Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and Fountain of Immortality

Chen Huang used a red packet and imagined sending the dead tree to Yang Jian.

The scene before his eyes changed at once. What had clearly been a hillock now became a valley.

Only a huge pit remained in the valley. It had been left behind after the dead tree was taken away.

"Was that an illusion?" Chen Huang murmured.

Great Fat Sheep of the Ninja World: An illusion? Genjutsu? What did you see?

Chen Huang said, "Just now, I saw a hillock here, but now it has turned into a valley."

Great Fat Sheep of the Ninja World: But this has always been a valley. Could you have been under Genjutsu the whole time?

Chen Huang shook his head. "I don't know either." Looking at the hollow left in the ground, he said, "Maybe that tree was a Soul Beast."

Yang Jian, who was watching the livestream, accepted the red packet. The enormous dead tree looked as though it would burst through the roof of True Lord's Palace. Yang Jian hurriedly used a Divine Ability to turn it into a small sapling.

He then opened the Heavenly Eye on his forehead to inspect the dead tree clearly and thoroughly.

"This is... a bone? Is this the Spirit Bone Xiao Huang mentioned? It looks like a skull." Yang Jian used his Magic Power to extract the crystalline head Spirit Bone from the trunk.

The Spirit Bone shone with treasure light as well, at least in Yang Jian's eyes. He sent his divine sense into the skull and began studying it.

"Interesting. So this is a soul skill? It can rival some weaker Divine Abilities." Yang Jian smiled. Golden light blazed from the Heavenly Eye on his forehead, and an illusion spread throughout True Lord's Palace. If someone familiar with the place entered True Lord's Palace at that moment, they would likely recognize it immediately. Wasn't this Guangjiang Pass?

That was right. The effect of this soul skill was an illusion—one that changed the surroundings.

"It seems there's another soul skill. Absorption? It really is a soul skill suited for a tree." He sighed.

The effect of this absorption soul skill was to draw in nutrients and nourish itself in return.

Yang Jian had more or less finished studying the soul skills within it. The Spirit Bone was useless to him, so he sent it back to Chen Huang.

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: Xiao Huang, accept the red packet.

Seeing the message, Chen Huang asked in disbelief, "You finished refining it that quickly?"

Chen Huang accepted it, only to find a crystalline skull.

"Could this be... a Spirit Bone?"

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: That's right. It was found inside that Maze Tree. It has two decent soul skills.

"Two soul skills? Then it was a Hundred Thousand Year Plant Soul Beast!" Chen Huang said in surprise.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: What is the difference between a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast and an ordinary Soul Beast?

Chen Huang explained, "The hundred-thousand-year mark is a major threshold for Soul Beasts. Once a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast is killed, it is guaranteed to drop a Spirit Bone. The Spirit Ring it provides is also red, symbolizing a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring. Both Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones have two soul skills. Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts can speak human language. After that, they must undergo a heavenly tribulation every hundred thousand years. If they fail, they die. They can also choose to cultivate again as humans. If they survive the heavenly tribulation, they can be called Fierce Beasts."

Hundred Year Old Virgin: Isn't that just a demon?

Chen Huang nodded. "More or less. But after cultivating again, their Martial Soul will be their own original form. I've always felt that the people of this world are a little strange. Their Martial Souls might have been passed down by Soul Beasts."

He was now inside the valley, but he had not yet reached its deepest part. He needed to continue onward and find out what else was inside. Count Ye Ke's lucky encounter could not have been just that tree, could it? That meant he had most likely been here before.

Chen Huang reached the deepest part and saw only a pool of spring water.

"There really is something here. Could this be that lucky encounter?" Chen Huang said.

He crouched beside the spring like he was by a stream, scooped up a handful of water, and took a small sip.

"This water!" He felt that mouthful of water turn into some kind of energy before being absorbed by his body. Then his body seemed to develop a hungry feeling, urging him to drink more of the spring water.

Chat Group: This is the Fountain of Immortality. You can also call it the Fountain of Life, Undying Spring Water, or Youth Spring Water. Those who drink it can remain forever young. But this is no sacred spring. On the contrary, it is extremely sinister. The total amount of life force does not change. The Fountain of Immortality can absorb life, and those who drink from it can obtain that life.

The Chat Group's sudden appearance plunged the group into silence for a moment.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: Truly sinister. Infinite Venerable, this old Daoist's heart has been disturbed.

