Xiao Wu's Heart Returns, Summoning the Titan Giant Ape as a Thug! Purple Scale Qi Flood Dragon!

"In the end, these are all things for the future. With my current cultivation, I am far from achieving them. Perhaps there will be an opportunity later on." Lan Yu shook his head slightly, a smile appearing on his face as he sighed in a low voice.

Although Lan Yu was smiling, to Tang Shan and Xiao Wu, it looked like a lonely, bitter smile.

Brother must be feeling very melancholy. If I were to give him a big hug right now, then...

Thinking of this, Tang Shan couldn't wait to step forward, but someone was faster than her.

"That's not true! Lan Yu, I believe you can definitely do it!"

Xiao Wu brushed past Tang Shan, reached out to wrap her arms around Lan Yu, her voice soft but filled with absolute certainty.

This...

Tang Shan stood to the side, watching Xiao Wu's intimate gesture, and couldn't help but pout. She couldn't stop herself from muttering inwardly: Why does it feel so uncomfortable to see Xiao Wu hugging Brother?

Clearly, Brother's embrace should only belong to me!

"Alright, children, you will be able to do it if you take your time." Ah Yin smiled gently, breaking the heavy atmosphere.

Lan Yu looked at the young girl in his arms, his hand instinctively reaching toward the soft flesh at Xiao Wu's waist, and he sighed inwardly: So soft...

"Hmph~" Following Lan Yu's movement, Xiao Wu couldn't help but let out a soft whimper, her cheeks flushing slightly.

"Um, Xiao Wu, what is your first soul skill?" Lan Yu reached out to wipe the tears from the corner of Xiao Wu's eyes, changing the subject.

No sooner had he spoken than he caught sight of Tang Shan's strange expression, and he stepped forward with concern. "Xiao Shan, why is your complexion so poor? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm fine, Brother." Tang Shan shook her head quickly. Her tone sounded no different from usual, but Lan Yu still felt that something was off.

"First soul skill, Moonlight Flash Kick!"

On the other side, Xiao Wu had already spun and kicked, snapping a tree branch as thick as a bowl in two.

She finished her move, turned back, and explained to Lan Yu with excitement.

"This soul skill allows me to accelerate in mid-air, increasing my dash and evasion speed by 60%. I can also change direction twice in the air, and the force of the kick doubles!"

"Very good." Lan Yu nodded, offering his praise without hesitation.

"Now I'm the only one left without a first soul ring."

"Xiao Yu, what kind of soul beast do you want to choose?" Ah Yin asked.

"A Purple Scale Qi Flood Dragon."

"A Purple Scale Qi Flood Dragon?!" Xiao Wu exclaimed, hesitating slightly. "The Purple Scale Qi Flood Dragon is an extremely rare existence among the dragon species. In the entire Star Dou Great Forest, there are only seven that are over ten thousand years old, and fewer than ten that are a thousand years old. They are very hard to find."

"Are they that rare? Then forget it." Lan Yu was surprised by this, then waved his hand. "I'll have to choose a different one."

With that, the group prepared to leave the area.

"Wait... wait! Hold on!" Xiao Wu bit her pink lip, as if she had made a major decision, and hurriedly called out to stop them.

"I can ask my little brother to help look for one. He definitely knows where they are!"

"Little brother?" Lan Yu raised an eyebrow. Could it be the Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming?

"I'll contact him now."

Xiao Wu closed her eyes and slowly floated into the air, a faint red and white halo surrounding her body as if she were transmitting a signal.

After only a moment, she seemed to have exhausted her soul power; her body swayed in mid-air, on the verge of falling.

"Xiao Wu!"

Lan Yu's expression changed slightly, and he moved in a flash to catch her in his arms.

"I'm okay."

Xiao Wu caught her breath, her eyes lighting up again as she whispered, "This is a special way for me to communicate with them."

About a quarter of an hour later, a faint tremor suddenly came from the ground.

"He's here!"

Xiao Wu's eyes brightened, and she spoke up immediately.

