"Lin Yan!"
Xiao Wu grabbed Lin Yan's arm, her eyes filled with worry.
The girl was completely dumbfounded!
A Soul Beast countless times stronger than her had suddenly appeared in the home where she had lived for a hundred thousand years. It was even talking about some "lord" and telling Lin Yan to follow it.
How could she possibly feel at ease?
Xiao Wu was even starting to think about turning around and going straight back to the human world. At least the world outside... all right, the outside world was pretty dangerous too.
Smiling, Lin Yan rested his hand on Xiao Wu's wrist.
"It's fine. Stay here and catch up with Da Ming and Er Ming. I'll be back shortly."
He patted Xiao Wu, trying to get her to let go.
But Xiao Wu was genuinely frightened, genuinely worried!
The two remained at an impasse for quite some time. Only when Da Ming began persuading her did Xiao Wu reluctantly withdraw her hand.
"Be careful, then."
"Mm, don't worry."
After those final words of reassurance, Lin Yan followed Bi Ji into the lake.
There wasn't much room at the bottom of the lake, so Bi Ji assumed human form as soon as she entered the water to leave more space.
The woman in the green dress had gentle features. She swam ahead of Lin Yan, stirring the current with her delicate feet, without sparing a thought for whether she might expose herself.
"You're certainly brave! Aren't you afraid of us?"
A stream of bubbles rose as she spoke.
Lin Yan shook his head. "Since my martial soul guided me here, I imagine your lord shouldn't bear me any ill will."
He couldn't tell her the secret that he knew the plot, so he could only attribute everything to his