LRAB Chapter 16: Drawn In, the Possibility of Martial Soul Fusion?
Chapter 16: Drawn In, the Possibility of Martial Soul Fusion?
Tian Dou City.
Deep within an area inhabited by high-ranking officials and nobles, lies a secluded and elegant mansion.
White walls and black tiles, shaded by green bamboo, with delicate wind chimes hanging under the upturned eaves, making a crisp and melodious tinkling sound in the breeze.
This is the Ye family's villa in Tiandou City—the Ye Mansion.
Inside the boudoir, the air was filled with the gentle fragrance of incense.
Ye Lingling sat quietly on the soft couch by the window, her chin resting on her hand. Her clear, autumn-water-like eyes gazed through the carved window frame at the azure sky in the courtyard, her gaze filled with a lingering sense of bewilderment and contemplation.
Her light green dress made her already fair skin appear even more translucent, like a budding water lily, pure and exquisitely beautiful.
Just then, a gentle figure quietly entered the room.
She was a beautiful woman who still retained her charm. Time seemed to have been exceptionally kind to her, leaving few traces on her face, but instead adding to her mature and elegant allure.
She looked at her daughter, who was lost in thought by the window, a gentle smile on her lips, and quietly walked to Ye Lingling's side.
"My Lingling, what are you thinking about? You didn't even notice your mother coming in." The beautiful woman's voice was as gentle as a spring breeze on the water.
During these three months, she traveled with her daughter Ye Lingling. With the powerful healing ability of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, she helped many Soul Masters who were troubled by difficult diseases, which can also be regarded as a kind of training for Ye Lingling.
The mother and daughter had just returned to Tiandou City yesterday.
The sudden sound startled Ye Lingling from her reverie. She paused for a moment, turned around, and saw her mother. A faint blush rose on her cool face, and she said softly, "Mother."
Ye Rou'er sat down beside her, gently took her daughter's slightly cool hand, and asked softly, "Are you still thinking about that?"
Ye Lingling's eyelashes trembled slightly, but she finally nodded.
The brief encounter at the academy three months ago, and the strange feeling she had never experienced before, lingered in her mind and wouldn't go away.
She organized her thoughts and, in a somewhat uncertain tone, confided in her mother:
"Mom, it's the little boy I met three months ago..."
"I don't know why, but whenever I get close to him, my martial soul... my Nine Heart Begonia, is like it's being pulled by something, and there's a... a throbbing feeling that wants to burst out of my body."
"The feeling was very intense; it was something I had never experienced before."
Ye Rou'er listened quietly, her smile gradually fading, replaced by a look of deep thought and surprise.
After Ye Lingling finished speaking, the surprise in her eyes turned into understanding and excitement!
As the current head of the Nine Heart Begonia family, her knowledge far surpasses that of her daughter.
This description, this unique martial spirit resonance, points to only one possibility!
"Soul Fusion Skill!" Ye Rou'er's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement.
"Lingling, you've met your destined one with whom you can perform a Martial Soul Fusion Technique!"
"A Martial Soul Fusion Skill?" For the first time, Ye Lingling's usually cold eyes revealed genuine shock.
Ye Rou'er nodded emphatically, then gripped her daughter's hand tightly, her eyes shining with an unprecedented light:
"That's right! Our Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul is of extremely high quality; ordinary Martial Souls simply cannot resonate with it. To generate such a strong attraction, the opponent's Martial Soul quality is definitely no lower than our Nine-Heart Begonia!"
"Lingling, you must spend more time with him. This might be a blessing from heaven for our family!"
She calmed herself down and pressed on, "Where did you meet him? What's his name?"
Ye Lingling's cheeks flushed even more. She shook her head, her voice barely audible.
"I...I met him at the academy. He looked very young, most likely a freshman who had just awakened his martial soul and hadn't been enrolled for long. I...I don't know his name, what his martial soul is, or what level his soul power is..."
"A new student?" Ye Rou'er nodded, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.
"It's alright. Next time you go to the academy, just tell your mother, and I'll go with you. I'll be staying in Tiandou City for the next while."
Her heart was also filled with endless curiosity. What kind of martial soul could resonate with their top-tier healing martial soul on the Douluo Continent?
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Heaven Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy
The afternoon sun shone through the clean windows into the tidy classroom. Tang Ren sat upright, listening attentively as the teacher on the podium explained the types and habits of soul beasts.
"Ring ring—"
The bell rang, instantly easing the dull atmosphere in the classroom.
Just as the students were packing up and leaving in twos and threes, a series of suppressed exclamations and commotions suddenly came from outside the classroom!
"Oh my god! Look! It's Senior Ye Lingling!"
"It really is her! What's she doing here in our junior division?"
"The lady next to her is... such an elegant woman! Is she her mother?"
"Senior Ye is a star in our college. I heard she hasn't been to the college in a long time. Why did she suddenly show up today?"
Discussions flooded the classroom like waves.
Tang Ren curiously raised his head and followed his classmates' gaze to look outside the classroom.
Two stunningly beautiful figures, bathed in sunlight, slowly walked towards their classroom down the corridor.
The girl walking in front, dressed in a light green dress, had a slender figure and a cool, aloof temperament. She was none other than Ye Lingling, a legendary figure in the academy who possessed the top-tier martial soul, the Nine-Hearted Begonia!
The beautiful woman beside her was elegant and graceful, with a mature charm that contrasted sharply with Ye Lingling's aloofness, yet they were perfectly harmonious.
Their appearance seemed to light up the entire corridor, attracting everyone's attention.
Ye Rou'er's gaze swept over the students on both sides of the corridor with a hint of scrutiny and curiosity.
She couldn't suppress her curiosity either. After all, their Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul was recognized as a top-tier Martial Soul on the continent. The Martial Soul that could draw upon it must be of an absolutely astonishing quality!
She longed to see for herself who this child, who had such a fated bond with her daughter, was.
Ye Lingling's gaze, from the very beginning, bypassed all the noisy crowd and precisely and firmly locked onto the blue-haired boy by the classroom window, who was looking out the window with a curious expression.
The moment their eyes met, a familiar, indescribable flutter of emotion surged from the depths of her soul once again!
At this moment, the Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul within her body seemed like a giant dragon awakening, surging and leaping wildly, yearning to break free and rush to that destined encounter!