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

Chapter 54 Compensation
"Ta-ta-"

It was the familiar sound of footsteps again. Lin Xiao suddenly found that he seemed to be accustomed to such sounds.

"Lin Xiao, right? Someone's here to pick you up."

A jailer opened the cell door and just started to speak, then he seemed to suddenly realize something and turned around to look back, but there was nothing behind him.

Lin Xiao opened his eyes and looked up at the person in front of him. "Can I leave now?"

"Good, you can leave now."

The jailer turned around again after hearing this. Above his head, a translucent shadow slowly emerged from the ceiling and stared at the back of his head.

The jailer didn't notice and took two steps forward to take off the soul guide from Lin Xiao's wrist.

Feeling the soul power flowing again, Lin Xiao's body seemed to have become a lot lighter.

"follow me."

The jailer put away the key, looked around suspiciously, and finally just shook his head slightly and walked out of the cell.

Lin Xiao stood up, stretched his muscles, raised his hand and made a feint, then followed.

There were no familiar faces outside the prison. There was only a palace servant who was watching the people coming in and out not far away. After seeing Lin Xiao, he hurried forward two steps and handed over a storage soul guide.

"Sir, this is your storage soul guide."

"Who are you?" Lin Xiao looked at the palace maid in front of him.

"I am a member of His Royal Highness's entourage," the man said, taking out a robe and helping Lin Xiao put it on. "His Royal Highness and Sect Leader Zhongli have been thinking about you these days."

Lin Xiao's expression changed slightly when he heard this. If it was just the Crown Prince's men who came to see him, it wouldn't mean anything, but he mentioned Zhongli Wu as well as the Crown Prince, which was intriguing.

What kind of deal did Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu reach during these days?
"Where do we go next?"

Although he didn't know what Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran talked about, according to his memory, Xu Tianran would still be the crown prince in the future, and the Holy Spirit Church must have contributed a lot to this.

At this time, the prince's men came to see him, and he didn't know if there was anything else.

"His Royal Highness invites you to the East Palace for a chat."

"I understand, lead the way."

"Yes."

Xu Tianran's condition was better than Lin Xiao expected.

At this moment, he was sitting at the desk, with a thick blanket covering his lower body, and he didn't know what the specific situation was.

When he saw Lin Xiao walk into the room, a smile appeared on his face.

"You're here, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Xu Tianran waved his hand, "You're welcome. I've already accepted Sect Leader Ye as my adoptive mother. From now on, we're all family."

Lin Xiao calmly sat aside after hearing this. He knew that the Ye Sect Leader Xu Tianran was referring to was Ye Xishui, the Supreme Sect Leader of the Holy Spirit Sect.

Perhaps the relationship between Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Church had already become unusual from this time on, but it was not until he succeeded to the throne and became emperor that the Holy Spirit Church appeared in the open.

"By the way, I heard you rescued Orange?" Xu Tianran raised his hand, and someone served him hot tea. "I didn't do anything, I just brought her back."

"This is a great favor to Juzi." Xu Tianran looked at Lin Xiao with a smile. "Juzi risked his life to block the attack for me. His heart is clear. And you were able to save my benefactor in that critical moment, which is also an invaluable contribution."

"Come here, give me a reward."

After saying that, the palace servant who had brought Lin Xiao in before brought up a tray with a golden inner armor on it.

"This item looks like an inner armor, but it's actually a true soul guide. Its main material is mercury gold, so it looks very soft. It has a trigger-type defensive soul guide array on it, and it also has a certain degree of defensive power. It's of good quality."

"To actively activate its defensive effect, you need a Soul Power of at least Level 70. However, if you only want to use it for passive defense, a Soul King's strength is more than enough."

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

The palace maid picked up the mercury gold armor and showed it to Lin Xiao. Xu Tianran kept smiling as he spoke.

"Your Highness, this is too precious."

"What are you talking about? Saving Orange is like saving my life. Do you think my life is not as valuable as this soul guide?"

"I dare not." Lin Xiao said quickly.

I'm afraid his gratitude is fake, and it's more to make up for the days he's been locked up. Xu Tianran just cooperated with the Holy Spirit Church, and this is to show his sincerity to me.

"Since it is a reward from His Highness, I will accept it."

"That's right." Xu Tianran's smile widened. "By the way, Orange is fine now, you can rest assured. I heard you're still studying at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy. Don't worry about these little things these days. Go back to the academy and have a good rest."

"Yes, thank you Your Highness."

Lin Xiao stood up to leave. Xu Tianran subconsciously held onto the table, but suddenly stumbled again. His face looked visibly ugly.

"See the guests off for me." These words almost popped out from between his teeth.

"Yes." The palace servant did not dare to delay and hurriedly led Lin Xiao out.

However, before he could walk far, he suddenly heard the sound of something being smashed from Xu Tianran's room behind him, followed by a series of roars.

Lin Xiao kept walking, showing no intention of looking back. Those smiles from before couldn't hide the change in Xu Tianran's mentality. He subconsciously wanted to stand up, but after realizing the change in himself, he still revealed the madness in his heart.

"Sir, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just recovered from a serious illness. Please do not spread the news."

The palace maid beside him spoke, with a hint of request in her tone.

"Of course. I'm not a talkative person."

"Thank you, sir." The palace servant bowed slightly. "Oh, sir, please follow me. We will leave from the east gate, which is closer to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy."

Lin Xiao looked up at the palace attendant. This wasn't the first time he'd heard the name of the academy. Was it mentioned accidentally, or did someone ask him to go back to the academy first?
However, judging from the situation, he shouldn't need to go back to the Holy Spirit Church headquarters. The news that came out has been known by Xu Tianran, and it should not be hidden from the Holy Spirit Church. He might as well just wait in the academy. Sleepy Nightmare Douluo should come to find him.

After leaving the palace, the hustle and bustle of the street reached his ears, and Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Speaking of which, before this, he had always been carrying the restriction of Nightmare Douluo on his body, and after breaking the restriction, he had always kept it with him. Then came the ascension ceremony and imprisonment.

Now that he had gone through the soul-raising ceremony, the Holy Spirit Church felt much more at ease with him. Standing at the gate of the palace, looking at the people coming and going in front of him, he felt a rare sense of relief in his heart.

However, he had just taken two steps with this mood when he heard footsteps behind him.

(End of this chapter)