Awakening Ah Yin, and a Case of Tiger Soul's Control Failure

"Damn!"

"Can this thing even be used in this world?"

Chu Lan held the "Bone Flame Ring" and examined it repeatedly, trying to inject Soul Power into it, but there was no reaction whatsoever.

The Bone Flame Ring itself was a somewhat symbolic storage ring. On Douluo Continent, it was equivalent to a storage Soul Tool capable of holding living beings.

It was just that...

The Yao Chen soul contained within was rather troublesome. Chu Lan suspected that Yao Chen might absorb his Soul Power.

Since injecting Soul Power into the "Bone Flame Ring" produced no reaction, Chu Lan tried using his spiritual power instead. But in the next instant, a force firmly blocked him outside.

He could not enter it in the slightest.

"This should be a soul restriction Yao Chen set up. Other than himself, no one can open it unless they possess soul power stronger than Yao Chen's."

"The soul power from Battle Through the Heavens should be the spiritual power here. Unfortunately, my spiritual power is too weak, so I can't enjoy the treasures inside this storage ring either."

After thinking it over, Chu Lan decided to put the "Bone Flame Ring" away for now. Rather than wearing it directly, he stored it in the system space.

That way, Yao Chen would not unconsciously absorb his Soul Power. He did not know whether that would happen, but it was better to be careful just in case.

Chu Lan thought of the Xiao Yan he had kicked unconscious and sighed. "Fellow townsman, fellow townsman, I'm really sorry for the trouble, but... without Yao Chen and the Flame Mantra, I'm sure you can still accomplish something. At most, your family will be destroyed and your entire clan wiped out."

Chu Lan shook his head, then thought of Ah Yin in the system space and headed for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"I dig and dig!"

After planting Ah Yin in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chu Lan immediately took out the Little Green Bottle.

He had barely used the Heavenly Creation Dew that the Little Green Bottle had condensed over the years.

At present, this Heavenly Creation Dew could only cultivate plants. Ultimately, it was because the elemental energy where he was currently located was too weak. If he placed the Little Green Bottle in the Divine Realm, things might be different.

Chu Lan dripped all the Heavenly Creation Dew onto Ah Yin's true body. The droplets were absorbed the moment they fell, and a faint golden glow gradually spread across Ah Yin as she began growing rapidly.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well itself could provide plants with ten times the growth rate. If Ah Yin remained here, she would need at most ten thousand years to recover her hundred-thousand-year cultivation.

But now—

After Chu Lan used all two hundred-plus drops of spiritual liquid the Little Green Bottle had condensed over the past five years on Ah Yin, her cultivation began rising rapidly... one thousand years, two thousand years, five thousand years, ten thousand years, twenty thousand years!

In just a short time, Ah Yin had recovered more than twenty thousand years of cultivation!

"Who are you?"

A clear, pleasant female voice suddenly rang out within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Yet aside from Chu Lan, there was no second person here.

"Hm?"

Chu Lan was slightly stunned.

He was not surprised that Ah Yin could speak already. After all, Ah Yin's soul had originally been asleep. Now that her cultivation had risen and her soul had awakened, it was only natural that she could speak.

What surprised him was that he had used Tiger Soul's demonification power to influence Ah Yin quite often over the years. Previously, Ah Yin had been extremely close to him, almost acknowledging him as her master. Yet now, she seemed utterly unfamiliar with him.

Chu Lan frowned and said softly, "My name is Chu Lan. I was the one who helped you recover twenty thousand years of cultivation, allowing your soul to awaken."

"Thank you~" Ah Yin said gratefully.

"No need to thank me. As payment, I'll take this Soul Bone. I think it originally belonged to you." As Chu Lan spoke, he took out the hundred-thousand-year right leg Soul Bone brimming with vitality.

Ah Yin sensed an aura identical to her own from the Soul Bone. It also contained her source power, and for a moment, countless questions arose in her mind.

"May I ask where you found this Soul Bone... and me?"

She had once told Tang Hao the secret of the Blue Silver Emperor. After she sacrificed herself and fell asleep, Tang Hao should have kept both her and the Soul Bone by his side. Why had both she and the Soul Bone ended up in Chu Lan's hands?

"I found you while exploring." Chu Lan put the Soul Bone away again, then explained, "I happened upon you in a cave."

Ah Yin fell silent.

"I need you to do me a favor. Let me put this ring on you."

Chu Lan could not be bothered to care what Ah Yin was thinking. He took out the "Bone Flame Ring" and placed it around one of Ah Yin's vines, then instructed her:

"This ring may absorb your Soul Power. Don't resist it, and don't take it off."

The difference between soul beasts and Soul Masters was that they had different forms. The power they possessed was still Soul Power, with no real difference.

If Yao Chen could absorb Soul Power, then it did not matter whether the wearer was human or a soul beast.

"Okay~"

Ah Yin answered softly and agreed.

After dealing with everything, Chu Lan still felt dissatisfied. He raised his hand in a grasping motion and shouted:

"Tiger Soul!"

In an instant, Tiger Soul appeared, transformed into a long blade, and fell into Chu Lan's hand.

Chu Lan swung the blade, releasing streams of purple mist from its edge that surged toward Ah Yin.

A moment later, Chu Lan stared at Ah Yin and asked, "Do you feel anything?"

Ah Yin answered in confusion, "A little dizzy."

Chu Lan studied Ah Yin uncertainly, then lowered his head to look at Tiger Soul.

Was his spiritual power weaker than Ah Yin's, or was Tiger Soul incapable of controlling plants?

He had experimented before. Beast-type soul beasts below a thousand years could all be controlled by Tiger Soul. As for stronger soul beasts... he had never tried, but that was already enough to prove that Tiger Soul could control beast-type soul beasts.

As for plant-type soul beasts, Ah Yin was the first!

"Is something wrong?"

Ah Yin asked with concern.

"Nothing."

Chu Lan shook his head, sighed, and put Tiger Soul away.

"This place is suitable for plant growth. Stay here and grow peacefully."

Chu Lan turned to leave.

Ah Yin hurriedly said, "Please wait!"

Chu Lan paused and slightly turned his head toward Ah Yin. "What is it?"

After hesitating, Ah Yin pleaded, "Can you... help me find someone? His name is Tang Hao. He is my husband, and he is human too!"

Chu Lan neither agreed nor refused. Without saying a word, he simply left.

Help Ah Yin find Tang Hao? He would have to be sick to do that!

Since he could not control Ah Yin now, he could not be bothered to waste more effort on her.

Once Yao Chen awakened within the "Bone Flame Ring," Ah Yin would temporarily lose her value. As for the future... he would deal with that when it came. In any case, he would never return Ah Yin to Tang Hao.

It would not be bad for her to keep Tang Yuehua company in the future.

After Chu Lan left.

Ah Yin sighed and murmured, "Brother Hao, where are you..."

At that moment, the "Bone Flame Ring" hanging from Ah Yin's vine gradually began to react.

Ah Yin's thoughts drifted far away, and she failed to notice that her Soul Power was being absorbed by the "Bone Flame Ring."