First Meeting with Ye Lingling

Chapter 24 First Meeting with Ye Lingling

Upon hearing Tianmeng Bingcan's words, Shen Hanyu frowned slightly and secretly glanced at the girl who was slowly walking over from not far away. He felt a strange sense of familiarity about her.

Seeing that Shen Hanyu hadn't responded for a long time, Tianmeng Bingcan turned around and realized that Shen Hanyu had been lost in thought, stroking his chin.

"Han Yu? Han Yu? Hey, hey, hey, Han Yu, stop thinking about it, they're almost here..."

Shen Hanyu casually gave an "oh," then seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Tianmeng, you mean that the woman and the Soul Douluo in the Great Soul Arena both showed signs of life energy?"

Tianmeng nodded and said:

"It is indeed a reaction of life energy, just like the life energy carried by the Emerald Swan clan, only more gentle. In my opinion, their martial soul should be a kind of plant-type martial soul of you humans, and of very high quality."

He paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts, and waited until the girl in the black dress had walked away before speaking:

"I don't know what's going on either. When I scanned those two bodies with my spiritual power, I found a strange energy within their very essence, coiling around their so-called life force and martial spirit. Although it won't endanger their cultivation, but..."

Shen Hanyu raised an eyebrow. With a higher level of mental power, one can indeed discover many things that ordinary people cannot. Tianmeng is such an example.

As for him, it was purely intuition. After all, besides its ice attribute, the Frostfire Spear also carried a strong killing intent. This killing intent was not evil; it was as vast and boundless as the killing intent of Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword, carrying a sense of justice, and it had a unique sensitivity to certain things.

"But what's wrong? Is there a problem?"

After racking her brains for a long time, Tianmeng finally said:

"It means... it will affect their normal fertility. In other words... at most, only two people with this martial soul can exist at a time, otherwise the strange energy within their bodies will be activated, leading to a tragic death..."

"It's less of a restriction and more of... a curse..."

Listening to Tianmeng Bingcan's words, Shen Hanyu narrowed his eyes and suddenly remembered a character from the original work.

A top-tier plant-type martial soul, female, with excellent talent; only two can coexist in one generation, and she carries a curse…

Isn't that Ye Lingling and her grandfather?

Ye Lingling's grandfather was named Ye Renxin. His martial soul was Nine Heart Begonia, and he had cultivated to the level of Soul Douluo. He traveled the continent for many years to save lives and heal the wounded. The number of people he treated was terrifying. He had an excellent reputation on the continent and was hailed by many as the number one divine doctor in Douluo.

However, he has the confidence to earn this title. The Nine Heart Begonia's terrifying healing ability is unparalleled in the world. As long as there is a Soul Master with the Nine Heart Begonia, dying becomes a luxury.

Ning Fengzhi once described the Nine-Hearted Begonia as a "miracle" among Douluo martial souls.

This is also ridiculous. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has almost never stopped suppressing the Nine Heart Begonia family. If the Nine Heart Begonia family hadn't only had two Soul Masters in their generation, it's hard to say who would be the number one support-type martial soul in Douluo Continent now.

Even so, the Nine Heart Begonia family still faced considerable suppression. Ye Renxin's dedication to healing was partly due to this; much like Dugu Bo, he wanted to pave the way for his granddaughter, ensuring her a more comfortable future…

However, Ye Renxin travels around all year round, and the grandfather and grandson would not see each other for several years. Now that they have both appeared in Häagen-Dazs City, it is probably a long-awaited reunion.

"Alright, Tianmeng, stop guessing. Their martial soul is the Nine-Heart Begonia, a heaven-defying martial soul. They do carry a strange curse, but it has nothing to do with us. Besides, their grandfather is a famous philanthropist on the continent. Offending them is offending everyone he has ever saved."

Shen Hanyu offered an explanation, glancing at Ye Lingling, who was wearing a black veil, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

Now, Ye Lingling is still quite young, and although she wears a veil, she is already a stunningly beautiful and aloof young woman.

As they brushed past each other, Shen Hanyu even caught a faint whiff of orchid fragrance emanating from her, a delicate and captivating scent…

Shen Hanyu thought he had it under control, but Ye Lingling still paused slightly before quickly regaining her composure and walking briskly toward the Great Soul Arena, without even glancing at Shen Hanyu.

"We've been discovered, haven't we? Such keen senses..."

Shen Hanyu muttered something to himself and continued walking forward.

Tianmeng watched Ye Lingling's retreating figure and said thoughtfully:

"Hanyu, this little girl has a decent skull, at least 30,000 to 50,000 years old. She just emitted a spiritual energy fluctuation, which is why she could vaguely sense us. However, my spiritual energy is tens of thousands of times stronger than hers, so you don't need to worry."

Shen Hanyu nodded in surprise. A skull aged 30,000 to 50,000 years—even the top three sects probably couldn't find many soul bones like that. The fact that the Ye family, which was considered a minor noble class, had one was astonishing.

Tsk tsk, a family that has been passed down for thousands of years, there is indeed no simple one.

After making a few casual remarks, Shen Hanyu quickly found a large and comfortable carriage, paid the driver fifty gold soul coins, and sped out of Häagen-Dazs City, heading towards Element City.

………………

We left Häagen-Dazs.

As the scenery outside the window gradually changed from dark green to light green, Shen Hanyu chatted idly with Tianmeng Bingcan.

The carriage was enveloped by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power, making it completely quiet and private, as no movement could be detected from the outside.

The Kingdom of Häagen-Dazs is mostly mountainous and plains, and the main road to the City of Elements is naturally built among towering mountains. There are even several bridges that span deep valleys, where one wrong step could lead to a bottomless abyss. People with a fear of heights probably wouldn't even want to look at it, as it is indeed quite frightening.

This road is surrounded by mountains and forests, and there are quite a few spirit beasts, but they are mostly small fry that are ten or a hundred years old. Few of them dare to attack humans, and there are no bandits like wolf thieves. It is much safer than other places.

Feeling the temperature slowly dropping, Shen Hanyu finally perked up a bit. No matter where he was, sometimes being tired and giving up was his favorite thing to do.

Unfortunately, happiness is always short-lived. After a period of rest, he will get up again to meditate and cultivate, striving to break through to the Soul Saint realm as soon as possible. Now is not the time to slack off.

Shen Hanyu couldn't help but admire Tianmeng Bingcan, who was engrossed in gazing at the scenery outside the window. In the original story, wasn't he supposed to be a lazy person? He wasn't lazy at all, but he certainly seemed to be giving up.

In Tianmeng's words, that is:

If you can live, then try your best to live; only think about other things when you really can't live anymore.

This makes a lot of sense. For a soul beast like him who only eats, drinks, and sleeps, it's practically a golden rule, a life plan that's been laid out from birth to death...

(End of this chapter)