Douluo Continent: Tang San was abandoned, so I'll live Tang San's life!

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn passes quietly.

Tang Yin suddenly stood up, and Xiao Wu asked in confusion, "Tang Yin, what's wrong?"

Tang Yin said calmly, "They've finished fighting. We can go take a look now."

Xiao Wu blinked, a cute yet slightly lewd smile spreading across her pretty face: "Now I finally know why you've been lingering here so long. It turns out you were waiting for them to finish fighting so they'd both be badly injured, and then you could profit from it!"

Tang Yin neither admitted nor denied it.

When the two returned to the camp, they found that everyone was lying on the ground with injuries of varying degrees, and some had even died in battle.

Chen Feng was the most tragic of them all.

The soul bone is no longer with him.

"Help...help me..."

Upon seeing Tang Yin return, one of the men's eyes lit up with hope and he hurriedly cried for help.

Tang Yin glanced at the man but did not immediately offer help. Instead, he walked straight to the man surnamed Li, who was clutching the torso bone originating from the War Tiger.

"Tang Yin, should we save them?" Xiao Wu looked around, her eyebrows furrowed, her heart filled with reluctance.

After all, these people had helped Tang Yin obtain his second spirit ring before.

Tang Yin was also hesitant, but was more inclined not to save him, so she remained silent.

"Damn it..." The man who had called for help earlier cursed under his breath when he saw that Tang Yin had not come to his aid. A hint of resentment and hatred appeared in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu felt a surge of dissatisfaction, snorted coldly, and turned her head away.

Tang Yin had already arrived beside the man surnamed Li and bent down to take the soul bone.

The man surnamed Li was not dead yet; he was staring at Tang Yin, clutching the soul bone tightly and refusing to let go.

"Your injuries are too severe. If no one treats you, you will die in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea." Tang Yin stared at the man surnamed Li and said in a calm tone, showing an unprecedented ruthlessness.

Even Xiao Wu, who was standing to the side, felt that Tang Yin was somewhat unfamiliar at this moment.

"Save me, and my soul will be yours!"

The man surnamed Li said through gritted teeth.

"I think you've misunderstood something. Even if I didn't save you, this soul bone would still be mine. I could have waited until all of you had breathed your last before coming out," Tang Yin said calmly.

"Help me!" The man surnamed Li still refused to give up hope of living.

"Don't save them!"

Tang Yin finally uttered those two heartless words, then snatched the soul bone and stored it in his storage soul tool.

"You... pfft!"

The man surnamed Li's eyes bulged out, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His head lolled to the side, and he died instantly.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Wu's pupils contracted slightly.

This was also the first time Tang Yin had faced a dead body so closely. Suppressing his discomfort, he looked around and glanced at the others. In just that short time, everyone else had also stopped breathing.

"Xiao Wu, are you alright?" Tang Yin asked.

"Tang Yin, you..." Xiao Wu blinked her big, bright eyes, looking at Tang Yin as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

After a brief silence, Tang Yin said, "Xiao Wu, do you feel that I've suddenly changed? Become different from before? Very ruthless, very cold-blooded?"

Xiao Wu lowered her eyes, unsure how to answer.

"People are fickle, but I am still me." Tang Yin took a deep breath, patted Xiao Wu's shoulder, and then began searching the man surnamed Li for anything valuable, as well as Chen Feng and the others.

"Tang Yin, what are you doing now?" Xiao Wu was still trying to figure out Tang Yin's sudden change when she saw his actions again, and she was stunned once more.

"Check if they have anything valuable on them, or gold soul coins or something. After all, they're already dead, so there's no point in keeping those things on them," Tang Yin explained.

Xiao Wu's cherry-like mouth instantly opened wide.

He stared blankly at Tang Yin, who was groping among the corpses.

Before long, Tang Yin returned, carrying several weapons, as well as more than three hundred gold soul coins, hundreds of silver soul coins, and bronze soul coins.

Not only that, Tang Yin also disposed of the war tiger and put it into his storage soul tool.

"Now we can really go."

After Tang Yin stored everything in his storage soul tool, he waved his hand in front of Xiao Wu.

"Such things may happen again in the future; this is the cruelty of this world."

"Xiao Wu, you need to understand these things."

Tang Yin patted Xiao Wu's shoulder and sighed. Then he took Xiao Wu's hand and walked towards the exit of the Soul Hunter Forest.

Xiao Wu was deep in thought the whole way.

Tang Yin knew Xiao Wu was still thinking about what had just happened, so she continued, "Xiao Wu, our relationship with them is at most a transaction. We've only known each other for a few days, we're not even friends yet, so you don't need to feel guilty even if we don't help them."

"I'm not thinking about them, I'm thinking about you," Xiao Wu murmured.

Tang Yin was slightly taken aback: "Miss me?"

Xiao Wu looked up at Tang Yin and said, "I'm wondering if we would encounter a situation like what just happened if we were to obtain a soul bone in the future."

Tang Yin paused, looking at Xiao Wu with a surprised expression, then suddenly smiled: "That won't happen to us."

Xiao Wu asked, "Why?"

Tang Yin smiled and said, "Because you are my best friend, I will accommodate you and give in to you."

A light gradually appeared in Xiao Wu's eyes, and a bright smile appeared on her pretty face.

"Tang Yin, do you plan to absorb that soul bone?" Xiao Wu asked.

"We don't plan to absorb it. We intend to sell it after we arrive in a big city, so that we'll have enough money to use," Tang Yin said with a smile.

Xiao Wu carefully considered Tang Yin's words, and keenly caught one word: "We?"

"That's right! We'll leave Notting Academy and Notting City sooner or later, and go to bigger cities and better Soul Master academies! We'll still be together then!" Tang Yin laughed.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

The two returned to the exit and then hired two carriages to return home.

One day later, at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

Tang Yin got off the carriage first, and then very considerately helped Xiao Wu down.

"Finally back! This carriage ride was so bad my butt was about to split open!" Xiao Wu stretched her slender waist, her face full of bright smiles.

Upon hearing this, Tang Yin shook his head and chuckled.

Not long after the two entered the academy, they ran into Yu Xiaogang.

Since Tang Yin refused Yu Xiaogang's invitation to become his apprentice when she first enrolled, she has had very little contact with Yu Xiaogang since.

Even if they meet, they are merely nodding acquaintances, and he addresses her as "Master".

We're not familiar with each other at all.

When they met again, Tang Yin greeted him as usual: "Master."

Xiao Wu also called out, "Master!"

Yu Xiaogang glanced at Tang Yin and Xiao Wu, nodded slightly, and walked past them.

Xiao Wu glanced back at Yu Xiaogang, pouted, and muttered after walking away, "This master always has a stern face. He doesn't even acknowledge people when you greet him. I really don't want to talk to him."

Tang Yin shook his head: "Don't worry about it."