Chapter 122 – Violent Useless vs. Delicate Cat (02)
Sister Yan Lexin often came out to criticize Yan Yang for his lack of gratitude, which only strained the relationship between Yan Yang and Yan Xiao even more.
Later, Yan Yang had a verbal altercation at school with Qi Xi, a child of the Qi family, due to his soul power issues. Qi Xi was Yan Xiao’s friend and a scion1 of another noble family. He despised Yan Yang, feeling he always caused trouble for his friend, and often led other noble children in bullying Yan Yang.
That day, Yan Yang was provoked to the point of madness by Qi Xi’s taunts, leading him to secretly ambush Qi Xi after school, injuring him severely.
The Qi family, being even more prominent than the Yan family, naturally wasn’t willing to let this go. When Yan Yang returned home, he was scolded harshly by Yan Zhengqing.
This pushed Yan Yang to the breaking point, prompting him to run away from home. When he reappeared, it was years later, by which time Yan Xiao had made some achievements and his soul power had risen to the ninth tier.
Seeking further improvement, Yan Xiao entered the Blood Domain to challenge it in hopes of breaking through. To his surprise, he encountered Yan Yang, who had also reached the ninth tier and had become the Blood Domain’s ruler, Yama.
After Yan Yang left home, he ventured into the Blood Domain in search of a way to cultivate soul power. Though he had some miraculous encounters, he was ultimately consumed by the Blood Domain, losing his sense of self and becoming violent and ruthless. He even plotted to lead an army from the Blood Domain to overthrow the entire world.
Yan Xiao, not wanting Yan Yang to continue down the wrong path, tried to persuade him repeatedly, but it was futile, leading to a fierce battle between the two. During the fight, Yan Xiao broke through to the tenth tier, eventually killing Yan Yang to save the world.
“So, this Yan Yang must be him,” Mu Jin said confidently as he read the description of Yan Yang’s violent personality. 003 nodded quickly, thinking that Mu Jin was usually spot-on when identifying his target.
Which made sense—after all, the target would always be a significant character, likely the main villain in the storyline. If the main storyline didn’t have such a prominent villain, they’d look elsewhere for one.
After getting confirmation from 003, Mu Jin lowered his gaze, feeling a bit of sympathy for Yan Yang. With his omniscient perspective, Mu Jin understood that Yan Yang, though violent, wasn’t always the instigator of trouble.
In most cases, trouble found him. His violent nature prevented him from handling situations well, but his extreme tendencies mainly stemmed from growing up in a strict household.
The fact that his soul power never improved created immense psychological pressure from a young age. When he was just a child, he endured heavy training daily. Yan Zhengqing, however, paid no attention to the child’s feelings, forcing him to overtrain.
Yan Zhengqing cared too much about his reputation and the success of the Yan family. When he saw that Yan Yang wasn’t making progress, he immediately adopted the talented Yan Xiao. Later, when Yan Yang’s mother died, Yan Zhengqing quickly remarried for profit, having a daughter, Yan Lexin.
Yan Xiao, being an adopted son, had no issue with Yan Lexin. But for Yan Yang, his relationship with Yan Zhengqing became increasingly strained after his mother’s death.
With no motherly love and no fatherly affection, he felt alienated while watching his father, stepmother, and the adopted son getting along. How could a half-grown boy not feel neglected?
Due to his innately weak soul power, his father always looked at him with disdain. His half-sister also disdained him. In this cold family environment, Yan Yang’s behavior became increasingly rebellious, a natural outcome of his dysfunctional upbringing.
His violent outbursts and propensity to fight made him seem like a problem child. Yet, the real turning point was when he ran away from home.
Having his biological father point at his nose and call him worthless shattered Yan Yang’s last hopes for familial warmth. That’s when he left the Yan family, eventually entering the Blood Domain, where he was tragically corrupted. He gained power but lost himself, eventually meeting a tragic end.
Seeing Yan Yang’s grim fate in the original timeline, Mu Jin brushed his cat face and began checking his identity in this world, hoping to find some useful clues.
Fortunately, his timing was perfect; with 003’s help, he quickly healed the internal injuries, allowing his soul power to advance from the ninth to the tenth tier.
Upon examining his identity, he found that it was indeed significant. Not only was he a member of the Mu clan, but he also held the position of clan leader.
However, the beast transformation was a closely guarded secret within the clan, so other noble families knew about the Mu clan’s Soul King, but they didn’t know what gave them such unique power.
