"Senior gentlemen, although you both know Ah Yin, we have now become sworn siblings with her!"
"Ah Yin is our little sister. Even if we are no match for you, we will never let you take her away easily!"
Before Ah Yin could speak, Tang Xiao answered first.
Although he did not want to stir up trouble, if they really intended to take Ah Yin away by force, he would certainly not stand idly by.
"Why don't you tell us where you come from first? Then we can see whether our little sister is willing to go with you."
Tang Xiao truly lived up to his role as the eldest brother; his words were watertight.
This both showed respect to the two powerful Douluo before them and asked about their origins, so they could go to their doorstep to retrieve Ah Yin later.
Gui Mei glanced at Tang Xiao, silently thinking that the boy's way of speaking did show some signs of having come from a great sect.
"We come from Spirit Hall."
Those few words gave both Tang Xiao and Tang Hao a sudden shock.
So these two came from Spirit Hall. No wonder they had the confidence to look down on the Clear Sky Sect!
Tang Xiao's thoughts twisted and turned even more. Ah Yin actually knew people from Spirit Hall, and these two had mentioned that the one who wanted to see her was their young master.
Spirit Hall's young master?
Wasn't that the current Pope of Spirit Hall?!
Tang Hao could not hide his shock either. Hadn't Ah Yin said she was all alone?
How was she connected to Spirit Hall?
At that moment, Ah Yin's heart, which had still been trembling, suddenly clenched.
Spirit Hall?
He was Spirit Hall's young master!
Spirit Hall's name rang like thunder among Soul Beasts. How could she not have heard of it?
Three years ago, she had thought the young man merely came from the nobility. She had never expected him to be from Spirit Hall.
In Spirit Hall's eyes, a hundred-thousand-year transformed Soul Beast like her was practically a walking top-grade cultivation resource!
Weaker than before, she could easily be hunted for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone!
"Little sister, are you willing to leave with these two seniors?"
After learning that Yue Guan and Gui Mei came from Spirit Hall, Tang Xiao also knew they could not afford to provoke Spirit Hall. He could only turn to Ah Yin beside him and ask.
Tang Hao also fell silent, quietly looking at Ah Yin.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked at Ah Yin.
"Miss Ah Yin, please come back with us. The young master misses you dearly!"
Gui Mei spoke again.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were on Ah Yin.
"I... I'm not willing to go with you!"
Under their gazes, Ah Yin finally answered.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were both taken aback.
Neither had expected Ah Yin to refuse!
"Miss Ah Yin, the young master has searched for you for three years. He only wishes to meet you once..."
Yue Guan spoke, but before he could finish, Ah Yin interrupted him.
"Three years ago, he and I only met once. Our bond was not deep!"
"Please tell him for me that we were merely duckweed meeting on the water. Our destined connection has ended, and I hope he will stop disturbing me."
"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, let's go!"
Ah Yin turned her gaze toward Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.
"Uh, well..."
Tang Xiao looked troubled. Although Ah Yin's refusal relieved him, he also worried about angering these two powerful figures from Spirit Hall.
"Little sister, don't worry. As long as you're unwilling, no one can take you away!"
"Not unless they step over my corpse first!"
Tang Hao, however, perked up, a trace of resolve mingling with his delight.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance, both momentarily unsure what to do.
This Miss Ah Yin was no ordinary person either. Their young master was the Pope of Spirit Hall. In Spirit City and the two great empires, who knew how many noble ladies longed to win even a trace of his favor?
Yet now, Miss Ah Yin had refused so decisively!
"Miss Ah Yin, will you really not reconsider?"
Yue Guan looked at Ah Yin and asked again.
They actually had a very good impression of Ah Yin. From her first rescue to the later epidemic in the small town, they had witnessed everything she had done.
Moreover, the young master had even given her a token back then.
Ah Yin shook her head and said firmly,
"Senior gentlemen, your young master and I differ in status. We do not walk the same path, so I hope he can forget me!"
Hearing this, Tang Hao felt both anger and joy.
He was angry because Ah Yin seemed to have had a romantic entanglement with that Pope of Spirit Hall. He actually was not the first person to move her heart.
He was happy because Ah Yin no longer had feelings for that Pope of Spirit Hall, which meant he still had a chance!
"Senior gentlemen, our little sister is unwilling to go with you, so..."
Although Tang Xiao did not finish, his meaning was already clear.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked displeased. They considered taking Ah Yin away by force, but they were also wary of Qian Xunji's attitude toward her. If they upset Ah Yin, the two of them might still be punished when the time came.
"What should we do, Old Gui?"
Yue Guan transmitted his voice to Gui Mei through Soul Power.
"Should we take Miss Ah Yin away by force?"
"I think we should forget it. The young master said we must not hurt Miss Ah Yin."
"As long as she remains with these people from the Clear Sky Sect, we can find her. Let's return and report the situation to the young master first."
"All right!"
"Since you are unwilling to come with us, Miss Ah Yin, we will not force you. Once we return, we will relay your words to the young master exactly as you said them!"
After Yue Guan finished speaking, he and Gui Mei left.
Seeing them leave, not only did Tang Xiao and Tang Hao breathe sighs of relief, but Ah Yin's heart finally stopped hanging in suspense.
If those two had taken her away by force, she would probably have been discovered as a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast the moment she was brought back to Spirit Hall, and become a Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
"I think we had better not stay here any longer. Spirit Hall's people might come again!"
"Let's go. We'll leave the Suotuo City area first."
Tang Xiao spoke gravely.
"Eldest Brother is right. Ah Yin, we'll take you somewhere Spirit Hall can't find you!"
Beside them, Tang Hao hurriedly agreed.
Ah Yin nodded, her expression complicated.
Perhaps she would never meet that young man again!
Inside Suotuo City, at the Spirit Hall Branch.
"Your Holiness, those were Miss Ah Yin's words, and she is unwilling to meet you."
Yue Guan and Gui Mei knelt on one knee behind a figure.
Qian Xunji stood with his hands behind his back, remaining silent for a long time. Yue Guan and Gui Mei secretly exchanged a glance. Just as their thoughts began running wild, Qian Xunji's voice rang out.
"Since she is unwilling to come and see me, let it be!"
No fluctuation could be heard in Qian Xunji's voice, leaving Yue Guan and Gui Mei unable to tell what mood His Holiness the Pope before them was in.
"Order five Titled Douluo from the Elder Hall to head to the Star Dou Great Forest. I am going to hunt for a Soul Ring!"
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were about to withdraw when Qian Xunji called them back.
"Wait!"
"Your Holiness!"
"Send people to keep watch on those two Clear Sky Sect brothers and Ah Yin at all times. I want to know their movements at any moment!"
Hearing this, Yue Guan and Gui Mei both sighed inwardly.
It seemed the young master still could not let go of Miss Ah Yin!
"Yes, Your Holiness!"