Lin Ye: That Damn Tang Buddha Is Pulling Strings Again

[Maybe I could even make it so that after Soul Masters absorbed Soul Spirits, not only would it not damage the Soul Beasts' origins, but it could instead allow Soul Beasts and Soul Masters to nourish each other and grow together.

If I really managed to create that system, wouldn't the Soul Beast Clan treat me as their savior?

When the time came, wouldn't Di Tian and those Ferocious Beasts obediently become my bodyguards? Wouldn't my path to becoming stronger be completely secure?]

[All right, no point thinking that far ahead yet.

Electrolux has only just been brought in, and his emotions aren't stable yet. I need to spend some time calming him down and settle our cooperation while I'm at it.

Once I'm done with Electrolux, I'll find a way to contact Di Tian and give him a heads-up about the Spirit Soul Method. I'll pull the Soul Beast Clan onto my side in advance.

As for Huo Yuhao? Let him stay unconscious. But there's still something good here that I can't waste.]

Lin Ye slowly walked over to the jade-white, cocoon-like object.

This was the discarded shell condensed from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million years of cultivation. Even a Titled Douluo would fight for it at any cost.

Lin Ye stored Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's discarded shell in his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trembled with rage.

But after getting angry, it only stayed angry. It had no intention of intervening.

It had just watched this boy seal that God's remnant soul inside a tiny Soul Tool chess piece.

If it made a move now, that God's remnant soul might intervene. After weighing the pros and cons, it decided it was better not to show itself.

Wasn't it just a discarded shell? Take it! Its life was more important!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tightly concealed its aura and watched helplessly as Lin Ye casually stored its discarded shell in his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Lin Ye clapped his hands. Since he had achieved his goal, it was time to return to Shrek City.

He pushed off the ground and was just about to leave when a clear, anxious female voice came from behind him.

"Oh no, someone fainted here! Are you all right? Wake up!"

The voice was sweet, soft, and bright—pleasant to hear.

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow, halted, and slowly turned around.

In the distance, a pretty and radiant young girl was hurrying over. Her high ponytail swayed with every movement, and her face was filled with concern.

She rushed over to Huo Yuhao, who was lying on the ground, crouched down, carefully helped him up, and gently patted his cheek.

At that very moment, Huo Yuhao slowly woke up.

His long eyelashes fluttered as he opened his eyes in confusion, only to see a beautiful face full of concern.

Still reeling from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's impact, he had not even realized where he was.

"Little brother, how are you? Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Seeing that he was awake, Tang Ya breathed a sigh of relief. Her voice grew softer, and the hand supporting him became steadier.

Huo Yuhao blinked, only coming back to himself after quite a while. He could clearly feel an unprecedented fullness within his body.

The soreness left behind from fighting the Wind Baboon had completely vanished. Even the weakness caused by lifelong malnutrition had been swept away. Every limb and bone brimmed with surging strength.

He even had the illusion that if he went back to fight that Wind Baboon again now, he could knock it down in three minutes at most.

"I'm fine. Thank you."

Huo Yuhao sat up straight and gave Tang Ya a shy, grateful smile. "My name is Huo Yuhao. May I ask who you are?"

"My name is Tang Ya. Just call me Sister Xiaoya."

Tang Ya smiled sweetly, revealing two shallow dimples. There was undisguised satisfaction in the way she looked at Huo Yuhao.

After saying that, she subconsciously looked up and met Lin Ye's gaze from not far away.

The boy's simple black outfit accentuated his tall, slender figure. Though only twelve years old, he possessed features far more refined than those of his peers and an otherworldly air.

There was a faint detachment beneath his gentle demeanor. His black eyes seemed capable of seeing through people's hearts as they rested on her unhurriedly, carrying both scrutiny and the air of someone watching a show unfold.

Tang Ya's heart inexplicably skipped a beat. A trace of panic flashed across her face, and she instinctively looked away.

Just then, a clear young man's shout came from afar. "Xiaoya! Xiaoya, slow down! Wait for me!"

Tang Ya was briefly stunned before her eyes lit up. Turning around, she saw Bei Bei hurrying toward them.

Rather than feeling displeased that he had followed her, she felt a faint sense of relief.

She had been afraid Lin Ye would suddenly strike up a conversation with her. She would have been nervous to death, terrified that she might accidentally reveal the matter of the Diary Copy.

Just as she was worrying about how to change the subject, Bei Bei arrived at the perfect moment.

Under normal circumstances, she might have thrown a tantrum and demanded to know why Bei Bei had followed her. But right now, his arrival had helped her out of an awkward situation.

Bei Bei rushed to Tang Ya's side. He had only just caught his breath and was about to ask why she had come alone to the outskirts of Star Dou Forest, where it was so dangerous, when Tang Ya cut him off before he could speak.

"Bei Bei, what do you think about bringing Yuhao into our Tang Sect?"

Tang Ya looked at him with sparkling eyes, her tone full of expectation.

Bei Bei froze on the spot, completely dumbfounded.

He had imagined countless scenarios: Tang Ya confronting him for following her, throwing a tantrum, even arguing with him. Yet he had never expected her first words to be such a random question. He had not even figured out who this Yuhao person was.

