Once the Soul Bones had been distributed, everyone's face shone with the joy of their gains.
However, they all put their Soul Bones into their Soul Tools, planning to wait for a suitable opportunity to absorb them after returning to the academy. That would prevent anyone with ulterior motives from noticing their sudden surge in strength, deducing that they had absorbed Soul Bones, and causing unnecessary trouble.
Qin Yuan soon told Feng Xiaotian and the others what had happened in Spirit City.
Feng Xiaotian sighed ruefully. "Xiao Wu might have been a little flighty, but she wasn't bad at heart. What a shame that she turned out to be a transformed spirit beast. Humans and spirit beasts are destined to be as incompatible as fire and water, and she became another victim of their struggle."
Yao Zi spread her hands. "Who cares? Her Spirit Ring and Soul Bone aren't going to end up in our hands anyway."
Qin Yuan told everyone about the theory that a hundred-thousand-year soul beast could sacrifice itself regardless of the recipient's cultivation.
They all hoped that a hundred-thousand-year soul beast might willingly sacrifice itself to them. Unfortunately, their hopes were destined to remain nothing more than fantasies. In reality, no spirit beast would be foolish enough to do that.
A side hall beside the Papal Palace.
The Papal Palace was, after all, a sacred place. Bringing corpses inside was out of the question.
Thus, Bibi Dong arranged for the senior figures of the various factions to meet here.
Tang Hao's skull bone had been removed, leaving little more than scraps of scalp on his head. With his skin severely burned as well, he was already very difficult to recognize.
"This Seat has invited you here to identify Tang Hao's corpse," Bibi Dong said, recording