A quarter of an hour after Hu Bai and Hu Leyao began absorbing their soul rings and soul bones, Bibi Dong arrived at their location with Hu Liena and the others.
When Xie Tian saw Bibi Dong and her group arrive, he had yet to react before Hu Liena threw herself at him. "Father, I was so worried about you! It's been almost a month. Why are you still in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
Xie Tian stroked Hu Liena's soft hair and looked toward Bibi Dong. Just as he was about to apologize, Bibi Dong spoke first. "Forget the apology. I've already learned the full course of events from Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
"The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Martial Soul truly is quite unusual. Since he isn't willing to follow the pure Mental Control path, so be it. But your luck has been remarkably good. You actually obtained an External Soul Bone as well?"
Only then did Bibi Dong notice that Hu Leyao was absorbing the Light Wing External Soul Bone of a Bright Unicorn. Judging by its age, it was the one Hu Bai had hunted.
Hmm? Wait!
With Bibi Dong's knowledge, she could naturally tell that this Bright Unicorn was around three thousand years old. Yet Hu Bai was clearly absorbing his Second Soul Ring!
His First Soul Ring was yellow and had already manifested on his body. What was going on?!
As for that External Soul Bone, as the Pope, she would not covet it. After all, she already possessed a Wing External Soul Bone herself, one that was more than fifty thousand years old.
Even aside from that, Hu Leyao was the mother of her two disciples and had contributed much to Spirit Hall in the past.
"Xie Tian, can you explain what you've been doing in the Star Dou Great Forest all this time? And why is Hu Bai already absorbing his second soul ring? It's even a three-thousand-year one. Even if he consumed Whale Rubber and could absorb an eight-hundred-year First Soul Ring, his Second Soul Ring should not be able to withstand three thousand years."
Xie Tian hesitated briefly, but he still gave a simple account of everything that had happened. Even he found this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest incredibly surreal.
Bibi Dong was Hu Bai's teacher. She should not harbor any ill intentions toward his External Soul Bone, right?
Spirit Hall was vast and wealthy; it truly possessed quite a considerable stockpile of soul bones.
A moment later, everyone was utterly stunned by Xie Tian's account. His First Soul Ring had come from the top-tier Lightning Attribute Plant System Soul Beast, the Thunderclap Nether Vine. Bibi Dong had only ever chanced upon the name of this soul beast in an Ancient Book.
Yet regarding this type of soul beast, this was the first time she had heard of anyone absorbing one.
That alone was manageable, but Xie Tian's next words stunned them once more: a Ten Thousand Years Three-Eyed Demon Fox Vertical Pupil External Soul Bone!
Hu Bai's Soul Power Level had directly risen to Level Twenty because of it, which was why they had failed to return to Spirit City within Half a Month!
Then there was the current situation. After several days, they had found this three-thousand-year Bright Unicorn, and luckily, they had obtained another Light Wing External Soul Bone!
If they had not seen it with their own eyes, Bibi Dong and the others would have thought Xie Tian was joking with them. Since when had External Soul Bones become so easy to obtain?
At that moment, Hu Leyao had also finished absorbing the External Soul Bone. The instant she opened her eyes and saw Bibi Dong, she was badly frightened.
She immediately rose and dropped to one knee, her face slightly pale. "Y-Your Eminence the Pope, why are you here?"
Bibi Dong:
Did she look like she ate people?
Why such a reaction?
"Get up. I already understand what happened, and I will not blame you. If things are truly as Xie Tian said, then I treasure Hu Bai as my disciple too much to even think otherwise," Bibi Dong said helplessly.
Only then did Hu Leyao realize that it had already been explained. Her beautiful eyes immediately glared behind her: Why didn't you tell me sooner?
Xie Tian understood the meaning in Hu Leyao's eyes and could only sigh helplessly.
While waiting for Hu Bai to absorb his soul ring, Hu Leyao carefully described all the abilities Hu Bai currently possessed.
Elemental Affinity (Control), Charm Physique, Power of Destiny, wisdom, and the Innate Sky Fox Domain.
Bibi Dong:
Qian Renxue:
As Qian Renxue looked at Hu Bai's handsome face, a strange light flickered continuously in her eyes. She asked in a crisp voice, "Does that mean Brother Bai can study Light Attribute soul skills with me from now on?"
Xie Tian smiled, his tone carrying a hint of respect. "If Young Mistress is willing to teach him, he should be very happy."
"Mhm, mhm. Then from now on, we'll cultivate together and improve together," Qian Renxue said with a beaming smile.
Staying beside Hu Bai allowed her to briefly forget the hurt Bibi Dong had inflicted upon her. It gave her the feeling that her heart was being healed.
In fact, it was not just Qian Renxue. Even the hostility around Bibi Dong seemed to be cleansed by that faint, elusive presence.
However, it was incredibly weak, so weak that Bibi Dong herself did not notice it.
Golden Crocodile Douluo, hidden in the void, fell into deep thought. He had accompanied Qian Renxue here not only to protect her, but also under Qian Daoliu's orders to see what Hu Bai was truly like.
If he had not looked, he would never have known. Once he did, he was thoroughly shocked.
Originally, he had believed that Little Xue was the Child of Fortune of this era. After all, she had innately reached Level Twenty Soul Power and had been designated to inherit the Angel God's legacy—or so Qian Daoliu had said.
Yet this boy, in less than a month, had obtained two rare soul rings and two soul bones?
His cultivation had leaped straight to Soul Grandmaster?
This rate of improvement was even fiercer than Little Xue's!
In three years, Qian Renxue had only raised her cultivation to Level Thirty-Three Soul Elder. She had advanced so quickly only because of the additional boost from consecutively absorbing two soul rings. (The levels in my setting are already considered fast. When Qian Renxue appeared, she was merely a Soul Saint, and she was already around twenty-eight years old then.)
Another two hours passed before Hu Bai finally finished absorbing his Second Soul Ring and opened his eyes. He had originally wanted to first sense how much he had improved, but Bibi Dong's presence gave him the same fright. Before he could react, Hu Liena had already pounced on him.
"Hehe, Brother, I brought Teacher to find you!" Hu Liena giggled, then leaned close to whisper, "Teacher isn't blaming us anymore."
Hu Bai looked at Bibi Dong and saw her give a slight nod. Though he did not understand the situation, this was good enough.
After Hu Bai stood up, Bibi Dong finally noticed that in just one month, his body had changed considerably. He had originally been only around 1.2 meters tall, but now he was 1.4 meters tall. And perhaps it was merely her imagination.
Hu Bai seemed even more charming than when she had first met him?
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