Douluo Continent: Heaven rewards diligence, Tang San's defenses are breached by liver damage.

Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes and instantly identified the type of the soul beast. Judging from its size, it should be around 1,700 years old, making it a rather good soul beast.

"Perfect timing! Whether it's suitable or not, let's take it first!"

Since they all came to him of their own accord, Lin Chuan naturally wouldn't be polite.

He quickly drew an arrow, used his Observation Haki to predict the flight trajectory of the Ice Crystal Sparrow, aimed, and instantly released his right hand.

"call out--"

The arrow pierced the air, carrying a chilling glint.

"Chirp!"

The Ice Crystal Sparrow realized the danger was approaching and hurriedly flapped its wings, trying to avoid the sudden cold arrow, but the arrow was obviously faster and grazed past its body.

Blood splattered from the sky, and the Ice Crystal Sparrow let out a cry of pain.

Chapter 29 Meeting again after thirty years is fate

Lin Chuan was not surprised. Although his archery skills had reached the level of "subtlety", it did not mean that he could hit the target every time. It was only natural that he was caught and dodged.

"Come again!"

Without giving the Ice Crystal Sparrow time to react, Lin Chuan fired another arrow.

This time, the century-old soul ring from the King of the Earth shone with dazzling light.

"Explosive Arrow!"

Arrows, glowing with fire, flew out.

"Chirp chirp!" The Ice Crystal Sparrow hovered in mid-air, its not-so-large eyes revealing obvious anger. It flapped its wings violently, stirring up endless cold winds.

Snowflakes condensed into ice crystals and fell from the sky.

Rumble!

The exploding arrow caused a burst of fire, engulfing all the ice crystals and shattering them. The billowing smoke and dust also obscured the vision of both sides.

Just then, a noise suddenly came from within the smoke.

Three arrows pierced through the thick smoke, hurtling through the air and attacking the Ice Crystal Sparrow in a triangular formation. Their angles were so tricky that they blocked most of the Sparrow's dodge options.

"Chirp!"

The Ice Crystal Sparrow's left wing was pierced by an arrow. It cried out in despair and desperately flapped its other wing, but the intense pain affected its flight, and it eventually crashed heavily to the ground.

With a whoosh, another arrow pierced through the Ice Crystal Sparrow's other wing.

The thousand-year-old soul beast was already severely injured and pinned to the ground by arrows, unable to break free no matter what.

Lin Chuan slowly stepped forward, but to his surprise, the Ice Crystal Sparrow suddenly opened its mouth, and a stream of blue frost shot out from its mouth, engulfing Lin Chuan.

"The real culprit!"

With a sigh, Lin Chuan lightly touched the ground with his feet and dodged in time.

As expected of a wild soul beast from one of the three major soul beast gathering places, it is full of wildness, unwilling to submit, and quite dangerous. Even when it is seriously injured, its ferocity remains unchanged. However, if it tries to ambush you, it is really too naive.

Lin Chuan moved quickly and arrived in front of the Ice Crystal Sparrow.

"Chong-"

The woodcutter drew his axe and struck the Ice Crystal Sparrow on the head with tremendous force, which contained the power of his soul, knocking the sparrow unconscious.

"It's done!"

Lin Chuan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

The whole process went relatively smoothly. From encountering the Ice Crystal Sparrow to subduing it, it didn't take too much effort. The only problem was that the battle caused a bit too much noise, and it was hard to guarantee that other soul beasts wouldn't come over to join in the fun.

"So...should we absorb this spirit ring or not?"

Looking at the Ice Crystal Sparrow at his feet, Lin Chuan hesitated.

To be honest, the Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow wasn't very aggressive, but it was the most suitable soul beast Lin Chuan had encountered since entering the Frozen Forest.

Seventeen hundred years, approaching the upper limit of a normal person's third spirit ring.

With Lin Chuan's current physical condition, absorbing such a spirit ring beyond his level is naturally not a problem.

"Hmph... Let's not wait any longer. Even if we continue searching, I'm afraid we might not be able to find a more suitable soul beast than this Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow."

After much deliberation, Lin Chuan ultimately decided to absorb it.

Putting aside the dangers of venturing deeper into the Frozen Forest, where the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are incredibly ferocious, Lin Chuan alone couldn't possibly roam freely here. Now that a suitable soul beast has appeared, he naturally can't miss it.

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan first sprinkled some beast-repelling powder nearby, then slowly raised the wood-chopping knife in his hand and slashed at the neck of the Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow.

