An Eerie Girl

Ling Yu, Hu Liena, and Yan stood to one side, watching Xie Yue sit cross-legged on the ground as he absorbed his martial soul.

"By the way, Yan, how much longer until you reach level thirty?"

Ling Yu looked at Yan beside him and said softly, "If you reach level thirty in the next couple of days, we might be able to help you find a suitable Soul Beast here!"

Yan shook his head with a bitter smile. "Impossible. I only reached level twenty-nine a little over a month ago. It'll take at least another two or three months before I can advance! Besides, Elder Ghost has already selected my soul ring for me. When the time comes, he'll take me to Purgatory Valley to hunt a suitable fire-element Soul Beast!"

"Elder Ghost?"

Ling Yu looked at him with a trace of confusion.

Hu Liena hurriedly explained, "Junior Brother, you didn't know? My brother and Yan have both become Elder Ghost's disciples! Yan and Xie Yue both had innate Soul Power at level eight! They're both very talented and have the potential to become Titled Douluo. After awakening their martial souls and joining Spirit Hall, they were taken in as Elder Ghost's disciples!"

Ling Yu nodded in realization. So that was how it was.

Come to think of it, since arriving in Spirit City, he had yet to see what Elder Ghost looked like. He knew a little about Ghost Douluo. He had heard that, for certain special reasons, although Elder Ghost's martial soul was Ghostly Charm, it resembled himself more. Ghostly Charm was somewhat like the Resentful Spirits from his previous life and could largely negate physical damage!

Moreover, his relationship with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan, was extremely close, and they possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

Ling Yu really wanted to see it. After all, it was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill between two Titled Douluo. It was bound to be incredibly powerful!

The three continued guarding Xie Yue for another hour. Just as the sky was about to darken, a faint tremor came from Xie Yue's body, and a purple soul ring settled around his martial soul—Xie Yue's two purple crescent-shaped curved blades.

Xie Yue opened his eyes, excitement in his gaze.

"Very good. Master was right. This soul skill suits me extremely well!"

"Oh? What does it do?" Ling Yu could not help asking when he saw how excited Xie Yue was.

"My third soul skill is called Break. It increases my attack power by one hundred percent and my piercing power by fifty percent. It can ignore ten percent of the defense of any Soul Master no more than one major rank above me!"

The three of them nodded after hearing that. It was a very good soul skill. Among third soul skills, it was already outstanding!

Especially that final effect. It meant Xie Yue could fight opponents above his rank to a certain extent.

As the four watched the sky gradually darken, they stopped chatting. After Ling Yu stored the rhinoceros's corpse in his Soul Guidance Device Ring, they quickly headed out of the forest.

The journey back was just as smooth as before. It was as if all the carnivorous Soul Beasts around the forest had vanished during this period; they did not encounter a single one.

Seeing this eerie scene, Ling Yu swiftly summoned his martial soul. The world before him became clearer, and many previously unseen details gradually revealed themselves.

There were many tiny traces of Soul Beasts moving across the ground. It seemed that something terrifying had happened, causing most of the Soul Beasts here to flee to other parts of the forest, as though something dreadful lurked in this place.

Ling Yu led the other three quickly toward the edge of the forest. He had a feeling that something was about to happen.

"Big Brother, your eyes are so beautiful!"

Just as the four were about to step out of the Star Dou Great Forest, a soft, clear, melodious voice, like that of a lark, suddenly rang out beside them.

"Who? Who is it?"

Ling Yu brushed his hand across his ring, and two kunai appeared in his hands. He assumed a fighting stance, his expression grave.

He had not sensed any other presence approaching them at all. That could only mean the enemy was strong—so strong that he could not detect their aura in the slightest.

What if they wanted to kill us?

With that thought, Ling Yu's sharp gaze turned toward the source of the voice.

Hu Liena and the others behind him were equally wary, as though facing a formidable enemy!

The four stared at the bushes ahead. Several crisp footsteps sounded from behind them. Everyone looked tense, somewhat at a loss before the danger that was about to arrive. Only Ling Yu's eyes remained bright and sharp, like those of a hungry wolf.

