Freedom of Thousand-Year Soul Beasts

The Silver Ten Draw—its final pull. Draw—

A card appeared on the card.

Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Soul Beast Secret Realm Card (Thousand-Year Tier).

Soul Beast Secret Realm Card: Can generate a secret realm that only the Host can open. The secret realm contains Soul Beasts ranging from 1,000 to 9,999 years in age, encompassing every species that has ever existed on Douluo Continent. The Soul Beasts inside are like online game mobs—endless. Killing them grants Soul Rings and may even yield Soul Bones. They will respawn after some time.

Congratulations, Host, you have achieved freedom of Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!

A Thousand-Year Soul Beast Secret Realm? Qian Xunji's eyes immediately lit up. This was fucking good stuff. While it might be alarmist to worry now that there would not be enough Soul Beasts for humans to kill, indiscriminately slaughtering Soul Beasts for Soul Bones was forbidden in the Soul Master World for ecological reasons. But in Qian Xunji's secret realm, there was no such problem. Send several Titled Douluo inside to sweep the map, and no matter how low the Soul Bone drop rate was, they would get some eventually. After some time, while Thousand-Year Soul Bones were not particularly valuable, they would still be a fine choice for equipping Spirit Hall's lower-ranking Soul Masters and improving Spirit Hall's benefits.

Moreover, this Thousand-Year map could also serve as a training ground for the younger generation.

Nice—

Qian Xunji immediately used the Soul Beast Secret Realm Card. Yet after looking for a long while, he still could not find where the secret realm was.

"System, are you messing with me?"

Esteemed Host, you only need to silently recite, "Thousand-Year Soul Beast Secret Realm, open," to activate the secret realm.

Qian Xunji did as the System said, and sure enough, a vortex opened before him. He stepped into the spatial vortex and stood suspended in the sky with the bearing of a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

His divine sense swept across the area, instantly detecting the Soul Beasts within a thousand li.

Just as the System had said, they were all Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Not one exceeded a thousand years, but none fell below a thousand years either.

The map was vast. Every region was the habitat of a particular type of Soul Beast. Besides entering the secret realm at random, Qian Xunji could also descend directly into any location within it by targeting a Soul Beast habitat.

If there was a Thousand-Year Soul Beast Secret Realm, did that mean there were also Ten-Thousand-Year and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Secret Realms? Perhaps even a secret realm of million-year Soul Beasts?

Qian Xunji was not satisfied with merely achieving freedom of Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Heh heh heh.

He opened a spatial passage and left. The secret realm could wait until he had married Er Long and brought her home.

When Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, full of ambition, he found the clan decorated with lanterns and colored banners. Everywhere, people were celebrating the news of Yu Luomian's daughter's marriage.

Yu Xiaogang stopped in his tracks. Looking at those three characters, he kept murmuring under his breath:

"Yu Erlong, Yu Erlong... Yu Erlong."

Then Yu Xiaogang gave a bitter smile. "It seems she has acknowledged her ancestry and returned to the clan. Our fate will only grow more distant from now on."

A hand landed on Yu Xiaogang's shoulder. Flender said earnestly, "Xiao Gang, have you forgotten why we came back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? We came to take Sister Erlong away. As long as we take her out of this place, won't she still be your Liu Erlong?"

"You're right," Yu Xiaogang said.

That day, Yu Xiaogang and Flender returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as friends to celebrate Yu Erlong's marriage. Yu Luomian had wanted to stop them, but Yu Xiaogang was sincere and stated that he had returned to offer Yu Erlong his blessings, so Yu Luomian did not obstruct them further.

That night, Yu Xiaogang and Flender slipped into Yu Erlong's room while no one was around. Gui Mei, who had been secretly watching them, saw this, but he did not stop them and simply allowed the two to enter.

Liu Erlong, dressed in a wedding gown, was wiping away tears in her chamber when she suddenly heard the Gatekeeper opening the door behind her. She turned around and saw Yu Xiaogang and Flender enter.

"Xiao Gang, and Boss Flander." Yu Erlong was both shocked and delighted.

Flender saw Yu Erlong's reddened eyes and the tears spilling from them, and his heart ached. "Erlong, what you said that day wasn't what you truly meant, was it?"

At that thought, hatred and killing intent burst from Yu Erlong's eyes. "Of course not. That shameless bastard Qian Xunji forced me to say it. Otherwise, how could I have said something so hurtful to Xiao Gang?"

After saying that, Yu Erlong looked at Xiao Gang with heartache in her eyes.

Flender suppressed the rage in his heart and said, "Just as I suspected."

Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists tightly and ground his teeth. "Spirit Hall actually allowed such a shameless man to sit on the Pope's throne."

Liu Erlong's hatred +50000

Liu Erlong's killing intent +20000

Flender's anger +50000

Yu Xiaogang's hatred +50000

Yu Xiaogang's anger +50000

"Erlong, we came here to take you away. Elope with Xiao Gang," Flender said.

Yu Xiaogang nodded as well. "You don't need to give yourself to that scoundrel Qian Xunji for our sake. Come with us. Though Spirit Hall is powerful, there are still places in this world beyond its reach."

Hearing this, Yu Erlong was moved. That was right. If she could leave this place of conflict and elope with Xiao Gang to somewhere no one could find them, they could live there together. She could be Xiao Gang's virtuous wife, care for their home and children, and bear him one or two chubby sons. That would be far better than giving herself to that shameless Qian Xunji.

As for how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would deal with Spirit Hall's pressure after she left, what did that have to do with her, Liu Erlong?

After I leave, let the floodwaters rise to the heavens. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan never raised me anyway.

Just as Liu Erlong was about to nod, Gui Mei's sinister, low voice suddenly sounded beside her ear:

"Heh heh heh, Madam Erlong, you wouldn't want anything to happen to Xiao Gang and Flender, would you?"

The words exploded in Liu Erlong's mind like a nightmare.

Her body trembled slightly. She closed her eyes for a moment, then said resolutely, "No. Leave, Xiao Gang. Flender, you too. Since I have decided to marry Qian Xunji, I will not go back on it."

"Erlong—" Flender asked, "Have you been threatened? If you have, it's fine. The Golden Iron Triangle shares both honor and hardship—"

"Leave. If you don't leave now, I'll call someone." Yu Erlong raised her voice and shouted toward the door, "Yu Luomian, someone has broken into my room!"

After a while, Yu Luomian was alerted. He rushed over with a group of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Guards. When he saw Flender and Yu Xiaogang, a trace of displeasure appeared on his face.

He walked up to Yu Xiaogang and said with utter contempt, "My nephew, you aren't still coveting your cousin, are you? Open your eyes and look carefully. She is your cousin."

With that, Yu Luomian waved his hand and had his men throw Yu Xiaogang and Flender out.

Liu Erlong watched Yu Xiaogang being driven away through her tears. "Xiao Gang, I'm sorry. I don't want to do this, but for your safety, I have no choice."