Douluo Continent: Ning Rongrong? Even a dog wouldn't chase her.

Gu Yi would always disappear in the blink of an eye in front of her, and the girl had no idea how he traveled.

"Come here, just stand next to me."

Gu Yi waved to the girl and pointed to the empty space to his right.

"Ok?"

The girl was a little confused, but she still obediently stood next to Gu Yi.

The next moment, she felt a dizzying sensation, and the scene before her eyes changed. Then, the same feeling returned...

And so, the two of them teleported across the icy plain dozens of times before finally returning to the grove of trees where they had started.

"This...this...this is so exciting!"

"Is this teleportation? How can it be so fast?"

"Senior, you are truly amazing!"

At this moment, the girl's eyes were sparkling as she looked at Gu Yi, filled with admiration and envy.

"It's alright, not bad. Let's try a different way to travel from now on. Using soul skills all the time is too wasteful of soul power."

Without giving the girl any chance to react, Gu Yi created an illusory chain that wrapped around her waist.

The next moment, Gu Yi summoned bone wings, flapped them and flew into the sky, rapidly heading towards the city not far ahead.

The girl was suspended in mid-air like a piece of merchandise.

"Don't do this! Senior! I...I'm afraid..."

"Great! Ah!"

But Gu Yi ignored this. Anyway, his flight speed was fast enough, and he would arrive in two minutes at most. So what if he was afraid of heights?

But soon, Gu Yi realized he was wrong.

The girl only said one sentence from takeoff to landing; the rest of the time she was vomiting!

After landing, Gu Yi felt that she had lost several pounds.

"Alright, we've arrived at the Ice City."

"Um, are you... feeling better?"

Gu Yi asked tentatively.

"Senior...I hate you...Ugh~"

Gu Yi waited for her for a full five minutes before she gradually recovered.

If I had known, I wouldn't have been so stingy with my soul power.

"Alright, senior, let's go."

The girl clutched her stomach and waved to Gu Yi, signaling him to follow her.

"I've dropped you off here. I still have things to do, you..."

Before Gu Yi could finish speaking, the girl in front of him suddenly turned around and looked at him. Her resentful eyes were like those of a young woman who had died unjustly, which was extremely eerie.

Feeling a little embarrassed by her gaze, Gu Yi could only sigh again and say nothing more. He simply took two steps and walked behind her.

"Hmph! That's pretty much it."

The girl gave a soft snort before turning around and leading Gu Yi into the city.

As they walked, she continued to introduce the situation in the city to Gu Yi, providing him with all sorts of exclusive information.

During their casual conversation, Gu Yi learned some things.

First of all, this girl is named Ling Yan, and her family is the most powerful family in the entire Extreme Ice City. Most of the shops in the city belong to her family.

Almost everything she just introduced came from her own home.

Then, she seemed to be quite famous in this Ice City. In just a short while, Gu Yi had already lost count of the number of people who greeted them.

Finally, she must have run into some trouble.

And this last point was something Gu Yi noticed from her doorstep.

"Hmph! You actually have the nerve to come back?"

"If you dared to run away from the wedding back then, you shouldn't have come back! What do you want now that you've returned?"

"Do you know how much our family has suffered because of you?"

"And who's that guy next to you? Is he your lover? Huh?"

In front of the Ling family mansion gate, a well-dressed and handsome young man was cursing like a shrew.

The person who was being scolded was now hanging his head, not daring to reply, and only asked himself a question.

"Where's my dad? You haven't done anything to him yet, have you?"

Ling Yan went to obtain a spirit ring in order to save her father.

"Oh, so you still remember Uncle Three?"

"I thought you had forgotten about him! I thought you wouldn't care whether he lived or died!"

"Don't worry, he's fine for now. Those officials haven't arrived yet. Once they do, Uncle San's death will be imminent."

"As for you, hmph! You'd better get out of here, lest you end up with the one who deserves to die and the one you shouldn't marry still."

Having said all that, the young man didn't want to continue and turned to go back to his residence.

But Ling Yan, who was standing nearby, stopped her.

"I'm level 40 now, I can win. This time, I won't run away again. Please let me fight him one more time!"

When Gu Yi said this, he felt as if Ling Yan beside him had become a different person. Her determined gaze was something Gu Yi had never seen before in a long time.

"Ha~ You're always so naive."

The boy flung Ling Yan's hand away.

"Do you really think that once you win, everything will be resolved?"

"That competition was never important; it was just an excuse. Nobody cared whether you won or lost."

"You don't really think that as long as you win, you can solve all the problems, do you?"

"This world will never be as simple as you imagine."

"You...you should just leave now and continue living in your dream."

Chapter 220 Fusion of Soul Bones

"..."

Ling Yan didn't say anything more, but just watched quietly as the young man walked into the Ling residence and then closed the gate.

But just as the door closed, a tear fell to the ground.

"Come on, tell me about your situation and see if there's any way to resolve it."

Gu Yi didn't want to say anything comforting; he knew very well that comfort would be useless at this time.

His words gave Ling Yan a glimmer of hope.

"Senior, what are you..."

Ling Yan stiffly turned her head to look at Gu Yi.

"You brought me here because you want me to help you solve this problem, right?"

"Although I hate being used by others, I have to admit that you have piqued my curiosity."

"What I need to do isn't urgent. If it's not too much trouble, I can consider helping you."

As he spoke, Gu Yi walked outside.

He didn't want to stay outside someone else's house forever. Since they were going to talk things over, they should find a place to discuss it properly.

"Really? Senior, you're so kind."

Upon hearing Gu Yi's words, a smile immediately appeared on Ling Yan's face. She quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and followed him.

"Senior! Come with me, I know the best place to stay!"

"This way, this way!"

Ling Yan transformed back into the lively and adorable girl she had been before, pulling Gu Yi by the shoulder as they headed towards a hotel.

The hotel was nicely decorated and looked very grand, but the sign read "Lingjia Hotel".

……

"Alright, tell me about it."

Inside the hotel, Gu Yi sat cross-legged on the bed, calmly looking at Ling Yan on the chair opposite him.

"The story begins more than a month ago."

"Two months ago, the Spirit Hall unified the entire continent, which was originally a good thing. After all, we no longer have to worry about the two countries going to war again."

"But just a month ago, the Spirit Hall envoy suddenly arrived here and announced that the previous city lord had been demoted to a commoner and that a new envoy would take over as city lord."

"That person is the one I'm talking about, Qi Tian. He has a son who is not only extremely ugly, but also has an unusual personality. He is greedy for money and lustful, and he likes to abuse his servants."

"One day, I went out to buy something, but he took a liking to me. I finally managed to get rid of him, but the next day, my family received a marriage proposal and matchmaking from the city lord's mansion."

“Our family tried every means to refuse, but we still couldn’t stop them. In the end, they came up with a solution: a duel between Soul Masters.”

"If I could beat him in the Soul Master duel, I could refuse him. But although his son was bad in many ways, he had a strong talent for cultivation. He was already a Soul Master at a young age. I was only a Soul Venerable at the time, so it was impossible for me to win."

"I had no choice but to run away from home, but I never expected that my father would have to take responsibility for this."

"They've spread the word that my father must serve as a slave in the city lord's mansion for a year to be exempt from punishment; otherwise, they'll freeze all of the Ling family's assets in the city!"

"And then, you'll know the rest."

As she spoke, tears welled up in Ling Yan's eyes again.

Tears welled up in her eyes.