Chapter 145: Guiding Zhu Zhuqing, Just Speak Your Mind!
"Is this where you do the soul fighting competition in your Youming Duke's Mansion?"
Arriving at the Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Yu couldn't help but scan the wide hall with interest and asked Zhu Zhuqing, who was by his side.
Inside the hall, many boys, girls, youths, and women dressed in black and purple uniforms walked around, stopping in front of various announcement boards, reading the notices.
After finding a notice they were satisfied with, they would suddenly turn and walk toward a passageway, heading directly to the arena for the soul fighting competition.
"Are you really going to fight me here in the Soul Fighting Arena?"
Standing in the familiar yet unfamiliar Soul Fighting Arena, Zhu Zhuqing, thinking about how Lin Yu was willing to join her in the arena to help her practice soul skills and combat techniques, and even teach her martial arts, felt a little complicated inside.
Compared to the earlier scene in the cafeteria where Lin Yu just had a meal with her and spoke, now he was actually going to participate in a soul fighting competition with her, helping her with soul master training.
This was much more serious in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, especially in the eyes of her sister, Zhu Zhuqing, who had been constantly suppressing her.
"Of course, what else are we here for?" Lin Yu raised his eyebrow, sensing Zhu Zhuqing's complexity, and then grabbed her hand directly.
"Alright, no more talking. Let's go inside and check if there's an unused soul fighting arena."
After pulling Zhu Zhuqing with him, Lin Yu led her into one of the hallways, searching for an available soul fighting arena.
Although the external decoration was quite similar to the large Soul Fighting Arena, the Soul Fighting Arena in the Youming Duke's Mansion was an internal training venue, and since it didn't need to attract an audience for profit like the big arenas, each soul fighting platform was very simple, just a large ordinary stone platform.
Around the stone platform was an open area for spectators to watch the soul fights.
However, unlike the large arena, there were no soft seats for the audience. Sorry, that certainly wasn't available!
After searching, Lin Yu finally found an empty soul fighting platform with Zhu Zhuqing.
"Alright, summon your martial soul and try your first soul skill," Lin Yu smiled at Zhu Zhuqing as he stood on the fighting platform.
Hearing his words, Zhu Zhuqing pursed her thin lips. A trace of hesitation passed over her face, but after a deep breath, her expression quickly firmed up.
Youming Spirit Cat, possess!
With a cold whisper in her heart, Zhu Zhuqing immediately summoned her Youming Spirit Cat martial soul, entering the martial soul possession state.
In an instant, a black-purple cat martial soul appeared behind her.
When the Youming Spirit Cat martial soul possessed her, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes instantly turned into mismatched blue and green pupils, cat ears grew from her hair, a tail sprouted from her back, and ten sharp claws shot out from her hands.
At the same time, a yellow hundred-year soul ring rose from beneath her feet, wrapping around her body.
"First soul skill, Youming Thrust!"
After completing the martial soul possession, Zhu Zhuqing let out a low shout and activated her first soul skill, rushing toward Lin Yu in a flash.
With her first soul ring glowing, Zhu Zhuqing's speed instantly increased, and the ten sharp claws on her hands became even sharper!
Swish!
As a speed-type attacker, Zhu Zhuqing was quick. Within moments, she closed the distance of several meters and leapt forward, swinging her claws at Lin Yu.
Facing Zhu Zhuqing's claw strike, Lin Yu swiftly sidestepped, constantly blocking and dodging her attacks while pointing out her flaws and mistakes.
"You're a speed-type soul master. Don't always fight me head-on. If you're up against a strong attack-type soul master with similar or superior strength, you won't win. You need to learn how to flank and launch surprise attacks, like an assassin. Yes, just like that!"
"No! When you activate your soul skill, don't just swipe at me with your claws. Learn to find my weaknesses and feint. Use the feint to make me waste a critical soul skill, and then take the opportunity to strike when I'm unprepared!"
"Also! When you're sneaking up from behind, don't slow down when you're approaching. Instead, rush and use your claws to stab at my back. Your first soul skill is called Youming Thrust, not Youming Random Clawing. The key to a thrust is piercing. With your running speed, you can thrust your claws into my back. Wouldn't that be better? If possible, you can also spin in mid-air to increase the thrust's penetrating power!"
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While blocking and dodging Zhu Zhuqing's attacks, Lin Yu continued to point out the mistakes in her moves and explain how she could improve.
Although Lin Yu's age wasn't much different from Zhu Zhuqing's, he had spent over half a year refining his martial arts in the northwestern border of the Tiandou Empire by training with wolf bandits.
He had learned many combat techniques, and he was certainly qualified to guide Zhu Zhuqing!
However, while Lin Yu was guiding Zhu Zhuqing, a middle-aged steward dressed in black appeared, entering the arena's battle room without them noticing.
This steward was the one who reported Lin Yu's arrival to Zhu Zhuqing, and following Zhu Zhuqing's orders, he had been sent to recruit Lin Yu into her faction.
Upon seeing Lin Yu and Zhu Zhuqing engaged in a soul fight, the steward immediately furrowed his brows.
"Young Master Ye, could you stop for a moment?"
Hearing the voice, Lin Yu and Zhu Zhuqing immediately stopped.
Upon seeing a stranger approaching, Lin Yu was somewhat puzzled, not sure why the steward was looking for him.
"This is my sister's man, Steward Wang An!"
However, Zhu Zhuqing quietly whispered to Lin Yu, revealing the steward's name and faction.
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu's eyes flashed as he understood the situation.
So he's from Zhu Zhuqing's side, but he found me this quickly. Does that mean I've already caught Zhu Zhuqing's attention?
"May I ask why the steward is looking for me?" Lin Yu asked with a sudden smile, looking at the steward Wang An.
"Young Master Ye, could you come over to talk?" Wang An glanced at Zhu Zhuqing and then frowned slightly.
"No need, just say what you need to. I'm listening."
Hearing Wang An's words, Lin Yu smiled and directly declined, wanting to avoid any misunderstandings.
Upon seeing Lin Yu's response and looking at this young prodigy, who appeared around ten but was actually only seven, Wang An couldn't help but feel a little heavy-hearted.
This guy isn't giving him face.
Could he already know about the relationship between the second miss and the eldest miss, but still choose to side with the second miss?
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