Tang San gritted his teeth, his body trembling slightly.
He was still continuously circulating his proud Mysterious Heaven Skill.
He tried very hard, but there was no reaction.
"How could this be…" His lips moved slightly, and the cold sweat on his forehead washed away the bloodstains on his face.
His third spirit ring was already absorbed?!
How was this possible!?
His cultivation was clearly only just above the thirtieth level!
How could this Ten Thousand Year spirit ring give him much less improvement than the second and first spirit rings he absorbed!
There was no sound in his ears.
Zhao Wuji and the others were all shocked into silence by this scene, unable to recover for a long time!
Gradually, Tang San also lost his patience.
After the physical pain completely disappeared.
As his consciousness returned, he also felt the weight in his arms.
He raised his hand, feeling a soft, furry sensation, still with a slight warmth.
After just two nudges, the foul odor lingering at his nostrils grew even stronger.
This seemed to be a Spirit Beast?
"A Spirit Beast!?" The two words buzzed in Tang San's mind, like an explosion.
His eyes snapped open, and the Stinky Skunk's dull, somewhat dazed little eyes met Tang San's gaze.
"This is a Stinky Skunk!"
Having knowledge of various Spirit Master facts, he recognized the little creature in his arms at a glance.
Tang San's face became extremely distorted, finally understanding where the foul smell he was inhaling came from.
But he had no time to ponder where this Stinky Skunk came from.
His eyes showed panic and a hint of luck.
However, his third spirit ring gave him a thunderbolt out of the blue.
The pupils in his eyes suddenly shook, and blood streaks began to spread.
He screamed in terror.
"White! How could it be white? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Tang San was furious and shocked, unable to believe the scene before him, even forgetting to throw the Stinky Skunk out of his arms.
The foul smell no longer mattered.
His heart was trembling!
"I clearly absorbed the Ten Thousand Year spirit ring of a Man Faced Demon Spider!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Tang San muttered to himself, unable to accept this cruel and outrageous fact!
Summoning his Blue Silver Grass, he still held onto a last sliver of hope.
That white spirit ring glowed faintly.
However, no miracle occurred.
The Blue Silver Grass showed no change, only the foul smell Tang San inhaled grew stronger.
"Pfft!"
Tang San immediately spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, screaming towards the sky.
"No!!"
Then he fell straight down.
Having already endured torment from forcefully absorbing a Two Thousand Year spirit ring, he was already at his limit.
Now, seeing his unprecedented spirit ring configuration, he finally couldn't hold on any longer.
His eyes rolled back, and he fainted from excitement.
Before closing his eyes, he still couldn't figure out where the problem had occurred.
What on earth was going on!?
In the last moment before he fell, he seemed to see Xiao Wu covering her nose, a look of disgust on her face.
A hint of joy welled up in his heart; Xiao Wu was back!
Upon seeing Ye Qiu with his arms around two women, and the sneer on his lips,
An endless hatred surged forth again.
His intuition told him that his third spirit ring must have been tampered with by that damned Ye Qiu.
He wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids were too heavy.
He wanted to say something, but blood had already blocked his throat.
Pfft!
From the moment he started yelling until he collapsed, it was only a matter of a few breaths.
"Tang San!"
Zhao Wuji finally reacted.
His anxiety made him unable to care about the unpleasant smell lingering in the air.
He rushed towards Tang San without delay.
He held him in his arms, checking his vital signs.
He thoroughly checked him inside and out, and thankfully, there was no danger to his life.
Holding his breath, with a dark expression, he threw the Stinky Skunk from Tang San's arms aside.
He called out towards Ma Hongjun and the others: "Ma Hongjun, quickly use your fire to burn this Spirit Beast!"
"Oscar, come over quickly! Bring your Sausage!"
"Coming, coming, Teacher Zhao!" Oscar pinched his nose and walked towards him, laboriously chanting his lewd Spirit incantation.
