First meeting with Ah Yin (please bookmark and recommend)

The next day!

Lin Feng met up with Dugu Bo and his son, Dugu Xin, ten li south of Heaven Dou City, then set off for the Star Dou Great Forest in a carriage.

They traveled south, reaching the vicinity of the Star Dou Great Forest three days later.

They were just about to press on to the forest.

But the smell of blood drifting through the air made both Lin Feng and Dugu Bo grow solemn.

Since the purpose of this trip was to hunt soul beasts for Lin Feng, Dugu Bo turned to him.

"Young Friend Lin Feng, a fallen soul master or a soul beast is probably slaughtering a village. Should we intervene? I'll leave it up to you."

"If you think it would delay us, we can leave it alone."

Lin Feng quickly jumped out of the carriage and carefully determined which direction the smell of blood was coming from.

"Now that we know a village is being slaughtered, how could we stand by and do nothing?"

"This way. Let's go."

Dugu Bo's son had not yet died, and he had not fully developed the eccentric, morally ambiguous temperament he would have later. He laughed heartily.

"Good, then I'll accompany you, Young Friend Lin Feng. Xin, stay here. Don't wander off, and watch the carriage. Young Friend Lin Feng and I will be right back."

Moving swiftly, the two soon reached the scene.

The village had already become a sea of flames, with scattered screams and wails rising from within.

A pack of half-human, half-wolf monsters stood drenched in blood, radiating murderous menace. They were the ones who had slaughtered the villagers.

Just then, a wolf's howl came from the center of the village, and the monsters committing murder and arson began gathering there.

Dugu Bo frowned, his eyes filled with disgust.

"Wolf Bandits! They're the offspring of humans and gale demon wolves. These bastards attack human villages in packs, kill all the men, and abduct the women to breed. There's an unwritten rule in the soul master world: whenever you encounter Wolf Bandits, you must wipe them out!"

Lin Feng instantly activated Martial Soul Possession. A pair of five-colored wings unfurled from his back, and he soared into the air, saying:

"Since we've run into them, let's kill every last one. There's fighting in the center of the village. There must be another soul master there."

"First Soul Skill, Touch of Green Wood!"

Dugu Bo's mouth fell open in shock. He saw two black soul rings pulsing up and down around Lin Feng.

Two black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!

He had only helped Lin Feng hunt an azure vine for his first soul ring. Where had the second one come from?

Could it be...?

Lin Feng hunted a ten-thousand-year soul beast all by himself!

Alongside his shock, Dugu Bo felt a measure of awe.

He obediently helped Lin Feng slaughter the Wolf Bandits.

"Second Soul Skill, Crimson-Chain Iron Python Strangle!"

Azure vines shot forward like snakes and pythons, binding each Wolf Bandit in their path.

Seizing the opportunity, the crimson-chain iron pythons formed from Dugu Bo's arms bit the Wolf Bandits on their hands or legs, injecting jade phosphorous serpent poison.

Within a few breaths, the Wolf Bandits' internal organs dissolved into bloody pus, and they collapsed to the ground, their bodies green and purple.

Working together, Lin Feng and Dugu Bo quickly slaughtered more than a dozen Wolf Bandits.

They also reached the center of the village!

"Blue Silver Entanglement!"

A clear, feminine cry rang out from within the Wolf Bandits' encirclement.

The woman who had shouted had blue hair that cascaded like a waterfall down to her rounded hips, picturesque brows and eyes, and delicate features. Her gentle, fragile air stirred an instinct to protect her. A long blue dress hugged her shapely figure, and she was as beautiful as a heavenly goddess.

The surrounding Wolf Bandits drooled rivers at the sight of her.

Led by three Green Wolf Bandits, they steadily tightened their encirclement, seemingly intent on capturing the blue-clad woman alive.

She was a Soul Ancestor. Four soul rings rose beneath her feet—yellow, yellow, purple, purple—and the first lit up.

Blue-gold, crystal-like vines lashed out, some binding and others whipping. Yet they could only slow the Wolf Bandits down, not inflict any substantial casualties.

Lin Feng stared, stunned.

Ah Yin!

To think he would run into that woman here.

Dugu Bo exclaimed in amazement:

"Young Friend Lin Feng, look at that woman. Her beauty actually rivals yours. It's fortunate we came today. If she fell into these Wolf Bandits' hands, they'd gang-rape her beyond recognition!"

Lin Feng said nothing.

Even without them, Ah Yin would have been fine. After all, her Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had a flight skill, which meant she could fly herself.

Lin Feng swept his hand, sending azure vines snaking out to swiftly coil around the Wolf Bandits.

Even the three Green Wolf Bandits, despite dodging several times with their speed, were eventually trussed up like dumplings by the unending stream of azure vines.

They roared and struggled, but this was a fifty-thousand-year soul skill. For a mere pack of Wolf Bandits to think they could break free was pure fantasy.

"Second Soul Skill, Crimson Fire Scorches the Heavens!"

Lin Feng spread his five-colored wings to their fullest extent. Golden-red flames poured from his body, weaving and surging into a fiery tornado that devoured the air and burned ever more fiercely.

Boom!

The fiery tornado swept forward. Its terrifying, annihilating power engulfed dozens of Wolf Bandits, including the three Green Wolf Bandits, in an instant.

"Awooo..."

Their frightened whimpers and pleas for mercy abruptly ceased. Every Wolf Bandit was burned to ash, without so much as a bone fragment remaining.

Even Dugu Bo felt a chill down his spine at the power of that soul skill.

As a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, Lin Feng had more than enough power to kill a Soul Saint like Dugu Bo.

Lin Feng raised his brows, then suddenly rushed into the flames and picked up a green Right Leg Bone from the ground.

His luck really was incredible!

He had only recently obtained a sixty-thousand-year Crimson Sky Phoenix Right Arm Bone, and now he had acquired a twenty-thousand-year Wolf Bandit Right Leg Bone.

Unfortunately, a soul bone of such low quality did not interest him!

If only it were a hundred-thousand-year soul bone!

Feeling a slight pang of regret, Lin Feng used the flames as cover to put the soul bone into his Storage Soul Tool.

Only when the flames dissipated did Lin Feng speak in a clear voice:

"Miss, are you all right?"

Watching Lin Feng amid the surrounding flames, looking like a god descending from heaven, Ah Yin was utterly dazzled by his handsome appearance.

"I... I'm all right!"

But a moment later, Ah Yin's gaze locked onto the two black soul rings around Lin Feng, and her eyes went blank with shock.

"You're a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster? Why do you have Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings?"

Lin Feng did not answer directly. His eyes filled with melancholy, and he tilted his head toward the sky with a sigh.

"My circumstances are rather unusual. It's a long story. Better left unsaid."

"Since you're unharmed, miss, and all these Wolf Bandits have been killed, let's rescue the villagers first. We should get everyone who's still alive out of the village."

Curiosity stirred in Ah Yin. She could see a story behind the melancholy in Lin Feng's eyes.

I really want to know.

Ah Yin felt as though a kitten were scratching at her heart, but this was clearly not the time to listen to stories.

She bowed gracefully:

"Thank you for saving my life. I'm a support and control soul master, and I have a healing skill. I can help treat the villagers."