Ye Guyi's Breakthrough

Just as Xiao Xiao was suffering terribly from the process of absorbing the soul ring, a sweet, refreshing sensation suddenly reached her lips.

As that sweet taste passed through her lips and registered in her mind, Xiao Xiao's nose also caught a faint, delicate fragrance.

Unable to open her eyes, she acted entirely on instinct and ate that small piece of golden apple flesh.

At once, Xiao Xiao felt a warm current begin in her esophagus, travel all the way into her dantian, then flow back out from her dantian to nourish every corner of her body.

Lin Yao watched as Xiao Xiao's complexion gradually improved, and he finally let out a breath of relief.

Although his Enchanted Golden Apple Martial Soul had not yet been given a soul ring, he could still take out its lower-grade form, an ordinary golden apple, as a basic ability.

The effects of an ordinary golden apple were much weaker, but it was still enough to deal with the pain caused by Xiao Xiao absorbing a soul ring.

After swallowing that piece of golden apple flesh, Xiao Xiao's subsequent fusion went much more smoothly. It was not until sunset that she finally opened her eyes.

By then, piled up beside Lin Yao were the skinned corpses of three wolf-type soul beasts and one soul beast that looked similar to a lynx.

Those four things had tried to attack Xiao Xiao and Lin Yao in two separate waves, but Lin Yao had dealt with them with ease.

Lin Yao had also thought the pelts of those wolves were pretty good, so he planned to take them back as a small gift for his old man.

Although the Lin Mansion was not lacking in such things at all, something he had hunted himself carried a different meaning after all.

As long as it did not affect his fundamental interests, Lin Xueli was still quite a romantic person.

"Brother Yao, what's this?" After Xiao Xiao opened her eyes and saw the four corpses, she could not help but freeze for a moment. Lin Yao simply explained.

"They came asking for trouble with no sense."

Xiao Xiao nodded. Although she had made a small disclaimer earlier when they were hunting, at heart, she was not some saintly type who resisted soul hunting either.

Xiao Xiao moved her head a little, then said to Lin Yao, "Oh right, Brother Yao, when I was awakening my martial soul just now, that strange feeling—was that you?"

Lin Yao nodded, then leaned against a nearby tree and said, "Yeah. I remembered I had something useful with me. As long as it helped you absorb the soul ring, that's good."

Xiao Xiao nodded, then looked at the new purple soul ring beneath her feet and said to Lin Yao, "With this, it can be considered making up for part of the deficit in my soul rings."

Xiao Xiao nodded. The sky was already dark, so the two of them naturally did not choose to rush back overnight. Instead, they made do for the night in that bat's cave.

This kind of bat was different from ordinary bats. It loved cleanliness, so there was almost no strange odor in the entire cave dwelling, and there was nothing filthy on the ground.

The two sat there for the night, and the next day, they boarded a carriage back to Shrek.

However, when Lin Yao had just returned to Shrek Academy and had not even stayed for a full day, Ye Guyi came looking for him.

The aura around Ye Guyi seemed somewhat different now. She spun once in front of Lin Yao and said, "How is it? Don't you think I seem a little more energetic?"

Lin Yao knew Ye Guyi would not say something for no reason. Hearing her say that, he immediately narrowed his eyes and studied her appearance. After a while, he said, "Don't tell me you've broken through to Soul Ancestor too?"

Ye Guyi flashed Lin Yao a victory sign, stuck out her tongue, and said to him, "That's right. This young lady has successfully broken through to Soul Ancestor too!"

Lin Yao scratched his head and asked in some surprise, "That's not right, is it? We were only gone for a few days, and you broke through by more than one rank, all the way to rank forty? How is that possible?"

Ye Guyi smiled playfully at Lin Yao, then said to him, "You wouldn't believe it if I told you. It was seriously thrilling."

Lin Yao sat to the side, took a sip of water, and said to Ye Guyi, "Nothing that happens in Shrek Academy would be strange, so just go ahead and tell me. I'm already prepared to hear any kind of news."

Ye Guyi smiled, then began recounting her brief little legendary experience.

It turned out that on the very night Lin Yao had left Shrek Academy to go soul hunting with Xiao Xiao, Ye Guyi had received a letter written in handwriting very similar to Lin Yao's.

Calling it a letter was not quite right. It was actually a small note with a slightly ambiguous tone. The general meaning was that he wanted to invite Ye Guyi to meet outside Shrek Academy.

Although Ye Guyi had been somewhat puzzled, she had still chosen to go.

Just as she walked out of Shrek Academy and arrived at a small empty area between Shrek Academy and Shrek City...

Two figures suddenly sprang out from the grass. They were two Soul Ancestor-level Evil Soul Masters.

Ye Guyi had been startled at the time, but she immediately possessed her Holy Angel Martial Soul and fought them.

Against pure Evil Soul Masters, the Holy Angel Martial Soul was still extremely wheelchair.

When Ye Guyi released her Holy Light, it not only drew the attention of the defensive forces on both the Shrek Academy and Shrek City sides, but also dispelled most of the effects of those two Evil Soul Masters' soul skills.

In the end, despite being ambushed and fighting one against two, Ye Guyi killed one in return and heavily injured the other, who fled.

The evil power within the Soul Ancestor-level Evil Soul Master she killed was evolved by Ye Guyi's Holy Angel, pushing the Soul Power inside Ye Guyi's body up to rank forty.

By the time Lin Yao heard this, he had already stood up. He took Ye Guyi by the wrist and looked her over. "You weren't hurt, were you?"

Ye Guyi shook her head, then said to Lin Yao, "Those two Evil Soul Masters' methods were just so-so. The only thing worth paying attention to here is how he managed to imitate your handwriting."

Lin Yao frowned, then said to Ye Guyi, "That really does need to be investigated. After I became a prince of the Dou Ling Empire, I did sign my name on some occasions, but being able to imitate my handwriting from just those few characters really is somewhat unusual."

Ye Guyi shrugged, then said to Lin Yao, "That doesn't matter anymore. I reported this situation to the academy, so they should conduct some investigation as well. With Shrek Academy's resources, if they look into it, the truth should come out very soon."

Lin Yao gave a small snort, then said to Ye Guyi, "That's not necessarily true. Shrek's intelligence capabilities have always been wildly inconsistent."

However, this time, Lin Yao really had been unfairly taking shots at them, because the very next day, he and Ye Guyi were summoned by Du Weilun to the year department office.

Du Weilun looked at Lin Yao and Ye Guyi, then had them sit down. After bringing over two cups of tea, he said, "The handwriting incident has already been investigated clearly."

Lin Yao and Ye Guyi looked at Du Weilun, while Du Weilun explained unhurriedly...