Chapter 3 (Part 1) of Volume 3: An Extra Follower

  The azure seawater surged around.

  I continued to float upwards, and the enormous body of the dragon whale became farther and farther away below me. After a long time, it finally disappeared from view.

  With a splash, I emerged from the surface of the sea, dripping wet, and cast a water-walking spell. My feet felt light as I stood on the water's surface, bobbing up and down with the waves.

  I've finally returned to the outside world! I'm a bit excited, greedily taking big breaths of fresh air. The sea breeze gently blows by, lifting my fiery red long hair. The clear seawater reflects my figure, with thick hair and a full beard, looking just like a wild man.

  The surroundings were vast and boundless, with the scorching sunlight shining directly on my head. For three years, I had been drifting in the ocean with the dragon whale, without knowing where it had brought me. After determining the direction of the sun, I decided to first go to the most prosperous city in the world, Red Dust Heaven's Great Thousand City. Firstly, I wanted to search for the three beauties along the way, and secondly, I wanted to broaden my horizons. As long as I followed the eastern direction all the way, I should be able to reach land.

  I opened my mouth, blew out a gust of wind, and was just about to take off in flight when a tiny white light suddenly darted in front of me. A pair of small green eyes blinked at me steadily.

  "Yuehun?" I exclaimed: "How could it be you?"

  Yuè Hún is still very stubbornly silent, I patted my forehead: "You're here to bid farewell to me, right? At least you have some conscience."

  Yuè Hún gazed at me for a moment, shook her head: "I want to be with you."

  I was stunned, and then my skin broke out in goosebumps. I hastily waved my hand: "Absolutely not, you're not my wife, how can you say such mushy things? Are you still trying to tease me? I'm not going to play along. You'd better just go back into the Dragon Whale's belly."

  Yuè Hún lightly hummed: "Let me follow you, and you will have great benefits."

  I was puzzled for a moment and curiously asked: "What benefits will I get?"

  " I can make you evolve immediately and enter the realm of monsters."

  I was stunned: "You have such great ability? Master said that it takes several years to go from being a novice to a master."

  "I can." Yuehun Jian said resolutely.

  I was half-believing and half-doubting, this kid has always been mysterious and unpredictable, maybe it's not just bragging. After thinking for a moment, I asked again: "Then why are you following me? Speak straight, what benefits do you want to get from me?"

  Yuè Hún fell silent for a moment, then said: "Why I'm following you will be told later. Knowing now has no meaning to you."

  "Damn it, this kid is still playing dumb with me. I rolled my eyes and thought that even if I didn't agree, with Moon Soul's abilities, she could still follow me relentlessly. It's better to just agree with her, and I can immediately enter a receptive state. I'm sure Moon Soul won't intentionally harm me."

  "Let me tell you in advance, I don't have any valuable treasures on me, so don't get the wrong idea." I patted my clothes and shouted.

  The Moon Soul glanced at me with disdain, I chuckled and really wanted to punch that face: "Alright, I'll agree to you, having a few more little followers serve me isn't bad either."

  "Stick out your left hand index finger." Yuehun's eyes sparkled: "Bite it open."

  I said suspiciously: "What's going on? I don't have a masochistic tendency."

  "The voice of the Moon Soul was like a floating cloud: 'Let you enter the evolution state now.'"

  I perked up, hastily biting my middle finger, and muttered, "Biting your finger can evolve you? Are you kidding me?"

  A drop of blood had just seeped out from the tip of my finger, and Moon Soul flashed up in a burst of lightning, following the wound on my finger, it slipped into me like smoke. I was stunned, the scene before my eyes was really strange, Moon Soul seemed to be melted by the drop of blood, its body slowly merged into my middle finger, after a while, it completely disappeared, and after another moment, a crescent-shaped mark appeared on the tip of my finger, with a milky white color, like a faint moonlight. Finally, Moon Soul's face clearly protruded from the mark.

  "Alright, you and I are now fully merged." The small mouth of the Moon Soul wriggled on my finger, just like a living tattoo!

  I was shocked and amazed, raised my hand to point carefully: "You little devil can possess? Are you really a ghost?"

  Yuè Hún gazed at me silently, her voice unable to express the pride that seemed to be accompanied by a hint of melancholy: "Now, let me tell you what I am. All these years, you are the first person to know my true identity."

