Chapter 22: The Hundred Thousand Year blue silver emperor spirit bone
The third day after leaving Nuoding Academy.
Lin Yang emerged from the dense forest covered in dust. Looking at the towering mountain range before him, a smile finally appeared on his face.
He had been traveling at full speed during this time, but the place where Tang Hao had hidden the Soul Bone was truly tricky to find.
Even though he knew the location, it took a great deal of effort to arrive.
Now, it was finally within reach.
Lin Yang entered the mountains, and soon a rumbling sound reached his ears—the roar of a waterfall.
Following the sound, Lin Yang stepped out of the woods.
The moment he stepped out, his vision suddenly opened up.
A massive valley lay at his feet, lush and green with pleasant scenery.
Opposite him, a waterfall over twenty meters wide poured down from a height, crashing into a pool with a constant roar.
The pool water was crystal clear and shimmering, like a mirror embedded in the valley.
"Finally found it."
Lin Yang murmured softly, ripples of emotion rising in his heart.
Taking a deep breath, he let out a sharp whistle,
"Shu-shuu—!"
As if hearing a summons, a pitch-black crow soon flew out from the dense forest. Flapping its wings and letting out a "caw caw," it landed on his shoulder.
"Good work!"
Lin Yang took a strip of meat from his ring, tore it into pieces, and handed it to the crow's beak.
After the crow had eaten and drunk its fill, Lin Yang's excitement settled. With a light tap of his toes, he sped toward the location of the waterfall.
Before long, Lin Yang arrived beneath the waterfall.
Looking up at the cascade, he reached out to touch the roaring water; it was incredibly rapid and heavy.
Without a certain level of strength, one wouldn't even be able to stand steady under this waterfall, let alone find the cave behind it.
No wonder Tang Hao was so at ease... After surveying the surroundings, Lin Yang stepped onto several jagged rocks on the cliff wall. After a few leaps, he stood on a slightly protruding stone.
Then, Lin Yang summoned his Martial Soul, and the Soul Ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up.
First Soul Skill: Sharp Metal. Activates the power of Sharp Metal, increasing the Martial Soul's sharpness by one hundred percent.
"Hiss—!"
Lin Yang exhaled a breath of hot air, then suddenly swung his blade forward,
"Sever!"
Drawing the blade to sever the water!
A surging fire dragon roared forth.
In an instant, the twenty-meter-wide waterfall was actually cut in half mid-air.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Lin Yang easily found the switch on the rock wall behind the waterfall.
With a light tap of his feet, Lin Yang quickly reached the switch and pressed it down.
Before the portal could fully open, Lin Yang's figure flashed, and he disappeared into the darkness behind the entrance.
Behind him, the waterfall fell once more, letting out a booming sound.
Lin Yang ignored this. Flames rose from Scarlet Edge, illuminating the entire cave.
The cave wasn't large, only about ten square meters in total.
In the center of the cave was a mound of earth, upon which a weak Blue Silver Grass was growing stubbornly.
Looking closely, this Blue Silver Grass was different from those outside; every leaf bore fine golden veins.
It seemed to possess an inherent noble aura.
This was the sovereign among Blue Silver Grass, the Blue Silver Emperor!
Lin Yang observed it carefully and touched the leaves of the Blue Silver Emperor with his hand.
The leaves trembled slightly, actually curling around his finger as if they had perception, but they quickly retracted.
The Blue Silver Emperor's consciousness had not yet awakened; the previous movement was merely based on instinct.
Lin Yang sighed with emotion.
The former Blue Silver sovereign now only possessed the royal bloodline, with a cultivation level inferior even to a hundred-year Spirit Beast. It was ridiculously weak.
A fallen tiger indeed!
Subsequently, Lin Yang ignored the Blue Silver Emperor and began searching for the hidden Soul Bone.
Soon, he found a hidden lead box on one side of the stone wall.
The lead box was a meter long and felt very heavy in his hands.
Looking at the lead box in his arms, Lin Yang's breathing couldn't help but quicken a little.
Sitting down in a corner of the cave, he placed the lead box on the ground, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the lid.
Instantly, a blue-gold light filled with the aura of life bloomed from the box, illuminating the entire stone cave brightly.
Lin Yang's eyes were fixed on the item inside the box.
