Chapter 55: Serendipitous Soul Bone

Chapter 55: Serendipitous Soul Bone

"Master, was this plant really a hundred thousand-year-old soul beast in its past life?"

In a cave behind a waterfall, Zhu Ming curiously examined the wildly swaying ten-year-old blue-gold Bluesilver Grass before him.

Wang Si frowned slightly at the age of this Bluesilver Emperor.

This Bluesilver Emperor was too young, only a mere decade old!

Could this young Bluesilver Emperor truly burst forth with a soul spirit? Wang Si doubted it, but his true goal was the hundred thousand-year-old soul bone that lay within.

He raised his hand, and a streak of scarlet fire surged forth.

The Bluesilver Grass, emanating a noble blue-gold light, struggled and twisted desperately in the orange-red flames.

A milky white soul ring slowly rose.

Without hesitation, Wang Si removed one of the soul rings and sat down cross-legged to absorb it.

Three soul rings, emanating a millennia-old aura, slowly rotated around Wang Si, who was seated cross-legged. This milky white soul ring appeared minuscule and helpless before these ancient soul rings.

As Wang Si absorbed this ten-year soul ring, he unexpectedly sensed an extremely faint soul shock.

[Ding! Soul entity detected. Can be transformed into a soul spirit.]

Success.

Wang Si directly chose to transform it.

Undoubtedly, this was the soul spirit of the Bluesilver Emperor, but Wang Si wasn't sure if it retained any memories from when it had taken on a human form.

However, whether it had memories or not didn't matter. As long as it could think, Wang Si could directly erase its thoughts and inject new ones.

A high-level Soul Master like Wang Si could absorb a low-level soul ring quickly.

"Master, what soul skill did you obtain?" Zhu Ming asked curiously, eyeing the outermost white soul ring on Wang Si.

Although it was just a ten-year soul ring, its predecessor had been a hundred thousand-year-old soul beast. Surely, it could unleash a powerful soul skill.

Wang Si didn't immediately respond to Zhu Ming's question. Instead, he channeled all his accumulated experience into the white soul ring.

Soon, the white soul ring transformed into yellow, and then it quickly turned purple. Only then did Wang Si open his eyes.

"The soul skill is called 'Share.' When activated, it can mark everyone within a certain range.

For a certain duration, I can share any ability I possess with others or transfer my negative effects to them.

Currently, this soul ring has a limit of three thousand years and can last for three hundred seconds. When it reaches nine thousand years, it should be able to last for nine hundred seconds.

There should be a qualitative change at the ten thousand-year mark, but I'm not sure what that will be."

When Zhu Ming heard that negative effects could also be transferred, a curious look appeared on her face.

"Do these negative effects include mental or psychological drawbacks?"

Wang Si shook his head.

"I estimate that when this soul skill reaches the ten thousand-year mark, it will be able to transfer mental and psychological drawbacks. But for now, it can only transfer physical negative effects."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ming fell silent for a moment before nodding gently.

In a sense, this was also a powerful control-type skill. If an enemy were marked, her teammates could freely use control-based skills on them.

Zhu Ming handed over the hundred thousand-year-old soul bone she had found to Wang Si. It was inside a large iron box, so finding it hadn't been difficult.

"I'll absorb it directly. If I wait until we get back, there's a high chance that Tang Hao will discover it, especially since he still has a Bluesilver Emperor's soul ring."

Wang Si shot Zhu Ming a questioning glance.

Zhu Ming nodded lightly.

"Don't worry. We most likely won't have to wait for that girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. As long as we can find her, we'll be fine."

Wang Si nodded slightly and then returned to the "Home" ability to begin absorbing the right leg bone.

Wang Si hadn't come out here solely to steal a hundred thousand-year-old soul bone.

He had received a letter from Ning Fengzhi: Rong Rong had secretly left Heaven Dou City and was heading his way.

Of course, she hadn't come to visit him. She was merely seeking a place far from Heaven Dou City, a place where she could have fun and where the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School held influence.

Ning Fengzhi hoped that he and Xue Qinghe would take care of her and ensure she wasn't bullied.

On their way, they had happened to run into Tang San and discovered that Tang Hao was with him.

Seizing the opportunity to steal a soul bone, Wang Si and Zhu Ming had rushed over without a second thought.

