The turquoise blue sea water surged all around.

　　I kept floating upwards, the dragon whale's huge body was getting farther and farther below, and after a long time, it was finally out of sight.

　　With a "clatter", I emerged from the sea wetly, performed the ferry technique, and stood lightly on the seawater with my feet, floating with the waves.

　　I was finally back in the outside world! I was a little excited, greedily breathing in the fresh air, the sea breeze gently blew by, ruffling my long fiery red hair. The clear water reflected my figure, with thick hair and a full beard, almost like a savage.

　　The waves were pale all around, and the white sunlight was directly above my head. For three years, the dragon whale had wandered all over the ocean and had taken me nowhere. After identifying the direction of the sun, I resolved to first go to the Red Dust Heaven's most prosperous Great Thousand Cities, firstly to look for the three beauties on the way, and secondly to open my eyes. As long as I followed the east all the way, I should be able to reach land.

　　I opened my mouth and blew out the blowing wind, and just as I was about to leap into flight, a bit of white light abruptly sprang up in front of me, its small green bean eyes blinking as it stared at me.

　　"Moon Soul?" I shrieked, "How could it be you?"

　　Moon Soul was still stinking silent, and I slapped my head, "You came to say goodbye to me, didn't you? At last you have some conscience."

　　Moon Soul stared at me for a while and shook her head, "I want to be with you."

　　I was dumbfounded, then my skin flushed with goosebumps, and I hurriedly waved my hand, "Don't ever, you're not my wife, why are you saying such fleshy words? Do you want to continue to tease me? I won't go along with it. You'd better obediently return to the Dragon Whale's stomach."

　　Moon Soul hummed softly, "Let me follow you, and you will have great benefits."

　　I couldn't grasp its intention for a moment and asked curiously, "What benefits will I have?"

　　The Moon Soul proudly said, "I can make you evolve immediately and step into the receptive state of a demon."

　　I froze, "You're that powerful? Master said that it takes years to step from the body state into the receptive state."

　　"I can." Moon Soul said firmly.

　　I was half convinced, this kid has always been mysterious and unpredictable, maybe he really wasn't bragging. After thinking about it, I asked again, "Then why are you following me? Tell me straight, what benefits do you want to take from me?"

　　Moon Soul was silent for a while and said, "Why I want to follow you, I will tell you later. Knowing now doesn't mean anything to you."

　　Day his grandmother, this kid is still playing dumb riddles with me. My eyes turned, even if I don't agree, with the Moon Soul's ability, it can still follow me in a shadowy manner, so why don't I agree to it with alacrity, and I can still enter the affected state immediately. I believe that the Moon Soul wouldn't intentionally harm me either.

　　"For the record, I don't have any valuable treasures on me, so don't get the wrong idea." I patted my clothes and called out.

　　Moon Soul glanced at me disdainfully, and I hemmed and hawed, really wanting to punch it in that face, "Alright, I promise you, multiple little followers serving me is not bad."

　　"Stretch out your left middle finger." Moon Soul's eyes flashed with light, "Bite through it."

　　I was suspicious, "What for? I don't have any self-mutilation tendencies."

　　Moon Soul's voice seemed to float like clouds, "To make you step into the state of evolution now."

　　My spirit perked up and I hastily bit through my middle finger, mouthing, "Biting through your finger will allow you to evolve? You're not hoodwinking me, are you?"

　　A drop of blood had just seeped out of the tip of my finger when the Moon Soul leapt up in a flash of lightning, following the wound in my finger and burrowing into it in a puff of smoke. My jaw dropped, the scene in front of me was really weird, the moon soul seemed to be melted by the drop of blood, its body was integrated into my middle finger bit by bit, after a while, it completely disappeared, after another moment, a brand in the shape of a crescent moon appeared on my fingertip, its colour was milky white, like a faint moonlight. Finally, the moon soul's mouth and face protruded clearly on the brand.

　　"Alright, you and I have completely fused." Moon Soul's little mouth wriggled on my finger, like a moving tattoo pattern!

　　Shocked and amazed, I raised my finger for a closer look, "You kid can still possess? Are you really a ghost?"

　　Moon Soul stared at me silently, his voice was indescribably condescending, and seemed to carry a faint melancholy, "Now, let me tell you what I am. After all these years, you are the first person to know my identity."

　　After a pause, it said, "I - Moon Soul - am a musical instrument! A musical instrument with a soul!" A bright and clear halo of light emanated from its body, swirling in a circle, and in an instant, it was as if my middle finger had turned into a strand of flowing moonlight! Clear and bright, the light flowed!

