"Yo, Lin Feng."
"You just know how to tease me to make your little girlfriend happy."
"You'll get what's coming for you sooner or later."
Dugu Yan pouted, arms akimbo in mock indignation.
Hearing her words, Ye Lingling bashfully stepped up beside Lin Feng, biting her lip and nervously tugging at the hem of his clothes.
Lin Feng looked helpless.
This Dugu Yan—how could she never tell the difference between a compliment and sarcasm?
His original intention was to keep her humble, especially since the Shi brothers were still standing right there.
"Alright, alright, I surrender."
"I'll give you extra lessons in private, okay? Yan'er."
Ignoring Ye Lingling for the moment, Lin Feng wrapped Dugu Yan into his arms.
"That's more like it."
Dugu Yan flushed deeply. Though she had accepted Ye Lingling, she wasn't exactly the generous type.
But for Lin Feng… she made an exception.
Especially after that day.
Lin Feng had helped her refresh two purple-tier traits in a single go.
Then, he casually handed her a herb that enhanced soul power, claiming it was a supreme immortal herb—the "Calamity Poison Immortal."
It could transform her physique and evolve her martial soul.
Dugu Yan had swallowed it without hesitation and, shockingly, had really awakened the Calamity Poison Physique. Her martial soul had even evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.
Hiss!
Dugu Yan was stunned.
That was her grandfather's martial soul!
Such an herb must've been incredibly precious!
Yet Lin Feng had given it to her just like that… Sob sob…
He's so good to me!
Moved to tears, Dugu Yan never wanted to leave Lin Feng's side again.
Lin Feng hadn't meant to deceive her, but he couldn't very well explain the system. So he let her believe the herb was responsible.
At that moment, with one arm around Dugu Yan and the other around Ye Lingling, Lin Feng looked every bit the satisfied winner.
Meanwhile, the Shi brothers—well accustomed to being the third wheels—murmured to each other.
"Big bro, why do I feel like punching someone right now?"
Shi Mo leaned toward Shi Mo's ear and whispered.
"I feel the same. Just look at Lin Feng!"
"Hugging Dugu Yan with one arm while smiling at Ye Lingling with the other—"
"And Dugu Yan isn't even mad!"
"Isn't that infuriating? I can't figure out how he got that little demoness Dugu Yan to accept it."
Shi Mo shot Lin Feng a look of disdain.
But when Lin Feng turned to glance at them…
The two brothers immediately gave him a thumbs-up, their faces filled with admiration.
"Didn't we say we were going to beat him up?"
"Beat him? We couldn't even take him together," Shi Mo said, giving his younger brother a look of disdain.
"By the way, Lin Feng, once you and Dugu Yan enter the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, you'll be placed straight into the Heaven Dou tier, right?"
Shi Mo asked with envy clouding his face.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was the school all five had agreed to attend after graduating from the academy.
The Academy ranked students into three tiers:
Below Rank 25: Tiny Heaven Tier
Rank 25–30: Reaching Heaven Tier
Above Rank 30: Heaven Dou Tier
Among the five, aside from Dugu Yan, Lin Feng's soul power had grown the fastest.
Back when Shi Mo entered the academy, he was the only new student to reach Soul Master level.
But now… sigh.
Lin Feng gave him a faint smile and nodded.
Currently, Lin Feng's panel had expanded to a total of seven traits, with the highest soul power among the five—Rank 37.
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[Host: Lin Feng]
[Age: 12]
[Innate Soul Power: Rank 10]
[Martial Soul: Emperor Flame Nine-Headed Dragon (Top-tier)]
[Soul Power: Rank 37]
[Traits:]
[Emperor Flame Nine-Headed Dragon] (Purple)
[Gravity Domain] (Purple)
[Universal Fusion] (Purple)
[Soul Ring Grants Bone] (Purple)
[Hidden Permanent Traits:]
[Outstanding Talent] (Purple)
[Trait Copy] (Gold)
[Child of Destiny] (Gold)
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Without [Supreme Luck], it would've taken him two years to refresh a purple-tier trait, and a full two centuries to get a gold-tier one.
But thanks to that trait's evolution into [Child of Destiny], in just six years, Lin Feng had drawn 2 gold-tier traits!
[Child of Destiny]: An upgrade of Supreme Luck. Beloved by the world itself, bearer of partial fate.
[Trait Copy]: An upgrade of Trait Insight. Lets you copy one trait from another person—usable once per person.
(TL/N - Note that his [Trait Copy] still retained the original ability of [Trait Insight])
Unfortunately, none of the people around Lin Feng had panels more luxurious than his, and certainly no gold-tier traits.
So this ability remained unused—for now.
Sigh...
Just thinking about it made Lin Feng itch to meet Tang San.
As the protagonist, surely Tang San's panel would be outrageously powerful—maybe even gold-tier.
As for Lin Feng's other purple-tier traits, they'd all been replaced with the best versions available.
[Outstanding Talent] had been refreshed to maximum—Rank 10 innate soul power.
[Gravity Domain] was identical to the natural ability of the Titan Giant Ape.
His martial soul had evolved into the top-tier Emperor Flame Nine-Headed Dragon, which could still be fused with Dugu Yan's.
And with the support of [Universal Fusion], he could now fuse with anyone's martial soul—not just Dugu Yan.
That meant he could perform Tri-Spirit Fusion.
And indeed, after extensive practice, Lin Feng could now perform a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
The resulting soul beast was a nearly indestructible, hyper-regenerative entity.
He called it—the Undying Nine-Headed Dragon.
Even a Soul King would be hard-pressed to defeat their fusion.
Just as the five friends were chatting near the rear mountain…
A familiar figure suddenly appeared from the muddy path.
"Lin Feng, I challenge you. Do you dare accept?"
It was Wang Lei, face full of indignation as he shouted toward Lin Feng.
According to Wang Lei's trait panel, the Wang Clan was originally meant to target the Lin Clan.
But ever since news of Lin Feng and Dugu Yan dating got out, the Wang Clan had been too afraid to act—intimidated by Dugu Bo.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye's efforts to uncover past evidence had borne no fruit, and the matter had faded for now.
Now at age 51, Lin Ye was still alive and had even advanced to Soul Douluo.
But Wang Lei's resentment toward Lin Feng had only deepened over the years.
Today was their last day at the academy—and Wang Lei's final chance at revenge.
Soon after, he and his family would be relocating to the Star Luo Empire.
"No need for Lin Feng to bother—I'll beat you myself."
Shi Mo stepped forward, annoyed by Wang Lei's barking.
"And who the hell are you? I'm here to challenge Lin Feng!"
Wang Lei snarled, fists clenched.
Shi Mo, irritated by his refusal to back off, was about to throw a punch when Lin Feng raised a hand.
"Shi Mo, it's fine."
"I'll handle this myself."
Lin Feng stepped forward, eyes gleaming playfully as he looked at Wang Lei.
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200 P.S – 1 Extra Chapter
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