"Baxia! You said your name is Baxia!" Mo Lin knew very well what that name represented. Baxia, also known as Bixi, Guifu, Tianxia, or Dragon Turtle, was a divine beast from ancient Chinese legend. It was the sixth of the Dragon's Nine Sons, the leader of scaled creatures and an auspicious beast. It resembled a turtle and loved bearing heavy loads.
"Little Lin, is that name very special?" Naturally, Qian Renxue did not know the meaning behind the name. In her eyes, it was already remarkable enough for a soul beast to give itself a name.
Mo Lin nodded slightly.
"Xiaoxue, it wouldn't be easy to explain this right now. I'll find a chance to tell you later."
Mo Lin turned his gaze toward Baxia.
"Senior Baxia, before you left that island, may I ask how many soul beasts received Lord Gengchen's gift?"
Baxia slowly replied:
"If you include me, there should have been six! And also..."
For the latter half of his sentence, Baxia unexpectedly used voice transmission, a technique generally only employed by high-level human Soul Masters, to speak to Mo Lin.
"Strictly speaking, I should address you as Young Master."
Baxia's voice transmission left Mo Lin somewhat dumbfounded.
Did I just freeload another powerful fighter?
After recovering, Mo Lin also used voice transmission to cautiously ask Baxia:
"May I ask whether the other five are named Qiuniu, Yazi, Mock Wind, Pulao, and Suanni?"
Baxia was likewise stunned by Mo Lin's words. He even forgot to use voice transmission to speak privately to him.
"As expected of Lord Gengchen's successor! Could it be that you have already met my eldest brother and the others? Eld—"
Baxia had forgotten to use voice transmission, but Mo Lin had not. He immediately reminded him:
"Senior Baxia, watch yourself. You were the