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

"You want me to buy you? What will you do then?"

"I...my father is a chef, I can cook."

"Haha, I don't want you to cook. I'm still short of someone to take care of my daily life. If you're willing to come, I can consider it."

"I do." Upon hearing this, the girl immediately fell to the ground.

Looking at the person kneeling on the ground, Xu Tianran laughed again, turned his head and glanced at the people around him, "Take it with you, you have some skills to appear in front of me."

"Yes." The man beside her bowed and then walked over to the girl. "Little girl, look up. What's your name?"

"My name is... Orange."

Chapter 46 Come to the door

Lin Xiao looked back and forth between Xu Tianran and Juzi, and then glanced at the group of refugees waiting in line for porridge.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xiao began to understand why Xu Tianran suddenly wanted to adopt a child.

Orange was not here from the beginning. Even just recently, she, like other refugees, was standing in a long queue waiting for porridge from people in the city.

However, after seeing them, she resolutely gave up the food that was about to be obtained, and instead came here and knelt on the way out of the city.

This might be her only meal of the day, but she was decisive enough to give it up for a vague possibility. Even adults might not possess this kind of determination, but a child no more than twelve could make such a decision.

I don't know whether to say she is really smart or that she has not experienced too much stupidity. But now, she has succeeded.

Watching the people beside Xu Tianran wipe the dust off Orange's face, Lin Xiao understood. As Xu Tianran said, her presence here was a skill in itself.

Juzi was young, and while her looks weren't stunning, they were rare. The border was a hodgepodge of forces, from evil spirit masters like the Holy Spirit Cult to the Ordinary Alliance, which specialized in recruiting girls left homeless by the war.

Even some older people disappeared without a trace, but she was able to wander all the way here. Of course, it was not entirely because she was lucky enough.

Perhaps this is exactly what Xu Tianran saw.

The group continued to walk out of the city. Orange followed the crowd carefully without even looking at the refugees.

They stopped and started along the way, and the closer they got to the border, the more chaotic the scene became. Previously, when Xu Chang was in power, there were still some people living near the border. However, with Xu Jing's ascension to the throne, the Sun-Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire were in constant conflict, and the people living there were inevitably affected.

"Your Highness!"

Before they reached the border, a few black dots suddenly appeared in front of them. Feeling the soul power fluctuations emanating from the person in the front, it was obvious that he was another Titled Douluo.

"Liao Mengkai, leader of the Terrorclaw Soul Mentor Group, greets His Highness."

"Captain Liao, please don't be so polite."

Xu Tianran still relied on the flying soul guide to stay in the air, and could only raise his right hand in vain.

Seeing this, Liao Mengkai stopped being polite and said, "Your Highness, please come and stay in Pingxing City with everyone else."

Pingxing City was built by the Sun-Moon Empire, relying on the Mingdou Mountains. It was not originally a city of the Sun-Moon Empire, but was built after the Sun-Moon Continent and Douluo Continent collided, forming the Mingdou Mountains.

Just by listening to its name, one can already hear the ambition of the Sun and Moon Empire.

"Your Highness has arrived just in time. The army has prepared a grand performance to welcome you."

"Oh?" Xu Tianran became interested.

"Since the border conflict intensified last year, the Xingluo Empire has also sent a large number of troops. Their Duke of White Tiger even came to the front lines to command the troops. Their troops have been active in the Mingdou Mountains for a long time."

As they flew through the air, Liao Mengkai began reporting the border situation to Xu Tianran. "It just so happens that a batch of secret weapons will be delivered to the front lines tomorrow. Tonight, Your Highness will be able to witness the might of our Sun and Moon Army."

"Your Highness, during the battle tonight, could I, a disciple of the sect, accompany you and observe?"

Just as Xu Tianran and Liao Mengkai were talking, Zhongli Wu suddenly interrupted their conversation.

Liao Mengkai turned his gaze to Zhongli Wu and frowned slightly.

He could naturally feel that Zhongli Wu's cultivation was higher than his, but he just thought of him as someone protecting Xu Tianran along the way, so how could he be so rude?

But before he could say anything, Xu Tianran had already nodded in agreement. "Since it's Zhongli Gongsheng who asked, then of course it's fine. Captain Liao, what do you think should be done?"

