NOVEL NEXT Chapter 169: Cooperation with the Soul Beasts
**Chapter 169: Cooperation with the Soul Beasts**
"Human, how dare you!"
Hearing Gu Ziyi's words, Da Ming suddenly roared in anger.
However, despite his outburst, he dared not act rashly.
Even Xiao Wu and Er Ming, though extremely anxious and furious at Gu Ziyi, had to endure it.
"Human, if you dare to harm her, we will not let you leave here alive!"
Da Ming continued to threaten him.
"Don't make such bold claims. They mean nothing in this situation!"
"You only have three hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts, but we have four Titled Douluos. We hold the advantage in combat power!"
"And this woman in my hands—she and the rabbit are mother and daughter, aren't they?"
"If the rabbit dares to attack us, I'll kill her mother first!"
Hearing Da Ming's words, Gu Ziyi sneered in disdain.
"Roar—"
Hearing his words, Er Ming roared into the sky, nearly losing control of his emotions.
"Mom!"
Xiao Wu was also extremely anxious, but she truly did not dare to move.
Of course, she cried out in the language of the Soul Beasts. Among the three present, only Da Ming could speak the human language.
"Despicable!"
"What do you want?"
Da Ming roared in fury and then coldly questioned him.
He knew that Gu Ziyi must have another motive in this situation—after all, he hadn't continued to fight them after capturing Xiao Wu's mother.
Now, he wanted to know what this despicable human wanted from them.
"As expected from the Emperor of the Great Star Dou Forest, you are indeed intelligent!"
Gu Ziyi praised Da Ming.
Then he continued, "I understand you Soul Beasts very well. Every so often, a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast will face a heavenly tribulation. Only those who survive the tribulation can continue living. Those who fail will be reduced to ashes and return to nature!"
"A powerful hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast may endure this multiple times, but a weaker one may not even survive a single tribulation!"
"So, when a Soul Beast knows it cannot withstand the next tribulation, it chooses to take on human form and become a human to continue its cultivation!"
"But humans have limited lifespans. Unless you surpass level 100 and become a god, you will inevitably die in the end!"
"This means that all of you hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts will die eventually!"
Gu Ziyi explained why some of these century-old Soul Beasts chose to transform into humans, even at the cost of abandoning all their previous cultivation.
It was merely to avoid being killed by the tribulation, but in the end, all would perish.
What he said was actually somewhat absurd and exaggerated because the same applied to human Soul Masters. Unless they reached the divine realm, they, too, would eventually return to the earth as dust.
"What exactly are you trying to say, Your Excellency?"
Da Ming coldly stared at Gu Ziyi and continued questioning him.
It was no surprise that this despicable human knew about the plight of hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts!
He had also learned a few things about Gu Ziyi from Xiao Wu's mother.
"I believe you must be quite familiar with our Martial Soul Hall, especially me and my elder sister, Bibi Dong, correct?"
Gu Ziyi remained completely unfazed by Da Ming's attitude and asked indifferently.
"That's right, we know you and Bibi Dong very well!"
"We are very grateful to you for creating the self-condensing Soul Ring cultivation method!"
At that moment, before Da Ming could respond, Xiao Wu's mother—still being held by Gu Ziyi—spoke first.
Her tone carried a hint of complexity. She never thought she would end up being captured by him in the end.
She really admired Gu Ziyi before and had praised the current Martial Soul Hall in front of her daughter many times.
"Very well, since you know us!"
"Then do you think that, with my older sister's talent, there is a great possibility that she will reach the god level in the future?"
Gu Ziyi ignored the complicated tone of Xiao Wu's mother and asked again after hearing the answer he wanted.
"...With her talent, it is indeed very possible!"
She didn't know why Gu Ziyi was talking about this, yet she still gave an affirmative answer.
In her opinion, Bibi Dong's talent was truly terrifying.
It could be said that she had the most frightening talent among human Soul Masters she had encountered in her life.
Besides the twin Martial Souls she possessed, her cultivation speed was also extremely fast.
She had just realized that Bibi Dong had only cultivated one of her Martial Souls, not both at the same time, as everyone had assumed.
That was what shocked her the most!
"Very well, since you admit this, we can cooperate!"
"You, hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, your ultimate goal is also to reach the divine level, but it is very difficult for you to get there on your own—it's almost impossible!"
"Because in the history of the Douluo Continent, there has never been a precedent of a Soul Beast reaching the divine level!"
"So, we can cooperate!"
Gu Ziyi smiled and finally declared his purpose.
In fact, he simply wanted to see if he could persuade Xiao Wu and the others to join his group.
"Cooperation? How do you want to cooperate?"
Xiao Wu's mother was surprised when she heard his statement.
