After being stunned for a long time, Ye Lingling suppressed the shock in her heart and asked, "Qingmu, you...are you leaving?"
Qing Mu nodded and replied, "Yes, I was originally staying in Soto City temporarily. Now that things are over, I naturally have to set off."
"So... where are you going? The Beast Academy?"
As he spoke, Ye Lingling couldn't help but clench his fists behind him.
During the half month of getting along, Ye Lingling learned a lot about Qing Mu, including her encounter with Meng Yiran in the Star Dou Great Forest.
This made Ye Lingling somewhat alert. After all, compared to her, Meng Yiran was younger and more compatible with Qing Mu in terms of age.
More importantly, the reputation of the Dragon Man and the Snake Woman is not very good. They have only just started to get along with each other before, and have not yet fully discovered the shining points of Qing Mu.
But if she really goes to the Academy of Exotic Beasts, then Qingmu will undoubtedly be a lamb walking into a tiger's mouth. If they force Qingmu to join their family or even... what should she do?
Qing Mu also noticed Ye Lingling's worry, and immediately touched her head, smiling and said, "I'm not going to the Exotic Beast Academy. I'm just going out to gain some experience. After that, I'll go to Tiandou Royal Academy to find you."
"Then I'll accompany you?"
Ye Lingling looked up and looked at Qing Mu.
Looking at Ye Lingling's eager eyes, Qing Mu's eyes flashed with hesitation, but he finally shook his head and said, "Forget it, I can do it alone."
Killing monsters and leveling up is Qingmu's core secret, but Qingmu did not tell Ye Lingling this secret because the timing was not right.
If Ye Lingling followed, she would definitely discover Qingmu's secret. Moreover, the Soul Beast Forest is very dangerous. With Qingmu's current strength, he cannot guarantee that he can protect Ye Lingling safely in the event of an accident.
Therefore, in order to prevent subsequent difficult situations, it is better to reject Ye Lingling from the beginning.
Hearing this, Ye Lingling felt a little disappointed, but she still forced a smile and said to Qing Mu, "Okay then, be careful. Oh, and this is for you!"
As she spoke, Ye Lingling took out a white ring hung with a braided red rope from her arms and put it around Qingmu's neck.
Afterwards, Ye Lingling looked at the pendant on Qing Mu's chest and smiled, "This ring is called the Begonia Heart. It's a top-notch storage soul guide. I originally wanted to wait until we'd known each other for a month before giving it to you, but now that you're leaving, I can only give it to you in advance."
Qing Mu curiously invaded his mental power into it to check, and was immediately surprised, because he found that this storage soul guide was not only five cubic meters in size, but also contained a lot of books about plant-based soul masters, which were obviously collected by Ye Lingling specially for him.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Lingling stuffed another purple card into his hand.
"Also, take this card. It contains 200,000 gold soul coins. If you like anything, just buy it. Don't be wronged."
Qing Mu looked at Ye Lingling who kept stuffing treasures into his body, and his heart couldn't help but warm. It was undoubtedly his luck to meet a girl like Ye Lingling.
"Don't worry about me, I have more cards like this..."
Ye Lingling was still trying to say something, but Qingmu immediately hugged her and whispered in her ear, "Lingling, thank you!"
Ye Lingling also closed her eyes and smiled happily.
In the following time, Qing Mu began to walk with Ye Lingling in Soto City, like a pair of lovers, enjoying the last time before separation.
It was not until late at night that the two separated reluctantly.
The next day, Qingmu and Bulbasaur walked out of Soto City together and headed towards a medium-sized soul beast forest that he had discovered.
The Star Dou Great Forest is still too dangerous. He is only going there to gain experience, not to hunt for spirit rings, so he only needs to go to a place where the spirit beasts are old enough.
Shortly after Qing Mu left the city, a beautiful figure followed him stealthily.
"Hmph! You're just trying to get rid of me? How is that even possible?"
This figure was naturally Ye Lingling. Although Qing Mu said that he could do it alone, if one person was enough, wouldn't two be even better?
Moreover, in Ye Lingling's opinion, going out for experience is undoubtedly the best opportunity to cultivate feelings and tacit understanding. How could she miss it?
Qing Mu is only a level 23 Great Soul Master, and even he can go through the training. With the help of a level 36 auxiliary Soul Master like her, the training process will definitely be easier.
In this process, as the degree of tacit understanding and affection increases, the martial soul fusion technique will become easier to perform.
Ye Lingling couldn't help but feel excited when she thought about the possibility of using the martial soul fusion technique during her training with Qing Mu.
But just as Ye Lingling was following Qing Mu's footsteps and had walked for a while, a thin figure blocked her way.
"Ms. Lingling, where are you going?"
The thin figure raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Lingling with a smile.
When Ye Lingling saw the thin figure, she asked in surprise, "Second Grandpa, why are you here?"
"I heard that Miss Lingling found a boyfriend, so Madam sent me over to take a look. I didn't expect to see this as soon as I arrived."
The man Ye Lingling called Second Grandpa replied.
Du Yunhan, the second elder of the Ye family, is known as the Saint Youlong in the world of soul masters. His current soul power level is level 79, and his martial soul is the top martial soul, the White Shadow Dragon. He is the highest-level person in the Ye family except for Ye Lingling's mother and the eldest elder.
Ye Lingling blushed, but then she asked curiously, "Second Grandpa, you saw this, what do you think of Qingmu?"
"A young talent is naturally qualified to be our Ye family's son-in-law. But I didn't expect you, Lingling, to like this kind of person. Judging from his bone age, he's only in his early teens."
Du Yunhan smiled and joked to Ye Lingling.
A twenty-third level great soul master who is just over ten years old, with such talent, would be a key target for training no matter where he is placed. The Ye family has gotten a good deal.
Of course, Du Yunhan didn't lose out by looking at Qing Mu. After all, he won the heart of Ye Lingling, and Ye Lingling is the only legal heir of the Ye family.
"Qingmu is only in his early teens?"
Hearing this, Ye Lingling was slightly stunned. She originally thought that although Qingmu was young, he was at least twelve years old. After all, Qingmu was even taller than her and did not look like he was ten years old at all.
But at this point, Ye Lingling no longer cared. After all, there was already a big difference, and now it was just a little bit worse.
"Qing Mu is good, but you followed him without any protection. Have you forgotten about your sister?"
But at this moment, Du Yunhan changed the subject and scolded Ye Lingling.