Chapter 118: A Kiss!
Boom!
The Nine-Curved Snake Vine seemed to have had its spine pulled out; its massive body went limp like mud and collapsed with a crash.
Eight of its secondary vines quickly shriveled and withered, leaving only the last main vine, where a black Soul Ring slowly condensed.
Ye Lingling stood before the snake vine, bracing her body with her long blade, gasping for breath.
She felt as if her lungs were being scorched by fire, burning with pain.
And her eyes, they hurt as if they were about to burst; everything before her was blurry, and she couldn't see anything clearly.
Whoosh!
A figure suddenly appeared beside her.
Ye Lingling instinctively raised her long blade, but a hand pressed it down: "It's me!"
Immediately after, a potion was brought to her lips.
"Drink this."
Ye Lingling obediently opened her mouth and drank it.
As the potion entered her stomach, a warm current instantly flowed through her entire body, and her nearly exhausted Soul Power began to recover rapidly.
With Soul Power restored, she immediately summoned the Nine-Heart Begonia and began to heal herself.
Very quickly, the external injuries on her body were completely healed, and even the aftereffects of using the Other Shore Vermilion Eyes vanished without a trace.
"Well done."
Lin Yang said with a smile in his tone: "How does it feel to take down a strong enemy with your own hands?"
Ye Lingling was silent for a moment, then raised her head, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly: "It feels great!"
Lin Yang laughed: "You will grow to like this feeling."
"Once your Soul Power has recovered, go ahead and absorb the Soul Ring."
Ye Lingling nodded.
After her Soul Power had mostly recovered, she sat cross-legged beside the Nine-Curved Snake Vine.
At this moment, Lin Yang handed over a golden potion.
This was a Holy Blessing Potion. Don't let the name intimidate you; its only purpose was to resist the Spiritual shock when absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Ye Lingling was clearly aware of what the potion did; after drinking it in one gulp, she began to guide the Soul Ring.
Lin Yang, meanwhile, was not idle.
He had just noticed that a Soul Bone had actually dropped from the Nine-Curved Snake Vine.
With a light flick of his finger, the body of the Nine-Curved Snake Vine was sliced open, and a left arm bone fell into his hand.
When Lingling wakes up, I'll let her refine this Soul Bone.
The time Ye Lingling spent absorbing the Soul Ring was longer than expected, taking a full two hours.
When she opened her eyes, the Soul Rings on her body had already changed to two yellow, one purple, and one black.
"Congratulations on advancing to a Soul Sect."
Ye Lingling stared at Lin Yang for a moment, then parted her red lips: "Thank you!"
"What's wrong? Why so polite?" Lin Yang was somewhat surprised.
Ye Lingling shook her head and didn't say anything more.
She was grateful to Lin Yang for leading her onto another path, a path so exciting and wonderful.
Lin Yang smiled and handed over the Nine-Curved Snake Vine left arm bone he had just obtained.
"You're lucky; a Soul Bone dropped. Go ahead and absorb it."
Ye Lingling didn't act coy and pressed the Soul Bone against her left arm.
The speed of refining the Soul Bone was very fast; it took less than a quarter of an hour to completely refine it.
Her Soul Power Rank also broke through to level 42.
"How is the Soul Bone ability?"
A hint of excitement appeared on Ye Lingling's cool, detached face; this was her first Soul Bone.
"It's a support-type Soul skills. I call it Snake Vine Healing; it can increase healing effects by 50% while recovering 20% of my Soul Power."
Lin Yang couldn't help but nod: "Not bad, the effect is very powerful and very suitable for the Nine-Heart Begonia."
Ye Lingling nodded, and just as she was about to say something, she suddenly remembered something.
She hurriedly closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing slightly; a sudden burning sensation came from her collarbone.
This feeling was very similar to the appearance of the Demon Slayer Mark that Xiao Wu described.
She pulled down her collar and looked down; sure enough, a light purple begonia flower pattern had appeared on the skin of her collarbone.
"Lin Yang, look! I've activated the Demon Slayer Mark!"
Ye Lingling pointed at the Demon Slayer Mark, her expression excited.
Lin Yang glanced at it instinctively, then quickly withdrew his gaze.
Previously, the Nine-Curved Snake Vine had struck Ye Lingling, leaving a wound on her chest. Although it had been healed, her clothes wouldn't automatically repair themselves.
It was barely covered before, but now that she pulled it down, Lin Yang saw a large portion of her rounded bosom.
Ye Lingling sensed something was wrong.
Her body stiffened, her small hand lowered quietly, and a blush quietly appeared on her cheeks.
Seemingly sensing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Lin Yang coughed lightly: "I'll go collect some Materials, and we'll head back in a while."
"Mhm."
Ye Lingling replied in a low voice.
When the two returned to Heaven Dou City from the Sunset Forest, it was already midnight, and the city gates were long closed.
The two simply decided not to enter the city and made do for the night in the academy's dormitory.
While they said "made do," this was a noble academy.
Every student's dormitory was a single room, and the conditions were not bad at all.
After seeing Ye Lingling to the bottom of the girls' dormitory building, Lin Yang prepared to turn and leave.
But in the moment he turned, his hand was suddenly grabbed.
Lin Yang looked at Ye Lingling with some surprise: "What's wrong?"
Ye Lingling didn't speak.
A fragrant breeze swept over, and soft, warm red lips landed on Lin Yang's cheek.
A light touch, then quickly pulled away.
By the moonlight, Lin Yang noticed that Ye Lingling's face was extremely flushed.
Clearly, such a bold action just now had exhausted all her strength.
Since a girl had gone this far, if Lin Yang didn't have any reaction, could he even be called a man?
Besides, what could one feel from just a dragonfly-skimming-the-water touch?
He reached out and pulled Ye Lingling into his arms.
Under her shocked gaze, he lowered his head and kissed her.
At first, she was a bit awkward, but guided by Lin Yang, she also began to respond gradually.
After not knowing how much time had passed, Ye Lingling suddenly pushed Lin Yang's chest away, took a few steps back, and panted slightly.
She had almost suffocated just now!
Lin Yang said with a bit of teasing: "Lingling, you still need practice!"
"You bastard!"
Ye Lingling shot Lin Yang a fierce glare.
Pfft, scumbag, pervert!
Being so skilled at kissing, he must have practiced with Yanzi plenty of times.
And his paws, they weren't honest at all.
Thinking of this, Ye Lingling cursed Lin Yang to her heart's content in her mind.
If Lin Yang knew, he would definitely cry out that he was wronged.
In front of Dugu Yan, he had always been passive.
Although they hadn't taken the final step, kissing and cuddling were already commonplace.
And although he and Ye Lingling hadn't expressed their feelings so directly before, there was only a thin layer of paper separating them.
Because Lin Yang felt he was young, he didn't feel in a rush; he quite enjoyed this ambiguous atmosphere.
But he hadn't expected Ye Lingling to be the one to poke through this layer of paper first.
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