Soul Bones Hand Them Over, We Won't Lose Out!

Just as Oscar and Xiao Wu were talking, the Titan Giant Ape, who was secretly listening from afar, overheard their conversation.

When it heard Sister Xiao Wu that they were family, it was very happy, but it also had a strange feeling, like... were they just family? Later, when it heard Sister Xiao Wu that she would bear the consequences of this accident herself, the Titan Giant Ape felt its heart was breaking. After all, it was because it couldn't help but intervene that Sister Xiao Wu's companion was injured.

It was a majestic forest king, the absolute ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, yet in the end, Sister Xiao Wu had to bear the consequences. However, because of Xiao Wu's previous warning, it was not appropriate for it to show itself now, and could only silently listen to the conversation between Xiao Wu and Oscar.

However, what pleased the Titan Giant Ape was that this human seemed to genuinely care about Sister Xiao Wu. Upon meeting her, he even helped Sister Xiao Wu with a physical examination—the kind of proper physical examination.

But just as it was beginning to feel a sliver of goodwill towards this human, it heard the other demand an explanation? What explanation? It, the mighty king of the forest, had already held back so much when it attacked; didn't the other have any self-awareness?

Upon hearing Oscar's words, Xiao Wu's expression became somewhat awkward. Xiao Wu thought to herself, "Senior Student, I know you're so angry because Sister-in-law is injured, but... but Er Ming is a true Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast..."

Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, then softly advised, "Senior Student, Er Ming really didn't mean it, and it's already gone. I can't find it now. Why don't we go back quickly and not worry your sister-in-law and the dean..."

Listening to Xiao Wu's words, Oscar glanced at her calmly. "Xiao Wu, I'm not just looking for an explanation from your friend. I have some other things I want to talk to him about."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu was taken aback at first, then stared blankly at Oscar: "Is there something you want to talk about?"

Oscar nodded. "It's about you, and of course, it's also related to Tang San."

Upon hearing that it was related to Tang San, Xiao Wu Xuan no longer had the intention to stop Oscar. After all, her Senior Student must have had his reasons for saying that.

However, now that Er Ming has left, the only way to find him is to return to Star Moon Lake, which is a long journey that involves passing through the territories of many powerful Soul Beast.

Although the Senior Student's strength is already very powerful, it is not something that can be done in just a few hours to cross most of the Star Dou Great Forest to reach Star Moon Lake.

If too much time is wasted, wouldn't that worry the Dean and Little San? Just as Xiao Wu was thinking about this problem, she suddenly felt a familiar aura. She turned her head and looked in the direction where Er Ming had just disappeared. Two giant trees split apart from each other, and the enormous body of the Titan Giant Ape came into view.

"Er Ming?" Xiao Wu looked at the Titan Giant Ape in surprise.

The Titan Giant Ape gave Xiao Wu what it thought was a handsome smile, "Sister Xiao Wu, I'm back."

Then it looked at Oscar, the smile on its giant face vanished. Although Oscar couldn't tell whether the other party was smiling or not, when the Titan Giant Ape looked at him, a cold aura instantly locked onto Oscar. With just a glance, the Titan Giant Ape gave Oscar an unparalleled sense of oppression.

This is the terror of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Although Oscar's current clones often spend time with Dugu Bo and the Gai Yue, Dugu Bo and the others don't exert the same terrifying pressure on him as the Titan Giant Ape does at all times.

Therefore, this can be considered the first time Oscar has faced direct pressure comparable to Titled Douluo.

"Human, do you want me to give you an explanation?" The Titan Giant Ape's voice was no longer as gentle as it had been when speaking to Xiao Wu, but rather deep and cold.

Oscar stared straight at the Titan Giant Ape without answering the question, but instead said in a calm voice, "So you didn't leave after all. You were hiding in the shadows because you were afraid I would hurt Xiao Wu?"

Upon hearing this, the Titan Giant Ape stared at Oscar with its enormous, crystalline yellow pupils. "I must say, you made the right decision."

"Hehe." Oscar chuckled upon hearing this. "Since you've already heard it, I won't waste any more words."

Xiao Wu tugged at Oscar's arm and whispered, "Senior Student, Er Ming is usually very gentle. It's just that it's not very familiar with people it has just met. And... and you know that most of us Soul Beast Race don't have a good impression of humans. As the king of the Star Dou Great Forest, Er Ming can tell me what you're discussing with it."

