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Just as the middle-aged man was about to be struck by the wine bottle, Ye Lingling, standing behind Xiao Lin, could no longer bear to watch.
"Stop!"
Ye Lingling suddenly let out a sharp cry. She couldn't stand seeing such things happen, and she was also quite angry at Xiao Lin's cold indifference.
"Sigh!"
Hearing Ye Lingling's voice from behind him, Xiao Lin couldn't help but heave a sigh.
These young misses from great clans are truly ignorant of the world's ways; they just love meddling in others' business.
However, Xiao Lin found it impossible to actually dislike Ye Lingling.
Whether in his past life or this one, he had always admired people with warm hearts.
Inside the bar, the middle-aged man was spared a brutal beating after Ye Lingling spoke up.
Everyone's gaze shifted and locked onto her.
"You little brat, are you looking for death?"
"Hahaha, I think she wants to take the old man's punishment for him!"
"What kind of punishment? A punishment with her body?"
...
Although Ye Lingling was dressed in thick clothing, the old lechers in the bar could still discern her graceful figure. One after another, they began spewing filth, their words incredibly lecherous.
Xiao Lin could feel Ye Lingling's reaction behind him; the hand gripping the corner of his clothes was trembling uncontrollably.
"If anyone else has a big mouth, I don't mind tearing it off!"
Xiao Lin gave a cold snort as his powerful soul power erupted instantly.
In a heartbeat, the entire tavern felt the suffocating pressure of soul power originating from Xiao Lin's Super Martial Soul—the Horned Dragon Staff.
The heavy soul power caused the hearts of every Soul Master present to shudder.
None of them dared to utter another word.
Insulting a stranger was one thing, but when they started insulting Ye Lingling, the nature of the situation changed completely.
Xiao Lin cast a frigid gaze toward the few bastards who enjoyed speaking foully. Facing Xiao Lin's heavy Rank 40 soul power—reinforced by the power of his blood essence and the Vajra Imperishable trait—the once-noisy tavern fell into a dead silence.
In a tavern in a small place like this, even if there were powerful Soul Masters, they would at most be at the level of a Soul King.
Xiao Lin didn't fear a Soul King.
At worst, he would go all out and see who would be left standing!
Seeing that the tavern had quieted down, Xiao Lin turned his head and asked Ye Lingling.
"Do you want me to give those loudmouths a lesson?"
"No need, thank you."
Although Ye Lingling's face was flushed with anger, she had regained her composure. Hearing that Xiao Lin wanted to stand up for her, she felt a surge of goodwill toward him, yet she didn't want to cause more trouble.
"Alright."
Xiao Lin answered her softly, then turned his head back, his eyes turning cold as he swept them across the others in the bar.
Xiao Lin's expression shifted instantly.
"Does anyone here know the whereabouts of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts?"
"Does anyone have news regarding the Frost Gale, the Ice Shadow Stryder, the Swift Snow Fox, the Ice-Winged Falcon, or the Comet Snow Wolf?"
As Xiao Lin's voice fell, the entire bar remained pin-drop silent.
News of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts?
The members of the soul-hunting squads in the bar all assumed Xiao Lin was seeking his 50th-ranked soul ring.
This made them even more afraid to speak.
As for Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts, they might have the life to spot one, but they certainly wouldn't have the life to survive the encounter!
Especially since the ones Xiao Lin mentioned were all speed-type soul beasts.
Aside from these people, Ye Lingling was also deeply shocked. She looked at him as if he were a god, her beautiful eyes shimmering with an extraordinary light.
Wait? Xiao Lin, how old are you? For your fourth soul ring, you're already planning to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?
Ye Lingling felt that even the word "monster" wasn't enough to describe him. If Xiao Lin told her he intended to absorb a soul ring from a soul beast of over twenty thousand years, she would probably call him an absolute freak of nature.
Under her veil, Ye Lingling held her breath, trying her best not to let out a gasp of surprise.
"No one knows? Then, what about news of the Mysterious Underworld Snake-Tortoise..."
"That... I know!"
Just as Xiao Lin was about to ask for information on behalf of the Shi brothers, the middle-aged man from before spoke up.
"I know where those soul beasts you mentioned are!"
The middle-aged man shouted loudly, successfully catching Xiao Lin's attention.
