Chapter 241: When Will We Meet Again?

Xie Xiaoxiao felt as if her brain could no longer think.

She had clearly just confirmed that Ye Lin and Ye Mushuang were the same person, yet now, Ye Mushuang was standing alive and well right before her eyes!

What on earth was going on?

Just as Xie Xiaoxiao was struck with shock, Ye Lin had already made his move, and the first thing he unleashed were various ice-type skills that Xie Xiaoxiao was extremely familiar with.

"Freeze!"

Before the menacing Poison Flood Dragon could even charge in front of Ye Lin, countless ice crystals condensed upon its body, eventually turning it into a massive ice sculpture.

Due to the sudden drop in temperature, snowflakes even began to drift and scatter through the sky.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Countless cracks began to appear on the ice layer trapping the Poison Flood Dragon, and then it shattered with a boom, scattering into ice fragments across the sky.

The Poison Flood Dragon opened its mouth and spat a surging water pillar at Ye Lin; it was the water of the Dragon Pool, infused with deadly poison.

"Ice Seal!"

Ye Lin cast a skill once more, and the water pillar was instantly frozen into a massive ice pillar, which then fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

"Ice Whirl Curse!"

Ye Lin did not give the Poison Flood Dragon another chance to strike. Countless sharp ice cones descended from the sky, piercing directly through the Poison Flood Dragon's body. The Poison Flood Dragon tried to struggle, but Ye Lin instantly activated Burning Reincarnation, followed immediately by an Ice Blade strike that slammed down.

The Ice Blade strike sublimated to the extreme, becoming the forbidden spell Frostmourne. A massive ice sword condensed in the air and then slashed down directly upon the Poison Flood Dragon's head!

The blade passed without a trace in the water. The moment the ice sword swept past, the Poison Flood Dragon stiffened for a moment, and then its massive head crashed to the ground with a boom!

This formidable, level 80 Poison Flood Dragon was officially declared dead.

After finishing all this, Ye Lin turned around with a doting smile.

"Xie Xiaoxiao, we meet again. I told you I would come to find you."

"You... I..."

Xie Xiaoxiao was incoherent. She had no idea what had just happened. The person before her had to be Ye Mushuang; Xie Xiaoxiao was certain of it—those incredibly powerful ice-type skills could not be faked.

Could it be that she really had mistaken the person? Were Ye Lin and Ye Mushuang truly two different people?

"You don't... seem very happy to see me." Ye Lin revealed a bitter smile. "I suppose so. It was just a joke back then; how could you take it seriously? I overstepped my bounds. I'm sorry, Miss Xie."

Ye Lin turned away, looking dejected, as if he were hiding a heart full of grievances.

"No! That's not it, Ye Mushuang, you misunderstood. I'm not unhappy; I just mistook you for someone else earlier. I thought he was you..." Xie Xiaoxiao explained in a panic, and she set down Ye Lin's clone.

"Him?" Ye Lin looked at his clone and couldn't help but shake his head. "This little brother is indeed talented, handsome, elegant, graceful, suave, and dashing, but how could you mistake him for me?"

"I'm sorry..."

Xie Xiaoxiao tugged at the corner of her clothes, lowered her little head in guilt, and then, as if she had thought of something, she raised her head in pleasant surprise.

"By the way, you just said you were from the Ye family? So you aren't an orphan?"

"Uh... I was an orphan before, but later I gave birth to my parents." Ye Lin blinked his eyes innocently.

"That's great! That's great! Are you from the direct line or a collateral branch of the Ye family?" Xie Xiaoxiao hurriedly pressed.

"I suppose it counts as the direct line?" Ye Lin bluffed casually.

Upon hearing this, Xie Xiaoxiao was overjoyed. She grabbed Ye Lin's hand, her face flushed, and looked at him with burning eyes.

"Then come back to the Xie family with me! If my father knows you aren't an orphan and are from the direct line of the Ye family, he definitely won't object to us being friends!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin's scalp went numb. Go to the Xie family? That was a death sentence.

"Well... Xiaoxiao, there's actually something I haven't told you." Ye Lin sighed gloomily.

"What is it?" Xie Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled.

"Although I am from the direct line of the Ye family, I am an illegitimate son." Ye Lin closed his eyes and clenched his fists, his face filled with humiliation.

"An illegitimate son?" Xie Xiaoxiao's eyes immediately filled with pity.

As the direct daughter of the Xie family, she knew very well how difficult life was for illegitimate children in families like theirs. Illegitimate children without ability had a status even lower than house servants. It was no wonder Ye Mushuang had previously said he was an orphan.

