Are You the Helper Snow Empress Sent?

"Master, what is that?"

Jiang Mian looked at the blood-red pillar of light shooting into the sky and could not help sneering. "Calling for your daddy when you can't win? Why are you just like that guy surnamed Tang? You all deserve to die."

"Who injured my servant?"

A thunderclap suddenly flashed through the sky. A black-clad man with a pair of bat wings growing from his back slowly emerged from the pillar of light. Strange runes covered his face, making him look incomparably eerie.

"Quite the display. A Titled Douluo?" Jiang Mian muttered. "Plenty of style, but the face could use some work. You've got taste, though."

Two yellow, two purple, and four black soul rings appeared beneath his feet. The entire sky seemed to darken even further.

"An eight-ringed Soul Douluo, and you're putting on this much of a show?" Jiang Mian picked his nose and quickly ran backward. The Soul Douluo locked his eyes onto Jiang Mian and shot toward his back like an arrow loosed from a bow.

"Dream, stop watching!" Jiang Mian loudly cried for help. If they really fought, with Jiang Mian's restraint over Evil Spirit Masters and the attributes enhanced by these ferocious beast soul rings, he might not necessarily lose to this evil Soul Douluo.

But he had brought help with him, so why should he take that risk himself?

"Fighting isn't my strong suit." Nan Meng's voice came from all directions as she laughed. "Jiang Mian, how about I cheer you on?"

"I'll pay more!" Seeing the evil Soul Douluo's bloody hand about to pierce his chest, Jiang Mian hurriedly shouted, "If I die, who'll play with you?"

"Coming!"

The sky was instantly enveloped in Divine Light. The entire world blazed with radiance, and that evil Soul Douluo was like a rat in a gutter, hiding everywhere yet unable to escape.

The enormous Emperor Auspicious Beast, its entire body shining with dazzling golden light, descended from the heavens. With a single claw, she pinned the evil Soul Douluo beneath her foot. Under the auspicious beast's claw, his body seemed to be roasted alive, sizzling nonstop.

The Emperor Auspicious Beast held her head high like a qilin. The attributes of ultimate light and ultimate fire made her appear even more sacred.

When the qilin treads upon auspiciousness, all hardships in the mortal world vanish.

How could a mere Evil Spirit Master be worthy of fighting the Emperor Auspicious Beast?

"A Blood Thunder Bat Martial Soul?" Jiang Mian watched the evil Soul Douluo struggle desperately as he released his Martial Soul Avatar, trying to escape from beneath Nan Meng's foot. But something like a rat trying to flee under bloodline suppression was simply a fool's dream.

"Why did you have to become Evil Spirit Masters?" Jiang Mian walked up to the evil Soul Douluo and slapped his face hard. "You're not weak, yet you insist on doing this harmful business. Don't you know there's karma?"

"Please spare me, Senior." The evil Soul Douluo no longer had any of his earlier arrogance. He kept begging, "I'll definitely turn over a new leaf. I'll never harm anyone again."

"Oh." Jiang Mian kicked him in the face, then ground his foot down hard, rubbing his face into a bloody mess. "Little Dream, kill him."

Splat.

Nan Meng directly crushed him into pulp.

"Little Dream, change back." Jiang Mian looked up at the Emperor Auspicious Beast and gently patted her claw. It was fluffy and felt wonderful. "Don't scare them."

"Okay." Nan Meng nodded and turned into a streak of light, slipping into the alley.

Jiang Mian knew perfectly well that transforming would burst her clothes, so the auspicious beast must have taken off her clothes first...

"Thank you, benefactor." The town's residents seemed to appear from nowhere. The old man from the noodle stall led the cry, and the townspeople all fell to their knees, thanking Jiang Mian for his great kindness.

"Everyone, get up quickly." Jiang Mian helped the old man to his feet. If not for Jiang Mian this time, with the strength of those Evil Spirit Masters, they might have slaughtered the entire town.

"From this day onward, we will worship our benefactor for generations." The old man stood up and faced the scattered townspeople behind him. "What do you all say?"

"We will worship our benefactor for generations!" the townspeople shouted, raising their arms.

"Oh, you're making me embarrassed." Jiang Mian scratched his head. He felt that the people here were quite simple and honest. It would not be unreasonable for him to look after them more in the future. Once he returned from the Extreme North, he would bring them a powerful soul beast to guard their gate.

"Brother Mian." Fully dressed, Nan Meng skipped over to Jiang Mian's side and smiled. "So, shouldn't you reward me?"

"I'll reward you with a chestnut." Jiang Mian smiled and gave Nan Meng a knock on the head. Laughing in exasperation, he said, "Little Dream, you lack nothing, so this is the only reward I can give you."

"I hate you." Nan Meng held her head, looking pitiful and aggrieved. "I won't save you next time."

"You should still save me." Jiang Mian took out two thousand-year immortal herbs and handed them to Nan Meng, smiling. "Don't be angry, okay?"

"Hmph." Nan Meng swiftly snatched the two thousand-year immortal herbs and pursed her lips. "We'll see."

"Since everyone wants to worship me." Jiang Mian rubbed the auspicious beast's head, then suddenly said seriously, "Could you listen to what I have to say?"

"Please speak, benefactor."

"I know your lives have been difficult. I will help you change all of this. The borderlands of the Extreme North are not a good place for development. If you are willing, when I return, I will take you somewhere else to settle down and live in peace. What do you think?"

Jiang Mian had already formed a plan. He intended to bring these townspeople to Spirit Hall's territory and have Bibi Dong find them a place to live. These people would be very useful then.

After all, there was an old saying: he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!

"We are willing to follow our benefactor." The townspeople dropped to their knees in a wave once more. Jiang Mian had not only saved their lives, but had given them a chance to rebuild. It would not be an exaggeration to call him a god sent by heaven to save them.

The east gradually began to brighten with the pale light of dawn. After a night had passed, Jiang Mian could not help developing a few more thoughts.

"Little Dream, let's continue onward." Jiang Mian took Nan Meng's hand and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

"I'll listen to Brother Mian." Nan Meng was still very obedient. She walked over to the old man from the noodle stall and smiled. "Old man, your noodles are delicious. When I come back, could you make me two more bowls?"

"It is this old man's honor that the young lady is willing to eat my noodles." The old man's rough hands clasped Nan Meng's hand, and complicated emotions showed in his eyes.

Happiness, flattered surprise, gratitude...

"There will be plenty of time in the future." Jiang Mian smiled faintly and led Nan Meng into the Extreme North.

This trip was different from their last. The last time, they had arrived during the coldest season in the Extreme North, when there was not a soul within ten thousand li. This time, the weather was slightly warmer, and even many merchant caravans and hunters had come.

"After arriving in the Extreme North, my sense of Snow Empress has grown stronger." Jiang Mian closed his eyes and carefully felt the connection between himself and Snow Empress. He found that the sensation she gave him felt both far away at the edge of the sky and close at hand, leaving him utterly unable to grasp it.

"What should we do?" Jiang Mian sighed, unsure where to begin searching. Just then, a crisp and haughty female voice suddenly rang out in the distance.

"Are you the helper Snow Empress sent?"