Oscar gently patted Xiao Wu's hand upon hearing this. "Don't worry, I wouldn't dare to provoke a Forest King that's comparable to a Titled Douluo. You don't need to worry. However, the issue I wanted to discuss with it was something I wanted you to know."

The Titan Giant Ape watched the two acting somewhat intimately, and a hint of displeasure inexplicably appeared in its eyes. However, it could tell that Sister Xiao Wu truly trusted this human, so it suppressed its displeasure and did not lash out.

"As a self-aware human, I can clearly see your kindness towards Sister Xiao Wu. What do you want to talk to me about? If it's not something difficult for me, I can agree to it as a reward for protecting Sister Xiao Wu." The Titan Giant Ape spoke calmly, but this time the heavy oppressive aura was gone.

Oscar smiled and said, "Since that's the case, and time is of the essence, I'll get straight to the point."

"I want to see you because I have something I want to discuss with you, but before that, I need you to give me, and everyone at the Shrek Academy, compensation."

"You can probably tell from my treatment of Xiao Wu, but today, because of you, the entire academy has been injured, delaying our schedule and even my future plans..."

Listening to Oscar's words, the Titan Giant Ape was not impatient this time, because Xiao Wu next to Oscar nodded in agreement with what Oscar said.

Titan Giant Ape didn't know Oscar, but Xiao Wu had learned quite a bit about Oscar over the past two months. Oscar was a very planned and purposeful person. Take their training, for example; Oscar always thought three steps ahead before taking any action.

Therefore, Xiao Wu did not refute Oscar, and the Titan Giant Ape naturally followed Xiao Wu's lead, so he also did not refute her.

After Oscar finished speaking, the Titan Giant Ape slowly said, "What kind of compensation do you want? I can help you, even your friends, find suitable Soul Ring, but I will not help you kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Upon hearing this, Oscar's eyes lit up, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he said, "Don't worry, I won't kill Soul Beast indiscriminately. You can also ask Xiao Wu. Along the way, apart from acquiring the necessary Soul Ring, we haven't killed any unnecessary Soul Beast."

Xiao Wu nodded in agreement with Oscar's words and said, "Er Ming, do you believe me now? Senior Student is a really good person, otherwise I wouldn't be alive today."

Oscar patted Xiao Wu's head upon hearing this. "Don't think like that. You're 'simple-minded.' Even without that, you can still live a good life."

Xiao Wu felt a warmth in her heart upon hearing this, and even the Titan Giant Ape couldn't help but feel a bit more favorably disposed towards Oscar after hearing these words.

However... Oscar was deliberately trying to gain favor. If he hadn't been trying to gain favor, he probably wouldn't have said those words.

After all, how simple-minded can a rabbit that has lived for at least ten thousand years, or even a hundred thousand years, be? It's just a little silly.

Oscar continued, "I can't stop the other Soul Master's ideas for the time being, but I understand that the biggest impact of human Soul Master on the Soul Beast Race is their indiscriminate killing."

"A Soul Master needs at most nine Soul Beasts in his lifetime, and that's only the achievement of a very small number of Soul Beast. But how many Soul Beast does a Soul Master have to hunt in his lifetime? Not to mention others, even on our journey, when we encounter some ten-year and hundred-year Soul Beast that take the initiative to attack, we can't help but take action."

"After all, Soul Beast can not only produce Soul Ring, but powerful and rare ones are treasures from head to toe."

"And those who make a living by hunting Soul Beast will see their kill count increase exponentially. In my opinion, if this continues, the Soul Master profession will probably reach a point where there are no soul rings left to use."

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape instantly empathized. Indeed, for Soul Master, Soul Beast have countless other uses besides Soul Ring.

Especially those Soul Masters who make a living by hunting Soul Beast, who don't know how many Soul Beast they have slaughtered in their lifetime. The Titan Giant Ape has killed countless such Soul Master over the past tens of thousands of years, but because of human greed, there are no end to killing such people.

