Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 15 An Encounter with a Kitten

Lan Xiaodie held the 42000-year-old right leg soul bone, intending to let Ye Liangchen absorb it. The soul bones left behind by Ye Feng and his wife did not include the right leg bone.

"Xiao Chen, absorb this right leg bone. It will greatly enhance your strength and also grant you a soul skill."

Lan Xiaodie handed the soul bone to Ye Liangchen. She used any good resources she had on the little guy as soon as possible, and devoted all her efforts to nurturing him.

"Aunt Lan, you guys should absorb it! I don't need it."

Ye Liangchen shook his head like a rattle drum, refusing to absorb the soul bone. Now that he had the support of the richest woman in Douluo Continent, the Silver Dragon King, he didn't care about soul bones under 10 years old, unless they were external soul bones that could grow.

Besides, I've already made arrangements for the 100,000-year-old right leg bone. Once I reach the Soul Master level, I'll just go and take the 100,000-year-old soul bone that Tang Dachui hid in the cave. Why would I need these soul bones?

Ye Liangchen had already calculated the timing. After Tang San graduated from Notting City Junior Academy, he would go to Soto City, and Tang Dachui would also leave. Only then would he have a chance to make his move.

"Xiao Chen, listen to your aunt and absorb the soul bone quickly." The Lan sisters were determined to make sure the little guy absorbed the right leg soul bone.

"Aunt Lan, I'm only 6 years old. If I'm exposed after absorbing this soul bone, those bad guys will definitely kill me and take the bone."

"You should absorb this soul bone! You can also leave it for Sister Bing'er and Sister Yue'er."

"The Ten Thousand Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind Sword Technique that I practice is essentially a set of self-created soul skills, so I don't lack soul skills."

No matter how the two sisters tried to persuade him, Ye Liangchen refused to absorb the soul bone.

"Alright! If you don't want to absorb it, then Auntie will let Teacher Su Lin absorb it, after all, the spirit ring she absorbed also came from the Blue Scaled Flood Dragon."

Lan Xiaodie smiled and decided to let Su Lin absorb the soul bone. That woman was also her junior sister, not an outsider.

After witnessing the little guy's exquisite swordsmanship, which was even better than his soul skills, the Lan sisters also felt that they couldn't rely too much on soul skills and would have to learn those sword techniques in the future.

"Buzzing..."

Four hours later, a powerful aura erupted from Su Lin, her spirit ring perfectly fused with her martial spirit, and her spirit power increased to the late stage of level 71, almost breaking through to level 72.

"Su Lin, this soul bone comes from the Blue Scaled Flood Dragon, and it's perfect for you. Absorb it quickly."

When Lan Xiaodie and her sister saw that Su Lin had woken up, they quickly gave her the soul bone.

"Senior sister, such a good soul bone should be given to Xiao Chen to absorb!"

"Xiao Chen doesn't want to absorb it, Su Lin, you should absorb it. Stop being so wishy-washy."

"My two senior sisters! I'll always love you!"

"So cheesy."

After a brief moment of tender conversation among the three sisters, Su Lin took the right leg bone and began to absorb and fuse with it.

"Buzzing..."

Half an hour later, a powerful aura soared into the sky, and the soul bone perfectly merged into Su Lin's right leg, also helping him break through to level 73.

"Level 73!" Lan Xiaodie and her sister exclaimed in surprise.

"Thank you, senior sisters! Thank you, Xiaochen! I will always love you both."

Su Lin jumped up from the ground and kissed Lan Xiaodie and her sister, as well as Ye Liangchen, on the cheek, with great excitement.

"You're covered in sweat and stink, go take a shower." The Lan sisters pretended to be disgusted and pushed Su Lin away.

"Alright! I'll go take a shower first, and then I'll come back and get intimate with my two senior sisters."

"Get lost! You brat, stay away from us. Xiao Chen is right here!"

The three girls played and frolicked happily, as if they had returned to their teenage years.

"Aunt Lan, Teacher Su Lin! I can't see or hear anything, please continue." Ye Liangchen pretended to close his eyes and covered his ears with both hands.

"Pfft... Hahaha..."

The three women couldn't help but giggle at the little guy's funny antics. Su Lin happily rushed towards a secluded spot in the distance, stripped herself naked, jumped into the river, and enjoyed a relaxing soak.

