Douluo: Shark Hunting Blade, Lurking in the Dark!

Chapter 4: Contract? Freedom! Go to Poseidon Island!
Wells and Lan sat at the table, which was filled with food and drinks.

Lan said nothing, just sat quietly at the table.

"Let's not talk about work today, let's talk about our personal feelings."

Wells looked at Lan who was silent and smiled faintly. Then he picked up the wine glass and poured wine for Lan himself.

As he poured the wine, he said, "Lan, do you hate the teacher and the empire?"

It was Wells who put him on this path.

With Yi Lan's talent, he should have blossomed on the mainland's stage, enjoying the spotlight and becoming a shark galloping freely across the sea.

But because of his words,

Lan spent the first half of his life in a dark cage.

Training, endless killing, no exposure
This is too cruel for a child.

Sharks are supposed to swim in the ocean.

Rather than being confined to a gutter.

Wells also felt very guilty towards Lan.

He also spent some time with Lan.
He knew that Lan Yuan was not as cold and mature as he appeared.

"No hatred. It was the Empire that saved me, and you, teacher, gave me a new life. If it weren't for the Empire and teacher, I would have died at the hands of pirates along with the people in the small fishing village." Lan's voice was exceptionally low.

"But you should have had a better childhood." Wells suddenly spoke. Lan shook his head after hearing this, with a flash of pain in his eyes: "Teacher, I don't want to talk about this."

"Okay." Wells' voice was a little hoarse, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes reflected the years.

He is old.

But Lan is still young.

Such an outstanding young talent should not die in this dark and damp cage.

He pondered for a long time.

Wells looked at Lan.

"Lan, do you want freedom?"

Suddenly, Lan's heart trembled violently!
free……

These two words were both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

This was what he had always longed for, yet it was out of reach.

Then,

Wells took out a contract from his arms and pushed it in front of Lan.

"I have applied to His Majesty to give you a chance to escape from the black ice."

"But you must complete one last mission for the Empire, no matter when or where."

“One year, ten years, maybe even longer.”

"Until you complete the last mission given to you by the Empire, you are still a member of Black Ice, a killer of the Empire."

Wells groaned for a moment, then a smile flashed across his face: "But before that, you can live the life you want."

"As long as the mission is completed, you will no longer be the Black Ice Killer, Lan."

"Lan, are you willing?"

Wells's voice echoed quietly in the cell.

Lan's numb body shook violently. He picked up the contract tremblingly and looked at it carefully several times.

His Majesty's seal. This contract is authentic.

"Lan...I am willing."

Lan signed his name on the contract.

The moment Lan pushed out the contract, he actually felt a sense of relief.

He was free...

It all happened so suddenly and so dreamy that Lan thought he was dreaming.

Wells put away the contract, put his hand on Lan's shoulder, and said with a faint smile: "Live well, the world is big, and there are many beautiful things that you need to discover with your heart."

"Also, the teacher hopes that if the empire is in danger one day in the future, you will be able to stand on the side of the empire."

"Teacher knows that you don't want to talk about your childhood because of the Empire."

"But this is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Without the cruel law of survival, there would be no empire today."

"Even His Majesty came this way in the beginning."

Wells sighed slightly.

The competition among the Xingluo royal family is far more brutal than that among the Black Ice.

After all, the enemies standing before them were their beloved relatives and friends.
Lan also had a short childhood.

He lived under the same roof with many children of his age, playing and laughing together.

Until one day, the nightmare came.

The Empire put these children in a cage and let them kill each other. Only the last one alive can enter the Black Ice. And Lan is the last child alive.

His hands were stained with blood.

Including his childhood friends.

From the moment the contract was signed, the strongest assassin of Black Ice was already dead.

Died in childhood memories.

As for the last mission, for Lan, it was just killing one more person. Lan had long been accustomed to killing.

Lan bowed deeply to Wells.
Turn around and leave.

Wells looked at Lan's back and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Lan.

Live well,

for myself.

Lan walked out of the underground cell and returned to the surface. The dazzling sunlight made him look dazed for a moment.

Come to think of it, this seemed to be his first time to truly come into contact with sunlight.

Lan looked at the people walking in the streets. Some of them were in a hurry, some were comfortable and at ease, and some of them had their own things to do.

Lan was a little uncomfortable.

This feeling of sudden freedom.

It's like being suddenly fired by the boss of the company.

"I wonder if the little ghost is okay?"

Qian Renxue’s dirty face suddenly appeared in Lan’s mind.

Why did I suddenly think of that little kid?

It must be because I am too idle.
Looks like I need to find something to do.

Immediately,

In the next six months, Lan embarked on a journey alone, traveling all over the country, and saw the flowers on the road flourishing and withering.

This benefited him a lot.

The scenery and interesting things along the way made Lan feel the meaning of life for the first time and also made him understand many truths.

It turns out that life without killing can really be so beautiful.

just,

There is no way without killing.

Lan also encountered many pirates during these journeys.

But now Lan,
He is no longer the weak boy he used to be.

He easily dealt with the pirates.

But he couldn't go back to that summer.

Back to the day that changed his fate
For some unknown reason, during the six months of traveling, Lan's cultivation speed was several times faster than before.

Now Lan's soul power has reached level seventy.

He only needs to obtain one more soul ring and he will be able to enter the Soul Saint realm!
A twenty-year-old Soul Saint.

This talent has already surpassed the current continent's number one genius, Tang Hao.

However, Lan, who lurks in the darkness, is destined to not enjoy the attention that belongs to him.

even,

He has forgotten.
Today is his twentieth birthday.

happy Birthday.

——Lan
Lan set off for the sea. His martial soul was that of a shark, so the soul ring he needed would preferably be from a sea soul beast.

Lan's Breath of the Deep Sea martial soul is very special. When it just awakened, it was still a young shark. As Lan obtained soul rings, the improvement of its soul power also gradually changed.

Moreover, Lan has an inexplicable affinity with the sea, as if the ocean is his relative and partner.

Therefore, when Lan absorbs soul rings on the sea, he can basically absorb them painlessly, or even without any hindrance.

This also resulted in the age of all of Lan's spirit rings exceeding the limit.

Only Lan himself knows this secret.

Lan took out a map from his arms. The map depicted the routes on the ocean, and the end of the map was a place called Poseidon Island.

He seized this map from a pirate.

Lan is a soul master.
Practicing and becoming stronger is what every soul master desires.

He is also included.

"Poseidon Island, I hope it will be a good journey..."

(End of this chapter)