Ma Hongjun's two spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, and pinching his nose, he spat out a Phoenix Fire Wire, causing the Stinky Skunk's body to immediately ignite.
The others stood at a distance.
Their eyes were filled with strange expressions; such a thing… truly opened their eyes.
Ye Qiu's lips curled into a cold smile.
Xiao Wu's eyes also held a hint of schadenfreude.
Both their expressions were seen by one gaze.
"Huh?" Ma Hongjun, who had just burned the Stinky Skunk's corpse, suddenly widened his lewd little eyes.
He asked Zhao Wuji next to him,
"Teacher Zhao, why isn't this Stinky Skunk burning completely? It seems like there's something inside?!"
His voice also made the others look over there.
The knowledgeable Dragon Lord Meng Shu narrowed his eyes, and after seeing what it was, his heart trembled!
"How is this possible!? This is a Spirit Bone!"
"What? A Spirit Bone!" Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang was also greatly surprised.
"A Spirit Bone!" Zhao Wuji also widened his eyes.
The others weren't much better.
Those present weren't completely ignorant; they already understood the preciousness of Spirit Bones.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who were holding Ye Qiu, strangely glanced at their lover.
Things suddenly became clear!
Ye Qiu didn't want to expose himself, so he glared at them unhappily.
His hand also unfaithfully pinched them, telling them to retract their gaze.
This made the two girls blush and glare at him coquettishly, then they tacitly shifted their eyes away.
"Is this a Spirit Bone? But it doesn't look like one?" Ma Hongjun, hearing that this was actually a Spirit Bone, immediately picked it up.
What he was holding in his hand was a irregular cylindrical object, with mottled black and white colors, only about ten centimeters long.
A faint spirit power fluctuation emanated from it.
"This is indeed a Spirit Bone! It seems to be a right arm bone. The reason it looks like this is because its age is simply too low, and its quality is too poor, only having the shape of a small forearm!"
Dragon Lord Meng Shu's eyes dimmed immediately after seeing the quality of the Spirit Bone.
This level of Spirit Bone was truly… useless!
It wasn't worth making a fuss over.
"Holy crap! Why is this damn Spirit Bone stinky!?" Ma Hongjun had never seen such a high-end item as a Spirit Bone.
He couldn't help but hold it to his face and cherish it.
Only when he got closer did he smell the unpleasant odor from the little Stinky Skunk.
He quickly threw the Spirit Bone back onto the ground.
He rubbed his chubby face vigorously.
"Ugh~ I'm done for, Boss Dai, I'm unclean! My hands and face are stinky!"
"Fatty, get lost! What time is it? You're already stinky!" Seeing the big Fatty about to pounce, Dai Mubai directly kicked him away, his face full of disgust.
"Pffthaha! You stinky Fatty, the Stinky Skunk's Spirit Bone is naturally stinky. I bet its Spirit Bone skill is probably to stink others unconscious!"
Xiao Wu couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw the funny look on the stinky Fatty's face.
The foul odor lingering in the air had gradually dissipated.
But Tang San and the Stinky Skunk had been intimately together for a long time, so it was inevitable that he would be tainted with its smell.
Therefore, Zhao Wuji's expression was still very unpleasant at this time.
At the same time, he was full of doubts; this matter was truly too strange.
"What on earth is going on? A Spirit Beast less than a hundred years old actually broke the norm and dropped a Spirit Bone!?"
It was well known that the higher the age and strength of a Spirit Beast, the greater the chance of it dropping a Spirit Bone.
A Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast had a one hundred percent chance of dropping a Spirit Bone.
But a Spirit Beast of only a dozen years had a probability of dropping a Spirit Bone that was infinitely close to zero!
Meng Shu was also very strange.
"Perhaps this little brother Tang San was just lucky, cough cough!" Chao Tianxiang started coughing dryly before she even finished speaking.
The others also looked at her strangely.
His third spirit ring, by some strange twist of fate, turned white. Could this still be called good luck?
