Chapter 54: Xie Yue and Yan, A Day in Spirit City!
Late at night.
After watching the solo Soul Elder group battles, Hu Liena took Lin Yu out of the sub-arena.
In the lobby of the Grand Soul Arena, Yan—dressed in a black tight-fitting suit with molten lava-like cracks and short fiery red hair—and Xie Yue—wearing elegant silver robes, with half-black, half-dark red short hair—were waiting there.
"Nana!"
When he saw Hu Liena enter the lobby, Yan's eyes lit up and he quickly called out to her.
But upon hearing him address her so casually, Hu Liena frowned and clearly looked displeased.
"I told you, I have a name. It's Hu Liena, not Nana. Yan, if you call me that again, don't blame me for never speaking to you again."
Yan's face stiffened, and he scratched his head with an awkward smile.
"I-I got it."
Watching Yan act like a total simp, Lin Yu couldn't help but shake his head in sympathy.
He always found it strange how many simps there were in Douluo Continent.
Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong were both simps for Yu Xiaogang. Flender was a simp for Liu Erlong.
Later, Feng Xiaotian simped for Huo Wu, and now Yan was a simp for Hu Liena…
Sigh, there really were a lot of simps!
In the end,
only Feng Xiaotian seemed to get everything he wanted. Liu Erlong probably got Yu Xiaogang too.
The rest? Just pitiful failures!
"Nana, where have you been all this time? And who is this kid?"
After Hu Liena scolded Yan, Xie Yue stepped forward, looking at Lin Yu with curiosity.
"My teacher sent me out on a mission. As for the mission—you're looking at it. It was to bring him back!"
Hu Liena smiled smugly, patting Lin Yu on the shoulder.
"A mission… to bring him back?"
Yan and Xie Yue looked at Lin Yu, stunned.
"That's right. His name is Lin Yu. He's six years old and just recently awakened his martial soul. Guess what his innate soul power is?"
Hu Liena asked with a playful grin.
"Innate level eight?"
"Innate level nine?"
Both Yan and Xie Yue tried to guess.
"You're both wrong. Xiao Yu is an innate level ten full soul power, and not only is his martial soul auxiliary type, it's a rare healing-type auxiliary martial soul. Why else would our teacher send me personally to recruit him to Spirit Hall?"
Seeing their guesses fall short, Hu Liena giggled behind her hand, clearly very pleased.
"Innate full soul power for an auxiliary type?!"
Yan and Xie Yue both gasped.
Innate full soul power soul masters were extremely rare even across the entire Douluo Continent.
And one with an auxiliary-type martial soul? That was on another level.
According to Spirit Hall's records, there had never been a full soul power auxiliary-type soul master before.
But such a soul master's potential and talent were unquestionable!
"Brother Lin Yu, I'm Xie Yue, Hu Liena's older brother. You can call me Xie Yue, Senior Xie Yue, or Brother Xie Yue—whichever you like!"
Now knowing that Lin Yu had full innate soul power and a healing-type martial soul, Xie Yue walked up with a smile and extended his hand to Lin Yu.
Compared to enhancement-type auxiliaries, healing-type auxiliary soul masters might not be as impactful in battle,
but their utility in daily life far exceeded that of enhancement-type ones.
After all, who doesn't get hurt once in a while?
Seeing Xie Yue extend a hand clearly to build rapport,
and considering he was Hu Liena's brother, Lin Yu politely shook it.
"Uh… Brother Lin Yu, I'm Yan. You can just call me Brother Yan!"
Following Xie Yue, Yan eagerly extended his hand as well, hoping for a handshake.
Brother Yan? Wow, shameless much...
Lin Yu silently complained and didn't shake Yan's hand, merely giving him a small nod.
Watching his outstretched hand get completely ignored, Yan's face gradually turned red with frustration and he awkwardly lowered it.
This brat! Why'd he shake hands with Xie Yue and not me?
Still, being twelve or thirteen, twice Lin Yu's age, Yan didn't stoop to argue with a "little kid."
He figured maybe Lin Yu was upset because he made Hu Liena unhappy earlier.
After making introductions,
the four of them walked together back to the residential district at the foot of the Pope's Palace.
On the way, they eventually split up due to having different paths.
Lin Yu followed Hu Liena to two adjacent courtyards.
He opened the gate to his own courtyard and stepped inside.
Surprisingly—
after just one afternoon and evening, Lin Yu's new courtyard had been completely transformed.
The overgrown vegetation had been neatly trimmed,
with many trees sculpted into pleasing shapes—like running deer, grazing buffalo, even beds. A wide variety of forms.
Inside the living room and bedrooms, everything was spotless and tidy.
The main hall had tea sets and fruit trays ready, and the rooms were fitted with all kinds of soul tool appliances: soul lamps, soul water heaters, soul pipes, and more.
Though Douluo Continent was a world of ancient design, soul tool technology made life surprisingly modern for soul masters.
Because soul tools could only be powered by soul power, only soul masters could use them.
So the world overall still resembled ancient times.
Since Hu Liena had taught Lin Yu how to use the household soul tools earlier,
and the tools were similar enough to modern appliances from his past life,
Lin Yu had no trouble learning. After taking a bath, he got into bed and began to cultivate.
Even though he now had a private courtyard,
Lin Yu still felt it was too risky to fuse the Golden Holy Dragon Origin he had taken from Yu Xiaogang here and use the Dragon Essence to transform it into a martial soul.
So he decided to wait until later. He wasn't in a hurry yet.
The night passed quickly.
The next morning at dawn,
Hu Liena came knocking on Lin Yu's door, ready to take him for morning exercise around the residential district.
Since Lin Yu had trained like this back in Windmill Village, he didn't resist.
After the run, Hu Liena took Lin Yu into Spirit City for breakfast.
Once they finished eating—and having already explored the city the previous day—Lin Yu directly asked Hu Liena to take him to the library.
(END CHAPTER)
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