"It's raining heavily, and there's even thunder. We can't take shelter under the sword tree anymore. We'd better find another way." One of the tall, burly men frowned as he looked at the dark sky, which was flashing with lightning from time to time. His expression was not good.
Qian Yuelong, who was above the sword tree, had excellent hearing and heard the words clearly. She then silently glanced at the gloomy sky.
Standing a little further back, a middle-aged man in a dark blue soul master robe wiped the dense rainwater mixed with sweat from his forehead. His soul master robe was already mostly soaked from running in the rain, and his shoes and socks were also uncomfortable with water seeping in. Hearing this, he nodded and said in a tone that could not hide his exhaustion, "Then let's find a shady spot under a tree on a high ground to make do."
"Leaving again?" Another burly man glared, wiped the wetness from his face, and looked at the middle-aged man who looked the oldest among them. He said impatiently, "If you ask me, if we had chosen to go with that three-thousand-year-old Earth Gate Crocodile we encountered before, we would already be on our way back!"
The middle-aged man's face stiffened. Beneath his soaked sleeves, his slightly cold fingers slowly tightened. He said in a somewhat stiff tone, "This is, after all, my fourth soul ring. Even if I can't find a suitable soul master around five thousand years old, I hope to find one around four thousand five hundred years old. Besides, I clearly stated that when I initially hired you."
Upon hearing this, the burly man put on a stern face and released a powerful aura of Soul Master level, pressing down directly on the middle-aged man whose soul power had just crossed the threshold of level 40 and who had not yet obtained a soul ring.
The other Soul Masters watched from the sidelines, leisurely observing the scene. Some even casually and insincerely tried to mediate, suggesting:
“I think Fifth Brother is right. We brothers have been wandering around this Soul Beast Forest for almost ten days without finding the Soul Beast that you, Mr. Yu, are looking for. On top of that, the weather is terrible, so no one is in a good mood. How about this, Mr. Yu, you can add another 2,000 gold soul coins as compensation for our hard work. We'll be happy to continue accompanying you on this trip, right?”
2000 Gold Soul Coins!
The middle-aged man's pupils contracted slightly, his fists clenched under his sleeves, and he said with restraint, "Brother Hao, it's common for the weather to be uncooperative when you're traveling. If you brothers were injured, I could add some compensation for injuries, but using this incident to raise the price is a bit unfair, isn't it?"
The short Soul Master, known as Brother Hao, shrugged, looked at the brother who had initially expressed dissatisfaction, and passed the buck to him: "Fifth Brother, what do you think?"
The fifth brother grinned. "I think it's a good idea. Mr. Yu only spent 4,000 gold soul coins to hire us brothers. Adding a little more should be a small matter for Mr. Yu, right?"
"You!" The middle-aged man's expression changed. He took a deep breath and said restrainedly, "4,000 gold soul coins is all my savings. Besides, we agreed on this from the beginning. Boss Luo, I believe you're not the kind of person who breaks a contract easily, right?"
The middle-aged man's face was tense, not allowing himself to show the slightest weakness. He looked intently at the captain of the Soul Hunting Squad, a tall, slender man, who was also the captain of the Soul Hunting Squad—Luo Jin.
Captain Luo Jin, who had become the target of everyone's criticism, looked up, his expression revealing neither joy nor anger, and simply said, "Since it was an agreement, our Soul Hunting Team will naturally not break it. However, if we want to win over the team, some sacrifices are necessary for team harmony."
One sentence chilled the middle-aged man to the bone. The cold dampness in the air seemed to seep into his skin, invade his limbs and bones, and he stood there stiff as an ice sculpture.
He was surrounded by a pack of equally cold and vicious wolves, who bared their fangs at their prey, who had blocked all his escape routes.
Having learned the whole story from their conversation, the Dark Soul Guards showed no disdain or contempt.
Because they are already involved in the gray areas of the business, such things are commonplace for them and no longer stir any emotion in them.
Since a Soul Master dares to hire a Soul Hunter team on their own, they should bear the corresponding risks.
Sometimes, having a lot of money doesn't guarantee safety.
This could also become their last life-saving money.
I wonder what the saintess, who has not yet experienced any great trials and tribulations, will think.
Several Dark Soul Guards, including Lu Ming, the captain of the Guardian Knights belonging to the Martial Soul Branch Hall, kept a low profile while observing Qian Yuelong's reaction.
There was resentment in his eyes, but he could only suppress it, keeping an eye on Qian Yuelong's emotions just like the other Dark Soul Guards.
If he were alone today, he would step in to help the Black Hunter Soul Gang out of their rip-off situation.
But now he's not the only one.
The most important thing now is the saintess.
Selectively ignoring the other people's subtle scrutiny, Qian Yuelong, who was eavesdropping, looked at the nine people who suddenly appeared below with a strange expression.
She felt that she still seemed to have a bit of a tendency to cause accidents.
Is this the so-called time traveler's butterfly effect halo?
You encountered other people last time when you were hunting for spirit rings, right?
However, what bothered her even more was the middle-aged man's surname.
His surname is "Yu".
Although there are many people with the surname "Yu" on the mainland, those with the surname Yu who can produce four figures in gold soul coins are not simple.
886 quietly revealed Qian Yuelong's guess: "I think the man below is definitely from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, no doubt about it. But it shouldn't be Yu Xiaogang, who had a tragic love story with Bibi Dong."
After all, Yu Xiaogang was expelled from his family because his martial soul mutated into a useless one, and his soul power has never been able to break through to the Great Soul Master level.
But the man below has already reached the Soul Master level.
[Host, do you want to get involved?]
Qian Yuelong stared at the middle-aged man who had already stepped into the wolf pack's encirclement, and suddenly said, "He just said he paid 4,000 gold soul coins to hire this soul-hunting team, right?"
【right. 】
Qian Yuelong's delicate face showed disapproval as she indignantly spoke up for the middle-aged man: "These people are going too far! Doesn't the Douluo Continent value agreements most? How can they break an agreement that's already been signed? How pitiful! Let me act on behalf of Heaven!"
886: [.]
The other Spirit Hall Soul Masters, who caught a glimpse of disapproval on Qian Yuelong's face, had their eyes flashing. Their restrained auras subtly shifted, like a sharp blade slowly being drawn from its sheath. They secretly tensed their muscles, ready to strike.
Below, the middle-aged man, whose long silence had gradually made the other Soul Masters' gazes turn dangerous, trembled slightly, his eyes filled with an intense struggle, as if he were making a life-or-death decision.
Finally, before the fifth-ranked Soul Master ran out of patience, he slowly clenched his fist, almost squeezing out the words through clenched teeth:
"I"
—A side note—
After finishing my update and going to sleep peacefully yesterday, my best friend suddenly called me this morning with a startling message: "I noticed you missed an update."
My mind is filled with the updated Mo Li: What?!
I'll update the chapter I missed yesterday tomorrow; I'm quite busy today, muah!
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