Refusing Leng Yaozhu, Han Tianyi's Heart is Stirred

Lin Tian complained silently in his heart.

After snatching Lin Tian away, Leng Yaozhu immediately put some distance between herself and Qiangu Juechen, looking at him with a cold sneer: "So what if I'm angry at you?"

Her eyes held a hint of disdain: "Qiangu Juechen, can you show some improvement? We cultivated together back in the day, but now, so many years later, you are still stuck at the level of a ninety-six-level Super Douluo. Have you even been cultivating properly all these years?"

Leng Yaozhu's words were like a sharp blade, precisely piercing Qiangu Juechen's sore spot.

He had harbored a secret crush on Leng Yaozhu his entire life, keeping her in his heart since his youth. However, as the gap between them grew wider, and coupled with Leng Yaozhu stating that she liked Yun Ming, he never dared to reveal even the slightest trace of his feelings.

Now, being mocked and crushed by his beloved, without even the slightest room to resist, a massive sense of shame instantly overwhelmed him.

His subordinates nearby all kept their heads down, not daring to look at the awkward scene. Qiangu Juechen's face turned from pale to livid. He slowly unclenched his fists and finally spat out a sentence powerlessly:

"You have taken this little guy today, but the Pagoda Master will not sit idly by."

After saying this, a deeply humiliated Qiangu Juechen waved his hand, ordering the fleet to depart immediately.

He could not defeat Leng Yaozhu and Han Tianyi; staying here would only be asking for further humiliation.

The fault for today's events did not lie with him; the Pagoda Master would not punish him.

If the Pagoda Master had not come in person today, no one would have been able to take Lin Tian from Leng Yaozhu's hands.

This was not his fault, but he felt very...

Qiangu Juechen's face was ashen as he fled from these waters as if escaping.

Seeing Qiangu Juechen leave just like that, Lin Tian's face immediately showed a look of distress. He began to struggle, his eyes filled with desolation:

"Lord Spirit Master, Lord Spirit Master, don't leave me behind!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, but hearing this call, Qiangu Juechen felt even more pained, as he now felt like an incompetent husband:

"Little guy, I'm sorry, I am powerless. Take care of yourself."

With that, he ordered the fleet to accelerate once more, and they soon vanished from these waters.

Watching Qiangu Juechen gradually drift away until he disappeared, Lin Tian's face turned to utter despair:

"Lord Spirit Master, help me, help me!"

"Kid, what are you shouting for help for? We are here to save you."

"My savior is that Lord Soul Master from the Spirit Pagoda, let me down quickly!"

"Savior?"

Upon hearing this, a look of disdain immediately appeared on Leng Yaozhu's face: "They aren't saviors who came to rescue you; they are clearly villains who came to snatch you."

"You're lying!"

"I'm lying?" Leng Yaozhu increased the pressure on Lin Tian's shoulder, her tone firm.

"We were the ones who first discovered you and made contact with you, and we were the ones who have been searching for you all along. Qiangu Juechen and his lot were just picking up the scraps!

Do you know how difficult it is to find an island like yours in the vast ocean?

We searched for you tirelessly without sleep or rest for so long, and you, kid, not only show no gratitude but are actually treating us like villains here."

As she spoke, Leng Yaozhu pinched Lin Tian's cheek with her jade-like hand: "Little rascal, you're quite cute, but unfortunately, you have no conscience."

"Where do I have no conscience? I have the most conscience! Who in Proud Arrival City doesn't know that I am the most conscientious person for ten miles around?"

"If you have a conscience, then speak to me properly and repay us for saving your life.

That guy was just snatching the opportunity to pick up scraps."

Hearing her words, Lin Tian was instantly rendered speechless.

Since Leng Yaozhu had put it this way, if he were to say anything more ungrateful, it wouldn't be youthful ignorance—it would be stupidity.

Was he really going to be forced to submit to this wicked woman? It hurt; it really hurt.

But then again, being by Leng Yaozhu's side wouldn't be too bad. Having a ninety-eight-level Super Douluo with a Body Martial Soul guide his cultivation of his own body was actually quite good. Since things had already turned out this way, he would try his best to keep his distance from Leng Yaozhu and just stick with Han Tianyi.

At this moment, Han Tianyi, who had been silent all along, showed a look of confusion. He stared intently at Lin Tian and asked:

"Isn't your martial soul blood and an ordinary Starfish Martial Soul? Why do I feel a very pure fluctuation of spiritual power from you? What is going on?"

As soon as Han Tianyi said this, Leng Yaozhu also cast a curious gaze at Lin Tian, who was being held in her arms:

"What's the matter, little guy?"

As she spoke, she pinched Lin Tian's cheek again.

For some reason, Leng Yaozhu found that Lin Tian's cheeks felt quite nice.

"Stop pinching my face, evil sister!"

"Evil sister?

"I like that title. Call me that more often, little cutie. Elder Han is asking you a question; answer him quickly."

"My martial soul... my Starfish Martial Soul is a mutated martial soul, and it possesses a spiritual attribute."

"What?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on Leng Yaozhu's face, and Han Tianyi's face also showed astonishment.

At this moment, he finally developed a bit of interest in Lin Tian. Since his Body Martial Soul was blood-based and had nothing to do with spirit, he hadn't been keen on Lin Tian.

However, the fact that his other Martial Soul possessed spirit attributes now gave him the idea of taking on an apprentice: "Show me your Martial Soul."

Han Tianyi urged him, and seeing this, Lin Tian could only extend his small hand. His Blue-Veined Starfish Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and immediately after, a blue crystal gem appeared on Lin Tian's forehead, radiating powerful fluctuations of spiritual power.

Seeing this, the surprise in Han Tianyi's eyes gradually transformed into pleasant surprise: "Such rich spirit attributes! Even the weakest Martial Soul like the Starfish can mutate to possess spirit attributes, and through the extremity of adversity, give birth to an extremely strong spirit attribute from within such fragility."

"This fluctuation of spiritual power is even denser than the spiritual power of my Brain Martial Soul when it first awakened. This is interesting."

"Little one, are you willing to take me as your master? This Seat is Han Tianyi, a rank 98 Super Douluo, only one step away from becoming a Limit Douluo, the continent's number one spirit-attribute Spirit Master, and the chief designer and person in charge of the Spirit Pagoda's Spirit Ascension Platform."

"My Martial Soul is a Body Martial Soul, and it is also spirit-attributed. I can teach you the secondary awakening of a Body Martial Soul, and at the same time, teach you how to utilize spiritual power."

"Whatever the Qiangu Clan can provide you, I can also provide; after all, our strength is comparable to theirs."

"What they cannot provide—the secondary awakening of a Body Martial Soul combined with the ultimate application of spiritual power—I, this old man, can bring to you."

"Re... really?"

Compared to the coercion of Leng Yaozhu, Lin Tian preferred the way Han Tianyi directly stated the benefits that could be exchanged.

He could see what he would gain.

Put this way, it truly made his heart flutter.