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

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.

Chapter 167 Story

Looking up, there was no trace of morning or dusk around me, and there was no trace of Orange. I was standing in the air above the sea. Behind me, the fishing village had become very small and almost invisible.

Only a melodious song kept coming from the depths of the ocean, making people want to follow the song.

Lin Xiao bit his tongue, and dazzling light flashed all over his body. The soul guide propulsion device carried his body backward rapidly.

The singing that came from far away gradually stopped, and then a light laugh sounded in Lin Xiao's ears. It sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had encountered it before.

Lin Xiao did not dare to be careless and had no intention of looking back. He only breathed a sigh of relief when his feet touched the ground again.

"Teacher, did you hear that voice just now?"

I called out softly in my heart, but after a long time, Alex did not respond.

"Teacher, teacher?"

Lin Xiao was startled and his consciousness quickly sank into the sea of ​​​​spiritual consciousness. However, when he opened his eyes again, what he saw before him was not his sea of ​​​​spiritual consciousness, but an unfamiliar house.

Orange was looking up at him, and the young man from before was also standing beside him with a concerned look on his face.

Lin Xiao quickly came to his senses, the sound of his heartbeat in his chest was clearly audible. He calmed his breathing slightly and then remembered that he and Juzi were living in the young man's house.

"Are you having a nightmare?" Orange raised his hand and waved gently in front of Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but frowned and called softly in his heart, "Teacher?"

"Were you in danger just now?"

Hearing Electrolux's old voice again, Lin Xiao felt a little relieved.

"Yes, teacher, what just happened?"

"It should be a method of affecting the mind." Eleks paused. "What did you just encounter?"

"I seemed to have had a dream." Lin Xiao recalled carefully. Ever since Sleepy Nightmare Douluo died at his hands, he hadn't fallen into a dream as quietly as he did now.

"It shouldn't be just a dream." Alex sighed softly, "It has affected your mind and even your soul. Fortunately, you broke free from its control just when I was about to wake you."

"It was also a stroke of luck. Just now, when I was confused by it, I felt a breath of death, which brought me back to my senses."

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, recalling what had just happened. Although it seemed like a dream, the spirit power in his body was not calm. The coldness under his feet had not completely subsided. He felt as if he had really walked on the sea.

And that faint melody...

"Teacher, did you hear any singing just now?"

"Singing? Not really."

Is it because Ilex's status is too high that he is not affected, or...

Lin Xiao's face looked a little ugly, and he looked up at the other two people in the room.

Or is it that only I can hear it?

Just as Lin Xiao was thinking, Ju Zi waved her hand in front of him again, "You haven't woken up yet?"

Lin Xiao came back to his senses and looked at her. "It's okay, I just had a dream. By the way, what time is it now?"

"At this time..." the young man glanced at the sky, "It will be dawn soon."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao looked out the window. The sun had not yet risen, but he could already see the situation outside clearly.

Retracting his gaze, Lin Xiao took out a gold soul coin and placed it on the table, "Thank you, brother."

"No, no." The young man waved his hands repeatedly.

"It's just a gold soul coin, so you might as well take it. By the way, when I came here before, I saw some frozen-dried sea fish in the yard. Does the young man usually go out to sea?"

Lin Xiao pushed the gold soul coin on the table forward.

"Alas, most of us here rely on going out to sea for a living, barely enough to live on."

"So, are there any taboos?"

"Taboo?" The young man thought for a moment, "It's probably just words like 'sink' or 'turn over'."

The young man subconsciously glanced towards the inner room as he spoke. Seeing that his grandmother was still asleep and hadn't heard him, he breathed a sigh of relief. "But I've never been very sensitive about these things. Even the sea god at home was someone my grandmother asked me to worship."

"Are there any taboos related to 'singing'?"

"This..." The young man suddenly laughed, "You must have heard the legends on the seaside. Those were the stories my grandma used to scare me when I was a child."

"They say there are sirens in the sea who use their singing to steal the souls of children. But I've never encountered one in all my sea voyages. They're just scare children away from drowning, so they tell them to stay away from the water."

"So that's how it is." Lin Xiao nodded with a smile and stood up.

"Thank you for disturbing us last night. We'll be leaving now."

"You're welcome, but you two are both soul masters, and there's no food to take out at home..."

"It's okay." Lin Xiao waved his hand and walked out first.

The young man accompanied them all the way until Lin Xiao and the other person left the village, then he turned and left.

"Did you dream about someone singing last night?"

Without the shelter of the wall outside the village, the sea breeze from afar blew directly towards the two of them. As Orange spoke, he wrapped his clothes around himself.

