A Group?

Ghost Douluo grunted in acknowledgment, tacitly approving Chrysanthemum Douluo's idea.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and during those three days, his coordination with the other team members improved more and more.

Then, just as they were about to leave on the third day, Bibi Dong finally sent out the other four reserve members.

There had been no rehearsal.

They were probably just there to go through the motions and gain some experience.

Still, Lin Yichen remained worried about what would happen tonight.

Over the past three days, he had arranged for the souls of the Lunar Jade Rabbit and the Silvermoon Wolf to constantly struggle against each other.

Fortunately, the Lunar Jade Rabbit had gained a slight edge, and its suppression of the Silvermoon Wolf showed faint signs of taking the upper hand.

But completely subduing it was not something that could be done overnight.

Whatever. At least that confused state from that night probably would not happen again.

What faintly worried Lin Yichen, however, was that the Lunar Jade Rabbit also seemed to have been affected by the Silvermoon Wolf's soul.

But he had no idea exactly how.

Still, it probably was not a good thing...

Before departure, Bibi Dong personally summoned Lin Yichen back into the hall and assigned him some official business and miscellaneous matters.

But the look in Bibi Dong's eyes as she left carried a kind of ravenous hunger.

It sent a chill down his back.

For the journey to Heaven Dou City, Bibi Dong had arranged three carriages.

The front carriage carried Lin Yichen, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.

The middle carriage carried Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.

The rear carriage held the three main team members and four reserve members.

It was still early when they set out.

There were no towering mountains blocking the route from Spirit City to Heaven Dou City. They traveled through plains and hills, stopping at dusk in an open area near a stream.

Gui Mei used his soul power to scan the area for several miles around. Only after confirming that there was no danger did everyone begin setting up camp.

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo had requested this escort mission from Bibi Dong. Their stated purpose was to protect the group, but in truth, they wanted to see what kind of trouble Lin Yichen could stir up.

By the stream, Lin Yichen quietly looked into the water. He suddenly recalled that the awkward incident between him and Dugu Yan had also happened by a stream.

He could not help smiling.

"She probably... doesn't miss me, does she?"

"Probably..."

"Achoo!"

In the girls' dormitory at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan sneezed.

Ye Lingling walked over and patted her back.

"What's wrong, Yanzi? Who's missing you? That lecher?"

Dugu Yan's pretty face reddened, and she hurriedly pushed her away.

"Stop fooling around, Lingling. The exchange match is in a few days. We still need to train."

The two playfully shoved each other as they entered the training room.

Leaving Yu Tianheng standing behind the window with his meal in hand, both fists clenched so tightly they had turned red...

"One day, I'll have to see just what you're made of!"

After getting out of the carriage, Lin Yichen had barely spoken to anyone.

He leaned against a large boulder by the stream, head lowered, his left arm hidden in his sleeve as his fingertips trembled slightly.

It was now dusk. The sky gradually darkened, moonlight steadily intensified, and the last traces of sunlight in the west sank below the horizon.

The place where the Silvermoon Wolf was located also throbbed faintly with pain.

"What's wrong, Captain? Sitting here like a block of wood. Want some water?"

To Lin Yichen's surprise, the one who took the initiative to speak to him this time was actually Yan. He raised his eyelids and saw Yan holding out a waterskin, leaving him momentarily stunned.

"...Thanks."

Yan did not stand on ceremony and sat down directly beside Lin Yichen.

"I've seen you holding that left arm the whole time. Cold? My martial soul is fire-attributed. I can warm you up."

Lin Yichen gave him a surprised look. Since when had this bastard become so kindhearted?

"Then I should thank you for that."

There was a hint of sarcasm in his words, but even so, Lin Yichen moved his left arm a little closer to Yan.

"The soul bone's location."

Yan also channeled a bit of fire-attributed soul power into that spot.

"Never thought our captain would have a day when he got humbled."

Yan mocked him in a snide tone, but his hands never stopped moving.

Time passed little by little. At last, Yan could no longer hold out.

"Alright, it should be better now. It's getting late. Want to eat together?"

Lin Yichen waved a hand and politely declined.

"You guys go ahead. I need to rest a little longer."

Seeing him say that, Yan did not bother pressing the matter. He snorted, stood up, and left without another word.

It was not that Lin Yichen did not want to eat, but the reason he had refused Yan was...

He sensed that something was wrong. This time, the main issue was not the Silvermoon Wolf, but his martial soul, the Lunar Jade Rabbit.

This rabbit seemed to have transferred the Silvermoon Wolf's berserk soul power deep into its own soul for its master's sake.

When the Full Moon Wish erupted, it would help Lin Yichen bear some of the pain.

"You're quite filial."

Lin Yichen said irritably.

Time passed little by little. The moon had already moved from the treetops to the middle of the sky, its silvery radiance covering the entire campsite.

Bursts of laughter came from the tents.

Only Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo kept their eyes on him at all times.

"Mm!"

Lin Yichen staggered as he felt his soul power heating up.

The Lunar Jade Rabbit also appeared beside him without realizing it.

Lin Yichen sensed that the alluring aura from both himself and the Jade Rabbit was continuously spreading into the surroundings.

Unlike Lin Yichen, the alluring aura released by the Lunar Jade Rabbit could only affect animals.

But even more frighteningly, squeaks from rabbits began sounding all around them.

That meant...

Part of the Silvermoon Wolf's trait of being affected by the full moon had been transferred to the rabbit... heat?

Their auras were spilling out uncontrollably.

Just then, several rabbits suddenly emerged from the bushes.

Then the first rabbit started hopping forward, followed by the second, the third...

All those rabbits rushed toward the Lunar Jade Rabbit, completely surrounding it.

The Lunar Jade Rabbit was encircled by seven or eight rabbits. With its speed and strength, it could have easily shaken off these ordinary rabbits, but it was clearly a little dumbfounded by this scene.

Obviously, it had not known that helping its master suppress the soul would bring it such enormous trouble.

At last, the Lunar Jade Rabbit could not withstand the attack of the female rabbit group.

It was ruthlessly pinned down and carried into the bushes, where it squeaked and chirped.

Just as Lin Yichen let out a long sigh of relief, thinking that tonight's farce was no more than this and had finally come to an end—

He suddenly recalled one characteristic of a detached martial soul.

The martial soul could share a nervous system with its master...

Injuries were synchronized, so pleasure would be too...

A wave of tingling suddenly shot straight to Lin Yichen's scalp...

Lin Yichen's face alternated between red and white.

He leaned against the rock and looked up at the sky, trying his best to keep his expression normal, but his clenched fists and trembling knees had already betrayed him.

But the trouble had not been resolved, because his own aura was also leaking out uncontrollably.

And the people in the tents...

Chrysanthemum Douluo was the first to rush out. He had personally experienced the benefits brought to him by Guanghan's spiritual power.

So the aura surrounding Lin Yichen was not unfamiliar to him at all. In fact, he accepted it even more completely on his own initiative.

He stared fixedly at Lin Yichen, lightly licking his lips.

He let out the exact same panting sound as when he had absorbed the soul bone.

And what Lin Yichen needed to pay even more attention to was that the cheerful sounds of people eating in the tents were gradually becoming strange as well.

Everyone seemed to be stirring restlessly...

Lin Yichen cursed the Silvermoon Wolf's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.