Ah Yin won herself over!

Tang San had only been at Nuoding Academy for less than two days. Never mind all the different Soul Beasts-he did not even know which Martial Souls should be paired with which Soul Rings.

Though ignorance was ignorance.

He placed extraordinary trust in Yu Xiaogang's words, his whole approach being to follow blindly.

After all, Yu Xiaogang was his teacher, wasn't he?

Since his teacher had said so, this Lone Bamboo Martial Soul had to suit him.

Surely his teacher would not lie to him?

Still, Tang San grew a little curious. If his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul absorbed this hundred-year Lone Bamboo, what exactly would his first Soul Skill do?

Surely it would be something very flashy and powerful?

Yu Xiaogang committed the hundred-year Lone Bamboo's location to memory, looked at Tang San beside him, and said with a kindly smile:

"Little San, let's head deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest first and have a look around. Let's see whether we can try our luck and encounter a Soul Beast with a poison attribute."

"Although this hundred-year Lone Bamboo Martial Soul suits your Blue Silver Grass, it isn't the first choice, after all. Our first choice would naturally lean toward the poison attribute. If your Blue Silver Grass gains a poison attribute, it will have control capabilities, giving you an advantage when facing opponents."

"Of course, if our luck is poor and we can't find one with a poison attribute, this hundred-year Lone Bamboo can serve as a fallback. In short, whichever we choose, your Blue Silver Grass won't lose out."

Tang San nodded and replied, "I'll do whatever you say, Teacher."

Somewhere in the shadows.

Lin Chuan took in the entire scene.

Ah Yin stood beside him as well.

Ah Yin had now regained human form, and her misfortune had even turned into a blessing: her Soul Power had reached level 86 outright, advancing her straight to Soul Douluo.

The instant Ah Yin saw Tang San, the killing intent in her eyes could not have been more obvious.

If the Auspicious Beast had not given her instructions, she would already have revealed herself and completely stripped the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline from Tang San's body.

For a beast like this, who occupied her child's body, even one second of the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline flowing through him was defilement.

Sensing Ah Yin's killing intent on the verge of erupting, Lin Chuan reached out, took her soft little hand, and said gently:

"Ah Yin, I know you can hardly wait, but please wait until tonight to act. When the time comes, you can extract the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline from Tang San however you like, but not now. If you extract his bloodline now, Tang San won't be able to endure all the interesting things I've set up in the Soul Hunting Forest over these past few days. He'll die, and if Tang San dies, that will cut our future fun in half."

There truly was not a single lie in those words.

If Little Scumbag died so easily, well over half the future fun would be gone.

Of course, it was not that Tang San could not die. He simply needed to be tormented first, until his mental state collapsed, before being sent on his way.

As for Yu Xiaogang.

That fellow was even more out of the question when it came to dying.

Across all five Douluo installments, Yu Xiaogang was one of a kind.

If Yu Xiaogang really died, the days ahead would truly be dull.

Besides, Lin Chuan still had nearly a hundred ways to torment Yu Xiaogang in his mind.

Every single one was utterly explosive.

Feeling her hand firmly held, Ah Yin's stunning face instantly flushed red.

The obvious killing intent in her eyes vanished completely in that instant, like spring snow meeting the blazing sun.

And that was not all. Ah Yin could distinctly hear her own heartbeat, beating very fast, while her thoughts involuntarily ran wild.

The Auspicious Beast actually took my hand of his own accord, and he's so close. I can even clearly smell that lovely scent on him.

Could the Auspicious Beast like me too?

The instant that thought arose, Ah Yin let out a long sigh inwardly and even smiled in self-mockery.

How could that be possible?

It's nothing but a fool's dream.

I'm nothing but a withered flower and a broken willow, while the Auspicious Beast is a noble existence among the Soul Beast Clan. How could he linger for an impure patch of flowers and grass like me?

But then Ah Yin thought of another possibility.

I've taken human form anew now. This body is pure and innocent, completely flawless and perfectly clean.

Perhaps I'm exactly the type the Auspicious Beast likes?

That's right.

That must be it.

Ah Yin's thoughts were a complete jumble, and the shyness on her face grew even more obvious.

She lowered her head, bit her red lip, and answered in a very soft voice:

"I'll do whatever you say, Lord Auspicious Beast."

Seeing Ah Yin like this, Lin Chuan's gaze instantly turned somewhat strange.

His intuition told him that Ah Yin was definitely thinking about something improper, and that the images in her mind were extremely indecent.

Lin Chuan shifted his gaze slightly downward and saw himself holding Ah Yin's hand.

Then he raised his head again to look at her bashful face.

In an instant, a bold guess formed in his mind.

Ah Yin is clearly winning herself over.

But it's good that she's winning herself over.

Simply wonderful.

Once she's more or less finished winning herself over, I can just steer the boat with the current and make her mine in one stroke. Simply perfect.

Well, actually, even if Ah Yin did not win herself over, Lin Chuan could make her his outright as long as he wanted to.

Yu Xiaogang had already led Tang San into the deepest part of the Soul Hunting Forest.

It was very quiet.

Along the entire way, apart from the two Lone Bamboo plants they had seen at the entrance to the path, they had not encountered a single other Soul Beast.

"Why does this feel a little strange? The Soul Hunting Forest never used to be like this. What's going on today? Apart from those two Lone Bamboo plants at the entrance to the path, we haven't seen any other Soul Beasts at all. It's as though they've all been hunted down."

Yu Xiaogang stopped and looked around. Recalling that they had not seen so much as a hair of a Soul Beast along the way, he immediately grew somewhat puzzled.

His intuition told him that when things were out of the ordinary, something sinister had to be afoot. There had to be a problem.

But on second thought, perhaps he was overthinking it.

Presumably, lots of people have come to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts recently, and they've nearly hunted them to extinction.

And the people managing the Soul Hunting Forest haven't released more Soul Beasts here yet.

That was right. This was Yu Xiaogang.

Even though he had noticed something slightly amiss, he did not think any further into it, instead finding himself a very reasonable explanation.

After all, Yu Xiaogang was merely a useless Grandmaster who had plagiarized his way to that title. It would have been strange if he could truly connect all the causes and consequences.