If someone reaches the seventh tier of soul power, their lifespan is generally extended by two to three times that of a normal person. Those who reach the Soul King level could live for over a thousand years. So, even though the original owner appeared youthful, his actual age was quite advanced.
However, he rarely attended public events, so few people knew his true identity. If it weren’t for the mental instability caused by his breakthrough attempt, he wouldn’t have wandered out to this sparsely populated field in the middle of the night.
After reading through the plot, Mu Jin became more concerned that the original owner seemed very much like a plot device for the protagonist’s advantage.
The protagonist, endowed with good fortune, often encounters rare opportunities effortlessly. In the original storyline, when the original owner was near death, he ended up here, where Yan Lexin of the Yan family found him.
Yan Lexin had always admired and trusted Yan Xiao, so when she saw the dying kitten, she took it home. However, she didn’t know how to treat it, so she handed the injured original owner to Yan Xiao, hoping he could save it.
Unfortunately, by then, the original owner’s internal organs had ruptured, and he was on the verge of death. After Yan Xiao cared for him for two days, knowing his end was near, he decided to repay him by transferring all his remaining power to Yan Xiao.
The original owner was a ninth-tier soul power user who had once approached the threshold of the tenth-tier Soul King level. Although he failed, the power within him was enormous.
When transferred to Yan Xiao, it overwhelmed the protagonist, causing him some hardship to fully absorb and retain the energy. It took him a long time to gradually decompose and integrate it into his body.
After that, Yan Xiao’s advancement progressed rapidly, making significant achievements. Especially during his final battle with Yan Yang, he could instantly unleash the internal energy to break through to the tenth tier, partly due to the power stored within him by the original owner.
However, now that it was Mu Jin, he certainly wouldn’t willingly become some protagonist’s plot device. If he had to transfer the power, it would obviously be to his lover.
If the protagonist lost this chance, the natural order would compensate him through other means, so Mu Jin wasn’t worried.
After checking the timeline of his transmigration, he realized it coincided with the period when the original owner was unconscious in the field where Yan Lexin found him.
Mu Jin did want to visit the Yan family, but he wasn’t about to be picked up by anyone other than his lover. He understood that Yan Lexin found him because his location was on the school’s common route after classes.
Most of the story in this world took place on campus, indicating it was a world centered on supernatural schools. Yan Xiao, Yan Yang, and Yan Lexin were all in different grades at the same academy.
Yan Xiao was in the university section, while Yan Lexin and Yan Yang were in the high school section, in grades ten and twelve, respectively. Mu Jin specifically checked his lover’s current age, noting he was already eighteen.
Mu Jin smiled, feeling quite pleased that his lover had reached adulthood. Being of legal age meant many things were more convenient.
Seeing Mu Jin’s fluffy mouth curl into a smile, 003 in the sea of consciousness couldn’t help but poke fun. Mu Jin used to find it amusing when 003 made cat faces, but now he was doing the same thing. 003 wished he could show Mu Jin a mirror to see what he looked like with a mischievous cat expression.
Coincidentally, the school’s name was Saintlin Academy. Mu Jin double-checked and even joked with 003, wondering if the heavens overseeing this world were the same, resulting in the similar school names.
003 paused and then nodded, replying, “Xiao Jin, you might be right. Although these small worlds exist within the nine realms, it’s possible that a single deity controls several worlds, so it’s not unusual for similarities to exist.”
“However, there’s a slight difference in the school names. The previous2 one was Shenglin High School, and this one is Saintlin3 Academy. “
“But there’s only one letter’s difference, and the pronunciation is the same. If you ask me, the deity who named them is really bad at naming things!”
After criticizing the deity’s lackluster naming skills, Mu Jin didn’t continue bantering with 003, knowing that he had regained much of his strength and needed to find a good hiding spot. Otherwise, if Yan Lexin found him, his lover would miss a great opportunity to play the hero!
Mu Jin’s foresight proved correct. Just after he found a good hiding spot, a fair-skinned, beautiful girl with a playful look walked by.
Note :
- Descendant/Heir is the most common meaning of “scion.” It refers to a person who is born into a prominent or powerful family and is expected to inherit their wealth, status, or position. ↩︎
- World 3 : The Cold and Lonely Top Student VS The School Bully Little Wolf Dog ↩︎
- The ‘Saint‘ here means ‘sacred.’ ↩︎