Soul Emperor Awakening

Just as the young woman was about to be dragged away, a child-like voice came from the house.

"You bad guys, let go of Liu Xin!" A pretty little girl, no more than six or seven years old, rushed out of the house and ran over angrily. Her features were delicate and her cheeks were rosy, making her look like the beloved daughter of a high-ranking official.

But her clothes were nothing like an official’s daughter’s; she was dressed in tattered sackcloth. When she rushed out of the hut, the faces of the people kneeling on the ground turned pale, clearly not expecting the little girl to appear.

"Well now, I didn’t think you were hiding a little one, and a pretty one at that." Mo Long let out a loud laugh and said to his companion, "Go grab her for me. She’d make a fine servant girl. Looks like she’ll be a real beauty; once she grows up, we might even sell her for a good price!"

Liu Xin’s face was pale. She struggled, shaking her slender arms. "Lord Mo, I... I’m willing to serve you! Please, I’m begging you, don’t take her!" Her tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

"Let her go? What a joke!" Mo Long grabbed her chin, glared at her, and sneered, "You’re in no position to negotiate with me. I’m taking all of you back!"

The companion beside him chuckled, rubbed his hands together, and rushed forward to grab the little girl. But just as his hands were about to reach her, the girl threw a heavy punch that landed squarely on the burly man’s stomach.

THUD!

The burly man stumbled back several steps from the force of the blow. He dry-heaved a few times, nearly vomiting.

It was unbelievable! To think that a little girl’s punch could knock back a Cultivator at the Second Layer of the Spirit Refining Stage!

"Let go of Liu Xin!" the little girl shouted, waving her tiny fists. Her voice held no menace, however; its child-like quality only made her sound adorable. But her strength was completely out of proportion to her size.

"Damn it, this kid is strong! What the hell do they feed her?" the burly man roared. "You want to compete on strength, is that it? Let’s see how strong you really are!"

The burly man rushed forward. Before the little girl could react, he seized her by her small arms and lifted her clean off the ground. She dangled in the air, kicking and struggling. "You bad guy, let me go! Let me go!" she cried, trying to kick him.

’She really is strong,’ the burly man thought, his gaze turning cold. ’But I refuse to believe I can’t tame you...’ He started to twist the little girl’s arms behind her back to restrain her.

"Oh, heavens, please send someone to save us..." The villagers wept, but they were powerless to do anything.

WHAM!

Suddenly, a figure flashed to the burly man’s side. Before anyone could react, the man’s massive body was sent flying backward, slamming hard into the trunk of a nearby tree. The impact shook the great tree, causing a dozen or so leaves to flutter down.

Mo Long’s eyes widened. He saw his companion’s chest was completely caved in. His body lay in a crumpled heap at the base of the tree with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, utterly lifeless.

An instant kill!

"A pack of scum!" Lin Xuan held the White Pupil Rod in his right hand and the little girl in his left. He glared coldly at Mo Long and his men as a powerful Killing Intent billowed from him.

He struck to kill, showing no mercy. ’Leaving scum like this alive is just asking for trouble,’ he thought. ’I will not show them any quarter.’

The sudden turn of events left everyone stunned. Lin Xuan had appeared before them like a War God, saving the little girl and effortlessly killing a Cultivator who had been completely beyond their power to resist.

"Who... who are you?!" Mo Long swallowed hard, forced to retreat a few steps by Lin Xuan’s overwhelming Killing Intent.

’My Cultivation is a little higher, at the Fourth Layer of the Spirit Refining Stage. That’s a bit stronger than my companion was, but if someone at the Second Layer of the Spirit Refining Stage was killed instantly, my Fourth Layer probably won’t be much better.’

’Moreover, he had a good eye for valuables. The moment he saw the White Pupil Rod in Lin Xuan’s hand, his heart went cold. ’That staff... at the very least, it must be Treasure Level. This guy must be from a major clan.’

"All you need to know," Lin Xuan said coldly, "is that I’m the one who has come to take your life."

"Daddy!" the little girl cried out, throwing her arms around Lin Xuan’s neck.

"Daddy?"

Lin Xuan froze. ’Daddy?’ he thought, stunned. ’When did I get a daughter?’ Looking closely at the pretty little girl, he realized she bore a striking resemblance to the Golden Dragon King! Her earlier display of strength had surprised him, too.

’Could she be the Golden Dragon King’s daughter?’ Lin Xuan was startled. ’It’s entirely possible. Since I absorbed the Golden Dragon King’s soul, I must carry a trace of its aura, which is why she’s mistaking me for her father.’

’Even from within the Dragon Egg, she must have been able to sense the outside world and memorize the Golden Dragon King’s aura. Now that aura has transferred to me, so of course she would mistake me for her father.’

’Come to think of it, this village isn’t far from the volcano. After she hatched from the Dragon Egg, she was probably found and taken in by these villagers.’

"You’re her dad?" Mo Long sized Lin Xuan up, hesitated for a moment, and then barked, "Do you have any idea who we are? Have you ever heard of the Three Mo Brothers?" He hoped their reputation would intimidate Lin Xuan. The Three Mo Brothers were not weak, but they weren’t exactly a top-tier power either.

They could only run rampant in impoverished places like this; in any other territory, they’d be killed before they knew what hit them.

"Die!"

Without another word, Lin Xuan charged forward, still holding the little girl and his White Pupil Rod. Using the Cyan Cloud Step, he transformed into a wisp of cyan mist, appearing in front of Liu Xin in the blink of an eye. He thrust his rod at the goon standing behind her.

With a dull THUD, the man was sent flying. He tumbled across the ground a few times before lying still, completely lifeless. Lin Xuan killed without hesitation. For scum like this, there was no need to show mercy.

Lin Xuan handed the little girl to Liu Xin and offered a faint smile. "Can you watch her for me? I need to take care of this trash first."

Liu Xin dazedly took the child. Watching Lin Xuan’s retreating back, she murmured, "Yue’Er, is he really your daddy?"

Liu Yue’Er nodded, then shook her head. "He seems like it, but he also seems not like it... But he’s a lot like Daddy, and it feels nice to be with him. He must be Yue’Er’s daddy!"

’He seems like it, but he also seems not like it...’ Liu Xin didn’t know what to think.

Only Mo Long remained. They had come as a group of three, but now, with two killed in an instant, he was the only one left. To deal with mere villagers, they hadn’t seen the need to bring more men; a few Cultivators in the Spirit Refining Stage should have been more than enough.

To other Cultivators, this level of Cultivation was laughably low, but to the villagers, it was an unattainable height.

"The Three Mo Brothers? What’s that to me?" Brimming with Killing Intent, Lin Xuan slowly advanced on Mo Long, the pressure he exuded becoming immense.

’Run!’

Panic seized Mo Long. He knew Lin Xuan would never let him go, so he spun around and fled for his life.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Xuan’s eyes. He swung the White Pupil Rod, thrusting it toward Mo Long’s back. His entire body blurred into a streak of white light, piercing forward.

"Fourth Style, Extreme Point Inch Light!"

A brilliant light flashed, closing the distance in an instant. Mo Long only felt a chill on his back before the heart in his chest abruptly stopped—or rather, was shattered to pieces. The next moment, his consciousness faded, and he pitched forward onto the ground, never to rise again.

"I hope you won’t commit so many evil deeds in your next life."

Lin Xuan shot Mo Long’s corpse a cold glance before putting away his White Pupil Rod. As he did, the Killing Intent that enveloped him vanished.

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