Inside Wisteria Residence, Ye Tian and the others were having dinner together.
Far away, at the old mansion of the Nine-Hearted Begonia Ye Family in Heaven Dou City,
Ye Renxin had long been knocked out by Dugu Bo—or more accurately, knocked out by the strong liquor.
The joy of surviving a desperate situation
had led this seventy-ninth-level Soul Saint to not use any Soul Power to digest the amount of alcohol that could knock out a large water buffalo.
Instead, he chose to personally experience this rare state of drunken oblivion.
"Father, is Lingling with you?"
In the night, a gentle voice covered the chirping of insects.
Immediately, she received a response.
"Mother!"
Hearing the voice, Ye Lingling immediately ran out of the bedroom. Seeing Ye Qinshui, who had just entered the hall, she waved the towel in her hand, still steaming with heat.
"I'm here!"
"Lingling, what are you doing with that towel? Where is your grandfather?"
Dressed in a palace-style gown, Ye Qinshui slowly walked forward, looking at her well-behaved daughter, and couldn't help but ask.
Ye Lingling trotted over to Ye Qinshui's side.
Before she could speak, Ye Qinshui caught a whiff of alcohol on Ye Lingling and immediately frowned.
"Lingling, did your grandfather drink again?"
"Mhm! Grandpa drank again, and he even got drunk!"
Ye Lingling grabbed her mother's hand, nodding repeatedly. At the same time, she proudly showed off the hot towel in her hand, as if seeking praise:
"Lingling is taking care of Grandpa."
"Mhm~ such a good girl."
Ye Qinshui forced a smile.
Gently ruffling Ye Lingling's beautiful hair, she led her toward the bedroom.
Ye Lingling raised her head and suggested, "Mother, Grandpa actually dared to drink again, and he got drunk! How about we ignore him for a few more days this time and punish him properly?"
"..."
Ye Qinshui frowned slightly but did not answer.
Looking at the bed in the bedroom, her eyes held a trace of pain as she softly said:
"Father, you've been awake for a while now, haven't you?"
"Huh?"
Ye Lingling shook her sky-blue hair, looking somewhat confusedly at the bed.
"Haha~"
A gentle laugh sounded, and Ye Renxin, lying on the bed, stirred.
The petite and adorable Ye Lingling finally realized what was happening. No wonder—no wonder she didn't need to call any servants this time to lead Ye Renxin away from the drinking table as if leading a donkey. It turned out Ye Renxin hadn't actually drunk himself into a stupor!
"Ah!"
Ye Lingling let out a dissatisfied cry,
pointing angrily at Ye Renxin. She raised her head to look at her mother and complained to Ye Qinshui: "Mother, Grandpa actually pretended to be asleep and tricked Lingling into taking care of him! Let's ignore him for ten days—no, seven days! Let's not talk to him for seven days!"
"Don't do that!"
Hearing this, Ye Renxin propped himself up, holding his head, and pleaded with a smile:
"My dear granddaughter, Grandpa won't dare to do it again, okay? You can't team up with your mother to punish your grandpa so harshly. I promise I'll drink less from now on..."
"Drink less?"
Ye Lingling was stunned for a moment, then continued pointing at Ye Renxin, complaining to Ye Qinshui in a coquettish tone.
"Mother~ look at him, he still wants to drink!"
Ye Qinshui placed her jade-like hand on Ye Lingling's head and gently comforted her: "Alright, Lingling, let your grandfather drink these next few days if he wants to."
"Huh?"
Ye Lingling looked up, her face full of surprise.
"Why? Doesn't Mother hate it the most when Grandpa drinks?"
"Not anymore."
Ye Qinshui's gentle voice carried a touch of sorrow.
Ye Renxin had already sat up, looking at Ye Qinshui and her daughter, a faint warmth flickering in his eyes. As his Soul Power circulated within, the redness on his face gradually faded, and in no time, he was completely sober.
A relieved smile appeared on his face as he reminded her, "Qinshui, you'll still have to put in a good word for me. Can't let Lingling ignore me."
"Hah~"
Ye Qinshui gave a bitter smile. Of course, she wouldn't refuse such a request from her father in his final days. She looked at Ye Lingling and asked, "Lingling, did you hear what your grandfather said? No more tantrums until the day after tomorrow, when you awaken your Martial Soul."
As she finished speaking,
Ye Qinshui's eyes couldn't help but grow even dimmer.
"Oh~"
Ye Lingling frowned and nodded.
Though young, she could already sense that this warm little family seemed to be changing in some unsettling way.
It wasn't just her mother who had become strange.
There was also her grandfather, who had recently been repeatedly committing the 'misdeed' of heavy drinking.
"Haha~ Good, very good."
A look of joy spread across Ye Renxin's face.
