Forbidden Relationship

One month later, in the center of the Ye clan's territory in Hundred Flowers Valley, under the ancient crabapple tree.

Ling Yi's right hand, "Azure Wood Blue Silver Emperor," shone brightly, and the "Blue Silver Domain" was fully activated. His left hand rested lightly on a "Blue Silver Grass" that was interwoven with red, blue, and black colors.

Time passed second by second, and a wisp of emerald green light was drawn out from the mutated "Blue Silver Grass" like a thread, and Ling Yi took it into his palm, eventually guiding it into the "Azure Wood Blue Silver Emperor" in his right palm.

At a certain moment, the verdant glow stopped emanating, and the color of the mutated "Blue Silver Grass" underwent a significant change. Of the original three colors of red, blue, and black, the blue and red gradually faded, and the area occupied by black began to spread and expand at a visible speed until almost every blade of grass was stained with black, leaving only a few red and blue patterns.

With his nostrils twitching, Ling Yi sniffed the faint, sweet scent emanating from the "Blue Silver Grass" that had turned "pitch black." His eyes flashed as he immediately assessed the strength of the toxins contained in this mutated "Blue Silver Grass."

"It's roughly on par with the ten-year-old 'Heartbreak Grass'~" Ling Yi, stroking his chin.

Shaking his head, Ling Yi glanced at the towering, ancient crabapple tree beside him, then waved his hand to collect the mutated "Blue Silver Grass" with its pot into his "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse," before turning and walking toward the front courtyard of the Ye clan's territory.

"What?! You... Master Ling, you're leaving?!"

Half an hour later, in a spacious hall, Ye Juhong looked at Ling Yi, who had come looking for her, with a surprised expression.

"Yes~" Ling Yi nodded in response, a hint of apology on his face, and smiled, "I have been a bother to your residence for some time now, and it is time for me to leave—"

"Really..." Ye Juhong's face lit up with joy at first, but it quickly turned to regret. She tried to keep her voice down and said softly, "What a pity. I was thinking of having the clan leader and that girl Lingyun consult Master Ling for some medical knowledge—"

"Then, shall I stay for two more days? To explain medical principles to Clan Chief Ye and Lingyun?" As he spoke, Ling Yi's lips curled up slightly, looking at Ye Juhong with a half-smile.

"This... cough cough... that won't be necessary..." Ye Juhong coughed lightly twice tactically, a smile that was both awkward and polite on her face, "Master Ling is very busy, how could I dare to take up your time for a little personal desire?"

"It's alright~" Ling Yi's smile widened, and he said unhurriedly, "Lingyun City is now on the right track, so whether I'm here or not doesn't matter. It's only a couple of days anyway..."

Ye Juhong: "..."

"Hehe—" Ling Yi chuckled as he looked at Ye Juhong's increasingly forced smile, shook his head, and said, "Alright, enough joking. I really must take my leave now."

"Madam Ye, if the Ye Family needs anything in the future, please feel free to come to Lingyun City to find me, or leave a message at any of the Green Wood Merchant Association shops on the continent. It will be delivered to me within three days."

Leaving behind a promise, Ling Yi said nothing more, turned and walked out of the hall. He nodded to Chen Xin, who had just arrived, and the two walked side by side towards the Ye clan's territory.

As they walked, Chen Xin handed Ling Yi a silver metal box that was about a foot long and two inches high and wide.

Ling Yi took the box, his other hand lightly stroking the engraved patterns on the lid, and asked, "How has Daxiong been these past two days?"

Chen Xin's gaze swept over the metal box, and her eyes held an indescribable strangeness as she looked at Ling Yi. She replied, "It's alright. I can wake up for an hour every day, and my eating, drinking, and relieving myself are just right."

"Hmm~" Ling Yi looked down at the metal box in his hand and smiled, "Not bad. This means that his digestive system, such as his stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, has returned to normal. We can start repairing his heart, lungs, and kidneys next."

I have a feeling you're using him as Xiao Bai in your experiments—

Looking at Ling Yi's genuinely bright smile, Chen Xin silently complained in her heart.

During this time, Chen Xin witnessed firsthand how many so-called treatment surgeries Ling Yi performed on Mo Yuxiong. If Mo Yuxiong's body hadn't actually been improving step by step, Chen Xin would have even suspected that Ling Yi was conducting some kind of Evil forbidden technique research.

Noticing Chen Xin's strange expression, Ling Yi quickly guessed what he was thinking after a moment's thought, and a faint smile flashed in his eyes.

As a super Healing System Soul Master whose healing ability is second to none in the current Douluo Continent, Chen Xin can responsibly tell him that he has indeed conducted a lot of experiments on Mo Yuxiong.

