Huo Yuhao and Su Yunlin worked together to prepare the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear. Su Yunlin only really knew how to cook homemade dishes, and he had never handled bear meat before, so his hands were itching to give it a try.
Su Yunlin took out the pots, pans, utensils, and seasonings he carried with him. First, he sliced off the bear tenderloin to make sweet-and-sour tenderloin. In his mind, he was already planning an entire eighteen-dish bear feast!
Still, eating nothing but bear meat would get tiring. Su Yunlin turned toward Elder Xuan and asked, "Elder Xuan, do you have any other ingredients?"
"Yes!"
Elder Xuan immediately brought out his treasured stash of ingredients. As expected of the man with the title Taotie Douluo—he truly deserved the reputation of an old gourmet. Every ingredient he produced was incredibly rare.
After laying everything out, Elder Xuan squatted beside the campfire and watched Su Yunlin and Huo Yuhao cook. Drool practically hung from the corner of his mouth. The way he eagerly waited for the meal made him look exactly like a greedy child waiting to eat.
Su Yunlin excelled at homemade cuisine, while Huo Yuhao was better at roasting meat. Before long, the two completed the feast.
Elder Xuan had already lost all patience. He directly grabbed a piece of roasted meat and stuffed it into his mouth without caring how hot it was. Then he picked up several pieces of sweet-and-sour bear tenderloin and shoved those in as well. After carefully savoring the flavor, a line of tears flowed from Elder Xuan's eyes.
"So delicious!"
Elder Xuan instantly entered full feasting mode. Of course, Su Yunlin knew how much this old glutton could eat, so he had deliberately made every dish in huge portions. There was no fear of the old man cleaning everything out.
"Elder Xuan, here—eat it with rice," Su Yunlin said as he handed him a massive bowl of rice.
"Mmm! Good! Delicious! Delicious!" Elder Xuan devoured the food at astonishing speed. Where was the dignity of a Rank 98 Transcendent Douluo? He looked more like the reincarnation of a starving ghost.
Not long afterward, Xiao Xiao finished absorbing her Spirit Ring and joined the feast as well.
The two beautiful girls ate enthusiastically alongside them. Who could have imagined that Su Yunlin and Huo Yuhao's cooking skills were this incredible? Su Yunlin had casually prepared an entire table full of dishes. He was practically born to be a chef.
After Xiao Xiao had eaten her fill, Elder Xuan handed the external Spirit Bone from the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear over to her for absorption.
Xiao Xiao bowed deeply toward everyone and softly said, "Thank you," before beginning to absorb the Spirit Bone.
At the start, the absorption process went quite smoothly. However, as time passed, Xiao Xiao soon encountered the backlash from the Spirit Bone.
Seeing this, Su Yunlin gently raised a finger glowing with green light and lightly tapped Xiao Xiao's arm.
Xiao Xiao suddenly felt a cool sensation spread through her nearly scorched right arm.
"Continue absorbing it," Su Yunlin said calmly.
"Mm!"
Xiao Xiao steadied her mind and continued absorbing the external Spirit Bone.
As her right hand gradually adapted to the violent energy of the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Right Palm Bone, the Spirit Bone slowly fused completely with her.
Seeing that things were stabilizing, Su Yunlin withdrew his hand.
Elder Xuan watched Su Yunlin thoughtfully. The strange ability he had just used seemed to be pure life force itself. Through that life force, he had nourished Xiao Xiao's right hand and helped her gradually adapt to the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Right Palm Bone.
Not long afterward, Xiao Xiao finally awakened. Remembering what had just happened still left her somewhat frightened, and she looked at Su Yunlin with deep gratitude.
"Class monitor~ do you still need a girlfriend? I can be the second wife!"
Pfft—!
Elder Xuan instantly sprayed out a mouthful of wine.
Su Yunlin stared at her in shock. Immediately afterward, he felt Wang Dong's icy gaze land on him.
"No! Having Tongtong is enough for me! Don't ruin the harmony of our relationship!" Su Yunlin immediately refused.
Xiao Xiao directly hugged Wang Dong. "Dong'er, let me become sisters with you! The class monitor saved my arm!"
Wang Dong pinched Xiao Xiao's cheek and declared, "You're not allowed to steal my Yunlin!"
After a round of playful bickering, Xiao Xiao finally summoned the Darkgolden Terrorclaw.
The fingers of her right hand suddenly extended into five dark golden rays of light. Each ray measured roughly one foot and two inches long, broad at the top and narrow at the bottom, resembling razor-sharp blades.
Xiao Xiao casually slashed her claw toward a nearby rock. Instantly, the stone split into several clean pieces, the cut surfaces smooth as mirrors.
Su Yunlin nodded in satisfaction. "With this Spirit Bone, your combat capabilities will become much more comprehensive in the future. You might even become a Battle Spirit Master proficient in assault, control, and support all at once!"
Xiao Xiao scratched her head. "Class monitor, won't I end up learning too many things? What if I become mediocre at everything?"
Su Yunlin looked at her speechlessly. "You still want to reach the absolute peak in every aspect? What kind of fantasy are you dreaming about? Do you think you're an Ultimate Douluo? Even Elder Xuan specializes in strength, but he still hasn't reached the absolute limit of power itself. Having more methods simply means you'll have more options when facing enemies in the future.
