Just as the middle-aged man was about to be struck with a bottle, Ye Lingling behind Xiao Lin couldn't stand it anymore.
"Stop!"
Ye Lingling suddenly shouted sharply; she absolutely could not tolerate such a thing happening.
She was also very angry at Xiao Lin's cold indifference.
"Sigh!"
Hearing Ye Lingling's voice behind him, Xiao Lin sighed involuntarily.
Girls from big families really didn't understand the world and liked to meddle in things.
However, Xiao Lin didn't dislike Ye Lingling for it.
Whether in his past or current life, Xiao Lin admired people who were warm-hearted.
Inside the bar,
After hearing Ye Lingling's voice, the middle-aged man was spared from a beating, and everyone's attention focused on her.
"You little girl, are you looking for death?"
"Hahaha, I think she wants to take the old man's punishment instead!"
"What punishment? Punished with her body?"
…
Although Ye Lingling was already wearing thick clothes, the old perverts in the bar could still clearly see her graceful figure.
One after another, they began making crude jokes, disgusting and vulgar.
Xiao Lin could also feel Ye Lingling's trembling hand clutching his clothes tightly.
"If anyone talks too much, I won't mind tearing their mouths off!"
Xiao Lin snorted coldly, releasing a surge of powerful soul force.
In an instant, the entire bar felt the oppressive pressure of Xiao Lin's soul power from his Super Martial Soul — the Qiu Long Staff.
The heavy soul force caused every soul master present to tremble in their hearts, no longer daring to speak recklessly.
Strangers were one thing, but insulting Ye Lingling changed the matter entirely.
Xiao Lin coldly stared at the few people who liked to say dirty words.
Faced with Xiao Lin's level 40 thick soul force, enhanced by his Vitality-Boosting Diamond Body soul power, the whole noisy bar fell silent.
Even if there were powerful soul masters in this small bar, the strongest would only be at the Soul King level.
And Xiao Lin was not afraid of Soul Kings.
At worst, he would go all out and see who would win!
Seeing the bar quiet down, Xiao Lin turned to Ye Lingling and asked directly:
"Do you want me to teach those who were speaking nonsense a lesson?"
"No need, thank you."
Though Ye Lingling's face was flushed with anger, she had calmed down.
Hearing that Xiao Lin still wanted to stand up for her made her feel better, but she didn't want to cause trouble.
"Alright."
Xiao Lin softly agreed, then turned his cold gaze to the others in the bar.
He must have changed his expression completely.
"Does anyone here know the whereabouts of the Millennial Soul Beasts?"
"Does anyone know about the Icewind Gale, Ice Shadow Runner, Swift Snow Fox, Icewing Hawk, or Comet Snow Wolf?"
When Xiao Lin finished speaking, the bar fell into complete silence.
The whereabouts of millennial soul beasts?
The soul hunting team members in the bar thought Xiao Lin was about to obtain a level 50 soul ring, so they were even more afraid to speak.
Millennial soul beasts — if they were lucky enough to see one, they probably wouldn't live to tell the tale!
Especially since Xiao Lin was talking about some speed-type soul beasts.
Apart from these people, Ye Lingling was greatly shocked and amazed; her beautiful eyes shone brightly.
What?
Xiao Lin, you're only a few years old, just got your fourth soul ring, and you're already going to absorb a millennial soul ring?
Ye Lingling felt that calling Xiao Lin a monster wasn't even a good enough word.
If Xiao Lin told her he was about to absorb a soul ring from a soul beast that had lived over twenty thousand years, Ye Lingling might just call him a prodigy.
Under her veil, Ye Lingling held back her breath and managed not to gasp in surprise.
"Don't know? Then what about the news of the Xuanming Snake Turtle...?"
"I know that one!"
Just as Xiao Lin was about to help the Shi brothers inquire about soul beasts, the middle-aged man spoke up.
"I know where those soul beasts you mentioned are."
