Duan Nianzhi was somewhat neurotic. Whenever she saw a God Clan member with decent talent, she would cry out that they were an unparalleled genius.

That kind of behavior might seem rather immature.

But her control over divine souls was incomparably powerful.

After Ye Yu removed Han Qianzhang’s divine soul from the Great Thousand Soul Capturing Lamp—

Duan Nianzhi swiftly stuffed it back into his original body and guided the recovery with divine power.

In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Han Qianzhang had completely regained clarity.

That simple-minded look returned to his eyes once more.

After some basic questioning, Han Qianzhang’s condition matched what Duan Nianzhi had described.

From that alone, it was enough to confirm that Duan Nianzhi was not a bad person.

As for the identity of that strange martial monk, Ye Yu still had no answer.

This trip to Zhefengdu Divine City had resolved two lingering problems for the Han family.

First, Han Qianzhang had been found, and his sanity had recovered.

Second, Han Yuexi’s divinity and humanity had fused perfectly. Her strength had risen another step, and there were already faint signs that she was about to break into the Ancient God Realm.

According to Duan Nianzhi, Han Yuexi would reach the Ancient God Realm within three months at most.

At this point, Han Gu’s two greatest wishes had finally been fulfilled.

Han Yuexi sincerely thanked Duan Nianzhi.

But the latter’s gaze remained fixed on Ye Yu the entire time.

Being stared at like that by a divine soul was an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

Ye Yu initially thought she wanted the Great Thousand Soul Capturing Lamp, so he offered to let her keep the divine artifact for a month as thanks, so she could study it at her leisure.

But giving it to her outright was absolutely impossible.

After all, he had practically risked his life to obtain that thing. There was no way he would simply hand it over.

Duan Nianzhi rejected the proposal without the slightest hesitation.

The reason she had been interested in the Great Thousand Soul Capturing Lamp earlier was because she believed the divine artifact to be intact.

She had wanted to use it for a few experiments.

But judging from the fact that Han Qianzhang’s divine soul had remained inside for an entire hour with almost no damage, the artifact was clearly already damaged.

A defective divine artifact could not be used for experiments.

As such, Duan Nianzhi had already lost interest in the Great Thousand Soul Capturing Lamp.

What interested her now was Ye Yu himself.

A mortal who became a god, possessed a physique even more terrifying than a Demon God’s, and had that divine ability capable of interrupting all surrounding divine power at any moment—

It was simply unbelievable.

Duan Nianzhi even suspected that Ye Yu was actually a Demon God wearing the skin of a human god.

She genuinely wanted to pull Ye Yu’s divine soul out of his body and see exactly what kind of existence he was.

Ye Yu was utterly speechless.

He immediately prepared to leave with Han Yuexi and Han Qianzhang.

Although Qi Renjia was a bad person, one thing he had said was absolutely correct.

Duan Nianzhi truly was insane.

What kind of normal person would propose on the very first meeting that they wanted to extract your divine soul for research?

Even as a joke, that crossed the line.

But before Ye Yu could even walk out of the hall, Duan Nianzhi’s divine soul directly blocked his path.

"Why did you suddenly stop talking? Just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. I really only need the time of one cup of tea to study it.

Please, just let me pull out your divine soul!"

Black lines filled Ye Yu’s face. Suppressing the urge to kill someone, he said word by word:

"No."

The woman before him was absolutely a pure-blooded lunatic.

She had not been joking earlier.

She genuinely wanted to extract his divine soul.

Woman, could you at least have some sense of boundaries?

Demanding something this outrageous the moment you meet someone was far too abrupt.

"Let’s discuss it a little more, just a little. I really want to see it!"

Duan Nianzhi immediately entered full shameless pestering mode, grabbing Ye Yu’s arm and refusing to let go.

"Release me. Otherwise, don’t blame me for fighting you to the death!"

Ye Yu practically ground those words out through clenched teeth.

At the same moment, divine power around his body began surging violently.

He was clearly truly furious now.

Seeing things had already reached this point, Duan Nianzhi reluctantly released his arm.

Then, with a thought, she produced a communication stone and placed it in front of Ye Yu.

"If you change your mind someday, contact me. I’ll only use the divine soul, not the body."

To be fair, that sentence really did sound exactly like something a scumbag woman would say.

Duan Nianzhi’s figure instantly vanished as well, clearly afraid Ye Yu might explode in rage on the spot.

At least she still had some sense of timing.

Speechless, Ye Yu stuffed the communication stone into his Storage Ring and strode outside with Han Yuexi and Han Qianzhang.

Only after they had completely left the City Lord’s Manor did Duan Nianzhi slowly reappear.

That’s right.

She really had been a little scared.

Although Duan Nianzhi had once been a major figure who attempted to break into the Divine Sovereign Realm, her divine body had long since dissipated. Only her fragile divine soul remained, greatly limiting her strength.

Earlier, when Ye Yu became enraged, she had clearly sensed that he possessed a divine artifact capable of devouring divine souls.

He simply had not taken it out.

Duan Nianzhi was extremely familiar with that aura.

Soul Severing!

The nemesis of all divine souls!

If she truly pushed Ye Yu too far and he brought out Soul Severing, then she would be completely finished.

That was why Duan Nianzhi had not continued clinging to him shamelessly.

However, throughout history, regardless of gender or race, whether mortal or god—

The harder something was to obtain, the more attractive it became.

Duan Nianzhi genuinely wanted to study Ye Yu’s divine soul.

And the desire in her heart was only growing stronger.

At that moment, a divine attendant from Zhefengdu Divine City hurried in from outside.

"City Lord, according to your request, we found a very suitable divine body. Would you like us to bring it over for you to inspect?"

Duan Nianzhi waved her hand dismissively.

"No need. I don’t like using things that others have used before. I’ll handle the matter of a divine body myself.

"Oh, right. Go investigate where Ye Yu comes from.

"Once I regain a divine body, I plan to personally pay him a visit.

"He’ll need my help."

......

That very night, Ye Yu, Han Yuexi, and Han Qianzhang successfully returned to the Ye residence.

They also met Han Gu, who had only recently recovered.

The moment the old father saw that his long-missing precious son had finally returned, tears streamed down his face on the spot.

He kept repeating that it was good he had come back. Good that he had come back.

Han Yuexi, however, pulled Han Gu aside and brought up Duan Nianzhi of Zhefengdu Divine City.

While helping settle Han Qianzhang’s divine soul earlier, she had also discovered something abnormal about him.

His divine soul was excessively powerful, causing his body to occasionally lose control and go berserk.

At present, even Duan Nianzhi had no way to completely solve the problem, since she herself existed only in divine soul form.

However, she could still help delay the onset of these "episodes" effectively.

And if she managed to restore her divine body in the future, she might be able to permanently resolve Han Qianzhang’s condition.

Hearing this, Han Gu’s eyes reddened once again.

Han Qianzhang’s problem had tormented their family for far too many years.

Now, someone had finally brought them hope.

Even if it was only a tiny bit, it was enough to deeply move the old father.

He immediately declared that he would visit Zhefengdu Divine City as soon as possible.

No, forget as soon as possible.

They would go today.

And Han Yuexi would come with them.

Under absolutely no circumstances could she continue staying at the Ye residence.

For her, this place was far too dangerous!

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