Once suspicion arose, the truth no longer mattered

"Black Dragon? Silkworm Baby? What are those?"

It wasn't just Xiao Wu who was puzzled. Xiao Hei was just as confused.

"The Star Dou Great Forest has things like that? Where did Boss hear this information?"

But whether it was true or not could wait. Judging by Boss's expression, he didn't seem to be joking.

"There aren't any?"

"Never heard of them. Maybe they're somewhere else in the Star Dou Great Forest."

The Star Dou Great Forest was vast and connected to other regions.

What Mo Lin was asking about might be somewhere else. At least, she had never seen them, much less heard of them.

"Boss, why are you looking for a Black Dragon? The Dragon Clan isn't easy to tame."

If Mo Lin was looking for a Black Dragon, he most likely wanted to tame one.

After all, she had heard him mention something about a Dragon Knight before. Maybe he wanted a mount.

Wait, did that mean he no longer wanted her?

A sense of crisis instantly welled up in Xiao Hei's heart.

"No, what would I want that thing for? It's hard all over."

Mo Lin had never ridden a dragon, but those things were covered in scales. Even if they didn't dig into him, they couldn't feel as comfortable as Xiao Hei's fur.

Besides, why would he keep one? He had only asked because he wanted to know where the Silver Dragon King was.

Judging by the timeline, she should have been asleep.

He had searched the Star Dou Great Forest before, but the place was too large. With no map or anything to guide him, finding her was no easy task.

Back then, he had only stumbled upon Xiao Hei while wandering around inside.

"All right, I was just asking. Don't overthink it."

He tapped Xiao Hei on the head. How could he not see what she was thinking?

Taking in an underling was a lot of trouble. He had finally managed to bring one out with him; he couldn't just throw her away.

Besides, he wasn't someone who abandoned the old for the new.

"Let's go."

Spreading out the map, Mo Lin pointed to a special mark on it.

That was precisely where Slaughter City was located.

Some time had passed since they left Suotuo City. They were almost at Slaughter City now.

A gathering place of sin, the only prison on the Douluo Continent built by a god.

Unfortunately, Tang San had destroyed it in the end.

Who knew what had been going through his head? Did he not even understand the balance between good and evil?

Destroy one, and something new would emerge to fill the vacancy.

Turning something controllable into something uncontrollable hardly seemed like something a normal person should do.

Most importantly, it did him no good.

Speaking of Tang San, though, he wondered how that guy was doing now.

He had spared his life and even steered Flender into taking him to Heaven Dou City precisely because he wanted to leave him to the Good Side.

Games were more fun with other people, after all. Joy shared was better than joy enjoyed alone.

"Oh, little rabbit, there's something I forgot to tell you. That person you bumped into on the street back then was me."

If he hadn't thought of Tang San, he would have almost forgotten about it.

"You must have had quite a fierce argument after you went back. And you haven't seen that little wildcat in a while either, have you?"

Faced with the topic Mo Lin tossed out, Xiao Wu remained silent.

By now, she no longer knew whether she should be angry or afraid.

Unlike Xiao Hei, she had been protected far too well throughout her life, leaving her far less able to withstand things than Soul Beasts that had always fought for survival.

Besides, the Soft Bone Rabbit line was inherently weak. They might look fierce in a fight, but that was only compared with humans.

Among Soul Beasts, they were nothing but pretty things with no practical use.

To put it harshly, she was only fit to be Xiao Hei's food. Xiao Hei might even have eaten quite a few of her kind.

After all, this fellow seemed to have a particular fondness for rabbits.

"Nothing to say?"

Mo Lin smiled, then brought his face close to Xiao Wu's, his black pupils fixed firmly on her eyes.

"Do you really not care, or are you pretending?"

The Evil Face had a rather unruly disposition, and Ye Xingmeng bore undeniable responsibility for that.

As the saying went, those near vermilion turned red, and those near ink turned black.

