Chapter 58: Tang Hao, Ah Yin is my damn!

Suddenly, he seemed to see a woman, a blue-haired, blue-eyed woman, extremely beautiful. She wore a look of resentment, her eyes filled with hatred as she stared fixedly at Yu Tianyun.

Seeing her like that, Yu Tianyun felt as if a faithless man had done something wrong to her, and he involuntarily felt a bit guilty.

But Yu Tianyun immediately realized this was Ah Yin's remnant soul! He raised his eyebrows, a disdainful smile appearing on his face—let alone a remnant soul; even if Ah Yin were at her peak, still untransformed as a hundred‑thousand‑year soul beast, her spiritual power might not surpass Yu Tianyun's.

He let out a cold snort, his icy‑blue eyes activating; instantly, Yu Tianyun's terrifying spiritual power enveloped Ah Yin, wearing away her remnant soul. After a mournful wail, Ah Yin's remnant soul completely dissipated.

Regarding the complete eradication of Ah Yin, Yu Tianyun felt no psychological burden. After all, as a human Soul Master, cultivation inevitably involves contact with soul beast blood—this is simply the stance of his kind.

He couldn't possibly go easy on her out of pity; besides, she wasn't his wife—why would he feel sorry? Even if Yu Tianyun were a soul beast, he wouldn't spare Ah Yin, for he clearly knew she was a black sheep of the soul beast clan! Yet, she ended up doing extremely well in the future, to the point that even the sovereign of soul beasts had to call her "grandma." Such maneuvering could only be pulled off by extreme love‑brains; of course, if the love interest were me, I'd pretend I never said anything.

Getting back to the point, after wearing away Ah Yin's remnant soul, Yu Tianyun suddenly sensed that the life energy emanating from his abdomen had increased, as if freed from restraints, continuously flowing into his limbs and bones, his whole body feeling cool and comfortable.

After several hours, Yu Tianyun finally opened his eyes; all of Ah Yin's power had merged with him, and his soul power rose by one level. Although it was only a single level increase, he felt his body had undergone some change, though he couldn't specify exactly what.

"I should leave; I must get away from here as soon as possible! Who knows if Tang Hao will notice something odd, or have some kind of spiritual induction—after all, his hundred‑thousand‑year soul ring is Ah Yin's."

Afterwards Yu Tianyun stood up, and in that narrow rock crevice he took off his hemp shirt, tore off his beard, and tossed them together. After changing back into his original clothes and washing off the paint on his face, a flash of lightning flickered at his fingertips, igniting the discarded hemp clothing. He watched the fire grow until only a pile of ash remained. Then Yu Tianyun struck out with a palm, his soul power turning into a strong wind that swept away, blasting the stone sealing the cave entrance and scattering all the ashes with the wind.

Yu Tianyun was about to unfurl his Dragon Wings for flight when his heart stirred, activating one of the two abilities of his hundred‑thousand‑year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone—Flight.

He wanted to test how effective this flight was, and whether it could match the speed of Dragon Wings.

In the next instant, Yu Tianyun was enveloped by a halo of light; within it, he felt virtually weightless, like a leaf drifting on the wind.

Yu Tianyun bent his legs, and in an instant he leapt into the air and took off.

Soon after, Yu Tianyun frowned, feeling that this flight soul skill was rather ordinary—its speed wasn't fast, about two‑thirds that of Dragon Wings; a plus was that it didn't consume much soul power.

He immediately activated Dragon Transformation, extending Dragon Wings from his back, and Yu Tianyun's flight speed grew ever faster. After feeling it, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face: "The flight effect can actually stack with Dragon Wings! If we also add the speed boost from the soul ring, my flight speed might even surpass the pure agility Soul Masters of the Sensitive One Clan! Looking at it this way, this soul skill is still pretty good."

Thinking of this, Yu Tianyun's mood was also excellent; this harvest had been substantial! At the same time, on a certain official road, two young people were walking.