Ye Qinshui glanced at her old father, so relaxed and cheerful, and her heart ached even more. She crouched down, gently poked Ye Lingling's soft cheek, and said with a tender smile, "Lingling, if there's nothing else, why don't you go wait for us in the dining hall first? Mother has some things she needs to discuss with your grandfather alone."
Ye Lingling nodded.
"Okay, Mother, but don't make Lingling wait too long~"
"Mm, I promise."
Ye Qinshui agreed.
Only then did Ye Lingling stick out her tongue playfully at Ye Renxin and quickly run out of the main hall, heading toward the dining hall.
When Ye Qinshui stood up and looked at Ye Renxin again, her eyes were already red.
"Child, what are you crying for?"
Ye Renxin's heart softened. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he smiled kindly.
Ye Qinshui rubbed her eyes, her voice choked with emotion.
"Father, if you're ever truly troubled in the future, your daughter can drink with you. All these years, I've never once shared a drink with you."
"Haha!"
Ye Renxin couldn't help but laugh heartily.
He waved his hand.
"Qinshui, your thought is appreciated. But let's save it for another time. They say things shouldn't happen more than twice—if Lingling catches me again, it'll be the third time. That child can be so stubborn when she's upset, and she's hard to coax."
"Father!"
Ye Qinshui's eyes grew even redder, tears threatening to spill over at any moment. She felt it was unfair to Ye Renxin. "You've lived by the rules your whole life. Are you going to keep up appearances even until death?"
"Tsk—Qinshui, that's not quite right. Who said I'm going to die? This old man still has many days ahead of him."
A teasing smile played on Ye Renxin's lips as he stood up and stretched.
"What..."
Ye Qinshui's mind struggled to keep up.
Ye Renxin said meaningfully, "Child, do you remember what I told you before? The path the Dugu Family head pointed out for me."
Hearing this, Ye Qinshui was stunned.
"Is there news?"
As she spoke, a faint glimmer of light flickered in her dull, almond-shaped eyes.
"Really?!"
Ye Qinshui's eyes were filled with intense hope.
She had no idea who the "bright path" Ye Renxin spoke of led to.
But as long as she could save her father.
Apart from Lingling, she was willing to pay any price!
Including herself!
What was merely asking their Ye family to pledge loyalty?
"Of course it's true. Would I lie to you about something like this?"
Ye Renxin nodded solemnly.
A hint of complexity flickered in his eyes.
"But Qinshui, even though I can survive this desperate situation, you must understand—there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. As I mentioned earlier..."
"When someone's life is at stake, who cares whether it's free or not?!"
Ye Qinshui said agitatedly.
"If the other party can truly save you under the premise that Lingling awakens the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and resolve the predicament of our Ye family's martial soul inheritance, then our Ye family is naturally willing to dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly to them."
After speaking,
Ye Qinshui couldn't wait to ask, "Father, quickly tell me, who exactly is this person? I'll go visit them in person right away..."
"There's no need for a visit. The Spirit Hall Saint Child has already agreed to intervene and has entrusted the Dugu Family to deliver the solution to me."
Hearing Ye Renxin's words,
Ye Qinshui was stunned once more, her eyes filled with deep confusion.
"The Spirit Hall Saint Child?"
"That food system youth who broke through to level 38 Soul Venerable within just three years of awakening his martial soul, awakened a Talent Domain, and is hailed as the number one genius Soul Master in the world?!"
Ye Renxin nodded. "Yes, precisely that historically first support-type Soul Master with Innate Full Spirit Power."
"..."
Ye Qinshui looked at Ye Renxin in astonishment...
Even though Ye Tian's name had been ringing in her ears recently,
when it concerned her own father's life,
Ye Qinshui naturally dared not take it lightly.
"Father, although this child is hailed as the number one genius Soul Master in the world, when it comes to saving lives, is he really reliable?"
"Qinshui, you should understand that your knowledge of that Holy Son is limited to rumors within the Soul Master Realm. These can only serve as references, not be taken as absolute truth."
Ye Renxin looked meaningfully at Ye Qinshui.
"What if I told you that the Holy Son's Soul Ring Configuration is an astonishing two purple and one black? Would you believe it?"
"What?! How is that possible!"
Ye Qinshui was struck by this thunderbolt, momentarily forgetting her sorrow, her eyes filled only with shock.
To anyone, this would be sheer fantasy!
"But that is the reality."
Ye Renxin's tone was exceptionally firm.
No matter how many times he spoke of it, his heart still held awe.
"Moreover, the Holy Son's Third Soul Ring was personally hunted for him by the head of the Dugu Family—a Magma Ape King with a lifespan of twenty-seven thousand years! He even helped the Dugu Family's young princess achieve Spirit Evolution, becoming a Jade-Scaled Snake Emperor Soul Master. And he enabled that young princess to absorb a thousand-year First Soul Ring."
"This... this can't be possible..."
