Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends.

A moment later.

"Grandpa Drew, did I scare you?"

Old Drews shuddered and shook his head immediately.

"No...no. Xiao Wan, it was you who saved Grandpa. Grandpa just didn't expect..."

He didn't know how to express the shock he felt.

Lin Wan took a deep breath. "Actually, I can't believe that thing is so powerful."

Lin Wan stretched out her hand, and in her palm was the tinderbox.

"What is this?"

Old Drew looked at the box in Lin Wan's hand with a puzzled expression.

"It was given to me by my master."

"In Tianshuang City, I met a mysterious old senior. He said that my martial spirit was very special but my foundation was too weak, and with such a face, I was too dangerous in this world. He saw that my character was acceptable, so he took me in as a disciple. Before leaving, he gave me this talisman, saying that it contained several powerful protective forces that could be activated by rubbing a flint and steel when in a life-or-death crisis. However, it could only be used a few times, and the commotion was too great, which could easily attract trouble. He told me not to use it unless absolutely necessary."

Lin Wan felt that her story was quite reasonable, only the time, place, and characters had been changed.

When he awakened his martial soul, his extraordinary talent attracted the attention of the system, which selected him as its host and he drew the tinderbox.

The story he told was true, only a few words were changed.

"Master?"

Old Drews's murky eyes lit up instantly.

"Xiao Wan, you've become an apprentice? And to a mysterious and powerful senior at that!"

Old Drew immediately imagined a reclusive master who was a playboy who had taken a liking to Lin Wan's talent.

In Old Drews's view, anyone who could awaken soul power was a genius, and Lin Wan was naturally a genius as well, so he had no doubt about Lin Wan's words.

"Could this be a precious soul tool?" Old Drus asked doubtfully.

“That’s right.” Lin Wan nodded and put away the tinderbox.

“My master’s whereabouts are unpredictable. He taught me cultivation methods and life-saving items before leaving. They also told me to cultivate diligently and to find him after graduation.”

Old Drus started daydreaming again, even imagining Lin Wan becoming a Title Douluo in the future.

"That senior has a discerning eye. Xiao Wan, you must listen to your master and cultivate diligently! Don't let the senior down."

Seeing the look of complete trust and relaxation on Old Drew's face, Lin Wan also breathed a sigh of relief.

……

As the carriage entered the village, it immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.

When everyone saw Old Drews and Lin Wan return, they all enthusiastically gathered around them.

After all, this is a Soul Master from their village!

When Lin Wan appeared before the crowd, revealing her face, which was becoming increasingly breathtaking under the nourishment of soul power, a gasp and gasps erupted from the crowd.

"Oh my god! It's Xiao Wan! She looks so beautiful!"

"He's even more handsome than the young masters and ladies in those paintings in the city!"

"No wonder he's a young Soul Master from our village; his demeanor is completely different!"

In Tianshuang City, Lin Wan was already used to this kind of gaze, and he greeted the villagers with a smile.

Chapter 28 Ursula, the Deep Sea Witch

Lin Wan returned to Old Drus's familiar little stone house. After settling her luggage, she took out a heavy little cloth bag from her personal bag, which was filled with over a hundred gold soul coins.

“Grandpa Drew,” Lin Wan said, stuffing the money bag into the old man’s hand, “you can take this money.”

"So...so many!"

Old Drus's hand trembled, and he almost dropped it. In the Douluo Continent, an ordinary family without a Soul Master wouldn't spend more than a few Gold Soul Coins a year.

Old Drews stared at the dazzling golden light, his voice trembling.

"Xiao Wan! Where did you get so much money? No, no! This is too valuable! You'll need to spend money on many things during your cultivation! Take it back quickly!"

Lin Wan pressed down on the old man's hand that was pushing him away. "Grandpa, please listen to me. Part of this money was given to me by my master. He said he had arranged for cultivation resources and that I didn't need to worry. The other part was given to me by someone Lin Zao asked. He's doing very well at the Spirit Hall and receives a stipend."

"I'd like to ask you to use this money for a few things," Lin Wan said, looking into old Drews' shocked eyes.

“Many houses in the village are too dilapidated. They leak wind in winter and rain in summer. You should find some reliable villagers, buy some better wood and stone, and take advantage of the winter off-season to repair the most dilapidated houses in the village so that everyone can live in a warmer place.”

"And those orphans at the east end of the village, Tiedan and Erya, their clothes are all tattered. With this money, you can make two sets of thick, warm cotton-padded clothes for each of them, and buy some meat so that they can have enough to eat and wear this winter."

"Keep the last bit of money. It will be helpful in case someone in the village has a sudden illness or disaster."

As Old Drew listened to Lin Wan, his eyes instantly reddened, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

He never expected that Lin Wan, who had just started to make a name for herself, would think of the whole village and those helpless children first.

"Xiao Wan, you...you child..."

Old Drews' voice choked with emotion, his rough hands clutching the purse tightly.

"Grandpa thanks you on behalf of everyone!"

“Grandpa Drews, please don’t say that.”

Lin Wan supported Old Drews' trembling shoulders. "I also grew up in Hanbei Village. This is my root. I'm happy to be able to do something for everyone. Don't worry about the money. Master and Lin Zao really don't lack anything."

Looking into Lin Wan's unwavering gaze and feeling the weight of her sentiment, Old Drew finally nodded emphatically and clutched the money pouch tightly to his chest.

"Good! Good! Grandpa understands, don't worry! Grandpa will make sure every penny of this money is used wisely and for the benefit of our fellow villagers!"

……

The vast and boundless world of Douluo is far beyond the imagination of terrestrial beings.

