Whipping Xie Xie! Refining Gu Yue?

"Do you submit? Do you submit?"

Tang Li viciously whipped Xie Xie's butt with a dead branch from the ground, asking him whether he surrendered with every strike.

But what he had not expected was that Xie Xie was quite the stubborn fellow. Even as he cried out in pain, he refused to bow his head and admit defeat.

"You still won't submit? Then I'll switch to something else. Hehehe, let's use this vine. I hear this thing packs quite a punch when it hits!"

Tang Li let out a sinister laugh, tore a verdant vine from an ancient tree nearby, folded its ends together, and swung it forcefully twice.

The whipping sound as it cut through the air made Xie Xie's face turn deathly pale, and he immediately let out an even more miserable wail!

Tang Wulin, who had hurried over at a jog, twitched at the corner of her mouth. Xie Xie's mouth—indeed, his entire head—had been tied up. This was not him refusing to surrender; he simply had no way to open his mouth and beg for mercy!

Smack!

Tang Li lashed Xie Xie's butt hard with his whip. The purple light cast by the three Soul Rings on his body made him look like a demon, and his words frightened Xie Xie into struggling wildly.

"Still refusing to submit? Then I can only make you suffer some physical pain! Hehehehe!"

"Xiao Li, stop! You sealed his mouth! His face has gone pale from fright."

Tang Wulin's startled cry reached Tang Li's ears. He stepped forward and turned Xie Xie around to face him, only then realizing that Xie Xie truly could not speak.

Moreover, Xie Xie's face was now filled with terror, pale as paper. Like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, he feared Tang Li as if he were a tiger and did not dare look directly at either Tang Li or the vine in his hand.

Seeing this, Tang Li hurriedly withdrew his Second Soul Skill and let Xie Xie down, then explained somewhat sheepishly,

"Ah! Sorry, Xie Xie. I was only trying to tie you up more securely just now. I didn't notice that your mouth had been sealed too."

Xie Xie's butt hurt so badly that he could barely stand. He gritted his teeth as he glared at Tang Li, convinced that this guy had done it on purpose!

"You! Tang Li! I submit! You're absolutely a pervert!"

Xie Xie's words carried a double meaning. Then he turned around and limped away.

Tang Li and Tang Wulin followed far behind him. Tang Li even bragged to Tang Wulin, "I told you I wouldn't hurt him. So, what do you think? How was my control over the force?"

"What do you mean, you didn't hurt him? Can't you see he's limping now? It's only because his clothes are good quality. Otherwise, you probably would've shredded his underwear too, right?"

Tang Wulin always felt that her little brother had some rather unpleasant proclivities. After all, even Xie Xie had called him a pervert.

In Tang Wulin's opinion, that was pretty much accurate.

Tang Li did not reply. At that moment, his brow glimmered faintly, and a gentle silver light like moonlight flashed past. A message from Na'er came to his mind through their branded connection.

"Big Brother, I talked Gu Yue into going to find you. Make sure you seize the opportunity!"

Na'er's gentle voice echoed through Tang Li's mind, but her words left him unable to understand...

He could understand Na'er talking Gu Yue into coming over. After all, just like in the original story, that was the Silver Dragon King's peculiar tendency to have a lapse in judgment.

But what did she mean by telling him to seize the opportunity?

Could it be that she wanted him to take the chance to directly claim the Silver Dragon King and refine it into his Soul Spirit?

Hiss—

That did not seem impossible!

Even Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been able to become Huo Yuhao's first Soul Ring through self-sealing after losing his energy. Tang Li could directly drain the Silver Dragon King's divine power, then use the Demon-Sealing Pot to refine away its consciousness.

Wouldn't that give Tang Li an unprecedented super Soul Ring?

If the Silver Dragon King's entire cultivation became a Soul Ring, it would probably hold more weight than the divine rings behind those gods, wouldn't it?

Thinking of this, Tang Li narrowed his eyes and began considering exactly how to carry out this method in detail.

With the Demon-Sealing Pot and Na'er around, those Fierce Beasts were no longer a problem. What required attention was whether Gu Yue's soul, as the Silver Dragon King Half-Body, could be refined by Tang Li into something similar to a Soul Spirit.

The Demon-Sealing Pot could contain the energy, but the pressure of a Soul Ring would indeed fall on Tang Li himself. With his current cultivation, it was impossible for him to bear a Soul Ring of such an extreme age—unless part of its energy was sealed first.

Na'er could not possibly be unaware of this. Did she have other arrangements on her end?

Tang Li hurriedly conveyed his thoughts to Na'er, but after receiving his message, Na'er fell silent...

That was not what she had meant at all! Big Brother Xiao Li was far too naughty!

Besides, even if they were going to make a Wisdom Soul Ring, it could only be her! How could Gu Yue be worthy of competing with her?

No, she had to think of how to tell Tang Li about this.

While the two of them were talking past each other across the connection, Tang Wulin also noticed Tang Li's abnormality. She knew her little brother far too well. Whenever he narrowed his eyes and smiled like that, he was definitely thinking up some bad idea.

"Xiao Li, what bad idea are you thinking about again? You should behave yourself. Dad's work is really busy; we can't keep troubling him to come to school and clean up after us."

Tang Li: (ー_ー)!!

"Do I seem like such a bad and unreasonable person to you?"

"No, Xiao Li, you're the best! It's just that they don't seem to think so."

"That's because they have no eyes for greatness and can't recognize a truly good person like me."

Tang Li did not receive a reply from Na'er for the time being. He assumed that she had things to do on her end and did not think much of it. After all, how to handle the Silver Dragon King still depended on Na'er's decision.

Seeing that evening was approaching and the slanting sun was just right, Tang Li took Tang Wulin by the hand and strolled around Eastsea Park.

Since it was their first time here, they had to take a good look at this ancient park that had existed for thousands of years.

For some reason, Tang Wulin felt that her cultivation speed had increased greatly here. It was as though she was especially close to the plants here, and the effect was far better than the small garden back in Aolai City.

She told Tang Li about this, and though he understood the reason, he still did not tell her the truth. He did not want Tang Wulin to face the fact that she was neither human nor Soul Beast so early.

The next day, Tang Li was awakened early by his roommates. Fortunately, he had not been sleeping, or else his morning temper might have rewarded every roommate with a gift package of confiscated Martial Souls.

The previous night, he and Tang Wulin had wandered around Eastsea Park until night had fallen before returning to school. By the time he got back to the dormitory, his two roommates, Yun Xiao and Zhou Changxi, were already Meditating.

Xie Xie seemed to have been beaten rather badly by him. His butt had swollen into two fleshy hills, and he could only lie facedown on his bed to rest.

The sound of Tang Li entering happened to wake Xie Xie, who had been unable to sleep from the pain. Faced with the resentful gaze from those dark green eyes, Tang Li felt a little embarrassed as well.

He took out a high-tech pistol-shaped Soul Tool from his Storage Bracelet and walked straight toward Xie Xie. Under Xie Xie's terrified gaze, Tang Li restrained him with chains and gave each half of his butt a shot.

Green ghostly light sprayed from the muzzle. Once it landed on Xie Xie's butt, Xie Xie only felt a cool sensation there, after which the swelling rapidly subsided at a visible rate.

After finishing all this, Tang Li put away the Soul Tool, made a quiet gesture toward Xie Xie, then removed his shoes, climbed onto his bed, and began Meditating.

Fortunately, he was kind-hearted. Otherwise, Xie Xie would have had to miss the first class of the school term today.