"Lin Xiao, are you very pleased with yourself?"
"No!"
Lin Xiao refused outright, looking at Ye Qingxian.
"There's no taking back something that's been given away, is there? Besides, if it weren't for Aunt Ye, would Lin Xiao be where he is today? You should absorb it, Aunt Ye!"
Ye Qingxian's delicate eyebrows shot up.
"Lin Xiao, you need to listen!"
This was the first time she had spoken to Lin Xiao in such a stern tone.
However, Lin Xiao firmly said, "Aunt Ye, you should absorb this Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone right now. Don't think about saving it for me anymore, and don't give it to Ling Ling either. I'll have other good things for her in the future."
"Ling Ling is young at heart; giving it to her might be dangerous."
Ye Qingxian stared at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao met her gaze without flinching.
She said, annoyed,
"Lin Xiao, are you very pleased with yourself?"
"Your wings have finally hardened, and you won't even listen to me anymore!"
Lin Xiao quietly said, "Aunt Ye, I'll listen to you on everything else, but on this matter, please listen to me."
The two were at loggerheads.
For a moment, the atmosphere froze.
After a long while, Ye Qingxian finally said in annoyance, "I should have known you were a stubborn mule!"
Lin Xiao didn't say a word, only kept his gaze fixed on Ye Qingxian.
Ye Qingxian's pretty face flushed slightly. "Alright, stop staring at me like that, like a little hooligan."
"I'm absorbing it, don't you regret it!"
Lin Xiao smiled slightly.
"I wouldn't regret it anyway."
Under Lin Xiao's gaze, Ye Qingxian sighed, took out the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from her Storage Soul Tool, and said with some reluctance,
"I've finally seen you clearly. You usually act the most obedient, but in your bones, you're the most stubborn and domineering. Fine, I'll just go along with you."
"Anyway, I'm just a woman. Maybe I'll have to rely on Master Lin Xiao's whims to live in the future. Won't you have the final say on everything then?"
"I'll just let you beat, scold, and bully me!"
Listening to the usually mature and steady Ye Qingxian being sarcastic towards him, Lin Xiao showed a slightly helpless expression and didn't know what to say, so he could only call out softly.
"Aunt Ye..."
The boy's voice was filled with grievance, making Ye Qingxian's heart tremble. In the end, she couldn't bring herself to continue being sarcastic towards Lin Xiao.
She spat softly, "A troublemaker."
Then, she sat down cross-legged and began the Absorption of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
The process was smooth.
After absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Soul Bone, Ye Qingxian opened her beautiful eyes and said somewhat unhappily, "Are you satisfied now?"
"My Soul Power has already reached Level 80!"
"And there are two Soul Skills, Flight and Healing!"
She felt a pang of heartache just thinking about it. If this were given to Lin Xiao, wouldn't he immediately break through to Soul King, and after absorbing the Soul Ring, experience another period of rapid advancement?
Silly boy, rejecting a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone!
As she got angrier, Ye Qingxian's eyes softened.
"What exactly are you after? Aunt Ye really has nothing else to give you..."
Lin Xiao shook his head.
"I don't want your things, Aunt Ye."
Ye Qingxian's beautiful eyes widened.
"Say that again?"
"I just want Aunt Ye to get better and better."
Ye Qingxian only realized today that the most powerful blade in this world wasn't some divine weapon, but the gentleness spoken from the handsome lips of the young man.
It made a woman as mature, steady, and even "selfish" as her unable to resist the urge to go through fire and water for him.
Lin Xiao said, "Now that Aunt Ye, you have broken through to Soul Douluo, let Senior Dugu take you to hunt for your Eighth Soul Ring."
Ye Qingxian nodded gently.
Then, she beckoned to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao went forward, somewhat puzzled. As soon as he got close, a pair of white, soft hands grabbed him, with such force that Lin Xiao had no room to resist.
Ye Qingxian rubbed Lin Xiao's face for a while, then pinched the flesh around his waist, venting a mouthful of anger.
Before she finished, she didn't forget to use Nine Hearted Begonia for Healing.
Lin Xiao wore a bitter face.
He felt that Aunt Ye's love for him had disappeared. It used to be just for show, but today she really went for the kill!
But Ye Qingxian's next words stunned Lin Xiao.
"I've always known you have your own opinions. Now that you've grown up, become powerful, you no longer listen to me, and I've become the one listening to you."
"But Lin Xiao, remember, we are one; we prosper together, and we suffer together. Your strength is Aunt Ye's best guarantee, understand?"
Lin Xiao was stunned for a long while before nodding.
"Aunt Ye, you're right."
"My strength is your best guarantee, and the best support for Ling Ling and the others."
"However, this Soul Bone must still be given to you."
Ye Qingxian sighed, hugged Lin Xiao, her soft body making Lin Xiao's face flush slightly.
She patted Lin Xiao's head.
"Although I don't know what you're preparing for, don't forget that it's not just you who wants to protect Aunt Ye, Aunt Ye will also protect you."
The faint fragrance on Ye Qingxian's body was very reassuring.
...
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Lin Xiao came as promised to learn swordsmanship.
In the spacious backyard,
Sword Douluo held the Seven Kill Sword, standing quietly in place, his entire aura restrained, as if he had been tempered into an unmoving sword.
However, a sharp Sword Intent emanated from him, faintly discernible, permeating the entire courtyard.
Lin Xiao carefully felt it.
He held Crimson Sky in his hand, and under the stimulation of Sword Douluo's Sword Intent, a noble and unparalleled Sword Intent rose up, its unyielding will forcibly carving out a path in Sword Douluo's Sword Intent domain.
The two Sword Intents clashed with each other.
Sword Douluo always steadily suppressed Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao's unyielding Sword Intent grew at an astonishing rate under this suppression.
The original Sword Intent prototype was like a peerless jade, gradually grinding away its redundant parts under Sword Douluo's carving, leaving only the essence.
The Sword Intent prototype became more and more perfect.
In this process, both Sword Douluo and Lin Xiao closed their eyes, remaining motionless.
Midway, Sword Douluo once opened his eyes.
He looked at Lin Xiao with a surprised and inexplicable gaze, but said nothing.
In the distant pavilion.
Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo looked down together.
"That old Sword man couldn't help but intervene! I don't know if he has taken this kid as his disciple, actually not hesitating to use his own Sword Intent to help that kid take that step."
"However, this kid is also a monster, actually only one step away from that step."
Ning Fengzhi was a little puzzled.
"Uncle Bone, what are Uncle Sword and Lin Xiao doing?"
Bone Douluo smiled.
"Sect Master, the old Sword man is helping this kid temper his Sword Intent. This kid has a Sword Intent prototype at such a young age, it's really remarkable."
Seeing that Ning Fengzhi was still puzzled, he added:
"To give an example, this kid only has a precious sword, but it hasn't been sharpened. What the old Sword man is doing now is sharpening the sword for this kid!"
Ning Fengzhi asked curiously, "Sword Intent prototype? Is that very powerful?"
Bone Douluo was silent for a moment.
His eyes held a hint of reminiscence.
"It wasn't considered very powerful."
"It's just that, when that old Sword geezer was young, he was hailed as the number one swordplay genius. It was probably when he was at the Soul Saint realm that he truly comprehended the prototype of his unique... Sword Intent."
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