In the evening, Lin Ye left, possessing a sparrow, and flew towards Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
It was still that flower field. Lin Ye explored the sky back and forth in a large circle, ensuring there were no ambushes.
From a distance, he saw that familiar graceful figure, but today she was no longer calm. Pacing back and forth, she seemed anxious and restless.
"Looks like you're a bit anxious?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Ye Lingling quickly turned around and once again saw the strangely dressed fellow, whose eerie aura was as usual.
But Ye Lingling had no mind to pay attention to that. She hurried forward, her voice anxious, "You're the one who took Yanzi, aren't you? What have you done to her?"
Lin Ye did not deny it.
"It seems your relationship is truly good. But you didn't expose me to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which surprised me."
If Ye Lingling had reported him to the three Old freak higher-ups of the Royal Academy, then this place would have been a trap by now.
Lin Ye had already scouted the surroundings before coming and found no ambushes or traps.
Ye Lingling was very displeased with Lin Ye's evasive attitude and said, "What exactly have you done to Yanzi?"
Seeing the woman's anxious expression, Lin Ye said, "Don't worry, she's alive and well, with food and shelter."
Hearing this, Ye Lingling breathed a slight sigh of relief. Fortunately, things weren't too bad. Dugu Yan was her only friend in the Royal Academy and one of the few people she cared about.
"Why did you do this? As far as I know, Yanzi shouldn't have offended you, right?"
"Indeed, I have no grievances with her, but who told her she has a good grandfather?"
Lin Ye's tone was inexplicable. That Dugu Bo fellow was basically very difficult to turn, which was a bit regrettable.
Ye Lingling's pretty face beneath her veil was somewhat solemn.
Poison Douluo was unyielding, narrow-minded, acted without leaving future troubles, would definitely eradicate roots, and didn't care about reputation, not minding bullying the weak. When facing someone who could threaten him, his first reaction was to kill, one could say he was infamous.
But precisely because of this, Poison Douluo had many enemies. Now, it seemed this fellow was also one of Poison Douluo's enemies.
Sometimes, Ye Lingling couldn't understand why these people, relying on their strength, acted without scruples. Didn't they truly worry about people retaliating against their families?
As the saying goes, it's not fear of being stolen, but fear of being coveted. You are just one person. Over time, with careful scheming, people will always find an opportunity, right?
And now, this melodramatic thing actually happened.
Ye Lingling took a deep breath and said, "Can you let Yanzi go? After all, misfortune shouldn't extend to family. Your grudge is with Dugu Bo."
The wide hood hung low, and beneath it, Lin Ye's expression was somewhat startled. This woman seemed to have misunderstood something.
But thinking about it, that Old freak Dugu Bo really acted without considering the consequences.
In the original work, Dugu Bo poisoned and slaughtered Jialing Pass, poisoning at least hundreds of thousands of common people.
The Old freak was truly brave, and he didn't worry about bringing disaster upon his descendants.
Ye Lingling saw Lin Ye remain silent for a long time, and her heart grew more anxious. In her haste, she suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Lin Ye's hand, pleading, "I beg you, please don't hurt Yanzi, okay?"
Lin Ye was caught off guard by her sudden action. After realizing it, he couldn't help but tease, "If you do that, I'll think you're trying to seduce me. Don't harbor lucky thoughts towards men, and don't underestimate your own attractiveness."
Ye Lingling showed no reaction. Lin Ye secretly found it uninteresting. Seeing the pleading in her eyes, his heart softened. After all, this woman had helped him many times.
So, Lin Ye stopped teasing her. "Alright, I promise you, I won't do anything to her."
Hearing this, Ye Lingling's face showed joy, but then she heard Lin Ye continue, "However, she can't return temporarily. As for why I'm detaining her, don't ask, and I won't tell you.
Go back early, lest those fellows become suspicious of you.
Also, don't spread word of our conversation today. Don't interfere with what they plan to do."
After giving his instructions, Lin Ye left. Before leaving, he once again enjoyed Ye Lingling's Spirit Ability service, allowing his body to recover to its ideal state.
Inside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhi Lin, Bai Baoshan, and Meng Shenji were scratching their heads in anxiety. Poison Douluo's granddaughter had been kidnapped, but the culprit was nowhere to be found.
The most troublesome thing was that the Spirit Grandmaster killed by Dugu Yan at the scene was actually from the Heaven Dou Auction House.
That Spirit Grandmaster was involved in slave trading at the auction house, though he was just a small fry.
This made Meng Shenji and the other two even more headaches. The clues were a mess, and they had no idea how to investigate.
But at this moment, a teacher rushed in in a panic.
"Three Education Commissioners, the doorman on duty just found this."
Saying that, the teacher handed a letter to Meng Shenji.
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Sunset Forest, in the center of a certain valley, the temperature showed a strange two-polar differentiation, one side scorching hot, the other extremely cold.
The reason for this was entirely due to the spring eye located in the central area. The spring eye was divided into red and white, separated from each other.
The fiery red Yang Spring released scorching high temperatures, while the extremely cold aura naturally came from the other side, the milky white Cold Spring.
This place was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a place where countless transmigrators would surely reap benefits, and also the greatest opportunity on Douluo Continent.
At this moment, not far from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, an ordinary-looking black-haired youth was building a fire to boil medicinal herbs, occasionally throwing a few cheap herbs into the medicinal cauldron.
As the medicinal liquid in the cauldron boiled, a medicinal fragrance permeated the surroundings from the cauldron.
The black-haired youth, who was also the Son of Destiny of Douluo Continent, Tang San, seeing that the boiling was almost done, carefully took down the medicinal cauldron.
Just then, a tall figure appeared like a ghost behind Tang San.
It was an old man with white hair and beard, tall and slender, looking like a spear. His eyes shone like emeralds.
His whole person gave a phantom-like feeling, as if he were an illusion.
This Old freak was Dugu Yan's grandfather, Dugu Bo, and could also be considered the owner of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Tang San turned around vigilantly. Seeing it was Dugu Bo, he frowned and said, "Old freak, I told you not to peek when I'm boiling medicine."
Dugu Bo ignored Tang San. His old face was so gloomy it seemed water could drip from it, and his eyes showed an almost uncontrollable rage.
Just now, he received news that his precious granddaughter had been kidnapped.
His son and daughter-in-law had passed away early years ago. His granddaughter was his only solace in this world, and also his reverse scale. A dragon has a reverse scale; touching it means death.
And Dugu Bo's reverse scale was his granddaughter Dugu Yan. This time, he was truly enraged.