"Actually, besides Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts definitely dropping Spirit Bones, there are two other situations!"
Ye Qiu's voice attracted everyone's attention.
"Oh? What situations?" Meng Shu immediately became interested upon hearing this.
Under Ning Rongrong's displeased gaze,
After some consideration, Ye Qiu decided to withdraw his hand from Ning Rongrong's embrace.
He held up two fingers and spoke slowly.
"The conditions for these two situations are extremely harsh. One is that the Spirit Beast possesses extreme resentment! The other is that the Spirit Beast willingly allows itself to be killed by a Spirit Master, which is divided into sacrifice and giving up the hope of living!"
"Extreme resentment?" Meng Shu frowned.
He knew a little about sacrifice, after all, he had heard about Tang San's father's matter!
But this extreme resentment was the first time he had heard of it.
What exactly constitutes extreme?
How extreme does it need to be?
"So you mean…" Zhao Wuji didn't know if what he said was true or false, but at least it had fifty percent credibility.
After all, he had heard of this thing called sacrifice!
"Perhaps this Spirit Beast willingly sacrificed itself to Tang San!" Ye Qiu suppressed a laugh, speaking indifferently with sarcastic remarks, not forgetting to glare at Xiao Wu who was secretly laughing.
"What did Little San do for a Spirit Beast to actually willingly sacrifice itself to him?" Dai Mubai was stunned for a moment, then felt a bit of pity.
It was a pity it was only a Spirit Beast less than a hundred years old.
"Perhaps this Man Faced Demon Spider was going to eat this Stinky Skunk, and then Little San happened to save it?" Oscar stroked his grizzled stubble.
"Can a Spirit Beast even stomach something like this?" Ma Hongjun, who was still constantly slapping his stinky face, expressed doubt about this.
The smell was truly overpowering!
"Ah~! Alright, there's no point in saying more, what's done is done! Let's leave this place first!"
Zhao Wuji no longer wanted to dwell on these irreversible matters.
It was truly brain-racking.
Although Tang San had saved his life now,
His Blue Silver Grass Spirit had a big problem.
Improper spirit ring allocation might lead to some long-term adverse effects.
What kind of fate would befall him once his father, Tang Hao, found out?
He could only leave it to fate!
"Everyone, rest for half an hour, then we'll retreat from the Star Dou Great Forest!" Zhao Wuji placed Tang San under a large tree and instructed the others.
Ever since they encountered the Titan Giant Ape, he hadn't opened his eyes, leading his students through the jungle.
He was exhausted, both physically and mentally, and utterly worn out.
"Understood, Teacher Zhao!"
"Ma Hongjun, remember to pick up that Spirit Bone and bring it back!" Glancing at the Spirit Bone on the ground, Zhao Wuji told Ma Hongjun to collect it.
Although it wasn't anything great, it was still a Spirit Bone.
If Tang San didn't want it, it could at least be sold for some money.
"Rongrong, Zhuqing, you two should also sit down and rest for a bit! And Xiao Wu."
"Mhm!"
Waving the girls to sit down, Ye Qiu took out a lot of food from his Divine Might Space and handed it to them.
"Ye Qiu~"
Ye Qiu was sitting on the ground when a pair of straight, well-proportioned long legs suddenly appeared in front of him.
Meng Yiran had walked up to him, looking shy and timid.
"Miss Meng? Would you like some too?" Ye Qiu looked up at her and offered her the pastry in his hand.
"N-no..." Meng Yiran paused, waving her hands repeatedly, just as she was about to say something else.
The Gai Shi Long She couple also stood beside her.
"You are Ye Qiu?" Dragon Lord Meng Shu held his dragon-head cane, looking at Ye Qiu with approval and admiration in his eyes.
"Senior Dragon Lord, this junior is indeed Ye Qiu!" Ye Qiu no longer sat, placing the pastry in his hand into Ning Rongrong's mouth before standing up.
Ning Rongrong and the others also looked at their family of three with curiosity.
