"Nana, come on. Let's take Yan to our teacher for treatment."
After helping Yan up, Xie Yue called for Hu Liena to leave with them. They were better off avoiding too much contact with someone so terrifying.
But Hu Liena merely waved them off, telling them to go ahead. Her beautiful eyes remained fixed on Ye Yan, watching him like prey.
As she slowly approached him, a brown fox tail materialized behind her, swaying from side to side with her steps.
"Handsome~ I never imagined you were so strong. You made me worry for nothing."
Hu Liena's voice was soft and sweet, brimming with seductive charm amplified by her martial soul. Her fluffy fox tail was just as naughty, slipping beneath Ye Yan's hem and rubbing against his lower abdomen.
Mmm, that tickles.
Unable to withstand her teasing, Ye Yan caught that mischievous tail through his clothes, his eyes growing a little hazy.
Hu Liena pursed her lips and let out a laugh like tinkling silver bells.
"You're so adorable, handsome. Come to think of it, I still don't know what to call you. You know my name, but I don't know yours. That's so unfair."
"My name is Ye Yan. You can also call me Xu Xiaoyan. Everyone close to me likes calling me that. By the way, may I call you Nana?"
"Xu Xiaoyan, what a lovely name. Of course you can. I like people close to me calling me that too. Oh, this must be your first time in Spirit City, right? Why don't I show you around so you won't get lost later?"
Should I go?
While Ye Yan was considering it, the little fox seized the chance to escape his grip. Her tail curled around his waist, pulling them tightly together.
"Whew~"
Hu Liena exhaled a warm breath. Why does Xu Xiaoyan smell so good? She raised a hand to stroke his skin. It felt delicate and smooth, as though the slightest pinch could squeeze water out of it.
Just as he was about to surrender, he suddenly remembered that Snake Lance was watching from the side. No, no! If he tells my little angel about this, I'll be done for!
Forcing down the desire in his heart, Ye Yan teleported out of Hu Liena's embrace and gave her an apologetic smile. "I'll come play with you next time~"
Things had indeed gone just as he expected. Snake Lance had initially looked listless. A Soul Elder actually dreaming of challenging Ye Yan? What an absolute idiot. He did not even need to watch; it would be over in an instant.
But Hu Liena's sudden appearance had given him a fright. Watching the two grow increasingly intimate, he had not known whether he ought to intervene. Fortunately, Ye Yan still knew where to draw the line and left Hu Liena's embrace of his own accord.
Afterward, the two headed toward Worship Mountain instead. Ye Yan even put on a mask along the way to avoid causing a commotion. There was no helping it; being too handsome was a burden of its own.
Upon entering the Worship Hall, the most striking sight was the Angel Statue towering several dozen meters high. She held an enormous stone sword aloft, with faint flames seemingly flickering around its blade.
Seven middle-aged men sat cross-legged before the statue-or, more precisely, six middle-aged men and one cute little femboy (ˆつ⩊⊂ˆ)੭
Seeing Snake Lance follow Ye Yan into the hall, Golden Crocodile and the others were puzzled. Why have you come back instead of staying in Heaven Dou City to protect Xue'er?
Ye Yan looked at his dowry entourage with great satisfaction and cupped his hands in greeting.
"This junior is Ye Yan, Xue'er's lover. Greetings, Grandpa Qian and honored worshippers."
"Good. Very good!"
The moment Qian Daoliu, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, heard that someone had rooted up his precious little cabbage, he stopped pretending to be a detached sage. Almost tangible golden soul power surged toward Ye Yan, pressing down on him.
This old fossil wants to test me? Pressure won't work on me!
Ye Yan immediately summoned the Blue Silver Emperor. Three soul rings-one red and two black-revolved around him. All seven worshippers, Qian Daoliu included, stared in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief.
What had they just seen? A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his first, and Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings as his second and third!
Azure Luan and the others who did not have Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings began questioning their very lives. Were young people these days all this outrageous?
"Big Brother, am I dreaming?"
Jiang Mo even wondered whether he was still asleep. And he was not the only one dumbfounded; Qian Jun was just as stunned.
Qian Jun raised his fist and punched Jiang Mo, nearly knocking the acid out of his stomach. Seeing his younger brother's agonized expression, he finally confirmed that he was not dreaming.
The little femboy Guang Ling could no longer contain his confusion and was the first to ask.
"Those soul rings of yours, kid... what's going on?"
"Heh~"
Now that they had brought this up, Ye Yan perked right up. He cleared his throat and explained that he had twin martial souls.
Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief. So he has twin martial souls. That explains it...
Then Ye Yan summoned an emerald-green longsword in his left hand, but there was not a single soul ring attached to it.
"These black soul rings really aren't very pretty. But don't worry, everyone. Every ring I attach to my second martial soul will be at least a hundred thousand years old."
What sky-high extravagance!
Everyone was overwhelmed by his outrageous declaration, staring at him with twitching faces. We're asking how you absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as your first ring, not why you have two black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!
And he did not stop there. Ye Yan then proposed that he wanted to experience the strength of a Titled Douluo.
The six worshippers exchanged glances and revealed wicked grins. Had your fill of showing off just now, did you? Look how carried away you've gotten, wanting to experience a Titled Douluo's strength. We'll let you experience our love right away.
"Keh, keh, keh."
Listening to their sinister laughter, Ye Yan swallowed. It seemed he would have to be careful.
They then went to the plaza outside the hall, where a green incense stick appeared in his hand.
"Honored worshippers, let's set the time limit at one incense stick. If you manage to injure me within that time, I lose. Otherwise, I win.
"A plain fight would be boring. Why don't we add some stakes? The loser has to do one thing for the winner. How does that sound?"
"Good! No problem."
Jiang Mo rolled his wrists, producing a teeth-grating series of cracks from his bones that added a little more invisible pressure.
With a rub of his fingers, Ye Yan lit the green incense stick and casually planted it in the ground. At the same time, he activated the Blue Silver Domain, and an azure halo enveloped the entire plaza.
The six worshippers opposite him felt their bodies grow heavy as all their attributes dropped by ten percent. They looked at him in amazement. He had actually unlocked a domain as a Soul Elder.
Ye Yan sensed a disturbance in space, moving so quickly that he had no time to dodge. First soul skill: Void!
It granted immunity to all non-energy physical attacks while reducing the power of any pure-energy attack by fifty percent.
Ye Yan's body turned transparent. Two staff shadows, one red and one blue, attacked from front and rear, passing straight through him. They belonged to the brothers Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.
Whoosh!
An invisible, traceless energy arrow tore through the sky. Ye Yan could even feel the faint chill at its tip. His figure flashed into the air, narrowly evading it by a hair's breadth.
"First soul skill: Wind-Slashing Sword Feathers!"
An enormous four-winged Luan Bird took shape in the air. As its wings swept outward, feathers filled the sky and descended like a torrential waterfall, sealing off every avenue of escape.
At the same time, Qian Jun and the other two formed a triangle around Ye Yan, hemming him in. No matter which way he fled, at least two of them would be there to intercept him.
Now Ye Yan had no road to heaven and no gate into the earth. His situation hung by a thread.
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