Some time had passed since Ning Rongrong's birthday.
Today was also a very important day.
The Spirit of the four girls, Dugu Yan, was about to evolve.
Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong sat on the sofa early in the morning, while the four girls, Dugu Yan, kept eating soybean products.
"It's coming, it's coming, I feel it."
Dugu Yan's pretty face flushed slightly with excitement.
Suddenly, Dugu Yan's Jade Scale Serpent Spirit appeared, coiling around her body.
Its serpent eyes glowed a sinister green, and its scales shimmered with a venomous cold light.
Suddenly, the serpent's body twisted violently, and its outer scales peeled off like broken porcelain, revealing new, green-gold scales beneath, each with a metallic luster.
They didn't look like snake scales at all.
Then, two sharp bony protrusions swelled on the serpent's head, piercing through the flesh and transforming into a pair of coral-like horns.
Blood drops from the tips of the horns corroded the ground, emitting green smoke.
"Oh no~ My floor." Ning Rongrong exclaimed, her heart aching at the sight of the corroded floor.
"It's alright, Sister Yanyan will redecorate it for you later."
"Hmm, but is Sister Yanyan's a dragon? Even dragon horns have appeared. I remember the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor doesn't have horns." Ning Rongrong asked.
"It should have evolved into a different Spirit. It looks more like a Jade Scale Flood Dragon. A Jade Scale Flood Dragon might even evolve into a dragon in the future. The quality of that Spirit would definitely be stronger than the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor."
After all, even the weakest dragon-type Spirit was superior to ordinary Spirits.
Even Spirit Beasts with dragon bloodlines were considered superior.
At this moment, a familiar figure walked in from outside.
"Grandpa Dugu."
"What is this?" Dugu Bo looked at his granddaughter, utterly bewildered.
"Sister Yanyan is currently undergoing Spirit evolution, Grandpa Dugu, please control yourself for a moment."
"What?! Spirit evolution!" Dugu Bo's face showed great surprise, followed by immense joy.
He hadn't expected Xiao Ze to truly have the ability to make Dugu Yan's Spirit evolve. This was wonderful.
Dugu Bo's majestic spirit power surged out, forming a small barrier that isolated Dugu Yan from the outside world.
The Jade Scale Flood Dragon roared, its cry carrying a hint of a dragon's roar, causing Dugu Bo's spirit power barrier to tremble and ripple.
No venom spread around its body; instead, the venom condensed into a jade-green cloud, hovering around it.
As the flood dragon's tail swayed, the air was torn, leaving behind green afterimages.
Gradually, the Jade Scale Flood Dragon also returned to Dugu Yan's body.
Dugu Yan regained her senses and, seeing Dugu Bo, her face lit up: "Grandpa, my Spirit has evolved."
"I saw it. Good, good. Although I don't know what your Jade Scale Serpent has evolved into, it feels no less powerful than my Jade Scale Serpent Emperor, and it even carries a hint of dragon might." Dugu Bo had seen many dragon-type Spirits, so he was very familiar with dragon might.
"It should be a Jade Scale Flood Dragon now." Dugu Yan said.
"A Jade Scale Flood Dragon, from serpent to flood dragon to dragon. Perhaps Dugu Yan, you really have a chance to evolve your Spirit into a Jade Scale Dragon in the future." Dugu Bo said excitedly.
"Mm." Dugu Yan could feel the power of her current Spirit. Although her Spirit Abilities hadn't changed, their effects were vastly different from before, much stronger.
Indeed, a powerful Spirit meant that even its Spirit Abilities would be much stronger.
"Xiao Ze, you haven't disappointed me. With Dugu Yan following you from now on, I can rest assured." Dugu Bo patted Xiao Ze's shoulder.
"Grandpa~" Dugu Yan was a little shy. Grandpa really was... there were so many people here.
"Hahaha, what's there to be shy about? You're all living together."
"Ugh…" Ye Lingling clutched her chest.
"What's wrong, Lingling?" Dugu Yan asked worriedly.
"My Spirit is about to evolve too!"
"Ah?!" Dugu Bo was stunned. He really had come at the right time today.
Even Lingling's Spirit was about to evolve.
Xiao Ze was truly amazing.
"Quick, quick, don't suppress it, hurry." Dugu Bo urged.
Xiao Ze's mouth twitched. You're really anxious, even more anxious than Lingling herself.
Dugu Bo's spirit power barrier hadn't been removed yet.
"Mm."
Ye Lingling summoned her Nine Heart Begonia, pure white as snow, its pistil glowing with a soft light.
As Ye Lingling stopped suppressing it, the petals of the Nine Heart Begonia peeled off one by one, dissolving into specks of light, while a jade-like lotus seed emerged from the core.
The lotus seed grew rapidly, its stem translucent like crystal, and nine lotus leaves unfolded sequentially, each radiating a different glow.
Gold, green, blue, red, yellow, cyan, purple, silver, black—nine colors swirled and bloomed on the lotus flower, incredibly beautiful.
And they shone with different lights.
The lotus heart bloomed, and a heart with a glazed texture floated in the pistil, emitting sacred life fluctuations.
And a fragrance permeated the air, even penetrating Dugu Bo's spirit power barrier.
"Hiss… It smells so good. I feel this scent can make me refreshed." Ning Rongrong said.
"That's right. It seems Lingling's Spirit is definitely extraordinary, and its healing abilities might become very strong later on."
"That's for sure."
Ye Lingling slowly opened her eyes, her face full of smiles.
Her smile was light, with a slight tremor.
But as she smiled, her eyes gradually reddened, and a misty layer appeared in her clear pupils, as if she was about to cry.
Everyone looked at each other, unsure how to react for a moment.
The next moment, she suddenly threw herself into Xiao Ze's arms, burying her face deep in his chest.
Her fingers tightly clutched his clothes, as if afraid that if she let go, everything before her would vanish.
Her shoulders gently shook, and suppressed sobs came softly, the long-held tension finally snapping.
Xiao Ze paused slightly. He said nothing, only raised his hand and gently patted her back.
The girls exchanged glances. They knew that Spirit evolution was extremely important to Ye Lingling.
The Nine Heart Sea棠 Martial Soul, while powerful, had too many limitations.
Only two could exist in each generation.
If the previous generation still existed, for the Nine Heart Begonia to continue, one had to choose to die.
And Spirit Masters lived relatively long, so Ye Lingling must have witnessed the cruelty of the Nine Heart Begonia.
Xiao Ze also understood that after the Spirit evolution, the curse of the Nine Heart Begonia had disappeared.
Ye Lingling had carried the heavy burden of loneliness and responsibility since childhood… At this moment, with the evolution of her Spirit, it all completely turned into smoke.
Her tears were not of sadness, but of relief.
Dugu Bo sighed softly, clearly very knowledgeable about the Nine Heart Begonia's situation.
The girls also wanted to go forward and comfort Ye Lingling, but just then.
Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran's bodies paused slightly, and both of their Spirits suddenly appeared around them.
Dugu Bo was stunned: "What's going on? More Spirit evolutions? Holy crap!"
He felt that he had truly come at the right time today. Group Spirit evolution, huh?
(End of Chapter)
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