They appeared to be only in their teens, carrying no luggage, a boy and a girl.

The boy wore simple clothes, looking about twelve or thirteen, roughly 1.7 meters tall, dressed in a neat light‑blue training outfit. A belt studded with twenty‑four jade stones circled his waist; his black half‑length hair barely reached his shoulders. Though not handsome, his appearance gave an easy‑going, approachable vibe, with a faint smile always at the corner of his mouth. If the boy seemed ordinary, then the girl beside him was anything but ordinary.

Her silky black hair was braided into a long scorpion‑tail braid that hung past her calves, making her taller than the average boy by a noticeable margin. She wore a pink little outfit that tightly wrapped her developing bust; her waist was so slender it couldn't be encircled by one hand, surely enviable to countless women. Her brows naturally curved into a gentle arch, and her large, watery eyes matched her slightly round, pink‑tinged cheeks, making her not only pretty but also charmingly cute.

This boy and girl were precisely Tang San and Xiao Wu from the Nuo Ding Junior Soul Master Academy.

It's hard to imagine that, given their appearance, their personalities would be the exact opposite of what their looks suggest. Judging by appearance alone, one would never guess that one is dark‑hearted and ruthless, constantly talking about killing, while the other frequently spouts vulgar profanity.

At this moment, in the shadows, a figure silently followed the two teenage boy and girl.

This figure was none other than Tang Hao, who was worried that Tang San might encounter danger upon his first arrival in Suo Tuo City, and thus had come to escort and protect him.

Seeing Tang San and Xiao Wu's faces lit up with smiles, even Tang Hao's weathered, stiff expression couldn't help but show a faint smile.

Suddenly, an inexplicable palpitation surged in Tang Hao's heart, making him feel panicked and uneasy. His face changed dramatically; he quickly clutched his chest, his expression turning painful, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"What's happening? What on earth is going on?" Tang Hao stared wide‑eyed, his breathing becoming rapid and heavy, veins bulging on his forehead as if he were enduring immense pain.

A strong intuition told him that something had happened. Tang Hao instinctively wanted to summon his martial soul, but he suppressed the urge, knowing that revealing his identity here could cause trouble.

At that moment, a vague unease welled up from deep within Tang Hao's heart, growing stronger and harder to ignore. He abruptly lifted his head, his sharp gaze piercing toward the distance, as if piercing through spatial obstacles to see a faraway place.

"No way! That place shouldn't have anyone capable of sensing Ah Yin's existence!" Tang Hao muttered to himself, his eyes filled with doubt and worry. He had originally planned to wait until Tang San and Xiao Wu entered the academy before returning to check the situation, but now he began to waver.

"Perhaps it's just my imagination," Tang Hao said, shaking his head to dispel his anxiety. He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself, then turned his gaze back toward Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Yu Tianyun quickly returned to Nuo Ding City, then bought a carriage and headed toward Suo Tuo City.

After all, Yu Xiao Gang had also left; although Yu Tianyun knew Yu Xiao Gang would go to Shilake Xueyuan, there was no need to fly there now—doing so would make his movements look suspicious to anyone paying attention.

Moreover, going early would just mean waiting there for Yu Xiao Gang. As for Ning Rongrong, he wasn't sure whether she had already arrived in Suo Tuo City ahead of time, so he wasn't in a rush.

The protagonist's character has always been about seizing opportunities, gaining great strength, protecting his family, and enjoying life—not constantly targeting Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang. The protagonist feels neither hatred nor indifference toward them; he simply doesn't want to get involved. If he can benefit from them, he'll make some calculations, but he won't go out of his way to oppose them just for the sake of opposition—he'll keep to himself. After all, they never provoked him first; if he were to oppose them just for opposition's sake, he'd be no better than Tang San. The protagonist isn't that hot‑tempered or murderous, and I myself don't harbor many grievances against reality to project onto the novel. I wrote this book merely because I saw too many bugs in others' works, had nothing else to do, and decided to try my hand at something relatively logical.

(End of chapter)