Ah Yin Would Have to Help Me Cultivate Too

"Coexistence..." Ah Yin repeated softly, a hint of yearning in her tone, before it was tinged with deep worry and pleading. Her gentle voice brimmed with urgency. "Your honored eminence, heir to the Beast God, I beg you to send me back to that cave. My husband is still waiting for me at home..."

"Why do you think I came looking for you, madam?"

Su Lin asked without any change in expression. Without waiting for Ah Yin to answer, he said directly:

"The Beast God has issued an oracle. The Rakshasa God's successor has already obtained information about you. If you remain in this area, you will only risk being discovered. Oh, the Rakshasa God's successor is currently the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall. You do know what Spirit Hall is, don't you, madam?"

"If you stay where you were, it won't be long before that deity's power finds you. When that happens, not only you, but that husband you speak of will be annihilated, body and soul."

"What..." Disbelief crept into Ah Yin's voice. The blades of Blue Silver Grass drooped, their edges curling slightly, as though a portion of the entire plant's strength had been drained away in that instant.

"Besides..."

Seeing that Ah Yin still harbored no suspicions whatsoever, Su Lin simply struck while the iron was hot:

"I need your strength to help me grow. You are a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor undergoing transformation anew. Even though your cultivation has now dissipated completely, the essence of your life and your potential for growth still far surpass those of ordinary Soul Beasts. If I can form a contract with you and cultivate together with you, my cultivation speed will increase greatly. When the time comes, I will personally take you back to your husband and child, openly and honorably."

Well, this did not really count as deceiving her. His path of growth could not do without the help of Soul Beasts. If one day he truly attained the position of a Supreme God, he would certainly change the system of rules governing the Douluo Continent.

After a while, Ah Yin's voice rang out again, even softer than before, as though she had accepted the established reality. She pleaded, "Then... could I trouble your eminence to take a message to my husband? Just tell him that I'm doing well, and that he should take good care of our child and not worry about me."

Tsk. Su Lin nearly failed to hold back his laughter. Tang Hao, taking care of a child.

Honestly, if Lao San had not been a transmigrator, he would have frozen to death long ago. Taking care of him, indeed...

"This is a matter of grave importance. Plans succeed through secrecy. Before I have sufficient strength, my identity cannot be revealed to anyone." As he spoke, Su Lin's tone shifted. "Besides, madam, do you know what your husband's attitude toward Soul Beasts is?"

As soon as his words fell, Ah Yin went silent.

She naturally knew that Tang Hao's love for her ran deep, but that extended only to her. When it came to other Soul Beasts, his thinking was no different from that of other Soul Masters.

"There you have it." Su Lin's tone was mild as he took the opportunity to conclude, "Since that is the case, let us wait until the greater undertaking is settled before discussing this further."

Su Lin naturally knew Tang Hao's attitude perfectly well.

His attitude toward Xiao Wu provided all the details one needed.

In the original story, if Tang San had not liked Xiao Wu, he would have kept her penned up as a reserve Soul Ring for Tang San.

That was why no one else could fathom the way the Tang family thought.

Your wife had been hunted so mercilessly because she was a transformed Soul Beast. When you encountered another transformed Soul Beast, even if you would not extend your love for the house to the crow on its roof and offer her some protection, surely you need not be so coldhearted and ruthless as to kill her.

Yet Tang Hao insisted on doing just that.

At this stage, however, Tang Hao probably already knew Xiao Wu's identity. The fact that he had yet to act was likely only because Tang San was too weak.

That was a problem.

"I understand." A trace of melancholy tinged Ah Yin's soft, gentle voice, and she stopped persistently pleading to leave.

She loved Tang Hao deeply, but as the Blue Silver Emperor, the lives of countless plants and the future of the Soul Beast Clan weighed more heavily in her heart. Weighing the two against each other, she could only set aside her longing for the time being.

In any case, Su Lin had promised that he would let her leave. All she needed to do now was wait quietly.

"Also, there is one more thing." Seeing this, Su Lin brought up the second matter. "I have a friend with me who is also a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Is there any way to conceal her presence so that experts at the Titled Douluo level cannot discover her?"

This was also his second reason for seeking out Ah Yin. Back then, Ah Yin had traveled the Douluo Continent with the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao without being discovered for so long. That was extremely unusual. Ah Yin very likely possessed a method for concealing a Soul Beast's presence.

Ah Yin: "..."

Early the next morning, Su Lin slowly awoke and let out a long sigh inwardly. For now, he had managed to hoodwink Ah Yin. Once the contract was formed, she would no longer be able to escape his grasp.

There was also that hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. Although he had already obtained the Soul Bone, Su Lin was in no hurry to absorb it. His Soul Power reserves were only in the teens, and he had the constitution of a six-year-old child. If he rashly absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, never mind succeeding-the impact of that source power alone would give him more than enough trouble.

If anything went wrong during the absorption process, the damage caused by the backlash would not heal in a day or two.

He might as well set it aside for now and try again after his contract with Ah Yin was formally established, relying on the connection between their essences. That would greatly reduce the risk and considerably improve his chances of success.

Boom-!

Just then, a muffled crash suddenly came from outside. The entire carriage shook with it, and the cups on the wooden table inside clattered against one another.

"Mm..." Xiao Wu was jolted awake. She raised her head groggily, her eyes bleary with sleep. "What time is it?"

Su Lin tilted his head to listen to the sounds outside. He could vaguely hear loose stones rolling and Sean shouting something in the distance. It was most likely the noise of clearing the landslide. "Time to get up. Uncle Sean should have cleared things out over there."

Xiao Wu mumbled something indistinctly, but obediently climbed out of his arms and began folding the bedding and putting away the pillows.

When the two finished tidying up and emerged from the carriage, the morning mountain breeze swept toward them, carrying the scent of earth and broken rock.

Holding Xiao Wu's hand, Su Lin climbed the gentle slope nearby and looked toward the landslide from higher ground. Sean stood in the middle of the road, bending down to lift a rock half a person's height and roll it toward the roadside. Most of the heap of earth and stone blocking the entire main road had already been cleared away. Only a small patch of dirt remained at the edge, and several guards were using shovels to move the loose earth and stones to the roadside and spread them flat.

Judging by their current progress, the road would be completely clear in another two or three hours.

"Come on, let's take a look around nearby." Su Lin coughed and took the opportunity to suggest it.

"Sure, sure!" Suspecting nothing, Xiao Wu nodded, her face alight with excitement.

The two said a word to Sean, then headed toward the mountain stream running along the side of the slope.