"Gah?"
The Fire Bird, its entire body burning with flames, let out a puzzled cry. It was curious—why had the food that was just at its beak disappeared the moment a white light flashed?
Not far away, a white light flashed.
Yunchuan stood on a tree branch with a girl in his arms, sighing, "I came a step too late."
If he had arrived just a few seconds earlier, he could've saved that person as well. But unfortunately…
Lowering his head to look at the crying girl wiping her tears in his arms, he then looked back up into the distance. When his gaze landed on the Fire Bird, his eyes instantly became extremely dangerous.
He gently placed the girl on the trunk, rubbing her small head. She could not withstand the terrifying pressure of pseudo-lightspeed. If he carried her along while using it, the result would be the girl being crushed into a lump of meat paste. There was absolutely no second possibility.
"Beast!"
A streak of white light flashed.
Pseudo · Lightspeed Kick!
"BOOM!!!"
"…Gah!…"
The Fire Bird only had time to let out a miserable cry before its flank exploded into a burst of sparks. Blood sprayed out as it turned into a fireball and was blasted into the distance.
After a while.
A black soul ring slowly rose.
Yunchuan revealed his figure, looking at the soul ring in the distance. Not wanting to waste it, he raised his hand and grabbed from afar. Five-colored radiance bloomed from his palm, sweeping the black soul ring and drawing it into his hand along the flow of five-colored light.
Inside his body, the Five Elements and Five Organs shone as they continuously refined the black soul ring he absorbed.
Very quickly, the soul ring was crushed and entirely absorbed.
Yunchuan felt his physical attributes increase a little, and the power in his body become slightly stronger—but extremely limited. Clearly, for him now, the effect of a ten-thousand-year soul ring was already minimal.
What he cared about even more was what skill or comprehension the soul ring could bring him—perhaps letting him comprehend a talent similar to lightspeed.
But unfortunately, just as he expected, unless it was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast or a soul beast with a special attribute, these ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts only provided him with a garbage skill.
Meteor Fire Rain.
This was the ability brought by the Fire Bird's soul ring. The name sounded decent, but it merely gathered fire elements in the air to form falling fireballs that attacked the enemy.
This skill might seem good to other soul masters, but to him, it was completely useless. After all, he could already manipulate flames and even create various transformations. In terms of profundity, his control was far beyond this skill.
Even without this skill, he could already accomplish the same thing. Then what use was it?
"As expected… a soul ring below one hundred thousand years has no real value for me. Perhaps by slaughtering large numbers of low-level soul beasts and absorbing their soul rings, I could gain noticeable improvement, but to kill wantonly just for such a tiny increase—what's the point?" Yunchuan shook his head.
Though he didn't consider himself a good person, killing countless low-level soul beasts for such a small gain was meaningless in his eyes, and the efficiency was too low. He disdained such methods.
"Wuuu…"
A faint sobbing sound drifted over.
Yunchuan turned and looked at the crying girl standing on the branch, sighing softly. With another flash of white light, he appeared beside her. Seeing her continue wiping tears, still immersed in the grief of losing a loved one before her eyes, he scratched his head—not knowing what to do.
Thinking for a moment, he spoke: "Little sister, don't cry. The dead can't be brought back…"
"Waaa!"
But the moment she heard this, the girl cried even louder, tears flowing wildly.
"Aiya, what should I do?"
Yunchuan was a little at a loss. Heaven knows—even though he had experience dealing with girls, he only knew how to act cute and pamper older women, such as Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena. But for a girl clearly younger than him… he had no idea what to do.
He had absolutely no experience with this.
"Um… don't cry. What is your name? Where is your home? Big brother will take you back."
He estimated she was around eleven or twelve, and judging from her clothing, she was a pampered young lady. With a Soul Emperor accompanying her to obtain a soul ring, her family was clearly not simple.
People in this world, especially soul masters, matured early due to martial spirit traits and soul ring hunts. Thus, a twelve-year-old typically had the mental age of fifteen or sixteen. Very early maturity.
Of course, there were exceptions.
Like the girl before him—Yunchuan felt she aligned more with the Earth's concept of an eleven- or twelve-year-old. Her appearance and mentality weren't unnaturally mature. After witnessing her loved one die before her eyes, all she could do was cry—unable to stay calm or rational.
After much coaxing and comforting—
The girl finally stopped crying, though she still hiccuped softly, her eyes red like a rabbit's—truly pitiful.
"…Good girl." Yunchuan let out a breath, crouching gently to look into her light-purple eyes, asking softly, "Tell big brother—what is your name? Where is your home? Big brother will take you back."
"…Xiangxiang." After a few more hiccups, the girl finally answered with a slight sob in her voice. "Everyone calls me Xiangxiang…"
Xiangxiang?
That sounded like a nickname of endearment—clearly her real name contained the word "Xiang." Or perhaps she was really named Xiangxiang?
"What is your full name?" Yunchuan asked.
"…Bai Chenxiang." The girl sniffed and finally spoke her full name.
Bai Chenxiang?!
Hearing this name, Yunchuan widened his eyes. How could he not know the original novel's Bai Chenxiang, Tang San's cousin?
The moment he heard her name, he immediately looked her over—her petite, adorable body, flat chest. In the original works, this cousin was one year younger than Tang San—only around eleven. Her physique was normal by Earth standards, but after absorbing her second soul ring, she would go through a growth spurt.
Light-purple long hair tied into low twin-tails, light-purple eyes, a delicate face still carrying baby fat… an absolute top-tier loli.
"Is your martial soul Sharp-tailed Swift?" Yunchuan confirmed at last.
"…Mm." The little twin-tailed girl nodded lightly.
"As expected…"
Yunchuan was now completely certain that this girl was the original Bai Chenxiang—the little princess of the Min Clan. By bloodline, she was his cousin as well—after all, he and Tang San shared the same mother.
"But why was this little one almost killed? If I hadn't happened to arrive in time, the consequences would've been unthinkable. Could it be that my arrival caused a butterfly effect?"
Many possibilities rose in Yunchuan's mind, but he ultimately attributed everything to the butterfly effect.
After all, this was a real world, not a fixed game. Even though the soul master system resembled a game, it was undeniably real. So changes caused by external factors were completely normal.
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