Today's harvest was truly enormous; the woman hummed a little tune while taking a shower, extremely excited.

……

After obtaining the seventh spirit ring for Su Lin, it was already late. The group found a dry cave upstream of the river, set up tents, made a fire, cooked, and enjoyed a delicious meal.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, the group ate some dry rations and immediately left the area where the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast lived.

"Chirp chirp..."

Lan Xiaodie directly activated her martial soul and flew through the air while holding Ye Liangchen. Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling were also jumping forward rapidly. They did not have any flying soul skills, and their martial souls were dolphins, so they could not fly.

After running for several hours, they finally left the area where the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts lived. The group stopped on a mountaintop, ate some dry rations, and replenished their strength.

"Sister! Could we have stumbled into the territory of the Star Luo Empire?"

"40% of the Star Dou Forest is within the Heaven Dou Empire, and 60% is within the Star Luo Empire. After wandering in the forest for so many days, we have indeed reached the territory of the Star Luo Kingdom."

"Even if we run at full speed, it will probably take us two more days to get from here to Soul Hunter Town. Besides, our soul power won't be able to keep up with the continuous running."

"We have plenty of time. Once we leave the area inhabited by ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, we won't have to worry about safety."

The three women stood atop the mountain, gazing into the distance. All they could see were towering trees and crisscrossing mountains and rivers. Although they were on the outskirts, there were still countless thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Looking at the boundless forest, Ye Liangchen felt it was incredibly beautiful. Taking a breath of the air made him feel refreshed; this was truly the breath of nature!

After quickly finishing some dry rations, the group sped off towards the Heavenly Dou Empire, hoping to reach the cave where they had been staying before nightfall.

Ye Liangchen originally wanted to use his external soul bone wings to fly, but Lan Xiaodie didn't give him the chance at all. She felt that the little guy was only a level 14 soul master and his soul power wouldn't last long, so she carried him all the way.

"Huff huff..."

Contra's speed was indeed terrifying. With the whistling wind in his ears and towering trees rushing past, Ye Liangchen felt a great sense of exhilaration.

Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling chased after them with all their might, leaping from treetop to treetop that was hundreds of meters high.

"Sister! Wait for us!" Lan Xiaoling shouted from a kilometer away.

"Senior sister! Are you taking advantage of the fact that we only have Soul Saint cultivation?"

Su Lin also yelled in annoyance, thinking to herself, "Why is this woman flying so fast?"

"It's not that you two are incompetent! I even had Xiao Chen with me when I was flying!"

Lan Xiaodie stopped on the top of a tree branch that was a hundred meters tall, waiting for the two sisters. Watching them run so fast, she felt very happy.

Several hours later, the group finally arrived at the cave they had visited a few days earlier. It was already evening, and they decided to spend the night there.

"Awooo..."

"Roar..."

Suddenly, the howling of wolves came from the forest 800 meters ahead, as if they were chasing something, and the wolves were rushing towards the direction where Ye Liangchen and his group were.

"Swish..."

Immediately afterwards, two figures, one large and one small, rushed out of the forest, looking quite disheveled.

Both were women, dressed in black leather jackets. The older one was estimated to be around 35 years old, with the cultivation level of a high-level Soul Master, while the younger one was around 6 years old, with less than level 10 Soul Power. However, she was very beautiful, like a porcelain doll.

It's unclear how they encountered the pack of Nether Wolves, but they were chased by more than a dozen Nether Wolves. Two of the Nether Wolves, around 4000 years old, appeared to be the leaders of the pack.

"Awoo..."

Just as the two alpha wolves were about to pounce on her, the woman threw the little girl forward.

"Buzzing..."

"Awoo..."

The woman released her martial spirit, which was a purplish-black cat. Three spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, rose from her body. She blocked the pack of wolves, fighting them while shouting, "Qing'er! Run!"

"Auntie!..." the little girl cried out in despair, trying to run over and help.

"Aunt Lan, let's help them!"

Ye Liangchen couldn't bear to see the two women die in the wolf's mouth, so he rushed over, summoned his martial soul, and activated the first soul skill of the Goddess of Life.

"Swish..."

A bright green vine wrapped around the little girl and carried her away from the battlefield.

"Don't go over there, you'll distract her."

Ye Liangchen's voice rang in the little girl's ears, immediately catching her attention.

