"I need a Soul Ring from a Sea Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old."
A hundred thousand years? Liya's pupils contracted sharply!
He wanted to hunt a Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old?!
Then...
It probably wasn't her. She wasn't a hundred thousand years old yet, was she?
Still, although Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old were rare in the deep sea, they did exist.
Yet Lin Ye's next words made her tense up again.
Lin Ye leaned forward slightly, his deep black eyes looking straight into Liya's suddenly constricted azure pupils, clearly seeing the shock and bewilderment within them.
The air in the private room seemed to freeze.
His voice was quiet, yet it exploded in Liya's mind like a thunderclap:
"You're actually..."
"A Soul Beast, aren't you?"
Clunk!
The teacup slipped from her hand and struck the tabletop with a sharp clatter.
Liya's face turned pale.
"L-Lin Ye."
"H-how did you know?!"
Seeing her face go deathly pale with fright, Lin Ye sighed silently to himself.
He righted the teacup on the table and told her, "I knew when we met last time."
"Th-then why..."
"Why didn't you attack me?! You could have..."
She didn't understand.
Since Lin Ye knew she was a Soul Beast, why hadn't he acted?
"Why would I kill you?"
Lin Ye's words left Liya stunned.
Huh?
Lin Ye smiled and continued, "I'm not someone who slaughters Soul Beasts indiscriminately."
His gaze was utterly sincere.
(Xiao Wu: Yeah, sure, sure.)
"Besides..."
"For a Soul Beast like you, pure-hearted, without a trace of malice, kind and innocent, I couldn't bear to do it."
Those words were like a gentle, warm current, instantly melting Liya's heart. Her fear and despair receded in an instant like the tide.
*He said... he