Chapter 188: Words of Refusal, Body of Honesty

What worried Xue Di most was yet to come, because those faint vital signs were constantly weakening, and in the end, she could not even sense Su Yu's aura.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, a man in a black robe had a resolute and stern appearance, with long black hair hanging behind him, reaching exactly to his heels—not a fraction more, not a fraction less.

He was Di Tian, and at this moment, his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he had encountered some predicament.

Logically speaking, as the Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest, no one on this Douluo Continent could force him into a predicament.

At the same time, Di Tian, who had been deep in thought in the Star Dou Great Forest, suddenly woke up, sensing Su Yu's rapidly draining life force, and cast a cold glance in the direction of Shrek.

"Di Tian, what is it? Did something happen to the Auspicious Beast?" Looking at Di Tian's tightly furrowed brows, Bi Ji subconsciously assumed that something had gone wrong with the Imperial Auspicious Beast.

Di Tian shook his head and said, "It is not the Auspicious Beast; it is Su Yu."

"Then what happened to Su Yu?" Bi Ji was somewhat confused; as an important member of Shrek, it was impossible for Su Yu to be in trouble.

"I don't know why, but he appeared in a strange place that cut off my aura. His life force has been constantly draining over the past five days, and now his aura is almost on the verge of death. I tried to use my power to attach to that Dragon Scale to save his fading life force, but I failed." Di Tian looked at the place where Shrek was located and sighed deeply.

Su Yu, this human, was not an important figure to the Soul Beasts, but the methods he researched could save the Soul Beasts from their ending of extinction. As long as Su Yu's future research could succeed, then they, the Soul Beasts, would no longer have to worry about being hunted by humans and falling into the ending of racial destruction.

Yet, Di Tian said that this human had actually fallen into a dying state!

At this very moment, the news from Di Tian that Su Yu was in trouble was nothing short of a bolt from the blue for them.

Upon receiving this news, how could Bi Ji not be shocked?

In fact, it was not just her; if Di Tian were to spread this news to the other Beasts, the impact would undoubtedly be even greater, because this was not just about Su Yu, but about all of them, the Soul Beasts!

As they were now, their survival before the Silver Dragon King fully awakened had long been tied entirely to Su Yu!

"Do not spread this for now; I need to communicate with the Lord."

After dropping this sentence, Di Tian disappeared from the spot.

Little did they know that at this moment, Su Yu was still struggling to hold on; if it weren't for Yi Lao stabilizing his Spirit Sea, Su Yu would have already collapsed.

This kind of pain originating from the nerves was simply something humans could not control or endure. His skin, fascia, flesh, and internal organs were being destroyed and reorganized at every moment. Su Yu also had to marvel at the power of half the origin of a Ten Thousand Year Immortal Herb; fortunately, he hadn't been greedy back then, as he estimated that if he had taken it all, he would have been blown apart long ago.

This was only possible because he had absorbed almost all the Life Gold alone, shaping his body to be incomparably powerful, which allowed him to barely absorb it. If he had really wanted it all, he probably would have needed both the Blazing Apricot Fragrance and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to sacrifice themselves for him to be able to absorb it.

Of course, these were just guesses, but Su Yu still dared not do anything risky; after all, he had an incomparably clear understanding of his own strength and physical fitness.

The sixth day.

The seventh day.

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The tenth day, a ripple emanated from the spring eye within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Following this ripple, Su Yu's aura also began to slowly recover.

Pfft!

Su Yu spat out a mouthful of stagnant, pitch-black blood. Once the blood was spat out, Su Yu felt that the last bit of impurities had been completely expelled at this moment.

Having undergone the refinement of Life Gold, the baptism of Fate Power, and now the tempering of the Ice and Fire Refining Body.

Su Yu felt that there was only one thing he needed to do now, and that was to improve his strength!

"It seems you have recovered well. With the help of the origin power of those immortal herbs, you seem to have completed a new transformation?" Xue Di, above the ice spring, slowly opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Su Yu.

"This time it was a bumper harvest. With the help of the ice spring's power, you have also recovered quite a bit, right? Wait, what is that look in your eyes?"

Looking at Xue Di's half-smiling expression, Su Yu instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

"Su Yu, don't you feel that you are missing something right now?" Xue Di's lips curled up slightly, and she looked with interest at Su Yu, who was standing at the intersection of the ice spring and the fire spring.