"ah!…"

"Thank you for saving me."

The little girl in black looked at the person who had saved her, and it turned out to be a little boy who was about the same age as her and was very cute.

A stunningly beautiful woman was seen attached to the little boy's back, with a deep yellow spirit ring encircling her.

"Is this your martial soul? It's so beautiful!"

The little girl was stunned by Ye Liangchen's beautiful martial spirit and spirit rings, her eyes filled with envy and longing. At that moment, she thought to herself: Why is the color of his spirit rings so deep? There's even a hint of purple. Could this be a spirit ring that's nearly a thousand years old? How is he so powerful?

"What's your name?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously, putting away his martial spirit.

My name is Zhu Zhuqing.

The little girl in black didn't hide anything and directly told people her name.

Zhu Zhuqing? The little kitten among the Seven Freaks?

Ye Liangchen was immediately startled. He took a closer look at the little girl in front of him. She had big eyes, delicate features, and two cat-ear-like headdresses, making her look incredibly cute and adorable. There was also a tail-like decoration behind her, and most importantly, she was wearing her signature leather jacket and pants.

Oh dear! How could I have forgotten that?

This little girl has always dressed as a catgirl. Although she hasn't fully grown up yet, in six years, she will become one of the most stunning goddesses in Douluo Continent.

The women of the Zhu family in the Star Luo Empire all have incredibly voluptuous figures; in short, they're all "big." Even the woman in black fighting the Netherworld Wolf in the distance is like that, probably because of their martial spirits.

A woman whose head is bowed so low that her toes are invisible is an absolute beauty. This phrase perfectly describes the women of the Netherworld Cat Clan.

However, Xiao Zhuqing's soul power is only around level 8. She must have awakened her martial soul a few months ago. In Ye Liangchen's memory, she seems to have only innate level 7 soul power, making her the least talented among the Seven Devils.

At this moment, the girl's big eyes were filled with confusion and loneliness, and she looked very helpless, probably due to the suppression from her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun.

What a poor little kitten.

"Frozen".

"Water Splash Canopy"

"Tender as water."

Just then, Lan Xiaodie and her sister, along with Su Lin, made their move, unleashing their soul skills to injure the dozen or so Nether Wolves and save the woman in black.

"My name is Zhu Yuling. Thank you for saving me, gentlemen." The woman in black was extremely grateful to Lan Xiaodie and the others after being rescued.

"You're welcome."

"Miss Zhu's martial spirit is the Netherworld Cat, and you come from the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire."

"Your soul power should have reached level 40. You can choose one of those two 4000-year-old Nether Wolves as your fourth soul ring."

Lan Xiaodie and the others recognized Zhu Yuling's identity and were familiar with the family's rules, so they directly advised her to hunt down the 4000-year-old Netherwolf as her fourth soul ring.

"Thank you so much, gentlemen. I will never forget your great kindness."

Zhu Yuling immediately knelt down to thank Lan Xiaodie and the others. In the Star Luo Empire, scheming and killing among relatives for their own interests was a common and cruel occurrence. Meeting such kind people for the first time made her extremely moved.

"Don't be so polite, go and get your spirit ring! We'll protect you."

The three women helped Zhu Yuling up, urging her to act quickly and help the weak, as this was the mark of a strong person.

Zhu Yuling didn't hold back and immediately killed a 4000-year-old Netherworld Wolf to begin absorbing the soul ring.

"Su Lin, sister, go prepare dinner, cook a lot."

Lan Xiaodie stayed behind to protect Zhu Yuling, while Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling returned to the cave to set up tents and start a fire to cook.

As Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling passed by Ye Liangchen, they saw the little girl standing quietly beside him and both smiled like doting aunts: "Little Chen! Not bad! You know how to be a hero and save a damsel in distress at such a young age."

"Teacher Su Lin, what are you talking about?" Ye Liangchen scratched his head, sat on a rock, and pretended to be confused.

"It's nothing. You play with the little girl for a while, we'll go make some food first."

Lan Xiaoling and Su Lin smiled sweetly, patted Ye Liangchen's head, and then walked towards the cave.

Xiao Zhuqing blushed slightly when she heard the two beautiful women use the phrase "hero saves the beauty".

The Douluo girl is precocious, especially someone like her who was born into a large family and knows a lot.

