Scar, Yu Xiaogang Meeting a Tragic End

Heaven Dou City, inside the dungeon, deep stairs extended downward.

Completely cut off from the outside world, this place never saw sunlight year-round. Damp and frigid chills continuously seeped through the cracks in the stone walls, mixed with the smell of mold and stale rust, so stuffy it made one suffocated.

If one really had to name the only light, it was merely the faint illumination along the central passage between the cells on both sides.

In the deepest recesses, Yu Xiaogang shouted desperately, but almost no one paid him any mind.

This made Yu Xiaogang extremely furious.

Yu Xiaogang touched the cold iron bars with his palm, and finally sat down on the ground powerlessly.

I have no choice but to wait for seven days.

"Yo, not struggling anymore? I thought you could keep tossing and turning until when."

The sudden voice gave Yu Xiaogang a start.

Looking up, a figure gradually walked out from the darkness. The silhouette's outline gradually cleared up, and there was also a Scar on his face. The entire person appeared exceptionally ferocious, but the smile was somewhat malicious.

Yu Xiaogang frowned, and the first glance made him very unhappy.

The education he received since childhood, including his own self-cultivation, clearly made him unwilling to entangle too much with such a person.

First, it was unnecessary. Second, people like this were practically local ruffians.

No!

Seeing that Scar kept staring at him, coupled with that meaningful smile, as well as the licking expression and action, Yu Xiaogang instantly understood something.

"Could you possibly!" Yu Xiaogang's expression changed drastically, "Get lost!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, shy are you." Scar laughed, "It's fine, take it slow. At first people all resist, but in the end they all completely sink into it."

Scar slowly approached.

Yu Xiaogang was terrified to the extreme, a look of despair surfacing on his face.

"Don't!!!"

The scene shifted, at the Crown Prince Manor.

The three of them had already returned to the Crown Prince Manor.

Returning to the Crown Prince Manor, Su Yu did not stay long at the manor, but instead left to wander around Heaven Dou City.

However, he still ran right into Ye Lingling.

This time there was only Ye Lingling alone; Dugu Yan was not by her side.

"Su Yu, what a coincidence!" Ye Lingling greeted with a smile.

"It truly is a coincidence. Is Dugu Yan not with you?" Su Yu asked.

"No, she is at her grandfather's place." Ye Lingling looked around, and still mustered the courage, "I want to invite you to sit at my home. My mother wants to see you, is that okay?"

Su Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Of course that's fine."

Ye Lingling smiled happily.

"Let's go, I'll take you."

Ye Lingling walked ahead. The last time she returned home, she had already spoken with her mother. At first her mother did not believe it, but she still said it firmly.

Her mother only told her to bring this friend back if she had the opportunity.

He did not expect to be able to run into her in the city.

Walking on the road, Su Yu was also full of curiosity about the Undead Clan.

It was rumored that the Ye Family of the Undead Clan was famous across the continent for the healing ability of the Nine-Heart Begonia.

Being passed down through a single lineage, at most only two Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Masters could survive simultaneously in the same era.

Only when the previous-generation holder died would the next successor be born within the bloodline.

This caused the successors of the Nine-Heart Begonia to be extremely scarce across the entire continent, and the family endured immense crises for generations.

Regardless of how many soul rings the Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul absorbed, there was forever only a single soul skill: area-of-effect universal healing.

It could autonomously control the healing intensity; the more soul rings and the higher the Soul Power, the stronger the healing capability.

As long as the target still had a breath left, they could be saved, covering everyone on one's own side in a large area.

The shortcomings were also particularly obvious: it could only repair injuries, could not restore consumed Soul Power, and was also unable to detoxify, standing helpless in the face of lethal poison damage.

Compared to the healing Martial Soul Praying Angel of two ten-thousand years later, this bit of capability was indeed not much to look at.

If the cultivation conditions of the Nine-Heart Begonia were the same as those of the Praying Angel, perhaps in this era, it really could become a god.

Currently, there were simply no healing-type Soul Masters who were Titled Douluos; at the very most they were only Soul Sages.

Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul also caused his cultivation to stall at level seventy-nine.

Not long after, the two arrived before the Ye Family Courtyard.

The decoration was very luxurious. Because they had always been attached to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the guards standing before the gate were not weak.

Entering the Ye Family Courtyard, they went all the way to the living room.

A figure was visible from afar.

Dressed in a simple and elegant moon-white long dress, her figure remained slender and upright, and the years had not worn away the gentleness in her bones.

Her glossy, dark hair was loosely coiled at the back of her head, and though faint, fine lines had surfaced at the corners of her eyes, they only added to the charm of a mature woman.

"Mother, I've brought someone here."

Ye Lingling called out from outside the door.

In the living room, Ye Yunxian paused, and when she turned her head to see Su Yu beside Ye Lingling, the teacup in her hand suddenly dropped.

The warm tea spilled all over the floor and splashed onto her skirt.

Lingling hadn't lied.

This really was too much alike, far too much like the former pope, Qian Xunji.

"Mother?"

Ye Lingling asked in confusion.

"Mother, why did you lose your composure?"

Regaining her senses, Ye Yunxian realized the teacup in her hand had already fallen to the floor, paused with an awkward smile, and gave two light coughs to hide her embarrassment.

"It's nothing, just suddenly remembered some things. You and your friend sit down first, I'm going to go change my clothes."

With that, Ye Yunxian quickly entered the room on the second floor.

She changed her clothes at top speed, went to the kitchen to prepare some tea, and walked out.

Placing the tray on the table, Ye Yunxian smiled and said, "Sorry for the trouble, I've just let you see a joke."

"You're too polite, elder of the Ye Family. Lingling was the one who asked me to come," Su-Yu said with a smile.

"So that's how it is. Lingling mentioned you to me before. At first I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect you to really look so much like that person."

Ye Yunxian still couldn't believe her eyes.

With such a similar appearance, she really thought that person had come back to life.

"You're not the first person to say that." Changing the subject, Su Yu asked with feigned curiosity, "Why are there only the two of you in the family?"

As soon as these words were spoken, they instantly made Ye Yunxian fall silent.

It undoubtedly poked at her sore spot.

Ye Lingling said, "Su Yu, you might not be quite clear about this. The situation in our family is somewhat special, mainly because of our Martial Soul."

"Could it be that, just like Dugu Yan and the other Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Souls, there is a flaw?" Su Yu asked, pretending to joke.

Ye Lingling nodded in admission, "It's indeed quite similar to Yanyan's Martial Soul, though it's not a matter of poison.

Our Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul is passed down in a single line, and at most only two Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Masters can exist simultaneously in the same era."

Su Yu came to a sudden realization, "So that's how it is. I've learned something."

"Sigh, actually anyone who asks around a bit knows about it. It's just that past heads of the Nine-Heart Begonia family have all wanted to break this curse, but in the end it was all to no avail, as if we were hit by some curse that cannot be changed."

Ye Lingling let out a sigh. Whenever she thought of her mother leaving her in the future, she felt heartbroken.

"Have you ever thought it might be a flaw in the Martial Soul? If the flaw in the Martial Soul can be resolved, perhaps you could break this destiny."

Su Yu voiced his own thoughts.

Ye Yunxian replied, "We've tried, but we don't have the method."