Hero Saves a Beauty, and the Beauty Is Ah Yin

Among a group of lecherous burly men stood a girl of around twelve. She had long blue hair, and a flash of blue light flickered in her hand as though her martial soul could be released at any moment.

Unfortunately, the men facing her were no saints either. Their presence here marked them as a soul beast hunting party, a team dedicated to hunting soul beasts.

They were all Soul Elders or stronger, at the very least. This girl with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul was naturally no match for them.

Ye Xunfeng stood on a nearby branch, calmly watching the scene. Who was this girl?

Blue Silver Grass martial soul...

Could someone with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul cultivate to over level thirty at twelve years old?

Could the girl before him be Ah Yin?

Ye Xunfeng's pupils contracted slightly. That meant the timeline was still early.

"Little beauty, us brothers don't want to hurt you..." The leading soul master rubbed his hands together and deliberately made a grabbing motion through the air.

"Don't go too far." The girl's face was filled with anger, though a faint trace of curiosity lingered in her eyes. Her Blue Silver Grass martial soul fully manifested, and two yellow and one purple soul rings slowly rose from beneath her feet.

"Heh, not a bad soul ring configuration. You look like some noble young lady too. I wonder what a young miss tastes like. But this is Sunset Forest. Even if you scream your throat raw, no one will know!" the leading soul master said with an excited, wild laugh.

At the same time, he released his martial soul.

It was an earth dog martial soul. His already unsightly face became even more lecherous, while four soul rings rose beneath his feet: one white, two yellow, and one purple.

Soul Ancestor.

Seeing that their leader had released his martial soul, the hunting party members joined in as well. White and yellow soul rings rose beneath their feet.

They were the type to instantly follow their leader into a fight.

The next moment, multicolored soul skills shot toward Ah Yin.

Ye Xunfeng clicked his tongue softly and gripped the Atlas Spear.

He observed where those soul skills would land, then threw his spear.

As the spear descended, silver Soul Power fell with it.

The silver Soul Power shielded Ah Yin in the middle, while everyone else was instantly blown away by the shockwave from the descending Atlas Spear, sent flying in all directions.

"Who the hell are you? Don't you know that I am the ruler of this Sunset Forest—" The earth dog soul master cursed furiously, but he stopped after only a few words. Terror filled his face, and his entire body trembled.

The Atlas Spear before Ah Yin slowly pulled itself free from the ground and floated into the air.

Seven soul rings appeared one after another.

Black, black, red, red, red, red, red.

Two black and five red!

Soul Saint!

"Spare me, my lord!" The earth dog soul master wet himself in terror, his voice trembling. He wanted to crawl up and kneel to kowtow, but the pressure held him in place, leaving him unable to move.

When Ah Yin saw the red soul rings, she subconsciously took a step back. A trace of fear appeared in her eyes, though it quickly vanished.

Ah Yin sensed that these hundred-thousand-year soul rings were strange, unlike ordinary soul rings. They contained neither souls nor resentment.

What was going on?

But it seemed that the owner of this spear had never hunted a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Ah Yin immediately let out a sigh of relief and lightly patted her chest.

The Atlas Spear tore through the air with a violent boom and returned to Ye Xunfeng's hand.

Everyone's gaze followed the Atlas Spear and landed on Ye Xunfeng.

The fifteen-year-old boy stood on a branch in a faded long robe, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

That tattered outfit could not conceal the youth's high spirits or his extraordinary bearing.

Ye Xunfeng lightly tapped the branch with his foot and descended before Ah Yin in a flash, slowly pulling her behind him.

"Spare you? This is Sunset Forest. Even if you scream your throat raw, no one will come to save you." Ye Xunfeng sneered, pointing the Atlas Spear at the earth dog soul master and his men.

Ah Yin looked at the boy before her with utter amazement, as if her eyes were about to turn into stars.

"Please, please, don't kill us. We have elders above us and children below us. We... we merely made a mistake in the heat of the moment..." The leading earth dog soul master begged in despair.

"You have elders and children? Heh, weren't the people you harmed the same?" Ye Xunfeng sneered, pressing the spear tip directly against the earth dog soul master's throat.

Ah Yin nervously grabbed Ye Xunfeng's worn sleeve, and an indescribable hesitation flashed through her eyes.

Ye Xunfeng paused for a moment, but he did not heed her.

The first soul ring on the Atlas Spear suddenly lit up. First soul skill: Sweeping Thousand Armies.

A ten-foot arc of white light extended before the spear. With one sweeping strike, blood splattered everywhere, and the entire hunting party died on the spot.

Blood splashed onto Ye Xunfeng's face, and faint streaks of blood marked his white clothes as well.

Ye Xunfeng gently wiped the blood from his face with his sleeve, then glanced at Ah Yin beside him.

"Hello, my name is Ye Xunfeng." After putting away his martial soul, Ye Xunfeng slowly extended a hand toward Ah Yin.

"This humble girl is Ah Yin. Thank you, benefactor, for saving my life." Ah Yin smiled as she took Ye Xunfeng's hand against the sunlight.

"No need to thank me. Whoever it had been today, I would have saved them." After a brief silence, Ye Xunfeng spoke calmly.

"But I still have to thank you. Can I travel with you? I... I have no home anymore." Ah Yin curled her hands before her chest and looked pitifully at Ye Xunfeng.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Xunfeng nodded.

Ah Yin was still a twelve-year-old girl after taking human form. It would be better to keep her within his sight. Although he did not need soul rings, she was the future mother of the Child of Fate.

He had to prepare for the worst.

Tang San...

Whether he liked Tang San or not was another matter. At present, his golden finger was not powerful enough to overturn everything, so he still needed to prepare for the worst.

Moreover, the fundamental reason Tang San had ultimately managed to overthrow Spirit Hall was the group of people in Spirit Hall who possessed astonishing wisdom.

If his second martial soul had not been an Angel, he would not have wanted to concern himself with Spirit Hall's problems. Because of his mother, he might even have become one of those who overthrew Spirit Hall.

But his martial soul was ultimately an Angel, and with it, his chances of becoming a god in the future were great. He only needed enough time and Power of Faith.

Then he absolutely could not allow Angel to become a symbol of evil...

After sorting through it all in his mind, Ye Xunfeng sighed. Forget it. The timeline is still early. There is still time for everything. I'll take it one step at a time.