A Chance Encounter with a Girl, a Divine Weapon Descends

After a long while, their lips parted.

"All right, Ah Yin, let's stop here for today." Lin Qing pulled Ah Yin into his arms and gently stroked her long blue hair.

"Mhm." Ah Yin was somewhat shy as well.

"Oh, right, Ah Yin, don't call me Master anymore. It sounds strange," Lin Qing said.

"Then may I call you Brother Qing?" Ah Yin asked, gazing at Lin Qing with tenderness in her eyes.

"Of course." Lin Qing looked back at Ah Yin affectionately and kissed her again for over a minute.

Afterward, Lin Qing had Ah Yin stand to one side. With a wave of his right hand, he summoned the Titan Python and an enormous shed snakeskin.

The moment the Titan Python was summoned, it immediately lowered its head to Lin Qing, submitting to its king.

Lin Qing sensed the Titan Python's aura, then looked over its length. "You've broken through to forty thousand years?" he said, patting its head.

"What's this?"

At that moment, the Titan Python opened its enormous jaws and spat out six jade-like bones that glimmered with a radiant treasure light.

"These are Spirit Bones! An entire set of Spirit Bones!" Lin Qing exclaimed in shock.

Lin Qing waved his hand and drew the Spirit Bones over, sensing them for a moment. "They're all forty-thousand-year Spirit Bones!"

"Hiss, hiss, hiss~"

"You mean you only truly became a Demon after your breakthrough, and the instant you became one, these six Spirit Bones flew out of your body?!" Lin Qing was astonished. Didn't that mean that in the future, as long as he used his blood to transform Soul Beasts into Demons after hunting them, he could not only obtain a Spirit Ring that was far easier to absorb, but also directly gain an entire set of Spirit Bones?

Thinking of this, Lin Qing developed some doubts and turned his gaze toward Ah Yin.

Ah Yin seemed to understand what Lin Qing meant. "Brother Qing, because I was originally a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that took human form, my original cultivation was at the level of a Titled Douluo. With my current cultivation, I can't produce Spirit Bones at all. I'll need to reach the Titled Douluo realm before I can produce them. Also, perhaps because I wasn't transformed by your blood, but by the Red Spider Lily, once I become a Titled Douluo, I'll be able to repeatedly create Spirit Bones simply by consuming Soul Power."

"What?!" Lin Qing was shocked once again.

What did that mean? Didn't it mean that once Ah Yin reached the Titled Douluo level, she would be able to produce Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones without limit?!

"All right, then." After his brief shock, Lin Qing accepted this absurd reality.

Lin Qing took the Spirit Bones and handed them to Ah Yin. "Ah Yin, keep these Spirit Bones for me for now. I'm heading out. I still need to go to Suotuo City, so you should cultivate in Infinity Castle for the time being."

Ah Yin accepted the Spirit Bones and nodded gently. "All right, Brother Qing. Go take care of your business. I'll work hard to become stronger."

"Good. Ah Yin, I'll come into Infinity Castle often to see you." Lin Qing reached out and embraced Ah Yin.

"Okay." Ah Yin also greatly enjoyed Lin Qing's embrace.

Then, the two kissed goodbye, and Lin Qing left Infinity Castle.

After leaving Infinity Castle, Lin Qing summoned the Titan Python, identified the direction, and rode it at high speed toward Suotuo City.

To avoid triggering a beast tide, Lin Qing only had the Titan Python take him to the border between the mixed zone and the outer region. After sending it back to Infinity Castle, Lin Qing continued on his own.

By evening, the sun had already set. The outskirts of the forest had become quite dark, though not so dark that one could see nothing at all.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Nearly ten figures darted through the forest in the darkness.

At the very front was a girl who appeared to be only twelve or thirteen years old. She was in a state of Martial Soul Possession. Cat ears had grown from her head, claws extended from her hands, and a slender cat tail curled upward behind her.