After spending so long with her, Mo Lin himself would pick up some of her traits, though they weren't so pronounced when he was whole.

But the Evil Face that split off would magnify this trait without limit.

"Does it matter? I can't stop you from doing whatever you want anyway."

Xiao Wu spoke calmly, without a trace of emotion in her voice.

"An honest answer, but I'm not very satisfied with it."

"You do care, don't you? At least you care about your Brother San."

This rabbit was certainly a little stupid, but to put it another way, she could also be called innocent.

If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet Tang San, someone would probably have killed her for her ring and bones long ago, then made her into a spicy rabbit head.

Even the Blue Silver Emperor knew not to run wild before obtaining seven rings, yet this one had plunged straight into a crowd of humans.

"Let me tell you a cruel truth. Your Brother San figured out you weren't human long ago."

At those words, a faint change appeared on Xiao Wu's face.

Mo Lin smiled. It looked like she was reacting now.

"His father is the Clear Sky Douluo. Has anyone ever told you that a transformed Soul Beast retains traces of its Soul Beast presence until it breaks through to Soul Saint at rank seventy? Titled Douluo and certain Soul Masters with powerful spiritual strength can all see through your identity."

"Why do you think you've survived until now?"

"Oh, and here's something else. Tang San's mother was a Soul Beast too."

Hearing this, Xiao Wu suddenly raised her head, disbelief showing in her eyes.

"Humans and Soul Beasts can have babies?"

Xiao Hei suddenly spoke from the side, interrupting the conversation.

Then she took a punch to the head.

"Don't interrupt when I'm talking. Besides, she'd already transformed into a human. Physiologically speaking, she counted as human. What's so strange about having a cub?"

Even without transforming, Soul Beasts could mate with humans.

But what they gave birth to might not be human, but rather a strange creature that was half human and half beast.

If Mo Lin remembered correctly, the most representative examples seemed to be called Wolf Bandits.

And those things could even drop Soul Bones, which really was rather absurd.

"Oh."

Holding her head, Xiao Hei gave a quiet reply, then obediently lay to one side, not daring to say anything more.

Xiao Wu, meanwhile, had read another meaning into Mo Lin's words.

"No, impossible! Brother San isn't that kind of person! You're lying!"

Xiao Wu was agitated now. To her, nothing was more devastating than betrayal by someone close to her.

"That's right, I'm lying. How would I know what he's thinking? I'm only telling you one possibility based on how humans treat Soul Beasts."

"Whether you choose to believe it is up to you."

"Anyway, Tang San's mother's Soul Ring is on his father now. Oh, and I heard she even sacrificed herself."

Those few brief sentences made Xiao Hei's scalp prickle.

"Humans are so scary."

At that moment, she suddenly felt that her boss was far better than those sanctimonious fellows.

At least if he wanted to kill you, he wouldn't go through all those twists and turns. He would make it quick.

Of course, she only thought this because she had never encountered his other side.

If she had, she would have discovered what it truly meant to kill without drawing blood.

"All right, that's all I have to say. Besides, you probably won't have anything to do with that boy in the future, so none of what comes afterward will happen."

"So you can just take everything I said as me teasing you out of boredom."

But even so, once the seed of suspicion was planted, the charge already stood.

What did the truth matter?

Heaven Dou City.

Mo Lin Workshop.

Flender waited at the entrance, staring anxiously at the tightly shut doors.

He had been waiting here for several days without seeing anyone appear. Now he was even beginning to suspect that the other party was deliberately avoiding him.

Or perhaps he had unwittingly offended him, and the man was preparing to kill him.

With such thoughts in his head, Flender had been unable to eat or sleep properly these past few days, waiting eagerly for Mo Lin every day.

Only today, when Ye Lingling passed by and saw Flender crouching in a corner, did she finally ease his worries.

"You're looking for Brother Mo Lin? He's gone out. It'll probably be a while before he comes back."