Soul King Feng Lin

"Yan, Yan..."

The southern side of Maplewood Town was in chaos. Inside the inn shrouded in billowing smoke, everything was a mess. Liya led several awakened children downstairs from the second floor, supporting the badly injured Lycett and Kent as she tried to find Yan, who had lured Rassoul away.

"Bang..."

A sharp rush of wind suddenly sounded overhead. Liya looked up and saw a figure surrounded by five soul rings rapidly descending from the sky. As his third soul skill lit up, a hurricane formed out of thin air. The powerful wind pressure swept through the courtyard, instantly suppressing the flames and scattering the smoke.

As the biting gale swept across the ground, the rising flames gradually died away. After landing, the figure quickly came before Liya and the others. He glanced at them and asked in a deep voice, "I am Feng Lin, an inspector from Spirit Hall. Can you tell me what happened here?"

"Yan."

Liya suddenly noticed the little boy in Feng Lin's arms. His entire body was blackened, and his hair had nearly been charred away. His injuries looked severe, and she hurried over to take him into her arms.

Liya circulated her Soul Power. As her third soul skill lit up, a gentle light quickly fell over the boy's body. His previously ragged breathing steadied, and his condition improved considerably. Liya was a healing-type support Soul Master, which was why she had seemed so weak in battle and had been easily subdued by Rassoul.

Lycett's injuries were lighter, and Liya had already given him simple treatment earlier. He was now mostly fine, so he reported the situation to Feng Lin. "Inspector Feng Lin, we are stewards from Nahr City, escorting these children to the First Junior Soul Master Academy in Spirit City. We were ambushed by Blood Bat Rassoul along the way..."

"Rassoul? Where is he? Tell me now..."

Feng Lin had appeared calm before, but the moment he heard Rassoul's name, his tone became stern and urgent. He had been tracking that Evil Soul Master for a long time. He had lost him only half a day ago, and hearing his name now meant he had not gone in the wrong direction.

Lycett looked ashamed. He worriedly glanced at Yan, who was still being treated by Liya, and said in a low voice, "This... I am deeply ashamed. I passed out earlier. This child Yan lured him away, and only then did we..."

Feng Lin's expression shifted, and a trace of disbelief appeared in his eyes. "This child lured Rassoul away? I caught him in the air just now... Could it be..."

He immediately left the others behind and strode toward a patch of blackened ash amid the ruins. The former warehouse had been reduced to a few broken walls, but in one corner of the rubble, a charred figure could vaguely be seen.

He slowly crouched down and pried open the blackened corpse's mouth. Looking at the two sharp fangs, he remained silent for a long time.

"It really was him."

He slowly stood up and turned to look at Yan, who was still unconscious. He muttered softly, "How on earth did you do it?"

What Feng Lin did not notice was that the unconscious little boy seemed to unintentionally flutter his eyelids. A glimmer of blue light quietly flashed within his eyes, but it was as though nothing had happened.

"Beep, beep, beep... Beep, beep, beep..."

The familiar electronic sound woke Yan once again, pulling his mind from its muddled state. His long sleep had allowed him to sort through his rather chaotic memories a little. Now, he had finally roughly figured out his situation.

"Dawn, scan my full physical condition."

After shaking his groggy head, he rebuilt his worldview and barely accepted his circumstances. He did not know why the thing in his mind had come with him, but he still used his intelligent brain immediately.

The electronic intelligent brain Dawn was a revolutionary creation from Blue Star in his previous life, a black-tech device designed to help modern humans adapt to a faster-paced life.

It was a revolutionary invention that helped humanity enter an age of greater efficiency. Recording, storage, analysis... With Dawn's powerful computing ability assisting their work, humans could handle tasks requiring greater intensity and precision.

Using humans as its basis, Dawn could gather and record information to form a database. It could record and analyze sound, images, smells, and even information at the genetic level.

As a revolutionary creation, it had no physical form. Rather than a high-tech product, it was more like a program or a stream of information. In his previous life, it was said to have been bound to the soul. Now, it seemed that was indeed the case.

"Host has suffered severe energy depletion and mental exhaustion. Deep sleep for twelve hours is recommended for recovery..."

A three-dimensional model appeared in his mind. Streams of data surged forth like a waterfall, eventually forming detailed information.

Yan carefully examined all his data. After confirming that his injuries had mostly healed, he relaxed slightly and muttered to himself, Whatever else can be said about this world, some soul skills are seriously overpowered. Healing-type soul skills really are amazing.

As Yan pondered the matter, he suddenly heard footsteps drawing nearer. His heart stirred, and he relaxed his body, entering a half-asleep state.

Not long after he closed his eyes, the door was pushed open. Two sets of footsteps entered one after another, followed by a voice. "This child still hasn't woken up?"

The first voice sounded somewhat hoarse and aged. Judging by it, its owner was probably quite old.

"Lord Feng Lin, I have been taking care of Yan these past few days. Yan's injuries have mostly healed, but for some reason, he still hasn't woken up."

The other voice belonged to Sister Liya from Yan's memories. Their conversation concerned his recovery. After listening for a while, he felt the timing was right. Just as Feng Lin slightly turned his head to speak with Liya, Yan slowly opened his eyes.

"Liya... Sister."

Speaking first felt a little awkward. He had called her that easily in the inn room to lower Rassoul's guard, but now that they were face-to-face, he felt embarrassed. Or rather, it was the adult soul inside him that felt embarrassed.

"Yan, you're finally awake."

Liya was overjoyed to see Yan awaken. She immediately forgot about Feng Lin beside her, hurried to the bedside in a few steps, and carefully helped Yan sit up against the headboard. She was so cautious, as though afraid he might so much as bump himself.

"Yan, this is Lord Feng Lin, an inspector from Spirit Hall. Speaking of which, you should thank Lord Feng Lin. If he had not caught you, who knows how much more you would have suffered? Lord Feng Lin is a Soul King. Isn't that impressive?"

Liya tenderly touched Yan's forehead, then pointed at Soul King Feng Lin, who was still standing there and observing him. Upon hearing this, Yan merely raised his head and looked at him once more.