  It paused for a moment, then said: "I - Moon Soul, am an instrument! An instrument with a soul!" Its entire body emitted a bright and clean aura, rippling in circles. In an instant, my middle finger seemed to transform into a flowing moonlight! Clear and bright, the light flowed and turned!

  I was stunned, a musical instrument? A moving, talking musical instrument? I couldn't believe it and shouted: "Are you a musical instrument? A pipa? A flute? Or a drum? You don't look like one at all! Alright, play a tune for me to hear!"

  "Now you can't even hear the sound of my music."

  "Kidding me? I've long mastered the art of hearing from afar, I can even hear a fart clearly!"

  "Just because you can hear me speak doesn't mean you can hear the music I play. My melody is only audible to those who truly understand."

  "Are you bragging? How can it be so mystical?"

  The moon soul rolled her eyes and ignored me. I said again: "Are you going to live in my middle finger forever?"

  "That's right."

  "My god! I just asked you to be my follower, but didn't agree to let you possess me!"

  "It's too late, I've already merged with you." Yuehun said calmly.

  I suddenly felt a sense of being cheated, as if I had swallowed a stinky duck egg: "Damn it, do I have a feud with you? How dare you trick me like this? If you push me too far, I'll cut off my fingers and we'll all scatter!"

  "Besides helping you enter the receptive state, I can also give you many benefits. Consider it as rent for living in your finger."

  I racked my brains for half a day, and finally I steeled myself, no matter what purpose the Moon Soul was following me, as long as it didn't harm me. For now, I might as well take advantage of the situation to get some more rent benefits. Thinking of this, I sneered: "My rent is quite expensive, do you have any magic elixirs or rare treasures?"

  A loud "boom" sound, I hadn't finished speaking, when suddenly a burst of thunder exploded in my ear, "Boom! Boom! Boom!", the deafening thunderclap continued to reverberate, getting louder and louder. My left middle finger was trembling non-stop, each tremble sending a burst of thunder from the tip of my finger into my internal organs, violently exploding. The Moon Soul on my fingertip shone with a golden aura.

  "Boom——boom——boom!", dense thunder raged inside my body like a sea of thunder, roaring and howling. Thin, hard shells emerged from my skin, slowly spreading all over my body. The shells were semi-transparent hexagons, very light. At this moment, my body suddenly couldn't move.

  "What's going on?" I hastily asked Yuehun. At the same time, I activated my Wu Zhi Yao Shu (Five Senses Demon Technique), using my nose to replace my ears which were numb from the thunderclap, and heard Yuehun's reply: "You are entering a state of receptivity."

  I was overjoyed, and the Moon Soul didn't deceive me - I really evolved again in a flash of lightning! The current situation is quite interesting, with piece after piece of hard shell wrapping around me, just like a giant turtle.

  "Passive evolution requires seven days. During this time, you won't be able to cast any spells, so for these seven days, you can only drift aimlessly on the sea."

  What? It's going to take that long?! I was stunned, unable to move, drifting on the sea, and couldn't even cast a spell. What if I encounter a sea monster, won't I be eaten again?!

  "Don't worry, the evolved shell is very tough and can withstand swords." Yue Hun explained as if she knew my concern. Soon, several thin shells covered my palm, and Yue Hun disappeared from my sight. When the shell completely covered my body, I could no longer use the ferry technique and "plop" fell into the sea. At the same time, the thunder in my body disappeared.

  A wave crashed over me, and I floated back up to the surface. Luckily, my shell is light and waterproof, so I can float on the water. I'm crying and laughing at the same time - now I look like a fish on a chopping board! Hopefully, I won't run into those Water Six guys, or I'll be done for. Dammit, that Moon Soul kid is too despicable! Why didn't he just help me evolve inside the Dragon Whale's belly earlier?!

  No! My heart skipped a beat, the reason Moon Soul didn't do that was because it didn't want the old lady to know its identity. "In all these years, you're the first person to know my true identity." Moon Soul's words echoed in my mind, what's its motive? Why did it have to follow me? Why is its identity so secretive? And why could it see through my charming dance at a glance? It's worth noting that the charming dance had been lost for many years, and apart from those three beauties, no one else should be able to recognize it.

  One by one, doubts emerged in my mind. I planned to probe and pry from now on, getting answers out of Yuè Hún's mouth. The sea water surged, carrying me drifting away to a distant place. My luck wasn't bad, the direction of the current was eastward, which was exactly where Dà Qiān City was located.

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