Someone's Jealous

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The moment Lin Ye walked into the classroom, a commotion broke out.

"Hey—"

"The groom's back?"

"Shui Bing'er is the undisputed beauty of Skywater Academy."

"You really struck gold, Lin Ye."

"Come on, captain, tell us."

"What have you been up to these past few days?"

"..."

The others crowded around Lin Ye, grinning wickedly.

Lin Ye was the only student in their year who had gotten married while still at school.

In their eyes...

Lin Ye was already a living legend.

"None of your damn business."

Lin Ye shooed away everyone making a fuss.

Then another voice called out.

"Captain."

"You haven't heard, have you?"

"Yan Yan and Lingling heard you got married. They've been crying their eyes out."

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling cried in unison, "We have not!"

They sat in the corner of the classroom, their eyes full of resentment. Unlike before, neither rushed over when she saw Lin Ye.

Damn Lin Ye!

He had kept telling them he was going out to make some quick money and would be back in a few days.

But instead...

The bastard had run off to Skywater City and married Shui Bing'er.

Lin Ye went over and sat between the two women.

He lowered his voice and asked Dugu Yan, "Did you take care of what I asked?"

He meant the Immortal-Grade Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Bo was a stubborn old fossil.

The old man allowed no one near that valley in the Sunset Forest. He had even sealed its perimeter with an impenetrable Poison Barrier.

So...

The only way Lin Ye could get the Immortal-Grade Herbs was through Dugu Yan.

"No!"

Dugu Yan was still furious.

Even if she had done it, she wasn't about to tell him.

"Everyone seems pretty down."

"What happened?"

Lin Ye meant the members of the Imperial Fighting Team.

It made sense that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were unhappy about his marriage. If the others felt the same way, that would be terrifying.

No one answered.

They just kept their heads down.

"Lingling, you tell me!"

Ye Lingling was the most obedient member of the team.

Though she was simmering with anger too, she still opened her mouth under his overbearing gaze.

"After you left..."

"Teacher Qin Ming took us out to train."

"The first half went smoothly, but things went sideways when we passed through Suotuo City."

"We ran into a team called Shrek..."

"..."

Lin Ye understood.

Tang San had beaten them up.

"Lin Ye."

"Avenge us."

"You don't want the Imperial Fighting Team nailed to the pillar of shame, do you?"

Dugu Yan finally spoke up.

The reason the Imperial Fighting Team still hadn't shaken off their gloom after half a month was that they had lost to a team of Soul Grandmasters and Soul Elders.

A team far weaker than they were.

"I can avenge you."

"First, do what I asked."

The Imperial Fighting Team had lost to Shrek.

Tang San would be coming next.

Before that happened, Lin Ye had to dig up every Immortal-Grade Herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Hmph—"

"All you care about is what you can get out of it!"

Dugu Yan slapped a white medicine bottle onto the desk.

Inside were the pills that would let him pass freely through the Poison Barrier.

She had taken care of it days ago.

If Lin Ye hadn't suddenly married Shui Bing'er, she would have obediently handed the pills over long before now.

"Yan Yan."

"I knew you wouldn't let me down."

Smiling, Lin Ye put the bottle into his Storage Soul Tool.

The greatest obstacle to entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was gone.

Now...

He was going to make his move!

That evening.

Lin Ye shut himself inside his single-occupancy dorm room.

He carefully took out the External Soul Bone he had obtained in the Frozen Forest.

It was a pair of Dragon Wings in the form of an External Soul Bone.

The ice-blue wing bones looked carved from ancient ice, while the membranes bore fine patterns of icy scales.

The instant the thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone appeared, a thin layer of ice crystals formed throughout the room.

He was heading to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well next.

He needed to absorb the External Soul Bone first and improve his odds of success by another ten percent.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged.

He gently pressed the Dragon Wings against his back.

The moment the Soul Bone touched his skin, a cool breath seeped into him like spring water melting snow.

The next instant.

The Ice Dragon King Bloodline in Lin Ye's body quietly surged. A faint dragon's cry resonated with the lingering aura of the Ice-Spike Dragon within the Soul Bone.

His bones gave crisp little clicks as the two energies met.

A pair of ice-blue Dragon Wings took shape on his back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The whole process flowed as naturally as water finding its course. There was no pain, only the quiet rise of his Soul Power.

His Soul Power had reached level fifty-two!

Knock, knock—

Someone suddenly knocked on the door.

To keep anyone from discovering his External Soul Bone, he willed the Mystic Ice Dragon Wings to retract into his back.

Then.

He opened the door.

Outside stood Dugu Yan, who had still been angry with him earlier that day.

"Hmph—"

"Took you long enough to open up."

"Is Ye Lingling in there?"

Dugu Yan walked into the room as she spoke.

She lifted the covers, looked under the bed, and even knocked on the wardrobe doors.

Finally...

"That's going too far."

"Quit grabbing at my damn pants."

"How could Ye Lingling possibly be hiding down there?"

Lin Ye tightened his waistband and asked, "What are you doing here so late?"

"Sleeping!"

Before the words had left her mouth, Dugu Yan was already lying on the bed.

"Then come on," Lin Ye said. "I just ate a stalk of thousand-year Whale Rubber, and I've got nowhere to put all this energy."

"Holy shit!"

"You're serious?"

When Dugu Yan saw Lin Ye starting to take off his clothes, she sprang up from the bed.

Okay, okay. You win.

After catching her breath, she asked, "How are you planning to explain this to my grandfather?"

Her grandfather valued the Immortal-Grade Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well more than his own life.

If he found out the herbs had been stolen, he would never let Lin Ye off.

And Lin Ye shouldn't imagine he could cover his tracks perfectly. Her grandfather would be able to pinpoint him.

Never underestimate a Titled Douluo's nose.

"That old fossil is nothing to worry about."

Lin Ye had already worked out a little series of moves that would leave Dugu Yan breathless.

"Tch—"

"You're the old fossil."

"Don't expect me to plead for you when the time comes."

That was what Dugu Yan said, but she had already made up her mind.

If her grandfather gave Lin Ye trouble, she would find a rope and hang herself.

Hmph...

Let's see if Grandfather dares!

"My grandfather is accompanying Prince Xue Xing to the Balak Kingdom tomorrow. This is our best chance."

"You're coming too?"

"Of course. Don't think you'll ever shake me off again."

Dugu Yan's tone was firm as iron.

One careless moment had been all it took for that hateful Shui Bing'er to steal her man.

From now on...

She would never make that mistake again.