Chapter 45: The Fifth Livestream Ends — Hu Liena Arrives!
Whoa! That Deep Sea Demon Whale King is really something!
In Windmill Village,
Seeing how the Deep Sea Demon Whale King exposed the true face of the Sea God and even turned the Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiao Bai against Sea God Island,
Lin Yu couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
Indeed, anyone who could dominate the Endless Sea for hundreds of thousands of years, clash with the Sea God, and even cause Sea God Island to suffer losses, was no ordinary being!
[Demon Lord: @Lin Yu, young friend, are you willing to trade your Dragon Essence with me?]
Having used Lin Yu's question as a platform, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had successfully cleared his name and exposed the Sea God.
Even better, he'd caused Xiao Bai to defect—severely damaging Sea God Island's reputation.
Satisfied, he now refocused his attention on Lin Yu.
After all, obtaining the Dragon Essence to break through a million years and become a true dragon was his primary goal.
With that power, not even a Sea God descending from the divine realm would be able to defeat him on the Douluo Continent.
But despite the tempting offer, Lin Yu politely declined.
[Lin Yu: Apologies, Lord Whale King. Your offer is generous, but the Dragon Essence is also very useful to me. I can't give it up now. If I ever get another one in the future, and no longer need it, I'll consider trading then.]
Hearing Lin Yu's response, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King felt disappointed—but also helpless.
He didn't even know who Lin Yu really was, let alone how to find him.
And beyond that, he admired this human who had stood up for him.
Lin Yu had great potential.
He was a rare human who bore no malice toward soul beasts—toward him.
The whale king didn't want to offend such a promising figure.
Besides… who knew what opportunities the future might hold?
[Demon Lord (sighing): Very well, then.]
…
[Ding! This livestream quiz has ended. The room will close in three minutes. Participants may exit freely.]
[Next quiz session: Seven days from now!]
As the battle of words between the whale king and Sea God Island drew to a close, the livestream neared its end.
A line of blood-red text appeared, followed by the usual cold system voice.
Seven days, huh?
Upon seeing the new countdown, many participants were puzzled.
What determined the timing of these streams?
First it was every seven days, then fifteen, and now seven again…
It was a mystery.
Eventually, everyone exited the livestream room.
Lin Yu was no exception.
Back in Windmill Village,
After logging out, he casually opened the Penalty Warehouse.
It now contained several deposits of soul power stripped from those who had answered incorrectly.
Lin Yu figured that, after refining it,
He could probably jump straight to Soul Ancestor level or higher.
But honestly, perhaps due to influence from novels he read in his past life,
He didn't really want to use cultivation power taken from others.
At least the purified soul power could be gifted to others—it wouldn't go to waste.
The warehouse also held several soul rings.
The most powerful among them was Bibi Dong's 100,000-year soul ring, likely from Xiao Wu's mother.
There were a few others, all over 10,000 years.
Unfortunately, Lin Yu couldn't absorb them yet—what a shame.
After closing the warehouse with a sigh,
He turned his attention to the Dragon Essence he had just earned.
Sitting on his bed, Lin Yu focused his mind and withdrew the essence from his system space.
A flash of golden light appeared.
A round, gleaming orb resembling a golden Dragon Ball from anime—without the stars—appeared in his palm.
It radiated a powerful life force and energy wave.
"So this is the Dragon Essence… Not only does it enhance the user's body, cultivation, and lifespan—it can mutate non-dragon martial souls into dragon-type beast souls, and evolve existing dragon beast souls. Truly impressive!"
As he examined the warm, radiant orb in his hand, Lin Yu marveled.
However, despite being ready to consume it,
Lin Yu held off—for now, at least.
He didn't yet have a beast martial soul.
And while enhancing physical stats and lifespan was nice,
Lin Yu valued its dragon-beast martial soul evolution effect even more.
Currently, he only had one soul—his Chaos Green Lotus martial soul.
Even though that soul could branch into many forms, they were all tool-type martial souls.
What he lacked was a beast-type martial soul.
A powerful dragon-type one would be ideal.
And acquiring one wasn't impossible.
First, through future livestream rewards.
Of course, if given the option, he'd choose the strongest one possible—whether or not he needed the Dragon Essence would depend on that.
Second, through penalties.
The livestream's punishments included martial soul stripping.
If Lin Yu got lucky,
He could eventually receive a powerful dragon-type beast martial soul taken from someone else.
Once evolved with the Dragon Essence,
No one would ever know where it came from.
So for now, he returned the orb to his system space to await the right opportunity.
…
Several days passed in a flash.
During this time,
Lin Yu trained daily—running laps around the village and experimenting with Everlife Technique on the mountain behind his house.
He practiced rapid energy recovery, lightness techniques, and prolonged breath control.
Then, on the third day after the fifth livestream—
A luxurious carriage flanked by a squad of heavily armed knights rolled slowly into Windmill Village.
Lin Yu knew nothing of it.
After finishing his training on the mountain, he headed home.
"What's going on?!"
As he flew down toward home, he spotted the carriage and armored knights stationed right outside his front door.
He was stunned.
Why were knights and a fancy carriage outside his house?
Wait—was that the Spirit Hall emblem on the carriage?!
Seeing the insignia, Lin Yu instantly understood.
So that Hou Yuntao guy had submitted his information to Spirit Hall.
After more than two months… they finally sent someone.
As Lin Yu stood from a distance watching the armored Holy Emperor Guards stationed before his house,
One of the knights noticed him and called out:
"Elder Chrysanthemum! Holy Maiden! There's a child over there!"
(END CHAPTER)
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