"Holy crap, Xue Di, you..."

Su Yu looked down and realized that the clothes all over his body were long gone, and he immediately understood what Xue Di's playful smile meant.

He immediately felt his old face flush red; if Xue Di's strength weren't terrifyingly powerful, he would have definitely thrown a few harsh words at her.

A flash of golden light passed, and Su Yu was already dressed neatly, appearing outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what are you shy about? I have cultivated for seven hundred thousand years; what kind of human have I not seen?"

Xue Di lazily curled her lips and looked at Su Yu with disdain. Heh, humans.

"Xue Di, if you are going to be like this, then don't blame me for being impolite." Su Yu looked at Xue Di's lazy and disdainful appearance and immediately felt that he had been completely outmaneuvered by her.

"Just you, a tiny Soul King? What can you do? The current me is not that little Snow Girl you knew before."

As if in retaliation, Xue Di hooked her finger at Su Yu, her beautiful eyes filled with mockery.

"This is what you said, don't regret it later?" Su Yu looked at Xue Di's smug appearance and immediately thought of the master-servant agreement that Yi Lao had secretly added at the time.

Xue Di stepped forward with her long, jade-like legs and walked in front of Su Yu, her forehead almost touching his. "When has Xue Di ever been afraid? Just you, a tiny Soul King, what do you expect you can do? Are you going to shamelessly say you are my mother, or talk about the matter of Xiaoxuenv now?"

"Call me 'mother' and let me hear it." Su Yu looked at Xue Di's peerless face; under such close contact, even his breathing became a bit rapid for a moment.

He seriously suspected that Xue Di was doing this on purpose, just to see him make a fool of himself, so as to avenge the shame of having to acknowledge him as a mother back then.

"Do you think I would believe such a trick? Hmph, mother..." Xue Di widened her eyes in surprise; she didn't understand why she had said that word 'mother' against her own will.

"Tsk tsk tsk, saying you weren't willing, look, didn't you admit it anyway?" Su Yu looked at Xue Di's surprised expression, spread his hands, and shook his head helplessly.

"You, you, you..." Xue Di's beautiful face had now turned completely crimson. The current Xue Di looked just like a shy young girl, no longer possessing the stunning, peerless posture of the Empress she had before.

"Good daughter, call me that again and let me hear it. You can be so obedient; Mother is very gratified."

Su Yu waved at Xue Di, looking at her with a smile.

"What exactly did you do to me? I, how could I..."

Xue Di stared fixedly at Su Yu; she didn't know why, but she actually felt that she couldn't muster the slightest bit of hatred for this human who had offended her.

"Nothing, just a means of self-preservation. After all, you weren't as obedient as you are now back then." Su Yu came to the ice spring and sat down opposite Xue Di.

"I advise you best not to play any little tricks on me, otherwise, even if it is you, I will kill you without hesitation!" The blush on Xue Di's face had not yet faded, and these words, spoken in a calm tone, had quite a bit of a coquettish flavor.

"I know, but you also know that with your strength, you could naturally kill me before my self-preservation measures take effect. Perhaps in the past, it was only important to me, and even if I wanted to, killing you directly would be no problem. However, I think..."

Speaking of this, Su Yu paused. He raised his head and looked into Xue Di's ethereal, beautiful eyes.

Xue Di was somewhat puzzled. She couldn't see through Su Yu. Clearly, everything could be calculated to the death by him, and even she, a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, had been suppressed by him, but at this moment, he actually had the feeling of wanting to tell her everything. "What exactly do you think?"

"Nothing, just that if everything were a puppet controlled by oneself, without its own consciousness, I think that would lose the original meaning of a thing, and that includes you, of course." Su Yu pointed to the center of his brow, and then a complex contract formation appeared on his fingertips.

"Includes me? Do you mean..." After hearing that phrase 'includes me', Xue Di suddenly thought of a terrifying fact. If his words were true, then wouldn't she also be able to be controlled by him like a puppet...

"That's right. Although it was forced by the situation at the time, in my view, there is no longer any need for it. Extend your hands; I will modify our contract." Su Yu sliced his fingertip and used his fresh blood as a guide to continuously trace the contract formation.

