Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 119 The Long Night
A cool feeling passed over his face, as if something was gently brushing against him. Lin Xiao opened his eyes and found darkness all around him, with only a few rays of moonlight filtering through the branches and leaves. It was clearly night. A shadow flashed before him, a little unclear in the darkness.

"you're awake?"

Zhang Lexuan's voice sounded from the side. Lin Xiao turned his head slightly and saw her sitting in front of him, breathing a little faster.

"Yeah." Lin Xiao nodded and looked around. He found himself half-sitting and half-lying on the ground against a tall tree. The surroundings were quite quiet. There was nothing else except some subtle chirping of insects. It was obviously not the place where he had fought with the badger beast before.

"Where is this place?"

"This is the outer area." Zhang Lexuan sat a little further away, but her eyes never left Lin Xiao. "The mixed zone is unsafe at night. I saw that your condition had stabilized, so I brought you here."

"Thank you."

Lin Xiao thanked him and the surroundings became quiet again.

"You..." Zhang Lexuan hesitated, "Have we met before the last time we encountered the Gold Devouring Beast?"

When Lin Xiao used his soul skills in front of Zhang Lexuan, he had already guessed that he would be recognized. The last time they met, he hadn't revealed much of his identity as a soul mentor, but when the sea of ​​flowers appeared, Zhang Lexuan would definitely remember the scene of their first meeting.

"Yeah." Lin Xiao did not deny it.

"So it was you who was at Rongguan Ferry that night?"

"You even remember this?" Lin Xiao was a little surprised. He had indeed witnessed Shrek Academy rescuing the Dragon Girl from the Ordinary Alliance, but he hadn't expected Zhang Lexuan to notice him even though he left immediately. "I thought I was running fast enough, but I didn't expect you to notice me anyway."

"No..." Zhang Lexuan shook her head, wanting to say that not everyone, but only she noticed the familiar mask, but after thinking about it, she changed the subject, "I didn't expect that people from your Sun-Moon Empire would also come to the Star Dou Great Forest to look for spirit rings."

"Sun-Moon Empire?" Lin Xiao paused, then gently stretched his body to make himself more comfortable. He relaxed completely, then raised his head slightly to look at the moonlight filtering through the branches. "Actually, I don't even know where I'm from."

"When I was little, I lived in a remote village. Later, an evil spirit master passed by there, and I... I was lucky enough to be brought to the Sun-Moon Empire by my teacher. Later, when I wanted to go back, I couldn't find the specific location of the village. It must have been completely reduced to ruins."

"So that's why you attacked those evil soul masters?"

Lin Xiao recalled the scene when he first met Zhang Lexuan. That was when he dealt with the Holy Spirit Sect branch temple. "Maybe this is also the reason."

Zhang Lexuan didn't continue speaking. Her expression was a little complicated, and it was unknown what she was thinking about.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly flipped through the storage soul guide and said, "Oh, right, this was found in the soul beast."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blood-red light lit up between the two of them. Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, slowly adapting to the sudden light, and then he realized that it was a soul bone.

It looked like a piece of translucent glass, with blood-red threads running through it like blood vessels, or like the red mark on the back of a badger.

"This is a right leg bone. Please take it."

Lin Xiao hesitated for a moment, "I couldn't have dealt with that soul beast on my own. The only way I was able to kill it was because your previous attack left a fatal wound..." Zhang Lexuan shook her head, placing the soul bone beside Lin Xiao, "This matter had nothing to do with you. Not only did you kill that soul beast, but you also saved my life. And—"

As she was speaking, she was about to search for the storage soul guide device again, but Lin Xiao suddenly interrupted her and said, "I'll take the soul bone, you can keep the rest."

"Hmm?" Zhang Lexuan looked up and saw Lin Xiao smiling.

"It was my own decision to take action against the soul beast, and that's enough." Lin Xiao said, and the resolute expression on Zhang Lexuan's face when she stood in front of the other Shrek students seemed to appear in front of him again.

He put away his thoughts and lowered his head slightly to look at the soul bone at hand. The most valuable soul ring and soul bone of a hundred thousand year soul beast had fallen into his hands. He had to leave something for Zhang Lexuan, so he let her take away the materials of the soul beast.

"Without you, I can't deal with that soul beast."

"Okay." After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Lexuan nodded and did not refuse anymore.

Moonlight streamed down onto the earth, seemingly draping the entire Star Dou Great Forest in a layer of silver. Occasionally, a few rays of moonlight would filter through the branches, casting shadows of two figures on the ground. The rustling of the swaying branches mixed with the whispered conversation of the two men. The evening breeze blew by, yet no one felt the chill.

It was not until the end of the night and dawn that Lin Xiao stood up and stretched his body. Suddenly, there was a sound from all the joints of his body.

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows and took another look at himself. In just one day, his body had once again experienced a surge in strength. Not only had his strength increased, but some inexplicable changes had also quietly occurred.

Is this the power of the gold of life?
After so many years of practice, this is the first time that Lin Xiao has experienced such treatment.

"Are you alright with your injuries?"

Zhang Lexuan's voice rang out. Lin Xiao turned around and saw that she had also stood up. "Yeah, it's okay now."

"Then... I have to go back too." Zhang Lexuan looked outside the Xingdou Great Forest. "I've been away for so long, the teachers at the academy should still be looking for me."

"and many more."

Zhang Lexuan turned around and looked over when she heard that.

Lin Xiao touched the storage soul guide, then suddenly raised his hand and took off a necklace from his neck. The pendant below looked like a funnel.

"I think the material of that soul beast is still not as good as a hundred thousand year soul bone. You can accept this soul guide." Lin Xiao smiled. "I know you Shrek Academy people don't use soul guides very often, so I specially chose this one. It's similar to the storage soul guide you use, but it stores soul power."

"I don't have any objections to Shrek Academy's teaching methods, nor do I want to change your views on soul guides. It's just like the storage soul guide. Even if you look down on soul guides, their appearance has still changed a lot."

"Take it. I made it myself. Although it can't help you recover to your peak state with your cultivation level, it can still ensure that you have the strength to fight when your soul power is insufficient."

(End of this chapter)