Severing the Melodrama

"Rest assured, whatever you want to do, just go ahead and do it. I've got your back!"

Ning Que smiled indifferently, his gaze filled with tenderness as he looked at Ye Guyi.

His tone was incredibly calm, yet only Ye Guyi understood the true weight of those words.

To be honest, looking back at her former self, Ye Guyi felt she had been far too reckless. If not for the help of A-Que, she might have died at the hands of some Evil Soul Master long ago.

The group then continued their search for the soul beasts they required.

Tang Ya's second soul ring came from an eight-hundred-year-old Ink Jade Bamboo, granting her a very powerful offensive soul skill: Blue Silver Thrust.

For her third soul ring, there were three target soul beasts: the Ghost Vine, the Star Vine, and the Demon Eye Tree.

This was a plan Bei Bei had specifically sought out Teacher Wang Yan to consult on.

According to Wang Yan, the dark attribute within Tang Ya's martial soul had been purified, but the devouring ability remained. This was one of her innate talents and there was no need to deliberately avoid it; as long as she maintained the foundation of a plant-type martial soul, and without the influence of the dark attribute, it wouldn't be a major issue.

As for the claim that any martial soul with a devouring attribute must belong to an Evil Soul Master—whoever said that, let them step forward and see if Shrek Academy agrees!

Whether it was a coincidence or due to the presence of a Child of Destiny, they hadn't been searching for long before they encountered the soul beast they needed.

A thousand-year-old Demon Eye Tree.

For the current Ye Guyi, slaying a thousand-year-old soul beast was far too easy.

"After the absorption is complete, we must leave this place as quickly as possible."

Seeing this Demon Eye Tree appear, Ning Que realized something was wrong.

The rarity of a Demon Eye Tree was no less than that of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and this was a pure-blooded one at that. How could the King of Myriad Demons possibly allow it to grow on the very edge of the Star Dou Great Forest?

It was too coincidental.

It was so coincidental that everything felt as if it had been pre-arranged.

Even though he had already made some changes, things were still proceeding according to a predetermined script.

He needed to figure out one thing: was this the handiwork of Tang San, or the machinations of the plane's consciousness?

Soon, Tang Ya successfully absorbed her third soul ring, gaining a very powerful soul skill: Nightmare.

Not only that, perhaps due to the devouring attribute in Tang Ya's martial soul, after absorbing this ring, her Blue Silver Grass gained a special ability for mental suppression.

If things continued along the normal trajectory, perhaps Tang Ya would truly walk a different path in the future.

However, she could forget about the one-hundred-ninety-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King.

Ning Que had already reserved that.

The group returned to Shrek City.

Just as they reached the city gates, they saw a young girl with delicate features, snow-white skin, and long golden hair standing at the gate, waiting anxiously with a pout.

It was Ning Que's younger sister, Ning Tian.

Beside Ning Tian stood two others: a burly, handsome man and a woman with a figure far more mature than her age, dressed in leather.

These two were both disciples of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect: Jin Sheng and Wu Feng.

Jin Sheng, with an Innate Soul Power of 9.5, possessed the Golden Crocodile martial soul.

At twelve years old, his soul power had already reached level 37.

He was also a descendant of the old Martial Soul Hall, said to be the direct descendant of that level 98 Second Worship, Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Ning Que had discovered him while searching for information on Ye Guyi and had recruited him into the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.

His talent and hard work were highly valued by the sect.

Coupled with the fact that he had a Title Douluo for a grandfather, barring any major accidents, Jin Sheng would be his future brother-in-law.

Although he felt quite annoyed, Ning Que was actually fairly satisfied with this brother-in-law of his.

Most importantly, he did not want his sister to experience the so-called Valley of Love Inquiry and transform from a cute little sister into a jerk of a brother.

For this very reason, he had begun interfering with Wu Feng—that person with the skewed view on love—ever since his sister was old enough to understand things.

However, it seemed he had interfered a bit too much; Wu Feng had shifted her target from Ning Tian to him.

It was truly speechless.

"Sister Guyi, I missed you so much!"

From far away, Ning Tian spotted their group, and ignoring the gazes of others, she ran over to Ye Guyi and gave her a hug.

Because of Ning Que's presence, Ning Tian didn't need to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the sect like in the original story. As a result, she had been spoiled rotten, truly resembling the Ning Rongrong of the past. If it weren't for him, her brother, being able to keep her in check, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect might have produced another little witch.

"Damn it, did I get something wrong?"

Seeing his sister clinging so tightly to his fiancée, a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Ning Que's heart.

He had been so focused on disciplining Wu Feng that he had completely neglected his own sister.

If the "illness" of Wu Feng from the original story had been passed on to his sister, and she was now coveting his fiancée, Ning Que really wanted to curse.

"You brat, how is your relationship with my sister progressing?"

Ning Que's mindset instantly shifted from being annoyed with Jin Sheng to feeling a sense of "hate that iron won't become steel."

"Boss, before we came here, the Sect Master had already arranged for a betrothal between me and Little Tian."

Jin Sheng scratched his head, and a shy expression, usually reserved for young girls, actually appeared on his honest face.

"Look at how spineless you are!"

Ning Que said this with his mouth, but his heart eased up quite a bit.

If his younger sister could agree, it meant she truly liked Jin Sheng.

As long as some cliché drama like his sister falling for his own fiancée didn't happen, he could accept anything.

Then, he was met with the scorching gaze of Wu Feng.

"Little Wu Feng, this time I'm giving you a task: pick a young talent you like. Family background doesn't matter at all. If the sect has any objections, I'll go talk to them, and I'll go negotiate with the Red Dragon Douluo."

Before Wu Feng could even open her mouth, Ning Que had already nipped her thoughts in the bud.

When it came to matters of the heart, he truly didn't have any spare thoughts.

If it weren't for the initial desire to cling to a powerful backer and the rules of the sect, he wouldn't even have wanted to find someone like Ye Guyi.

Weren't Soul Tools fun enough, or was studying powerful strength not interesting enough?

After having Ye Guyi, he felt it was actually quite nice, especially after having the goal and plan of creating a god; he treated this matter as a career.

His ambition had long since suppressed any so-called lovesickness or promiscuity.

"I..."

Wu Feng still wanted to say something, but then Ye Guyi had already arrived in front of her.

Regarding this romantic rival, Ye Guyi felt no rejection at all and even treated her like a little sister.

"Little Wu Feng, it's only been two years, and you've already grown so much."

"Don't listen to A-Que. You're still young, and this isn't the time to be considering such things. When you grow up and your temperament matures, you will eventually meet someone you like."

Ye Guyi gently rubbed Wu Feng's head, her posture every bit that of an intellectual big sister.

It must be said, this move was a true kill shot against Wu Feng.

Wu Feng was almost on the verge of tears.

If Sister Guyi had taken an attitude of competing with her or being hostile, given her personality, she really wouldn't have been afraid.

However, faced with this attitude of being treated completely like a child, what could she possibly do?

Moreover, could she really compete against such a wonderful Sister Guyi?