Hearing this, Dugu Bo's eyelid twitched violently as he shot back:
"What do you mean by that?"
Gu Ling looked utterly innocent.
"Obviously, I'm asking you to help me hunt a Soul Beast."
"You just agreed to be my guard for a year. I'm a level-forty Soul Master looking for my Fourth Soul Ring in Sunset Forest. Isn't this exactly when I need your protection?"
Dugu Bo's expression gradually darkened. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen into a trap—and it was one he had agreed to jump into himself!
"Brat."
"I agreed to protect you."
"Not to be your tool!"
Gu Ling nodded solemnly.
"That's right."
"While protecting me, helping me take down a Soul Beast on the side is perfectly reasonable, isn't it?"
Dugu Bo felt a tightness in his chest. After living for so many years, he had never seen such a shameless brat who knew how to push his luck. Yet his poison had only just begun showing results, and Dugu Yan would still need Gu Ling's treatment in the future. He truly could not just walk away now.
In the end.
Dugu Bo could only grit his teeth and say:
"Fine!"
"I want to see what kind of thing you plan to use for your Fourth Soul Ring!"
Gu Ling immediately smiled in satisfaction and cupped his hands.
"Then I'll be relying on Senior Dugu from here on."
Dugu Bo snorted and strode deeper into Sunset Forest, with Gu Ling following close behind. Over the next two days, the two continuously searched the forest for a suitable Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.
They encountered quite a few Soul Beasts along the way.
A ten-thousand-year Iron Armor Rhino.
A twelve-thousand-year Crimson Flame Demon Wolf.
There was even an Earth Berserk Bear close to fifteen