Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

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Mars bursts forth!

Three enormous, terrifying black shadows appeared instantly.

"Roar!!!"

The three giant dogs roared simultaneously, shaking the entire valley.

They locked onto all targets the moment they appeared.

The cries of the short, stocky Soul Master became extremely weak in front of the giant dog.

Before he could even react, he was smashed into a pulp by the giant paw of one of the giant dogs.

From behind the distant hills, following the giant dog's movements, several short and shrill screams immediately followed.

Old Drews sat slumped to the side, completely terrified, his mouth agape.

Lin Wan withdrew her fox claws expressionlessly. The silvery-white light faded, and her palm returned to normal.

He glanced at the mess on the ground and the distant hills, and after confirming that there were no more survivors, he put the giant dog away.

Lin Wan hadn't originally planned to use the tinderbox, but just in case, he summoned it anyway, aiming to kill the other person with one blow and not give him a chance to escape.

Through today's events, he also realized that his attempt to conceal his presence in Tianshuang City was ineffective.

Therefore, he must demonstrate a strong deterrent force.

Lin Wan could use the tinderbox to create a false background.

"Grandpa Drus, we can't stay here any longer. We have to leave immediately."

Lin Wan helped the limp old Drus to his feet, quickly cleaned up the obvious traces around the carriage, and then drove on towards Hanbei Village.

The carriage sped through the bumpy woods, old Drews gripping the side of the carriage tightly, watching Lin Wan's retreating figure with lingering fear.

Lin Wan naturally noticed Old Drews' silence, but he was currently busy making up a plausible background for himself and didn't have time to comfort Old Drews.

A moment later.

"Grandpa Drews, did I scare you?"

Old Drus shuddered and quickly shook his head.

"No...no. Xiao Wan, it was you who saved Grandpa. Grandpa just didn't expect..."

He didn't know how to express the shock he felt.

Lin Wan took a deep breath. "Actually, I can't believe that thing is so powerful either."

Lin Wan stretched out her hand, and in her palm was the tinderbox.

"This is?"

Old Drews looked at the box in Lin Wan's hand with a puzzled expression.

“It was given to me by my master.”

"In Tianshuang City, I met a mysterious senior. He said that my martial spirit was very special but my foundation was too weak, and with such a face, it was too dangerous for me in this world. He saw that my character was acceptable, so he took me in as a disciple. Before leaving, he gave me this talisman, saying that it contained several powerful protective forces that could be activated by rubbing a flint and steel when I was in a life-or-death crisis. However, it could only be used a few times, and the noise was too great, which could easily attract trouble. He told me not to use it unless absolutely necessary."

Lin Wan felt that her story was quite reasonable, except that she had changed the time, place, and characters.

When his martial soul awakened, his extraordinary talent attracted the attention of the system, which selected him as its host and he drew the tinderbox.

The story he told was true, just with a few words changed.

"Master?"

Old Drews's cloudy eyes lit up instantly.

"Xiao Wan, you've become an apprentice? And to a mysterious and powerful senior at that!"

Old Drus immediately imagined a reclusive master who was playing the field and had taken a liking to Lin Wan's talent.

In Old Drus's view, anyone who could awaken soul power was a genius, and Lin Wan was naturally a genius as well, so he had no doubt about Lin Wan's words.

"Could this be a precious soul tool?" Old Drus asked doubtfully.

“That’s right.” Lin Wan nodded and put away the tinderbox.

"My master's whereabouts are unpredictable. He taught me cultivation methods and life-saving techniques before leaving. He also told me to cultivate diligently and to find him after graduation."

Old Drus started daydreaming again, even imagining Lin Wan becoming a Title Douluo.

"That senior truly has discerning eyes. Xiao Wan, you must listen to your master and cultivate diligently! Don't let the senior down."

Seeing the old Drews's completely convinced and relaxed expression, Lin Wan also breathed a sigh of relief.

……

As the carriage entered the village, it immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.

When everyone saw Old Drews and Lin Wan return, they all enthusiastically gathered around them.

After all, this is a Soul Master from their village!

When Lin Wan appeared before the crowd, revealing her face, which was becoming increasingly breathtaking under the nourishment of soul power, a gasp and gasps of surprise erupted from the crowd.

"Oh my god! It's Xiao Wan! She looks so beautiful!"

"He's even more handsome than the young masters and ladies in those paintings in the city!"

"No wonder he's a young Soul Master from our village, his demeanor is completely different!"

In Tianshuang City, Lin Wan was already used to this kind of attention, and he greeted the villagers with a smile.

