Killing Soul Beasts, Getting Spirit Bones

Ye Liangchen had already successfully obtained his first spirit ring. Next came finding a seventh spirit ring for Su Lin.

Ever since Teacher Su Lin had arrived in Star Dou Forest, she had been protecting him at close range. As someone who knew to repay kindness, Ye Liangchen naturally had to help her out too.

That night, after everyone finished dinner, while the three women were clearing the dishes, Ye Liangchen secretly took the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill out of his Game Backpack, mixed it into some mint-flavored Sugar Bean snacks, and pretended to eat them.

Seeing the three women busily boiling water and washing dishes, Ye Liangchen poured three more cups of hot water, placed them on the table, and waited quietly.

"Little Chen, you just finished eating, and now you're having snacks again."

After Lan Xiao Die and the other two finished cleaning up after dinner, they saw the little guy quietly eating Sugar Bean snacks and could not help smiling.

"Aunt Lan, Teacher Su Lin, you should eat Sugar Beans too."

Ye Liangchen picked up the Sugar Beans and held them to the three women's lips. For this kind of interaction between a child and his elders, the three women felt incredibly warm and happy inside.

In their hearts, this little guy was practically like a son. They doted on him beyond measure. One phrase could describe it: if they held him in their mouths, they feared he would melt; if they held him in their palms, they feared he would fall.

"Little Chen is so good."

"Crunch... crunch..."

As the three women chewed the Sugar Beans, their hearts filled with sweetness. Ye Liangchen also played into a child's nature, constantly taking out Sugar Beans and feeding them into their mouths. This interaction, almost like that between a child and his mothers, also made Lan Xiao Die and the others enjoy themselves very much. And just like that, without realizing it, Teacher Su Lin swallowed the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill.

"Aunt Lan, Teacher Su Lin, have some water."

Ye Liangchen even handed the warm water on the table to them. Sugar Beans were a snack made from a bean similar to broad beans; when eating this kind of snack, one had to drink water.

In order to keep Teacher Su Lin from noticing anything unusual, Ye Liangchen had racked his brains. After she drank a cup of warm water, her whole body would also feel warm, almost the same as the effect of a Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Smooch..."

"Our Little Chen is so good..."

After Teacher Su Lin drank the cup of warm water, she excitedly pulled Ye Liangchen into her arms and kissed his face several times, her heart feeling warm.

"Senior Sisters, I want to be Little Chen's Godmother. You don't have any objections, right?"

Teacher Su Lin asked the Lan Xiao Die sisters, thinking that having such an adorable son to dote on would simply be too blissful.

"Su Lin, you're about to become Little Chen's teacher, and you still want to be his mother? Don't push your luck!" The Lan Xiao Die sisters rubbed their foreheads, unable to bear watching.

They knew this woman had liked Ye Feng back then. Now it seemed she had truly transferred that love onto his son. The two of them were worried she might one day ruin the little guy, so they decisively refused, thinking, If anyone's going to be Little Chen's mother, it has to be us. Since when would it be your turn?

Damn it! I only did this to get you to swallow the Foundation Establishment Pill. And now you actually want to be my mom? That's terrifying.

Ten thousand alpacas galloped through Ye Liangchen's heart. He quickly struggled free from Teacher Su Lin's arms, ran to an open space, and began practicing Myriad Plum Blossom Swordplay.

"Heehee...! Su Lin! Look, you scared Little Chen away." The Lan Xiao Die sisters burst into laughter.

"Sigh! Senior Sisters, Little Chen lost his parents early. He's very pitiful. As the saying goes, a child without a mother is like a blade of grass. I just wanted to give him a little motherly care!" Teacher Su Lin smiled with all kinds of charm.

"Enough. Although Little Chen has no parents, he still has us to dote on him. You're also our junior sister, and we're all the little guy's Dao Protectors. When you count it that way, it's more or less the same as being his mother."

"I know! Both Senior Sisters have already given your daughters to him, so in the future, you'll truly count as the little guy's mothers too."

"The little guy is so outstanding. Of course we have to save him for our daughters. That's called keeping the good stuff in the family."

"Haha..."

The three women spoke quietly about these matters, letting out soft giggles from time to time. Looking at the little guy practicing his swordplay in the distance, the three women's eyes were filled with utter doting.

As Ye Liangchen practiced his swordplay, he complained inwardly, Getting the people close to me to swallow the Foundation Establishment Golden Pills without letting them notice anything strange really takes so much effort! Acting cute, playing adorable—I've used every trick a child can use.

This is way too hard!

Fortunately, Teacher Su Lin did not notice anything unusual, letting Ye Liangchen breathe a long sigh of relief.

Right now, this woman was only thirty-eight years old and had rank 70 Soul Power. Her aptitude was decent too. With his help, cultivating to Titled Douluo should not be a big problem.