However, with Ling Yi's strength, firstly, he could completely guarantee Mo Yuxiong's Life, and secondly, Mo Yuxiong himself could gain quite a few benefits from these experiments.

Without going into too much detail, just taking the digestive system mentioned earlier as an example, under Ling Yi's experimental modifications, Mo Yuxiong's digestive ability is more than ten times stronger than before!

To put it in a more fantastical way, from now on, even if Mo Yuxiong eats radishes, he will have the effect of ginseng!

Mo Yuxiong's previous situation mainly involved using the "Blood Explosion Technique," burning his own Qi and Blood to the extreme in exchange for a super burst of power in just three breaths.

The price of such an extreme burst of energy was that Mo Yuxiong not only burned away all his Qi and Blood, but also suffered severe damage to his internal organs, skin, meridians, acupoints, and so on, leaving them riddled with holes.

It's like Mo Yuxiong insisting on pouring out decades of savings in a short period of time through a small water pipe that's only two centimeters in diameter, which naturally causes the small pipe to burst.

It didn't shatter immediately because the dozens of Guard Team used "Abundant Vitality" together, using their immense life force as an adhesive to barely save Mo Yuxiong's small water pipe.

However, the cracks that have already appeared cannot be completely healed by these forces of life. Once the time limit has passed, what is destined to be lost will always be quietly left behind regardless of human will, just like the elderly and infants who have no ability to take care of themselves.

Those who frequently engage in handicrafts know that the consequences of excessive energy expenditure are severe, ranging from physical weakness and mental fatigue to death from exhaustion.

In this situation, Ling Yi's first priority was to revitalize the internal organs of Mo Yuxiong, this "elderly" man.

As the saying goes, "Medicinal supplements are not as good as dietary supplements, and dietary supplements are not as good as qi supplements."

While saying "every medicine has some degree of toxicity" might seem like a dismissive approach to discussing toxicity without considering dosage, the underlying principle is similar.

Diet is the most important way for humans to obtain energy for survival.

Many years ago, when Ling Yi's family was relatively poor, he was already thinking about how to eat more and better to provide his body with more nutrients for growth and development.

At that moment, Ling Yi thought of the "Six Vaults Immortal Thief," one of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques in " Under the Outcast," and also of the "Primordial Python Swallowing Stars Record" created by Grand Commander Chen Ang in "World of Projection of the Heavens," both of which are super treasures that foodies dream of.

Unfortunately, Ling Yi lacked sufficient foundation and knowledge at that time to create secret techniques similar to these two precious arts.

Later, as Ling Yi created his own body-forging technique, he gradually strengthened his physique, and his internal organs became stronger day by day. His digestive ability also improved accordingly, so he no longer craved secret methods to strengthen his digestive system.

With so many cultivation-related topics, plus the Martial Soul and Soul Beast knowledge to learn, the Soul Skill to deduce, as well as cultivating Soul Power, tempering the body, maintaining interpersonal relationships, and so on, Ling Yi had a lot of time to spare, so some secondary topics were naturally put aside for the time being.

Now, it's a perfect opportunity. While researching the "Limited Life" attribute hidden within the "Nine Heart Begonia" bloodline, I'm taking some time to treat Mo Yuxiong, which is a way to clear my head.

Now that Ling Yi has rebuilt Mo Yuxiong's digestive system, the food and medicine he eats can be absorbed to the maximum extent in the shortest time, basically maintaining a balance with the energy leaking out of the body.

As long as he eats regularly, it's almost as if Mo Yuxiong has several One-Ring Soul Master with him, casting the "Abundant Vitality" Soul Skill on him. Once Ling Yi repairs his "little water pipe" and stops leaking energy, Mo Yuxiong's cultivation will inevitably enter a period of rapid improvement.

In addition, compared to Soul Power cultivation, a strong digestive ability is more suitable for enhancing body tempering, achieving twice the result with half the effort!

When Ling Yi and Chen Xin returned to Lingyun City, it was already the end of the year 2624 of the Douluo Calendar, and the new Lingyun Annual Auction was about to take place.

Before returning, Ling Yi, accompanied by Chen Xin, first went to the increasingly cold northern lands of the [Heaven Dou Empire] to meet with Shui Qingyue and Lan Lan, and to soothe their guilt and anxiety.

In addition, within the Ice Seal Forest, plants are transplanted and a soul-guiding array is set up to draw the cold currents from the Land of the Far North to specific nodes, thus stimulating the growth of young "Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass".

Of course, in addition to "Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass", there are also a series of specialty herbs from high-altitude and cold regions, such as "Snow Ginseng", "Ice Spirit Ice Spirit Iris", "Snow Lotus", "Cordyceps sinensis", etc., which are thriving in the "Ice Spirit Lands" planned by Ling Yi.

