The Maiden Ah Yin

Lobby on the first floor of the Blacksmith Association.

As Ling Yi stepped out of the stairwell, he was greeted by a bustling scene that was still teeming with people.

"Laikenasi, the little girl you mentioned, did she go shopping?" Ling Yi turned to the blond youth beside him and asked gently.

Laikenasi, Martial Soul "Black Iron Hammer," is a rising star in the Blacksmith Association. At only twenty-five years old, he is already Blacksmith and a level twenty-seven, Two-Ring Grand Soul Master.

Just now, Laikenasi went up to the fifth floor and knocked on Ling Yi's No. 3 foundry, telling Ling Yi that a little girl downstairs was looking for him, specifically asking for his name.

"Probably not?" Laikenasi looked around, his words tinged with hesitation. "I told her not to wander around..."

Ling Yi, his gaze sweeping around, caught a glimpse of a blue figure out of the corner of his eye in the metal section, but quickly looked away and turned back to the finished product area, silently thinking, "She's here."

Just then, a voice rang out from the crowd not far away. "Ling Yi—!"

The voice was like a gentle breeze, soft and refreshing. Apart from Ling Yi and Laikenasi, many people around instinctively looked in the direction of the sound.

Upon seeing her, almost everyone's eyes lit up – what a beautiful young woman with bright, lovely eyes and snow-white skin!

The girl had bright, clear eyes, sparkling like stars, and shoulder-length, azure hair. While she lacked some feminine softness, she possessed a vibrant energy, youthful and beautiful, standing out vividly before my eyes.

As the girl stepped out from the crowd and approached step by step, Ling Yi looked her up and down after she stopped a few steps away. He then tilted his head slightly and tentatively asked, "Little brother Ah Yin?"

"Hehe~"

A silvery laugh rang out. The girl bit her red lips, her bright eyes curving into crescents. She twirled in front of Ling Yi and asked with a smile, "Still calling me 'little brother'—?"

Ling Yi, being very accommodating, showed a surprised and embarrassed expression.

For a specific scene, you can refer to the first time Guo Jing saw Huang Rong in women's clothing, except that the male lead's appearance is several levels higher, making the scene more beautiful.

Inside a VIP box in the auction area on the fourth floor.

Ling Yi's gaze swept gently over Ah Yin, who was wearing a blue gauze dress, and a hint of amazement appeared on his face. Ah Yin, who noticed this, couldn't help but feel a little happy and proud.

It should be noted that during the previous two weeks of travel together, because of Ah Yin's earlier secret spying, although Ling Yi did not speak coldly or give her a bad look like Yang Shelly did on the surface, his politeness towards Ah Yin's "little brother" was full of distance and wariness.

As time passed, two days before arriving in Gengxin City, Ling Yi lowered his guard slightly and began to show some familiarity with the presence of Ah Yin's "little brother".

As Ah Yin bid farewell outside the city and left alone, Ling Yi finally lowered his guard and expressed his wish to see Ah Yin again.

In Ah Yin's view, her previous decision to stay outside the city was not only a cautious consideration to find out if there were any Soul Douluo- level or higher experts in ' Gengxin City ', but also a strategic retreat aimed at dispelling Ling Yi's wariness of her and the unpleasant feeling he had after their initial unpleasant meeting.

Now, seeing Ling Yi's expression upon their reunion, Ah Yin felt a sense of accomplishment, as if her plan had succeeded and she had successfully captured Ling Yi's smugness.

"A graceful young girl of thirteen or so, like a budding cardamom flower in early February," Ling Yi casually quoted a literary line.

Ah Yin: "???"

She blinked her bright eyes, too embarrassed to ask Ling Yi what those two sentences meant, so she could only try to understand them by breaking down the words and phrases herself.

"... Thirteen... budding cardamom..."

As her current human age flashed through her mind, along with a certain image that suddenly appeared, Ah Yin's pretty face instantly flushed pink, and she glared at Ling Yi fiercely.

Ling Yi: "???"

Feeling the piercing gaze directed at him, Ling Yi was initially bewildered. But having navigated the treacherous waters of the internet in his past life, rife with toxic personalities, he instantly understood Ah Yin's reading comprehension. It hadn't followed the line "a bud about to bloom on a branch in February," but rather veered off in an unspeakable direction...

Heaven have mercy, no matter how freak I, Ling Yi, am, I wouldn't go that far...

Ling Yi shook his head, his face showing a puzzled expression as if he didn't understand why Ah Yin had given him that "eye dagger".

"Cough!"

Ling Yi to break the awkward silence and said to Ah Yin, "Brother Ah Yin... um... I'm a few years older than you, may I call you 'little sister'?"

"Um."

Ah Yin nodded. Her feelings toward Ling Yi were quite complex, a mixture of curiosity, admiration, and closeness.

She is the Weiyi human besides herself who has cultivated the "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul to the Soul Elder, and may even cultivate it to the Soul Ancestor, Soul King, or even higher levels in the future!

She knows her own situation best. The reason she has achieved her current strength and realm is simply because she is the Soul Beast Transformation 100,000-year-old "Blue Silver Emperor" soul beast. No one knows the innate defects of the "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul better than she, as the "Blue Silver Emperor".

Therefore, from the moment she learned about Ling Yi, Ah Yin actually had the idea in her heart that she regarded Ling Yi as one of her own kind.

However, at the very beginning, Ah Yin viewed Ling Yi, this commoner, from the perspective of an "emperor," with a sense of looking down on him as if she were traveling incognito to observe the people's conditions.

But ever since Ling Yi first noticed her presence, and then pulled her out of the Soul Beast Forest, and discovered that Ling Yi had broken free from the innate suppression of his bloodline, and after that powerful speech, Ling Yi's image was no longer that of a 'commoner,' but a 'fellow' who was gradually moving to an equal position.

Over the course of more than half a month, not only did Ling Yi gradually lower his guard against Ah Yin, but Ah Yin also witnessed Ling Yi's genius and excellence step by step through their daily interactions. It was a completely different style from everyone else on the Douluo Continent.

Ah Yin simply uttered a "hmm," but her mind was racing with a thousand thoughts.

Ling Yi aware of the situation, remained outwardly calm, only casually flashing a pleased expression that pleased Ah Yin, before asking, "Ah Yin, is everything settled? Where did Wind Shadow go?"

"It's all done~" Ah Yin nodded again and said, "I found a deserted mountain forest, left Wind Shadow there, and came to find you—"

"I see~" Ling Yi said thoughtfully, "That makes sense. After all, Wind Shadow is a Soul Beast. Even though I deliberately chose some less crowded routes on our journey, we still inevitably encountered other people."

"And this ' Gengxin City ' is, after all, a large city. If you really bring Wind Shadow into the city, there's a high chance he'll be killed by those who covet his Soul Ring."

"With our current strength as Soul Elder, we don't even need any experts. If a Soul King comes along, neither we nor Wind Shadow would have the power to fight back—"

"The Soul King doesn't need the Wind Shadow's centuries-old Soul Ring, but he always has younger generations and nephews who need them..."

Ah Yin o((⊙⊙))o. "..."

My neck always feels cold.

Still writing. The first chapter will be at noon tomorrow, and the second chapter should be in the evening if all goes well.