It was a perfect piece of art, blue-gold throughout and crystal clear like a gemstone.
This was... the hundred thousand year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone!
Lin Yang took the Soul Bone out of the lead box. Just holding it in his hand, he could clearly feel the surging vitality within the Soul Bone.
It was as if the Soul Bone in his hand was a living thing.
This hundred thousand year spirit bone came with two major skills: Flight, and 'Wildfire cannot destroy it, the spring breeze brings it back to life'.
The former naturally required no explanation.
But the latter was a powerful life-type healing Soul skills. Not only could it recover from injuries, but it could even achieve limb regeneration.
To any Soul Master, these two skills were extremely practical.
For Lin Yang, the most valuable part was the massive vitality contained within. He intended to use this vitality to compensate for the flaws of the Demon Blood Martial Soul.
To become the first 'Demon ' who could stand under the sun.
He quickly put the Soul Bone into his spirit guide ring, placed the lead box back in its original spot, and after erasing his traces, he left the stone cave and found a hidden cave on the other side of the valley.
Calming his excited heart, Lin Yang did not hesitate and pressed the Soul Bone directly against his right leg.
Buzz—!
The moment it touched the leg bone, a sudden hum rang out.
Lin Yang only felt a cool aura suddenly surge up from his leg, instantly spreading throughout his entire body.
From his perspective, that crystal-clear Soul Bone quietly disappeared, transforming into countless blue-gold air currents that enveloped his right leg.
"Ah...!"
That refreshing feeling, accompanied by vigorous vitality, caused Lin Yang to let out a soft moan involuntarily.
This sensation was comfortable to the core, as if every cell in his body was having a thorough SPA, filled with a lazy feeling of letting everything go.
However, Lin Yang soon broke free from this pleasant sensation, sat cross-legged, and began to operate the Great Sun Meditation Method.
The massive energy within the Soul Bone was directly refined by him into Soul Power.
By the end of the first academic year, Lin Yang's Soul Power had reached Rank 17.
After the two-month holiday, it had successfully reached Rank 18.
And now, under the massive power contained in the hundred thousand year spirit bone, his Soul Power level broke through barriers all the way to Rank 20.
Because he lacked a Soul Ring, he temporarily couldn't break through further.
Lin Yang had already anticipated this.
He raised his left hand, and the Demon Blood Martial Soul emerged in his palm, with a yellow Soul Ring slowly floating around it.
Under Lin Yang's guidance, he directed all the remaining massive energy in the Soul Bone toward the Demon Blood Martial Soul.
With the restrictions gone, the Demon Blood Martial Soul was like an insatiable evil Demon, greedily absorbing every shred of energy without wasting a single bit.
The Demon Blood Martial Soul expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a few breaths, it grew from the size of a pigeon egg to the size of a baby's head.
"Pop—!"
A soft sound rang out, like a soap bubble bursting.
Beside the first spirit ring, a purple Soul Ring quietly condensed into form.
At the same time, the originally yellow first spirit ring seemed to break through some boundary as well; its color gradually deepened, eventually turning into the same deep purple.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yang felt a surge of joy.
Sure enough, his previous hypothesis was correct: the Soul Rings generated by the Demon Blood Martial Soul itself could indeed break through their age limits and upgrade on their own.
However, the prerequisite was a massive amount of energy.
Now, both of his Soul Rings were thousand-year spirit rings—the first at two thousand years and the second at five thousand years.
And it wasn't over yet.
After obtaining the second Soul Ring, the increase in Soul Power level was naturally no longer constrained.
Lin Yang immediately cut off the supply to the Demon Blood Martial Soul.
Like a scumbag turning his back after getting what he wanted, he directly refined all the remaining Soul Bone energy into Soul Power.
By the time the last bit of energy from the Soul Bone was exhausted, Lin Yang's Soul Power had already reached Rank 24.
From Rank 18 to Rank 24, a six-rank increase in Soul Power level, along with two thousand-year spirit rings.
The power contained in this hundred thousand year blue silver emperor spirit bone had been utilized to the extreme by him, without wasting a single drop.
Even if he were to give the blue silver emperor spirit bone to someone else to use later, they would only obtain the two Martial Soul abilities, not this massive amount of energy.
This was the benefit of being the initial absorber.