Eliminating Their Presence

Ling Yi and Dugu Xin did not stay at the Ninth Prince Xue Xing's residence for long; they took their leave after a little over an hour.

Although Xue Xing invited Ling Yi to stay for lunch several times, Ling Yi declined each time, citing his new arrival in Heaven Dou City and being preoccupied with trivial matters.

After bidding farewell to Xue Xing, who had escorted him to the entrance of the Prince's residence, Ling Yi did not choose to return to the small courtyard in the east of the city, but instead headed straight for the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena in the city.

After meeting up with Ah Yin and Yang Shelly, who had arrived earlier, Ling Yi and the other three, led by Dugu Xin, strolled around the various arenas of the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena.

During this period, Ah Yin and Yang Shelly each signed up for one-on-one singles Soul Fighting and formed a doubles team called "Kusanagi Team" to sign up for two-on-two Soul Fighting.

Despite having only recently broken through to the Soul Ancestor realm and currently possessing only level 42 Soul Power, the two women easily secured victories in both one-on- Soul Fighting and two-on-two Soul Fighting. Whether their opponents were level 48 or 49, their battles could be described as utterly devastating.

In this world where Martial Soul amplify skills and each Soul Ring has a skill slot, Ling Yi's "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Fist" is a secret technique sufficient to establish a sect.

Self-Created Soul Skill is something not everyone can possess.

The protagonist Tang San in the original novel not only inherited the "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record", but throughout the entire text, there are very few Self-Created Soul Skill that are clearly recorded. The more famous ones are the "Clear Sky Nine Absolutes" of the Clear Sky Sect, the "Iron Forging Hand" of the Strength Clan, and the "Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes" by Feng Xiaotian, who is a disgrace to the Innate Full Soul Power user.

Other techniques include the blacksmith's "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" and the Ning Family's secret technique "Heart Separation Control" from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Although they do not involve Soul Power, the former relies on physical strength, while the latter focuses on mental power. Both are methods that are sufficient for a faction to establish itself.

Ling Yi's "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Fist Style" has nearly twenty fist styles, which are also nearly twenty Soul Skill, in its initial and upgraded versions.

Among these, the basic version of the fist stance is of average power, equivalent only to a white Soul Ring Soul Skill, but the upgraded version of the fist stance, with the resulting amplification, already possesses the power of a hundred-year-old Soul Skill.

Not to mention, the most important thing about practicing these boxing stances is to strengthen one's physique. Under Ling Yi's special training, Yang Shelly and Ah Yin, both Tool Martial Soul Master, have physiques that are no weaker than those of Beast Martial Soul Master of the same level.

After completing the victory points registration, accompanied by the two smiling women, the four of them left the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena and headed towards the small courtyard in the east of the city.

On the way, Dugu Xin led the way quickly, keeping a distance of several meters from the three people behind him.

It wasn't that Ling Yi and Yang Shelly didn't know the way; rather, with one man and two women behind them, Dugu Xin always felt superfluous and very uncomfortable.

"If I had known, I would have sent Brother Yin and Brother Xin instead," Dugu Xin thought to himself.

Time flew by, and five days soon followed.

Ling Yi did not waste these five days. Instead, he used his old acquaintances in the Heaven Dou Border Army, such as Ai'er Timosi, Lian Lai'en, and even Long Long, to visit many people in Heaven Dou City.

Although the status of these people was not as noble as that of the Ninth Prince Xue Xing at the beginning, when they were put together, they formed a network of relationships that was quite influential in Heaven Dou City and even the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

Of course, over the past few days, Ling Yi has only become somewhat familiar with these people; he can't say they have a friendly relationship, let alone leverage their influence.

But none of this mattered to Ling Yi. All he needed was a stepping stone.

Sometimes, the difficulty of accomplishing the same thing is completely different for someone inside a circle versus someone outside of it.

Besides, for Ling Yi, dealing with people, building relationships, and even gradually becoming close friends is not an easy task, but it's certainly a piece of cake.

On the evening of the seventh day after Ling Yi arrived in Heaven Dou City, Dugu Bo finally returned from Sunset Forest.

Upon meeting, Dugu Bo sent Nie Rong to guard the outside of the courtyard and also sent Qingqiu Xin and the other two, as well as Yang Shelly and the other two women, to their respective rooms.

In the small courtyard hall, only Ling Yi, Dugu Xin, and Dugu Bo remained.

"Senior, with such a grand entourage, it seems you have something quite important to say?"

Ling Yi glanced at the doors and windows that had just been closed, and said to Dugu Bo with a smile.

Dugu Bo didn't pay attention. He first closed his eyes, mobilized his Soul Power to amplify his five senses, and pretended to listen carefully, sensing the various movements around him.

After a while, he opened his eyes and whispered, "Hmm, no one is spying on us within a radius of 300 meters."

Seeing this, Ling Yi remained unmoved, his gaze sweeping from Dugu Bo to the few "Blue Silver Grass" on the windowsill behind him. He sensed the 'spiritual light' that had been ignited within his mind belonging to the "Blue Silver Grass," adding in his mind, "No one is spying within a radius of three thousand meters."

Then, thinking of Ah Yin in the bedroom not far away, she added, "Except for Ah Yin."

Clearly, Ah Yin, as the human form of the 100,000-year-old "Blue Silver Emperor," is still superior to Ling Yi in terms of controlling the "Blue Silver Grass."

Therefore, not to mention that Ling Yi had no intention of blocking Ah Yin's senses at this moment, even if there were some things that he didn't want Ah Yin to know, he would need to make many preparations to conceal them.

Just like the "Bloodthirsty Blue Silver Grass" that parasitized the Fallen Soul King Ming He.

As an aside, during his nearly one year at Mountain Sea Estate, Ling Yi has found an effective solution to the Soul Beast aura on himself and Ah Yin.

This plan is actually no different from the previous one. Basically, it relies on the two of them to enter Martial Soul Fusion Skill state, with Ling Yi absorbing the Soul Beast aura of "Blue Silver Emperor" from Ah Yin, Ah Yin absorbing the human aura from Ling Yi.

What truly allows Ling Yi to travel freely with Ah Yin throughout the Douluo Continent, and even to the capital city of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City, is that as Ling Yi's strength has increased, his mental power has also made significant progress, and his control over the aura of Soul Beast has become much more refined.

It can be said that after performing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the "Blue Silver Emperor" aura on Ah Yin's body will disappear for more than half a month. To be on the safe side, Ah Yin would perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ling Yi every ten days or so, under the guise of helping Ling Yi comprehend the "Blue Silver Domain".

That's right, Ah Yin still believes that all of this was done under her direction.

Ling Yi was naturally happy to let Ah Yin continue to misunderstand, and simply controlled his "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul to absorb the aura of the "Blue Silver Emperor" and accelerate the speed of his origin transformation.

The next chapter is being written and should be released before midnight.