Rustle!

A few seconds later, another step sounded, and the bushes began to stir. Then, a pair of fair, smooth, round, lustrous little feet emerged.

Long silver hair fell straight to her waist. She wore a white dress that covered her lovely long legs, yet left her flawless little feet completely bare.

Ling Yu looked upward, and his pupils instantly contracted. He sucked in a cold breath.

Her slightly dusty cheeks framed a pair of large eyes. They were like purple crystals, bright and glittering. With his Sharingan activated, Ling Yu could even clearly see his own reflection in her eyes.

Her fair, flawless face was like that of an exquisitely crafted porcelain doll. She was unbelievably beautiful!

For the first time, Ling Yu felt that there was actually a girl in this world who could rival his goofy teacher in appearance. And she was only a child who looked to be around six years old, about the same age as him!

It was as though the Creator had bestowed upon her all the love in heaven and earth. She was too adorable, too beautiful!

When the others behind him saw the beautiful little girl who had suddenly appeared, they too sucked in a breath. This was simply...

"Ahem!"

At the crucial moment, Ling Yu was the first to come back to his senses. He walked over to the little girl and looked at her utterly adorable face with a soft smile. "Little sister, where is your family? How did you end up alone in the Star Dou Great Forest? It's very dangerous here."

As if sensing Ling Yu's goodwill, she stared into his eyes, raised her head slightly—though she was half a head shorter than him—and said, "I don't know. When I woke up, I was already here. Then I saw you! Big Brother, your eyes are so beautiful. It's the first time Nana has seen such beautiful eyes!"

As she spoke, a picture-perfect smile appeared at the corners of her lips. From so close, Ling Yu even felt that the darkening forest had somehow brightened a little.

This... this is way too unfair!

How could there be such an adorable girl?

"Um, do you know who your parents are? Or where they are?"

The girl shook her head. "I don't know who my parents are. I know even less where they are."

That put Ling Yu in a difficult position. She knew nothing at all. Where would be an appropriate place to send her? The town? It was filled with Soul Masters from all over, all kinds of people. Leaving her there would be worse than taking her back to Spirit Hall, wouldn't it?

Take her back to Spirit Hall?

At that thought, Ling Yu's eyes lit up. He continued asking, "How old are you? Have you awakened your martial soul?"

The girl shook her head again. Her adorable little face carried a hint of innocence. After looking at her once, Ling Yu forced himself to turn away. Otherwise, he truly worried that he would be captivated by her and become like Yan.

Ling Yu fell into thought, while the other three behind him carefully examined the girl before them. Yan in particular looked as though he had been injected with chicken blood. From the moment he first saw her, his feet had been constantly rubbing against the ground, irritating Xie Yue beside him beyond measure.

Ling Yu took out Chrysanthemum Douluo's token from his Soul Guidance Device Ring and sent a thread of Soul Power into it. The next second, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, dressed in a fitted golden outfit and as handsome as a demon, appeared before them.

"Grandpa Yue Guan, this girl—"

Ling Yu had just begun to speak when Yue Guan raised a hand to interrupt him. "I already learned what happened here from the side just now. Since she doesn't know where she came from, bring her into Spirit Hall. One more makes no difference, one less makes no difference. If she has good talent after awakening her martial soul, she can contribute to Spirit Hall as well!"

In truth, he had sensed the girl's appearance long ago. At first, he had thought she was a Soul Beast in human form, but no matter how he observed her, she was just an ordinary girl, without the slightest trace of a Soul Beast's aura.

Furthermore, it was also his first time seeing such an adorable girl. Even Hu Liena was a notch inferior to her. With such looks, once she grew up, she would probably become a beauty on the same level as the Pope!

At that thought, a trace of envy appeared in his eyes.

"By the way, little sister, what is your name?"

After hearing Yue Guan agree to bring her to Spirit Hall, Ling Yu asked her again.

"My name is Gu Yuena!"

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