Ye Qinshui was utterly dumbfounded, beginning to murmur to herself.
She never imagined that the rumored Spirit Hall Saint Child was far more terrifying than the rumors suggested.
He simply wasn't human!
"With such achievements and methods, and such status, Qinshui, you should feel much more at ease now, shouldn't you?"
Ye Renxin sighed, handing over the letter written by Ye Tian.
"..."
Ye Qinshui's lips trembled slightly as she carefully took the letter.
Unfolding it, she read:
"Eternal Night Frostbloom, Fairy Tulip Pill..."
Ye Renxin stood with his hands clasped behind his back, gazing at the bright moon outside the window as he softly said, "Besides that, His Highness has also prepared Body Tempering Pills for our Lingling, allowing her to absorb a thousand-year first Spirit Ring as well."
"Father, is our Ye family finally about to turn our fortunes around?"
Ye Qinshui still couldn't quite believe it.
Such miraculous Pills were actually refined by a mere youth who had awakened his Martial Soul less than three years ago.
The side effects of the Eternal Night Frostbloom had already been pushed to the back of her mind.
Their Ye family ran a medical clinic.
They had plenty of medicinal herbs and time to help Ye Renxin recuperate.
"Yes~"
"It's not in vain that our Ye family ancestors persisted for centuries without wavering."
Ye Renxin sighed with emotion.
He understood his daughter well,
and so he had already made the choice for the Nine-Hearted Begonia Ye family.
Ye Renxin turned back with a smile and said:
"The day after tomorrow, early in the morning, we'll proceed as planned."
"Yes, I'll follow your lead, Father."
Ye Qinshui wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, sniffled, and handed the letter back to Ye Renxin. With a light laugh, she urged:
"Father, let's head to the dining hall for dinner soon. That girl Lingling must be getting impatient."
"Haha~ Good, very good!"
"..."
In the adjacent room,
Ye Lingling, hearing the conversation end, hurriedly dashed away first.
There were many things she hadn't fully understood.
But she had heard about a remarkable figure—the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall?
Could he be some kind of humanoid monster?!
——————
At Wisteria Residence, the night had grown deep.
Ye Tian sat cross-legged at the head of Bi Bi Dong's bed.
Meanwhile, Bi Bi Dong lay behind Ye Tian, dressed in the purple Taoist Robe he had gifted her.
As always, she bared her heart for Ye Tian's sake, though a white chest wrap restrained her full, lively figure that seemed eager to leap free.
The crystal-clear, flawless Incipient Pill Spirit, like a perfect full moon, hovered above the bed as if riding clouds and mist. Thick fog enveloped the entire bed, with droplets of Jade Dew staining Bi Bi Dong's chest and face, slowly trickling downward. As Ye Tian sat, two purple and one black Spirit Rings slowly rotated around him.
Clearly, Ye Tian was cultivating.
Behind him,
Bi Bi Dong propped her head up with a jade-like hand, a slender finger lightly tracing patterns on Ye Tian's back.
Occasionally, she would extend the tip of her tongue to lick the Jade Dew formed from the milky-white pill mist at the corner of her lips, paying no mind to the ticklish sensation as the dew trailed across her skin.
"Brat, isn't it about time?"
Bi Bi Dong glanced at the night outside the window, her jade hand resting on Ye Tian's back as she urged, "Today it's my turn to have you. Aren't you going to lie down willingly?"
"..."
Ye Tian remained silent, the Incipient Pill continuing to rotate.
Bi Bi Dong raised an eyebrow, teasing, "Could it be you really have some peculiar preference? Do you want me to force your face into my pillow like the day before yesterday again?"
At these words, Ye Tian couldn't help but twitch his cheek.
The Flawless Primordial Core Martial Soul finally ceased its rotation.
Ye Tian cracked his eyelids open a sliver, glancing sideways at Bi Bi Dong's elegantly bent legs behind him. Her toes were round and smooth, glowing with a fresh, appealing hue—truly appetizing.
But alas, he genuinely didn't have a taste for that!
"I heard you~"
Yielding to Bi Bi Dong's domineering presence, Ye Tian responded weakly.
He slowly withdrew his Martial Soul.
Then, he lay down, resting his head on Bi Bi Dong's pillow.
"Hmph~ That's more like it."
Bi Bi Dong smiled in satisfaction.
She reached out and wrapped her arms around Ye Tian's waist, resting her cheek against his chest.
This was what Bi Bi Dong called "sleeping together."
Who was the one being slept on depended entirely on who was acting as the pillow.
Tonight,
it was Ye Tian's turn to be her pillow.
"Shall I turn off the light?"
Bi Bi Dong lifted her gaze and asked.
"Mm."
Ye Tian nodded slightly,
then added with some awkwardness:
"If others find out about us doing this, won't it be... inappropriate?"
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