Bai Lu: I Want You to Absorb a Ten-Thousand Year Third Soul Ring!

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Zhuqing froze.

She did not have one, so why should she look at whether others did?

"If you don't have a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then keep an eye on whether anyone else does. If they do... hehe!"

A trace of ruthlessness appeared in Bai Lu's eyes.

"You... aren't joking, are you?"

The young girl looked at "herself" and swallowed softly.

The only Soul Master she had heard of who might possess a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was Bibi Dong.

She was the Pope, with Twin Martial Souls. How could Zhu Zhuqing possibly steal from her?

"Don't narrow your sights too much. I happen to know where there is a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone."

Bai Lu spoke casually, as though he were merely mentioning where something was sold.

The air in the stone room instantly froze.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes widened as she stared at her own avatar.

Or rather, she was looking at Bai Lu, who was speaking through the avatar.

"I... I don't believe you!"

Zhu Zhuqing's crisp voice trembled slightly.

She might not have been particularly clever, but she was certainly no fool.

"That's a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. If you really knew where it was, you would have taken it long ago!"

"Little Kitten, this world is far more complicated than you imagine."

Bai Lu chuckled. "Even precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures often have guardian beasts protecting them. Naturally, such a precious Right Leg Bone is no exception."

That was right. He was talking about Tang San's mother, whom he had never met—the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin!

He remembered clearly that after she sacrificed herself to Tang Hao, the Right Leg Bone she left behind had not been absorbed by Tang Hao, but stored away instead.

As it happened, the Original Work described the place where Tang Hao had hidden Ah Yin in great detail.

How detailed?

During the time since Bai Lu had transmigrated here, he had secretly searched the Mountains near Holy Soul Village. Without much effort, he had successfully found the valley where the Blue Silver Emperor was hidden.

It was a pity that, at the time, he neither had Hundred Thousand Years of cultivation nor had he made up his mind to undergo Humanoid Transformation.

He had not dared risk his life against a hammer falling from the heavens by rashly stealing the Soul Bone.

If he succeeded, everyone would be happy.

If he failed, setting aside whether he could survive—

Even if he did survive, Tang Hao would never leave Ah Yin there again.

Once the Soul Bone's location changed, he might never get another chance to obtain it!

"..."

Zhu Zhuqing fell silent.

She suddenly realized that Bai Lu was far more mysterious than she had imagined!

Before even reaching Hundred Thousand Years, he had already planned ahead and prepared resources for Humanoid Transformation.

Now that the person had already sacrificed herself, he still dared scheme for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

This... was a little too crazy, wasn't it?

Her thoughts churned as she softly asked,

"Then if a powerful guardian is protecting it, do we have a chance of obtaining that Soul Bone?"

Since even Bai Lu before his Humanoid Transformation had not dared take that Soul Bone, the guardian had to be at least a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast or a Title Douluo.

And right now, even at full strength, she could probably only contend with a Soul Ancestor.

"Do you trust me?"

Bai Lu did not explain. Instead, he tucked the hair before the young girl's forehead behind her ear and looked steadily into her eyes.

"I do!"

Zhu Zhuqing looked into those beautiful eyes of "herself" and nodded heavily.

If she could not even trust herself, then there would naturally be no way to change her fate.

"Then listen to me. Don't hesitate. Set off immediately—our destination is Notting City."

Bai Lu stood and released the young girl.

Previously, he had not known the timeline, so there had been nothing he could do.

But now that he had worked it out from Zhu Zhuqing, there was no reason for him to give up the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Because apart from the Continent Youth Soul Master Competition a few years later, only this point in time was the best opportunity to steal the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone!

"The path you and I walk is destined to be extraordinary."

"Ordinary Soul Bones are unworthy of you. Only the finest Soul Bones can support us as we walk to the very end."

As his words fell, the White Tiger Avatar turned into Light Spots and dissipated.

"I understand."

Zhu Zhuqing slowly straightened up and smoothed the wrinkles from her clothes.

