Chapter 98: Fixed Profound Star Turtle Right Arm Bone, Tang Chen Returns Severely Injured
Apart from these two gains, Yun Yuan felt that his mind had become clearer, and both his comprehension and intelligence had improved somewhat.
Immediately afterward, Yun Yuan summoned his martial soul, the Atlas Spear, and began to sense it carefully. As before, the quality of his Atlas Spear martial soul had improved once again, though the improvement was not very significant.
However, Yun Yuan had a premonition that once his Atlas Spear martial soul reached a certain level and broke through that boundary, it would undergo a heaven-shaking transformation.
After absorbing this sixth soul ring, Yun Yuan turned to look at the corpse of the Fixed Profound Star Turtle, eager to see whether it would drop a soul bone.
After all, this Fixed Profound Star Turtle was not only of extremely high quality, having reached the level of a super soul beast, but its cultivation was also high, already close to one hundred thousand years.
A soul beast of this caliber had a higher probability of dropping a soul bone, but Yun Yuan did not hold too much hope, as soul bones were very rare.
Although his luck was good, it was not as if he frequently encountered soul beasts that dropped soul bones.
Just as Yun Yuan was contemplating this, he suddenly noticed that on one of the turtle's limbs, there was actually a soul bone emitting dazzling starlight.
"So there really is one."
Seeing the soul bone, Yun Yuan quickly took out a sharp blade from his storage soul tool and carefully dug out the soul bone from the turtle's limb.
"This structure… it seems to be a right arm bone."
The limb of the Fixed Profound Star Turtle was not a foot in the traditional sense. As a reptilian creature, its limbs could be regarded as analogous to human arms.
"Xiao Yuan, this soul bone is close to one hundred thousand years in age and shares the same origin as the sixth soul ring you just absorbed. Do you want to absorb it?"
At this moment, Qian Daoliu spoke, his tone filled with excitement. He was not blind; he had naturally seen the soul bone that dropped from the Fixed Profound Star Turtle.
However, he had not expected that during this hunt for a soul ring, Yun Yuan would also obtain a soul bone.
In today's soul master world, even a Titled Douluo might not possess a single ten-thousand-year soul bone. Yet Yun Yuan was completely different.
From what he currently knew, during Yun Yuan's participation in hunting soul beasts, three external soul bones and one nearly one-hundred-thousand-year soul bone had already appeared.
Two external soul bones were the Wind Thunder Wings and the Dark Gold Terror Claws on Yun Yuan's body, while one external soul bone was the Eight Spider Lances on Bibi Dong.
The nearly one-hundred-thousand-year soul bone naturally belonged to the right arm of the Fixed Profound Star Turtle.
At this rate, as Yun Yuan continued obtaining soul rings, he would at least gain three more soul bones, all above one hundred thousand years.
Now, Yun Yuan's sixth soul ring was already close to one hundred thousand years old. The next three soul rings would naturally be over one hundred thousand years, and the soul beasts of that level would inevitably drop a one-hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
Hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Yun Yuan stroked the Fixed Profound Star Turtle's soul bone in his hand, lost in thought.
But soon, he shook his head. Although this soul bone was close to one hundred thousand years, a slight age difference made a world of difference.
Soul bones below one hundred thousand years could only possess one soul skill, but one-hundred-thousand-year soul bones could possess two.
"Grandmaster, although this soul bone is precious, it still falls short of what I have in mind. Aside from external soul bones that can evolve, I want all six major soul bones of my body to reach at least one hundred thousand years."
Hearing this, Qian Daoliu was slightly shaken. He had not expected his grand disciple to have such great ambition.
However, considering Yun Yuan's talent, he accepted it. Moreover, ever since his clash with Di Tian, he had realized that the soul beast world was far from simple.
Just among what he had seen, there were already several soul beasts above one hundred thousand years—Scarlet King, Bi Ji, and Di Tian were the three he had personally encountered.
In addition, the Star Dou Great Forest seemed to hold a considerable stockpile of soul bones. At worst, once Yun Yuan reached the Limit Douluo level, he, Qian Daoliu, would take him there to "collect" them.
When Yun Yuan reached the Limit Douluo level, Qian Daoliu believed that the black dragon Di Tian would absolutely not be a match for his grand disciple, perhaps not even able to withstand a single strike.
Fortunately, Yun Yuan did not know of this thought, or he would surely be startled. Although he was not afraid of Di Tian, deep within the Lake of Life, the Silver Dragon King still slumbered.
With that being said, even if Yun Yuan reached the Limit Douluo level, he would not be able to withstand a single palm strike.
The Silver Dragon King, at her peak, could contend with a God King. Even in her injured state, she was not someone Yun Yuan could provoke.
"Since that's the case, then so be it. Xiao Yuan, with such ambition, I also hope you can achieve it."
Afterward, Qian Daoliu brought Yun Yuan out of the Star Dou Great Forest, heading back toward Spirit City.
As for the Fixed Profound Star Turtle's soul bone, it was naturally left for Yun Yuan to handle himself. Qian Daoliu did not ask further.
After all, the Fixed Profound Star Turtle had been personally hunted by Yun Yuan, and Yun Yuan was also his grand disciple. No matter how thick-skinned Qian Daoliu might be, he would not demand that Yun Yuan hand over the soul bone to Spirit Hall.
Half a month later, Spirit Hall once again released shocking news that stirred the entire continent: Spirit Hall had established a new branch hall.
After the Pope's Palace, the Douluo Hall, and the Elder Hall, the fourth branch—Pill Hall—was born!
In addition, the founding ceremony of the Pill Hall would be held ten days later in Spirit City, and all major forces across the continent were invited.
Regarding this move by Spirit Hall, all major powers sensed something was wrong. Pill Hall? It sounded like it was for refining pills.
And refining pills seemed to require…
Not good. They were about to be harvested like crops!
After learning of the Pill Hall's existence, all major forces across the continent reacted, recalling Spirit Hall's action a year ago of exchanging whale rubber for medicinal herbs.
At the time, they had not thought much of it. Now that the Pill Hall had appeared, they finally understood Spirit Hall's true intentions.
But they had no choice. Over the past year, the medicinal herbs that could be harvested had already been taken by Spirit Hall.
If the pills released ten days later truly had great effects on soul masters, then no matter what, they would have to pay the price.
At the same time, the Clear Sky Sect.
"Father, how did you suffer such severe injuries? You are a Limit Douluo. Who in this world could leave you in such a state?"
In the main hall, Tang Zhen spoke toward the seated young man, his tone filled with shock and confusion.
That young man was none other than the pillar of the Clear Sky Sect, the current Limit Douluo, Tang Chen. At this moment, his aura was extremely weak, clearly indicating severe injuries.
"Sigh, it's all because I was too arrogant. I underestimated the dangers of the sea, thinking that with my rank ninety-nine cultivation, I could go anywhere in the world."
"But this trip to the sea taught me a profound lesson. Not only was I severely injured, but all the members of the Clear Sky Sect who went with me were wiped out. Even the First Elder, Ah Yi, died in that battle."
"I, Tang Chen, have failed those who followed me."
Tang Chen clenched his fists, repeatedly striking his chest. His words were filled with regret and guilt. He had let down his childhood friend Ah Yi and the disciples of the Clear Sky Sect who had accompanied him to sea.
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