This faint, wretched, and even infinitely humble and pleading female voice echoed in Ling Xuqing's mind.
Ling Xuqing's movement of absorbing soul power paused slightly.
He looked down at the Blue Silver Grass in his hand, which swayed in the moonlight and emitted a faint blue glow, a mocking and cold sneer curling the corners of his lips.
"We've reached this point, and you're still thinking about your Brother Hao?"
Ling Xuqing's voice rang out in the silent dead of night, carrying a playfulness and coldness that saw through everything.
"You two really have a deep bond. It's just a pity I don't know if he loves you as much as you think he does!"
Hearing Ling Xuqing's words, the female voice in his mind shuddered violently, as if it had been pierced hard by an invisible needle.
"You... what do you mean?"
A Yin's voice was filled with confusion and a trace of instinctive fear.
Ling Xuqing did not answer immediately. Instead, he squatted down, his slender fingers gently flicking the dilapidated Blue Silver Grass in the flowerpot.
"What do I mean? I mean that this cross-species romance you are so proud of was nothing more than a long-planned calculation."
Ling Xuqing's voice was not loud, but every word struck at the heart.
"Why did you take human form? To become a god, to protect your Blue Silver clan, right? But what was the result? You left the Star Dou Great Forest, abandoned the faith and offerings of the Blue Silver Valley, and ran to the human world to play at love with a man."
"You told him you were a 100,000-year soul beast in human form. You thought it was trust, true love. But in Tang Hao's eyes, what was that? It was a priceless voucher for a 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone!"
"No... that's not it! You're lying!" A Yin's voice rose sharply, filled with hysterical collapse. "Brother Hao isn't that kind of person! He even gave up the Haotian Sect for me! He blocked the pursuit of Spirit Hall for me time and time again; he would even give his life for me!"
"Yes, he would even give his life, so you gave your life to him, didn't you?"
Ling Xuqing chuckled, his tone full of pity and mockery.
"Think carefully. After you left the Blue Silver Valley, how did the people from Spirit Hall find you so accurately? Once is a coincidence, twice is a coincidence, but is it a coincidence every single time?"
"As the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor, even a Limit Douluo couldn't see through your true form after you reached maturity. Besides you, who else knew you were a 100,000-year soul beast in human form?"
"Besides Tang Hao, who else would leak your whereabouts to Spirit Hall?"
"Boom--"
Ling Xuqing's words were like a divine thunder from the nine heavens, striking deep into A Yin's soul.
A Yin felt as if she had been struck by lightning, her entire body trembling uncontrollably.
She tried desperately to deny it, to cover her ears and refuse to listen, but those details she had once deliberately ignored now crawled out from the abyss of her memory like poisonous snakes, strangling her neck.
Yes... besides Tang Hao, who else knew her true identity?
It was she who told him everything; it was she who exposed her most fatal weakness to him!
"Impossible... it's impossible..." A Yin's voice grew weaker and weaker, filled with endless despair and self-doubt.
"How is it impossible?" Ling Xuqing continued to twist the knife coldly. "Tang Hao is one of the Twin Stars of the Haotian Sect, the brother of the Yuexuan master in Heaven Dou City, and his father is the ninety-nine-level Limit Douluo Tang Chen. If he really wanted to protect you, wouldn't it have been better to take you back to the Haotian Sect? Why did he have to take you into hiding?"
"Even if he didn't return to the Haotian Sect, with Tang Hao's methods, if he truly wanted to hide you, Spirit Hall wouldn't necessarily have been able to find you. But why were you accurately surrounded and killed every time?"
"Finally, just when he needed a ninth soul ring, Qian Xunji's siege came, followed immediately by your sacrifice."
"Isn't all of this obvious enough? From the very beginning, Tang Hao treated you as a stepping stone for him to break through to level ninety and obtain a 100,000-year soul ring!"
"Ah--!!!"
A heart-wrenching scream exploded in Ling Xuqing's mind.
A Yin's faith, the love she had held onto for six years, was torn to shreds by Ling Xuqing in the most cruel way at this moment!
"Why... why..."
"I just wanted to love someone... I just wanted to have a home..."
"Why did he treat me like this..."
A Yin's voice completely collapsed, turning into endless wailing and howling.
She felt life was no longer worth living; she felt her soul was bleeding. The pain of being betrayed and used by the person she loved most was ten thousand times more painful than being forced into a dead end by Qian Xunji back then.
Looking at the Blue Silver Grass in his hand, its light completely dimmed and nearly withered from extreme grief, Ling Xuqing felt not a shred of pity.
He shook his head coldly.
"Human nature cannot withstand the test. Especially not the temptation of a 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone."
"Your naivety harmed yourself, and it harmed your people."
After speaking, Ling Xuqing ignored the soul fluctuations in his mind that had fallen into complete silence and despair.
He took a deep breath, his hands exerted force, and he pressed the dilapidated Blue Silver Grass, along with the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone that emitted a lustrous blue light, hard against his own chest!
"Since your heart is already dead, then become my nourishment!"
"Boom--"
In an instant, an extremely vast and pure force of life essence poured into Ling Xuqing's body like a burst dam!
The essence of the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor, combined with the essence of the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, was forcibly refined and absorbed at this moment by the overbearing and peerless blood energy of the Golden Dragon King!
"Crack, crack, crack--"
Ling Xuqing's body emitted bursts of crisp bone-growth sounds.
That gentle and long-lasting life force formed a perfect complement to the violent destructive power of the Golden Dragon King within his body.
His skin became fairer and more delicate, emitting a faint luster like mutton-fat jade; his features also became more refined and three-dimensional. His already handsome face now possessed an added charm, a blend of the eerie and the sacred.
He had become more handsome, and more perfect.
At the same time, the soul power within him began to soar wildly!
Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen... twenty!
After breaking through the level twenty bottleneck, his soul power reached the peak of level twenty before slowly calming down.
At six years old, he was at the peak of level twenty; he only needed to absorb one soul ring to become a true Great Spirit Master.
Not only that, but the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had also completely merged into his right leg.
Ling Xuqing stood up, feeling the surging power within his body, and a satisfied arc curled his lips.
"Flight is useless to me; with the Dragon Wings, I can fly on my own."
"However, this rich life-healing power is a life-saving divine skill!"
With this life-healing power, combined with the terrifying physical body of the Golden Dragon King, he could walk sideways across the Douluo Continent!
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