Still, after a brief daze, he quickly recovered. He smiled gently at Tang Ya, his tone full of indulgence. "You're the Tang Sect's leader. You can decide. I'll support you no matter what."

"Wonderful!"

A brilliant smile bloomed on Tang Ya's face. She immediately turned to Huo Yuhao, who was still sitting on the ground with a confused expression, and held out her hand. "Yuhao, would you like to join our Tang Sect? Our Tang Sect is a very impressive sect!"

To everyone's surprise, Huo Yuhao did not hesitate in the slightest. Without even pausing to think, he looked at Tang Ya and blurted out, "I'll join!"

The moment those words came out, Tang Ya and Bei Bei both froze. Even Lin Ye, standing nearby watching the show, could not help raising an eyebrow as the corner of his mouth twitched hard.

Seriously? He agreed just like that?

Lin Ye simply crossed his arms and stood there, fully embracing his role as a spectator.

With a thought, he began rapidly writing in the Diary, the complaints in his heart nearly overflowing.

[Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! This is absurd beyond absurd! You're not even bothering to put on an act anymore, are you? Tang Buddha, you're personally stepping in to pull strings again, aren't you?]

[I knew something felt wrong earlier!

In the original story, Huo Yuhao clearly met Tang Ya and Bei Bei while grilling fish on the outskirts of Star Dou Forest. Then, half a year later, he encountered the Wind Baboon, nearly got killed by it, and only then did Sky Dream Ice Silkworm come looking for him and fuse with him!

But now? Huo Yuhao had already fused with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before meeting Tang Ya and Bei Bei for the first time. The two of them had only just learned his name!]

[I originally thought this was my Butterfly Effect, but looking at it now, what Butterfly Effect? This is clearly Tang San personally stepping in to brainwash people, isn't it?]

[Those two exchanged fewer than ten sentences! Tang Ya merely introduced herself and asked whether he wanted to join the Tang Sect, and Huo Yuhao immediately agreed?

He didn't even ask what the Tang Sect did, what rules it had, where it was based, or whether there were any benefits?

If Tang San didn't plant some kind of psychological suggestion in Huo Yuhao, then I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death!]

[So you really were worried, Tang San? Afraid something might go wrong with the successor you chose, so you couldn't even be bothered to pretend to go through the proper process? You just went straight for coercion and forced sales, huh?]

In the distance, Wang Dong'er finally recovered from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spirit Power shock. She dazedly shook her head, looked up, and saw the strange group of four in the distance, still unable to make sense of it.

Lin Ye stood to one side like an outsider. One little boy sat on the ground, while a man and a woman stood beside him. No matter how she looked at it, something felt off.

But Wang Dong'er had learned her lesson long ago. It did not matter if she could not understand it. She could just read the Diary!

She immediately sank into her consciousness. In less than a minute, she had scanned everything Lin Ye had just written and instantly sorted out the sequence of events.

At the same time, she immediately understood Lin Ye's confusion over why the original timeline had been completely thrown into chaos, and why Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya were meeting for the first time.

Wang Dong'er's mind raced. Since she had a Diary Copy, Tang Ya surely had one too!

Tang Ya had learned everything that would happen in the future. She knew Huo Yuhao existed and knew everything that would happen in Star Dou Forest. Naturally, she would no longer follow the original route. Either she had deliberately come in advance to find him, or reading the Diary had delayed her journey, causing her to miss their original encounter and arrive only after Huo Yuhao had fused with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Having figured it out, Wang Dong'er nodded. This little girl named Tang Ya was quite clever.

The other heroines who were following the Diary also sighed. Tang San's hand had indeed reached a little too far.

At the scene, Tang Ya and Bei Bei were both stunned for a moment.

Tang Ya truly had not expected Huo Yuhao to agree so readily. She had prepared a whole speech, intending to tell Huo Yuhao all about the Tang Sect's glorious history and its peerless techniques. Yet he had not even given her a chance to show off before nodding right away.

Of course, she knew how terrifying Huo Yuhao's talent was. Even though Lin Ye complained about Huo Yuhao in the Diary every day, there was one thing that could not be denied.

He was a genius rarely seen in ten thousand years across all of Douluo Continent, someone destined to become a Deity. Bringing him into the fallen Tang Sect was an incredible stroke of fortune.

Besides, Huo Yuhao had originally been on their Tang Sect's side.

That was right, the Tang Sect—but not Tang San's Tang Sect. It was her, Tang Ya's, Tang Sect!

As for Bei Bei, he had still not completely recovered from the shock.

First, he was confused about why Tang Ya had inexplicably been giving him the cold shoulder and nearly falling out with him, yet today had neither confronted him about following her nor acted upset. Instead, she was calmly discussing recruiting someone with him as if nothing had happened.

Then he became even more confused. Just who was this little fellow named Huo Yuhao? Why did Tang Ya value him so highly that she wanted to recruit him into the Tang Sect the moment she saw him?

He subconsciously released his Soul Power and quietly sensed Huo Yuhao's aura.

There were indeed Soul Power fluctuations, but he was too young and his Soul Power Level was not high. He looked utterly ordinary, and Bei Bei could not see anything special about him.