After a morning of long travel, everyone finally left the outermost edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Ling Yun stood on Golden Crocodile Douluo's shoulder, looking back at the Star Dou Great Forest that was getting farther and farther away. His heart was filled with complex emotions.
No matter what, this was the first place he had come to after being reborn in the Douluo Continent. There were too many memories here.
It was only natural that Ling Yun would have such mixed feelings.
Golden Crocodile Douluo saw Ling Yun's reaction and thought he was unwilling to leave his own kind, so he comforted him.
"Little one, are you reluctant to leave your own kind? Afraid you won't see them again?
If that's the case, I can make a request on your behalf to the young master.
I'll ask her to bring your kind to the human world in the future, and then you can be together forever."
Hearing Golden Crocodile Douluo's words, Ling Yun's expression turned strange.
He realized for the first time that this old man's thought process was actually so unique.
He didn't want the Heavenly Snow Mink he'd become to be lonely, so he brought the entire Heavenly Snow Mink clan to the human world.
It was like how certain cruel emperors in ancient times would say to a minister they were about to execute:
"Today, I shall execute you. I fear that you may be too lonely in the afterlife, so I'm sending your entire clan to accompany you."
This was originally a sorrowful matter.
But, the emperor had to act as though he was bestowing a great favor upon the minister.
Ling Yun twitched the corner of his mouth, then replied to Golden Crocodile Douluo, annoyed.
"I'm so damn grateful to your eighteenth generation of ancestors. Isn't it enough that you've captured me?
You want my whole clan to be your humans' pets? Old man, I hadn't noticed before, but you're so shameless! Do your parents know how shameless you are?"
Ling Yun's sarcastic remarks made Golden Crocodile Douluo cough a few times.
He swore he just wanted to keep this little guy from being so lonely.
But as the little guy said, as a Soul Beast with intelligence comparable to humans, few would want to be someone else's pet.
Not to mention capturing an entire clan and taking them to the human world, isn't that just forcing the issue?
"I'm sorry, little guy, I really didn't mean it that way."
Golden Crocodile Douluo wore an apologetic expression.
His current demeanor was worlds away from how he treated Ling Yun before, making it a bit difficult for Ling Yun to adjust.
Ling Yun quickly shook his claws and said, sounding annoyed.
"Alright, alright, you old geezer, you used to glare at me all the time.
Now you've changed your attitude towards me so quickly, it's making me a bit uncomfortable. It feels strange."
He gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a look of disdain and lazily continued.
"I'm telling you, don't get any funny ideas. I'm still Xue'er's pet, after all."
Golden Crocodile Douluo was stunned for a moment, then wore a wry smile and explained.
"Don't overthink it, little one. I'm just regretting not listening to your advice before."
"Sigh, if I had listened to your advice back then, perhaps so many Spirit Hall elites wouldn't have perished. I feel guilty," Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed heavily, his words filled with remorse and desolation.
This wasn't hard to understand.
After all, he had watched those Spirit Hall elites being devoured by the beast tide one by one, perishing, even without a trace of their bodies left.
As a high-ranking member of Spirit Hall, his decisions had led to the deaths of so many elites, and even nearly caused the entire team to be wiped out...
Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded slightly to Ling Yun, speaking to him in a solemn tone.
"Youngster, in the future, as you follow the young miss, please keep an eye on the people around her.
If anyone harbors malicious intentions towards the young miss, please inform her in time, so that she doesn't meet with any misfortune."
Ling Yun looked at Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression, which seemed to say, "I'm counting on you from now on," and he felt a little emotional.
He had to admit, this old geezer was annoying, but he was truly devoted to Qian Renxue.
In the original story, this old man's final fate was to self-destruct to protect Qian Renxue.
With such a loyal old man, Qian Renxue was quite fortunate.
Ling Yun nodded indifferently and said impatiently,
"Don't worry, don't worry, Miss Xue'er is much smarter than you.
At least, she won't ignore my advice."
Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded slightly at Ling Yun again, speaking in a sincere tone.
"That's good then. I'll be relying on you in the future, Young Master..."
After the man and the beast had chatted for a long time, the group arrived at the town closest to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
This town was entirely due to the large number of Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, attracting Soul Masters who needed to hunt them.
Soul Masters came here to resupply, get equipment, form teams, or purchase maps of the Star Dou Great Forest, and so on.
Over time, a town formed here.
Although it wasn't as grand and spectacular as Soto City, Heaven Dou Imperial City, or Star Luo Imperial City, it was still a small town in its own right, with a population of no less than tens of thousands.
Buildings were scattered across this small town in an orderly fashion, and the streets were connected in all directions, all paved with white stone bricks.
The main road of the district was lined with shops. They sold Soul Beast pelts, claws, fangs, medicines, and even some Soul Tools.
From time to time, shouts and calls echoed through the air.
"Seeking a seven-person team to hunt a five-thousand-year-old agile Soul Beast! Need an auxiliary Soul Master above Soul Elder level. One hundred Gold Soul Coins!"
"Got a bounty, hunting a three-thousand-year-old control-type Soul Beast. Need attack-type and agile teammates! Anyone interested in teaming up?"
"Team up to hunt a ten-thousand-year Soul Devouring Spider! We have three people already..."
Ling Yun, seeing this scene for the first time in this different world, was filled with curiosity. It was like watching people team up to clear a dungeon in an online game from his previous life.
Hearing all the hustle and bustle, Ling Yun felt an urge to transform into a human and follow these people into the Star Dou Great Forest to "clear dungeons."
But, he himself was a Soul Beast. Would he be going into the Star Dou Great Forest to "clear his own dungeon" with humans?
The Spirit Hall team moved through the crowd. They stood out because they were all wearing the distinctive uniforms of the Spirit Hall.
The crowd lowered their heads as they saw them, their eyes filled with respect.
Soul Masters held an extremely high status on the Douluo Continent.
Under the diligent efforts of successive Popes, the Spirit Hall's influence had spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent.
Therefore, the Spirit Hall's status on the entire Douluo Continent had also risen. Many people considered it an honor to be able to join the Spirit Hall.
Looking at the large swathe of bowed heads, Ling Yun felt the lofty status of the Spirit Hall on the Douluo Continent up close for the first time.
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