Four Transmigrators (Part 1)

After leaving the cave, Lin Yuan remained outside and secretly observed the area.

Watching the direction in which Lin Yuan had disappeared, Meng Yiran stood there in a daze for a long while before finally sighing softly and withdrawing her gaze. She tried moving her limbs and, after confirming that her body no longer hurt as badly as before, summoned her Snake-Headed Cane Martial Soul.

Because Meng Baichuan had not cultivated a second Martial Soul, the poison originating from the Snake-Headed Cane after their Self-Body Martial Soul Fusion Skill was not as potent as the poison of her own Snake-Headed Cane.

Thus, she easily neutralized the poison in her body.

Afterward, Meng Yiran sat cross-legged where she was and regulated her breathing, recovering some Soul Power.

Only then did she barely manage to stand.

She discovered that a large hole had already been corroded through the back of her outer clothing and inner lining, which had been casually discarded nearby.

Meanwhile, her armpits and waist were wrapped in nothing but thick bandages.

They protected her wounds and chest.

Aside from that, she wore nothing on her upper body.

Clearly, all of this had been done by that mysterious man in black.

And during the process, he had obviously seen her entire body.

Meng Yiran's pretty face instantly flushed crimson at the thought.

After cursing, "Pervert," she took out a new set of clothes from her Soul Tool, put them on, left the cave, and headed toward the Dragon Snake Family.

She looked thoroughly exasperated, yet there was not much hatred in her emotions.

Lin Yuan saw all of this and secretly nodded. If Meng Yiran had shown even the slightest desire for revenge, he would have eliminated her without hesitation.

Looking at Meng Yiran's slightly bashful appearance now, was it because he had seen her naked while bandaging her wounds?

"Sure enough, once someone became lovesick—or even showed signs of becoming lovesick—they were beyond saving..."

Shaking his head, Lin Yuan could not help sighing inwardly. Then again, if not for that, she would already have become a corpse.

After watching Meng Yiran leave, Lin Yuan turned around and returned to the previous battlefield to clean it up.

He made it difficult for anyone to determine what type of Soul Master had acted.

Once he was done, Lin Yuan's figure flickered as he darted into the cave leading to the underground river and took out Meng Baichuan's Soul Tool.

After looting all the money and books inside, he threw it, along with his black clothes, black veil, and veiled hat, into the underground river. Then, traveling underwater, he quickly swam to the lake connected to this underground river.

After washing himself clean, Lin Yuan put on a set of ordinary clothes.

Like an ordinary passerby, he took a long detour before heading toward Suotuo City.

Now that Meng Baichuan was dead, the loss of a genius Soul Master almost certain to become a Titled Douluo was undoubtedly a massive blow to the Dragon Snake Family.

Now it depended on how the Dragon Duke and Serpent Matriarch chose to proceed.

If they kept the peace, then both sides could go on well enough.

But if they searched everywhere, determined to take revenge on him—the murderer whose identity, appearance, and Martial Soul they did not even know—

Then he naturally would not show them any mercy in the future.

As the saying went, the most dangerous place was the safest place.

Even if the Dragon Duke and Serpent Matriarch racked their brains, they would never imagine that their genius grandson, who possessed a Self-Body Martial Soul Fusion Skill, had died at the hands of a student from an intermediate Soul Master academy.

After all, Lin Yuan's current identity was still that of a somewhat talented student at Suotuo City Intermediate Soul Master Academy.

He had never revealed to outsiders that he had advanced to Soul Elder.

During every practical combat exercise at the academy, he used his cultivation technique to conceal his aura, just like Ghost King Zhu Youwen in The Outcast hid his true power from Black and White Impermanence.

He suppressed his aura to the level of a Soul Grandmaster.

Furthermore, he used his second soul skill, Mirage, to turn his second soul ring yellow while concealing his third soul ring.

No one would suspect a mere "Soul Grandmaster" like him.

Even if they conducted an investigation, they would investigate students who had returned home for vacation and left Suotuo City.

They would never think that the murderer was still at the academy.

Meanwhile, at the Dragon Snake Family.

"What? Xiaochuan is dead? Who was it? Who did this? The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or Spirit Hall? No matter who it is, from this day forward, this old woman will fight him to the death..."

Having just learned of Meng Baichuan's death from Meng Yiran, the Serpent Matriarch was so enraged that she summoned her Snake-Headed Cane Martial Soul and smashed the bluestone slabs beneath her feet. Her triangular eyes brimmed with venomous hatred.

Meng Baichuan had possessed Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.

At only eleven years old, he had already possessed thirty-ninth-rank Soul Power. He had broken through two and a half months ago and could advance to Soul Ancestor at any time.

His soul ring configuration had been yellow, purple, purple, and he could even use a Self-Body Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Given time, once he became a Titled Douluo, he would surely elevate the Dragon Snake Family to unprecedented heights.

It might even have been possible for them to replace the former Clear Sky Sect as the number one sect under heaven and become a powerful force capable of standing against Spirit Hall.

Yet he had unexpectedly been intercepted and killed halfway through. This was not simply murder—it was cutting off the roots of their Dragon Snake Family.

"Enough, old woman. Don't panic yet. Let Yiran explain slowly."

Compared with the Serpent Matriarch, Chao Tianxiang, the Dragon Duke, Meng Shu, was so furious that he nearly coughed up blood as well, but he was far calmer than she was.

Seeing that his granddaughter, who had always loved her younger brother most dearly, showed not the slightest grief on her face, he guessed that there might be another side to the matter. He immediately stopped his wife and looked toward Meng Yiran. "Yiran, Grandfather remembers telling you that once you left Shrek Academy, you had to send word to the family in advance so that your grandmother and I could personally escort you. Why didn't you send word ahead of time? I want you to explain everything from beginning to end. Do not leave out even the smallest detail..."

"Yes, Grandfather." Meng Yiran then explained how Meng Baichuan had stopped her from notifying the family in advance to pick them up, how he had taken her away from Suotuo City, and everything that happened afterward.

However, for some unknown reason, when Meng Yiran mentioned the mysterious man in black—Lin Yuan—there was not much hatred in her words. On the contrary, when she mentioned how Lin Yuan had saved her, her voice carried a faint trace of bashfulness.

"Uh..." After hearing Meng Yiran out, the Dragon Duke and Serpent Matriarch both fell silent.

The Dragon Duke did not immediately answer Meng Yiran. Instead, he looked at the Serpent Matriarch. "Old woman, take Yiran to the rear hall and inspect the injuries on her back."

Having worked alongside the Dragon Duke for many years, the Serpent Matriarch was already perfectly in tune with him and naturally understood what he meant. She immediately took Meng Yiran to the rear hall to inspect her wounds.

A moment later, the Serpent Matriarch returned with Meng Yiran, her face dark as she said with a complicated expression, "The wound on Yiran's back was indeed caused by the poison of Dragon Snake Combined Strike."

"So it really was..." Upon hearing this, the Dragon Duke closed his eyes in pain.

From Meng Yiran's account, it was not difficult for them to determine that their grandson had indeed been at fault.

After all, they had watched Meng Baichuan grow up since childhood.

The contrast and changes before and after he turned six, as well as how he had hidden from Meng Yiran his so-called plan to lure out the snake.

In order to kill the so-called Fellow Transmigrator he spoke of and obtain the so-called cultivation technique on that person's body, he had not hesitated to sacrifice the older sister who had grown up with him.