"Make the arrangements! You have to make the arrangements!"
Soul skills from spirit bones—those were the main event.
"Your abilities are all ready to go. There are four spirit bone skills in total: mental detection and sharing, mental manipulation, mental manifestation, and emotional control..."
With Tang Chen's introduction and Luo Mo's own observations, he basically understood what each one did.
Mental detection and sharing was Xiao Wu's second spirit skill, a spirit skill that combined detection and assistance. It could be shared with others, and it also had an added mental attack.
Mental manipulation was an assistance-type spirit skill.
Mental manifestation was a mental-type spirit skill. It called forth a spirit's form and used mental power to manifest something tangible, allowing it to interfere with reality.
Emotional control was the God of Emotion's divine skill.
The emotional control Tang Chen had provided wasn't quite the same. It only imitated the authority of the God of Emotion, using interference with the mental barrier to influence emotions. It was a pseudo-divine skill, far inferior to the real thing.
"That's enough of that. The spirit rings and spirit bones have all been sealed for a hundred years. With your cultivation, you'll be able to slowly break the seals."
"All four spirit bone skills have their own space to grow."
"As for the spirit bone skill, I can't do anything about it, but I can help you absorb your divine power."
After Tang Chen finished explaining, Luo Mo took out the divine bone and then conjured up a mirror in the sea of consciousness.
The white jade transformed into a piece of beautiful jade.
Luo Mo wondered whether the divine bone's evolution had anything to do with a spirit ring's age.
The first ring was Xiao Wu's, the second was Tang San's, and Tang Chen's rings had their limits raised by a hundred years. So, a ten-year ring would become a hundred-year ring, a thousand-year ring would become a thousand-year ring, a ten-thousand-year ring would become a ten-thousand-year ring, and a hundred-thousand-year ring would become a hundred-thousand-year ring...
Did that mean that a million-year ring could reach the level of a divine ring?
"Since you've brought up the subject, why don't you show me the effects of your divine ring?"
Q Version Tang Chen looked at Luo Mo expectantly.
He couldn't interfere with the spirit bones he had given Luo Mo, but he was curious about what kind of spirit skills Luo Mo had equipped them with.
"I'll try."
Luo Mo tried to sense the effect of the divine bone's first spirit skill, feeling that it was truly incredible.
"What is it? What is it?" Tang Chen asked.
"The spirit skill is called Peach Blossoms Fill the World. It has a total of two hundred thousand petals, split evenly between the left and right."
"Wow, two hundred thousand petals. That's a pretty big gap compared with my brother's spirit bone."
Tang Chen was a little disappointed.
Luo Mo gave him a "you've really got something, huh?" look. "My spirit skill isn't affected by spirit beasts. It has its own special system. Even if I absorbed a ten-year spirit ring, it would still have two hundred thousand petals."
Tang Chen looked as if he had just discovered a whole new world.
"Then what do those two hundred thousand petals do? Do they have some kind of effect?"
"My left-hand petals are called Peach Blossom Debt. If the target agrees, I can consume the affection they hold for someone without their knowledge and forcibly take it back."
"And my right-hand petals are called the Substitute Peach Blossom. They can swap the positions of two people who are completely unaware of what's happening. One side will gradually forget the other, and if there's a grudge between them, it can erase their mutual hatred."
After hearing Luo Mo's explanation, Q Version Tang Chen's eyes widened. "Isn't that just a revenge plot and a scheme to deceive people?"
"Hey, you've got it too. That counts."
Luo Mo shrugged. Tang Chen's brother had certainly made it easy to land that blow.
The divine bone's first spirit skill was worthy of its name as a Heart Demon spirit skill. It was entirely about deceiving Tang San. Luo Mo hadn't expected that the Substitute Peach Blossom could even be used to deceive people.
He had basically figured out the changes to Tang Chen's soul. He opened the barrier in the sea of consciousness.
He suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something. He thought for a moment, then realized, "Oh, right. I forgot to lure Yi Lao over."