As for receiving Ning Rong Rong, Wang Si wasn't too concerned. Xue Qinghe was there to look after her, and it wasn't likely that Ning Rong Rong would come into contact with him or his companions.

...

After absorbing the 100,000-year-old soul bone, Wang Si's soul power once again increased by several levels.

Four years ago, Wang Si was a Triple-Ringed Soul Master. After consuming the two immortal herbs, it took him three years to reach level 40.

For his fourth soul ring, Wang Si directly attempted to absorb a 10,000-year-old soul ring, and his soul power reached level 42 after the absorption.

However, to the outside world, his fourth soul ring was only 9,000 years old.

Before absorbing the soul bone, Wang Si's soul power was at level 45. But after absorbing this soul bone, his soul power skyrocketed from level 45 to level 49.

Additionally, her martial soul finally completed the Silver-grade awakening.

When her martial soul first attempted the Bronze-grade awakening, it failed. Later, after consuming the two immortal herbs and with the help of the Yin-Yang Eye and the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings' soul bones, Wang Si finally pushed the Bronze-grade awakening to its limits.

Now that he had successfully absorbed the Bluesilver Emperor's soul bone, he immediately achieved the Silver-grade awakening.

With this, Wang Si's martial soul could finally be considered among the top-tier, able to compete with other martial souls on the continent.

Wang Si's strength had increased significantly, but it wasn't the most substantial growth.

The one who had improved the most among Wang Si's companions was Zhu Ming.

Seven years ago, when Zhu Ming first came to Wang Si, her soul power was only at level 82.

Back then, she had just freed herself from the control of the Star Luo Nobles, and despite the residual toxins in her body, she managed to break through to the Soul Douluo level, albeit the weakest one.

Now, her soul power had reached the late eighties, nearing level 90. In seven years, she had improved by seven levels, which indeed sounded impressive.

However, one must consider that Wang Si's 'Home' ability could regulate the flow of time, and Zhu Ming often cultivated in that environment.

She had spent over thirty years in the cultivation field, and in that time, she had only improved by seven levels. Such progress was not exactly remarkable.

But there was no other way; her foundation was too weak. If not for Wang Si intercepting the Yin-Yang Eyes, Zhu Ming might never have become a Title Douluo in this lifetime.

However, the slow progress over thirty years was not solely due to Zhu Ming's poor aptitude.

The main reason was her greed!

When she discovered that she could enhance the age of soul rings and soul bones to 100,000 years, she hoarded them like a greedy little hamster.

In the end, she amassed a whopping forty 100,000-year-old soul rings.

Since a Soul Master's soul rings couldn't be changed, Zhu Ming had prepared this billion-point trump card for herself.

Wang Si couldn't fault her for this; it was quite normal for an assassin to be overly cautious.

Tang Yuehua and Zhu Xie occasionally joined Zhu Ming in cultivating in the 'Home' cultivation field with varying time flow speeds.

This also helped them increase their soul power at a much faster rate.

Currently, Zhu Xie's soul power was at level 53, a 21-year-old Soul King, comparable to the younger generation of the Spirit Hall.

This was also considering that she intentionally suppressed her cultivation speed, as her soul power couldn't increase too quickly.

Like her mother, Zhu Xie had also prepared several sets of soul rings for herself to deal with unexpected situations.

Compared to the extremely meticulous Zhu Ming and Zhu Xie, Tang Yuehua was much more relaxed. She had only prepared two sets of soul rings for herself, and the ages of the soul rings were also quite normal.

Instead of pursuing extreme attributes, Tang Yuehua prioritized speed in her cultivation. She feared that one day, her soul power would suddenly stop increasing.

As a result, her current soul power had reached level 63.

With her current strength, Tang Yuehua was considered one of the top powerhouses on the continent.

Additionally, her martial soul was of the extremely rare attack-support dual-form type.

To be able to reveal herself to others, she had also given herself a new name: Tang Yu Huan.

Her appearance and temperament had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to four years ago, especially with her hair now styled in an elegant bun. It was hard to associate her with the former master of the Moon Pavilion.

Aside from these three, Wang Si had also captured an assassin who had tried to kill him.

The assassin was a Soul Emperor, and after Wang Si erased his thoughts, he was handed over to Zhu Ming.

With the convenience of the interface for communication, Zhu Ming had established an intelligence organization in the Tianwu Duchy.

That assassin was now the public leader of the organization...

(End of Chapter)

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