I won't save you, the Soul Bone is mine too!

An incense stick's time passed quietly.

Tang Yin suddenly stood up, and Xiao Wu asked in confusion, "Tang Yin, what's wrong?"

Tang Yin said in a calm tone, "They've finished fighting. We can go over and take a look now."

Xiao Wu blinked, a smile that was both cute and a little bit devious appearing on her pretty face: "I finally know why you were lingering here and refusing to leave. It turns out you were just waiting for them to finish fighting and both sides to be left crippled, so you could profit from it!"

Tang Yin neither admitted nor denied it.

When the two returned to the camp, they saw that everyone had already fallen, suffering from varying degrees of injuries, and some had even died in battle.

Among them, Chen Feng was the most miserable.

The Soul Bone was no longer with him either.

"Save... save me..."

Seeing Tang Yin return, one person felt a glimmer of hope for survival and hurriedly begged for help.

Tang Yin merely glanced at the man and did not offer a helping hand immediately. Instead, he walked straight toward the man surnamed Li from before, seeing that the man was clutching the trunk Soul Bone that had originated from the Battle Tiger with a death grip.

"Tang Yin, should we save them?" Xiao Wu looked around, her willow brows slightly furrowed, her heart filled with reluctance.

After all, before this, these people had helped Tang Yin obtain his second Soul Ring.

Tang Yin was also hesitating in his heart, but he was more inclined not to save them, so he remained silent.

"Damn it..." The man who had previously called for help saw that Tang Yin was not going to save him and couldn't help but curse under his breath, a trace of resentment and hatred appearing in his eyes.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu felt dissatisfied and snorted coldly, turning her head away.

By this time, Tang Yin had already reached the man surnamed Li and leaned down to take the Soul Bone.

The man surnamed Li was not yet dead; he was glaring at Tang Yin, clutching the Soul Bone tightly and refusing to let go.

"You are too heavily injured. If no one treats you, you won't last a cup of tea's time before you die." Tang Yin watched the man surnamed Li quietly, his tone flat, revealing an unprecedented ruthlessness.

Even Xiao Wu, standing to the side, felt that Tang Yin was somewhat like a stranger at this moment.

"Save me, and the Soul Bone is yours!"

The man surnamed Li gritted his teeth and said.

"I think you've misunderstood one thing. Even if I don't save you, this Soul Bone will still be mine. I could have just waited until all of you had breathed your last before coming out." Tang Yin said indifferently.

"Save me!" The man surnamed Li still refused to give up hope for life.

"No!"

Tang Yin finally uttered these two ruthless words, then snatched the Soul Bone away and stored it in his Soul Tool.

"You... Pfft!"

The man surnamed Li's eyes bulged, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his head tilted to the side, and he lost his breath instantly.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu's pupils shrank slightly.

This was also the first time Tang Yin had faced the four of them at such close range. Enduring the discomfort in his heart, he looked around and scanned the others. In just this short moment, the others had also ceased to breathe.

"Xiao Wu, are you okay?" Tang Yin asked.

"Tang Yin, you..." Xiao Wu blinked her bright, watery eyes, looking at Tang Yin as if she had more to say but stopped herself.

After a brief silence, Tang Yin said, "Xiao Wu, do you think I've suddenly changed? That I've become different from before? Very ruthless, very cold-blooded?"

Xiao Wu lowered her eyes, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

"People are fickle, but I am still me." Tang Yin took a deep breath, patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, and turned to start searching the man surnamed Li for anything valuable, which of course included Chen Feng and the others.

"Tang Yin, what are you doing now?" Xiao Wu was still trying to process Tang Yin's sudden change, and seeing this action, she was stunned once again.

"I'm checking if they have anything valuable on them, or maybe some Gold Soul Coins. After all, they are already dead, and these things are of no use left on them," Tang Yin explained.

Xiao Wu's cherry mouth, which had been small, instantly widened.

She stared blankly at Tang Yin, who was rummaging through the corpses.

Before long, Tang Yin returned with several weapons in his hands, as well as over three hundred Gold Soul Coins, and hundreds of Silver Soul Coins and Copper Soul Coins.

Not only that, but the Battle Tiger had also been processed by Tang Yin and placed into his Soul Tool.

"Now we can really go."

After Tang Yin stored everything in his Soul Tool, he waved his hand in front of Xiao Wu.

"Things like this may happen again in the future; this is the cruelty of this world."

"Xiao Wu, you must understand these things."

Tang Yin patted Xiao Wu's shoulder and sighed, then took her hand and walked toward the exit of the Soul Hunting Forest.

Xiao Wu was lost in thought the entire way.

Tang Yin knew Xiao Wu was still thinking about what had just happened, so he continued, "Xiao Wu, the relationship between us and them was, at most, a transaction. We had only known each other for a few days; we weren't even friends. So, even if we didn't offer them a helping hand, you don't need to have any psychological burden."

"I wasn't thinking about them; I was thinking about you," Xiao Wu whispered.

Tang Yin was slightly taken aback: "Thinking about me?"

Xiao Wu raised her eyes to look at Tang Yin and said, "I was wondering, if we were to obtain a Soul Bone in the future, would the same situation happen to us?"

Tang Yin paused his steps, looking at Xiao Wu with a stunned expression, before his surprise suddenly turned into a smile: "That kind of situation won't happen to us."

Xiao Wu asked, "Why?"

Tang Yin laughed: "Because you are my best friend. I will accommodate you and let you have your way."

A glimmer gradually appeared in Xiao Wu's eyes, and a bright smile bloomed on her pretty face.

"Tang Yin, do you plan to absorb that Soul Bone?" Xiao Wu asked.

"I don't plan to absorb it. I'm preparing to sell it once we reach a big city in the future; that way, we'll have enough money to use," Tang Yin smiled.

Xiao Wu savored these words from Tang Yin, keenly catching onto one word: "We?"

"That's right! Sooner or later, we will leave Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, leave Nuoding City, and head to larger cities and better soul master academies! We'll still be together then!" Tang Yin laughed.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

The two traveled all the way back to the exit, then hired two carriages for the return trip.

One day later, Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

Tang Yin stepped off the carriage first, then very considerately helped Xiao Wu down.

"Finally back! Riding in this carriage made my butt feel like it was going to split!" Xiao Wu stretched her willow-like waist, her face full of a bright smile.

Hearing this, Tang Yin shook his head and chuckled.

Not long after the two stepped into the academy, they ran into Yu Xiaogang head-on.

Ever since Tang Yin refused Yu Xiaogang's invitation to become his apprentice when he first enrolled, there had been little interaction between them.

Even when they met, it was merely a nod of acknowledgment, addressing him only as "Master."

They were not familiar at all.

Now, meeting again, Tang Yin greeted him as usual: "Master."

Xiao Wu followed suit and called out, "Master."

Yu Xiaogang glanced at Tang Yin and Xiao Wu, nodded indifferently, and walked past them.

Xiao Wu looked back at Yu Xiaogang and pursed her lips. Once he was far away, she muttered, "This Master keeps a straight face all day long. He doesn't even respond when you greet him. I really don't want to bother with him."

Tang Yin shook his head: "Don't take it to heart."