Douluo: Starting from the engagement with Zhu Zhuqing.

As the words fell, the Lake of Life fell into an eerie silence.

Brigitte sighed slightly, but still maintained a smile on her graceful face; Ziji gritted her teeth, stared at Dai Yao, but did not say a word of no.

As for the other four soul beasts, the Scarlet King closed his eyes, the King of Ten Thousand Demons was wandering in the sky, the Bear King exhaled heavily to show his indignation, and even the demon spirits seemed a little strange.

Obviously, they had known about this for a long time and had a certain tacit understanding.

Dai Yao was stunned for a while, frowned and asked:

"Di Tian, ​​if I remember correctly, you promised to give me two transformed soul beasts as my concubines in order to get me to agree to your conditions. They should be these two, right? Now you let these two girls accompany me. Do you have the same idea as before?"

After all, Biji and Ziji are rare ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. It is too disrespectful for Emperor Tian to make such an arrangement for them.

What's more, tens of thousands of years later, Biji and Ziji are still Di Tian's wives. Although at present, Biji and Ziji have not officially become Di Tian's wives, they must have developed feelings for each other.

This is probably why Zi Ji hates him so much.

Di Tian's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly:
"Even if I have such thoughts, will you agree? Besides, among the seven beasts, besides Biji and Ziji, who else is suitable to accompany you?"

Di Tian did not answer directly, obviously thinking what Dai Yao said.

However, what Di Tian said did make some sense. The Bear King, the Scarlet King, and the demon spirits were all extremely ferocious and had no knowledge of human etiquette, so they were not suitable for entertaining guests. The Ten Thousand Demon King, who was a bit more human, was sinister and vicious, and was even less suitable for entertaining people.

"Then I'm sorry to bother you during this time."

Dai Yao turned his head and gestured to Biji and Ziji.

Biji smiled gently and nodded. Ziji snorted coldly, and Dai Yao could feel her resentment from a distance.

Except for Biji and Ziji, the other soul beasts left with excuses.

Di Tian nodded, and then took Dai Yao to walk along the Lake of Life for a while. Soon, they found a cliff that was embedded inward. The embedded space was extremely huge, and there were some traces of life, as if a huge creature had lived here before.

Di Tian pointed at this place and introduced it to Dai Yao:
"Dai Yao, this is where a 100,000-year-old Titan ape once lived. Now, that Titan ape has become your spirit ring. You might as well live here during the time you stay here."

"The living environment of our soul beast clan is no worse than that of you humans. We are lucky to have found a place that can shelter us from the rain. You have to adapt to it."

Dai Yao looked at Di Tian with some strangeness. Er Ming had become his soul ring, but Di Tian didn't seem angry at all. He really had no idea what Di Tian was up to.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply gave up thinking about it. After taking a quick look at the residence that Di Tian pointed out, Dai Yao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Although the embedded stone walls cannot block the wind, they are enough to shelter from the rain.

There was a large pile of dry grass on the ground. It must have been caused by people sitting on it for a long time. The dry grass at the bottom had become hardened, like a board, but the dry grass at the top still had some elasticity.

The cliff behind had been leaning on by the Titan ape for hundreds of thousands of years and had become concave and extremely smooth.

Living here for a while is really a very novel experience.

Seeing Dai Yao agreed, Di Tian pointed his finger towards the forest. A thick tree root flew out from it, was cut into two pieces in mid-air, and then fell onto a ball of dry grass as light as a feather.

Afterwards, at Di Tian's invitation, the two sat opposite each other on either side of the tree stump.

Brigitte leaned over and stood beside the two of them, presenting each of them with a cup of green drink. As soon as the drink landed on the tree root, the tree root suddenly sprouted like a dead tree in spring, with several branches visible to the naked eye, and several tree roots growing underneath the tree root at the same time.

"This is?"

Dai Yao stared at the magical drink with a puzzled look on his face.

Di Tian smiled faintly and said:
"This thing is called the Water of Life. It contains extremely strong vitality. Just one cup of this can extend your life by ten years. The Star Dou Great Forest only produces one cup of it every ten thousand years. But what is more commendable than its effect is its taste. Why don't you try it and see how it feels?"

If it were placed in the outside world, this water of life would probably be sold at a sky-high price, but now, Di Tian just wanted Dai Yao to have a taste of it.

This is enough to show how luxurious it is.