"Don't listen to those people who tell you to specialize in only one thing. Other people might need to focus on a single combat style, but as a twin Martial Soul user, it's impossible for you to specialize in only one method of fighting. Of course, that also means you'll need to spend much more time cultivating."
"Eh~ but I don't want to cultivate."
The lazy Xiao Xiao immediately tried to slack off.
After that, the group continued deeper into the Star Dou Forest in search of a ten-thousand-year spiritual-attributed Spirit Beast for Huo Yuhao.
Yet even after searching for ten full days, they still failed to find a suitable target.
Su Yunlin looked at Huo Yuhao speechlessly. "How is it this difficult for you to find a Spirit Beast? Back when I hunted Spirit Rings, I never wasted this much time."
The longest Spirit Ring hunt Su Yunlin had ever experienced only lasted ten days. Most of the time, shortly after entering the Star Dou Forest, he would encounter Spirit Beasts whose attributes and cultivation years perfectly matched him, and they would even approach him on their own.
Not long afterward, Su Yunlin's group encountered another team hunting Spirit Beasts.
Huo Yuhao immediately began rambling nonsense, while Su Yunlin's gaze landed directly on the yellow-clothed girl in the group. The yellow-clothed girl also looked toward him and immediately shouted:
"Su Yunlin!"
"Wei Na."
Huo Yuhao froze.
So they knew each other? That just made him look stupid.
Wang Dong immediately moved to stand beside Su Yunlin.
Why was there another troublesome woman?
"The dignified princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire only brought a single Spirit Sage with her? Ah, no, wait—so the others were hiding. Several Spirit Sages and two Spirit Douluos." Su Yunlin's eyes flashed purple as he instantly discovered the hidden guards concealed nearby.
Wei Na pouted. "What nonsense about Star Luo Royal Academy? You're clearly an elite student of Shrek Academy, so why are you still using another empire's academy name? You're from the Heavenly Soul Empire, so you should at least represent one of its academies."
Su Yunlin sneered. "What business is that of yours? Besides, you should be calling me uncle. Your father and I are from the same generation. Don't act disrespectfully, or I'll beat you up."
"You!"
Wei Na instantly became furious. Su Yunlin really had beaten her before, so she was still somewhat afraid of him. After all, the temperament of their entire family was notoriously bad.
The guard Mo Feiyun also recognized Su Yunlin. "You're the Blacknight Duke's legitimate son?"
Su Yunlin ignored them completely and led Wang Dong and the others away in another direction.
The girl named Mo Xue, who was standing beside Wei Na, watched Su Yunlin leave and sighed softly. "What an arrogant person."
Wei Na let out a helpless sigh. "With his status and accomplishments, he really does have the qualifications to be arrogant."
Meanwhile, Su Yunlin's group continued advancing deeper into the Star Dou Forest.
Suddenly, Huo Yuhao sensed something.
More accurately, the Skydream Iceworm within his spiritual sea had sensed a Spirit Beast compatible with Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao immediately took the lead and ran forward, causing Elder Xuan to appear at once.
"You brat, what are you trying to do? Two ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts? You want your third Spirit Ring to be ten thousand years? You think you're even more monstrous than Yunlin?" Elder Xuan directly cursed at him.
What followed next was Huo Yuhao's special session of making things up.
He claimed that the Tang Sect possessed a secret technique capable of suppressing the intensity of a Spirit Ring.
"Keep making things up. Go on." Su Yunlin mercilessly exposed him. "I'm part of the Tang Sect too, and I'm even from Heaven Dou City, so why have I never heard of such a secret art? At least think your lies through before saying them. Whether Tang Sect founder Tang San even possessed a method for suppressing Spirit Rings is questionable."
Huo Yuhao instantly fell into awkward silence after having his lie exposed.
Meanwhile, Wang Dong rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
'Dad really doesn't seem to know any technique like that. All of the Tang Sect secret arts came from his previous life—they belong to a completely different martial arts plane. Huo Yuhao really is good at lying.'
Huo Yuhao tightly clenched the corner of his clothes, his face flushed bright red from embarrassment after being exposed.
Su Yunlin knocked him on the head. "Idiot. Why didn't you just directly tell Elder Xuan that you were confident in absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring? As long as you have your own fortuitous encounter and confidence, that's enough. Did you really think Elder Xuan was an idiot?"
"How are you talking to your elder?" Elder Xuan snapped irritably.
Su Yunlin glanced at him. "Don't tell me you actually believed him?"
Elder Xuan's expression turned awkward. "I believed a little. After all, Tang Sect ancestor Tang San really did have a history of absorbing Spirit Rings beyond his limits."
Su Yunlin curled his lips. "That was because he possessed an external Spirit Bone at the time, and he had also consumed the immortal herb Autumnwater Dew to greatly enhance his spiritual power. Only then did he barely manage to absorb a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring."
Wang Dong looked at Su Yunlin suspiciously. "How do you know that?"
Su Yunlin snorted coldly.
"Because it was written in the books, obviously!"
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