Ling Yun's thoughts turned endlessly as he kept searching for a proper excuse to leave.
Fortunately, he wasn't stupid — an idea quickly came to him.
"Big Sister Xue'er, remember how I was caught by that old man earlier today? And that annoying brat too?
I found out that he's the younger brother of the person you're pretending to be right now. When they caught me, I overheard them talking — they're planning something bad against you."
Ling Yun wasn't lying. That morning, when he'd been captured by Dugu Bo and Xue Beng and taken onto the carriage, he had overheard their conversation.
Among the things he'd heard was that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing had joined forces with several ministers to pressure Emperor Xue Ye into punishing the Crown Prince.
At the time, Ling Yun hadn't paid it much mind — in fact, he'd even found it amusing.
What a joke — with two Titled Douluo guarding Qian Renxue, what scheme could possibly threaten her? In front of absolute strength, all plots were meaningless.
But now, Ling Yun's small face was filled with anger and indignation.
"Those bastards dare to bully my adorable and charming Sister Xue'er — how could I possibly endure that? Of course not!
Sister Xue'er, I know you can't openly confront them right now because of your disguise, but I can!
With my small body, sneaking into their mansion would be as easy as breathing."
Ling Yun put on an angry face, his tone sharp and cold.
"As long as I get inside their residence, I've got plenty of ways to deal with them. For instance, maybe a little 'accidental' fire breaks out — who knows, it might even burn that brat alive."
Qian Renxue looked at him suspiciously, not quite believing his excuse.
"Little Mink, I feel like that's not the real reason you want to go out. Besides, I don't want you to seek revenge for me and end up getting caught."
"How could that happen? Don't worry, Sister Xue'er, there's no way I'll get caught.
Please let me go just this once. If I know that my lovely and enchanting Sister Xue'er was bullied and I can't take revenge, I won't even be able to sleep tonight! I promise I'll come back by nightfall, okay… Sister Xue'er?"
In order not to reveal his true identity, Ling Yun shamelessly began acting cute and pitiful.
Qian Renxue immediately felt her whole body stiffen — goosebumps running up her arms.
Especially with Ling Yun deliberately putting on that spoiled, pleading act — she really didn't know how to deal with it.
But unfortunately for her, Ling Yun was a Celestial Snow Mink — a creature naturally good at being adorable — and Qian Renxue simply couldn't resist it. She nodded helplessly, agreeing.
"Alright, alright! Go quickly and come back soon, but you must not get caught. Otherwise—"
Before she could finish her words, Ling Yun had already turned into a streak of white light and vanished from the residence, leaving her helpless.
"This little thing is always so impatient. Ugh… there's no dealing with him. Elder Ghost Leopard!"
At her call, a figure hidden in the darkness stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Ghost Leopard is here. What does the Young Master command?"
Qian Renxue nodded slightly and spoke.
"Elder Ghost Leopard, could I trouble you to secretly follow that little guy? Unless it's absolutely necessary, don't interfere — just watch quietly.
But if he runs into something he can't handle, then please step in and help him. I'm counting on you."
Ghost Leopard froze for a moment — he hadn't expected Qian Renxue to send him, a Titled Douluo, to protect a mere two-thousand-year soul beast.
He was supposed to be under orders from the Grand Worship to protect the Young Master, and now he was being told to guard a little mink? What kind of situation was this?
After a short pause, realizing the special place this Celestial Snow Mink held in Qian Renxue's heart, he finally nodded slightly.
"Young Master, rest assured. I'll follow the little one immediately."
After agreeing, Ghost Leopard glanced at a massive figure in the distance — a man whose body was as large as a giant bear.
"Devil Bear, I'm leaving the Young Master's safety to you. Until I return, don't leave her side for even a second.
If anything happens to her, neither of us will have the face to see the Grand Worship again."
"You don't need to tell me that," the burly man grunted. "Just handle what the Young Master asked you to do.
You've worked with me for years — have you still not learned that I don't mess up? Honestly…"
With that gruff reply, Devil Bear fell silent again, fading into the shadows.
"Alright then, I'm off."
Ghost Leopard's voice disappeared into the courtyard as he sped after the fleeing Ling Yun.
Ling Yun was racing swiftly toward the outskirts of the city, but within two minutes, he sensed someone pursuing him.
The aura was familiar — it was one of the two Titled Douluo always beside Qian Renxue.
He immediately guessed that Qian Renxue had sent Ghost Leopard to follow him out of worry.
Ling Yun couldn't help but feel a headache.
If he wanted to keep his true identity secret, he couldn't let this guy keep tailing him. Otherwise, things would go very badly.
But since Ghost Leopard was acting on Qian Renxue's orders, Ling Yun couldn't just attack him either — that would only make her suspicious later.
As he sprinted through the night, Ling Yun glanced up at the sky.
At that moment, the Golden Ranking had just revealed its 194th place.
"Bloodline Golden Ranking No. 194: Phantom Spirit Fox — a fox-type soul beast with 2% Nine-Tailed Fox bloodline.Bloodline Grade: Low.Strongest individual in the clan: 48,000 years.Reward: +1,000 years cultivation, special soul skill — Illusionary Demon Eyes."
The name alone made it clear that Illusionary Demon Eyes was an illusion-type soul skill.
Given its placement on the Bloodline Ranking, the power of this ability was certainly not ordinary.
If Ling Yun could devour that Phantom Spirit Fox now,
then with his true body's hundred-thousand-year cultivation, he could imitate the fox's form and perhaps use its illusions to trap the Ghost Leopard Douluo in a dream realm — saving himself a great deal of trouble.
While Ling Yun was still thinking about how to shake off Ghost Leopard, far away at Spirit Hall Academy, in the girls' dormitory window,
a young girl dressed entirely in black, her long hair neatly tied behind her,
was gazing at the words Phantom Spirit Fox with a gleam of fascination in her eyes.
"A forty-eight-thousand-year fox-type soul beast… If I could one day kill it and absorb it as my seventh or eighth soul ring,
I wonder if I could gain that special soul skill.
If I could, it would perfectly complement my second soul skill — at that point, no one of the same level could possibly withstand my charm."
This girl was none other than Hu Liena, Bibi Dong's prized disciple.
Though only eleven years old, Hu Liena's ambitions were already immense.
She dreamed of one day becoming like her teacher — the supreme ruler of the entire Spirit Hall.
For that, she had only one path — to grow stronger.
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