Blue Silver Profound Ice Thorns

Blue Silver Profound Ice Thorns

Yin Hao and Ma Xiuno headed to the entrance of the Soul Hunting Forest as agreed. Sure enough, they found Su Yuntao waiting there for quite some time.

He was practically a different person from when he had hidden behind a tree, trembling in fear. Though he looked even more bedraggled now, he held his head high and puffed out his chest, looking utterly smug.

Indeed, Su Yuntao was in a very good mood. This year... no, he would have something to brag about for the next ten years. He had exchanged over twenty rounds with a Profound Pool Ice Serpent with more than two thousand years of cultivation and emerged unscathed. How many Soul Kings could boast such a record? Not to mention, he was only a mere Great Soul Master at the moment.

When he saw Yin Hao and Ma Xiuno return, Su Yuntao glanced at them before striding over with his head held high and chest puffed out.

"Well? Did the plan go smoothly? Relying on my keen observation and agile movement techniques, I fought the Profound Pool Ice Serpent for hundreds of rounds and bought you as much time as possible. If you still failed after that, there'd be no excuse for it."

Hearing Su Yuntao seriously spout nonsense, Ma Xiuno simply rolled his eyes and ignored him.

Yin Hao, on the other hand, answered earnestly.

"Thank you so much this time, Brother Su Yuntao. Everything went smoothly on our end."

Hearing Yin Hao's thanks, Su Yuntao felt too embarrassed to keep boasting. He could only scratch his head awkwardly and say,

"It was nothing. Just don't forget your brother here once you make it big someday."

Su Yuntao had only said it casually. He did not think a worthless Blue Silver Grass martial soul like Yin Hao's could achieve much.

However, he never imagined that the future would far exceed his expectations. What happened over these past two days would make an enormous contribution to his future development, though that was a story for another time.

Ma Xiuno looked at Yin Hao and asked,

"By the way, little Yin Hao, what is your First Soul Skill?"

After thinking for a moment, Yin Hao replied,

"My First Soul Skill is called Blue Silver Profound Ice Thorns. It can turn Blue Silver Grass into Ice Cones and stab enemies. Although it loses its flexibility, it gains tremendous killing power. When necessary, the Blue Silver Grass Ice Cones can be picked up and used as close-range weapons, or launched as long-range weapons."

Ma Xiuno nodded upon hearing that.

"Sounds pretty good..."

Su Yuntao, however, glanced at Yin Hao with some envy. A Blue Silver Grass martial soul could actually obtain such a powerful Soul Skill? No... it only sounded impressive. It probably would not be much use in actual combat.

After forcibly comforting himself a few times, Su Yuntao finally felt a little better.

At that moment, Yin Hao suddenly recalled the cool sensation that had appeared on the left side of his chest after he absorbed the soul ring. He reached beneath his clothes to feel around.

This was... a Dragon Scale?

The words External Soul Bone suddenly appeared in Yin Hao's mind, and he hurriedly called out to the System.

"System, open the status panel."

System panel opened:

Host: Yin Hao

Martial Souls: First Martial Soul: Blue Silver Emperor

Second Martial Soul: Sharingan (Single Tomoe)

Soul Power: Level 12

Soul Rings: First Martial Soul: Yellow (400 years)

Second Martial Soul: None

Soul Bone: External Soul Bone Ice Dragon Armor (Can grow)

Bloodline: Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline 37% (Awakened)

Assets: Debt of 5,500 Gold Soul Coins

"It really is an External Soul Bone!"

Yin Hao was overjoyed, but...

Back in reality, another question arose in Yin Hao's mind. This Ice Dragon Armor... why was it so small? It only barely covered the left side of his chest, protecting his heart.

No... it could move.

Using his spiritual power, Yin Hao controlled the Ice Dragon Armor and moved it from the left side of his chest to his left arm. Then, he tucked his hand into his sleeve and had the Ice Dragon Armor cover his hand. It slowly extended from his hand until it left Yin Hao's body and turned into a dagger.

What a good thing! Though it was still too small to be of much use for now, an External Soul Bone could grow! One day, it would grow into a true set of armor.

Since Yin Hao had done everything beneath his clothes, Su Yuntao and Ma Xiuno beside him were completely dumbfounded.

One moment, the child was sticking his arm into his clothes and groping around. The next, he was tucking his hand into his sleeve and fiddling with it... Had he gotten so excited after absorbing a hundred-year soul ring that he had gone stupid?

Su Yuntao and Ma Xiuno exchanged a glance. They understood each other's thoughts from their eyes alone.

Yin Hao also remembered that there were people beside him. He hurriedly pulled out his hand and gave an awkward laugh.

"I don't know what happened. I suddenly felt really itchy just now, so I scratched myself. Hehe..."

Hearing that, Su Yuntao and Ma Xiuno both nodded.

As long as he had not gone stupid. They had just spent so much effort and taken enormous risks to help the main recipient obtain his soul ring. If he turned into an idiot right afterward, that would be downright fucking ridiculous!

After leaving the Soul Hunting Forest, Yin Hao returned to the Spirit Hall branch with Su Yuntao and Ma Xiuno by carriage. As for the person driving the carriage... well, everyone knew. Same as before...

As soon as they returned to Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao, a seasoned simp, immediately ran off to find his goddess, while Ma Xiuno took Yin Hao to register.

He had to release his martial soul and undergo a Soul Power examination. After all that fuss, the registration was finally complete.

Then Ma Xiuno took out a Gold Soul Coin and handed it to Yin Hao, reminding him,

"Child, this is Spirit Hall's subsidy. From now on, you can come collect one Gold Soul Coin every month. Don't forget, or you'll lose it.

"Also, once your Soul Power reaches Level 20 and you obtain another soul ring, meaning you become a Great Soul Master, you can receive ten Gold Soul Coins every month. So go back and cultivate diligently."

"Okay."

Yin Hao nodded.

"Then I'll return to the academy first. Goodbye, Grandpa Ma Xiuno."

"All right, little Yin Hao. Goodbye."

As fate would have it.

Just as Yin Hao returned to the academy, he happened to run into Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, who were also hurrying back from outside.

However, the two were not in good shape. Their clothes were torn and ragged, and they looked utterly disheveled. Grandmaster in particular was covered in little bloody holes and lay unconscious on a small cart. His lips had turned slightly purple, making it obvious that he had been poisoned.

Seeing them in such a state, Yin Hao looked "shocked" and stepped forward with a "concerned" expression to ask,

"Little San, what happened to you and Grandmaster?"

Seeing Yin Hao's anxious expression, Tang San was deeply moved. As expected, Hao Ge still cared about me so much.

After his moment of emotion, he said with an ugly expression,

"Master was taking me through the Soul Hunting Forest to look for a soul ring when we ran into a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake..."

"Four hundred years? That shouldn't have been a problem, right? Wasn't Grandmaster there?"

Yin Hao asked in confusion. After all, he did not yet "know" Grandmaster's true strength and had assumed that Grandmaster's abilities were "unfathomable."

Sure enough, Tang San's mouth twitched at Yin Hao's question. He had never expected that this teacher of his was only good with his mouth. When it came to an actual fight, he could only fart—and only three times at that.