Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and Secret Method Spirit Bone

On a flower-filled plain in the Douluo Continent, a maiden and an old man sat facing each other.

This maiden was naturally Zheng Bei after his reincarnation. Although he had initially found it somewhat difficult to adjust because of his sex, after so many years, Zheng Bei had gradually accepted the fact. Of course, if he had a choice, he still wanted to become a man again.

"Lingling, you're not so young anymore. It's time to tell you some of the family's secrets," the old man said. "Spirit Hall possesses a complete inherited set of Spirit Bones—six Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Year Spirit Bones. According to legend, once someone completely absorbs all six Spirit Bones, they will all advance to the Hundred Thousand Year level and become the Angel God's divine armor."

"Grandfather, does our family have a set of Spirit Bones like that too?" Zheng Bei asked, unable to hide the excitement on his face.

If we really do, then I've struck it rich! It was not merely a matter of six Spirit Bones. More importantly, such a set of Spirit Bones would surely come with a god's inheritance!

"We don't have a set, but we do have one," the old man said, taking out a Spirit Bone. "But let me warn you first. This Spirit Bone won't be easy to absorb, because it's a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."

"Your great-grandfather once saved an old farmer deep in the mountains and personally escorted him home. The old farmer was extremely grateful and gave him something passed down through his family, something that looked like a golden tree branch. That is the Spirit Bone in my hand." The old man continued, "According to the farmer, his great-great-grandfather had encountered a huge tree that was entirely golden while chopping wood in the mountains. He thought it was a divine tree, so he kept kneeling and worshipping it. For the next month, every day when he went up the mountain to gather firewood, he would kneel before that tree for over two hours before stopping. Until, one month later, that ancient tree suddenly vanished, leaving behind only this thing resembling a golden branch, which his family regarded as a treasured heirloom."

"After your great-grandfather obtained it, he couldn't identify what it was either. Only after consulting three or four friends did he determine that it was a Spirit Bone, and a trunk Spirit Bone at that," the old man said. "At the time, your great-grandfather already possessed a trunk Spirit Bone, so he gave this one to a beast Soul Master in his eighties. But that Soul Douluo failed to fuse with it. Fortunately, with your great-grandfather's help, he survived. After that, several of your great-grandfather's other old friends also failed to fuse with it, including a powerhouse at the Title Douluo level."

"Then..." Zheng Bei stared blankly. "What was the point of telling me all this? Even a Title Douluo couldn't fuse with it. Could I possibly be stronger than a Title Douluo?"

"No, no, no. Cultivation has never had much to do with fusing Spirit Bones." The old man shook his head. "When I tried to fuse with it, I lasted three times as long as that Title Douluo. Your father lasted four times longer than I did. If it's you, there should be hope of success. And even if you fail, with a healing-type Title Douluo like me here, you won't die."

"The more I hear, the less reliable this sounds." Zheng Bei scratched his head helplessly.

"You little girl, stop talking nonsense and fuse with it already." The old man irritably tossed the Spirit Bone to Zheng Bei. Zheng Bei caught it and began concentrating on fusing with it.

The instant he began, Zheng Bei could not help but let out a roar. The pain nearly drove him straight to the brink of collapse.

"Endure it! Hold on! Clear your mind and focus!" the old man shouted.

Zheng Bei was helpless. He had already given it everything he had, but with pain that sank deep into his marrow, how could merely enduring it let him hold on?

What made him want to cry even more was that the pain was so intense that he could not even pass out. He could only passively endure the agony.

After holding on for a full three hours, just as Zheng Bei felt that he had reached the edge of collapse, the pain suddenly vanished. It was immediately replaced by a feeling of comfort that made him unable to resist falling asleep.

And so, Zheng Bei fell asleep.

"Eh? He fused with it successfully?" The old man was astonished. "Such powerful Life Force in this Spirit Bone. I've never seen such immense Life Force in my entire life. Forget it. Success is still a good thing."

No longer dwelling on it, the old man shook his head and began treating Zheng Bei.

Sunset Forest.

At that moment, Wang Haochen was silently absorbing a black Soul Ring. Nearby lay the corpse of a ten-thousand-year Mandala Snake.

Before long, Wang Haochen rose to his feet and released the pressure of a Soul King.

"I've finally reached Level 51." Wang Haochen let out a long breath. "But even so, I'm still lacking."

For ordinary Soul Masters, there was one unavoidable problem: too few Soul Skills. The lower their rank, the worse it was. Those like Tang San, who possessed the Six Profound Arts of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, or Li Hong and Liu Xiaoxiao, who had Self-Created Soul Skills or even Twin Martial Souls, were exceedingly rare.

"Other than the five basic Soul Rings, I only have the Time and Space Solidification Soul Skill granted by my ten-thousand-year Medusa Skull. Beyond that, I have no other abilities." Wang Haochen frowned. Time and Space Solidification was certainly a divine skill, but its consumption was simply too great. Moreover, to avoid exposing his Spirit Bone, he absolutely could not use it casually under normal circumstances. Otherwise, people could easily notice something suspicious and set their sights on him.

