As far as the Heavenly Kirin Beast was concerned, no matter how sweetly Nie Li spoke, he refused to believe the fellow was not plotting against him. He was just as rotten as the humans who had wanted to capture him.
Nie Li proposed a compromise. As long as he agreed to form a soul seal with Du Ze, the Heavenly Kirin Beast's body would automatically turn incorporeal, becoming a demon spirit and entering Du Ze's soul sea.
The Heavenly Kirin Beast burst out laughing. Turning himself into a demon spirit-how was that any different from dying?
Trying to fool me? I might be an underage Heavenly Kirin Beast, but I'm sharp as hell, all right?
Nie Li explained that there was, of course, a difference. As long as they formed a soul seal, he would retain his own consciousness, and once Du Ze died, he would be free.
A human lifespan was less than a hundred years. Compared to a Heavenly Kirin Beast's, it was a single drop in the vast ocean.
The Heavenly Kirin Beast agreed on the spot.
To be safe, Nie Li wanted some of the Heavenly Kirin Beast's blood.
The Heavenly Kirin Beast refused.
Goddess Yu Yan silently grumbled about how cunning the Heavenly Kirin Beast was. He had agreed so readily because he intended to find an opportunity to harm Du Ze once he got close.
Seeing that he would get no such opportunity, the Heavenly Kirin Beast immediately refused, claiming he had never heard of such a thing. If Nie Li wanted his blood, he could come and get it himself.
Nie Li was not having that. Just because he had never heard of a soul seal, did that mean it did not exist? Of course not.
Nie Li was not stupid enough