Her voice was cool and detached, yet resolute.

"I won't absorb these Soul Bones, but I'll take them with me. When they are useful in the future, I'll bring them out and use them, allowing them to serve their final purpose."

"Smart!"

Bai Lu praised her. "Now, pack your things."

"Alright!"

Zhu Zhuqing began organizing everything, using the largest Storage Bracelet to pack up all of Bai Lu's possessions.

She placed the Soul Bones and other important items into another Storage Ring.

Finally, she stood at the center of the cave and looked around at what had once been Bai Lu's "home."

"Let's go. Let's set out on a new path."

"Alright!"

The young girl settled her thoughts and bent down as she crawled out of the cave.

The midday sunlight filtered through the treetops, dancing over the young girl's black hair and tinting it gold.

"To successfully obtain the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, do I need to acquire my Third Soul Ring first?"

Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath of the forest's fresh air and asked inwardly,

"With my current physical constitution, I should be able to absorb a Soul Ring over two thousand years old, right?"

"Too small. Your vision is too narrow."

In the Spiritual World, Bai Lu could not help shaking his head with a laugh.

"You absorbed my Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and you also awakened your Second Martial Soul. Your physical constitution has improved by far more than several times. Is this really all the ambition you have?"

"Isn't that enough?"

Thinking about it, the young girl realized he was right. Ordinary people could absorb a Third Soul Ring of around fifteen hundred years.

She had changed so much, yet she only wanted to absorb one around two thousand years. It seemed she had underestimated herself.

After thinking it over, she suggested an age limit she considered safe and reasonable. "Then... three thousand five hundred years?"

"I know that the Third Soul Ring of you Soul Masters can usually absorb, at most, a Soul Ring of around seventeen hundred years. And the so-called optimal Soul Ring configuration is merely yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red."

Bai Lu spoke unhurriedly, then suddenly changed the subject and asked,

"But since you have already stepped beyond the rules, why should you continue following these useless rules?"

"Then how many thousand years do you think I should choose?"

Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly and thought as hard as she could before making a difficult yet bold suggestion.

"Could It Be... five thousand years?"

That was already the limit she dared to absorb. If the age was any higher, she feared her body would not be able to withstand it!

"No! There's no rush to absorb one for now."

Bai Lu's gaze became distant as he spoke words that stunned the young girl. "Later, I want you to absorb a Ten-Thousand Year Third Soul Ring!"

"Ten thousand years?!"

Zhu Zhuqing stood frozen in place, instinctively thinking Bai Lu was joking.

Other people's Martial Souls went yellow, yellow, purple, purple, and only then black.

Yet Bai Lu wanted her to have two yellow rings, skip purple entirely, and directly absorb a black one?

This was no longer a question of whether it was reasonable or absurd.

The idea was simply heaven-defying!

She was only level thirty right now!

"Actually, everything I said is Very reasonable!"

Bai Lu naturally had his own plans.

It was known that absorbing a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring required considering two factors: one's physical constitution and the Soul Beast's spiritual shock.

Zhu Zhuqing had fused with the Slaughter Skull, and Bai Lu resided within her Spiritual World. She had absolutely no need to fear spiritual shock.

Even the Remnant Soul of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would definitely be no match for Bai Lu!

Therefore, Zhu Zhuqing only needed to consider her physical constitution when absorbing Soul Rings.

Once she absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, the level-thirty Zhu Zhuqing would possess a Second Martial Soul, one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

In this world, that would be nearly unprecedented and unsurpassable.

Not to mention that one of those Soul Bones possessed a Soul Skill capable of passively healing on its own—wildfires cannot burn it all away; spring winds blow, and it grows anew.

With so many major boosts, even if she could not yet absorb a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring, she would not be far from it.

As long as they found another way to improve her physique, Zhu Zhuqing absorbing a Ten-Thousand Year Third Soul Ring would no longer be a fantasy, but a practical feat supported by theory!