If this continues, the Soul Beast Race may truly be wiped out! Because the growth of Soul Master is far too rapid compared to that of Soul Beast. The Titan Giant Ape is already a top existence in the Soul Beast Realm, and it took tens of thousands of years to cultivate to the Hundred Thousand Year Level. However, those powerful humans only need a hundred years or so to catch up with it, or even surpass it!

If everyone thought like Oscar, would the hatred between the Soul Beast Race and humans lessen? However, everyone knows that Oscar can control himself, but he can't control others, so this question will never have a perfect answer.

However, Oscar's words were enough to win over the Titan Giant Ape. Of course, this goodwill was based on Xiao Wu's trust in Oscar.

Otherwise, if any other human had said this to the Titan Giant Ape, it would have thought ninety percent of the time that the human was just trying to fool it to save its own life.

In its view, no human being is without greed. Oscar is an exception, though, since even a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone couldn't tempt him.

It's strange, really. Oscar is so talented and strong, how could he not be tempted by the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone right in front of him?

The Titan Giant Ape seemed to think Oscar was indeed a decent human, and its goodwill towards him increased even more. It simply sat down on the spot and asked, "So, what kind of compensation do you want?"

Oscar smiled slightly upon hearing this, "As Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and the emperor of the forest, you must have killed quite a few humans and Soul Beast over the years. I think you must have some Spirit Bone stored up, right?"

"Even if you can't absorb the Spirit Bone, you wouldn't just eat Spirit Bone directly, would you? After all, apart from those special Soul Beast, other Soul Beast shouldn't have the ability to devour the power contained within the Spirit Bone."

Upon hearing Oscar's words, the Titan Giant Ape's expression became quite interesting. After all, it had just thought that Oscar was indifferent to the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, but now the other party was actually asking for the Spirit Bone directly.

Actually, not only Titan Giant Ape, but Xiao Wu was also somewhat surprised to look at Oscar, because she did not expect that her Senior Student would not be interested in her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, but would actually ask Er Ming for Spirit Bone.

Noticing the expressions on the faces of the human and the beast, Oscar simply smiled and explained, "I'm just not interested in Xiao Wu's Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, not that I'm really not interested in Spirit Bone. Why are you looking at me like that?"

Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment. "Senior Student, I found... actually, I'm quite happy when you say that, because it proves that you are sincere towards me."

The Titan Giant Ape nodded in agreement with Xiao Wu's words.

Oscar replied, "I'm not doing this for myself either. Tang San has Twin Martial Souls. If he wants to add Soul Ring to his Second Martial Soul, in addition to the necessary training, he also needs Spirit Bone to help him improve his physical fitness and resilience."

Upon hearing that it could help Tang San, Xiao Wu immediately perked up and turned to look at the Titan Giant Ape: "Er Ming, do we have any Spirit Bone reserves?"

Er Ming replied, "Yes, there is, but I know the value of Spirit Bone. Although you are indeed good to Sister Xiao Wu, I feel like we've lost out by giving you the Spirit Bone like this."

Hearing this, Oscar was pleasantly surprised, because he had only asked casually, but he didn't expect the other party to actually have it.

But why didn't we see them take out the Spirit Bone and give it to Tang San in the original novel?

Thinking of this, Oscar remembered that when Tang San first met Da Ming and Er Ming in the original novel, Xiao Wu sacrificed herself for him. When they met again, Da Ming and Er Ming sacrificed themselves for him. At this time, Tang San was basically equipped with a fully-equipped Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. How could he look down on those broken copper and scrap iron?

However, Tang San later gave the Shrek Seven Devils quite a few Spirit Bone, perhaps... some of those Spirit Bones were the ones they later acquired from Da Ming and Er Ming's stockpiles...

Regardless of the circumstances, since the other party claims to have it, Oscar is naturally not going to let it go, even if it's just a lie, he has to get it.

Upon hearing Titan Giant Ape's words, Oscar was displeased. "Loss? Trading your treasures for my ordinary items, that's what you call a loss! Your Spirit Bone are just sitting there getting moldy and are useless to you, but if you give them to me, I can not only improve my strength, but I will also remember your kindness."

"Think about it, which is a worse choice: gaining my affection or letting my Spirit Bone gather dust?"

Upon hearing this, the Titan Giant Ape pondered for a moment, while Xiao Wu said, "Er Ming, we won't lose out, you can trust me!"

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