A certain fellow pulled no punches. He'd wanted to scare the others, but had ended up bringing out a little rabbit with a very spicy head.
Judging by her appearance, she seemed to have black eyes and a familiar face.
Fang was the first to ask, "You're a Soul Skill. Why have you appeared in my home?"
The little rabbit, who had been twisting and turning, froze. "Wait! Is this your home?"
"Are you going to answer my question?" Fang asked, his patience wearing thin.
The little rabbit puffed out her chest and said matter-of-factly, "My name is Xiao Wu. I'm the dancing Xiao Wu. The Azure Bull invited me here."
So it really was the little rabbit Erming had mentioned—the ten-thousand-year-old rabbit.
Tang San's Diary really was something.
The two ten-thousand-year Soul Bones the original protagonist had painstakingly obtained had ended up in someone else's hands. And now, against all odds, Tang San's Diary had landed right here.
Seeing Fang still looking at her, Xiao Wu asked again, "Who are you? Why are you here? Is this your home?"
Luo Mo glanced at Xiao Wu and calmly explained, "The rabbit in your mouth is my martial soul, and this space is my soul skill."
After giving her a brief explanation, Luo Mo paid her no more attention and instead considered how to deal with Xiao Wu.
Should he simply kill the rabbit and take her soul ring?
Or leave her here for ten thousand years, then come back for her soul bone?
Or perhaps he should keep her alive, raise her, and wait until she was ripe?
Besides, Spicy Rabbit Head wasn't bad, either.
Heh heh!
Wouldn't that be too much of a waste? No, wait... was that just too cruel?
What a wonderful dilemma.
For a moment, Luo Mo couldn't make up his mind. He worried that if he took Xiao Wu away, she might run into danger afterward, so he decided to first confirm her whereabouts.
[The Azure Bull had just finished absorbing the soul ring. He felt stronger and had also gained the soul skill Snake's Home. Fang stared at the second soul ring as it was about to disappear, then reached out to grab it. But half a day passed without anything happening, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed...]
Luo Mo couldn't help smacking his lips. It seemed Fang couldn't absorb soul rings.
At least in the short term, there was no need to worry about Tang San finding trouble with him.
[The Azure Bull sent the crystal bone back to Snake's Home. Just as Fang was about to ask about it, a little rabbit suddenly jumped out and grabbed the bone, asking why it could absorb a soul ring...]
Luo Li...
So the one who'd absorbed it was Xiao Wu.
Luo Mo was taken aback. He guessed that Xiao Wu had been watching when Tang San absorbed the soul ring.
[The Azure Bull smiled coldly to himself. Hah, this rabbit probably wouldn't tell you. This rabbit's host didn't even know what a soul ring was...]
Luo Mo: "..."
Hah, what an awful mouth on you.
You don't have a single good thing to say about Xiao Wu.
[The Azure Bull answered in a cold, aloof tone. Luo Li pushed Tang San's diary toward him, saying it could evolve along with the wielder. So she'd invited the Azure Bull to Lake of Life to be her home's tool. The Azure Bull gave a furious roar and took the giant ape Erming as his tool. He was utterly bewildered...]
Luo Mo's mouth twitched. So Xiao Wu wanted him as her tool, and he wanted the giant ape as his tool?
What a coincidence.
That giant ape was probably Erming.
[The Azure Bull jumped onto Fang's shoulder. Fang leaped onto the giant ape's shoulder, and the three traveled for a long while before reaching Lake of Life. The bull, the ape, and Luo Li sat side by side. The sight was truly something...]
Luo Mo was curious about how the Azure Bull communicated with the soul beasts.
Did he use sign language?
[The Azure Bull made a new friend. He wanted to invite his friend home, and Fang happily agreed. Then Tang San activated his soul skill and gave his diary a slap. The Azure Bull vanished in an instant...]
When he saw Fang, Luo Mo finally understood how Xiao Wu had come here.
Fang had looked back again.
