Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 69 A Bountiful Harvest of Soul Bones

Once they emerged from the Lake of Life, Di Tian came into their sight.

At this moment, Di Tian stared at Lang Lei with a complicated expression, hesitant to speak.

"Don't look at me like that, you big man, it's really annoying." Lang Lei took a step back while holding little Greta.

"..." A few black lines appeared on Di Tian's forehead. "Come with me."

As he spoke, Di Tian walked ahead with a gloomy expression, seemingly lost in thought.

But he was a little unable to think straight at that moment, because Lang Lei, unusually, kept muttering in his ear...

"Everyone says dragons like shiny things, so are you collecting those soul bones?"

"..."

"In a sense, soul bones are the remains of soul beasts. Doesn't it look a bit eerie to have them all piled up in your collection?"

"..."

"Di Tian, ​​why do you wear that big black robe all the time? Don't you get hot? What special purpose does it have?"

"..."

"Di Tian, ​​do you have a wife? You haven't been single for hundreds of thousands of years, have you?"

"Shut up..." Di Tian squeezed out two words through gritted teeth.

"Huh? What did you say?"

"I said, stop talking so much!" Di Tian calmed himself down and changed his tone.

"Ah, that's more like it." Lang Lei nodded in satisfaction and offered a word of advice, "Sometimes, once you're sure that the direction of the person you're pledging allegiance to is correct, you shouldn't overthink it."

"After all, you can't change anything. With your personality, at most you'll just keep it to yourself and feel depressed. You don't even dare to offer a few words of advice. What's the use of thinking so much?"

Di Tian glanced thoughtfully at the grinning Lang Lei, but said nothing.

However, at least his face wasn't as gloomy anymore.

Before long, the group arrived at a small lake.

This lake isn't as big as the Lake of Life, but it's not small either.

"The soul bones are all placed in the cave at the bottom of this lake. Go down and retrieve them yourself," Di Tian said calmly, pointing to the lake in front of him.

Lang Lei stared strangely at Di Tian, ​​who seemed to have no expression.

Why does he always feel that there's something off about Di Tian?

"You're letting me go by myself? Aren't you afraid I'll take all the soul bones?" Lang Lei asked tentatively.

"If you can truly lead the Soul Beast race out of their predicament, what harm is there in taking everything?" Di Tian said nonchalantly.

"Okay, I won't let you down." Lang Lei nodded.

"Little Gretchen, why don't you play here with Na'er for a while?" Lang Lei put little Gretchen down and asked.

"Okay, Brother Lang Lei, hurry up!" Little Gretchen nodded.

"Okay, I'll try to be as fast as I can." Lang Lei smiled and gently patted little Greta's shoulder.

"Um."

"Xuanbing, Lihuo, you two stay here with them. I'll go down alone," Lang Lei instructed.

"Yes!" Xuanbing and Lihuo nodded seriously.

Lang Lei smiled and took Na'er from Xuan Bing's arms. She was also fragrant and soft, with a faint scent on her body.

Lang Lei placed Na'er next to little Gretchen and stroked the heads of the two "people" with both hands.

"Let's get along well~"

"Okay, I will protect little Na'er!" Little Gretsch nodded.

"Little Grey is amazing at cultivation."

As he spoke, Lang Lei turned his gaze to Na'er.

Na'er clutched her skirt with her small hands, her face slightly flushed, and replied, "I know... Lang Lei... Brother, brother."

"Okay, I'll go down now. See you later."

With that, Lang Lei enveloped his body with his soul power and plunged directly into the water.

Di Tian watched all of this quietly from the side, his gaze fixed on Na'er, who was being pulled along by Little Gresh.

On the other side—

After swimming for a short while, Lang Lei saw the cave that Di Tian had mentioned. As soon as he got closer, a powerful pressure came down on him.

If Lang Lei were an ordinary soul beast, lacking intelligence, it would probably have been crushed to death. Even a stronger one would likely have fled in terror.

Soul Master's words...

They probably won't be able to reach this area.

"This oppressive aura... it must be from Di Tian, ​​right?" Lang Lei suddenly realized.

He had been thinking, how could something so precious just be left lying around like that?

It seems there were still protective measures in place...

The Emperor's oppressive aura is not something everyone can withstand.

As someone who could withstand Di Tian's attack head-on, Lang Lei was naturally no match for this kind of pressure and easily approached the cave.

Next, a huge rock blocked the entrance to the cave.

Strangely, Lang Lei felt a sense of familiarity from this stone...

That's really strange. How could a big rock possibly have life?

Lang Lei gently patted the large rock; it was solid and probably quite hard.

"Should we just blast it open?" Lang Lei clenched his fist and threw a punch.

Huge waves were immediately stirred up on the calm lake surface.

Beneath the lake's surface, Lang Lei stared in bewilderment at the motionless stone before him, which didn't even have a single crack.

"That shouldn't be the case..." Lang Lei stroked his chin, somewhat puzzled.

His physical abilities are comparable to those of a Super Douluo, so how come he can't even break a rock?

"Ding, system reminder: This is the Dragon Awakening Stone. The host can enter by dripping a drop of blood." At the crucial moment, the system reminded, "Or, if the host possesses the strength of a second-level god, they can forcefully blast it open."

"I'll just use my blood..."

Lang Lei forced a drop of blood from his fingertip and shot it directly at the Awakening Dragon Stone.

As expected, after the Awakening Dragon Stone trembled a few times, it immediately became illusory.

"Huh? Do I really have some kind of relationship with the dragon race?" Lang Lei was a little unsure of himself in the face of this situation.

Awakening Dragon Stone...

No matter how you look at it, it's inextricably linked to the dragon race!

On the lake, Di Tian looked as if he had just expected it, and his expression relaxed considerably.

"Although that kid is indeed human, he still has a part of the dragon race in his blood. My lord is indeed insightful. I guess one of his parents is a dragon, right?"

Di Tian guessed, but what puzzled him was how there could be a 100,000-year-old dragon-type soul beast that he didn't know about...

What neither Di Tian nor Lang Lei knew was that Lang Lei did indeed possess dragon blood, but it was after being purified multiple times by immortal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Even if Lang Lei himself really has dragon blood, it's probably extremely diluted, or even nonexistent.

Beneath the lake's surface, Lang Lei successfully passed through the Awakening Dragon Stone and entered the cave. For some unknown reason, there was air inside the sealed cave, and it smelled quite pleasant.

"Oh my god..."

Lang Lei was completely shocked when he saw the soul bones in front of him. He had expected that the ferocious beasts would collect a lot of soul bones, but he did not expect there to be so many!

If any Soul Master outside saw this, they would probably go crazy immediately, right?

(End of this chapter)