The Body Sect's Future Yu Tang Douluo!

Ye Chen knew nothing of the actions taken by the Papal Hall and the Worship Hall. That day, he had fought the Imperial Fighting Team.

Even with Ning Rongrong added as support, they still quickly fell before absolute strength.

Ye Lingling tried to turn the tide of the battle, but Ye Chen ended it with a spatial soul skill.

Night fell.

Ye Chen returned to the Body Sect residence.

Dugu Yan had originally invited him to Dugu Manor, but Ye Chen ultimately declined.

However, Ye Lingling moved into the Body Sect residence without the slightest hesitation.

"Who made you unhappy?"

Ye Chen had just returned to his room.

He saw Ye Lingling remove her veil and sit obediently by the bed.

Her face was utterly flawless, her skin as pale as the thinnest layer of glaze on porcelain.

Her nose bridge was high and delicate, her lips lightly colored, with her lower lip slightly fuller. The lines of her face were clean and sharp, without a single unnecessary curve.

Ye Lingling's blue hair fell along either side of her face, making her seem as though she had been drawn from deep water—cool, quiet, without the faintest excess warmth.

"Between Ning Rongrong and me, who is prettier?"

Ye Lingling stared seriously at Ye Chen.

Only today had she learned how many things had happened between Ning Rongrong and Ye Chen on the road.

In particular, Ye Chen and Ning Rongrong had entered the Advanced Soul Master Tournament together. Ning Rongrong had even met the Body Sect's sect master and knew that Du Busi had slain the Clear Sky Douluo.

Although Ye Lingling belonged to the Body Sect, she had not seen Du Busi in six years.

"Obviously, you're prettier now. She's just an immature little brat."

Ye Chen shrugged.

In his eyes, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were both children. They merely looked more mature for their age.

Compared to Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, they were still far too immature.

"I'm sleeping here tonight!"

Ye Lingling took off her shoes and claimed Ye Chen's bed.

Either Ye Chen cultivated all night, or he squeezed in beside her. There was no third option.

"I'm already this old, and I still need my big sister to hold me before I can sleep?"

Ye Chen looked suspicious.

Every time he came to Heaven Dou City, Ye Lingling would come take care of him, claiming it was simply how an older sister cared for her younger brother.

When he had been six, it was one thing for Ye Lingling to hold him while he slept. But now Ye Chen was already twelve, and Ye Lingling was still the same as before.

That excuse really was a little clumsy. So whenever Ye Lingling was absent, did that mean Ye Chen neither slept nor did anything but cultivate?

Over the past few years, Ye Lingling had indeed cultivated diligently. Before consuming any Immortal Herbs, she had reached level thirty-nine Soul Elder at eighteen, the same level as Yu Tianheng.

"I can't sleep. Is that not allowed?"

Ye Lingling looked at him resentfully.

Ever since joining the Body Sect, she had developed an inexplicable dependence on Ye Chen.

Perhaps it was because they both possessed the Nine-Hearted Begonia. She regarded Ye Chen as more important than anyone else.

"I never said it wasn't allowed."

Ye Chen immediately climbed onto the bed.

Come to think of it, Ye Lingling's mother's sudden death might truly have been related to him.

The day the Body Sect traveled from the era of The Unrivaled Tang Clan to the Douluo Continent of ten thousand years ago was the very day Ye Lingling's mother died.

"Ah, so that's why you've been setting your sights on me?"

Ye Chen turned onto his side and lowered his head.

He stared straight into Ye Lingling's eyes.

No wonder this little girl always found clumsy excuses to sleep with him, making it seem as though an older sister was truly taking care of her younger brother.

"Is that not allowed?"

Ye Lingling glared back at him.

Everyone else could do it, so why couldn't she? Her martial soul was of great use to the Body Sect.

The Body Sect treated her as one of their own. Some of the less serious elders even joked that she regarded Ye Chen as her child groom.

"I never said it wasn't allowed."

"This time, I brought Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. Tomorrow morning, you'll consume the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma first, and I'll take you to hunt a soul beast."

"Once we return, you can consume the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. You should reach level forty-five within half a year, and reaching level fifty before the Advanced Soul Master Tournament shouldn't be a problem."

Ye Chen pulled her into his arms.

Unlike the others, Ye Lingling stayed at the Body Sect every year during her holidays.

In terms of familiarity, Ye Chen's relationship with Ye Lingling surpassed that of anyone else.

"Why are you giving me two Immortal Herbs?"

Ye Lingling was greatly startled.

She understood how precious Immortal Herbs were. The Body Sect generally reserved them for exceptionally talented disciples and sect elders.

She never expected Ye Chen to bring two Immortal Herbs, both for her to consume.

"Maybe you're rather popular in the Body Sect and have earned the approval of all the elders. They were the ones who took the initiative to suggest it to Teacher."

Ye Chen was not making things up.

The Body Sect had produced these two Immortal Herbs with Du Busi's approval and the unanimous agreement of the other elders.

The elders all hoped Ye Lingling could grow stronger sooner, so they would not have to seek Ye Chen out for treatment every time they were injured.

The main issue was that Ye Chen spent most of his time cultivating and had very little spare time to treat them.

"I won't let everyone down!"

Ye Lingling wrapped her arms around Ye Chen's neck and kissed his cheek.

Then Ye Lingling closed her eyes, leaned directly into Ye Chen's embrace, and fell asleep.

When she had been very young, Ye Lingling had truly treated Ye Chen as a younger brother, patiently holding him and coaxing him to sleep every time.

"Coward."

Ye Chen held her and fell asleep as well.

He simply would not cultivate tonight. He would treat it as a rare chance to rest.

The next morning.

Ye Chen took out the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma.

Following the method recorded for consuming Immortal Herbs, Ye Lingling divided it into three portions and consumed them one at a time.

Her Soul Power, originally at level thirty-nine, naturally broke through its bottleneck and reached level forty.

The mixed impurities within her Soul Power were purified, its color changing from pale white to an extremely light milky white. The expenditure of Soul Power when using soul skills also decreased.

Ye Lingling raised her hand.

The Nine-Hearted Begonia slowly appeared in her palm.

Its petals were thicker than before, and their edges carried an extremely faint jade-colored sheen, like a thin porcelain body coated in glaze.

"The Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma will build your foundation. Your cultivation bottlenecks will be much smaller in the future."

"Let's go. We'll head to Sunset Forest to hunt soul beasts, then consume the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid three days from now."

Ye Chen patted Ye Lingling on the back.

Although he had taken Zhu Zhuqing as a maid, he would not provide resources such as Immortal Herbs to her.

Immortal Herbs were part of the sect's foundation. Everything was decided jointly by the Body Sect's sect master and council of elders.

"Alright, I'll definitely raise my Soul Power to level fifty before the Advanced Soul Master Tournament."

"When we go back next time, you can take me to meet Sect Master Du, right?"

Ye Lingling had never met Du Busi.

When she first went to the Body Sect, Du Busi had been in seclusion, and he had not emerged before she left this year either.

As a result, despite several years passing, Ye Lingling had never seen Du Busi, though she had become very familiar with the elders.

"Teacher has already broken through successfully and advanced to level ninety-nine, becoming an Ultimate Douluo. There will be plenty of time to meet him later."

"He looks about the same as us. There's nothing special about him, so there's no need to make a fuss."

Ye Chen had never hidden anything from Ye Lingling.

The Body Sect elders had likewise never intended to conceal it. Otherwise, Ye Lingling would not have known that she and Ye Chen were separated by ten thousand years of blood relation.

And then, Ye Lingling's feelings for Ye Chen as an older sister began to change.