Lin Chuan was speechless.
Well, Bibi Dong, our teacher's right beside us, and you still dare pull this!
While Bibi Dong was off guard and pleased with herself, Lin Chuan struck decisively.
He grabbed Bibi Dong's fair little foot.
Without a shred of politeness, Lin Chuan extended a finger and launched a relentless tickling attack on the sole of her foot.
"Mmm~"
Bibi Dong was completely caught off guard the moment he grabbed her.
First, she panicked.
Oh no, bad junior brother wasn't asleep!
Then her face turned scarlet. He had grabbed her foot!
What really made her lose control was that bad junior brother was tickling the sole of her foot.
A ticklish sensation like an electric shock shot through her entire body.
Her little face flushed bright red in an instant.
"Mm mm~"
The tickling was unbearable, and she was nearly laughing to tears. Her body squirmed like a little fish.
But the moment she remembered that their teacher was right beside them, she clamped her mouth shut.
If their teacher found out she wasn't sleeping and was causing trouble instead, she would surely spank her.
So she didn't dare make another sound.
Damn it! Bad junior brother got the better of me again! He was born bad to the bone.
Bibi Dong was both embarrassed and angry.
But with her head under someone else's roof, she had no choice but to bow.
Her amethyst eyes were watery.
She gave Lin Chuan a pleading look.
It was as if she were saying:
Junior brother, I was wrong. Let me go! If teacher finds out, I'm dead.
Seeing Bibi Dong's pitiful expression, full of embarrassment and fear,
Lin Chuan felt secretly delighted.
Proud Dong, you're terrible at this, but you still love to play.
Hmph, that's what you get for messing with me.
If you weren't my senior sister, you'd already have a way to die.
Lin Chuan quit while he was ahead.
He didn't push her too far. After all, their teacher was still beside them.
Bibi Dong felt as though she had been granted a pardon when she regained her freedom.
Like a frightened kitten, she darted back under her little blanket.
She pulled the blanket over her head.
She didn't dare peek out at all.
Her heart was pounding.
The thrilling sensation of having her foot tickled still hadn't faded.
It left her legs a little weak.
Hmph, bad junior brother, just you wait!
Bibi Dong clenched her little fists.
She felt as though she had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice she used to lure it, falling completely into bad junior brother's hands.
But next time, she would definitely get even.
After all that commotion,
Lin Chuan was tired too.
He had spent the whole day on the move, after all.
He soon fell fast asleep.
At that moment, Qian Xunji, who was lying between them, opened her eyes.
As a dignified Titled Douluo, how could even the slightest disturbance escape her senses?
The thing was, she hadn't actually fallen asleep at all.
She had only closed her eyes to make the two little ones think their teacher was asleep.
She had been afraid they would feel constrained.
She sighed inwardly:
This is wonderful. Being with them makes me feel younger myself.
Early the next morning.
Faint light filtered through the leaves onto Qian Xunji, perfectly setting off her tall, voluptuous figure.
She was watching an entertaining scene.
Bibi Dong stood with her arms crossed over her chest.
She looked at Lin Chuan, her expression still full of defiance.
She secretly held a grudge. Hmph, naturally evil bad junior brother, I'll definitely tickle you back!
Lin Chuan refused to back down and glared right back at Bibi Dong.
Watching the two of them face off, Qian Xunji couldn't help finding it funny. They were really acting like children.
But seeing Chuan'er and Dong'er competing with each other actually put her more at ease.
She was still a little worried about Lin Chuan being too mature for his age.
In her view, children should act like children. They could leave many things for the adults to shoulder!
After a simple breakfast, everyone set out again to search for Soul Beasts.
But just like yesterday, they spent half the day searching without finding a suitable one.
Just when everyone thought they would return empty-handed again,
Suddenly,
Chrysanthemum Guan let out a soft "Huh!"
Qian Xunji was surprised. "Yue Guan, what did you find?"
Chrysanthemum Guan nodded.
He pointed toward a patch of flowering bushes.
At first glance, there didn't seem to be anything special about it.
But on closer inspection, the wildflowers seemed to be covered in a faint layer of golden-pink powder.
Bathed in dappled light, they had a peculiar beauty.
"Your Holiness, look. Aren't those flowers unusually bright? And the light doesn't look quite right either, does it?"
Hearing this, Qian Xunji, Lin Chuan, and Bibi Dong all looked over.
Bibi Dong stared with her beautiful eyes wide open for quite a while, but couldn't see a thing.
