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

Chapter 379 Reunion with the Mermaid
Lin Xiao frowned slightly upon hearing this. "You don't seem afraid. You're from Shrek Academy. I thought your attitude towards us would be even worse. I didn't expect you to make such a decision."

"Is your affection for her truly worth this much?"

“No, it’s not just because of my feelings for Xiaoya.” Beibei shook her head.

"Actually, I've been staying in the Tongming Sect for a while now. During this time, I've seen the disciples here cultivate just like ordinary soul masters, and I've seen them make heating soul tools to send to the refugees outside..."

“Sometimes I think that, apart from their past experiences, these disciples don’t seem to be much different from ordinary Soul Masters.” Bei Bei paused slightly as she spoke.

"Perhaps Senior Sister is right..."

"Senior Sister?" Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao seemed to unconsciously straighten up a bit.

“Hmm.” Bei Bei nodded. “She used to be the chief disciple of Shrek Academy’s inner court, and now she is the vice dean of the Martial Soul Department, but we still prefer to call her Senior Sister.”

"What...did she say?" Lin Xiao's tone changed slightly.

Beibei, preoccupied with Tang Ya, didn't catch what she was saying. "She said, not all evil spirit masters are evil spirit masters."

Although the words were a bit awkward, Lin Xiao still understood their meaning.

"The senior sister has mentioned similar things to the other elders and dean of the Sea God Pavilion many times. Although no final decision has been made, the disciples in the academy have changed their attitude towards evil soul masters quite a bit compared to the past."

"And here with you, I see my senior sister's words come true through those disciples."

"I think that since you were able to turn these evil spirit masters into this state, even if you know I come from Shrek Academy, you won't make things too difficult for me."

Lin Xiao smiled and glanced at Bei Bei.

In fact, he could tell that Beibei's true thoughts were not entirely what he had said. If that were the case, he wouldn't have thought of running away first when his identity was exposed.

However, his view of evil spirit masters did change. Otherwise, even for Tang Ya's sake, he would not have chosen to stay here and collude with a group of evil spirit masters. Instead, he would have forcibly taken Tang Ya away before Lin Xiao returned.

A series of thoughts flashed through Lin Xiao's mind, and he suddenly stood up.

"Whatever your reason, I can let you stay here. But, I am, after all, the leader of the Tongming Sect, and you cannot harm my disciples."

“Of course,” Beibei agreed without hesitation.

"Besides, you are not my disciple, nor did I invite you to be my guest. As you can see, my Tongming Sect is still quite rudimentary. You should at least leave some money for your meal here."

Beibei was taken aback by Lin Xiao's words. Before he could react, he saw Lin Xiao take two steps toward the door.

"As for what happens between you and Tang Ya, I won't interfere. Whether you stay or leave is up to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiao pushed open the door and went out. Bei Bei looked back and saw Wu Yun standing at the door, making a "please" gesture to him.

"What kind of person is the cult leader?"

In the backyard, the disciples who had just dispersed were still discussing Lin Xiao when a figure sneakily approached Nana and lowered his voice slightly.

Nana glanced at the person next to her with a puzzled look.

This girl was brought back by the abhorrent. She looked older than her and didn't seem to lack cultivation, but her true strength was always hard to discern.

However, to say that this girl's strength has reached an unfathomable level seems a bit far-fetched based on her behavior. But given that she was once an evil spirit master in the Holy Spirit Cult, some strangeness is probably to be expected.

"The cult leader... is a very good person." Nana looked at the expectant look in the girl's eyes and gave a vague answer.

"So he really is like us, taught by the Holy Spirit?"

“Of course.” Nana glanced at the person next to her with a strange look. “Unless they have similar experiences to us, how could anyone else possibly give us the same attention as the cult leader?”

"If I were to encounter a Soul Master with cultivation levels like the Sect Leader, I would probably be eliminated the moment we met."

The person nodded and was about to ask another question when a voice suddenly sounded from behind her.

"Since you're so curious about my affairs, why don't you just come and ask me in person?"

The man's body seemed to stiffen for a moment. Nana also turned around at the sound and saw Lin Xiao walking towards them with Hatred.

"Master, Elder."

Hearing the somewhat familiar title, Hatred scratched his head, but quickly pointed to the disciple next to Nana, "Master, the strange person I was talking about is her."

"I..." The girl was startled upon hearing this and shrank back.

"Have we... met somewhere before?" Lin Xiao frowned slightly upon seeing this.

He had already noticed something was wrong; he had never seen this person's name on the Holy Spirit Cult's list before. However, the Holy Spirit Cult had many disciples, and it was impossible for everyone to be on that list.

What truly aroused Lin Xiao's suspicion was a strange feeling.

He felt like he had encountered this sense of déjà vu somewhere before, but his memory was somewhat hazy and he couldn't quite recall it.

“The one the cult leader has seen is probably not like this.” Before the person in front of him could respond, Abomination spoke up to explain.

The girl's expression suddenly changed as she looked at Hate. "What nonsense are you talking about? If I could change my appearance, how would you recognize me?"

Upon seeing this, Lin Xiao instantly realized that the person in front of him was definitely up to something. He turned to look at Abomination and saw him slightly raise his hand.

“Appearance can be changed, and I don’t know what method you used to change your aura, but the shape and density of your bones, the texture and direction of your muscles, these cannot be completely changed.”

“I have personally handled too many corpses of your kind. No matter what form you take, I can still see the shadow of your original form in you.”

As Abomination spoke, his fingertips trembled slightly, as if he were reliving the feeling of touching the corpse. Although Nana, who was standing next to him, already knew that Abomination also came from the Holy Spirit Cult, she still felt a chill run down her spine from his calm tone.

"Impossible!" The girl shook her head repeatedly. "The bodies of our clan are buried in the sea, where humans cannot reach. How could a human like you possibly come into contact with them?"

“I…someone once gave me many corpses of your clan.”

Although the Hateful Douluo did not say it explicitly, Lin Xiao had already gleaned a great deal from his conversation with the person in front of him.

The person before me is not human. The only creature that can be buried at the bottom of the sea and still allow hatred to come into contact with the corpse is probably a mermaid.

(End of this chapter)