[The Azure Bull sent Luo Li away. The giant ape roared in fury, its voice shaking the whole area. He blew Fang into Lake of Life, then plunged to the bottom of the lake. The giant ape glared angrily for a moment before leaping into the water to chase after the Azure Bull...]
Hah, this Erming was a real hothead.
Luo Mo thought to himself, then suddenly remembered something. It seemed he'd seen Daming before.
Wasn't he at Home!?
But it didn't matter even if Daming was there. With Snake's Home's escape skill, catching the Azure Bull wouldn't be easy.
[The Azure Bull didn't know how long he'd been submerged. The light grew dimmer and dimmer. He reached out a hand and tapped something with a finger. With a soft thump, Tang San's Diary seemed to have struck something—like a wall, or perhaps a membrane...]
Huh?
A wall?
Could it be a separate space?
Could the space beneath Lake of Life be the hiding place of the Azure Bull and the Azure Dragon King?
Luo Mo's heart leaped. He cautiously looked down.
[The Azure Bull suddenly disappeared into the lake water. It was as though he'd passed through the water and entered an empty space. He landed on a soft bed, which felt a little familiar...]
So this was a place where someone slept.
Luo Mo realized the Azure Bull had, somehow, run into the Azure Bull's old home.
With a travel light and Snake's Home, Tang San's Diary could probably also travel between spaces, right?
Luo Mo had figured it out, too.
If he fell into a space like this, he could use his soul skill right away. Otherwise, he might be turned to paste in an instant...
[The Azure Bull rubbed his waist and looked around. The place was vast, stretching as far as the eye could see. Nearby, all kinds of sleeping giant creatures lay scattered about. There were bears, silly dogs, giant turtles, strange monsters, and even a radiant angel...]
What a bunch!
They were all probably still stuffed from their feast, so they hadn't forgotten to nap.
[The Azure Bull stared at the angel, who was sleeping with her eyes closed, and suddenly wondered what was going on. She wasn't a silkworm...]
Luo Mo: "..."
Fine, fine. So you really did inherit that fellow's bad habit.
That was pretty amusing.
[The Azure Bull suddenly felt the ground shift. He looked down and saw that he was standing on the back of a giant insect. Its shell twisted and turned, and it looked as if it couldn't decide whether to crawl forward...]
Huh? An ice silkworm?
Luo Mo's expression changed. He thought back over the original plot.
There was nothing wrong with his memory. The angel had been hunted by Ice Emperor thirteen steps ago, fallen into an ice crevice, and then been eaten by a sleeping ice silkworm. The silkworm had eaten for 90,000 years, then spat her out from the bottom of the ice crevice into the sea, where she'd been dragged along until she wound up in the Star Dou Great Forest.
The angel herself had once said she'd waited in the Star Dou Great Forest for an unknown number of years, until the God of Creation's thoughts finally sealed her there...
That was when the Star Dou Great Forest experienced its first major beast tide.
That meant the angel had been sealed there before the beast tide began.
So it made sense that the Azure Bull had met the angel in this hidden place without being surprised.
[The Azure Bull waved to the back of the giant insect and greeted it. The insect was curious about how he'd gotten there and asked whether he could take it home. The Azure Bull thought for a moment and said he'd ask whether the insect could come home with him...]
Huh!
Could he really?
Luo Mo's eyes widened. His breathing quickened, both with anticipation and worry.
If he could bring the angel back, it would be a huge help. As long as he kept her fed, her cultivation would be terrifying.
Erming had been incredibly small when the angel escaped. That was because she'd been swallowed by the ice silkworm and spent tens of thousands of years being digested. It had eaten her, then spat her out.
But now, the ice silkworm was practically full. How could the Azure Bull possibly let such a delicious meal go?
Besides, if he took Xiao Wu away, he'd have ten thousand years' worth of soul beast as a tool. If he also took the angel, wouldn't he risk setting off the entire Star Dou Great Forest?
Thinking it over, Luo Mo glanced nervously at the sun behind him.
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