"There is another way." Wang Haochen's eyes suddenly lit up. "According to He Qiang, I can fuse secret method Spirit Bones with an existing Spirit Bone. That would cause the Spirit Bone to mutate, and perhaps produce an extraordinary effect."

"Although doing this is cruel, I can't afford to care about that now. Raising my strength is what matters most." A cold gleam appeared in Wang Haochen's eyes. "Slaughtering a hundred Soul Beasts of the same kind within half an hour and using a secret method to trigger their Soul Rings only gives a ten percent chance of success? In that case, if my luck is average, I'll have to kill a thousand Soul Beasts of the same kind? Killing that many would probably attract the attention of some powerful Soul Beasts deeper within Sunset Forest. And it might not even produce the head Spirit Bone I want. Besides, if I'm going to fuse them, two secret method soul Spirit Bones would be the most suitable."

"With my current strength, killing that many Soul Beasts at once is still difficult. If I encounter stronger Soul Beasts and get delayed—or even fail miserably—I'd be losing more than I gain. What a pity I can't convince that old monster Dugu Bo to help me. But there's no need to rush. I still have more than three years to wait. Over those three years, I can make multiple attempts. There's always hope of succeeding." Wang Haochen narrowed his eyes. "Perhaps I should find time to visit Moonlight Pavilion and restrain the Killing Intent around me. But I need to avoid the period when Tang San goes there, so that he won't affect me."

"I remember that old monster Dugu Bo said that although my ten-thousand-year Medusa head Spirit Bone came from a snake, it leans more toward the Spirit System. That makes things troublesome." Wang Haochen's brows furrowed slightly. "Spirit System Soul Beasts have always been rare, let alone a hundred of the same kind. It seems I'll need to spend some time gathering information over the next three years. Still, I'm more curious about what kind of powerful ability a mutated head Spirit Bone will possess..."

As Wang Haochen spoke, he walked out of Sunset Forest while contacting He Qiang again.

"He Qiang, do you know where there are a lot of Spirit System Soul Beasts?" Wang Haochen transmitted mentally.

"You want to use the secret method to obtain Spirit Bones?" He Qiang immediately guessed Wang Haochen's purpose.

"Yes. I want to obtain two secret method soul head Spirit Bones of the Spirit System and fuse them with my existing ten-thousand-year Medusa head Spirit Bone," Wang Haochen replied.

"That will be troublesome. The most important question is: do you know the secret method?" He Qiang asked.

"Uh... no." Wang Haochen suddenly felt embarrassed, because he seemed to have overlooked this most important issue.

"That makes things difficult," He Qiang said. "Although I've tried to deduce this secret method over the years to obtain more Spirit Bones for us, it is currently only in the theoretical testing stage. We have never truly attempted it."

"Then let me conduct the experiments for you." A cold glint flashed through Wang Haochen's eyes as he said, "Teach me the theory, and I'll see whether I can succeed. If I fail, I'll tell you what I experienced so you can revise the theory and try again. Once this secret method succeeds, the benefits to us will be enormous."

"But that means you'll be putting yourself in danger." Chen Long suddenly cut in, speaking in an extremely solemn tone. "If you walk by the river often, how can your shoes stay dry? You understand this principle as well. Once the slaughter becomes excessive, even if you don't encounter powerful Soul Beasts, the Killing Intent could very likely make you lose yourself."

"There's no need to say more. My mind is made up," Wang Haochen said. "Just tell me where there are many Spirit System Soul Beasts."

"There should be none on the Douluo Continent. But since the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent will collide more than six thousand years from now, I think that if you set out from the western coast of the Douluo Continent and travel by sea, you should reach the Sun Moon Continent before long. There is a Demon Forest on the Sun Moon Continent, where there are many Soul Beasts called Evil Eyes. They all possess the Spirit System, and most of them have other attributes as well. Since Evil Eyes are Spirit System creatures, they will most likely produce head Spirit Bones. But I must warn you, Evil Eyes are extremely powerful. There are not only many ten-thousand-year and Hundred Thousand Year Evil Eye Tyrants in Demon Forest, but also an Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign with cultivation exceeding seven hundred thousand years. That creature ranks second among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts ten thousand years from now, surpassed only by the Golden Eye Black Dragon King Di Tian of the Star Dou Great Forest. So that place can be said to be fraught with danger." By the end, He Qiang was speaking almost word by word, utterly serious.

"That couldn't be better." Wang Haochen narrowed his eyes. "I'm truly curious how strong I can become under such tremendous pressure."

"There's one more thing." He Qiang could not help saying, "Before you leave, you should visit Moonlight Pavilion first."

"I know. I will," Wang Haochen replied.