Dai Yao did not hesitate and took a sip. As the water of life entered his stomach, Dai Yao's eyes suddenly widened and a warm feeling rushed to his forehead.

Dai Yao stroked the cup, pursed his lips, and said in a deep voice:
“The taste is naturally excellent.”

"I've heard that in the human world, there is also a very precious drink called 'tea'. How do you think the water of life compares to it?"

Emperor Tian’s smile remained unchanged.

Dai Yao's heart moved slightly, but his expression remained unchanged:
"I don't like drinking tea, so I can't say which water of life is better or worse. However, although the water of life tastes excellent, it is too rare. It is not like tea, which can be harvested several times every year."

Hearing this, Di Tian couldn't help but sigh, and Dai Yao obviously noticed his intention.

He turned his head and looked at the magnificent Lake of Life unconsciously. After a while, the cool breeze from the lake woke him up and he said in a deep voice:
"You are right. This water of life and tea are just like us soul beasts and you humans."

"Although the taste of the water of life is excellent, it takes thousands of years to obtain a small amount of it. Although the taste of tea is not as good as the water of life, it can be harvested in large quantities every year. There are even many rare tea leaves that are comparable to the water of life."

"We soul beasts have practiced hard for 100,000 years to be able to match the efforts of you humans in a few decades."

"When a human with outstanding talent appears, we soul beasts cannot even compare to them after practicing for hundreds of thousands of years. Only an old bone like me who has existed since the birth of the soul beast clan can compare to them."

"If a powerful human being were to risk everything to exchange his soul for a child with us soul beasts, our soul beast clan would not be able to withstand such a consumption. The strength of soul beasts and humans would certainly be greatly damaged, but you humans grow too fast, and you can recover in just a hundred years."

"And for us soul beasts, this hundred years is just a nap."

"That's why I dare not let my people show up in the Star Forest in a big way. I only let two unsuspecting little beasts occupy the Lake of Life as a cover."

After Di Tian’s explanation, Dai Yao finally understood why Di Tian did not appear in the first part.

However, the sudden appearance of the second part may have caused some changes, which forced them to be exposed to the sight of humans.

Dai Yao took another sip of the Water of Life, his eyes flickering slightly, and asked:
"Don't play dumb with me. What on earth do you want to tell me?"

Di Tian paused and said in a deep voice:
"Dai Yao, what do you think is the relationship between humans and soul beasts?" Dai Yao said without hesitation:

"The relationship between killing and being killed."

Di Tian was obviously stunned for a moment. Before he could react, Zi Ji beside him was extremely angry. She stood up with a furious look on her face and pointed at Dai Yao with a trembling hand:

"We, the soul beast clan, are certainly not as good as you humans, but we will not allow you to humiliate us! We have retreated again and again, why are you still so aggressive?!"

Amid Zi Ji's accusations, Dai Yao's expression did not change at all. He glanced at Di Tian, ​​then picked up the cup as if nothing had happened and took a sip.

Di Tian sighed and advised Zi Ji:
"Zi Ji, please sit down. Although Dai Yao's words are unpleasant to listen to, isn't the truth so cruel? Why are you so angry when the truth is spoken? Don't we even have the courage to face the facts?"

After hearing what Di Tian said, Zi Ji didn't even look at Di Tian, ​​but her resentment subsided a lot. She still glared at Dai Yao and sat down reluctantly.

She wasn't angry at Dai Yao.

Di Tian was silent for a moment:

"Dai Yao, it is exactly as you said. You humans and our soul beasts have a relationship of killing and being killed. Every time you humans advance to a higher realm, you must hunt a soul beast and obtain its soul ring. What's more, some soul masters will even kill soul beasts wantonly."

"As I just said, you humans are 'tea'. We, the 'water of life', are already scarce and cannot withstand your consumption."

"But Dai Yao, have you ever thought that when our soul beasts are hunted to extinction, your human soul masters will also perish. In a sense, we are also in the same boat. When the soul beasts are really extinct, how will you humans cope?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the surroundings fell silent.

Zi Ji was stunned, and Bi Ji's smile froze slightly. The three soul beasts looked at Dai Yao at the same time, with different meanings.

Under the undisguised gazes of the three soul beasts, Dai Yao fell into deep thought.

Dai Yao had thought about Di Tian's question a long time ago, even in his previous life.

