Beibei and Zhang Lexuan

After confirming his identity, Lin Yan settled down in Lin Estate.

From the butler, he learned quite a bit of useful information.

First, he gained some understanding of his mother's and grandmother's family.

Although the Lin Family had a Titled Douluo overseeing it, it was not a particularly large Soul Master family. Its bloodline had always been rather sparse.

By Lin Yuhuan's generation, there were only two descendants: the sisters Lin Yuexin and Lin Yueyao.

Lin Yuexin was Lin Yueyao's older sister and Lin Yan's eldest aunt.

When Lin Yan asked the old butler about his eldest aunt, he learned that this aunt he had never met had passed away several years ago.

At the same time, he also heard some things about his mother from the butler.

His mother had grown up in Nine Treasure City and had originally been engaged to the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect.

But during her travels across the continent, she seemed to have fallen for someone. Because of this, she fled her family and chose to break off the marriage by running away. She was gone for eight years, with no news whatsoever, until Lin Yan returned to Lin Estate.

"Ran away from a marriage?" Lin Yan was somewhat dumbfounded. Was this why his mother would rather live in seclusion with him in a mountain village than return to her family?

And who exactly was his father?

Was he dead or alive? Why had he never shown himself?

"Ah!"

Lin Yan sighed inwardly.

This lead had gone cold again. He still knew nothing at all about his father.

But he had already made up his mind. No matter what, he had to uncover the truth. Not even knowing who his own father was would be far too embarrassing if word got out!

One day, Lin Yan went to find his grandmother.

"Grandmother, my Soul Power has already reached level ten. I want to obtain my first Spirit Ring." Lin Yan ran over to Lin Yuhuan and spoke bluntly.

"Level ten? Didn't you just awaken your Martial Soul?"

Lin Yuhuan gave Lin Yan a surprised look. After sensing him carefully, she indeed discovered that his Soul Power had reached level ten.

Lin Yan's appearance and Lin Yueyao's situation had left her somewhat distracted lately. She kept wondering where her daughter had gone and what she had experienced. She had not even noticed that Lin Yan's Soul Power had reached level ten.

"Grandmother, I have Innate Full Soul Power!" Lin Yan said directly.

Lin Yan had no intention of hiding the fact that he possessed Innate Full Soul Power. There was no need to.

However, he chose to keep his Second Martial Soul secret for the time being. This Martial Soul was simply too strange. Besides, before his mother left, she had told him not to tell anyone about his Second Martial Soul.

"Innate Full Soul Power?"

Lin Yuhuan was startled, then smiled and nodded. "Good. Yueyao really did give birth to a fine child. How about this? Your grandmother has some matters to handle over the next few days. Wait a few days. In the meantime, let the butler teach you how to meditate. Once I'm done, I'll take you to obtain your first Spirit Ring."

"Okay!" Lin Yan nodded rapidly.

Over the next few days, he pestered the butler and learned from him how Soul Masters meditated.

At the same time, he revealed the talent of a Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power for the first time!

A meditation method that others needed a month, or even several months, to gradually master was completely grasped by Lin Yan in just one day. He could enter a meditative state at any time and cultivate to increase his Soul Power.

The old butler was utterly shocked and repeatedly exclaimed that he had encountered a genius.

Before long, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

For those three days, Lin Yan spent all his time meditating.

To him, meditation was simply too novel.

Moreover, it could improve a Soul Master's cultivation. It filled him with interest in meditation, and he became completely immersed in it, never tiring of it. Only when he was exhausted would he stop cultivating and rest.

One morning, after finishing breakfast, Lin Yan was about to begin meditating as usual when the old butler suddenly came to find him.

"Young master, don't meditate just yet. Your cousin is here!" the old butler's voice called from outside the door.

"My cousin?" Lin Yan froze, then hurriedly jumped down from the bed.

A cousin meant that this person was the son of his deceased eldest aunt.

Since arriving in this world, the only relative Lin Yan had known was his mother. Now he had a grandmother as well. Learning that he also had a cousin filled him with curiosity.

Lin Yan followed the old butler to the front hall.

Two figures seated in chairs immediately caught his attention.

One male, one female.

The girl was clearly older, around seventeen or eighteen. She was tall and slender, with an incomparably beautiful face and long black hair cascading behind her. Her appearance was exceptionally striking.

Lin Yan had once thought his mother was already extremely beautiful, yet this young girl was no less beautiful than his mother.

The other was clearly the cousin the old butler had mentioned.

The boy looked about Lin Yan's age. His features were exceptionally handsome, and he had short blue hair and blue eyes.

When Lin Yan looked at him, he noticed Lin Yan as well and immediately rose from his chair.

"Grandpa Butler, is this the cousin you mentioned?" the little boy asked curiously as he looked Lin Yan over.

"Yes, young master. He is your younger aunt's child and returned to the family only a few days ago," the old butler answered with a nod.

Only after confirming it did the boy walk toward Lin Yan. Smiling, he extended his hand. "Hello, Cousin. I'm your cousin. My name is Bei Bei."

The instant he heard that name, Lin Yan was momentarily stunned. "Bei Bei?"

Thunderbolt Beibei from Douluo Continent II?

Mu En's great-grandson, Tang Ya's boyfriend, and Huo Yuhao's senior brother?

At that thought, Lin Yan immediately looked at the black-haired girl in the hall.

So she was Zhang Lexuan, Bei Bei's child bride and older sister figure?

Without revealing anything, Lin Yan smiled and shook Bei Bei's hand. "Hello, Cousin. My name is Lin Yan."

They were about the same age, and with Lin Yan deliberately making an effort, they quickly became friendly. During their conversation, he learned that Bei Bei's Martial Soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and that he came from Shrek City.

At that point, Lin Yan confirmed that he truly was the Thunderbolt Beibei he knew.

That meant the Douluo Continent he had transmigrated into was on the timeline of Douluo Continent II.

Bei Bei was only three months older than him. That meant he should be around a year and a half to two years older than Huo Yuhao, the chosen protagonist of Douluo Continent II.

By this point in time, Huo Yuhao should still have been suffering in the White Tiger Duke's Estate.

Lin Yan immediately felt as though the clouds had parted and the sky had cleared. Everything made sense now!

"Cousin, does that mean you left Shrek City this time to obtain a Spirit Ring?" Lin Yan asked curiously after they sat down together.

"Yeah. My sister and I are planning to obtain Spirit Rings. We happened to be passing through Nine Treasure City, so we came to see Grandmother," Bei Bei explained.

"So this sister is a Soul Master too?" Lin Yan looked at Zhang Lexuan.

He rather liked Zhang Lexuan as a character. She was powerful and had a good personality. Unfortunately, she and Bei Bei did not have a happy ending in the original story.

It could be said that their relationship had been wrong from the start.

Zhang Lexuan should never have appeared at Bei Bei's side as an older sister figure from the beginning. They were more than ten years apart, and the young, innocent Bei Bei could only have truly regarded her as an older sister.

Because he did not know that Zhang Lexuan was his fiancée, he quickly got together with Tang Ya at the age when love first blossomed.

By the time he learned that Zhang Lexuan was his fiancée, it was already too late. He had fallen in love with Tang Ya, and there was no room left in his heart for anyone else.

Thus, Zhang Lexuan became a tragedy.

Originally intending to live out her life alone, she forgot her memories of Bei Bei in Heavenly Lovesickness Valley.

In the end, she seemed to get together with a male teacher from the Inner Court.