The next day, at the boy's summons, a carriage stopped outside the academy.
The three children climbed aboard together. The coachman flicked his whip, and the carriage swiftly headed toward the Star Dou Forest...
Yet behind the carriage, a figure flashed past, following at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
"I never expected Xiao San and that rabbit to have grown so close already. They're even going Soul Hunting together..."
"Still, this works out nicely. It saves me worrying about that rabbit running away..."
Sitting in the middle of the constantly swaying wooden carriage, Lin Yue checked the supplies in his Storage Soul Tool to ensure their Soul-Hunting Journey would go smoothly.
The hidden weapons Ah Yin had crafted, the potions he had prepared, and some dry rations they would need on the road...
Tang Yin sat quietly beside him, repeatedly leafing through the Soul Beast Compendium as she considered which soul beast to use for her second spirit ring.
Faced with the two utterly absorbed in their work, Xiao Wu clutched the hem of her clothes and hesitantly asked:
"Tell me... why do Soul Masters always have to hunt soul beasts?"
Huh?
Looking up in bewilderment at Xiao Wu, whose compassion was overflowing, Lin Yue inwardly winced.
Right, this Rogue Rabbit was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form. She possessed an extraordinary empathy for other soul beasts. How had he forgotten that?
"Hunting soul beasts... isn't that something every Soul Master has to do?"
Tang Yin also raised her head with a strange look. She had never expected such bleeding-heart remarks from Xiao Wu.
"No, I mean, do humans and soul beasts really have to be enemies? I just feel... that isn't very good."
Under their piercing gazes, Xiao Wu immediately