.
Yiyi looked immensely pleased with herself. Lu Ye's back was not especially broad, yet lying on it filled her with a sense of safety and contentment.
When they returned to Green Bamboo Peak, Yiyi refused to get down, as though she intended to cling to Lu Ye's back until the end of time.
Only when Lu Ye reached out and tickled her did she leap down, glaring at him indignantly.
Soul Race were Soul Bodies. They did not have ticklish spots at all...
"Come here. Let me examine you properly." Lu Ye beckoned to Yiyi.
Yiyi immediately smiled and obediently stepped forward.
After examining her, Lu Ye raised his brows. "Not bad. You've reached the Great Sun Late Stage. You should be able to try entering the Dao!"
"Little Nine has taken very good care of Amber and me," Yiyi said.
She and Amber had not been the first to come to Nine Provinces for intensive cultivation, but they had undoubtedly received the most care from Little Nine. Thus, one spirit and one tiger had advanced especially quickly in Nine Provinces.
Before coming to Nine Provinces, they had already pushed their attainments in soul cultivation to the limit at the Soul Race Ancestral Land.
As such, both Yiyi and Amber had reached the point where they could