Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Initial Goodwill
Chapter 12: Initial Goodwill
After listening to Ye Lingling's words, Xiao Yu suddenly realized. This shy girl seemed to have the potential to excel academically, wanting to quickly catch up with her studies.
"Here, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
Xiao Yu immediately handed his notebook to Ye Lingling, it was just a small effort, nothing to hide. Moreover, since Ye Lingling later could represent the Tiandou Royal Academy in the Soul Master Competition, it indicated her family had some weight in the Tian Dou Empire. It would be a good choice to establish a good relationship with her.
"Thank you!"
Perhaps because she was happy, Ye Lingling's voice was three times louder this time. She hurriedly took Xiao Yu's notebook and began to flip through it.
Seeing the girl in front of him who had the potential to excel academically, Xiao Yu smiled slightly and no longer disturbed her. He turned and left the classroom, returning to his dormitory to prepare for today's meditation.
Ye Lingling stayed in the classroom, quickly flipping through Xiao Yu's notebook.
Xiao Yu, who had experienced the crucial stages of compulsory education and college entrance examinations in his previous life, was unparalleled in taking notes in the Douluo Continent. He focused meticulously on the important points, coupled with the calligraphy he practiced in his spare time in his previous life, his handwriting was elegant and pleasing to the eye. This made Ye Lingling involuntarily develop a favorable impression of Xiao Yu.
Rumble~~~
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Lingling was immersed in the sea of learning, until her stomach protested with a growl. Ye Lingling then realized it was already past lunchtime.
"Oh no, this is bad. The cafeteria might be closed by now."
Ye Lingling shook her head in annoyance and hastily closed her notebook, getting up to run to the cafeteria.
Just as she took a few steps, someone pushed the door open, and Ye Lingling couldn't stop her feet in time, colliding with the person coming in.
Xiao Yu, quick to react, reached out and held Ye Lingling, preventing her from falling.
"Thank you!"
Ye Lingling thanked the person as she recognized him, feeling a bit embarrassed by their awkward position. Her cheeks flushed.
Xiao Yu also reacted swiftly, after stabilizing Ye Lingling, he withdrew his hand and asked softly, "Are you okay?"
"I... I'm fine!"
Because of her shyness, Ye Lingling's speech became even less fluent. After a pause, as if trying to ease the atmosphere, she asked, "Why are you coming to the classroom at this time?"
Xiao Yu smiled slightly and raised the lunch box in his other hand, saying, "Just passing by the classroom, I saw you concentrating on reading and copying notes, completely unaware that other students were heading to the cafeteria. I guessed you might forget to eat, so I packed you a meal from the cafeteria."
Saying so, Xiao Yu handed the lunch box to Ye Lingling, saying, "This is the most common set meal in the academy. I don't know if you have any dietary restrictions. The cafeteria closes early, so you should fill your stomach first."
"Thank you, I... I'm not picky!"
Ye Lingling hurriedly took the lunch box, glanced down at it, thanked Xiao Yu again, and then turned back to her seat to start eating heartily.
Watching Ye Lingling, who was clearly hungry, Xiao Yu smiled slightly and turned to leave.
Xiao Yu's actions were partly because he indeed guessed that Ye Lingling might forget to eat and didn't want this shy and somewhat cute girl to go hungry all afternoon. But more importantly, he wanted to establish a good relationship with this Nine-Heart Begonia girl, laying the groundwork for future interactions with her family behind her.
On the way back just now, Xiao Yu had considered a lot. According to his recollection, if it weren't for the curse of the Martial Soul, the Nine-Heart Begonia could even become a formidable existence challenging the position of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in the auxiliary system. In the future, he would inevitably build his power. If he could win the joining of the Nine-Heart Begonia, he could quickly establish the reputation of their sect.
Furthermore, Xiao Yu speculated that since the Immortal Herb could resolve the flaws of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, there must also be an Immortal Herb that could resolve the curse of the Nine-Heart Begonia, perhaps even the Resplendent Yulkonjah that allowed Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul to advance to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Therefore, Xiao Yu almost instantly made a rough plan: first, establish a good relationship with Ye Lingling, the new generation inheritor of the Nine-Heart Begonia. Later, when the time was right, use the Immortal Herb to advance Ye Lingling's Martial Soul, solving the flaw in their family's Martial Soul. In this way, accepting the Nine-Heart Begonia family would be a natural and smooth process.
Time flew by, and in the following years of study, Xiao Yu, amidst his cultivation, occasionally engaged in conversations with Ye Lingling, discussing some of the issues from their classes.
Xiao Yu, having experienced the ups and downs of the professional world in his past life, was like an old fox. Ye Lingling, an introverted girl who hadn't seen much of the world, couldn't resist the deliberate efforts of this old fox to make friends. Soon, the two became acquainted, and Ye Lingling's speech became fluent, no longer stumbling like before.
In such a learning environment, Xiao Yu spent more than half a year. Three months after Ye Lingling broke through to Rank 10 and obtained her first soul ring, Xiao Yu also broke through the bottleneck of Rank 20.
Similar to when he awakened his Martial Soul and reached the Rank 10 bottleneck due to his full soul power, the system immediately issued corresponding tasks:
"Ding, due to the host's soul power reaching Rank 20, the following tasks are now issued:"
"1. Red-level task: Obtain a millennium soul ring alone without external assistance."
"2. Black-level task: Absorb a millennium soul ring with the help of others."
"3. Purple-level task: Obtain a century soul ring alone without external assistance."
"4. Yellow-level task: Absorb a century soul ring with the help of others."
Unlike last time, the system directly canceled the reward for the decade soul ring this time. It seemed that reaching Rank 20 and still needing to obtain a decade soul ring would mean the host was beyond saving.
At the same time, the entire task reward level was lowered by one level, and this time, there was no appearance of the previous gold-level reward.
Looking at these four reward levels in front of him, Xiao Yu was momentarily torn.
Deep down, Xiao Yu wanted to challenge a millennium soul ring when he broke through to his second soul ring. However, absorbing a millennium soul ring wasn't easy, and according to Xiao Yu's estimation, a one or two-millennium soul beast was likely equivalent to the strength of a Soul Sage among soul masters. With Xiao Yu's cultivation as a quasi-Dai Mubai, killing a millennium soul beast alone without external assistance was by no means an easy task.
Although Xiao Yu's Martial Soul, the Underworld Envoy, was of high quality and he might have the strength to fight against ordinary Soul Sages, a high-quality Martial Soul also required a high-quality soul ring pairing.
In other words, Xiao Yu couldn't just casually choose a common soul beast; the millennium soul beast he selected would undoubtedly be far superior to others of the same level.
So, after a moment of hesitation, Xiao Yu ultimately set his sights on the black-level task.
With Huo Hu and Milo's assistance, obtaining a millennium soul ring would be like taking something out of a bag. But that didn't mean everything was fine.
(End of this chapter)
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