Sweating Bullets, Huh, Bro

Under the glow of the setting sun, the sea had turned into a completely golden world. At the end of the horizon, countless brilliant rays of gold shimmered, and the golden sunset slowly sank amid that radiance.

Yu Nanyuan, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng subconsciously stopped laughing and roughhousing at the sight. Yu Nanyuan was still fine, but Zhang Yangzi and the other two were all shaken to the core at the same time.

Linghai City, where they had grown up, was also a coastal city, but because of its geographical location, the beaches over there almost never offered such a dazzling, beautiful sunset at sea.

Wei Xiaofeng came back to his senses and sighed softly from the heart.

"Eastsea City really is much better than Linghai City."

After witnessing Eastsea City's prosperity with his own eyes that afternoon, Wei Xiaofeng was no longer as stubborn as before. Linghai City, a quasi-first-tier city, had a gap that was plainly visible compared with Eastsea City, the second-largest city in the eastern part of the Sun Moon Federation.

And Eastsea City's weather and climate were also more suitable for living than Linghai City's.

"Xiaofeng, hearing those words from your mouth really isn't easy," Zhang Yangzi teased with a smile.

Wei Xiaofeng's face reddened, and he curled his lips in retort.

"I'm just being objective."

"All right, hurry up and catch some fish," Yu Nanyuan said with a faint smile, reminding them at just the right time.

"Eastsea City's officials banned fishing boats from fishing in these waters a few years ago. The fish population here should have recovered pretty well."

After Yu Nanyuan displayed his astonishing talent and strength, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi had long since put away that pride in their hearts. This world was very realistic. If Yu Nanyuan did not possess talent and strength on the same level as theirs, or even higher, there was no way the three of them would have accepted him so quickly.

Of course, Yu Nanyuan himself might not even need that kind of recognition.

It was precisely because Lei Ge had clearly realized this that he had not followed them later. There was a saying that made a lot of sense: if you were not part of the circle, do not force your way in. A person was precious for having self-awareness.

Wang Jinxi suddenly cut in, puzzled. "Are we really going into the sea to catch fish? I remember the grilled fish stall from before sold fresh live fish, didn't it?"

"Jinxi, you don't get it. Fish you catch with your own hands have that special flavor when you eat them." Zhang Yangzi chuckled and patted Wang Jinxi on the shoulder, then took a few confident steps forward to the edge of the sea.

"Leave the rest to me."

Though Zhang Yangzi usually seemed steady, once one became familiar with him, they would discover that his actual personality was rather lively and restless. After all, they were all nine-year-old children. No matter how steady he was, how steady could he really be? His steadiness was more a habit he had developed in battle as a Control System Battle Soul Master.

Because as a Control System Battle Soul Master who controlled a team, he needed to remain calm at all times to command the whole group.

And it was precisely with Zhang Yangzi mediating from the center that the taciturn Wang Jinxi and the naturally arrogant Wei Xiaofeng could be blended into an excellent team. Now that the gentle-tempered Yu Nanyuan had been added, things were even easier for him.

Zhang Yangzi raised a hand, and his Soul Spirit, the Dark Demon Eagle, instantly shot into the sky. The combat enhancement this Little Black Eagle brought him was secondary; its greatest function was that it could share its vision with him. However, the Little Black Eagle could not move too far away from him. Even so, this could already help him a great deal in battle.

In truth, Zhang Yangzi's Soul Spirit had originally been a Soul Beast raised by his family. Later, through a Spirit Transfer Master of the Spirit Pagoda, it had formed an equal contract with him. That was why this Little Black Eagle was more lively and intelligent than an ordinary artificial Hundred-Year Soul Spirit, and the soul skill it granted him was also extremely powerful.

However, the expression on Zhang Yangzi's face soon became a little awkward. The Little Black Eagle could not move too far away from him, which also meant it could only search for traces of sea fish in this small patch of water close to the shore. If he wanted to go deeper, he himself would have to enter the sea.

After a short while, he still had not found anything.

"Yangzi, can you even do this?" Wei Xiaofeng grumbled irritably.

Yu Nanyuan could only walk past the two of them in resignation and take a slender Black Metal Rod out of his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi all looked at Yu Nanyuan in surprise.

"Nanyuan, you have a way?"

"What era is this, and you're still using the traditional method to fish?" Yu Nanyuan was utterly speechless. As Soul Power was infused into it, the originally black metal rod instantly turned a translucent deep purple. Blue-purple lightning danced across its surface, crackling and popping.

Yu Nanyuan stuck the Electric Rod into the seawater. Blue-purple currents rapidly spread through the sea. They were like a finely woven electric net, covering a stretch of sea more than a hundred meters in diameter. Although the seawater dispersed the electricity and reduced the Electric Rod's power somewhat, it was already more than enough if all he wanted was to electrocute fish.

Before long, one sea fish after another floated to the surface belly-up.

Zhang Yangzi and the other two stared at the scene, dumbfounded.

"Uh, this..."

"Ah—"

Just then, a clear, delicate cry rang out from not far away. The expression on Yu Nanyuan's face stiffened, and he instinctively raised his head to look toward the source of the sound.

On the beach about a hundred meters north of them, a girl in a form-fitting white dress was retreating from the seawater in a slightly disheveled state. Her fair, delicate jade feet sank into the fine golden sand, creating an inexplicable sense of beauty.

At the same time, hearing a string of footsteps behind him, Yu Nanyuan hurriedly looked back, only to see that Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi had already fled in a rush. Wang Jinxi looked utterly blank, having been forcibly dragged away by Wei Xiaofeng. Zhang Yangzi, meanwhile, left Yu Nanyuan with an expression that said he was on his own.

"Bunch of disloyal bastards." The corner of Yu Nanyuan's mouth twitched slightly. He could only brace himself and look over again, just in time to meet the girl's eyes.

The girl looked about the same age as him. Her long black hair drifted with the sea breeze, and her entire person was bathed in the golden afterglow of the setting sun, as though she were in a picture-like scene. Her facial features were not as exquisite as Xu Xiaoyan's, but she seemed to possess a special charm, the kind that became more attractive the more one looked.

There was not the slightest emotional fluctuation in those deep black eyes, only a detached indifference without sorrow or joy.

But in that instant, Yu Nanyuan only felt his scalp go numb, and his body shook violently. Because his Martial Soul had reacted again, and the last time had been when he faced Tang Wulin.

Thinking of the girl's identity, he was already sweating bullets.

I just electrocuted the Silver Dragon King. Is it still not too late to run? Waiting online, this is pretty urgent.

What Yu Nanyuan did not know was that waves were also surging in Gu Yue's heart. It was as if their meeting had been guided by something in the unseen. Toward this human, not only did she feel no repulsion or hatred, she instead felt an inexplicable closeness.

"If you had not been influenced by human feelings, your attitude toward him would never be like this. When we felt warmth and love from Teacher and Mistress, and understood what human emotions were, it already became impossible to forcibly erase them. Even that human who possesses the Golden Dragon King Bloodline—you would most likely only extract the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within him and not kill him. Gu Yue, am I right?" Na'er's moving laughter once again rang out in Gu Yue's mind.

Gu Yue's emotions suddenly became somewhat unstable, and she snapped coldly.

"Shut up!"

Amid the rebuke, silver light flashed, and her figure vanished from where she stood.

Yu Nanyuan, however, let out a long breath as if a heavy burden had been lifted, his whole body feeling as though it had gone limp.