Light in the Night

The night had grown deep. Some slept soundly, while others could not fall asleep.

Perhaps because she had dozed off for a while during the day, Tang Wutong was not sleepy in the slightest. Instead, she was full of energy.

Especially since she could only touch Bai Ran.

"Poke, poke."

"Poke, poke."

Tang Wutong stretched out her little hand, poking Bai Ran's arm one moment and his waist the next.

In short, if this young lady could not sleep, then neither could he.

"Ow, what are you doing~?"

If he could still sleep through this, he would be a god among men—the kind who would not even need to read the script to play a comatose husband.

"Haki Bai, how about we go out and hunt Soul Beasts now?

We can test the strength of the first Soul Ring we just obtained."

A little witch truly was a little witch.

One random flash of inspiration from her was a height other little devil pills could never reach in a lifetime.

"Six-six-six. Do you really think I'd agree to go along with your nonsense?"

"Don't you think it's a great idea?"

"Great my ass."

His life was his own. Besides, Tang Wutong might not know how dangerous Sunset Forest was at night, but could Bai Ran not know?

"But this young lady really can't sleep. Am I supposed to just watch you sleep?"

In truth, after Tang Wutong woke him up, Bai Ran could not sleep either.

The main thing was that the venison they had eaten at noon had been a little too nourishing. Its effects were hitting now, making Bai Ran feel as if he had endless strength coursing through his body.

"Then let's go for a walk."

As Bai Ran spoke, he got up and walked out of the tent, with Tang Wutong following right behind him.

"You two little brats, why aren't you resting in the middle of the night?"

Er Ming was on night watch at the moment.

Compared to the strict Da Ming, Er Ming was clearly more honest and easygoing—in other words, easier to talk to.

"Second Dad, I can't sleep, so I want to take a walk.

Don't worry, Little Seven will only wander around nearby."

Er Ming had no way to deal with Tang Wutong when she acted cute toward him.

Even if he did not agree, he had no choice but to agree.

"Fine, but you can only walk around nearby."

"Second Dad, you're the best."

If she had been able to touch anyone besides Bai Ran, Tang Wutong would have gone up and kissed Second Dad on the cheek no matter what.

With Er Ming's divine sense, he could detect every movement within a dozen or so miles with perfect clarity.

Besides, the two little ones were not very strong. They could not get very far in a short time.

Er Ming: Could those two little brats possibly vanish right where they stood?

"Hiss~"

Sunset Forest was pitch-black in the dead of night. If not for the faint moonlight, they probably would not have been able to see their own hands.

Of course, Tang Wutong did not have that problem.

The Goddess of Light Butterfly was called the Goddess of Light Butterfly for a reason. Since it bore the word "light," it naturally possessed an extremely dense light attribute—top-tier light, though not yet ultimate light.

As she circulated her Soul Power, the butterfly wings behind Tang Wutong shone with a dazzling radiance.

Within the dark Sunset Forest, she looked like a huge light bulb.

"Little Seven, turn the brightness down a little. Looking like that, you'll easily attract powerful Soul Beasts."

"You little bastard, do you think I'm a light bulb? Like I can be bright whenever I want and dim whenever I want?"

Though Tang Wutong said that, she still reduced the Soul Power she was pouring into it, and the glow from the Goddess of Light Butterfly wings dimmed considerably.

"Wait, why do I feel like my Soul Power is being consumed?"

The amount of Soul Power consumed was not much, roughly one-thousandth of his total reserves.

But losing one-thousandth every half minute made Bai Ran panic for a moment.

Could I have been poisoned?

After all, within Sunset Forest, poisonous miasma was far more terrifying than Soul Beasts.

"So the light you give off consumes my Soul Power?"

"What else would it consume?"

"Shouldn't it be one of your innate abilities?"

"Energy has to be conserved. If my wings emit light without consuming your Soul Power, should they consume this young lady's origin instead?"

Bai Ran: Something was wrong. This Tang Wutong actually understood the conservation of energy. Speak, who are you? My Little Seven was not that smart!

Although the light remained faint, in such complete darkness, the sudden appearance of even that small glow

would absolutely draw the attention of many Soul Beasts.

However, some nocturnal predators would not come close. After all, they roamed at night precisely because they detested the light.

The Goddess of Light Butterfly was the king among all butterflies. The aura it released could naturally attract other butterfly-type Soul Beasts.

But this trait was not actually very useful.

There was no other reason: butterfly-type Soul Beasts were simply too weak.

Otherwise, the Butterfly Goddess could not possibly have been merely a second-class god.

Therefore, Bai Ran's plan for butterfly-type Soul Beasts was to use them to fill the Goddess of Light Butterfly's first three Soul Rings.

For the final six rings, he would seek Soul Beasts with light attributes.

As for the enormous boost brought by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, there was no need to consider factors such as attribute compatibility.

"You little bastard, look, they're all flying around me."

In less than half an hour, several butterfly-type Soul Beasts had gathered around Tang Wutong. Most were ten-year Soul Beasts, while the oldest was a three-hundred-year Purple Light Butterfly.

"I know."

Bai Ran suddenly thought of something. As the emperor among Blue Silver Grass, the Blue Silver Emperor could have the Blue Silver Grass clan sacrifice a Growth Soul Ring.

Then, as the emperor among butterfly-type Soul Beasts, could the Goddess of Light Butterfly also have butterfly-type Soul Beasts sacrifice a Growth Soul Ring to her?

Theoretically, it was possible, but actually carrying it out would be extremely difficult.

If she were a Hundred-Thousand-Year Goddess of Light Butterfly that had taken human form, she might truly be able to do it.

But Tang Wutong's Goddess of Light Butterfly came from the Butterfly Goddess's Blessing.

A martial soul bestowed by a second-class god was inferior to one bestowed by a first-class god, so it was quite reasonable that Wang Dong in the original work had only innate rank-ten Soul Power.

Besides, once she accepted the gift of butterfly-type Soul Beasts, it would mean taking on the responsibility of protecting the butterfly swarm.

Honestly, rather than doing that, he might as well carry two boxes of lollipops to his father-in-law's door and ask Tang San to get him two Divine Bestowed Soul Rings.

Tang San: Why two boxes of lollipops?

Bai Ran: Because minors weren't allowed to buy cigarettes.