Please wait a moment!

Suddenly, a clear, cold voice rang out.

Lin Chuan paused, and three figures emerged one after another from the direction from which the Ice Crystal Sparrow had flown.

Two beautiful young girls around twelve years old, and another woman who was an extremely beautiful woman with a delicate diamond-shaped face, long, shiny black hair reaching her waist, phoenix eyes revealing a hint of shrewdness, and a frosty temperament between her brows that kept people at a distance.

They were none other than the three people they had met briefly outside the Frozen Forest.

"Thank goodness I'm not dead!"

One of the spirited girls, with long black hair and a snow-white face, looked at the Ice Crystal Sparrow on the ground and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"trouble!"

Lin Chuan cursed under his breath, but still didn't make any rash moves. He gripped his wood-chopping knife and cupped his hands in greeting, "Greetings, senior. But I wonder why you stopped me?"

It was still that same spirited girl. "You can't kill that Ice Crystal Sparrow. We discovered it first and were the first to hunt it down. It still has ice left by Bing'er on its chest!"

Lin Chuan flipped the Ice Crystal Sparrow over with his foot and, sure enough, saw the frozen feathers. He cursed his bad luck inwardly.

I never expected that after finally finding a suitable soul beast, it turned out to be one that had been injured by someone else.

However, none of that matters. The most important thing is that the other party has a master who has reached at least the Soul Saint level, or even possibly the Soul Douluo level. Even if they wanted to compete, they would be no match for him.

The law of the jungle prevails; it's that cruel.

"Alright, Xuewu, let me do it!"

Just then, the beautiful woman with a cool and elegant demeanor suddenly spoke and turned to look at Lin Chuan.

"I'm sorry, young man. We did find this Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow first. It's very suitable for my student. Besides, given your age, you don't seem like someone who can absorb a thousand-year soul ring. So I hope you can reluctantly part with it."

"But rest assured, young brother, we are from Tianshui Academy. The Ice Crystal Sparrow was subdued by you, so we would never resort to trickery or force. We will definitely give you satisfactory compensation. What do you say?"

He wasn't as domineering as Lin Chuan had imagined; instead, he was rather approachable, and even his Observation Haki couldn't detect any malice, which surprised Lin Chuan.

He had just been thinking of compromising first, then reciting "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate a young man's potential," and then going back to Tianshui Academy to regain his face when he became stronger in the future.

Unexpectedly, the spell was interrupted.

I just don't know if the other party is being sincere or just making empty promises.

"Since you seniors encountered this Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow first and were so polite, how could I not be appreciative? Besides, I was only able to capture it by sheer luck, or rather, I benefited from its injury. As for compensation, there's no need for that."

Lin Chuan shook his head slightly, and finally chose to compromise.

Circumstances are beyond our control; there's nothing we can do about it. Just surviving is a testament to the other party's good temper.

For a Soul Master who is about to advance in rank, a good Soul Ring is undoubtedly very important, not to mention in the wild, where anyone with a strange temper could easily kill you.

The fact that this beautiful woman didn't act immediately is already a stroke of luck.

Lin Chuan's only thought right now is to leave as soon as possible.

Seemingly sensing Lin Chuan's thoughts, the cold and beautiful woman parted her round lips slightly and smiled sweetly, "You're quite clever, child. But don't worry, in the end, you're the one who got the Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow. Even though we made the first move, we can't just take it for free."

"How about this? My student happens to need a spirit ring to advance, and I'll find a suitable spirit beast for you as compensation, so you won't suffer a loss for nothing."

"This……"

To be honest, Lin Chuan was indeed very tempted, especially since the other party had made the offer repeatedly. It would be impolite to refuse again.

"Your kindness is truly admirable, senior. I will accept it without hesitation!"

"You're an interesting child. You'll stay with us for now!"

Chapter 30 Are you serious?

The Thousand-Year Ice Crystal Sparrow was eventually given up.

There's nothing we can do about it. In the Douluo Continent, it's a world where the strong prey on the weak. If you encounter someone stronger than you, and they're willing to talk to you nicely and offer compensation, that's already quite good. If it were someone with a short temper, they wouldn't waste words with you and would just start fighting on the spot.

It can only be said that Lin Chuan was simply not meant to be with this thousand-year-old ice crystal bird!

Previously, I was still considering whether or not to absorb this spirit ring, but now, there's no need to hesitate anymore; someone has helped me make the decision.