The middle-aged man shouted loudly, catching Xiao Lin's attention.
"You know nothing, not even a great soul master,"
At that moment, the burly soul master who had been about to beat the middle-aged man angrily shouted.
He had realized that this man wanted to use Xiao Lin and the others and then leave here.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Lin snorted coldly and shot a glare at the burly soul master.
"Tell me then. If you know, I'll take you with me."
Xiao Lin had seen through the middle-aged man's intentions but still gave him a chance.
Whether he truly knew or was making up a story.
At this point, Xiao Lin couldn't just stand by and watch the man get beaten.
What if he died from the beating?
That would really annoy Xiao Lin.
"I know about the Comet Snow Wolf. That's what my son told me once, and I remember it very clearly."
The middle-aged man's face was serious, showing no sign of falsehood.
If he was lying, Xiao Lin would have to admire his acting skills, which would easily surpass those of an actor named Nei Yu.
"Come with me!"
Xiao Lin chose to trust the middle-aged man for now and asked him to step outside for a talk.
Outside the bar.
The middle-aged man let out a long breath and then followed behind Xiao Lin and the others.
After a while, he began to explain:
"Honored Soul Master, I'm not lying. I really know about the Comet Snow Wolf."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin turned with curiosity toward the middle-aged man.
At first, Xiao Lin thought he had been silent for so long because he was lying.
"Oh? Then tell me."
Xiao Lin was now interested and asked curiously.
From what Xiao Lin already knew, he believed this man probably didn't know.
After all, the man said his son was very timid and never went to dangerous places.
"Honored Soul Master, my name is Qu He. My son Qu Yao is a level 35 Battle Soul Lord..."
After Qu He's explanation, Xiao Lin understood where his information came from.
It turned out that Qu He's son Qu Yao had always been working as a soul hunter in Aurora Town.
Because his martial soul was a Clearwater Seagull, a bird-type soul, and Qu Yao was timid by nature,
he mostly hunted alone and rarely approached the Extreme North's mixed zone.
Usually, he took on relatively ordinary soul hunting tasks: first finding suitable soul beasts for clients, then assisting soul masters to obtain soul rings.
Because of his flying ability, Qu Yao's income was decent even if he only took low-level tasks.
Just as Qu He thought his son should marry and settle down, an accident happened.
The accident occurred about a month ago.
That day, while helping a soul master find a soul beast for their second soul ring, Qu Yao was blown into the mixed zone by a blizzard in the Extreme North.
Fortunately, Qu Yao had flying ability and a good sense of direction, so he returned safely three days later.
However, Qu He soon noticed something wrong.
Qu Yao had started using Ice-cooling Powder, a highly addictive and hallucinogenic substance.
This Ice-cooling Powder was originally a special medicine made by a pharmaceutical expert from the phosphor powder taken from the Extreme North's Illusory Ice Butterflies, intended to help soul masters relieve pain.
But Qu Yao became addicted to it.
He spent all the family savings on it until Qu He found out and asked him the reason, discovering the truth.
After being blown to the mixed zone, Qu Yao found a human base where soul masters controlled groups of Illusory Ice Butterflies to harvest their phosphor powder.
Qu Yao accidentally inhaled some of the powder during a fight between a soul master and the Comet Snow Wolf.
According to Qu Yao, the Comet Snow Wolf was extremely fast and its strength definitely exceeded ten thousand years.
If that soul master had not been able to control a small group of Illusory Ice Butterflies, the soul beast would have surely died.
Before, Qu He came to the Lei Bing Bar to ask if anyone knew about Qu Yao's whereabouts.
Although Qu Yao might have taken on higher-level missions in the mixed zone after becoming addicted and died fighting soul beasts,
Qu He believed that the people selling Ice-cooling Powder were the ones who harmed Qu Yao.
There were soul masters at Lei Bing Bar who specifically sold Ice-cooling Powder.
(End of chapter)