NOVEL WEB Chapter 142 – That’s Right, We’re Already Family
Of all the decisions Ye Zhilan had made in her life, the one she most regretted was staying silent after learning that her daughter, Ye Lingling, had fallen for Ye Yu.
At the time, she had looked into Ye Yu's background and found nothing worth mentioning—so she said nothing. She never expected that the boy would turn out to be such a monster of talent.
By the time she realized it, Ye Yu was already with Dugu Yan.
Given the long-standing alliance between the Nine Heart Begonia Clan and the Dugu Clan, Ye Zhilan couldn't bring herself to ask her daughter to intervene—or worse, settle for being a concubine.
But as the saying goes:
"There's no such thing as impossible—only insufficient interest."
Since then, Ye Yu had undergone a complete transformation. He dominated Yu Tianheng at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and made his name overnight.
He only kept rising after that.
After condensing his Soul Core, his Spirit Power had already reached the quality of a Titled Douluo's, even while still at the Spirit King level. And without even using his Martial Soul, he had defeated her husband, Ling Zhantian, purely with physical strength.
What kind of monstrous prodigy was this?
At this point, Ye Zhilan no longer cared about formalities like "first wife" or "concubine." As long as it didn't jeopardize Ye Yu's relationship with Dugu Yan, she would do anything to let her daughter be with him.
This kind of overpowered rising star—the Nine Heart Begonia Clan was all in.
At the Nine Heart Begonia Clan's compound, the Ye Manor.
When Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Yu arrived for a visit, Ling Zhantian and Ye Zhilan warmly welcomed them, personally ordering the servants to bring out tea and snacks.
"Haha, it was actually a last-minute decision to come by this afternoon," Dugu Bo said cheerfully, stroking his snow-white beard.
"In truth, it's because Xiao Yu has a gift he wants to give you, Zhantian."
"Oh? A gift?" Ling Zhantian blinked in surprise.
Ye Zhilan and Ye Lingling were equally startled.
Is Ye Yu planning to give Father a rare immortal herb too?
Ye Lingling was genuinely curious.
"Uncle Ling, would you mind dismissing the others for a moment?" Ye Yu said, glancing at the attendants who were still serving tea.
Ling Zhantian's curiosity was piqued.
"Everyone, leave us," Ye Zhilan said with calm authority. Her refined, graceful face remained composed, but her tone allowed no argument.
"Yes, ma'am," the attendants replied, bowing respectfully before exiting.
Only the two families remained in the hall.
"Uncle Ling, during my training expedition, I had a little run-in with the Clear Sky Douluo—Tang Hao," Ye Yu said with a faint smile.
"I managed to bring him down and extracted three Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones from him."
"These three bones… I'd like to gift them to you, Uncle Ling—to help you break through to the Titled Douluo level."
As he spoke, Ye Yu pulled three elegant jade boxes from his Jade Dragon Bracelet and used his Spirit Power to float them gently in front of Ling Zhantian.
"Clear Sky Douluo? Three Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones?!"
Both Ling Zhantian and Ye Zhilan were shocked.
"You took down Tang Hao?!"
Ling Zhantian could hardly believe his ears.
As a battle-type Spirit Master himself, he was all too familiar with Tang Hao's reputation.
Tang Hao was the youngest Titled Douluo in the public record—who, right after his breakthrough, had killed the previous Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, who was a Rank 95 Super Douluo.
He was the idol of countless battle-type Spirit Masters. The goal they all dreamed of chasing.
Ye Yu's previous feats were already enough to astonish them—like condensing a Soul Core and defeating Ling Zhantian with only physical power and self-created Spirit Abilities.
They already considered Ye Yu a once-in-a-generation prodigy, possibly already equivalent to a Titled Douluo in power.
But still…
Taking down Tang Hao?
That was on another level entirely.
Clearly, they had still underestimated Ye Yu.
As Ling Zhantian reached for the jade boxes in stunned silence, Ye Zhilan suddenly snatched them away and tried to push them back into Ye Yu's arms.
Her graceful face was firm and sincere.
"Xiao Yu, Senior Dugu—this is too much."
"These are treasures soaked in blood!"
"Our Nine Heart Begonia Clan is unworthy of such a gift. We can't accept it without earning it."
"She's right!" Ling Zhantian finally snapped out of it and tried to refuse as well.
But neither Dugu Bo nor Ye Yu would let them.
"Aunt Ye, Uncle Ling," Ye Yu said seriously, pushing the boxes back.
"We're family."
"You helped me hunt down the Undying Laurel and the Demon Willow—you even led the expeditions yourselves."
"I obtained two External Spirit Bones from those life-type Spirit Beasts—that's a far greater gift than these."
"My creed has always been: Return a drop of kindness with a fountain of gratitude."
With Ye Yu insisting and Dugu Bo backing him up, the couple eventually accepted the gift.
Then Dugu Bo chuckled and added:
"Zhilan, Zhantian—if you truly feel guilty about this, just promise us one thing."
"When Xiao Yu establishes his own sect one day, our two clans will join it together."
"Then we'll truly be one family."
Ye Zhilan smiled warmly.
"Senior Dugu, you jest. Whether or not this gift was involved, with Lingling, Yan'er, and Xiao Yu so close…"
"The Nine Heart Begonia Clan will follow wherever Xiao Yu leads."
"We're already family."
"That's right!" Dugu Bo laughed heartily.
In his heart, he simply thought this must be a result of the three Spirit Bones. With such a gift, of course Ye Zhilan would want to strengthen their alliance.
He didn't know the real reason.
But at that moment, Ye Zhilan's gentle, elegant face was lit with radiant joy.
She still didn't know about what had happened between Ye Lingling and Ye Yu…
But seeing her wife smile so blissfully, Ling Zhantian scratched his head and grinned like a fool.
Later that day, in the main hall—
Ling Zhantian finally opened the three jade boxes.
Inside were a left arm bone, a left leg bone, and a right leg bone—each one radiant like carved jade, glowing faintly with hues of crimson, cyan, and ochre.
After sitting down cross-legged on the floor, Ling Zhantian began preparing to fuse the Spirit Bones into his body.
In the Douluo Continent, breaking through from Rank 89 to Rank 90 was famously difficult.
Dugu Bo himself had been stuck at that threshold for many years.
In fact, countless Spirit Masters spent their entire lives failing to cross that barrier.
But that was only true for those relying solely on their own cultivation.
In reality, with the help of external forces—top-tier herbs, immortal plants, high-quality Spirit Bones, or even the sacrifice of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast—one could break through by force.
Take Tang Hao, for example.
Before he even reached Rank 89, he accepted Ah Yin's sacrifice and directly ascended into the Titled Douluo realm.
This proved that external support could absolutely propel a Spirit Master into the ranks of Titled Douluo.
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