After leaving the pond and entering the woods, Baron Dales asked the person beside him, "Did you sense it?"
"Yes, Lord Dales."
A Soul Grandmaster behind him said, "There was a Soul Power fluctuation coming from the bundle on that boy's back. It could only be a Soul Bone!"
Because Zhou Qing did not want to reveal the existence of the Storage Soul Tool in front of Romantina and Xiao Wu, he had not directly placed the Soul Bone into the Gray Pouch—
Storage Soul Tools were extremely valuable. Xiao Wu was currently impulsive and loose-lipped, liable to blurt things out carelessly and easily draw the attention of those with ulterior motives.
In the original story, Tang San had dared to use "Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges" at Nuoding Academy because Yu Xiaogang was his teacher. Though he was mocked by Soul Masters across the continent, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was still his backing, enough to protect Tang San during his early growth and spare him all sorts of unnecessary trouble.
As for guarding against Romantina...
Zhou Qing had known her for less than forty-eight hours. Though he did intend to bring her into the group, he still needed to observe her for a while longer. There was no way he would reveal such a precious Storage Soul Tool before her now.
Moreover, even ordinary people could sense the Soul Power fluctuations within a Soul Bone, as well as that enticing feeling. How could Dales and the others fail to notice it?
"Lord Dales, that Soul Bone should have dropped from the Moo Spring Ox they killed. Their luck is simply too good." Another Soul Grandmaster said, "Should we turn back now and kill them?"
Romantina was the daughter of Nuoding City's vice city lord, so her identity was indeed