Tang Chen was still unconvinced. "That old fellow can really be of any use?"
"Fair enough. If he's here, maybe he can help me put aside my grudge."
Luo Mo sighed and then withdrew from the sea of consciousness.
After he came out, Luo Mo saw that Xiao Wu and Tang San had already finished their practice.
Fortunately, the mental barrier Tang Chen had set up kept Xiao Wu from sneaking in while Luo Mo was distracted.
Noticing the Soul Beast Emperor's right leg bone, Luo Mo's eyes lit up. Now that he had mental manipulation to conceal its soul resonance, he didn't need to worry about Tang Chen noticing it. He could absorb it without concern.
He picked up the Soul Beast Emperor's right leg bone and sent his mental power toward Tang Chen. "Tang Chen, help me suppress this spirit bone for a moment."
"Sure." Tang Chen readily agreed.
The Soul Beast Emperor's spirit bone was easier to absorb than the one he'd absorbed before, and with the Soul Beast Emperor's right leg bone already relatively compatible, the absorption went much more smoothly.
After a moment, he successfully absorbed it.
"Four spirit bone skills: one for movement and one for healing. The healing ability can heal wounds and restore vitality, right?"
Luo Mo naturally had no intention of using Tang San's name.
"Pfft!" Tang Chen couldn't hold back a laugh.
"A six-thousand-year third spirit ring, a sixteen-thousand-year first spirit bone, plus a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, eight spirit bones, and four hundred-thousand-year spirit bone skills, along with eight hundred-thousand-year spirit skills... you're so ridiculously overpowered!"
Luo Mo's heart was filled with a single thought—
So, the three of us really were freakishly talented.
"If you put it that way, even a day's cultivation could count as a major breakthrough." In the sea of consciousness, Tang Chen rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Wait, a major breakthrough?
Luo Mo was a little confused. Did he mean that he had reached level thirteen just from sparring with Tang Chen?
That was impossible!
Tang San had only reached level thirteen thanks to the Mysterious Heaven Skill. After absorbing a four-hundred-year spirit ring, he'd only reached level twelve.
Luo Mo quickly realized the hidden effect of the traveler's blessing.
Because he had recommended that Tang San use the diary to bypass the restrictions on his spirit and travel freely, Tang San had now become able to absorb spirit power on his own.
When the two Soul Beasts had exploded into spirit rings, Tang San had absorbed one of them, while the other had been pushed away and dispersed over time. Tang San had absorbed that scattered spirit power too, which was why he had reached level thirteen.
Otherwise, Tang San wouldn't have been able to drag things out for so long.
And he could use spirit skills.
He could even keep the power from spilling out, leaving his face unchanged.
"Ah, I almost forgot. You've got a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone set."
Tang Chen only then remembered the little girl he'd helped conceal. "That little girl should be Xiao Wu, right? What are you planning to do with her?"
Luo Mo didn't answer. He turned his head toward Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu sat helplessly on the ground, crying so hard she could barely catch her breath. Her eyes were full of panic, confusion, and helplessness.
First, Tang Chen had seen through her disguise. Then Luo Mo absorbed her spirit bone.
She suspected her identity had already been exposed.
She was terrified that the next moment, she would be captured.
Especially when Luo Mo turned his gaze toward her, she was so frightened her soul nearly left her body.
Her lips trembled, as though she were begging for mercy.
But with the mental barrier in place, Luo Mo couldn't hear anything at all.
Still, the expression she wore as she watched him made him feel a pang of sympathy.
But in the end, he was still drawn along by the emotional control. He turned his thoughts toward how to deal with Xiao Wu and make the most of her.
With Tang Chen here, he didn't want to reveal the part of himself that hated spirit rings.
It would leave a bad impression.
And because Tang Chen was here, directly killing Xiao Wu and taking her spirit bone would be a waste. Whether he killed her outright or transformed her into a wise spirit ring, either approach would be less effective.
Of course, the most important reason was—
He really wanted to befriend Tang San. But that meant he needed Xiao Wu.
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