While the annual auction was about to take place in Lingyun City, a meeting was underway at the Skywater Academy in Skywater City, thousands of miles away.

"Smack!"

Lan Lan slammed her hand on the conference table in front of her, her almond-shaped eyes widening as she stared directly at the middle-aged beauty seated at the head of the table. Without any politeness, she asked, "Dean, just tell me straight: do you agree with Qingyue and my proposal or not?!"

The middle-aged beauty is the dean of the Skywater Academy, named Lan Yue, Martial Soul "Snowflake" and who is an 83rd-level Control System Soul Douluo.

Of course, she also has another identity: Lan Lan's mother.

Seeing her daughter's relentless and determined attitude, Lan Yue narrowed her phoenix eyes. Although she was sitting, she gave Lan Lan, who was standing there, the illusion of being looked down upon from above, and her eyes unconsciously wandered.

Seeing that Lan Lan's momentum had weakened by three points, Lan Yue smiled faintly, "Before asking me whether I agree or not, I'd like to know first whether this suggestion is your own idea or influenced by others?"

Not long ago, Lan Lan and her best friend Shui Qingyue suddenly approached her mother and proposed to select the most talented and powerful students in the academy to form the "Skywater Academy Team". Then, the two of them would lead the team to travel Douluo Continent and challenge the Great Soul Fighting Arena in various cities on the continent.

Lan Yue, as the dean of the Skywater Academy, was actually happy to see this happen.

But the fact that this suggestion came from Lan Lan, and that she also brought up the usually quiet Shui Qingyue, made Lan Yue curious.

Lan Yue's intuition told her that her daughter and Shui Qingyue must have gone through something to suddenly make this suggestion.

Recalling how Lan Lan had taken her early spoils—the 17,000-year-old "Bursting Scarlet Flame Right Leg Bone"—to Lingyun City for that year's auction, in exchange for a 21,000-year-old "Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone," and her increasingly frequent use of "Soul Storage Crystal" to collect the Soul Power of ice-attribute Martial Soul Master in the academy, Lan Yue knew that her daughter must have made some kind of deal with Lingyun City.

In recent years, Lan Yue, as the dean, has gradually relinquished power, entrusting all affairs of the Skywater Academy to her daughter, Lan Lan, in order to cultivate her daughter's management skills. She is ready to hand over the position of dean of the Skywater Academy to Lan Lan once Lan Lan's strength breaks through to the Seven-Ring Soul Sage.

But Lan Yue knew that although her daughter was now thirty-two years old, because she spent most of her time cultivating, her mind was no different from that of an ordinary teenage or twenty-year-old girl, and even more innocent.

In this respect, Lan Lan may not be as good as Shui Qingyue. Don't be fooled by Shui Qingyue's quiet and gentle appearance, which seems like a naive and innocent girl. Lan Yue can see very clearly that beneath Shui Qingyue's quiet exterior lies a crystal-clear heart that can easily see through a person's hidden thoughts.

As the dean of the Skywater Academy, Lan Yue knows all the teachers in the academy very well, including her childhood sweethearts Shui Qingyue and Bing Le.

Lan Yue's assessment of Bing Le is: fierce in appearance but timid in reality, with many unpredictable thoughts, always looking for something better, yet lacking a clear understanding of her own abilities.

From Lan Yue's perspective, Bing Le is not a good match. If he were to marry Shui Qingyue, he would most likely stop treasuring Shui Qingyue after a while. Lan Yue wouldn't be surprised if he were to be involved with other women during Shui Qingyue's pregnancy and childbirth.

However, Shui Qingyue was quite stubborn in the past. Because of their childhood friendship, she was always very tolerant of Bing Le, silently enduring even knowing about his personality flaws. As an outsider, Lan Yue naturally couldn't interfere in such private matters of the heart and could only let things take their course.

But a few years ago, for some reason, Shui Qingyue seemed to suddenly have an epiphany and began to keep her distance from Bing Le.

Lan Yue was naturally happy to see this happen, but she had privately inquired about it with her daughter Lan Lan. Lan Lan only said that Shui Qingyue had figured it out on her own, so Lan Yue did not pursue the matter further.

Later, a taboo rumor suddenly spread among the Skywater Academy about Shui Qingyue and Lan Lan, which made Lan Yue take it to heart.

Although Lan Yue had become estranged from Lan Lan's father in her early years, which made her no longer believe in love, it did not mean that she could accept her daughter going astray.

Therefore, Lan Yue secretly observed her daughter and Shui Qingyue's every move many times.

Fortunately, the final result relieved Lan Yue; the two women had only a normal sisterly relationship and there was no forbidden relationship as rumored.

However, upon further observation, Lan Yue discovered another matter that she had to take seriously: the two women's contact with the [Green Wood Merchant Association] seemed to be too frequent.