The deep sea occupies most of the world's area. It is the kingdom of sea spirit beasts, a place that is more ancient and mysterious than the land spirit beast world, and follows the law of the jungle.

Beneath the ten-thousand-meter-deep abyss, where even sunlight cannot penetrate, all light has vanished. Only strange creatures and minerals that emit their own light adorn this eternally dark land like will-o'-the-wisps.

The water pressure here is enough to crush steel instantly, and ordinary sea spirit beasts simply cannot survive here.

However, in this desolate place, a new resident quietly appeared.

A viscous, enormous mass, like a living shadow, slowly writhed, eventually coalescing into a creature with an upper body resembling a human female and a lower body consisting of countless thick, slippery tentacles.

Her skin was a deep violet, covered with strange suckers and scale-like patterns, and her long, dark green hair, like that of a living snake, swayed silently in the undercurrent.

Her face was alluring yet sinister, and her long, narrow eyes gleamed with an eerie green light.

She is Ursula, the deep-sea witch from the world of "The Little Mermaid," who was extracted by Lin Wan using a special character card and descended into this sea with her complete power and form.

Ursula's strength was also rationalized by the system as that of a 100,000-year-old sea spirit beast.

"Hmph, an unfamiliar ocean, unfamiliar rules."

Ursula's deep, hoarse voice echoed in the deep sea.

Upon arriving in this unfamiliar sea, Ursula did not act rashly. She first sensed the powerful beings that existed in this vast ocean.

Soon, the sea gave her the answer.

She sensed that many beings far more powerful than herself were lurking in this ocean.

"Even a hundred thousand years doesn't seem to be considered top-tier here."

In the world of mermaids, Ursula was once a fearsome sea witch who nearly overthrew the mermaid kingdom and ruled the sea.

But because of that hateful and foolish mermaid princess Ariel and that damned prince Eric.

Let her efforts be in vain!

But this time it's different. This is a completely new world, a world with infinite possibilities.

She, Ursula, will never repeat the same mistake!

She needs more power!

Soon, a familiar yet sinister plan resurfaced in Ursula's mind.

Since you can't become the strongest predator immediately, first become the most useful trader.

Ursula decides to return to her old ways and once again become the all-powerful deep-sea witch in this ocean.

“Desire, wherever it may be, is the sweetest food,” Ursula murmured with a deep, pleasant gurgle.

Her enormous body swam in the darkness, her countless tentacles sweeping across the rugged seabed like probes.

Finally, Ursula stopped in front of a natural cave formed from the skeleton of some ancient behemoth.

The massive, white ribs resembled an archway, and the depths of the dark cave exuded a mysterious and dangerous aura.

“What a familiar smell, the temple of death and trade.” Ursula smiled with satisfaction.

This place reminded her of the Fishbone Cave she had once run on the edge of the Mermaid Kingdom, so she decided to rename the cave Fishbone Cave as well.

Meanwhile, in memory of her two capable servants in the mermaid world, the blind eel Hu Shan and the lame eel Jia Shan, Ursula decides to search for two eel assistants in this deep sea.

Ursula's powerful mental energy swept across the nearby sea and quickly locked onto the target.

Those were two exceptionally gifted deep-sea electric eels. They were over ten meters long, covered in blue-purple scales, and crackling with terrifying electric currents. Their strength had reached the level of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

On the edge of this relatively barren abyss, they are already the dominant species.

But to Ursula, they are still just small Karami.

Ursula appeared directly in front of them, and the pressure of her 100,000-year-old soul beast instantly forced the two unruly electric eels to prostrate on the ground, trembling.

Chapter 29 This is unfair!

"Submit or die."

Faced with absolute power, the two ancient electric eels chose the former without hesitation.

Ursula nodded in satisfaction, extended her bone staff, and two twisted and complex magical contract runes condensed at its tip.

"In the name of Ursula, the sea witch, I bestow upon you a new name and mission."

"From now on, you will be called Hu Shan and Jia Shan. You will bring guests to me, guard the cave, and convey my will."

Two magically imprinted contract marks were imprinted deep into the souls of the two electric eels.

"Hiss—!" The two electric eels hissed in submission towards Ursula.

Then, they quickly began to roam the waters occupied by Ursula, spreading legends about the deep-sea witch.

……

Soon, thanks to Hu Shan and Jia Shan's tireless efforts, Wusula's first customer arrived.

This is a massive, ancient giant crab with cracked shells.

Its territory, its mate, and its offspring were all seized and devoured by a more powerful deep-sea saber-toothed shark.

It barely escaped thanks to its immense strength, but its heart was filled with despair and resentment; it longed for revenge and to reclaim everything.

However, its strength prevented it from doing so, and just then, it encountered Hu Shan and Jia Shan, who were spreading the legend of the deep-sea witch in the sea.

In utter desperation, it chose to believe the two ancient eels.

Hu Shan and Jia Shan led it into the deep Fishbone Cave.

The interior of the cave had been magically altered by Ursula, with giant glowing jellyfish imprisoned on the rock walls to serve as lighting, emitting a cold, eerie green light.

The jagged rocks resemble twisted ghostly shadows, with a massive altar formed from a giant clam shell at its center, upon which Ursula's enormous body is coiled.

The giant crab was so terrified by the bizarre sight before it and the terrifying pressure emanating from Ursula that it trembled and almost turned to run away.

“Speak your wish, lost soul.”

Ursula's voice, like a siren's song, entered the giant crab's mind directly, full of allure.

"I can see the flame in your heart, the flame of revenge. How sweet it is."

In fact, given Ursula's strength, she could have easily chosen to devour the giant clawed crab directly, which would have yielded greater profits than trading it.

Ursula is a deep-sea witch with a strong sense of professional ethics. She prefers long-term customers to short-sighted exploitation.