The most fundamental reason for the hostility between humans and soul beasts lies in soul rings.

In the original novel, the second part of Unrivaled Tang Sect gave a solution to the relationship between humans and soul beasts, which was Huo Yuhao's soul. However, due to various reasons, especially Tang San's obstruction, the soul ring was not successfully replaced in the end.

As for the later Douluo Dalu series, Dai Yao couldn't bear to watch them.

I just vaguely remember that the soul beast clan finally went to a soul beast star.

Therefore, as long as humans need spirit rings to upgrade, the relationship between humans and spirit beasts will never change.

However, if this continues, when the soul beasts become extinct, how will humans cope? Will they all turn back into ordinary people?

But Douluo Continent is not absolutely peaceful. There are many aggressive planes in this universe. If all humans in Douluo Continent became ordinary people, once they encounter these planes, wouldn’t they not even have the ability to resist?

If Dai Yao was still the child who was unsure of his own survival in the cold palace, these things would naturally have nothing to do with him.

But he is now one of the strongest people in Douluo Continent, so naturally he needs to consider the future of mankind.

Dai Yao raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the three people's faces indifferently. Then, he leaned back with his hands on the pile of dry grass, his eyes were cold, and he said slowly:

"That's right. Humans and soul beasts depend on each other. If soul beasts die, humans will no longer have soul masters."

"But, Di Tian, ​​have you ever thought about what the relationship between humans and soul beasts would be like if it was no longer one of killing and being killed? Peaceful coexistence? That's impossible!"

"Race to race, there will be constant competition for living space. If one race does not completely overwhelm the other, then there will only be a life-and-death struggle between the two."

"Di Tian, ​​if it were you, which one would you choose?"

Dai Yao sneered.

Different standpoints naturally lead to different opinions. For Di Tian, ​​the one that occupies a dominant position and overwhelms the other race is naturally the soul beast clan.

Therefore, even if the problem of spirit rings is solved, it is impossible for humans and spirit beasts to coexist.

Soul beasts and humans have similar powers, but humans have much greater growth potential than soul beasts. Therefore, the only possibility for coexistence is that high-level soul beasts such as Di Tian will be willing to be killed and break the backbone of the soul beast clan, so that the soul beast clan will be forced to submit to humans.

But will Di Tian and the others give up his power in the soul beast clan?
If Di Tian died, would those soul beasts loyal to him give up? Wouldn't they start a new war?

Obviously, Di Tian also understood this. For many years, the calmness that was engraved on his face like a knife slowly disappeared. He even lost his composure and the hand holding the cup trembled.

His black eyes drooped slightly as he looked at his reflection in the cup, looking extremely absent-minded.

Of course, he understood the meaning of Dai Yao's words. If he could use his own life in exchange for the eternal survival of the soul beast clan, he would be happy to do so.

However, when the soul beasts bowed their heads, would humans give up? By then, these fierce beasts would die. If humans had evil intentions, the soul beasts would not even be able to resist.

He didn't dare to bet whether humans would keep their promise.

More importantly, their "master" is still hiding under the Lake of Life. As long as the master is still there, they have hope of turning the tables.

As long as one of their kind ascends to the divine realm and contacts their other 'master', then the high and mighty gods will fall, and the soul beasts will ascend to the divine realm. The world will be turned upside down, and it is still unknown who will win and who will lose between humans and soul beasts!
Zi Ji and Bi Ji looked at each other, the smile on Bi Ji's face disappeared for a moment, and then it returned to her face. Zi Ji looked at Di Tian, ​​with a complex expression in her beautiful eyes, and after a moment, she looked at Dai Yao inexplicably.

Dai Yao sat aside by himself. Seeing that Di Tian and others fell into silence, he turned around and looked at the scenery of the Lake of Life.

After a long time, a breeze brought a few petals of fallen flowers. One of the petals fell into Dai Yao's cup and grew visibly. Soon, a fallen flower grew out of Dai Yao's cup...

The soul beasts were awakened at this moment.

Di Tian suddenly realized, and there was a look of loneliness on his face that he couldn't hide:
"Dai Yao, I'll take my leave now. Biji and Ziji are here with you. If you need anything or want to find me, you can tell them."

Dai Yao naturally agreed.

Immediately, Di Tian disappeared from Dai Yao's sight. Only Dai Yao, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji were left on the shore of the Lake of Life. (End of this chapter)