"There's nothing different about them, is there?"
"Aren't they just a little brighter?"
Qian Xunji was speechless.
Her eldest disciple really was ignorant and unskilled!
At that moment, an image flashed through Lin Chuan's mind.
It was one of the Soul Beasts from the illustrated guide he had read yesterday.
He asked uncertainly,
"Were those traces left by a Light-Weaving Butterfly?"
Qian Xunji looked at Lin Chuan approvingly, her beautiful eyes full of satisfaction.
The information she had given Chuan'er mentioned this Soul Beast.
But there were very few records of the Light-Weaving Butterfly.
Even if someone had read them, the chances of remembering it and identifying it from the traces on the scene were slim.
It seemed Chuan'er had done his homework.
Chrysanthemum Guan was even more surprised.
The Light-Weaving Butterfly was extremely obscure.
Even if Spirit Hall had provided the relevant information, it probably hadn't said much about it.
Few people knew its habits and characteristics.
Let alone how to identify it from the traces it left behind!
He himself had only developed a fairly deep impression of this Soul Beast because he had spent years studying all kinds of plants and medicinal herbs.
He couldn't help exclaiming in admiration,
"Your Highness, you have a keen eye!"
"This Light-Weaving Butterfly can't be more than five hundred years old."
"If its age is suitable, it's an excellent choice."
Qian Xunji couldn't help agreeing.
"This Soul Beast is very suitable for Chuan'er."
"Most of the Soul Rings it provides have light and healing properties."
"They're also a very good match for the Wishing Angel."
With his guess confirmed, Lin Chuan was delighted.
When he had seen this Soul Beast, he had thought it seemed quite suitable for him, so he had paid it a little extra attention.
"Teacher, how do we find this Light-Weaving Butterfly, then?"
Qian Xunji smiled confidently. "Leave it to me!"
The Light-Weaving Butterfly's most marvelous ability was weaving a curtain of light that could blend completely into the forest environment, protecting itself that way.
This ability to weave light could both heal and camouflage.
At its current age, however, it could fool ordinary Soul Masters.
But before a Titled Douluo's powerful senses,
It wasn't nearly enough.
A moment later,
"Found it!"
Qian Xunji's gaze sharpened.
She had found the Light-Weaving Butterfly's resting place a short distance away.
With a gentle wave of her hand, she sent a surge of Soul Power toward a spot in the air.
The perfect camouflage of interwoven light and shadow was pierced in an instant.
The Light-Weaving Butterfly revealed itself!
Its pair of wings were as dazzling and translucent as colored glass, with a golden-to-pink gradient of radiant color across them.
Every flap of its wings seemed to produce specks of light.
Judging by its appearance alone, it didn't look like a Hundred-Year Soul Beast at all.
Lin Chuan couldn't help marveling.
If I'd come in here alone, I never could have found a Soul Beast like this.
Is this the benefit of having a great tree at my back?
After Bibi Dong saw the gorgeous Light-Weaving Butterfly,
Her amethyst eyes filled with envy.
Why is the Soul Beast bad junior brother found so pretty?
Bibi Dong couldn't help feeling sour.
Both her Martial Souls, the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and the Death Spider Emperor, were ugly.
The Martial Souls she had absorbed were all spider Martial Souls too.
Not one of them was pretty.
Unlike Lin Chuan!
His Wishing Angel was holy, and his Fallen Angel was dark and beautiful!
Now even the Soul Beast he was going to absorb was this pretty!
Comparing yourself to others could really make you die of anger.
Chrysanthemum Guan couldn't help sighing inwardly too.
Back then, I had no one to guide me through absorbing a Soul Ring like this.
After inspecting it, Qian Xunji made her assessment.
"It's just about four hundred years old."
"Chuan'er, absorb it."
"All right, teacher!"
Thanks to Bibi Dong's guidance the day before yesterday, Lin Chuan already had a thorough understanding of how to absorb a Soul Ring.
He took a dagger out of his storage ring.
Qian Xunji had prepared it for him long ago.
Teacher really thought of everything!
Apart from taking a little time, my hunt for my First Soul Ring seems to have gone without a hitch. I even slept soundly.
Unlike God King Tang, who had to use his wits in all sorts of ways to hunt his First Soul Ring and nearly kicked the bucket.
Lin Chuan couldn't help marveling.
A moment later, a Yellow Soul Ring floated out of the Light-Weaving Butterfly.