The girl had slightly disheveled black hair, while her black skintight outfit perfectly outlined her exquisite, curvaceous figure. It was hard to believe that a girl with the face of an eleven- or twelve-year-old possessed charms that many adult women lacked.

Behind the girl were several men in black. Every one of them was a Soul Master with four rings or more: five Four-Ring Soul Ancestors and two Five-Ring Soul Kings.

Following behind those men in black was another girl. She bore an eighty-percent resemblance to the cat-eared girl being chased, and three Spirit Rings—two yellow and one purple—floated beneath her feet, displaying her strength as a Soul Elder.

The various Spirit Rings of these people shone brightly, nearly illuminating the entire area. Compared to the girl ahead, who glared at them with hatred, the girl's two yellow Spirit Rings appeared especially lonely.

Under the pursuit of the Soul Ancestors and the two Soul Kings, the cat-eared girl ahead was eventually surrounded.

"Zhu Zhuqing, why aren't you running anymore?"

From behind the group of Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings, a girl whose figure was even more voluptuous than the cat-eared girl's walked forward with catlike steps.

Zhu Zhuqing stopped and stood there, panting heavily. A trace of blood spilled from the corner of her lips, and her clothes were covered in countless tears. Beneath those tears, her fair skin and several bloodstained wounds were exposed.

"Zhu Zhuqing, my dear little sister, come back with me. Dai Mubai has already run away. Your only way out is to return with me and serve Weisi together."

This girl was Zhu Zhuyun, the eldest daughter of the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire.

"Zhu Zhuyun, stop pretending to care. You probably can't wait to kill me right now, can you?!" Zhu Zhuqing snapped.

"Zhu Zhuqing, I won't harm you." A complicated look flashed through Zhu Zhuyun's eyes.

"Your Highness the Crown Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince ordered you to kill Third Miss Zhu and sent this old servant along with you. It seems Your Highness and Third Miss Zhu share a deep sisterly bond, and perhaps you cannot bring yourself to do it?" one of the two Soul Kings standing nearby said in a shrill voice, pinching his fingers delicately.

"Chief Steward Wang, I merely thought that if I could persuade Zhu Zhuqing to return and serve Weisi alongside me, Weisi would surely be pleased as well," Zhu Zhuyun explained.

"Your Highness the Crown Princess, no matter what, Third Miss Zhu is already bound to His Highness the Third Prince. She remains a threat. If you cannot bring yourself to act, this old servant can do it for you."

Having said that, the Soul King eunuch with the affected voice revealed his Spirit Rings. Five rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, and purple—appeared as he prepared to strike and kill Zhu Zhuqing.

The eunuch gave Zhu Zhuyun no chance to react. The instant he entered Martial Soul Possession, he burst forward toward Zhu Zhuqing, determined to kill her in one blow.

Zhu Zhuyun, standing nearby, had no time to stop him. Her eyes were full of worry, and she could only pray inwardly that Zhu Zhuqing would be all right.

At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing stood at the center of the encirclement, utterly exhausted. She had no way to dodge the full-force strike of a Soul King.

Am I going to die here today? Zhu Zhuqing could not help thinking.

Yet with her stubborn nature, she would never close her eyes and wait for death. She continued struggling, but under the suppression of so many Soul Ancestors and a Soul King, her already exhausted body could not move in the slightest. She could only watch helplessly as the old eunuch's attack drew closer and closer.

Just then, a bolt of yellow lightning descended from the sky and sent the Soul King flying with a single strike.

The old eunuch was blasted backward and landed ten meters away from Zhu Zhuqing. He glared furiously and shouted, "Who dares meddle in this!"

"Hey, hey, hey. A bunch of Soul Ancestors, plus two Soul Kings—oh, and there's even a Soul Elder here. So many of you are bullying a little girl with only two rings. Aren't you ashamed?"

As the lightning faded, a saber-wielding youth who looked only slightly older than Zhu Zhuqing appeared before her and the others.

This person was Lin Qing, who had just emerged from the forest.