Picked Up a Soul Bone

At that moment, Tang San noticed the Wood Dragon beneath Mu Yuan's feet.

The Wood Dragon's enormous size gave Tang San a profound shock. In terms of sheer bulk alone, it was even larger than the Titan Giant Ape.

Of course, combat strength could not always be measured entirely by size.

But if something was huge, its combat strength certainly would not be weak.

More importantly, the Wood Dragon could fly.

Tang San immediately realized that Mu Yuan might have a chance to rescue Xiao Wu.

"Mu Yuan, is this your soul skill?" Tang San hurriedly asked.

Mu Yuan nodded. "That's right. After I finished hunting my soul ring, I came to find you all."

With reddened eyes, Tang San urgently said, "Mu Yuan, Xiao Wu is in danger. She was taken away by the Titan Giant Ape. Hurry and save her. As long as you rescue Xiao Wu, I'll agree to anything you ask of me from now on!"

Although some time had already passed since Xiao Wu had been taken away, and she was most likely facing grave danger, Tang San would not give up as long as there was even the slightest hope.

Xiao Wu was far too important to him. Over all their years together, his feelings for her had long surpassed those of ordinary siblings.

Moreover, he had sworn that he would protect Xiao Wu and never let her suffer even the slightest harm.

He could not break that promise!

As for whether Mu Yuan would be in danger if he went to save Xiao Wu...

Although Mu Yuan had just saved his life, to Tang San, Xiao Wu was his entire world. If Xiao Wu was gone, what meaning would anything else have?

Besides, he had already promised to repay Mu Yuan. Wasn't that enough?

Mu Yuan did not refuse Tang San's request.

Because he knew this trip would not be dangerous. He would not need to fight the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu would soon return on her own.

Riding the Wood Dragon, Mu Yuan followed the traces left behind by the Titan Giant Ape.

Just after Mu Yuan left, an old woman hurried over with a young girl.

Watching Mu Yuan's departing figure, the old woman's face was filled with gravity.

"Which senior is that?"

The girl asked doubtfully, "A senior? But he looked very young to me!"

The old woman rebuked her, "Do not be disrespectful. Appearance proves nothing. That senior's Soul Power fluctuations are about the same as your grandfather's!"

The girl pouted. "So old?"

The two walked forward as they spoke, then saw Tang San panting where he stood, along with the Man Faced Demon Spider that had been smashed to pieces not far away.

The girl angrily said, "Tang San, you again! Did you kill my soul beast?"

The moment Tang San saw the girl, his heart skipped a beat.

It was Meng Yiran.

And the old woman beside Meng Yiran was naturally her grandmother, Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang.

When Tang San had previously helped Oscar hunt a soul ring, they had happened upon a Thousand-Year Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake that Chao Tianxiang was pursuing. It was a highly suitable soul ring for Oscar, so the people from Shrek Academy captured the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake.

However, Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter had discovered that soul beast first and had already injured it. Now that Shrek Academy had swooped in and taken advantage, they naturally were unwilling to let the matter go.

In the end, according to the rules of the soul master world, the two sides competed. Tang San defeated Meng Yiran, and the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake was thus awarded to Oscar.

Now, Meng Yiran and the others had set their sights on this Man Faced Demon Spider, only for it to fall into Tang San's hands again.

Just then, another person walked over from behind Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang.

He was a tall, gaunt old man with a head full of silver hair. Two yellow, three purple, and three black soul rings floated around him—eight in total.

Though it was not the optimal configuration, the number of soul rings was enough to make up for that gap.

He was a Spirit Douluo, Chao Tianxiang's husband, Dragon Duke Meng Shu.

Tang San's heart sank.

Things had become troublesome.

With Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager together, even Zhao Wuji would be helpless. The other side could even kill him here without anyone knowing.

A trace of fear swiftly rose in Tang San's heart, and he hurriedly explained, "I didn't kill it. Mu Yuan did. He was the one who killed the Man Faced Demon Spider!"

"Mu Yuan?"

Meng Yiran was somewhat unconvinced.

However, Dragon Duke walked over to inspect the shattered Man Faced Demon Spider and said, "Yiran, he is probably telling the truth. This Man Faced Demon Spider's hardest spider legs and fangs have all been shattered into mush. There's no way he could have killed it."

Only then did Tang San let out a sigh of relief.

After recalling what she had seen, Chao Tianxiang asked, "Was this Mu Yuan you mentioned the senior who was riding the Wood Dragon just now?"

Tang San hurriedly nodded. "Yes, that's him. But he isn't some senior—he's my classmate!"

"Classmate!"

Meng Yiran and her grandparents were stunned.

Seeing this, Tang San quickly told the three of them about Mu Yuan, emphasizing Mu Yuan's identity as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the hopes of intimidating them and keeping them from acting rashly.

Sure enough, after hearing Tang San's words, Meng Yiran and her grandparents were all stunned into silence.

A genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a Soul King younger than Meng Yiran.

It was simply unbelievable.

"How could someone younger than me have already cultivated to Soul King? I don't believe it. I'll wait for him here and see whether he really is as you say!" Meng Yiran said.

Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager also wanted to verify whether Tang San was telling the truth, so they waited together with Meng Yiran.

Meanwhile, Mu Yuan followed the Titan Giant Ape's tracks all the way onward.

The places the Titan Giant Ape had passed were littered with soul beast corpses.

The soul beasts in this outer region were not highly cultivated. Under the pressure of the Titan Giant Ape's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, many soul beasts had been so frightened that they could not even move, only to be trampled to death by the Titan Giant Ape.

Suddenly, in a pit left by the Titan Giant Ape's foot, Mu Yuan spotted something glittering in the darkness.

Upon approaching, he saw a monkey soul beast with half its body flattened. Its exact species was no longer identifiable. Only the faint purple soul ring that had appeared revealed that it had only recently surpassed a thousand years in cultivation. At the monkey soul beast's right leg, a glittering soul bone was exposed.

Mu Yuan did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Hunting the Sacred Wood King Vine that was over fifty-five thousand years old had not yielded a soul bone. Hunting the Man Faced Demon Spider from the original story had not yielded one either. Yet on the way to find Xiao Wu, he had picked up a soul bone instead.

This soul beast had been at most just over a thousand years old. This Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone was truly tasteless to keep, but a pity to throw away.

In the end, Mu Yuan put it away. No matter what, it was still a soul bone. Even if it was mediocre, selling it at auction in the future would still fetch a considerable sum.

Continuing onward, Mu Yuan soon saw Xiao Wu, her expression anxious as she hurried in this direction.

"Xiao Wu." Mu Yuan brought the Wood Dragon down.

"Mu Yuan, why are you here?"

Xiao Wu looked at Mu Yuan in great surprise.

Mu Yuan briefly explained, "After I finished hunting my soul ring, I went to find you all. Tang San told me what happened to you and asked me to rescue you, so I followed the tracks here!"

After hearing that, Xiao Wu stared blankly at Mu Yuan, her heart filled with emotion.

She had been taken away by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Titan Giant Ape.

Yet Mu Yuan, a Soul King who had only just advanced, had actually dared to come save her alone.

Xiao Wu's eyes reddened as she suddenly threw herself into Mu Yuan's arms.