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

Chapter 166 Singing
"Should I blame the soldiers who brought Dad to the army, or should I blame the Sun-Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire?"

"It's too much. I can only blame it all on Duke White Tiger, even though I know a war is not the fault of just one or two people."

Lin Xiao sat next to Orange and didn't speak for a long time.

He probably understood why Orange did these strange things. It must be because Xu Tianran told her about his future plans, but she was not really ready to give up everything for revenge as she said.

Perhaps she herself didn't know who her real enemy was, but she just gave herself a goal in her heart that allowed her to persist alone until now.

"Do you know that Xu Tianran wants to unify the Douluo Continent?"

Orange's voice became low again, and there was no longer any respect for Xu Tianran in her tone.

Lin Xiao nodded when he heard this. He was well aware of Xu Tianran's thoughts.

“I want to help him achieve that goal.”

After Orange finished speaking, he was silent for a moment. Seeing that Lin Xiao did not respond, he turned to look at him again, "But I don't know whether this is right or wrong?"

"Although I was always worried following Xu Tianran, he also gave me the opportunity to enter the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy. I learned a lot and thought a lot."

"I lost my parents in the war. I don't know who to hate, but I want there to be no more war on this continent."

"Maybe I will create more people like me, but from now on, there will never be anyone like me again." Orange said, clenching his fists slightly.

Lin Xiao turned around in surprise, not expecting such words to come out of Orange's mouth.

After a moment of silence, seeing that Orange was still looking at him, Lin Xiao shook his head gently, "I don't quite understand these things, and I can't give you an answer, but——"

"If this continent can really be unified, it would probably be a good thing." Memories of the previous life came flooding back, and Lin Xiao recalled many things at once.

"Really? So you think so too." Orange murmured, his voice gradually getting lower, as if he was talking to himself, "Then will you help me?"

"This continent is too vast. My power alone won't make a big difference." Lin Xiao shook his head slightly. "And if we really want to unify the continent, we absolutely cannot rely on the power of the Holy Spirit Church."

"Even if there are people like you in the Holy Spirit Church?" Orange suddenly raised his head.

"Heh." Lin Xiao smiled and lowered his head slightly to look at his hands. "It's precisely because there are too many people like me in the Holy Spirit Church."

"Do not……"

Orange shook his head, his voice a little unclear.

She couldn't tell anyone what was in her heart. She only dared to show her true expression in front of Lin Xiao, who had saved her life. But when some words came to her lips, she knew she shouldn't say them.

Until the end, only a dreamlike voice remained, "Will you stay with me?"

Lin Xiao did not respond, but he did not get up and leave either. He just sat quietly by the side without any other movement.

He was not heartless, and he did not completely unresponsive when he heard Orange's confession. It was just that he himself was helpless now, so how could he have the time to care about other people's affairs.

He could hear Orange's gentle breathing, and the warm breath hit the back of his hand. She looked a little tired and had fallen into a deep sleep, just like that night a few years ago.

Lin Xiao stopped disturbing him and closed his eyes.

The house here has good thermal insulation. Although there is still a cold wind outside, it is not too cold inside. With the protection of soul power, he quickly fell into meditation.

Lin Xiao didn't know how much time had passed when the sunlight suddenly streamed in through the window, waking her up. The orange beside her was nowhere to be seen, but the door to the room was open, and a figure stood facing the sunlight outside, casting a long shadow behind him.

"tangerine?"

Lin Xiao stood up and looked outside the door, but Juzi didn't say anything. She just waved at him, motioning him to come over.

She vaguely felt that something was wrong, but yesterday's experience had made Lin Xiao somewhat accustomed to the fact that Orange was not as usual. Perhaps it was because she knew what would happen in the future that she wanted to experience the things she had always wanted to do but had not done.

"Where's the rest of the people in the room?"

Lin Xiao walked up to Orange and looked around.

Orange still didn't speak, but just raised his hand and pointed into the distance, then suddenly ran towards the distant beach.

Frowning, Lin Xiao followed from a distance, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Looking back, I saw that the village where I had rested last night was completely quiet, without even a single person in sight.

No, it's too quiet.

People in villages like these don’t actually pay much attention to the specific time. Working from sunrise to sunset and resting from sunset to sunrise is their normal routine.

However, the sun had already appeared and the sunlight almost illuminated the entire village. The people here should not have been still and motionless.

"Lin Xiao——"

A faint call came from his ear, and Lin Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at the seaside. He saw that Orange had run to the seaside in just a moment, shouting something with his mouth open, and constantly waving at him to come over.

Raising his head slightly, Lin Xiao frowned even deeper. So much time had passed, but the sun above the sea hadn't changed at all. If there was any difference, it seemed that it had not only not risen, but had actually set a little.

It's as if it's not morning now, but dusk.

A breeze blew from somewhere, causing ripples on the sea surface, and soon formed waves that kept hitting the shore.

The gravel under my feet trembled slightly with the waves, making bursts of subtle sounds, as if a different melody was coming from the sea in the distance.

It was like a sigh that had long been forgotten in the sea breeze, so faint that it almost seemed an illusion.

But soon, it wrapped around me tightly, seeping into my bone marrow and whispering in my blood.

Lin Xiao didn't know what kind of melody it was, but he felt like there was a call going straight into the depths of his soul. Every bone and every muscle in his body was resonating with it, making him unable to help but move forward.

Suddenly, he felt a chill under his feet, then his ankles, knees, and finally his chest. The pressure that came from nowhere made his breathing a little faster, and a familiar feeling inexplicably flashed through his mind.

What is it?

Oh, yes, that was the breath of death, as if "death" had become real and appeared beside him...

wrong!

Lin Xiao's heart suddenly shook, and the red spider lilies bloomed one after another. The elegant fragrance spread to his nose and made him wake up quickly.

With a "splash" sound, Lin Xiao flew up and found himself in the cold sea water under his feet.

(End of this chapter)