Great Fat Sheep of the Ninja World: Can this awaken my Sage Body to a deeper level?

Black Arm Zephyr: If it can restore my youth, then I can regain the strength I had in my younger days. That guy definitely won't be my match!

"Chat Group, if someone is gravely wounded and on the verge of death, will drinking the Fountain of Immortality instantly restore their injuries?" Chen Huang asked. He remembered that Pirates of the Caribbean seemed to have a Fountain of Immortality too, with a similar effect.

Chat Group: Yes.

Everyone's eyes could not help growing heated.

Chen Huang said, "I feel like this Fountain of Immortality will greatly benefit me. I feel like I need more."

He directly lowered his head and drank greedily, like an ox at water. The water level visibly dropped.

The more he drank, the thirstier and hungrier he felt. Only after a long while did he stop, when his body finally sent him a signal of fullness. He had drunk more than half of the spring water. The others watching the livestream were filled with envy. Yang Jian was fairly indifferent. Something meant for mortals naturally would not have much effect on him.

"But what am I supposed to use to hold this stuff? I had no idea it was water when I came here, so I didn't even bring a flask. Should I go out and get some bamboo tubes?"

Chat Group: The Fountain of Immortality must be stored either in gold, silver, or copper vessels, or in jade containers.

An awkward expression appeared on Chen Huang's face. How am I supposed to take it away now? It was bad enough before you said that, but now it feels like you're mocking me for being poor.

Chat Group: The Mall has suitable containers.

"Oh~" Chen Huang suddenly understood.

"How much should one portion hold?"

Chat Group: One jin. At least one jin is required for it to show its effects. Any less, and the effect will be much weaker.

"One jin, so about half a liter, right?" Gold, silver, and jade containers could be exchanged for just a few Points each. It seemed like a good way to make money, but he was not extravagant enough to spend Points on gold and silver. At most, he had around ten liters of Fountain of Immortality water—twenty jade bottles.

In the end, Chen Huang realized that even then, he could not carry it away. He could only choose to sell it all to the Mall.

The Mall appraised each bottle at 1,000 Points. He felt that was a reasonable price. At the same time, that price reflected its true value. There had to be significant restrictions on its use. Otherwise, why would it not cost five thousand or ten thousand?

Chat Group: Fountain of Immortality water is available in the Mall. Anyone who needs it can purchase it there. The Mall explains its range of effects. Its main uses are increasing life force and aiding those near death. However, for healthy people, it can only preserve youth and increase life force.

"Only increases life force?" Chen Huang released his Martial Soul. It was still that utterly ordinary Weed. Chen Huang was a little disappointed. After such a huge reaction, he had thought his Martial Soul would evolve. Had he really been overthinking it?

When I write, I don't write whatever other people like. In truth, I just want to write down some of the ideas I had while reading novels in the past.

This Magic Treasure is one of those ideas. Something like a thousand-year Thunderstruck Peach Tree Core can already be refined into a magical peachwood sword. A hundred thousand years is actually an incredibly long time. Of course, the age of Soul Beasts is very vague, because some have not lived for a hundred thousand years yet possess a hundred thousand years of cultivation.

I sincerely feel that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts can be used to refine an excellent set of Magic Treasures. That Spirit Bone is also quite similar to the Treasure Bones in Perfect World, with its innate precious technique. Its power should depend on one's own cultivation.

A lot of people now say Douluo Dalu's power scale is not very strong. One reason is Hidden Weapons, and another is raw strength. I think Third Young Master once said Tang San's strength was only a few hundred tons. At the time, I thought Hulk could sweep through Douluo Dalu.

But Douluo Dalu has gods later on, and their combat power is not judged by strength alone. They mainly rely on Martial Souls and soul skills. So after stacking soul skills and releasing a Martial Soul Avatar, how many times does their strength increase? It seems fairly decent.

I do not really understand how strength is calculated. I do not know how much force Garp needs to punch apart a mountain. It always feels like it is about the same as Douluo Dalu.

Also, as some readers mentioned, they could ask Zephyr for some Sea King meat. Of course I thought of that too. But on careful consideration, Soul Beast meat is actually about the same. No matter how impressive Sea Kings are, they have not lived as long as Soul Beasts, and Soul Beasts have Soul Power in their bodies while Sea Kings do not. Later, he can just use money to buy Soul Beast meat.