"Don't worry. Whatever you want to do, go ahead and do it. I'll have your back!"
Ning Que smiled calmly, his gaze toward Ye Guyi filled with gentleness.
His tone was utterly casual, but only Ye Guyi understood the weight behind those words.
Honestly, whenever Ye Guyi looked back on her former self, she felt that she had been far too reckless. If not for A-Que's help, she might have long since died at the hands of some Evil Soul Master.
The group then continued searching for the soul beasts they needed.
Tang Ya's second soul ring had come from an eight-hundred-year-old Ink Jade Bamboo, granting her an exceptionally powerful offensive soul skill: Blue Silver Thrust.
For her third soul ring, she had three target soul beasts: Ghost Vine, Star Vine, and Demon Eye Tree.
Bei Bei had specifically consulted Teacher Wang Yan before coming up with this plan.
According to Wang Yan, the darkness attribute within Tang Ya's martial soul had been purified, but her devouring ability remained. That was one of her talents, so there was no need to deliberately avoid it. As long as she retained the fundamental nature of a plant-type martial soul and was no longer affected by the darkness attribute, there would be no major issue.
As for saying that a martial soul with a devouring attribute made someone an Evil Soul Master—who said that? Step forward and see whether Shrek Academy acknowledged it!
Whether it was a coincidence or because they were traveling with a child of fortune, they encountered the soul beast they needed before they had searched for long.
A thousand-year-old Demon Eye Tree.
For Ye Guyi as she was now, killing a thousand-year-old soul beast was far too easy.
"Once you finish absorbing it, we'll leave this place as quickly as possible."
The moment he saw the Demon Eye Tree, Ning Que sensed that something was wrong.
Demon Eye Trees were no less rare than Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears, especially pureblooded ones. How could King of Myriad Demons possibly allow one to grow at the very edge of the Star Dou Great Forest?
It was too much of a coincidence.
Such a coincidence that everything seemed as though it had already been arranged.
Even after some changes had been made, events were still unfolding according to the predetermined script.
He first needed to figure out whether this was Tang San's doing or the work of the Plane Consciousness.
Before long, Tang Ya successfully absorbed her third soul ring and gained an exceptionally powerful soul skill: Nightmare.
Moreover, perhaps because of the devouring attribute in Tang Ya's martial soul, after absorbing this soul ring, her Blue Silver Grass gained the special ability of spiritual suppression.
If things continued along their normal course, perhaps Tang Ya truly would forge a different path in the future.
However, she could forget about that one-hundred-ninety-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King.
Ning Que had already claimed it.
The group returned to Shrek City.
As soon as they reached the city gates, they saw a petite, exquisite girl with snow-white skin and long golden hair standing there impatiently, waiting anxiously.
She was Ning Que's younger sister, Ning Tian.
Two others stood beside Ning Tian: a burly, handsome young man, and a woman whose figure was far too voluptuous and sexy for her age, dressed in leather.
Both were disciples of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect: Jin Sheng and Wu Feng.
Jin Sheng possessed 9.5 levels of Innate Soul Power, and his martial soul was the Golden Crocodile.
At twelve years old, his Soul Power had already reached Rank 37.
He was also a descendant of the remnants of the old Spirit Hall, said to be a direct descendant of the Second Worship, the Rank 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo.
Ning Que had discovered him while searching for information on Ye Guyi and recruited him into the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
His talent and diligence had also earned the sect's recognition.
Furthermore, he had a Title Douluo grandfather. Barring any major surprises, Jin Sheng would become Ning Que's future brother-in-law.
Though he was rather displeased about it, Ning Que was still quite satisfied with this prospective brother-in-law.
Most importantly, he had no desire to let his sister go through the so-called Valley of Love Inquiry and turn from an adorable younger sister into a bastard little brother.
Because of this, he had begun interfering with that girl Wu Feng, whose views on love were so cheap, ever since his sister had become sensible.
It was just that he seemed to have interfered a little too much. Wu Feng had shifted her target from Ning Tian to him.
That was truly speechless.
"Big Sister Guyi, I missed you so much!"
From far away, Ning Tian spotted their group. Ignoring everyone else's stares, she ran straight to Ye Guyi and threw her arms around her.
Because of Ning Que's presence, Ning Tian no longer needed to shoulder the sect's heavy responsibilities as she had in the original story. As a result, she had been thoroughly spoiled and was rather like Ning Rongrong in her younger days. If her older brother had not still been able to keep her in check, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect might truly have produced another little witch.
Damn it, did I get something wrong?
Seeing his sister clinging so tightly to his fiancée, Ning Que suddenly felt a bad premonition rise in his heart.
He had only focused on correcting Wu Feng and had somehow overlooked his own sister.
If Wu Feng's condition from the original story had spread to his sister, and she ended up coveting his fiancée, Ning Que would truly feel like cursing his mother.
"You brat, how is your relationship with my sister progressing?"
Ning Que's attitude toward Jin Sheng instantly shifted from finding him displeasing to being furious that he was not trying hard enough.
"Boss, before we came, the Sect Master already had Xiao Tian and me betrothed."
Jin Sheng scratched his head, and an unexpectedly shy expression, one usually seen only on young girls, appeared on his honest face.
"What a pathetic look!"
Ning Que said that aloud, but inwardly, he relaxed somewhat.
If his sister had agreed, it meant that she still liked Jin Sheng very much.
As long as there was no melodramatic nonsense about his sister falling for his fiancée, he could accept anything.
Then he met Wu Feng's burning gaze.
"Little Wu Feng, I have a task for you this time. Pick a young talent you like. His family background doesn't matter. If the sect has any objections, I'll discuss it with the sect. I'll fight for it with the Red Dragon Douluo."
Before Wu Feng could say anything, Ning Que had already snuffed out her intentions.
When it came to romance, he truly had no extra thoughts to spare.
If he had not initially wanted to latch onto a powerful backer, and if sect rules had not been involved, he would not even have sought out Ye Guyi.
Were Soul Tools not fun enough, or was studying powerful strength not interesting enough?
After getting together with Ye Guyi, he found that it actually seemed quite nice. Especially after gaining the goal and plan of creating gods, he had begun treating it as a career.
His ambition had long since crushed so-called love-brain tendencies and promiscuity.
"I..."
Wu Feng wanted to say something more, but Ye Guyi had already stepped in front of her.
Toward this romantic rival, Ye Guyi felt no rejection whatsoever. Instead, she treated Wu Feng as a younger sister.
"Little Wu Feng, it's only been two years since we last met, and you've already grown so much."
"Don't listen to A-Que. You're still young. This isn't the time to be thinking about such things. Once you grow up and mature, you'll meet someone you like sooner or later."
Ye Guyi gently rubbed Wu Feng's head, looking every bit the refined, understanding older sister.
And honestly, this move was a true finishing blow against Wu Feng.
Wu Feng was on the verge of tears.
If Big Sister Guyi had acted as though she wanted to compete with her or regarded her as an enemy, Wu Feng's personality meant she truly would not have been afraid.
But when Ye Guyi completely treated her like a child, what could she possibly do?
Besides, with someone as wonderful as Big Sister Guyi, could she really compete with her?
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