Liao Mengkai looked at Zhongli Wu seriously, and then he seemed to understand something. "This matter is simple, but war is blind. For the sake of safety, those who accompany you must obey military orders."

Lin Xiao, who was following behind, naturally had no objection to Zhongli Wu's arrangement for him. Instead, he kept pondering the familiar name in his mind.

Perhaps it was at this time that Duke Baihu had to leave the Duke's Mansion, which led to so many stories happening.

The place where Liao Mengkai met Xu Tianran was not far from Pingxing City, and the group quickly returned to the city.

Xu Tianran came here for other things to do, but those were not things Lin Xiao could participate in.

Back in the room prepared for them in the city, Lin Xiao quickly fell into meditation. There were other actions planned for the evening, and while he was only observing, it was still a battlefield, so Lin Xiao still had to prepare in advance.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

Not long after I entered meditation, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Xiao quickly opened his eyes and looked up at the door. They hadn't been in Pingxing City for long, and Xu Tianran probably still had to exchange pleasantries with the generals. It shouldn't be time to set out yet, right?

He stood up and opened the door. The person standing at the door was not a soldier from Pingxing City, but a petite figure.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Xiao looked at the orange in front of him, and his brows under the mask frowned slightly.

Pingxing City was so large, and the two of them held no official positions, so few people would notice them. But if someone else saw this scene and heard about it, Xu Tianran, Lin Xiao wasn't sure if the petty-minded Xu Tianran would take offense.

"I...you saved me, and I came to thank you." Orange spoke a little haltingly. After looking at Lin Xiao, he immediately lowered his head to look at his toes.

"This matter is decided by His Highness, and has nothing to do with me."

"Then...is there anything I need to pay attention to when following His Highness?" Xu Tianran didn't hide anything. Juzi already knew his identity during the conversation along the way.

"You will naturally be taught these things after you enter the palace. Just don't do anything out of the ordinary during this period. Go back now."

Lin Xiao didn't want to continue arguing with Orange. Just as he was about to turn around and close the door, he was interrupted by her again. "Thank you anyway. Is there anything you need?"

As she spoke, she raised her head slightly and glanced around the room.

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes and stared at the orange closely.

Although she sounded a little weak, she wasn't as timid as she appeared. She probably didn't come to him simply to express her gratitude.

"Who asked you to come to me?"

Lin Xiao's gaze sent a chill down Ju Zi's spine, and a wave of fear finally rose in her heart. However, she forced herself to remain calm and said, "I came here on my own."

Lin Xiao looked at her for a moment and said, "No, you can go back."

Chapter 47 War

Maybe he was too cautious, but he always felt that Orange was not here to express gratitude, but to test him.

Along the way, Xu Tianran's attitude towards the Holy Spirit Sect members differed from that towards the people around him, and Juzi, with her sharpness, should have noticed it. The other members of the Holy Spirit Sect all had cultivation levels above the ninth ring, but Lin Xiao's was not outstanding, and perhaps that was why Juzi came to him.

I just don't know whether she was instructed by Xu Tianran or she came here on her own initiative.

If it was Xu Tianran, Lin Xiao would not find it strange. Although he did not speak along the way, he could feel Xu Tianran's eyes on him.

But if it was Orange who came to him on his own, it would mean that Orange also noticed that Xu Tianran had a slightly different attitude towards him.

Perhaps she wanted to get to know Xu Tianran better by starting with herself, or perhaps she was eager to prove her worth and wanted to get something from herself to report to Xu Tianran. In short, Orange's purpose was not simple.

The only flaw was probably that she had so little experience before that she couldn't express her true purpose subtly, and her prying gaze was too obvious. But for a twelve-year-old to have such thoughts was quite terrifying.

As long as she follows Xu Tianran for a while and sees the methods used in the palace, what she can do will probably not be so simple.

She was indeed the person who would influence the entire Sun-Moon Empire in the future. Previously, Lin Xiao hadn't been able to completely reconcile the person in his memory with the little girl before him, but now, he had seen a hint of the future in her.

