By the time he reached the square, he immediately saw that familiar figure.
Du Busi was standing in the square. At his feet were four strange people who kept wailing in agony.
In one corner of the square was Uncle Zheng Long, whom Qin Ze knew well.
Qin Ze lowered his head and looked at the four wailing bastards. His eyes brimmed with hatred. It was these four Evil Soul Masters who had destroyed Maple Leaf Village, a village that had once been harmonious and beautiful.
"Huh, it's you, kid!" Du Busi seemed to sense something and turned back to glance over, just in time to see Qin Ze.
"Senior!" Qin Ze cupped his fists respectfully.
"A Ze!" Off to the side, Zheng Long, who was helping treat the guard members cleaning up the aftermath, saw Qin Ze.
"Uncle Zheng Long!" Qin Ze turned his head and said.
Zheng Long walked up to Qin Ze and said, "Good thing you went out. Otherwise..." As he spoke, Zheng Long could not help sighing.
Qin Ze understood the frustration in Zheng Long's heart, and it was not easy for him to say anything more.
Zheng Long did want to kill these Evil Soul Masters with his own hands, but they had been captured by the soul master before him. He had no right to interfere. If he offended the other party, that would only make things even more troublesome.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In the distant sky, several streaks of light and shadow radiating powerful auras flew swiftly toward Maple Leaf Village.
Seeing this, the villagers of Maple Leaf Village grew tense again. One wave had not yet settled before another rose.
Quite a few people hurriedly picked up weapons and stared at the streaks of light.
Soon, six streaks of light landed in the square. When the radiance faded, the six people inside were revealed.
"Sect Master!" The arrivals shouted respectfully to Du Busi.
They saw the Evil Soul Masters on the ground, looking like dead dogs.
Du Busi said, "Control them. After we return to the sect, let them properly taste what it means to live worse than death."
"Yes!" From among the six, a powerful expert whose aura was second only to Du Busi's stepped out and spoke respectfully.
Immediately, he took a few steps forward, and a surge of golden Soul Power erupted from his body. A Yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet, and four cages descended directly from the sky, covering the Evil Soul Masters inside. Qin Ze was slightly startled as he watched the cages appear. These cages were actually made of arms, but the arms did not look ordinary. They were full of texture, like jade.
It seemed this person's Martial Soul was his hands!
Qin Ze glanced at the soul master who had released the cages.
The wonder of Body Martial Souls truly was extraordinary.
After the four cages locked the Evil Soul Masters inside, they actually flew straight up and hovered in the air.
Once his subordinate finished all this, Du Busi planned to leave. His leisurely days should come to an end. He still had things to do.
Qin Ze stood to the side, his mind full of thoughts. There was no doubt that the Body Sect was one of the top sects of the present age. If he could join, it would certainly bring him great benefits. That was exactly what he was thinking now. But the problem came with it: the Body Sect only recruited soul masters with Body Martial Souls, and right now, his Martial Soul had not even awakened yet. He had no idea what his Martial Soul was.
Very soon, Du Busi and the others were about to leave, and Soul Power began to radiate from their bodies.
"Senior, wait!" Seeing that everyone was about to depart, Qin Ze could not help shouting.
Hearing him, Du Busi turned around curiously and said, "What is it?"
Qin Ze took a deep breath and said, "May this junior follow you, Senior?"
The Body Sect elders accompanying Du Busi all looked at Qin Ze with interest.
"Follow me?" Du Busi seemed to have heard something amusing. "My Body Sect only accepts people with Body Martial Souls. You still have half a year before your Martial Soul Awakening, right? If it is a Body Martial Soul, then that would be possible."
Only when Du Busi saw the determination in Qin Ze's eyes did he say the latter half of that sentence.
"Why do you want to follow me?" Du Busi put away his smile and asked.
"Only when I reach a level of strength like yours, Senior, will I be able to prevent a tragedy like today's from happening." Qin Ze answered directly without hesitation. He was not exactly flattering him. Du Busi was already one of the top experts on the continent. Aside from those three Limit Douluo, no one could absolutely suppress him. And the final sentence was also what he truly thought.
"Half a year from now, I will come here again. If you have a Body Martial Soul, then come with me. If not, I do know of a good place where you can try your luck." Du Busi glanced at Qin Ze, left those words behind, and departed.
The Body Sect elders also nodded at Qin Ze with gentle smiles. Soon, the group disappeared from Maple Leaf Village.
Qin Ze stood where he was and calmly looked in the direction Du Busi had left. He knew Du Busi would refuse, but he also did not quite understand why Du Busi had given him a promise.
What he had first wanted to mention was not this, but the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He knew Du Busi had been stuck at Level 98 for many years and had not broken through to Limit Douluo even on the day he died. Qin Ze thought that even if he could not join the Body Sect, it would at least be excellent if he could obtain immortal herbs.
But he did not dare overestimate himself. Who knew what Du Busi's personality was like? Right now, he spoke to you without airs, but once they reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, whether he would turn hostile was hard to say. The temptation of immortal herbs was no joke.
"Looks like I can only wait for my Martial Soul Awakening after all." Qin Ze's eyes flickered continuously.
Night fell.
Maple Leaf Village, this village that had once been peaceful and harmonious, sank into its darkest moment on this day.
In almost every household throughout the village, someone had died.
When Zheng Hu returned with the men of the hunting team, they had not even begun celebrating the joy of their plentiful harvest before they learned this terrible news.
Zheng Hu and Zheng Long were blood brothers. Their father was seventy this year, and in another two months it would have been the old man's birthday. But just like that, he was gone.
Ke Lan also hurried back. After learning the terrible news, he fainted on the spot and had yet to wake up even now.
Beneath the Ginkgo Tree, Qin Ze sat there. He could hear the sound of weeping entering his ears.
"Evil Soul Masters!" Qin Ze lowered his head and looked at the golden leaves all over the ground, frowning.
Two days later.
Dark clouds covered the sky, and the air carried a trace of chill.
Everyone in Maple Leaf Village, household by household, came dressed in mourning clothes to a cemetery five kilometers outside the village. This was the cemetery Maple Leaf Village specifically used to lay its deceased villagers to rest.
Qin Ze also wore a strip of white cloth. He stood in the most inconspicuous place and watched as coffin after coffin was placed into the graves. Inside the coffins were the Maple Leaf Village villagers who had been killed by the Evil Soul Masters, one after another.
The faces of everyone present were solemn. Some were slightly pale, and their eyes were still red.
No one knew how long it would take for such wounds to heal. Perhaps they never would.
The matter of Maple Leaf Village spread to the area within a hundred li, and people in many villages became anxious and insecure. No one knew whether Evil Soul Masters would appear again and launch another massacre.
It was like a butcher's blade hanging overhead, and panic spread.
Only after a Soul Douluo-level soul master came from Baihe City to stand guard did everything return to normal.
Not much more to say. Martial Soul Awakening is coming right up. Guess what the golden finger is. It should be fairly interesting. As for the female lead, that question is giving me a real headache. I don't know who to choose.
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