Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 100 A Touching Night at the Sea God's Pavilion
As night fell, Poseidon Island was brightly lit. Even the walls along the corridors inside the Poseidon Pavilion were adorned with soul-guiding lamps.

The soft soul-guided light and the rich light attribute elements within the golden tree created a strange resonance, making the light inside the Sea God Pavilion exceptionally bright.

Following the corridor, Ye Xixuan led Vina to one of the guest rooms deep inside the Sea God Pavilion and stopped, then pushed the door open and went inside.

The room wasn't large, containing only a simple wooden bed and two small wooden cabinets beside it. These were actually part of the golden tree itself, carved directly from its interior. Branches of the golden tree's roots extended from the corner, creating an antique atmosphere filled with the unique, fresh fragrance of the plant.

Outside the window lies the Sea God Lake, reflecting the bright moon and starry sky. With the soft, silvery moonlight, one can clearly see every corner of the room without turning on the soul-guided lamp above the bed.

As soon as Ye Xixuan closed the door and turned around, he saw Vina's beautiful face so close to his. Her hands were crossed behind her back, which made her full breasts even more prominent.

Princess Vina is actually quite well-endowed; she's not as voluptuous as Ma Xiaotao, it's just that the visual effect isn't as exaggerated. However, considering her age, she still has room to grow, and she might just be able to rival Ma Xiaotao in the future.

Ye Xixuan had personally experienced this before, so he was quite qualified to speak on the matter.

Vina's long silver hair cascaded down her cheeks, reflecting the hazy, dreamlike moonlight and adding to her elegant and noble beauty. Her eyes were fixed on Ye Xixuan.

Meeting Vina's gaze, Ye Xixuan smiled gently.

"what happened?"

“Xi Xuan, I could tell from Elder Mu’s attitude just now that he actually tacitly approves of your relationship with your little Tao sister.” Vina’s face also showed a charming smile as she spoke calmly.

"Shouldn't you seriously consider this?"

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Xixuan shook his head helplessly, walked past Vina to the window, and looked at the Sea God Lake, which was shrouded in darkness in the distance.

"With Sister Tao's temper, who could possibly tame her?"

"Are you really not going to consider it?" Vina followed closely behind Ye Xixuan, her jade-like arms also resting on the windowsill, and said with a half-smile.

"You know I don't care about these things. You just need to get the other sisters to agree, like that Vice Dean Zhang."

"Forget it, I don't have any masochistic tendencies right now. At my current cultivation speed, I don't know how long it will take to surpass Sister Xiaotao in strength." Ye Xixuan glanced sideways meaningfully, her gaze shifting slightly downwards to Vina's chest.

"Besides, you're no worse than Sister Xiaotao."

Vina glanced at Ye Xixuan with a slightly flushed face, but inwardly she felt a little pleased that he was obsessed with her figure. She then boldly grabbed one of Ye Xixuan's wrists.

"Would you like to try again, my fiancé?"

"Since you've said that, wouldn't it be a denial of your charm if I refused?" Ye Xixuan chuckled, revealing his true thoughts to Vina without any attempt to hide them, and taking the initiative instead of being passive.

During this time, Vina closed her eyes, pursed her red lips, and thought of Ling Luochen again. The Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family and the Body Sect had long since investigated Ye Xixuan's background, and naturally knew about the engagement between Ye Xixuan and Ling Luochen.

However, the engagement between the two was only a verbal promise between their elders and was not actually fulfilled.

"Xi Xuan, that girl from the Ling family in Lingbo City should be studying in the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy right now, right?"

"Hmm." Ye Xixuan nodded, his brows slightly furrowed. Back then, he was still young and didn't quite understand why Ling Luochen treated him so specially because of that so-called verbal engagement. He simply accepted that special treatment without really understanding. Later, after getting to know his senior sister and Tang Ya better and comparing the two, he belatedly realized what was going on.

"That senior student, Ling, probably sees me as her emotional support."

"I remember a tragedy that happened to the Ling family in Lingbo City many years ago." Upon hearing Ye Xixuan's words, Vina suddenly remembered something and said softly in an ethereal tone.

"The Ling family's patriarch's lineage originally produced a descendant with an innate ice spirit body, and he was a rare male soul master. The combination of the special ice spirit body and the pure ice element martial soul had the potential to evolve to the ultimate ice level. The elders of the Ling family set their sights on the Ice Jade Scorpion, which possessed the ultimate ice attribute, as the target for that descendant to obtain his first soul ring. However, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan has always lived only in the core area of ​​the far north. In the end, the Ling family's powerful members and that descendant unfortunately encountered a powerful enemy while venturing into the core area of ​​the far north, and everyone was left behind in the far north forever."

Vina knew these secrets because of her cousin, Muxue.

Mu Xue's father is the current sect master of the Snow Demon Sect, which is also a top-tier soul master sect known for its powerful ice-attribute martial souls. There are even super Douluo-level powerhouses within the sect.

As fellow ice-attribute soul master families and sects within the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Snow Demon Sect naturally had a better understanding of and was more concerned about what was happening in the far north.

"That genius from the Ling family who died young must have been Senior Sister Ling's younger brother."

Ye Xixuan fell silent, his hands paused, and he lowered his eyes.

He had never heard of any of this, and given Ling Luochen's personality, he wouldn't bring it up to outsiders. However, what Vina said was probably close to the truth; perhaps that Senior Ling really did see him as a substitute for her brother.

Ye Xixuan had sensed something beforehand, so he rarely went to the inner courtyard in the past year, not wanting to meet Ling Luochen as this so-called substitute.

Although he appears gentle, he possesses his own sense of self-respect and will never become a substitute for anyone.

Sensing Ye Xixuan's low spirits, Vina affectionately stepped forward and hugged Ye Xixuan's waist and back, comforting him with the utmost gentleness and understanding.

"Xi Xuan, do you want to stay tonight?"

"Hmm?" Ye Xixuan looked at Vina in surprise, inwardly admiring her understanding nature, but in the end he still gently shook his head.

“Vina, I don’t want to be a substitute for anyone, but you are no substitute for anyone either. You are you, you are the princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and you are my fiancée.” He had now learned the essence from Elder Mu, the first thing being to treat every woman around him equally.

Vina immediately smiled, her beautiful face radiating infectious joy. She tiptoed close to Ye Xixuan's ear, her breath warm as she asked again, "I understand your feelings, and my thoughts come from the bottom of my heart. So, you really don't want to stay?"

"Let's get some rest. We still need to go to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings."

Ye Xixuan swallowed subconsciously, his lips trembled slightly, and he said hesitantly.

"Besides, this is only our first day meeting, it wouldn't be appropriate to say that right away."

"I'm just asking you to stay and rest with me. Of course, if you really want something, I won't refuse," Vina said calmly, her smile unwavering.

This is Vina's attitude towards Ye Xixuan; it is always extremely sincere.

Having said all that, Ye Xixuan gradually lost his composure. This afternoon, Vina and Ma Xiaotao had stirred up some deep-seated thoughts within him, and now he found it impossible to utter a word of refusal.

At the same time, he comforted himself, thinking that Vina was his fiancée, and it shouldn't be too much to make some reasonable requests of her, right?
(End of this chapter)