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Chapter 12 A Fateful Duel Between Support Soul Masters! [Please Read On! Please Vote!]

"Look, the bone marrow of the soft-boned rabbit, when boiled into medicine, has the effect of invigorating bones and nourishing the marrow. It is the core ingredient of Mom's Black Jade Bone-Breaking Plaster."

In the back courtyard of the Xuanhu Medical Clinic's pharmacy, Chen Hong was squatting among the medicinal herbs, holding a small bone about the size of a finger, explaining to Ye Lingling, who was looking at him with great curiosity.

"Can bones be used as medicine? Brother Hong is so amazing! Not only can he recognize many metals, but he can also explain all the medicinal herbs here in great detail!" Ye Lingling bent down and squatted next to Chen Hong, looking at the strange medicinal herbs all over the ground with surprise.

However, she was still curious, so she asked Chen Hong in her soft voice, "Brother Hong, if a patient breaks a bone, shouldn't the best thing to do be to find a healing soul master?"

Chen Hong picked up a large piece of the soft-boned rabbit's leg bone from the ground and gently tapped Ye Lingling's head three times.

"Oh dear! Brother Hong, why are you hitting Lingling!" The little girl opened her big, watery purple eyes, squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, and looked up at Chen Hong with a pitiful expression.

Ye Lingling: Feeling wronged, pitiful, and helpless, but she can eat.

Chen Hong tossed the leg bone aside and said to Ye Lingling, "In the dead of night... ptooey! Let me clear your head. Didn't I just say that healing soul masters are rare, and patients can't always find one? That's when the Black Jade Bone-Breaking Ointment really shines, isn't it?"

"Furthermore, not all healing soul masters can fully recover from a person's injuries like your Nine-Hearted Begonia. Most healing soul masters can only activate the injured person's own life force, allowing the injured person to recover slowly through their own self-healing abilities. At this time, the Black Jade Bone-Breaking Ointment can still play an important role. The healing soul skill heals the injured person from within, while the Black Jade Bone-Breaking Ointment heals the injured person from without. With the combination of the two, the injured person can recover quickly."

"Isn't this much better than a single Soul Master healing method?"

Ye Lingling crouched on the ground, holding her head in her hands, and said aggrievedly, "But you can't hit Lingling's head like that! What if you make me stupid? Mom already says I'm not smart."

Chen Hong rolled his eyes and scratched his head, saying, "I just tapped it lightly. You could have dodged it. What's your soul power level? If you're not happy, you can argue with me or teach me a lesson!"

"You know, you have to fight back, you have to have a rebellious spirit. Next time your mother calls you stupid, you have to fight back too. You can't just take it for no reason."

"I'm level 18," Ye Lingling said weakly, squatting on the ground.

"Where there is oppression, there is resistance. If my mom scolds me, I'll definitely talk back! What level are you?" Chen Hong, who was about to nag, suddenly froze, then subconsciously jumped back, looking warily at Ye Lingling who was slowly getting up: "You're level 18!"

"Hmm, I just turned 18 this year." Ye Lingling picked up a large bone from the ground with her head down.

"Wait! What are you doing!" Chen Hong suddenly picked up a section of bamboo pole from the ground, pointed it at Ye Lingling who was bowing her head and remaining silent, and earnestly admonished her, "Bullying the weak... no! Bullying your brother is wrong, you know!"

"But...didn't Brother Hong say he wanted Lingling to learn to resist?" Ye Lingling raised her head and looked at Chen Hong with her beautiful, light purple, watery eyes.

"Or does someone as clever as Brother Hong want Lingling to always be obedient?" Ye Lingling's tone was melancholy, and a thin mist shrouded her pale purple eyes.

Chen Hong wanted to say something, but when his gaze met Ye Lingling's purple eyes, he suddenly froze.

Does Ye Lingling really not understand anything?

If Ye Lingling doesn't understand anything, then why does Ning Lu think that everyone in this world is precocious?

If ten-year-old Ye Lingling doesn't understand anything, then why are a bunch of ten-year-old kids in those town martial spirit schools already fighting over love and affection? What kind of nonsense is this? Does Douluo Continent have a reputation for being a continent of early romance?

So, Ye Lingling actually understands everything. Perhaps she doesn't understand many things very deeply, but at least she understands the situation she is currently facing.

But does Nine Heart Begonia Ye Lingling possess the ability to resist?

Ever since Ye Lingling became conscious, her mother had taught her not to resist, but to bravely accept the environments and things she didn't like.

Why? It's true that the Nine-Hearted Begonia is cherished by all the Soul Masters on the continent, but this cherishing has another name—the canary in a cage!

As long as the Soul Masters on this continent have a need, they can find these two canaries imprisoned in cages and force them to sing for them and serve them until they are hoarse and their voices are bloodshot, and they cannot refuse!

Because a canary, devoid of any freedom or self-control, has no right to refuse!

The price of refusal is that the Nine-Hearted Begonia, cherished by all the Soul Masters across the continent, will no longer enjoy protection!

Ye Lingling knew that her mother might be trying to get her connected with Aunt Ning Lu's family. Aunt Ning Lu could guess from her surname and martial spirit that she had an unclear relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, one of the three upper sects.

Although rumors circulated that Ning Lu had given birth to a useless son, due to the special nature of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, even if Chen Hong was just an ordinary person without soul power, Ye Lingling's offspring would still be a girl with the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul and soul power.

so.

Amidst the medicinal herbs scattered on the ground, Chen Hong twirled his bamboo pole in a sword flourish, then pointed it at Ye Lingling, who was wielding a large bone club.

Chen Hong was unaware of the pressure Ye Lingling was under, but as a naive adult in thought, he could sense the unyielding spirit hidden deep in Ye Lingling's eyes.

It is a kind of resentment towards fate, a canary's yearning to control its own destiny, and a caged bird's longing for freedom in the world outside the cage.

Chen Hong pointed his sword at Ye Lingling and remained silent for a moment. He clearly understood that if he ordered Ye Lingling to give up resisting at this moment, then this girl, who was destined to become a caged bird, would never again sing the song of her free soul.

The strong save themselves, the saints help others.

Chen Hong did not consider himself a saint.

so.

"Chen Hong, Level 11 Support Soul Master!"

Chen Hong pointed his sword at Ye Lingling, a bright yellow soul ring slowly rising behind him. His tone was calm, and his eyes were indifferent.

Looking at Chen Hong in this state, Ye Lingling's beautiful purple eyes widened slightly, and a faint warmth unconsciously rose in her heart.

"Ye Lingling, Level 18 Support Soul Master!"

Ye Lingling responded to Chen Hong; this was a battle between two minor support Soul Masters.

Chen Hong (Class of 11) vs. Ye Lingling (Class of 18)!

(End of this chapter)