NOVEL WEB Chapter 222: Feng Xiaotian, Stop Pestering Me! I Already Belong to Someone Else!
Even though Ye Yu had now successfully fused with the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline extracted from Ah Yin through the External Spirit Bone: Demon Willow Fluff, the bloodline within him still hadn't quite reached Ah Yin's level. That was only natural—Ye Yu was still human, not a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast who had taken human form.
But in Ye Yu's eyes, this was actually preferable.
After all, spirit beasts who took human form at the hundred-thousand-year level were indeed able to self-generate Spirit Rings, but the ring age was fixed. On the other hand, due to the hybrid nature of his bloodline, Ye Yu believed he had greater potential.
Just like in the original story, Tang San's fifth self-generated Spirit Ring was capable of evolving and increasing in age along with his body and cultivation. This kind of adaptability—Ye Yu felt—was far closer to perfection.
So, if given a choice, he would unquestionably prefer the latter path!
Although Ye Yu had now fully merged with the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, he was still only at Rank 78, just below the Spirit Douluo realm.
Which meant: he wouldn't activate the bloodline yet.
If his spirit power hadn't reached the bottleneck and he forcibly awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, only to find that he couldn't generate a Spirit Ring—wouldn't that be a total disaster?
Ye Yu had asked Ah Yin about this, but she didn't know either.
After all, she was simply a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor who had taken human form. Even Tang San had never awakened the bloodline to self-generate a Spirit Ring. How could she possibly know something that had never happened?
Since Ah Yin had returned to human form, Ye Yu had secluded himself with her inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to study how to fuse the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. During this time, only Dugu Bo would occasionally deliver meals.
Now that the fusion was complete, Ye Yu finally decided to return to Dugu Mansion for a few days to rest and recover.
After that, he would head back to the Star Dou Forest, hunt spirit beasts again, and use the External Spirit Bone: Demon Willow Fluff to devour them—racing toward breaking through Rank 80.
Although most of the past half-year had been spent researching the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, Ye Yu never slacked off in his daily cultivation.
By now, the lingering medicinal power from the Star Luo Holy Pearl he'd consumed last time had been fully absorbed, and the impurities left behind by the devoured essence of spirit beasts like the Sun Fusang Tree and Illusion Star Dragon had already been purged from his body through Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering.
It was time for the next round.
"I'm back."
Ye Yu returned to Dugu Mansion with Ah Yin in tow, a rare smile on his face.
By then, night had already fallen.
Surprisingly, however, Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing weren't home. Only Grandfather Dugu Bo and Xiao Wu, who was still restricted from going outside, remained.
As per their previous agreement, due to Xiao Wu's identity as a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast in human form, she couldn't go out until she had broken through to the Spirit Emperor level and reached full maturity. Only then would she be allowed to accompany the other girls—Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong—on outings.
"Xiao Yu, how was it?"
"Did your research into fusing the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline succeed?"
Inside the mansion, Dugu Bo was tending to the medicinal herbs growing in his courtyard when he spotted Ye Yu and Ah Yin returning. He couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Of course it did," Ye Yu replied with a confident smile. "Once I break through to Rank 80, Ah Yin can awaken my Blue Silver Emperor bloodline for me. That way, I can self-generate the most compatible eighth Spirit Ring possible."
(And that ring would evolve in age along with my body… Ye Yu added silently in his heart.)
Hearing this, Xiao Wu's heart sank into despair.
What now?
This terrifying monster of a human was already on the verge of becoming a Spirit Douluo!
If he kept using her to hunt ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, and if he kept letting that bizarre external Spirit Bone devour them to rapidly increase his power… then in just a few short years, he could very well become a Titled Douluo.
Xiao San's father, Clear Sky Douluo Your Excellency!
If you came now, and Xiao San begged you to help, you might still have a chance to rescue me.
But if we wait a few more years… and this monster reaches the Titled Douluo level, even if you show up then, it might be too late…
While Xiao Wu sank deeper into despair, Dugu Bo was instead overjoyed.
"Good! Excellent!" he laughed, stroking his white beard with pride. "Xiao Yu, congratulations! With your talent, I dare say you'll one day surpass the last generation's Clear Sky Douluo and become a true peerless powerhouse!"
He was more and more satisfied with this grandson-in-law of his.
On the side, Ah Yin had complicated feelings.
Ye Yu had successfully fused her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline after thoroughly studying it through her body using his spiritual power. That lingering sensation left Ah Yin strangely empty and lost.
But she quickly shook her head, trying to drive the thoughts away.
She reminded herself to hold onto hatred toward Ye Yu.
"Ah Yin, don't forget… You are a woman with a husband and a child! This young man, Ye Yu, is the one who hurt and tormented Hao—how could you possibly submit to him? How could you… feel that way?!"
Even as she scolded herself, the memory of Tang Hao being crushed under Ye Yu's foot like a dying dog flashed before her eyes.
And then there was her own humiliation—being forced to sacrifice, then regrown to ten-thousand-year level, then made to transform again…
Again and again, powerless to resist.
It was a bleak existence, devoid of hope.
She longed for color and warmth in her life.
As a plant-type spirit beast, Ah Yin had chosen to transform into human form after reaching a hundred-thousand-year cultivation for this very reason—to escape the dull, motionless life of a rooted being.
Later, Ye Yu learned from Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing weren't home because the girls had agreed to head to Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to train and improve their Tang Sect martial techniques through actual combat.
"I'll head over there myself, then," Ye Yu said with a smile.
He then glanced meaningfully at Ah Yin.
"Why don't you stay here with Xiao Wu? I'm sure you two will have a lot to talk about."
"But remember… some things," Ye Yu added with a subtle sneer, "must never be spoken aloud."
He didn't want Ah Yin talking to Xiao Wu—or anyone—about Tang Hao.
Not even a whisper.
With that final warning, Ye Yu departed Dugu Mansion.
Ah Yin and Xiao Wu exchanged a silent glance.
Two women.
Both former hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts in human form.
Future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
A trace of bitterness flickered in both their eyes.
In this moment, they truly felt like kindred spirits bound by misfortune.
As Ye Yu arrived at Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, he found a crowd gathered at the entrance.
Before he even approached, a familiar and frustrated voice rang out from the commotion:
"Feng Xiaotian! How many times do I have to tell you?! Stop pestering me!"
"I already belong to someone else!"