It had been a long time since she last saw Er Ming.

The tremors became more and more obvious, and the ground beneath their feet began to tingle.

Lan Yu looked up and saw the towering trees in the forest ahead being pushed aside like paper, falling to both sides.

Before he could react, a figure as massive as a mountain loomed over the entire clearing.

Lan Yu looked up slowly to see a humanoid giant ape, its size terrifyingly vast, its gaze locked firmly on Xiao Wu in his arms.

"Human, let go of Sister Xiao Wu, and I can spare your lives and let you leave the Star Dou Great Forest."

Er Ming spoke in a muffled voice, his tone like thunder, causing the surrounding soul beasts to scatter in all directions.

"Wait a moment, Er Ming!" Xiao Wu hurriedly stood up from Lan Yu's arms.

Although Lan Yu's embrace was warm, she had more pressing matters to attend to!

"I'll go explain it to him."

Before the words had even left her lips, Xiao Wu leaped onto the giant palm that the Titan Giant Ape had placed on the ground, climbed up its thick arm, and reached its shoulder, where she began to whisper into its ear.

After a long while.

The hostility in the Titan Giant Ape's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a look of scrutiny as he stared at Lan Yu.

Xiao Wu slid down his arm, landed on the ground, and raised an eyebrow at Lan Yu. "All settled!"

"Get on, human."

The Titan Giant Ape spoke in a deep voice, spreading his palm out in front of Lan Yu. "Only you alone."

"Brother!" Tang Shan cried out instinctively, her face full of worry.

"Xiao Yu, be careful."

Ah Yin was an adult, after all, and her temperament was relatively steady; she only offered a word of caution.

Lan Yu nodded to Ah Yin, then turned to look at Tang Shan, who had hurried over, and smiled faintly. "Xiao Shan, Brother will be back in a moment, you..."

Before he could finish, Tang Shan suddenly stepped forward and wrapped her arms tightly around him.

She buried her head against him, unashamedly taking a deep breath of Lan Yu's scent before quickly letting go. Her face flushed bright red as she shoved the Zhuge Divine Crossbow into Lan Yu's hand, her voice soft and sweet: "Take this back."

With that, she turned and hurried back to Ah Yin's side without looking back.

"Let's go!"

Lan Yu stepped onto the Titan Giant Ape's palm and looked up at Xiao Wu on its shoulder, speaking softly.

Seeing this, Er Ming first looked at Xiao Wu on his shoulder. Only after she nodded did he slowly straighten up and stride toward the depths of the forest.

Listening to the sound of the Titan Giant Ape's retreating footsteps, Tang Shan turned back, her large, watery eyes revealing her inner thoughts: If anything happens to Brother, I will spare no cost to destroy the Star Dou Great Forest!

Along the way, Er Ming wove between the giant trees, the speed almost whipping up a whistling wind. The soul beasts along the path scattered in avoidance, and in less than half an incense stick of time, they arrived outside a valley filled with pale purple mist.

"Lan Yu, how many years of Purple Scale Qi Flood Dragon do you want?"

Xiao Wu sat on Er Ming's shoulder, looking down to ask Lan Yu in her palm.

"Around fifteen hundred years," Lan Yu replied after a moment of deliberation.

"Alright then." Xiao Wu nodded and signaled to the Titan Giant Ape. "Er Ming, go down and catch a Purple Scale Qi Flood Dragon that fits that age range!"

"Sister Xiao Wu, what are you doing?" The Titan Giant Ape's massive eyes were filled with confusion.

He did not understand why Xiao Wu had changed so much after just one trip out.

"Hurry up, don't you guys usually eat those thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts anyway?"

"This... alright." The Titan Giant Ape nodded helplessly and leaped into the valley.

In Xiao Wu's view, Lan Yu was an existence capable of changing the fate of soul beasts; what did it matter if he killed a few thousand-year soul beasts? It wasn't as if he were going on a massacre!

Besides, didn't those high-age soul beasts constantly slaughter lower-age ones?