Chapter 28 Ursula, the Deep Sea Witch

Lin Wan returned to the familiar little stone house of Old Drus. After settling her luggage, she took out a heavy little cloth bag from her personal bag, which was filled with over a hundred gold soul coins.

“Grandpa Drews,” Lin Wan said, handing the money bag to the old man, “you can have this money.”

"So...so much!"

Old Drus's hand trembled, and he almost dropped it. In the Douluo Continent, an ordinary family without a Soul Master wouldn't spend more than a few Gold Soul Coins a year.

Old Drus looked at the dazzling golden light, and his voice changed.

"Xiao Wan! Where did you get so much money? No, no! This is too valuable! You need to spend money on many things related to your cultivation! Take it back quickly!"

Lin Wan pressed down on the old man's hand that was pushing him away. "Grandpa, please listen to me. Part of this money came from my master. He said he would arrange the cultivation resources and that I didn't need to worry. The other part was brought to me by someone from Lin Zao. He's doing very well at the Spirit Hall and he also receives a stipend."

"I'd like to ask you to use this money for a few things," Lin Wan said, looking at old Drews' shocked eyes.

“Many houses in the village are too dilapidated. They leak wind in winter and rain in summer. You should find some reliable villagers, buy some better wood and stone, and take advantage of the winter off-season to repair the most dilapidated houses in the village so that everyone can live in a warmer place.”

"And those orphans at the east end of the village, Tiedan and Erya, their clothes are all tattered. Use this money to make two sets of thick, warm cotton-padded clothes for each of them, and buy some meat so that they can have enough to eat and wear this winter."

"Keep the rest of the money. It will be useful in case someone in the village has an emergency."

As old Drews listened to Lin Wan, his eyes instantly reddened, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

He never expected that Lin Wan, who had just started to make a name for herself, would think of the entire village and those helpless children first.

"Xiao Wan, you...you child..."

Old Drews' voice choked with emotion, his rough hands clutching the money bag tightly.

"Grandpa thanks you on behalf of everyone!"

"Grandpa Drews, please don't say that."

Lin Wan supported Old Drus's trembling shoulders. "I also grew up in Hanbei Village. This is my root. I'm happy to be able to do something for everyone. Don't worry about the money. Master and Lin Zao really don't lack it."

Looking into Lin Wan's unwavering gaze and feeling the weight of her sentiment, Old Drus finally nodded emphatically and clutched the money pouch tightly to his chest.

"Okay! Okay! Grandpa understands, don't worry! Grandpa will definitely use every penny of this money wisely, for the benefit of our fellow villagers!"

……

The vast and boundless world of Douluo is far beyond the imagination of terrestrial beings.

The deep sea occupies most of this world's area. It is the kingdom of sea spirit beasts, a place that is more ancient and mysterious than the world of land spirit beasts, and follows the law of the jungle.

Beneath the abyss, thousands of meters below where even sunlight cannot penetrate, all light has vanished. Only strange, self-illuminating creatures and minerals, like will-o'-the-wisps, adorn this eternally dark land.

The water pressure here is enough to crush steel instantly, and ordinary sea spirit beasts simply cannot survive here.

However, in this desolate place, a new resident quietly appeared.

A viscous, enormous mass, like a living shadow, slowly writhed, eventually coalescing into a creature with an upper body resembling a human female and a lower body of countless thick, slippery tentacles.

Her skin was a deep violet, covered with eerie suction cups and scale-like patterns, and her long, dark green hair, like that of a living snake, drifted silently in the undercurrent.

Her face was alluring yet sinister, and her narrow eyes gleamed with an eerie green light.

She is Ursula, the deep-sea witch from the world of "The Little Mermaid," who was extracted by Lin Wan using a special character card and descended into this sea area with her complete power and form.

Ursula's strength was also rationalized by the system as that of a 100,000-year-old sea spirit beast.

"Hmph, an unfamiliar ocean, unfamiliar rules."

Ursula's deep, hoarse voice echoed from the deep sea.

Upon arriving in this unfamiliar sea, Ursula did not act rashly. She first sensed the powerful beings existing in this vast ocean.

Soon, the sea gave her the answer.

She sensed that many beings more powerful than herself were lurking in this ocean.

"Even a hundred thousand years doesn't seem to be considered top-tier here."

In the world of mermaids, Ursula was once a fearsome sea witch who nearly overthrew the mermaid kingdom and ruled that sea.

But because of that hateful and foolish mermaid princess Ariel and that damned prince Eric.

It ruined all her efforts!

But this time it's different. This is a completely new world, a world with infinite possibilities.

She, Ursula, will never repeat the same mistake!

She needs more power!

Soon, a familiar yet sinister plan resurfaced in Ursula's mind.