At this moment, Xiao Zhuqing looked at her aunt who was absorbing the 4000-year soul ring in the distance, her little hands clenched tightly, and she kept cheering for her aunt in her heart.

"Hey! Kitty, your soul power is only level 8, how dare you come to Star Dou Forest with your aunt?"

Ye Liangchen directly called her "Little Kitten," since her cat-eared outfit made her look like a little kitten anyway.

"Don't call me Kitty, my name is Zhu Zhuqing," Xiao Zhuqing said coldly to Ye Liangchen.

"Okay! Kitty!" Ye Liangchen spread his hands, indicating that he would never change his address to "kitty."

"What's your name?"

"What's your martial soul? How many years is your first spirit ring? You look amazing!"

Xiao Zhuqing was initially a little angry, but when she saw that the little boy in front of her was only the same age as herself, her anger immediately disappeared. The key was that he was too handsome, making it impossible for her to be angry. So she began to ask Ye Liangchen his name and martial spirit.

"My name is Ye Liangchen. My martial soul is the Goddess Martial Soul, and as for the age of my spirit rings, that will remain a secret for now."

Ye Liangchen only revealed his name, omitting his martial soul and the age of his spirit rings. He was mainly afraid that revealing the age of his spirit rings would tempt the girl to try it herself, potentially leading to her death.

"Hmph! Fine, don't talk about it then. Ye Liangchen, I'll remember you!"

"I wasn't safe at home, so I came with my aunt to hunt spirit beasts. As a result, we stumbled into a wolf den, and two other uncles were killed by wolves. They died while covering our escape."

"If it weren't for you, my aunt and I would have been eaten by wolves."

With a sad expression, Xiao Zhuqing told Ye Liangchen what had happened, but she didn't mention that she had been suppressed by her older sister.

Ye Liangchen listened quietly to the kitten's story. Even if the kitten didn't say it, he could guess what was going on.

After the kitten finished telling its story, it stared intently at Zhu Yuling, who was absorbing a spirit ring.

Seeing that the little girl looked a bit pitiful, Ye Liangchen quietly took out two Body Tempering Pills from his game backpack, put them in his candy snacks, and pretended to eat them.

"Little kitty! Don't worry."

"Here you go! I'll treat you to some candy."

Ye Liangchen first took out two real candies and fed them to Xiao Zhuqing.

"Ah! Thank you!"

"Crunch... Crunch..."

The little girl chewed on the candy, feeling a little touched.

Since awakening her martial soul, she has been suppressed by her older sister. No one dares to play with her, and other children in the family avoid her when they see her. Her parents also look on coldly, making her feel very lonely in the past few months, as if she has been abandoned by the world.

The young prince she was betrothed to since childhood was also too busy to help her, and she had never even met him. Only her aunt encouraged her to keep living. This time, her aunt went out to hunt for the fourth spirit ring, and she came along, mainly because she dared not stay at home.

The little boy in front of her actually took out some candy and snacks to eat with her, which touched the kitten deeply and warmed her heart.

While eating the candy that Ye Liangchen handed her, Xiao Zhuqing was crying, leaving Ye Liangchen completely bewildered. Why was this girl crying?

"What's wrong? Did you get sand in your eyes?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.

"Ah...! No!" Xiao Zhuqing wiped away her tears, too embarrassed to tell anyone about her sadness.

"Ah! Open your mouth, I'll feed you."

Ye Liangchen mixed the two Body Tempering Pills with a few candies and fed them directly to Xiao Zhuqing.

"ah…"

"Crunch... Crunch..."

While chewing on a candy, Xiao Zhuqing mumbled, "Your candy... is so... delicious!"

"Of course, Aunt Lan bought it for me."

Ye Liangchen said with a smile that he fed the Body Tempering Pill to the kitten in order to increase her physical strength so that she could absorb more than 400 years of energy in her first soul ring.

In the original storyline, this girl's first spirit ring was only a little over 300 years old, which is a bit low.

Ye Liangchen first made a good impression on Xiao Zhuqing, and then, six years later, he would find an opportunity to pry her out of the Seven Freaks.

He'd help her out for now. As for the Foundation Establishment Pill, it was too precious. Since she wasn't one of his own, Ye Liangchen couldn't just give it away. What if this girl was determined to join the Seven Devils team later? He'd end up with nothing.

(End of this chapter)