Chapter 139: Arriving at the Youming Duke's Mansion, Joining and Testing!
After saving Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Yu, confident in his strength, chose to reveal his identity to her.
Thanks to their earlier interactions during the live broadcast, Lin Yu quickly became familiar with Zhu Zhuqing.
However, even though he planned to join the Youming Duke's Mansion, Lin Yu didn't intend to return with Zhu Zhuqing.
If they returned together, Zhu Zhuqing would not be able to explain his presence.
No matter if she said that he had someone behind him who saved her, or that he had simply saved her on his own, the former would affect Lin Yu's ability to join the Youming Duke's Mansion. After all, someone behind him would indicate he wasn't of ordinary birth, and that would make it strange for him to join the Youming Duke's Mansion.
As for the latter, it clearly wouldn't fit the identity of Ye Liangchen.
Since Ye Liangchen's martial soul was the Twin Eyes, and his cultivation was only that of a Great Soul Master, there was no way he could have defeated a Soul Hunting Team led by a Soul King!
There was no way he could just reveal that Ye Liangchen was actually Lin Yu, right?
Even though Lin Yu had revealed himself to Zhu Zhuqing, he still intended to use the identity of Ye Liangchen when joining the Youming Duke's Mansion.
Thus, after helping Zhu Zhuqing hunt down a 300-year-old Illusionary Spirit Cat, Lin Yu parted ways with her and secretly escorted her out of the Star Dou Forest.
Outside the Star Dou Forest, the carriage that had brought Zhu Zhuqing and Zak to the forest earlier was still parked.
"Miss, where is Elder Zak?"
The coachman, seeing only Zhu Zhuqing walking out of the Star Dou Forest without Zak, froze for a moment before asking.
Upon hearing the coachman's question, Zhu Zhuqing's expression remained cold. However, her hands clenched tightly, and a trace of coldness flickered in her eyes.
Although Zak had pretended well before, Zhu Zhuqing was certain that Zak had already sided with her sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
There was no other explanation for how the Soul Hunting Team had found her so accurately in the vast Star Dou Forest!
She made sure to be very cautious in everything, and it was impossible for her sister Zhu Zhuyun to have set her up.
The only possibility was that the steward responsible for helping her hunt the soul ring was an accomplice of Zhu Zhuyun!
"We encountered an evil Soul Hunting Team in the Star Dou Forest. Elder Zak sacrificed himself to protect me."
Zhu Zhuqing replied indifferently to the coachman's question.
In fact, during her secret escort out of the Star Dou Forest by Lin Yu, she had already encountered Zak, who had pretended to be searching for her, but in reality, was just confirming her death.
Then Lin Yu acted, swiftly pulling out a spear from his soul tool and using it like a javelin to stab Zak right through, ending his life instantly.
Killing Zak was just to be cautious. After all, who knew what trouble she might encounter when she returned.
"Elder Zak sacrificed himself?!"
The coachman couldn't believe what he heard.
Zak was a Soul King-level soul master!
"How dare such an evil Soul Hunting Team attack even our people from the Youming Duke's Mansion?! They're really asking for death. When we get back, this matter must be reported to the mansion, and someone should thoroughly investigate it!"
Not knowing that Zak had almost caused Zhu Zhuqing's death, the coachman was still filled with indignation at Zak's death.
Although he was just a servant, as a servant of the Youming Duke's Mansion, he was still very proud and honored. Naturally, he couldn't stand anyone offending the Youming Duke's Mansion.
"Let's go, back to the mansion!"
Hearing the coachman's words, Zhu Zhuqing simply responded coldly before getting into the carriage.
As for the coachman's suggestion to report it to the mansion, she couldn't help but mock herself.
The ones who wanted to kill her weren't the evil Soul Hunting Teams, but her dear sister!
After Zhu Zhuqing got into the carriage, the coachman, still feeling angry, quickly urged the hybrid soul beasts pulling the carriage and turned to head toward Xingluo Imperial City.
Once the carriage was far from the Star Dou Forest, Lin Yu quickly emerged from the forest.
Watching the carriage disappear into the distance, Lin Yu released the Mirage Dragon Qi from within, using it to cover his body in a disguise. He then activated his external soul bone, the Thunder Wing, and shot into the sky.
Worried that Zhu Zhuyun might act against Zhu Zhuqing on the way, Lin Yu had been following the carriage from behind all the way to Xingluo Imperial City.
Once outside the Xingluo Imperial City's forest, Lin Yu released the Mirage Dragon Qi disguise and withdrew his Thunder Wing.
He walked out of the forest, heading toward the city gates of Xingluo Imperial City.
Using his twin eyes, Lin Yu gazed at the towering city in the distance, feeling a sense of awe.
What a magnificent city! The high city walls must be hundreds of meters tall!
The city inside was bustling with life, with clock towers and towering, unfamiliar buildings. Truly, this was Xingluo Imperial City!
Although he had already seen Spirit City before, compared to Spirit City, both cities were similarly bustling.
But the area of Xingluo Imperial City was undoubtedly larger!
After arriving at the city gates of Xingluo Imperial City, Lin Yu paid the entry fee and smoothly entered the bustling city.
After wandering around the city for a while, Lin Yu quickly inquired at nearby shops and found the Youming Duke's Mansion.
"This is the Youming Duke's Mansion? It should be called a manor, not a mansion!"
Arriving at the entrance of the Youming Duke's Mansion, Lin Yu looked at the grand archway guarded by two sentries. The plaque above had the words "Youming Duke's Mansion" inscribed in gilded characters, and behind it, numerous tall, splendid buildings could be seen. It didn't look like a mansion at all; it was more like a large manor. Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a little astonished.
But there was nothing surprising about it because the Youming Duke's Mansion, strictly speaking, was also called the Youming Spirit Cat Clan. Since it was a clan, it made sense that many people lived there, and a larger mansion was quite normal.
"Excuse me, does the Youming Duke's Mansion still accept soul masters? I'm here to join your Youming Duke's Mansion!"
After inspecting the mansion, Lin Yu walked directly to the archway and asked the two guards in front.
Upon hearing Lin Yu's question, there was no dramatic reaction.
Seeing Lin Yu's decent attire and judging by his age, they could tell he had just awakened his martial soul.
The two guards didn't ask Lin Yu to reveal his soul ring.
One of the guards simply led Lin Yu into the Youming Duke's Mansion.
The guard guided Lin Yu to a small plaza.
There were already quite a few people in the plaza, people of all ages.
Recently, the Youming Duke's Mansion had been recruiting soul masters, so every day many soul masters came to join.
"This way, young master. This is where the soul power tests are conducted."
"If you meet the requirements of our Youming Duke's Mansion, a steward will register you, and you'll become a member of our Youming Duke's Mansion."
Standing in front of a large marble plaza, the guard said as he pointed to the plaza in front of them.
"Should I queue up for the test now?"
Looking at the small queue in front of him, Lin Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Yes," the guard nodded.
After understanding the process for joining the Youming Duke's Mansion, Lin Yu walked toward the plaza and stood at the end of the queue for the soul power test.
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