Lin Xiao's eyes were not fierce, but for some reason, Orange felt a sense of deathly coldness in those calm eyes. After hesitating for a while, he finally turned and left.

With Orange's interruption, Lin Xiao did not continue to meditate. He summoned his martial soul and stared at the pistil of the red spider lily. He was a little dazed when he saw the residual soul wandering in it.

Until nightfall.

The Mingdou Mountains were completely quiet, with only the occasional sounds of patrolling teams passing by.

The Mingdou Mountains are also a mountain range formed by the collision of the Sun-Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent. They are not as vast as the Endless Mountains in the north. As the border between the Sun-Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire, many wars occur there from time to time.

Therefore, even at night, the army of the Xingluo Empire did not relax at all, and the patrol team would pass by every once in a while.

However, under such tight defense, a team of soul guides from the Sun-Moon Empire had already approached the Star Luo Empire's military camp stationed on the top of the mountain in the dark.

"Captain Liao, what is this?"

In Pingxing City, Xu Tianran and Liao Mengkai were standing together, looking at the soul guide screen in front of them with surprise.

"Your Highness, please look! These light spots on the screen are places where soul power is fluctuating. They can almost be seen as individual soul masters. The places where these soul masters gather are precisely the camps and secret outposts of the Xingluo Empire. The constantly moving ones are their patrol teams."

"This is what Mingdu just sent over. I heard it's the latest soul-detecting device developed by Mingde Hall. Although it's just a prototype, its effects are already very obvious. Once we verify that it can be used on the battlefield, all armies will be equipped with it in the future."

Xu Tianran was speechless for a moment, feeling somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, they acted early. Otherwise, if the soul-detecting device had been developed in advance, Xu Jing's army would have been discovered by the people in Mingdu before they even reached the city. And sneaking into the palace quietly would have been impossible.

"Your Highness, tonight is not only our first attempt to test the power of this soul guide, but also the key to seizing the commanding heights of the Mingdou Mountains. As the saying goes, 'In a mountain battle, one must not rely on heights.' Once we occupy the commanding heights, the future offensive and defensive operations will be decided by our army."

Liao Mengkai had no idea what Xu Tianran was thinking. He stared at the soul guide screen with a hint of pride on his face. As the leader of the Terrorclaw Soul Guide Corps, he had always looked down on the Star Luo Empire's army. Tonight was a golden opportunity to prove the power of his soul guides.

"boom--"

On the other side, in the Mingdou Mountains, Lin Xiao naturally didn't know the tactics of Liao Mengkai in the city. He only saw a dazzling white light flash before his eyes, followed by a loud bang, and the entire mountaintop shook violently as if it was about to be flattened.

As the soul guide cannon's attack fell on the military camp where the ordinary soldiers were, a strong smell of blood rushed into the nose.

Zhongli Wu was right. When it came to death, those minor skirmishes couldn't compare to war. The same soul guide cannon, fired by the Soul Guide Corps, was infinitely more powerful than the standard soul guides at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.

With just one shot, countless broken limbs and arms flew out and fell to the ground. Hot blood spilled on the ground, and it seemed to be emitting bursts of heat. The surrounding weeds were instantly covered with mud.

In a moment, countless groans sounded in Lin Xiao's ears. Looking up slightly, he could even see broken souls gradually flying up, and the surroundings became a little colder.

Their deaths were not peaceful, and it also caused the soul power in Lin Xiao's body to boil.

Beside him, an officer turned his head and glanced at Lin Xiao.

He didn't know this man who hid his body under a cloak and wore a mask to cover his appearance, but after all, it was Liao Mengkai who personally asked him to keep him by his side, so naturally he took a few more glances at him.

"It's always like this the first time you go to the battlefield. You'll get used to it."

"I'm fine." Lin Xiao took a deep breath, controlling the soul power in his body to flow continuously, and after flowing into his dantian along the meridians, he shook his head gently.

"That's good." The officer turned his gaze back to the battlefield. "Get ready. We need to move on."

The Xingluo Empire's reaction was not slow. Soon, a burst of shouts and cries of killing were heard from the tent. Although they were caught off guard by the Sun-Moon Empire and had no idea how the Sun-Moon Empire had crossed their defense line, they quickly organized a counterattack.