Zhao Wuji and the others were also paying attention to this side.
Having just found Tang San and the others, he didn't want any more accidents to occur!
"Haha... You are indeed a talented individual, and your potential is top-notch. No wonder my Yiran has been thinking of you ever since she met you!" Meng Shu stroked his beard, nodding in deep agreement.
"Grandpa! What nonsense are you spouting?" Meng Yiran stomped her foot in embarrassment and urgency, her peripheral vision on Ye Qiu's reaction.
"Uh... haha..." Meeting Meng Yiran's watery eyes, Ye Qiu gave a dry laugh and scratched his head.
"Miss Meng is flattering me!"
"Is it flattery? Now that I've seen you in person, how could an old man like me not tell?"
Seeing Ye Qiu's modest demeanor, Meng Shu was even more satisfied.
To possess such talent and still remain humble and composed, his character is also excellent!
"May I ask if Senior has something to discuss?" Ye Qiu didn't waste much time with pleasantries; he had a good idea of his own strength.
However, for Meng Shu to personally approach him, it certainly wouldn't be as simple as just chatting.
Perhaps he intended to recruit him into his family, just as he had tried with Tang San!
Meng Shu's next words confirmed Ye Qiu's suspicion.
"I am very optimistic about your future. I wonder if you would be willing to join my family?"
"Senior..."
Seeing Ye Qiu about to speak, Meng Shu raised his palm, interrupting him.
"Don't be so quick to refuse. If you join my family, resource allocation is one thing, but we will also hunt for your Spirit and escort your growth. If you and Yiran can get together, the position of Patriarch is not out of the question!"
Patriarch!?
Oscar and Ma Hongjun's eyes immediately lit up upon hearing those two words.
They wished they could take Ye Qiu's place.
"I apologize, Senior Dragon Lord, but I prefer to be a bit more free and unconstrained!"
Under Meng Yiran's expectant gaze, Ye Qiu gave a wry smile and politely declined Meng Shu's invitation.
This offer was indeed grand and enticing.
However, Ye Qiu lacked none of the things he mentioned.
Even without considering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he still had Poison Douluo as a backer outside, and in the Star Dou Great Forest, he even had two Ten Thousand Year old younger brothers-in-law.
"Oh? Are you sure you won't reconsider?" Meng Shu was also somewhat surprised, not expecting him to refuse so decisively.
His gaze then fell upon Xiao Wu and the other two girls still sitting on the ground.
"If you are concerned about these young ladies, there's no need. In this World, there are many people with multiple wives and concubines. You can bring them along to join as well..."
"Ah?"
Ye Qiu thought he had misheard!
What kind of outrageous words were those?
This old man's appetite was too big, wasn't it?
Not to mention Xiao Wu and Zhuqing were both Spirit Elders around twelve years old, Ning Rongrong's identity was not something his small temple could accommodate.
"Pfft~!"
"Damn it! Little Ao, what are you doing? Do you want a beating?"
Oscar, who was drinking water nearby, couldn't help but spray Ma Hongjun in the face when he heard that.
Even Dai Mubai looked over with a playful expression.
He didn't think much of the Gai Shi Long She's so-called family.
Moreover, since they were planning to associate with Ye Qiu, he had even less favorable impression of them.
However, Meng Shu at this moment was still somewhat oblivious, not noticing the strange atmosphere around him.
"You didn't mishear. As long as my Yiran is the main wife..."
"Grandpa!" Meng Yiran's face was a little flustered.
She and Ye Qiu hadn't even gotten anywhere yet!
How could he say such offensive things?
"Why should she be the main one?! We don't care about your crappy family!"
Before Ye Qiu could speak, Ning Rongrong couldn't hold back any longer.
She stood up directly, hugging Ye Qiu's arm, and retorted.
Xiao Wu and Zhuqing also nodded in agreement.
They were quite confident in Ning Rongrong's 'combat power' and sat on the ground, watching her perform.
Ning Rongrong huffed angrily.
