Noisy footsteps.
Ye Lingling, who had been resting in her dormitory, heard the sounds outside from afar.
"Lingling!" Dugu Yan's voice rang out from outside.
Ye Lingling had just shaken off her light sleep when she heard Dugu Yan's voice at the door. She threw on an outer robe, got up, and opened the door. At a glance, she saw Shen Qingling and Gu Yuena in the courtyard and quickly bowed.
"Teacher Shen, Madam Shen."
Gu Yuena gave a slight nod, her expression calm. The Ye Family's rules were strict, and the daughter they had raised was indeed proper—neither servile nor overbearing.
Shen Qingling got straight to the point. "Lingling, I came today to tell you that I have a way to break the curse of the Nine-Heart Begonia line being passed down through only one heir."
Ye Lingling's entire body stiffened. The remnants of her drowsiness vanished in an instant. She abruptly looked up, her eyes filled with disbelief, even her fingertips trembling slightly.
"Teacher Shen... is what you said true?"
This curse had weighed upon the Ye Family for generations. Since childhood, she had been told that she could only have one child in the future, and that only one of mother and daughter could live to inherit the martial soul. She had even secretly thought that she would never marry in this life, so the next generation would not have to endure this suffering as well.
Dugu Yan nodded repeatedly at the side. "Don't worry, Lingling. You know how capable Teacher Shen is. He could even cure Grandpa Dugu's poison, so this definitely won't be a problem."
Shen Qingling's tone was calm. "The method isn't difficult. A single immortal herb can break the restriction and allow multiple inheritors of the Nine-Heart Begonia to exist at the same