Lin Bai, Master of Keeping Things Even: Why Eat Soft Bone Bunnies?

"Shut up!"

Qian Daoliu shot Golden Crocodile Douluo a vicious glare.

"Didn't you say the Spring and Autumn Annals was your favorite book?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo shrank back and didn't dare speak again.

But his old eyes still couldn't help darting toward the sky screen.

Lin Bai put away the stored-value card and the envelope, then returned to the Soul Tool trading area.

Huo Yutong was standing in a daze in front of a counter selling Storage Soul Tools.

Her gaze rested on an ice-blue necklace shaped like a snowflake.

The necklace was priced at 9,999 Gold Soul Coins and had a storage space of over ten cubic meters.

Its appearance had clearly been designed with care as well. It was crystal clear and worth the price.

When she saw Lin Bai return, Huo Yutong hurried away from the counter and waved at him.

"Brother Xiao Bai, you're back!"

Lin Bai's gaze fell on the necklace, and a smile curved his lips.

"You like it? Then let's buy it."

Huo Yutong hurriedly shook her head.

"No, no, Brother Xiao Bai, it's too much of a waste..."

"Silly girl!"

Lin Bai smiled gently and reached out to rub Huo Yutong's head.

"As long as it makes you happy, the money is well spent."

With that, he walked straight over to pay and bought the Storage Soul Tool called the Ice God's Heart on the spot.

Then Lin Bai personally fastened the ice-blue necklace around Huo Yutong's neck.

The ice-blue snowflake necklace and the girl's deep-blue eyes were a perfect match.

Huo Yutong instantly grew wet.

Large tears spilled from the girl's eyes.

She remembered the days when she and her mother had been bullied by the servants in the Duke's Mansion and hadn't even had enough to eat.

Back then, her greatest wish had been to eat a piping-hot baked flatbread.

She had also felt resentment before: resentment toward the father who had never shown his face, and toward this unjust world.

All of that had changed when Lin Bai appeared.

She had once lacked love more than anything, but now she was surrounded by it.

Not only Lin Bai, but also Qian Renxue, with whom she was like a pair of bickering sweethearts, made her feel incredibly warm.

"Why are you crying?"

Lin Bai brushed a finger over her nose, somewhat amused.

"I'm not. I'm just so happy!"

Huo Yutong sniffled and said loudly.

Watching from the side, Qian Renxue came over, a little jealous.

"Brother, what about me?"

But before she had finished speaking, Lin Bai reached into his clothes as if performing a magic trick.

A storage soul necklace with a pendant shaped like a pair of golden angel wings appeared in his hand.

Lin Bai fastened the necklace around Qian Renxue's fair neck as well.

"I prepared these Angel's Wings for you long ago."

"Now that we're all about to enter a Soul Master Academy, it would be inconvenient not to have a Storage Soul Tool."

"So you and Yutong should each have one."

Qian Renxue looked at her brother, feeling the warmth of Lin Bai's hand lingering on her neck, and her fair face instantly flushed red.

Lin Bai had actually prepared these Angel's Wings long ago.

The Angel's Wings pendant had also been designed after the wings of a Six-Winged Angel.

Her brother had always known where she came from, and had always carefully guarded the pride she held deepest in her heart.

"Brother, thank you."

Qian Renxue spoke softly.

Then Huo Yutong and Qian Renxue took Lin Bai's hands, one on either side, and continued walking ahead.

Behind the three of them, the onlookers marveled at how Lin Bai had found different ways to placate two stunningly beautiful girls.

"It's good to be young..."

Spirit Hall, on the square in front of the Pope's Palace.

Yue Guan watched the scene on the sky screen, his fingers curled in an orchid gesture as he remarked with feeling.

"That kid really is a master at carrying water evenly. He keeps it perfectly level."

"First the Ice God's Heart, then the Angel's Wings. He coaxes one, then the other, and leaves neither feeling neglected."

Gui Mei agreed.

"That's right. This Lin Bai really knows how to pick up girls."

"The Ice God's Heart for Huo Yutong, the Angel's Wings for Qian Renxue. Neither gets more or less than the other."

"That kind of thoughtfulness is truly a wonder to behold!"

"No wonder he could make the angel lineage's heir so devoted to him!"

In front of the two men, Bibi Dong gazed at the warm smile on Qian Renxue's face in the sky screen, and it was as if something had touched her heart.

She recalled that when she was young, she too seemed to have smiled like that at a young man.

Back then, she had not yet been the Pope of Spirit Hall, only a girl with dreams in her heart.

Back then, he had still been the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a brilliant talent destined to become the foremost theoretical master in the Soul Master World.

But sadly, all of it had been utterly destroyed on that night!

Bibi Dong closed her eyes. When she opened them again, they were filled with icy indifference.

At the trading house, Lin Bai also bought Qian Renxue and Huo Yutong each a set of second-level soul inner armor and a second-level Soul Tool Shield for self-defense.

A little more protection meant a little more confidence when facing danger.

After making all their preparations.

Lin Bai waved his hand and led Qian Renxue and Huo Yutong straight to Star Luo City's hottest spicy Soft Bone Rabbit head restaurant.

The restaurant was called Eight Bowls of Bunny in One Meal.

It was said that the owner had once been an imperial chef of the Star Luo Empire, and his spicy rabbit heads were unrivaled under heaven.

The three each ordered a bowl of spicy rabbit heads, then tucked in.

The spicy rabbit heads were a glossy red, numbing, hot and fragrant, with meat so tender it fell apart and was infused with flavor.

Qian Renxue and Huo Yutong ate until their lips were red and their foreheads were covered in fine beads of fragrant sweat, but they couldn't stop.

"Boss, another bowl!"

The two girls shouted in unison.

Lin Bai watched the two of them devour their food like a gale sweeping away clouds, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

The restaurant had shown considerable foresight in naming itself Eight Bowls of Bunny in One Meal.

In the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, beside a clear lake.

An enormous Soft Bone Rabbit had raised her head toward the sky screen.

The Soft Bone Rabbit was over five meters long, and her snow-white fur flowed smoothly like a waterfall.

Her big, ruby-red eyes were bright and watery, making her look exceptionally cute.

In truth, however, she was the only Soft Bone Rabbit in the entire Star Dou Great Forest with a hundred thousand years of cultivation. She had long since developed sentience, and her intelligence was no less than a human's.

As she watched the three humans on the sky screen each holding a spicy rabbit head and gnawing away with relish, a humanlike look of grievance appeared on her face, as though she might burst into tears at any moment.

"Bunnies are so cute. Why eat bunnies?"