Ye Wenxin already had a good impression of Lin Rong due to his mother.
At this moment, the Martial Soul within him, the Nine-Hearted Begonia, sensed the divine aura emanating from Lin Rong and, uncontrolled, released itself, its petals swaying as if in worship.
This made Ye Wenxin realize that the divinity Lin Rong spoke of was likely real.
Urged by a voice in his heart, he quickly made his choice.
"You are Yu Yin's son; Uncle will naturally stand by your side."
Yu Yin, full name Du Yu Yin, was Lin Rong's mother.
By saying this, Ye Wenxin was indirectly expressing his submission.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the divine aura radiating from Lin Rong instantly dissipated.
Humanity surfaced, divinity receded, and he immediately returned to his gentle demeanor.
If he hadn't been holding the Nine-Hearted Begonia, Ye Wenxin would have almost believed everything that had just happened was an illusion.
"Phew, that was close!" Beneath Lin Rong's calm and gentle expression, his emotions churned.
"The divinity within me is still too thin; it could barely be maintained for that brief moment it was exposed."
"If Ye Wenxin had taken a few more breaths to make his choice, my half-baked divinity would have been exposed."
"But there was no other way; I couldn't offer anything the Ye family truly cared about, so I had to resort to a risky gambit to win them over."
Due to the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul, the Ye family had very few descendants, and what they cared about most was something that could break the curse of the Nine-Hearted Begonia.
Lin Rong guessed that apart from the gods of this world, only the Lovesick Heartbreak Red could break the Nine-Hearted Begonia's curse.
However, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red was one of the two essential components for his true Martial Soul form, and it was absolutely impossible for him to give it to the Ye family to break the curse.
Originally,Lin Rong had intended to try his luck without using the method he just employed.
The reason he used that method was that he had learned of Ye Wenxin's feelings for his mother from the old butler.
This news greatly boosted Lin Rong's confidence in winning over the Ye family and gave him the courage to take a risky approach.
"Lord... Duke Lin." Ye Wenxin said somewhat uncomfortably. Although he had submitted, he still had some reservations, so he asked:
"Replacing the Xue family as the new royal family is no easy task."
"Do you have a well-thought-out, detailed plan?"
In response, Lin Rong said:
"You don't need to worry too much. I won't openly attack the royal family; their downfall will be handled by others."
"I will simply ascend to the Heaven Dou throne through my absolute strength in the competition among the Ten Great Clans after the royal family has fallen."
"Therefore, you can rest assured."
"Furthermore, as a healing-type Spirit Master, your current abilities are not needed."
"Your true stage is on the future battlefield. For now, your most important task is to cultivate your Soul Power with all your might and break through to the Soul Douluo realm before the war arrives."
As he spoke, Lin Rong took out a booklet containing the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Purple Demon Eye and handed it to Ye Wenxin, explaining:
"This booklet contains two cultivation methods, one for Soul Power and one for mental power. You will understand their effects once you begin practicing."
"You can pass this method on to your daughter, but you must strictly warn her, repeatedly, never to leak these two cultivation methods."
Ye Wenxin was forty-two years old and a level seventy-three Soul Saint.
A Soul Saint in his early forties was considered quite young in the Spirit Master world.
The cultivation speed of auxiliary-type Martial Souls was the slowest among all types of Martial Souls.
As a healing-type Martial Soul within the auxiliary branch, the Nine-Hearted Begonia's cultivation speed was even slower.
Ye Wenxin's ability to break through to level seventy at the age of forty was not only due to his exceptionally high innate Soul Power of level eight and a half.
His inheritance of two family heirloom Spirit Bones after his father's death was also crucial in improving his aptitude.
Based on his cultivation speed, it would have taken at least another ten years to break through to level eighty.
Seeing Lin Rong's seriousness regarding the so-called cultivation methods, Ye Wenxin took the booklet and opened it. The convoluted sentences made him feel a bit dizzy, as it was his first time reading cultivation mantras.
Although he couldn't fully understand it, such profound incantations filled him with anticipation for these so-called cultivation methods.
"By the way, there's something I'd like to ask your opinion on."
Lin Rong suddenly remembered that in the original story, Tang Hao had mentioned a healing-type Titled Douluo who had treated his injuries but couldn't fully heal them.
Logically, a Titled Douluo, especially a healing-type one, should be famous across the continent. Yet, in the more than ten years he had lived in this world, he hadn't heard a single piece of news about this individual.
Thus, he asked:
"Legend has it that there is a healing-type Titled Douluo in the world today."
"As a noble family from a lineage of healing-type Martial Souls, you should have some knowledge of this person."
This question caused Ye Wenxin to furrow his brow. He pondered for a long time but found no leads, finally replying:
"Is there such a legend? I've never heard of it."
"However, regardless of whether this legend exists, there has never been any record of an auxiliary-type Titled Douluo in the continent's history, let alone a healing-type Titled Douluo."