"It doesn't matter! I can go and beg my father!" Xie Xiaoxiao gripped Ye Lin's hand tightly, as if she had made up her mind. "As long as my father agrees to let us marry, combined with your current strength, you will definitely be recognized by the Ye family and become a true member of the direct line!"

"No! Xiaoxiao! You underestimate me!" Ye Lin's gaze was firm. "What I, Ye Mushuang, have ever wanted is not for the Ye family to acknowledge my existence by relying on marriage!"

"What I want is to rely on my own strength to make the Ye family respectfully welcome me back! What I want is for your father, Xie Lihou, to willingly agree to us being together!"

"I want this sky to no longer be able to cover my eyes; I want this earth to no longer be able to bury my heart; I want all living beings to understand my intent!"

Hearing Ye Lin's ambitious words, Xie Xiaoxiao couldn't help but be shocked. She couldn't help but nod and say excitedly.

"You will! There will definitely be such a day!"

Wasn't what Ye Lin said exactly what Xie Xiaoxiao had been thinking? It was just a pity that she had never been able to hear a single word of praise from her father, Xie Lihou.

"Then... are you still leaving?" Xie Xiaoxiao asked cautiously.

"Yes." Ye Lin nodded. "A towering tree cannot be raised in a greenhouse. Only by fighting between life and death can one comprehend the true meaning of becoming a powerhouse!"

He grabbed Xie Xiaoxiao's shoulders and looked at her with burning eyes.

"Xiaoxiao, you will support me, right?"

"Yes!"

Xie Xiaoxiao nodded earnestly like a chick pecking at rice, her face flushed, not daring to meet Ye Lin's eyes.

"By the way, what level is your father, Xie Lihou, at now?" Ye Lin changed the subject.

"Hao Yue Realm!" Speaking of Xie Lihou, a look of unavoidable terror appeared in the depths of Xie Xiaoxiao's eyes.

"Hao Yue Realm? What level is that?" Ye Lin couldn't help but be stunned.

"You don't know about the Hao Yue Realm?"

Xie Xiaoxiao looked puzzled, but she still began to explain to Ye Lin.

"After a job-changer breaks through level 90, every level gained brings about earth-shattering changes. Therefore, job-changers above level 90 are divided into brand-new realms, known as the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Realms. Levels 91 to 93 are called the Fan Xing Realm, levels 94 to 96 are called the Hao Yue Realm, and levels 97 to 99 are called the Lie Yang Realm."

"Breaking through the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Realms requires more than just experience points; it also requires a massive amount of resources and the job-changer's own insights."

The Sun, Moon, and Star Three Realms might be a secret to job-changers in the outside world, but for the descendants of the Five Great Families, this was common knowledge.

Because every one of the Five Great Families had powerhouses of the Three Realms sitting in their ranks, Xie Xiaoxiao was puzzled that Ye Lin didn't know about the Hao Yue Realm.

"So that's how it is!" Ye Lin's pupils shrank suddenly.

The higher the level, the harder it was to kill enemies across ranks; he had already realized this.

When he was level 40, he only needed one forbidden spell to instantly kill a level 60 enemy, but now that he was level 60, he had to release six forbidden spells to deal with a level 80 Poison Flood Dragon.

He hadn't expected that there were still Three Realms existing above level 90.

At that level, wanting to kill enemies across ranks would definitely be harder than hard.

Ye Lin felt that he had been a bit too presumptuous before; level 80 shouldn't be enough for him to act recklessly—at the very least, he needed to be level 85!

"Don't worry, Xiaoxiao. Isn't it just the Hao Yue Realm? I will definitely become a peerless hero! I will step on colorful auspicious clouds to find you at the Xie family!" Ye Lin said in a deep voice.

"Then... when can we meet again?"

Realizing that they had just met and were about to be separated again, the depths of Xie Xiaoxiao's eyes were filled with reluctance.

Ye Lin tilted his head, smiled shyly, and said.

"When eating braised hairtail, don't use your teeth; use only your lips to clean the fish meat off."

"When drinking soup, put the soup in a shallow plate, like a kitten drinking water, and use only your tongue to drink the soup clean."

"When eating soybean paste noodles, you cannot use chopsticks; use your tongue to mix the noodles evenly, then slurp them clean."

"When eating stir-fried river snails, don't use toothpicks or other tools; suck the entire plate of snails clean."

"When you have done these four things, we will meet again!"