Chapter 289: Lord Xu Ran, I Am Willing_1

Damn!

This is driving people to crime!

At that moment, Ye Lingling's stockings were broken into a large hole, exposing her fair thighs to the air. There was still dust on the black fabric, making the damage seem even dirtier and more disordered.

Ye Lingling, who was usually calm and composed, blushed instantly at the sight.

Although she pretended to be indifferent about everything in order to have Xu Ran help with her family's problem,

in reality, emotionally, she was just a naive little girl.

Ever since she was young, because of her family's Martial Soul's drawback, she kept her distance from other boys, wearing a veil, unwilling to even speak much.

She knew that she would have to marry and bear daughters to continue her family's Martial Soul inheritance one day, but she wanted to delay it as long as possible. She had already lost her grandmother, and she didn't want to cause her mother's death because of her own daughter's Martial Soul awakening.

Xu Ran saw Ye Lingling with her face reddened, not daring to speak, and he revealed a smile.

The Ye Lingling who had spoken to him just now was like an adult, but this must be more like her true self, right?

It was only because of her family's situation that she had to grow up quickly, acting like an adult.

Both Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and Nine-Hearted Begonia were defiant assistant-type Martial Souls.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda had its Soul Master limit restricted; without Immortal Herbs to force open the shackles of the Martial Soul, it would never break through to Soul Douluo, let alone attain higher realms.

Meanwhile, the Nine-Hearted Begonia was restricted in terms of the number of Soul Masters; each generation could only have one Soul Master with the Nine-Hearted Begonia Spirit, and together with the one who gave birth to the next generation, a total of two Soul Masters, with no possibility of a third.

This was seen as a way to balance the development of the Soul Master occupation on the Continent, similar to how classes would be nerfed in video games if they became too powerful.

But now that Xu Ran had arrived, he naturally did whatever he found most satisfying.

Rules, sorry, but he, Xu Ran, had always ignored rules.

"Lord Xu Ran, I..." A good while later, Ye Lingling's burning cheeks had slightly calmed down. Only then did she remember the conditions Xu Ran had stated earlier.

There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

She had never thought of gaining any benefits from Xu Ran's hands without any effort.

"Lord Xu Ran, our Nine-Heart Begonia Sect possesses numerous treasures. If Lord Xu Ran does not disdain them, you may dispose of our family's treasures as you wish," Ye Lingling said, nervously twisting her fingers.

As an assistant sect with a healing-type Martial Soul, countless strong Soul Masters with injuries like fragile meridians from cultivation would seek their treatment every year. Therefore, although the Nine-Heart Begonia Sect was not large in numbers, when it came to wealth, they were comparable to any sect among The Lower Four Sects.

It was precisely because of their unique healing capabilities that various powers maintained good relations with the Nine-Heart Begonia Sect. Thus, despite maintaining neutrality and single inheritance, no one attacked them.

"Treasures? What I have in abundance right now are precisely treasures," Xu Ran's lips curled up.

In his storage soul tool, there were thousands of soul bones and other medicinal herbs from the Aquipeia Forest. The combined wealth of the Seven Great Sects, the two empires, and the wealth of the Martial Soul Hall might not even match what he had in his hands.

He had enough soul bones in his possession to fit out Xiaowu and the others with a full set daily, but since they had just consumed Immortal Herbs, they needed to settle their "Cultivation Levels," and it was not suitable to refine more soul bones for the time being. At least until their Soul Power was compressed to be extremely pure. With him around, he naturally didn't want Xiaowu and the others' cultivation to be just a simple increase.

"Lord Xu Ran, while our family's wealth may not compare to a great sect like the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, it is not much weaker. We have countless rare and exotic treasures," Ye Lingling reminded him.

Every year, the Nine-Heart Begonia Sect received who knows how many wonderful items for treating the hidden diseases of Soul Masters in their cultivation.

"In this ring on my hand is the most precious wealth of the entire Continent," Xu Ran said, shaking the ring on his finger.

"This?" Ye Lingling blinked her beautiful eyes, incredulously. No matter how strong Xu Ran was, or how many treasures he possessed, they couldn't possibly compare with the accumulation of an ancient family over thousands of years, could they?

"Here." Xu Ran took off his ring and tossed it into Ye Lingling's hand.

Ye Lingling immediately extended her spiritual power into the ring, curious to explore its contents.

Upon seeing the pile of soul bones that were heaped up like a small mountain inside, along with countless medicinal herbs stored in precious boxes, she was utterly stupefied. Standing there, her delicate figure rigid, her mouth hung open wide, eyes filled with utter shock.

She simply couldn't imagine—

all these densely packed soul bones...

How could it be possible?

It was unlikely for the entire continent to have so many soul bones.

Even her Nine-Heart Begonia Sect possessed only a few soul bones.

At this moment, she truly realized just how unfathomable Xu Ran was.

Having so many treasures at once, this convinced her even more of Xu Ran's power, and that he could indeed help her family break the curse that bound them like shackles.

But what could she offer that would attract the attention of a powerful being like Lord Xu Ran?

"Compared to treasures, I prefer beauties," Xu Ran said, slipping the storage soul tool back onto his finger with a teasing tone. He pointed at Ye Lingling's chin with his index finger, making her face him directly.

"Lord Xu Ran, I... I am willing to be your maid. As long as you can help our family break that curse," Ye Lingling bit her lip, a glimmer of determination in her beautiful eyes, ready to sacrifice everything for her family's sake.

She had overheard Xu Ran's conversation with Dugu Yan back at the grand soul fighting arena and knew that Xu Ran seemed to fancy...

"A maid?"

"Do you know what a maid is supposed to do?" Xu Ran asked, a hint of amusement in his eyes as he looked at Ye Lingling. He did not expect her to make such an offer voluntarily. After letting Dugu Yan escape last time, he indeed had been considering getting himself a little maid.

Especially someone like Ye Lingling who was usually serene and treated everyone fairly, would be very interesting as a well-behaved little maid.

"I... A maid is responsible for taking care of her master's daily needs," Ye Lingling's cheeks flushed as she struggled to get the words out. She didn't really know what a maid was supposed to do. She only knew that a maid was to fulfill any of her master's demands.

In other words, it wasn't about what the maid should do, but what the master wanted to do.

"Wrong. Besides that, a maid has to warm her master's bed before he sleeps, massage his shoulders and legs when he rests, and she must not refuse any other excessive demands from her master, only accept them…"

"So, you're still willing to undertake this arduous task?"

Having Ye Lingling and Liu Erlong as maids, one young and the other mature, wouldn't be bad at all.

One the vice-dean of Shrek Academy, the other a prodigious girl from the Sky Dou Imperial Academy. One mature beauty, one innocent—seems quite nice.

Once he completed that mission, he would get them custom-made outfits.

After finishing that mission, Liu Erlong would give up on Brock completely, and then she too would become his woman.

"Lord Xu Ran, I am willing," Ye Lingling nodded earnestly.

"In that case…" Xu Ran's mouth quirked up in a smile; his finger traced up to Ye Lingling's ear and removed her veil, revealing a face of exquisite beauty before his eyes.

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