After obtaining her second Soul Ring at the hundred-year limit, Little Rabbit strutted around smugly all day. Fortunately, Lin Yang was there to quickly bring her back to reality.
Even if Little Rabbit was no longer the Little Rabbit who got "bullied" every day, Lin Yang was still Lin Yang!
Suppressing a whimpering bunny with one hand was as easy as turning over his palm!
There was no helping it. This silly rabbit was a clockwork toy-she needed winding up every so often, or she would turn the world upside down.
And Xiao Wu's second Soul Skill was still Charm, a control-type Soul Skill.
The skill did not sound like much, but in the early stages of a Soul Master's development, mental abilities were practically game-breaking.
Among those of the same rank, very few could resist mental control.
Well... except for Lin Yang.
Little Rabbit had used her Charm Soul Skill on Lin Yang, but the result... Lin Yang had merely thought she was making eyes at him. He had felt absolutely nothing.
Little Rabbit tried several times in succession before reluctantly admitting that Lin Yang's Spiritual Power was stronger than hers.
After all, with three lifetimes of accumulation, it was understandable that Lin Yang's Spiritual Power was a little stronger.
But a transformed Soul Beast like Little Rabbit could only start accumulating it again from scratch, so naturally, there was a gap.
Regardless, being immune to mental control was definitely a good thing.
Little Rabbit did not take it to heart, either. After all, having her confidence battered by Lin Yang was nothing new.
Although there had been a "hundred million" tiny little surprises, at least she now had two rings herself, Little Rabbit consoled herself.
Lin Yang had two rings, and so did she. If you rounded things off, weren't they exactly the same?
But this Ah Q-style mental victory did not last long before a piece of news struck Little Rabbit like five thunderbolts crashing down on her head.
Lin Yang had broken through!
Little Rabbit: Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?
Xiao Wu looked at Lin Yang with a conflicted expression, repeatedly poking his arm with her little finger.
"How did you break through so quickly? This defies common sense!"
Lin Yang gave her a smile that did not reach his eyes. "Sounds like you're not happy about it?"
"Of course not!"
Little Rabbit had long since learned to read the room and backed down at the speed of light.
Lin Yang gave a soft snort. "I'm going to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow. You stay here."
"I want to go too. I want to go back and see Da Ming and Er Ming."
Lin Yang hesitated briefly, but when he thought about how returning to the Star Dou Great Forest was just like going home for Xiao Wu, he did not refuse.
"Then we'll leave the day after tomorrow. Pack your things. We probably won't be coming back for a while."
Two days later.
"Time to go!"
Lin Yang locked the courtyard gate, then turned and climbed into the carriage.
Xiao Wu cast a reluctant glance at the courtyard.
Without realizing it, she had already lived in this courtyard for more than three months.
Three months was not a long time, but she simply felt that this was the second place, aside from the Lake of Life, that could give her peace and warmth.
It held almost all her beautiful memories of the human world.
Seeing Xiao Wu's lingering attachment, Lin Yang chuckled.
"All right, don't be sad. I bought this courtyard yesterday. You can stay here whenever you want, for as long as you want."
At those words, the clouds on Xiao Wu's face instantly gave way to sunshine. She looked delighted. "Really?"
"Of course." Lin Yang smiled.
Houses in Suotuo City were far from cheap, but the two of them had earned quite a bit at the Great Soul Arena, so they had more than enough to buy a small courtyard.
Now that Xiao Wu was no longer sad, she quickly climbed into the carriage.
This was the same carriage Lin Yang had used before, only with a more comfortable cabin.
Over the past three months, the carriage company had fed the old horse until it was plump and strong. Now it was time for it to do some work.
The carriage soon left Suotuo City, heading east toward the Star Dou Great Forest!
They had only one objective on this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest: to find a suitable third Soul Ring.
Lin Yang already had several targets in mind, but whether they were actually suitable would have to depend on the circumstances when they got there.
After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was the largest gathering place of Soul Beasts on the entire continent. It was hard to say whether his knowledge of Soul Beasts would actually apply.
As for Xiao Wu?
She certainly knew many kinds of Soul Beasts, but Lin Yang's emotional intelligence was not zero. How could he possibly ask her a question like that?
Suotuo City was more than four hundred kilometers from the Star Dou Great Forest. If the two traveled on their own, pressing on day and night, it would only take three or four days.
One reason they chose to take a carriage was that Lin Yang was not particularly pressed for time. It would not delay his cultivation anyway;
The other was that he wanted to use this time to give Xiao Wu some more guidance and see whether he could help her unlock the "Transparent World."
By now, Xiao Wu's Breath of Softness was already exceptionally polished.
Her various moves were approaching perfection as well, but she simply could not grasp the "Transparent World."
In Xiao Wu's words, it felt like looking at flowers through the mist, with an invisible membrane in the way!
Having been through it himself, Lin Yang knew very well that her current situation had nothing to do with talent or technique. She merely lacked the right opportunity.
Once that opportunity arrived, everything would flow naturally into place, like water forming a channel!
If that opportunity had yet to arrive, everything would be like trying to scoop the moon out of the water.
So along the way, Lin Yang did not say too much and needlessly add to Xiao Wu's burden.
Instead, he guided her in continually reinforcing the foundations of her Breathing Style.
Even a towering building rose from level ground!
Repetition, repetition-until she reached her goal, she had to keep repeating!
And Xiao Wu once again experienced what it felt like to be plunged into deep water and scorching fire.
Ten days later, the two arrived by carriage at a town on the outermost edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Towns like this were practically standard features around Soul Beast habitats of all sizes, so there was little need to elaborate.
It was just that the town here by the Star Dou Great Forest was noticeably larger, like a miniature city, and did not pale even in comparison to Nuoding City.
The two left their carriage with a carriage company. After eating and drinking their fill in town, they returned to the inn to rest for a night and fully replenish their vitality and spirits.
Meanwhile, at the center of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Moonlight spilled down, dotted with starlight, making this region seem like a true earthly paradise.
At the center of this paradise lay a clear, vast lake.
Just then, an enormous dark shape suddenly rose rapidly from the lakebed.
Boom!
Amid a huge surge of water, a monster with a bull's head and a snake's body emerged from the center of the lake. The portion above the surface alone reached an astonishing hundred meters.
"Er Ming, I sensed her presence!"
As that deep, rumbling voice sounded, two moons suddenly appeared in a corner by the lake.
On closer inspection, they were not moons at all, but a pair of enormous yellow beast eyes.
By the faint moonlight, the owner of those enormous eyes soon became visible. He, too, stood over a hundred meters tall and resembled a cross between a gorilla and King Kong.
His immense body was like a breathing mountain.
"She must have run into trouble. I'll go get her right now!"
Er Ming's enormous body slowly began to rise, his booming voice rumbling like thunder!
"No need," Da Ming said gravely.
"If you go out now, you'll only draw powerful humans here. Wait until she enters our territory."
After a moment of silence, Er Ming's rumbling voice rang out. "Understood!"
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