"When it comes to healing abilities, my family's inherited Martial Soul, the Nine-Hearted Begonia, is unique in its healing prowess; no one can match its effectiveness."
"To put it bluntly, my Ye family is the strongest healing-type Spirit Master family on the continent. If not for the curse on our Martial Soul that has thinned our bloodline, the Nine-Hearted Begonia would undoubtedly hold the title of the world's number one auxiliary Martial Soul."
"If there has ever been a healing-type Titled Douluo in this world, it could only have been one of my Ye family's ancestors."
"But I remember very clearly that the highest cultivation among my Ye family's ancestors was only level eighty-nine Soul Power, stuck at the bottleneck of level ninety Soul Power and unable to break through to the final step."
After hearing this explanation, Lin Rong had a plan forming in his mind and casually said:
"Is that so? Perhaps I overheard it from some babbling passerby while my carriage was passing through the streets."
"That makes sense. There are only a handful of Titled Douluo in this world, how could there possibly be an unknown healing-type Titled Douluo?"
He thought to himself:
If such a simple method as breaking one's own limbs and draining the stagnant blood could heal Tang Hao's injuries, then Ye Wenxin, even at the Soul Saint level, could probably heal him. How could a dignified healing-type Titled Douluo be unable to heal him?
Perhaps the Tang Hao in the original story encountered a fake healing-type Titled Douluo, or maybe Tang Hao himself made up such an unsubstantiated existence.
Lin Rong shook his head speechlessly, dispelled his innate domain, and returned to his seat to continue enjoying the delicious food that was still warm on the table.
...
After finishing this meal, Lin Rong didn't linger any longer. He left the manor with the old butler and returned to the house they had rented in Dian Du City.
The third floor of the top story.
On the bed, Lin Rong sat cross-legged, circulating the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to cultivate his Soul Power.
At this point, two months had passed since he broke through to level sixty.
His Soul Power, which was at the peak of level sixty-four two months ago, had now reached the peak of level sixty-five, just a little short of breaking through to level sixty-six.
"The breakthrough should happen within these few days. The journey between Dian Du City and Windy City requires at least three days of travel by carriage."
"Three days. That's enough time for me to break through to level sixty-six Soul Power."
"I remember that in the original story, Tang San's Soul Power cultivation was also level sixty-six when he faced Yang Wudi. It's quite a coincidence."
"However, Tang San was already twenty years old at that time, while I am still less than a month away from my eleventh birthday."
"To be able to create such a significant gap with that overpowered cheat, the Marrow Cleansing Scripture deserves all the credit."
"Moreover, after listening to Grandpa Yu recount the past of my current life's family last night, the bottleneck of the third major realm of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, 'Manifesting All Beings,' actually showed signs of loosening."
"The Marrow Cleansing Scripture states that reaching the 'Manifesting All Beings' realm requires one's own cultivation to be in a state of effortless freedom."
"Before, I couldn't reach this point and didn't understand what I was missing."
"Now it seems that because of my identity as a transmigrator, I've always avoided delving into the affairs of my current life's family. How could I possibly achieve true effortless freedom?"
"Now that I've found the reason why I couldn't touch the 'Manifesting All Beings' realm's bottleneck, breaking through this realm is just a matter of time."
...
The afternoon passed quickly.
Soon, it was evening.
The sun set in the west, and Guang Yue and Ghostly walked back, their shadows stretching long behind them in the setting sun.
Because Lin Rong was leaving Dian Du City tomorrow, and Guang Yue and Ghostly had to return to Spirit Hall to act as moles.
They would not be able to meet for a long time after this.
Therefore, under Lin Rong's well-intentioned "persuasion," Guang Yue directly received Dugu Bo's approval and the qualification to cultivate ultimate techniques.
As the standard set of three ultimate techniques of the Tang Sect, the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the Purple Demon Eye, and the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track were all imparted to Guang Yue and Ghostly.
Among them, the movement technique ultimate skill, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, had extremely high compatibility with Ghostly. After a brief review of the technique, he could already demonstrate it with considerable proficiency.
Watching Ghostly show off his movement technique in front of Guang Yue, Lin Rong instructed:
"Remember, before the Heaven Dou Empire changes hands, try your best not to let Tang San see that you know these things."
Upon hearing this, Ghostly's mind raced, and he replied:
"My lord, is it because these ultimate techniques come from the Tang Sect?"
Hearing this, Lin Rong nodded in affirmation.
Given Tang San's personality, if he found out about the leak of Tang Sect's ultimate techniques, he would definitely dedicate a significant amount of time to investigating and uncovering the truth.
This would greatly hinder his cultivation speed. By then, if his Soul Power level was insufficient, Tang San wouldn't even qualify to compete with Qian Renxue.
Therefore, Lin Rong felt it was necessary to give this reminder, even though the probability of Guang Yue and Ghostly appearing before Tang San was extremely slim.
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