Lan Fozi and Her Human Friends

"You, you all, don't kill me! I really don't have any malice toward humans!" The sea soul beast's voice was thick with a strong, sobbing tone.

The slap Du Busi had delivered not only caused her immense psychological trauma but also made her realize that this human could easily kill her.

Lacking any backbone, she immediately began to beg Du Busi for mercy; she was still young and didn't want to become a spirit ring or spirit bone!

But what did that have to do with Du Busi?

Life was hard for everyone in this world, and he, Du Busi, was merely an ordinary level-98 Super Douluo.

He only had a pitiful three 100,000-year spirit bones on his entire body, and if they happened to be compatible with him, he wouldn't even have any extras to spare for his disciples.

"Wait, Master. No, something isn't right." Lin Yuan immediately stopped Du Busi, who was about to strike.

It wasn't that Lin Yuan had suddenly developed a saintly heart; rather, he had suddenly thought of a possibility.

"What is it?" Du Busi looked at Lin Yuan, puzzled.

Lin Yuan looked at the large whale and asked her with some hesitation, "You wouldn't happen to be a Deep Sea Demon Whale, would you?"

A whale, and one with purplish-black patches on its body—it bore the distinct characteristics of those soul beasts with the word "demon" in their names.

Although the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's species was down to only two individuals, this whale's reaction was somewhat consistent with one of those two.

Even though she acted more childishly than Lan Fozi did during the era of Douluo III, it was possible that Lan Fozi possessed this little-girl temperament back in the era of Douluo II.

As the large whale responded, Lin Yuan confirmed that she was indeed Lan Fozi.

"Big Brother, do you know about my race?" The girl's voice turned happy and excited again, completely devoid of the fear she had felt when her life was threatened by Du Busi earlier.

She sounded just like an innocent little girl who was very easy to coax.

Seeing Lan Fozi behave this way, even while in a weakened state, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a strange expression cross his face.

Hiss—

Hadn't he lived longer across his two lifetimes than this soul beast had?

Or was it that all older female soul beasts had a hobby of pretending to be young?

Xiao Wu, Wang Qiu'er, Gu Yuena, the future Buddha (the future Lan Fozi), Bai Susu...

Immortal beings are as numerous as hemp; it seems that is indeed the case.

Not only did they pretend to be young, but they had all seduced young boys at some point.

He shook his head, casting aside those useless thoughts.

"I've read about it."

"Then, Big Brother, do you know where the rest of my kin are? My mother said that there are only she and I left in our race. Lan Fozi has always been very lonely and wants to find some companions of her own kind to play with."

Lan Fozi's tone was filled with anticipation. Lin Yuan could tell she had been well-raised by her mother.

She not only exuded an innocent naivety but also held a beautiful view of everything in the world.

This created a starkly contradictory impression when compared to the actions of her mother, the Demon Empress.

Her mother, the 500,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale King, was currently engaged in the very real act of betraying all species on the Douluo Continent.

"I only learned about it from historical records; I don't know much else."

"I see, that can't be helped. After all, I've never met any of my own kind other than my mother." The little girl's tone dropped instantly.

"If you don't mind, we can play with you," Lin Yuan said, winking at Du Busi.

"Speak," Du Busi transmitted via mental voice.

"Master, I think that instead of killing her for her spirit bones, building a relationship with her would yield greater benefits."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Aren't the soul beast resources in the sea even more abundant? Since there are soul beasts friendly to the Deep Sea Demon Whales, there must also be hostile ones. We can have her lead us to hunt those sea soul beasts, which would allow us to find those hard-to-locate 100,000-year sea soul beasts."

After hearing Lin Yuan's explanation, Du Busi began to ponder.

The logic was sound.

In the process of hunting sea soul beasts, the hardest part wasn't how to kill them.

It was finding the locations of these high-level sea soul beasts deep in the ocean, not to mention that this Deep Sea Demon Whale would also help with the hunting.

In this way, the Body Sect would no longer have to rely on the increasingly scarce Star Dou Great Forest for high-level soul beast resources.

It was indeed a viable path.

More importantly...

"Really? Big Brother, are you willing to play with me?" Lan Fozi asked Lin Yuan joyfully.

More importantly, this Deep Sea Demon Whale appeared to be quite easy to swindle.

Soul beasts were not like humans; they didn't have as many ulterior motives.

What Du Busi didn't know was that Lin Yuan had another reason for stopping him from harming Lan Fozi.

If Du Busi killed Lan Fozi here and the Demon Empress found out, she might turn her hostility toward the Body Sect.

"Really. And if you're willing, Lan Fozi, just tell us a place, and we'll come find you to play when we have time." At this moment, Lin Yuan felt like a creepy uncle luring a little girl.

Although this loli wasn't a "pure" loli in terms of physique and age.

"Really? That's great, I've made new friends today!" Lan Fozi excitedly sprayed water.

She was completely unaware of Lin Yuan's intricate schemes.

She was simply happy to have made several human friends with peculiar physiques today, and her innocent appearance made Lin Yuan feel a sense of guilt.

Seeing that Lin Yuan and Du Busi had not returned for a long time, Cao Xin followed the direction of the splashing water.

He was startled by the giant Lan Fozi, and only relaxed after Lin Yuan and Du Busi explained.

With this massive sea platform, Du Busi certainly wouldn't waste it.

He had Lan Fozi "sail" to the deep sea, and then tossed Lin Yuan and the others into the ocean one by one.

Lin Yuan and the others were tormented to death by Du Busi here; they were like tripe in a hot pot from their past lives.

Each time they were squeezed to their limit before being pulled out. Du Busi had also developed a deep-sea pressure gameplay, so Lin Yuan and the others faced not only the pressure of drowning and suffocation.

Since Lan Fozi had brought them to the deep sea, Lin Yuan and the others had to fulfill their promise and play with her.

Wu Feng was a perfect candidate, as she had not participated in Lin Yuan and the others' training.

This was because the chance of death for a fire-attribute soul master under the immense pressure of the deep-sea environment was truly high.

During the three-day training, Long Aotian had gained a lot, showing signs of awakening.

Wei Na's mental power had also significantly improved in this extreme environment, with a great leap in quality.

Ning Tian's mental power had also increased considerably during this period, similar to Wei Na's, but her gains were not commensurate with the pressure of her training.

Her martial soul had not changed at all.

Nan Qiuqiu was pleasantly surprised to find that her bloodline strength seemed to have increased. In her spar with Lin Yuan, her bloodline suppression over him became stronger.

Nan Qiuqiu's transformation also convinced Du Busi that the secondary awakening of a martial soul was by no means an exclusive privilege of the Body martial soul.

As for Lin Yuan, it was a bit awkward. Although he had broken through level twenty, he had gained the least among everyone.