Lan felt uneasy all over because she had suddenly discovered that Tang San was among that group as well.
Liu Erlong's gaze swept across the crowd, and she spotted Yu Xiaogang and Flender too. There was no need to speculate. Flender had surely come to protect his students while they hunted soul beasts, while Yu Xiaogang had most likely come along to join the excitement and offer a few pointers.
Seeing the two of them suddenly stop, Ye Lingling could not help asking in confusion, "Teacher Erlong, why aren't we going?"
Liu Erlong sighed softly, her tone carrying a trace of hesitation. "How about... we go another way?"
She truly did not want anything to do with that man anymore. She had already declined Flender's invitations to meet on several occasions. The reason she avoided him so deliberately was mostly to prevent unnecessary gossip. Now that she was already someone's wife, she should stay as far away as possible from any people or matters that might cause misunderstandings.
Unaware of the tangled history involved, Ye Lingling said carelessly, "There's no need for that, is there? We're not trying to fight them over soul beasts."
Unexpectedly, Lan nodded in agreement with Liu Erlong. "I think going another way would be better."
She knew something of Liu Erlong's past entanglements, but neither Liu Erlong nor Ye Lingling knew about the ties between her and Tang San.
Thus, the three no longer hesitated. They immediately chose another direction and headed deeper into the forest.
It took them more than half a day to find a soul beast with roughly thirty-five thousand years of cultivation. After Ye Lingling's Soul Ring Age was stacked, it would be enough to push Ye Feiyang's seventh soul ring straight to the hundred-thousand-year level.
After successfully absorbing the soul