Xu Yanli's face flickered with embarrassment as he said this.
In truth, Soul Spirits didn't seem all that great either. But the real problem was the twisted society of Douluo Continent.
Changing the rules was the only alternative, but he didn't have the power to do that yet.
Though the contract was said to be equal, there was a fatal problem: a Soul Spirit's life was bound to its Soul Master's. In a sense, that meant a Soul Spirit's status was lower than a Soul Master's.
Xu Yanli sighed and looked at the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion with a smile. "Would you be willing to come with me? Protecting me would actually mean protecting your Snow Empress."
"You're shameless." Ice Empress gave Xu Yanli several more looks, then glanced at the Snow Empress Soul Spirit, who was stretching nearby, and nodded in agreement.
The giant scorpion, its entire body the color of jade, slowly transformed into a beautiful young woman. She smiled at him, then turned away, unwilling to look at Xu Yanli.
She probably hadn't been smiling at him just now, but at Snow Empress.
Xu Yanli awkwardly turned his head aside, then looked apologetically at Long Xiaoyao. "I'd like to ask you a favor. Could you keep this to yourself?"
Long Xiaoyao nodded. "I won't tell anyone. I swear it on my Martial Soul."
Xu Yanli looked at Long Xiaoyao, baffled, but after thinking it over, he decided not to ask. Forget it. In a way, this matter had nothing to do with him anyway.
Xu Yanli fanned himself with his folding fan, then snapped it shut and pointed it toward the foot of the mountain. "Well, shall we get going?"
The corner of Long Xiaoyao's mouth suddenly curled into a faint smile, but it quickly faded.
Then