Not only her, but Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong, and the others were also very surprised at that moment by his unexpected words. They didn't know what Gu Ziyi intended by cooperating with these hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
Of course, they didn't think he was planning to conspire with the Soul Beasts and betray the humans.
So, they just watched in silence and made no comments.
Gu Ziyi must have had his own ideas when he said that. That's what they thought.
"Sacrifice!"
"A hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast can offer itself as a sacrifice. I also know that the soul of the said Soul Beast that chooses to offer itself as a sacrifice can be attached to a Soul Ring or a soul bone!"
"As long as the soul remains, it will not be considered dead, so this is the premise for cooperation!"
"You, hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, can choose a Soul Master with strong talent to voluntarily sacrifice yourselves to. As long as that Soul Master can ultimately break through to the god level and ascend to the divine realm, then your souls can also ascend to the divine realm!"
"At that time, with a god-level cultivation, as long as your souls remain, I believe it will be easy to resurrect you!"
"Once resurrected, you will be in the Divine Realm. There, you won't need to endure the heavenly tribulation test. You will definitely be able to break through to the god level within the Divine Realm!"
"In this way, the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts benefit, and after Soul Masters receive your sacrifice, that Soul Master will obtain your hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and soul bone, making them more confident in reaching the divine level!"
"This is a mutually beneficial cooperation!"
Gu Ziyi spoke slowly.
His purpose was obvious when he said this!
The main goal was to prevent them from becoming desperate and choosing self-destruction.
"Is this really possible?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others were surprised when they heard his long speech and explanation.
"Of course, it is, but this method is not something that just anyone can use!"
"Yes, besides the two Saints of the Martial Soul Hall, is there anyone who would dare to say they have the ability to advance to the hundredth level in their lifetime?"
However, after thinking carefully, they also felt that this method was actually quite good.
It's just that it would be an almost impossible challenge for any ordinary person.
The Soul Master must truly have the potential to surpass Level 100.
If a Hundred Thousand-Year Soul Beast were to agree to this, they would simply be gambling with their life!
However, if they won the gamble, they would gain an enormous reward. It was indeed a win-win cooperation for both parties.
Da Ming and Er Ming were also stunned when they heard this. They never expected Gu Ziyi to propose such an incredible form of cooperation.
Er Ming and Xiao Wu might not fully understand yet.
But Da Ming and Xiao Wu's mother quickly realized that this kind of cooperation was indeed possible.
Of course, the prerequisite was that they had to believe that the other party could actually surpass Level 100.
And that they would truly be resurrected after their ascension to the divine realm.
This was nothing less than a gamble.
And it had to be said—this kind of gamble was extremely tempting for Hundred Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
Because, as Gu Ziyi said, in the history of the Douluo Continent, at least as far as these Soul Beasts knew, there had never been a case of a Soul Beast successfully reaching the divine level.
So much so that there was a prevailing belief among Soul Beasts that their kind had no hope of ever ascending to godhood.
Thus, the cooperation proposed by Gu Ziyi represented a new hope for them.
At that moment, Xiao Wu's mother and Da Ming finally understood why this human had talked so much with them instead of taking direct action.
"Why should we trust you?"
After much deliberation, Da Ming directly questioned the human.
"You can only choose to believe, right?"
Gu Ziyi simply smiled slightly, offering no further explanations or promises.
Da Ming fell silent at his response. Well, they had no choice but to believe.
Otherwise, Gu Ziyi and his group could have simply hunted them for their Soul Rings.
In the end, while it would be impossible for them to obtain all their Soul Rings and Soul Bones, Xiao Wu's mother would definitely not escape their grasp.
And since Xiao Wu's mother was directly in Gu Ziyi's hands, Xiao Wu would certainly not abandon her mother.
As long as Gu Ziyi didn't kill her mother on the spot, he knew that Xiao Wu would never leave her behind.
Da Ming realized that this human had already figured that out.
That was why he was so confident.
"Xiao Wu's mother, Sister Xiao Wu, Er Ming, what do you all think?"
However, Da Ming didn't dare to make such a critical decision on his own, so he directly asked Xiao Wu and the others in the Soul Beast language.
"Roar—"
"I can offer myself as a sacrifice, but Sister Xiao Wu cannot!"
Er Ming was the first to respond, roaring his answer.
"..."
Immediately after, Da Ming and the others began communicating and discussing in the Soul Beast language.
Although Gu Ziyi didn't understand what they were saying, he didn't interrupt them.
The discussion among the Soul Beasts was obviously quite intense, with Er Ming's loud roars echoing from time to time.
"Your Highness, do you know what they're saying?"
Yue Guan approached Gu Ziyi from behind and asked curiously.
"I don't know, we'll find out soon!"
Gu Ziyi also didn't know what they were saying in their native language.
