External Sky-Supporting Palm Bone

External Sky-Supporting Palm Bone

After paying a deposit of 480 Gold Soul Coins, Lu Yuan left the blacksmith shop. A divine weapon could not be forged in a day; according to Tang San, it would take at least a week.

Life went on as usual, and six days passed in the blink of an eye.

Notting College students only attended classes five days a week, with Saturday and Sunday as rest days. But for Lu Yuan, cultivation never stopped, no matter what day it was.

He panted heavily. This was his fortieth lap that morning!

Ever since awakening his Martial Soul, this had been one of his daily mandatory routines: weighted running!

Wearing specially made iron clothing weighing one hundred jin, he ran forty laps around Notting College. This was the training goal he had set for himself.

Notting College was enormous. One lap from the main gate to the back mountain covered at least 2.5 kilometers. Forty laps meant one hundred kilometers, and it was a weighted run at that. For ordinary people, it was nearly unimaginable.

When Grandmaster learned of Lu Yuan's training, he had been dumbfounded as well. Running one hundred kilometers every morning was a tremendous challenge even for a Soul Elder, let alone with added weight.

And not only did Lu Yuan run with weights, he did not use Soul Power during the run, relying solely on his physical fitness. The news had even frightened Grandmaster. While marveling at how monstrously powerful the Golden Dragon Martial Soul was, he could not help but deeply admire Lu Yuan's perseverance.

In fact, Lu Yuan had struggled to keep it up during the first few days. He would faint after every run. If not for the medicinal baths Ferros had prepared in advance, he would have run himself into ruin long ago.

But after several days, Lu Yuan had clearly become much more at ease. Though he was still utterly exhausted after forty laps, he no longer fainted. His physical fitness had improved.

He lay in a wooden tub prepared beforehand, filled with brown medicinal liquid that had remarkable effects in strengthening the body and relieving fatigue.

Ferros had obtained this prescription from Grandmaster. Though Grandmaster's Soul Power was low, he knew far more about such things than Ferros, a Soul Ancestor.

After all, he was the Grandmaster hailed as invincible in theory. When it came to teaching students, there truly were few people on the entire Douluo Continent who could match him.

After soaking for about two hours, Lu Yuan felt his entire body relax considerably. The medicinal power in the liquid had also been almost completely absorbed.

After wiping the medicinal liquid from his body and changing into clean clothes, he looked much more energetic.

He had just finished changing when Ferros walked in.

"Spirit Hall has sent word. In three days, they will send someone to pick you up and take you to Spirit City!" Ferros said.

"Three days from now? Got it." Lu Yuan nodded.

Ferros looked at Lu Yuan with a complicated expression and asked, "Why do you insist on joining Spirit Hall? Wouldn't it be better to be a free Soul Master?" As the headmaster of Notting College, Ferros belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire rather than Spirit Hall, so he did not particularly support Lu Yuan's decision to join Spirit Hall.

Facing Ferros's questioning, Lu Yuan smiled faintly. "Dad, with my talent, do you think I would have any way to survive if I didn't join Spirit Hall?"

Ferros fell silent. Lu Yuan was not like Tang San and Xiao Wu. One had Blue Silver Grass as his Martial Soul, while the other's was a Soft-Boned Demon Rabbit. Neither was an especially powerful Martial Soul. Though they possessed Innate Full Soul Power, Spirit Hall would not place too much importance on them. But Lu Yuan was different. His Martial Soul was the Golden Dragon, one of the most exceptional beast-type Martial Souls. The people of Spirit Hall would never let him go.

That was right. Although the people in the Spirit Hall Branch might not know the legend of the Golden Dragon, there were certainly knowledgeable people in the main Spirit Hall and the Spirit Saint Hall. Even if they had never seen a Martial Soul as formidable as the Golden Dragon, they would surely have heard of it. Not to mention the current Pope, who had once researched Martial Souls alongside Grandmaster. How could someone like that not understand the Golden Dragon Martial Soul?

Therefore, from the moment Lu Yuan's Golden Dragon Martial Soul was exposed, he had been destined to join Spirit Hall. Besides, the system's Sign-in Task had to be completed as well.

Ferros had no way to refute Lu Yuan's words. He knew something of Spirit Hall's actions in recent years. If a genius could not be used by them, then they would kill them! Such things played out on the Douluo Continent almost every day.

With Lu Yuan's talent, if he did not join Spirit Hall, Spirit Hall would inevitably try to silence him. And with Ferros's mere Soul Ancestor strength, he could not protect Lu Yuan.

"Ah, forget it." Ferros sighed, hating his own helplessness for the first time.

Seeing that Ferros was in low spirits, Lu Yuan smiled. "Joining Spirit Hall isn't necessarily a bad thing. With your son's talent, do you think I can't make a name for myself in Spirit Hall? So, you don't need to worry too much!"

"I hope so." Ferros waved his hand.

Lu Yuan smiled, then suddenly remembered something. "Old man, it would be best not to spread the word about me joining Spirit Hall, especially not to let Grandmaster know."

"Why?" Ferros was somewhat puzzled.

"You've heard a little about the bad blood between Grandmaster and Spirit Hall, haven't you?" Lu Yuan asked.

Ferros nodded. "Say no more. I understand. I'll keep it secret."

"Good." Lu Yuan smiled in satisfaction. Even if he joined Spirit Hall, his identity could not be casually publicized. It might come in handy when carrying out missions in the future. At the very least, the identity of a Spirit Hall member would be extremely inconvenient when dealing with Tang San, Grandmaster, and the others.

Staring intently at Lu Yuan, Ferros glanced around. The surroundings remained quiet. With a flash of dark light, Ferros took a palm bone radiating a faint glow from his Soul Tool and handed it to Lu Yuan.

"This is?" Lu Yuan took the palm bone, shocked. This was no ordinary Soul Bone, but an External Soul Bone outside the six standard Soul Bones of the human body. Where had Ferros gotten such a top-grade Soul Bone?

Examining the Soul Bone in his hand carefully, Lu Yuan felt that the aura emanating from it seemed somewhat familiar.

"This is the Soul Bone of that Sky-Supporting Demon Ape. I discovered it while you were absorbing the Soul Ring and put it away. Absorb it," Ferros said.

"Old man, why don't you use it yourself? It would greatly increase your strength," Lu Yuan said.

Ferros shook his head. "I'm already over sixty. There isn't much room for me to improve in this lifetime. Giving this Soul Bone to me would be a waste. But you're different. You're still young, with limitless potential. It suits you perfectly. Besides, absorbing the Soul Ring and Soul Bone of the same Soul Beast together brings even greater benefits!"

"Absorb it first. I'll stand guard for you," Ferros said.

Hearing this, Lu Yuan clutched the Sky-Supporting Palm Bone tightly, a feeling called gratitude rippling through his heart.