Unexpected Gains

"Wow, that's such a generous haul!" Lang Lei's eyes widened.

Of course, he wasn't talking about the soul bone, but the ten-pull. According to the system, soul bones would instead become a burden to him in the end. Even if he obtained one, Lang Lei would most likely use it to charge his Second Martial Soul, Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment.

Only because this soul bone was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone did Lang Lei hesitate for just a moment. Of course, only for a moment.

"Same as usual. Use the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to condense a soul ring for Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment." At Lang Lei's command, the soul bone turned into a stream of energy and flowed into his Second Martial Soul, Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment. "Oh~ The condensation progress is already past halfway..."

Lang Lei opened the panel and found another reward in the system inventory: the Custom Anchor Point.

"System, explain?"

Item: Custom Anchor Point

Effect: After determining a placement location, the host may reach the anchor point with a single thought from then on.

Note: Other than the host, living beings cannot see or touch it.

Description: A helpful tool for home and travel.

"So it's like a teleportation anchor..." Lang Lei pondered. "Then I'll place it here. It'll be convenient when I come to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul rings in the future."

Ding. Placement complete.

In the blink of an eye, a translucent blue anchor point appeared before Lang Lei.

Lang Lei briefly sensed it, and sure enough, he could teleport through it.

"Brother Lang Lei, are you done absorbing it?" Griseo came over to Lang Lei's side at that moment.

"Mm, I'm done." Lang Lei nodded, then noticed the extra items in Griseo's hands. "Hm? Little Griseo, what are those?"

"I found them in the hole that big bear dug earlier. Are they useful to Brother Lang Lei? Here~" Griseo handed the items in her hands to Lang Lei.

Lang Lei accepted the several ginseng-like plants Griseo offered him with a puzzled expression.

Ding. Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng ×6

Item: Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng (Green)

Effect: Greatly replenishes blood and qi, nourishes the spleen and lungs, promotes saliva and quenches thirst, calms the mind and enhances intelligence, and can heal lingering ailments.

Description: A decent tonic.

"So that Earth Tyrant Bear was trying to stop us from taking the treasure it discovered..." Lang Lei mused. Through the system, he had also learned the big bear's name and age earlier.

Looking at the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng Griseo had found in that pit, it was easy to infer that the Earth Tyrant Bear had wanted to use the ginseng to break through and become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"Thanks, Little Griseo. I'll take you out for something tasty later!" Lang Lei ruffled Griseo's hair.

"Okay~"

Those blood ginseng might have merely been a novelty to Griseo, but they were still quite useful to Lang Lei.

Besides, he could sell one of them for some Gold Soul Coins to support himself and Griseo in the days ahead.

"Brother Lang Lei, what soul skill did you gain this time?" Griseo asked curiously. She remembered Brother Lang Lei saying that obtaining soul rings could grant soul skills.

"Hehe, take a look, Little Griseo." Lang Lei summoned his martial soul, Earth Dragon Dust, and activated his Second Soul Skill. His hair turned brown again.

Unlike when he activated his First Soul Skill, this time, golden motes of light swirled around Lang Lei, making him look like a god descending to earth.

"So, so pretty." Griseo reached out and tried touching the golden motes.

"Little Griseo, you can try attacking me once~ Of course, go easy..." Lang Lei said.

"Huh?" Griseo tilted her head, somewhat worried.

"It's fine. Or you can have one of those creations hit me once instead," Lang Lei reassured her.

"Okay..." Griseo summoned the most basic humanoid creation.

The humanoid creation approached Lang Lei and lightly swiped at him with its claw.

Alarm bells instantly went off in Lang Lei's mind. His First Soul Skill and innate domain activated at the same time.

Yet he was still sent flying by the humanoid creation's slap, crashing through several large trees before finally coming to a stop.

"Brother Lang Lei!" Griseo was startled. She quickly dismissed the humanoid creation and ran to Lang Lei's side.

Lang Lei patted Griseo's hand to show he was fine, then dusted himself off and stood up.

"Sigh, so there really is a limit." The motes of light surrounding Lang Lei had already vanished.

"I'm sorry..."

"It's okay. It's not Little Griseo's fault. Your brother was the one who wanted to test it," Lang Lei comforted Little Griseo.

"Brother Lang Lei, why did you do that?" Griseo looked at Lang Lei curiously.

"My Second Soul Skill can negate ninety percent of an attacker's damage while it's active, so I wanted to test its effect..." Lang Lei was a little embarrassed. In the end, he had not even withstood the weakest of her creations.

But that creation's attack just now...

I thought it would be at most on the level of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It looks like it should have reached the Fierce Beast level instead.

His soul skill had not completely failed just now. Rather, it had worked briefly before being forcibly broken. From the looks of it, his soul skill should work against soul beasts below, and including, the hundred-thousand-year level, and would not be broken immediately.

"Brother Lang Lei, don't do that again next time." Griseo puffed out her cheeks in annoyance.

"Pfft—" Seeing how adorable Griseo looked even when she was angry, Lang Lei could not hold back his laughter.

Stare—

Griseo fixed Lang Lei with an intense glare.

"Okay, okay, okay. I promise Little Griseo that I won't do dangerous things again." Unable to withstand Griseo's gaze, Lang Lei surrendered and agreed.

"Brother Lang Lei, you have to keep your word!"

"Mm, I will."