Xiao Wu: "A Small Place!"

"Is this... a Spirit Bone?"

Before long, that unusual Soul Power uncontrollably condensed into a claw that wrapped around his left hand. Mo Bai was immediately stunned.

After carefully examining it and confirming that the extra claw on his hand really was a Spirit Bone, Mo Bai was utterly dumbfounded.

"Can even a newborn Spirit Beast hatchling drop a Spirit Bone? What are the odds of that?"

"Even if its mother was killed and it was swallowed alive, leaving it with such deep resentment that it dropped a Spirit Bone... that would still count as a miracle, right?"

Mo Bai was inexplicably delighted. It was practically a pie falling from the sky!

"So, is this a Left Arm Spirit Bone?"

"I was still wondering how I could get my hands on a Spirit Bone in the future, and now one has delivered itself right to me!"

Mo Bai assumed the claw on his hand was a Left Arm Spirit Bone, because the Martial Soul knowledge he had encountered had never mentioned External Soul Bones.

Not even Master's book had mentioned them!

So Mo Bai mistakenly believed that what had appeared on his left hand was a Left Arm Spirit Bone.

Mo Bai continued studying the Spirit Bone attached to his left palm. After a careful examination, he discovered that after fusing with it, his Soul Power had barely increased at all. Normally, fusing a Spirit Bone would cause one's Soul Power to surge.

This one had not, presumably because its age was too low.

Spirit Bones also had age limits. Mo Bai's was probably the lowest-aged Spirit Bone in the history of the Douluo world!

"At least it gave me a soul skill, Poison Claw, though it's not very useful!"

"What's truly useful is the Spirit Bone itself!"

Mo Bai had not forgotten that the reason he wanted a Spirit Bone was to cultivate his Jade Hand.

The toxins he accumulated while cultivating the Jade Hand had always been condensed in the nails of all ten fingers.

Not only did that turn his nails black and unsightly, but if he cultivated it to an advanced level, there was even a risk of poisoning himself to death.

Now that he had a Spirit Bone, he could try condensing the toxins accumulated from cultivating the Jade Hand onto the Spirit Bone!

No sooner had he thought of it than he acted. Mo Bai immediately used the Jade Hand and began trying to transfer the toxins in his left hand onto the Spirit Bone bit by bit.

"It really works!"

Mo Bai's eyes quickly lit up as he joyfully watched the toxins in his left hand transfer onto the Spirit Bone.

The originally pale-purple Spirit Bone changed color completely after all the toxins from his left hand had been transferred onto it. The purple was entirely covered, turning it emerald green.

That was because the Spirit Bone was much larger than Mo Bai's fingernails. When all the toxins had been condensed onto his nails before, they had become concentrated enough to turn black.

Mo Bai's left hand also completely returned to its normal color.

Mo Bai turned his left hand over and tried using the Jade Hand again.

Very quickly, the toxins flowed back from the Spirit Bone into Mo Bai's left hand without the slightest obstruction. It was even smoother than when they had been condensed in his nails.

Next, Mo Bai tried retracting the Spirit Bone into his body—into his left palm—and used the Jade Hand again.

The result was the same. He could still use it without manifesting the Spirit Bone.

Finally, Mo Bai tried condensing all the toxins onto the Spirit Bone, retracting it into his body, and then leaving it completely alone.

Before, Mo Bai had always needed to be careful to condense the toxins in the nails of all ten fingers, keeping them from poisoning him.

Because of that, Mo Bai had never dared to keep cultivating the Jade Hand. He had stopped once the toxins reached an ordinary level.

"It really works. Even if I ignore it, not a trace of the toxins inside the Spirit Bone will leak out!"

"Good, this is great!"

"Now I can finally cultivate the Jade Hand without worry!"

The results soon proved it. As long as he did not use them, the toxins condensed in the Spirit Bone would remain perfectly still within it.

"As expected of a Spirit Bone. It's really too useful!"

As Mo Bai marveled, he used contact between both hands to draw over all the toxins from his right hand, finally condensing every last bit of poison within the Spirit Bone in his left palm.

"These are the hands a normal man should have!"

Looking at his hands, whose nails had returned to normal, Mo Bai was beside himself with joy.

He did not like his nails having any other color.

"With this, only my left hand's Jade Hand will be poisonous. If I want my right hand to be poisonous too, I'll have to transfer the toxins over before or during battle!"

"But it doesn't matter. One hand is enough to poison all my Hidden Weapons anyway!"

"Once I get a Spirit Bone for my right hand in the future, there won't be any problem!"

Humans were never easily satisfied. Mo Bai had just been overjoyed, yet now he was already thinking about getting a Spirit Bone for his right hand in the future.

Mo Bai chose to keep the matter of obtaining the left-hand Spirit Bone hidden and did not tell the Dean or the others.

After all, Spirit Bones were far too valuable. Even though Mo Bai's one-year Spirit Bone could provide only limited enhancement to a Spirit Master, he still chose to conceal it.

"Mo Bai, Xiao Wu!"

"My teacher recommended an academy called Shrek Academy. Will you two come with me after graduation?"

Tang San finally brought up Shrek Academy to Mo Bai and Xiao Wu.

"Shrek Academy? I've never heard of it! Why would Master recommend this academy to you?"

Xiao Wu's large eyes immediately filled with curiosity upon hearing Tang San's words.

"That's because this academy only accepts geniuses. Anyone who isn't a genius won't be accepted!"

Seeing that Xiao Wu was interested, Tang San hurriedly told them what he knew about Shrek Academy.

"You have to reach level twenty as a Soul Grandmaster by the age of twelve at the latest?"

"There's actually an academy with such high requirements?"

Upon hearing Tang San's introduction, Xiao Wu immediately cried out in surprise. Even Mo Bai was intrigued.

"Tell us, what other features does this academy have? How are its resources? Does it have environmental simulation training?"

Mo Bai spoke up to ask.

Since Master had recommended it to Tang San, this academy definitely could not be ordinary.

"Um... my teacher only told me that much. He said I'd learn more once I got there, and that I definitely wouldn't be disappointed!"

Tang San smiled awkwardly at Mo Bai's question.

He really had not asked his teacher for the details.

"Then where is this academy located?"

Seeing that Tang San did not know either, Mo Bai asked about Shrek Academy's location.

Whether an academy was truly top-tier also depended on where it was located.

"It's outside Suotuo City, one of the two largest cities in the Balak Kingdom!"

Tang San naturally knew the address and immediately answered.

"The Balak Kingdom, Suotuo City... isn't that just a small place?"

Xiao Wu scratched her chin with her right index finger. Upon hearing that Shrek Academy was located in a small place, her big eyes immediately lit up.

That suited her perfectly!

She was afraid of encountering a Title Douluo capable of seeing through her identity.

In a small place, there would be nothing to worry about!

"So, what do you think, Mo Bai? Should we go together too?"

"This academy sounds pretty interesting!"

Thinking that, Xiao Wu immediately turned to ask Mo Bai.

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