Watching the slowly forming contract formation, Xue Di felt a bit dazed in her consciousness. "You mean there is a problem with our previous contract? If there is a problem, then what kind of contract was it?"

"A Master-Servant Contract. At that time, I didn't have the ability to do that kind of thing; if you want to ask, go ask my teacher. However, if you don't want to change it, that's also fine." Su Yu continued to trace the contract formation without paying any more attention to Xue Di's expression.

A Master-Servant Contract?!

It was actually a Master-Servant Contract!

Then why would Su Yu tell her, and even want to modify the contract for her?

Wouldn't it be better to control her with a Master-Servant Contract? He could even enslave her, make her sacrifice herself to him to become his Soul Ring, and even obtain the hundred-thousand-year soul bone that humans dream of!

But, once the Master-Servant Contract was lost, for Su Yu, nothing would be advantageous to him anymore; on the contrary, Xue Di would gain more benefits!

She could borrow Su Yu's power to cultivate into a human form faster, complete the sublimation of her own power, and even go a step further!

"Why are you helping me?" Xue Di pondered for a long time and finally discovered that no matter from what angle she thought about it, it was all benefits and no harm to her.

Su Yu brought his hands together, and when he opened them again, the contract formation was complete. "It's nothing. I just feel that having one more trustworthy person would be better. Of course, I don't exclude that I had some selfish motives at the time, but now I hope more that you can call me 'Mom', hahahaha..."

"You, you are courting death!" Xue Di felt ashamed and furious to the point of wanting to die the moment she heard the word 'Mom', wishing she could slap this bastard Su Yu to death with one palm.

"Alright, alright, do you still want to be a servant? If you don't want to, then use this Equal Contract to replace that Master-Servant Contract."

As the two palms pressed onto the formation, a purple and golden light slowly disappeared into the space between their eyebrows. As the light entered their bodies, a trace of strange color appeared in Xue Di's beautiful eyes.

At the same time, a trace of strange color also appeared in Su Yu's eyes. Suppressing this strange feeling, Su Yu stood up and left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. "You just rest well here..."

After dropping this sentence, Su Yu let out a breath and disappeared from Xue Di's sight.

"So, this was his plan. What an interesting little fellow." The corners of Xue Di's mouth lifted slightly. Looking at the drop of blood floating in her palm, she used a little soul power, and that drop of blood was frozen by Xue Di, finally disappearing into the space between her eyebrows.

On the outskirts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Su Yu watched Xue Di's figure as she continued to absorb the ice spring, his mind pondering whether his decision was right or wrong.

"Su Yu, the Master-Servant Contract is gone just like that. You might lose a Limit Douluo-level thug and bodyguard." Yi Lao's voice rang out in Su Yu's mind.

"Teacher, do you think I did the right thing?" Su Yu smiled calmly, looking at the drop of pure white blood in his palm.

"If you think it's right, then it's right. Actually, whether it's right or wrong, when you asked me, you already had the answer in your heart, so there's no need for me to answer at all." Yi Lao did not answer Su Yu's question. In the few years he had spent with Su Yu, his understanding of Su Yu had long surpassed everyone else's.

"Yes, I already had the answer in my heart. Whether it is now or in the future, one day she will discover that there was a Master-Servant Contract between her and me. Rather than deceive her, it is better to choose to be honest. Perhaps I wouldn't have chosen to trust her back then, but it's different now. Whether there is a Master-Servant Contract or not, it's actually the same."

Su Yu slowly closed his eyes and fell into cultivation, silently refining the medicinal power of the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng that he had not yet absorbed.

"This little fellow, although he was indeed a bit detestable before, now it seems he just likes to talk with his mouth. However, among humans, being able to meet such a unique person can be considered my, Xue Di's, good fortune. If it had been other humans back then, I'm afraid they would only..."

"Su Yu, it seems Di Tian's choice was correct; you are a trustworthy human."

Xue Di slowly rose from the ice spring. In that pair of beautiful eyes, at this moment, there was a complexity that had not appeared in her seven hundred thousand years.

When she looked at Su Yu again, the complexity in her eyes turned into flowing light, dissipating beside Su Yu, dissipating under the night sky...

A "once in a lifetime" series.

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