She hadn't even had a chance to become the main wife, and this person, who had only met Ye Qiu twice, already had such great ambition!
This was unacceptable!
"Where did this yellow-haired girl come from, so ill-mannered?" Meng Shu's expression changed.
Although his family couldn't compare to the Upper Three Sects, they still had some confidence when compared to the Lower Four Sects!
How could he tolerate others slandering them!
"Mmm!"
"Ye Qiu, don't say anything, let Miss handle this! Hmph..." Seeing Ye Qiu about to speak, Ning Rongrong directly stuffed the dry food she had bitten into his mouth.
"You ask where I'm from? I'll tell you right now! Miss comes from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!"
Ning Rongrong opened her small hand, and a seven-story, seven-colored glazed tile pagoda appeared in her palm, with two yellow spirit rings attached to it.
"What! You are from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?!" Meng Shu's eyes widened.
He hadn't expected that among this group, the seemingly ordinary young girl in green was actually of extraordinary origin.
She was a direct disciple from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!
However, he was only surprised for a moment. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had many disciples, and their statuses varied greatly.
"Hmph! Even if you are a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, this is not enough for you to speak so wildly!"
"Why isn't it enough? If my father and Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone knew that you actually wanted Miss to join your family and even be a concubine, let's see if your family can still exist! Hmph!"
"Ah! Ye Qiu~ I didn't mean to..."
After Ning Rongrong finished speaking, she noticed that Ye Qiu next to her seemed to be choking a little, and quickly gently patted his back.
Sword! Bone!
These words made Meng Shu's head buzz, and cold sweat seeped from his back.
Besides those two, he really couldn't think of anyone else!?
Meng Shu looked at Ning Rongrong with a solemn expression.
"Who exactly are you?!"
"Cough cough~" Ye Qiu finally caught his breath, and Miss Ning was back online.
"Miss's name is Ning Rongrong, and my father is the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi!"
"What?!" Meng Shu's body trembled, and he almost dropped the dragon-head cane in his hand.
What kind of people was this Zhao Wuji bringing?!
Each one had a deeper background than the last!
Chao Tianxiang beside him was also greatly astonished, not expecting another powerful figure.
Meng Yiran stared blankly at the so-called Miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, who was bending down and caring for Ye Qiu.
There was an indescribable strangeness in her eyes; the contrast was simply too great!
Meng Shu also looked at Ye Qiu in front of him as if he had seen a ghost. This kid had actually managed to hook up with the Miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
No wonder he was indifferent to the conditions he offered.
At the same time, his face turned a little dark, somewhat resenting Ye Qiu for not speaking up sooner.
In the end, he had made a fool of himself!
Making the Miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School a concubine, this matter could be small or big.
It was just a slight verbal dispute.
Meng Shu wouldn't go so far as to abandon his dignity as a strong person because of this.
However, embarrassment was unavoidable.
He also had no face to stay here any longer, so he decided to finish things quickly.
"So it's School Master Ning's beloved daughter! It seems Little Brother Ye Qiu has found a better home. In that case, this old man will not disturb you!"
"Yiran! Let's go."
Meng Shu called out, then turned and led the way to leave.
"Yiran...!" Chao Tianxiang pulled twice, but she didn't budge.
Ye Qiu also looked at her in confusion.
"Grandpa, you two should also rest here for a bit!" Meng Yiran turned her head and said.
Meng Shu's face was a little dark; he still felt that his old face couldn't be saved after what he had just said.
But seeing his granddaughter's hopeful eyes.
He still nodded.
He gestured to Chao Tianxiang, and together they found an empty spot to sit down.
Meng Yiran's expression brightened, and she turned back to look at Ye Qiu, her pretty face blooming with red.
She tightly clenched her delicate fists, her expectant, spring-like gaze fixed on Ye Qiu.
Her voice was full of nervousness, as if she was using a lot of effort, trembling slightly.
"Ye Qiu~ Can we talk alone?"
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