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　　I froze for a moment, a musical instrument? A moving, talking musical instrument? I yelled incredulously, "You're a musical instrument? A lute? A piccolo? Or a drum? You don't look like one at all! How about this, you play a piece of music for me!"

　　Moon Soul slowly said, "The current you can't hear my music yet."

　　"Just kidding, I've long since practiced the Shun Feng Ear secret Taoist technique, I can hear every fart you put out clearly!"

　　"Hearing me doesn't mean you can hear the music I play. My tunes can only be heard by true soulmates."

　　"You're bragging, right? How can it be so mysterious?"a

　　Moon Soul rolled her small eyes and ignored me. I added, "Are you planning to live in my middle finger all the time?"

　　"That's right."

　　"Holy shit! I only asked you to be my follower, I didn't promise to let you possess me!"

　　"Too late, I've already fused with you." Moon Soul said indifferently.

　　I immediately had a feeling of being duped, like I had swallowed a rotten duck egg, "Damn it, do I have a grudge against you? You're playing with me like this? If I'm pissed off, I'll cut off my finger and we'll all split up!"

　　Moon Soul hummed lightly, "Besides helping you step into the receptive state, I can also give you a lot of benefits, think of it as rent for living in your finger. Don't worry, I won't harm you."

　　I racked my brain for half a day, and finally put my heart in the right place, no matter what purpose the Moon Soul was following me for, as long as it didn't harm me. For the sake of today's plan, it would be more affordable to take advantage of the opportunity to get more rent. Thinking of this, I smiled wickedly: "I'm a very expensive rent, do you have any elixir secret manuals, exotic treasures?"

　　"Boom" sound, I have not finished my words, ears suddenly rang a thunderbolt.

　　"Boom Boom Boom ......" a deafening thunder rang continuously, the sound is getting louder and louder, my left hand middle finger is trembling non-stop, every shake, there will be a loud thunder from the fingertip abruptly into the internal organs, violently exploded. The moon soul on the fingertip is so bright that it bursts into a golden colour.

　　"Boom boom boom ......" The dense thunder connects into a sea of thunder inside the body, roaring and roaring, a thin hard shell drills out of the skin and slowly spreads all over the body, the hard shell is a translucent hexagonal shape and is very light. At this time, my body suddenly couldn't move.

　　"What's going on?" I hurriedly asked Moon Soul. At the same time, I activated the Five Senses Demonic Technique, my nose replacing my ears that were numb from the thunder, and heard the Moon Soul's reply, "You are entering the affected state."

　　I was delighted in my heart, the Moon Soul really didn't lie to me, I really did evolve again like lightning! The situation now was very interesting, a piece of hard shell kept wrapping me up, almost like a big turtle.

　　The Moon Soul said, "The evolution of the receptive state takes seven days, and you can't cast any spells while evolving, so during these seven days, you can only drift with the waves in the sea."

　　Ah? It takes that long? I was instantly dumbfounded, drifting in the sea without being able to move a muscle and unable to cast spells, in case I encountered a sea beast wouldn't I be eaten again?

　　"Don't worry, the evolved hard shell is very tough, it's hard to be hurt by swords." Moon Soul explained as if it knew my worries. Soon, a few thin pieces of hard shell covered the palm of my hand, and the Moon Soul disappeared from my sight. By the time the hard shells completely covered my body, I could no longer perform the Transit Technique, and I fell into the sea with a thud. At the same time, the thunder in my body disappeared.

　　A wave hit me and I surfaced again, fortunately the hard shell was very light and impervious to water, so I could float on the sea. I cried and laughed, now I'm a bit like a fish on a chopping board, hopefully I won't meet Shui Liu Lang's gang, otherwise I'm really at the mercy of others. Day his grandmother, moon soul this kid is too bad, earlier in the dragon whale stomach to help me evolve not just, prefer to wait until now!

　　Not right! My heart abruptly flinched, the reason why the Moon Soul didn't do this was because it didn't want the old woman to know its identity. "After all these years, you are the first person to know my identity." The moon soul's words echoed in my mind, what exactly was its origin? Why must it follow me? Why was its identity so secret? Also, why did it see through my Phantom Dance with a single glance? One must know that the Phantom Dance has been lost for many years, and it is simply impossible for anyone other than the three beauties to recognise it.

　　One question surfaced in my mind, and I planned to side-step it in the future to get the answer out of Moon Soul's mouth. The seawater undulated, carrying me as I drifted off into the distance. My luck was pretty good, the direction of the current was towards the east, exactly where the Great Thousand City was.