Among Auxiliary Soul Masters, there seems to have been a soul skill that allowed a Soul Master to understand the language of Soul Beasts, but it appears to have been lost long ago.
It's not that this skill was lost, but rather that no Auxiliary Soul Masters chose the Soul Rings of a Soul Beast that corresponded to this soul skill.
Otherwise, after Gu Ziyi transformed the animal language skill into an animal language talisman, he would be able to understand what they were discussing so animatedly now.
["Master, the gorilla and the python don't want the rabbit to be the sacrifice!"]
At that moment, Xiao Tao's voice resonated in Gu Ziyi's mind.
"Well, what else did they say? Xiao Tao, just translate for me!"
It was only when the girl spoke to him that he realized he had almost forgotten about his sword spirit, Xiao Tao.
Even though he couldn't understand the language of Soul Beasts, Xiao Tao could!
["Yes, Master!"]
Xiao Tao smiled and then began translating for him in his mind.
When she found out that he and the others were there to hunt hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts, she felt a little emotional, somewhat betrayed.
However, she didn't ask Gu Ziyi and the others to stop hunting the hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, because she knew that this was the only way for Bibi Dong to become stronger.
Bibi Dong was not cultivating through the path of self-condensed Soul Rings, so even if the Soul Beast she hunted wasn't a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, it would be some other Soul Beast with a cultivation base of over fifty thousand years, which was actually almost the same thing for her.
So she wouldn't stop them.
It was just that after hearing what Gu Ziyi said about the collaboration, Xiao Tao really liked his idea.
This way, these ancient Soul Beasts wouldn't just be considered simple sacrifices!
Just like her—although she had been sacrificed, she could still live in another way!
Gu Ziyi didn't care about the girl's mood. He was listening to her real-time translation.
That's how he learned what Da Ming and the others were discussing.
Er Ming could agree to voluntarily offer himself as a sacrifice, but he strongly opposed letting the mother and daughter be offered as sacrifices.
He didn't understand very well—he just thought that he himself could be sacrificed, but the two girls couldn't.
"Your Holiness, we can agree to cooperate!"
"But you must let the mother and daughter go. Sister Xiao Wu will transform into a human like her mother and cultivate on the human path alone!"
After their discussion, Da Ming quickly announced the result.
"You and the Titan Giant Ape are the only ones willing to offer yourselves as sacrifices?"
"Okay, I can promise not to harm them, but they must join the Martial Soul Hall later!"
After hearing Da Ming's words, Gu Ziyi pretended to think and hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
However, he also required that the mother and daughter join his Martial Soul Hall.
In truth, his heart was already blooming with joy at that moment.
He hadn't originally planned for Xiao Wu and the others to join him as sacrifices. Ah Yin hadn't been found yet, so now that Xiao Wu's mother had been found first, of course, he would first experience what it was like to have a Soul Beast transformed into a human.
Together with Xiao Wu, they would be a perfect combination!
How could he give up such a high-quality prize right in front of him?
When the girl grows up and takes on her adult human form, she will become a true beauty.
Xiao Wu's mother wasn't bad in terms of beauty either, but her style of dressing hurt her appearance since she dressed like a countryside girl.
Gu Ziyi had originally planned to say that the mother and daughter didn't need to be sacrificed, but he hadn't expected them to make the decision on their own, which was perfect for him.
["Master? Why are you so excited?"]
Xiao Tao immediately sensed her Master's excitement. She was confused at first, but then she quickly understood.
["Hmph! Master is such a big pervert!"]
"That's impossible!"
Upon hearing Gu Ziyi's words, Da Ming roared in anger.
Originally, he had wanted Sister Xiao Wu to take her mother and leave first.
But he couldn't agree to Gu Ziyi's words. Otherwise, wouldn't Sister Xiao Wu and her mother be like lambs walking into a tiger's mouth?
By joining the Martial Soul Hall, Gu Ziyi and the others could collect their Soul Rings and soul bones whenever they wanted.
Swoosh—
At this moment, the Peachwood Sword behind Gu Ziyi transformed into a stream of red light, and after landing in front of him, it took on a human form!
"You can trust Master!"
"Master always keeps his word!"
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(End of this chapter)
N/E: Our protagonist is becoming more and more of a small man, who only thinks with his balls, in addition to simply desiring more and more young girls, just to have a sample woman as an object. A little rant, I was already stressed out by him wanting Qian Renxue, now he wants a Xiao Wu (who when she turns into a human, will be 6 years old both physically and mentally, perhaps a little more mature), hence the indignation.
In addition, Xiao Wu's mother's name appears in chapter 172, I'm anxious, I'm trying to reduce as much as possible this repetition of 'Xiao Wu's mother this' or 'Xiao Wu's mother that', it's driving me crazy, but I hope it doesn't bother you too much, I've reduced at least 60% of this repetition.
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