227: Chapter 227 Ying Linglong's Transformation

"...Linglong has been without a mother since she was little..." Leng Xiaoyue said suddenly.

It seemed he had completely let down his guard; once Leng Xiaoyue opened the floodgates of conversation, he couldn't stop.

He poured out everything he knew about Ying Linglong all at once.

From his words, Xing Yaoyan also got the answer she wanted:

So this girl Linglong was just lacking love, which is why she treated her like a mother figure; on the surface, she called her Sister Yan, but deep down, she actually had an attachment to her that transcended friendship...

"Sister Yan... Lastly, I have some personal thoughts. Since it's just the two of us now, I might as well say it..."

Leng Xiaoyue suddenly brought this up.

Having already achieved her goal, Xing Yaoyan naturally had no objections; she simply maintained her smile, signaling for him to continue.

"Actually... Sister Yan, you probably never really considered us true family, did you..."

"What do you mean by that... If this is still about the matter with Qian Mo, then don't bring it up again; I've already explained it just now..."

Xing Yaoyan's smile gradually faded; she didn't understand why Leng Xiaoyue would suddenly say these things.

"I'm sorry, Sister Yan... This is just a feeling I have. I feel like there's always an indescribable barrier between us and you, as if you've never truly trusted us. I see everything you've done for Linglong, but... I just feel stifled inside..."

Leng Xiaoyue reached out and clawed at his chest, as if he wanted to rip his heart out.

"I didn't feel it before, but ever since chatting with you for so long just now, this feeling in my heart has become stronger and stronger... I know that most of the factions in the Kingdom of Myriad Demons haven't truly recognized your status as Saintess yet, so whether you use me and Linglong or not, I just ask that you..."

Before Leng Xiaoyue could finish his sentence, "can truly trust us just once," Xing Yaoyan interrupted him.

"Leng Xiaoyue, you've crossed the line..."

The smile on Xing Yaoyan's face had long since vanished, replaced by a nearly alien majesty and coldness.

Trust? After experiencing so many things, she had long since cast such a thing to the back of her mind.

Everyone is untrustworthy. Even if he had left a decent impression on her before, once she revealed her identity as a Star Beast, they would all want to kill her as quickly as possible.

Even her own kind, who now seemed to treat her with great respect, had underlying interests at play. Her identity, the vast amount of spiritual crystals she possessed—these were all interests of value she could trade...

All she had to do was bide her time and develop, to bide her time until she was invincible, until she was strong enough that no one could pose a threat to her; that way, she could return to the starry sky...

Leng Xiaoyue could clearly feel that the aura of the White-haired girl before him was starting to feel more and more wrong, as if she had suddenly turned into another person.

Invisible pressure was radiating from around her body, pressing down on him until he couldn't breathe.

You have to understand, he was only a Third-Rank Yao, and facing the aura suppression of Xing Yaoyan's Four Marks, he had absolutely no room to resist.

"Woof... Woof..."

Just as Leng Xiaoyue's consciousness began to fade, he suddenly felt the pressure disappear.

His vision slowly cleared, and he saw the White-haired girl in front of him clutching her head and panting softly, looking very pained.

"Woof... Sister Yan?" He called out weakly.

"Qian Mo... Qian Mo... Why is it that I trust him so much... Ah?!"

Xing Yaoyan, who had been talking to herself, immediately snapped back to reality. Upon seeing Leng Xiaoyue's miserable state, she instantly realized that she seemed to have lost control just now...

"Xiaoyue... are you okay? I..."

This feeling was very strange. Just now, her emotions had suddenly plummeted like a roller coaster, and she had become exceptionally cold.

That urge to destroy everything had come again...

"Sister Yan... you look much more normal now... *cough cough*..."

Leng Xiaoyue coughed a few times, as if he still hadn't recovered from the life-or-death crisis just moments ago.

"Do you remember what I said to you just now?"

"I remember. You hope I can truly trust you all once... My answer is... I need time, I will try my best..." Without that strange emotional fluctuation, Xing Yaoyan's answer this time was much more normal.

While placing her hand on Leng Xiaoyue's shoulder to help him smooth out his chaotic Demonic Power with her own strength, she sank her consciousness into her spiritual sea, her eyes fixed intently on the Star Pattern formed by the three star marks above it.

The reason for her sudden change in temperament just now definitely came from this thing...

"Xiao Dao, how much do you know about Star Patterns..."

"Navigator, actually, I don't know much about it either, but my Legacy memories tell me that the effects of each Star Beast's Star Pattern are different. It could be to improve Physique, or perhaps to acquire new skills... anyway, they are diverse..."

Xing Yaoyan pondered for a moment and decided to put her suspicions aside for now.

Regarding this thing, the Dream Beast should be the one who knows the most, after all, among the Star Beasts she had encountered, only he was above the Four Marks...

Returning to reality, Leng Xiaoyue's complexion had improved significantly with her help.

And just at this moment, the immense Demonic Power that had previously permeated the room suddenly vanished.

Had Linglong succeeded in her Breakthrough?

Both of them had this thought at the same time.

And the next moment, a beautiful figure walked out of Ying Linglong's room, accompanied by smoke.

"She succeeded!" Leng Xiaoyue looked somewhat excited.

Xing Yaoyan didn't speak, but a congratulatory smile appeared on her face.

However... she didn't know if it was just her imagination, but hadn't this little cat-girl grown a bit taller...

"Sister Yan, Cold Dog, how are you?"

The smoke dispersed, and a tall, beautiful black-haired girl appeared before them. No cat ears, no tail; she was a fully transformed Cat Demon.

The little devil pajamas, which had previously seemed slightly too large, now fit this beauty quite well, even giving off a hint of sexiness.

This was an aura Ying Linglong had never possessed before.

Although it was still much weaker compared to Xing Yaoyan's aura, compared to the previous "little cat-girl," the current Ying Linglong gave off a feeling of being much more mature.

"Sister Yan, I seem to have suddenly understood many things... You are my good sister, not my mother... I won't pester you like before; I will strive to become someone you need."

A light that had never been seen before seemed to be shining in Ying Linglong's eyes.

"Mm, Linglong, you've finally grown up..." Xing Yaoyan nodded with some gratification.

Leng Xiaoyue also smiled from the bottom of his heart, but on the surface, he pretended not to care and said: "Little Linglong, not bad, you actually surpassed me."

"Hmph... Cold Dog, 'Little Linglong' isn't something you can call me now, you know~" Ying Linglong clenched her fist, a cunning gleam shining in her eyes.

However, just as Leng Xiaoyue had closed his eyes, preparing to receive a sound beating, Ying Linglong suddenly unclenched her fist, her face revealing an embarrassed yet somewhat tsundere expression.

"Cold Dog... thank you for taking care of me during this time... sorry for the trouble..."

"Hahaha... it's nothing. Although our Wolf Demon Clan and your Cat Demon Clan haven't seen eye to eye for a long time, we of the Wolf Demon Clan still hold to martial virtue... unlike you cunning Cat Demons..."

"Sister Yan! I'll tell you a secret: this guy Cold Dog barks like a dog whenever he gets extremely nervous!"

"Linglong, you..."

"Nyah nyah nyah... Want to fight? I'm a Fourth-Rank Great Yao now, you Third-Rank little Yao should just step aside!"