"Almost." Lin Xiao nodded, recalling the scene where he couldn't tell whether it was reality or a dream. He didn't continue discussing with Orange, "Where are you going today?"

"You took me away so abruptly, but you didn't even decide where to go?" Juzi smiled at Lin Xiao, seemingly having forgotten what happened last night. "Would you like to accompany me for a stroll along the beach?"

Lin Xiao was slightly dazed after hearing this, then shook his head. "This sea is a little strange. I don't know if it's because of the sea soul beasts in it or something else. It's better to stay away from here as much as possible."

Being able to brush past death without even noticing it, Lin Xiao had become alert to this place, and that was also the reason why he hurriedly took Orange away.

Even if I want to figure out what happened here, that is something I need to consider when I reach a higher level of cultivation in the future.

"Okay, then let's go somewhere else." Orange knew the importance of the matter.

When she woke up this morning, Lin Xiao was still frowning as if he was meditating. He didn't open his eyes until the young man came out of the room.

She thought something had gone wrong with Lin Xiao's practice, and she didn't feel relieved until he woke up.

Although she didn't know what exactly happened, she knew that Lin Xiao had his reasons for taking her away.

When the sun rose completely, the two had already put on their flying soul guides and left. Lin Xiao occasionally looked back, feeling a little uneasy, but the thing in the sea did not make any other movements. It seemed as if what happened last night was just a coincidence.

Chapter 168 Borrowing a Knife

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and what happened that night seemed to be just a dream. Lin Xiao never encountered such a situation again, but he was still frightened and did not go near the beach again.

Coming out of a hotel in Dongyang City, Lin Xiao glanced at Orange beside him. They had visited many places in the past few days, but they hadn't seen anyone else. He didn't know where the others that Orange had arranged to go.

"Where else are you going today?"

"No, just wait here." Orange suddenly turned around and said, "Haven't you always wanted to know what we're going to do this time?"

Lin Xiao nodded.

"Then did you know that there's a duke in the north who's rebelling and trying to establish his own duchy?"

Lin Xiao looked at Ju Zi in surprise and shook his head. He did know that a duke in the Sun-Moon Empire would rebel, but he had the impression that this would happen in a few years.

At that time, Orange had already left the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy and led troops to the north to quell the rebellion. Isn’t it a little early now?

"Given the Sun-Moon Empire's combat power, it should be easy to put down the rebellion."

In Lin Xiao's impression, if Orange had not been intentionally sent to the battlefield for training, with the strength of the soul guide corps of the Sun-Moon Empire, only one of them would be enough to solve the problem here.

"Yes, for the Sun-Moon Empire, this duke's deeds are more of a merit than a rebellion."

Orange's tone turned cold, completely different from his usual self.

"But this achievement cannot fall into the hands of anyone other than His Royal Highness. He is a tool, a knife, a knife used to deal with those who hinder His Royal Highness."

Juzi spoke calmly, as if she was talking about something very ordinary, which made Lin Xiao unconsciously look at her a little more.

He felt an aura from Orange that he had never felt in the past few days, and there was a faint shadow of the empress dowager who ruled the Sun and Moon Empire in his memory.

"Since the Second Prince's death, the other princes of the empire have been quiet for a while, but since His Majesty became seriously ill, these people have become restless again."

"War is blind. If someone wants this achievement, they must naturally bear the risks it brings."

Juzi didn't explain it clearly, but Lin Xiao already knew why Xu Tianran asked Juzi to gather the people from the Holy Spirit Church.

Just like that night a few years ago, he wanted to once again eliminate the prince who intended to compete with him for the throne.

Orange was probably sent here to cover up the matter. The news received in Mingdu was probably that the prince died at the hands of the rebels. Even if the person sent out exposed his whereabouts, it was the work of the evil soul master and had nothing to do with Xu Tianran.

No one would have thought or imagined that it was the young girl next to Xu Tianran who planned and participated in the whole thing.

Lin Xiao also began to understand why the Sun-Moon Empire could maintain a stalemate for several years despite the fact that it was just a rebellion by a duke.

As long as the Duke is still around, many things can be solved more easily.

"You kept it from me because it involved a royal secret? Then why are you telling me now?"

"Your Holy Spirit Church is cooperating with His Highness, and your leader already knows the whole story. What do I have to hide?" Orange said, turning his head.

"But if I tell you in advance that we don't need to come so early at all, and I just want you to play with me for a few days, will you still agree?"

Juzi didn't wait for Lin Xiao's answer, but looked at the time and took Lin Xiao out of the city to a secret place.