"You know jack squat! You're not even a Soul Grandmaster!"
At that moment, the brawny Soul Master who had originally wanted to thrash the middle-aged man grew anxious and shouted out.
It was obvious—this brawny man could see that the middle-aged man wanted to use Xiao Lin and his companion as a shield to escape the bar.
"Humph!"
Xiao Lin let out a cold snort, glaring directly at the brawny Soul Master.
"Speak. If you really know, I'll take you out of here with me."
Xiao Lin had naturally discerned the man's motive as well, but he decided to give him a chance regardless.
Whether the information was genuine or a complete fabrication didn't matter as much in the moment; he couldn't simply stand by and watch the man be beaten to a pulp. If the man were beaten to death right in front of him, wouldn't that just be a nuisance for Xiao Lin?
"I know where the Comet Snow Wolf is. It's news my son once told me; I remember it very clearly."
The middle-aged man's face was filled with sincerity; there wasn't a single trace of falsehood to be seen.
Xiao Lin thought to himself that if this was a lie, he would have to admire the man's acting skills for surpassing even the actors of his past life.
"Follow me!"
Xiao Lin chose to believe him for the time being, demanding that the man step outside with them to talk.
Outside the Bar
The middle-aged man let out a long, relieved breath as he followed closely behind Xiao Lin and Ye Lingling. After a while, he finally began to explain: "Lord Soul Ancestor, I wasn't lying to you. I really do know news of the Comet Snow Wolf."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin turned his head toward him with curiosity. He had initially thought the man was lying because he had remained silent for so long while following them.
"Oh? Then why don't you tell me about it?" Xiao Lin asked, his interest piqued.
Based on the information he already had, he had concluded that this man shouldn't know anything. After all, the man himself had said his son was a coward who never went to dangerous places.
"Lord Soul Ancestor, my name is Qu He. My son is Qu Yao, a Rank 35 Soul Elder..."
Following Qu He's explanation, Xiao Lin finally understood where the information had come from. As it turned out, Qu He's son, Qu Yao, had always worked as a soul hunter in Aurora Town.
Because his Martial Soul was the Clear Water Seagull—an avian type—and because he was naturally timid, Qu Yao usually hunted alone.
This meant he rarely ventured near the Mixed Zone of the Far North.
His usual routine involved taking on ordinary soul-hunting commissions, scouting for suitable soul beasts for his clients, and then leading the Soul Masters to obtain their soul rings. Since he possessed the ability to fly, Qu Yao earned a decent income despite only taking on low-level tasks.
Just as Qu He thought it was time for Qu Yao to get married and start a family, disaster struck.
It happened a month ago.
That day, while Qu Yao was helping a Soul Master search for a second soul ring, a blizzard from the Far North blew him deep into the Mixed Zone. Fortunately, thanks to his flight ability and a strong sense of direction, he managed to return safely three days later.
However, during a chance encounter afterward, Qu He noticed something wrong with his son. Qu Yao was actually consuming "Ice Powder"—an extremely hallucinogenic and addictive substance.
This Ice Powder was originally a specialized medicine created by pharmaceutical experts using scales from the Hallucination Ice Butterfly of the Far North, intended to help Soul Masters manage pain.
But Qu Yao had become tainted by this Ice Powder; he was addicted. Qu Yao squandered all the family's savings on the habit. It wasn't until Qu He discovered the truth and confronted him that the full story came out.
After being blown into the Mixed Zone by the blizzard, Qu Yao had discovered a human base. There, Soul Masters were specialized in controlling a colony of Hallucination Ice Butterflies to harvest their scales.
Qu Yao had accidentally inhaled some of the scales while a Soul Master was locked in combat with a Comet Snow Wolf. According to Qu Yao, that Comet Snow Wolf was incredibly fast, and its strength was definitely at the Ten Thousand Year level.
If the Soul Master hadn't been able to control a small colony of Hallucination Ice Butterflies, that soul beast would have surely died. The reason Qu He had gone to the Frozen Ice Bar was actually to question the people there about Qu Yao's whereabouts.
Although it was possible that Qu Yao had gone back to the Mixed Zone to take on higher-level missions to fund his addiction and died in battle, Qu He believed that the people selling the Ice Powder were the ones who truly killed his son.
The Frozen Ice Bar happened to have Soul Masters who specialized in selling that very powder.
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