To find Teacher Su Lin's seventh spirit ring, they had to head deeper into Star Dou Forest. Now that this woman was about to advance to Soul Saint, the Lan Xiao Die sisters had to at least help her find a Soul Beast over thirty thousand years old.

"Su Lin, protect Little Chen well. We're about to enter the area where ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts live. It's extremely dangerous."

Early the next morning, the group set off toward the region where ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts lived. Lan Xiao Die opened the path ahead, while Lan Xiao Ling guarded the rear. Teacher Su Lin and Ye Liangchen stayed in the middle.

"Don't worry, Senior Sisters! I'll protect Little Chen with my life." Teacher Su Lin patted her soft chest and promised the two women.

"Awooo..."

"Gah, gah, gah..."

From deep in the forest, the cries of various Soul Beasts rang out from time to time. Just hearing those sounds made one's scalp go numb. Ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts were truly terrifying!

Ye Liangchen held the Silver Dragon King's Inverse Scale in his hand to guard against accidents. He just did not know whether Di Tian would make a move. After all, humans and Soul Beasts were opposed to each other. Now they were going to kill a Soul Beast and still wanted the other side to help. Ye Liangchen felt that was very unreliable.

Forget it. He would take a gamble. In any case, Di Tian had said that if he ran into a problem he could not solve, he could ask him for help.

"Little Chen, you took out that scale because you're planning to call for backup?" Teacher Su Lin stroked the little guy's head and asked with a giggle.

"That's right! What if a powerful Soul Beast attacks, and Aunt Lan and the others can't beat it? What then? Didn't Di Tian say we could look for him if we were in trouble?"

Ye Liangchen chuckled, thinking that if these three women knew Di Tian was actually an over eight-hundred-thousand-year-old Golden Eyed Black Dragon King, they would definitely be scared silly.

"What a clever little imp." Seeing the little guy's quick-witted look, the Lan Xiao Die sisters smiled sweetly.

At the same time, several thousand meters away from Ye Liangchen and the others, Di Tian and Bi Ji stood on a tall mountain, observing Ye Liangchen's group. Behind them stood four more beings, all of them Fierce Beasts.

Those four Fierce Beasts were Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, the Ten Thousand Demon King, and the Scarlet King. All of them were Fierce Beasts over two hundred thousand years old, and Xiong Jun in particular had reached four hundred thousand years. He was a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and his strength was utterly terrifying, second only to Di Tian.

"Boss, are we just going to watch them hunt members of our Soul Beast clan like this? If you ask me, we should just eat them." Xiong Jun waved his enormous fists and spoke with sky-high arrogance, feeling that humans were nothing but ants in his eyes, fit only to be his food.

"Sigh! Brainless."

Bi Ji, the Scarlet King, Zi Ji, and the Ten Thousand Demon King all shook their heads, laughing at Xiong Jun. This fellow's intelligence did not match his strength, and they found him ridiculous.

"Idiot. If you dare touch that little boy, the Lord will skin you alive. The little guy belongs to the Goddess of Life. When the Destruction God King gets angry, our entire Soul Beast clan will be finished. You've lived for four hundred thousand years, and all you know every day is fighting and killing. Your brain hasn't improved one bit."

"The reason the Lord is building a good relationship with that little guy is also because she values his future. As long as he can become stronger and kill the Asura God, then to us, he counts as an ally."

"Our Soul Beast clan numbers in the tens of millions, and countless Soul Beasts among them are killing each other, with endless casualties."

"To change our future fate, letting them kill a few Soul Beasts is nothing. Besides, those Soul Beasts aren't our core members."

Di Tian tore into Xiong Jun without mercy, scolding the guy until he was left stunned.

"Boss, I was just saying it."

Xiong Jun scratched his head in a simple-minded way, looking as if he had been wronged, which made the other great Fierce Beasts burst into laughter.

Ye Liangchen's group continued searching for Soul Beasts deep in the forest, unaware that Di Tian and the others had been watching them the entire time.

There were many kinds of Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, but finding one that suited them was not easy. Everyone had searched for three straight days, yet they still had not found a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast suitable for Teacher Su Lin's seventh soul ring.

"Splash, splash..."

"There's a river here. Let's rest for a while."

On the morning of the fourth day, the group passed through a dense forest and arrived beside a river. They planned to rest, eat some dry rations, and recover their strength.

"Splash, splash... bang, bang..."

Just then, from a small lake a thousand meters ahead, the sounds of Soul Beasts fighting rang out, drawing everyone's attention.

"Roar, roar..."

A forty-meter-long blue Flood Dragon charged out from the surface of the lake, roaring from its mouth, then plunged back down toward the water. The Soul Beast in the lake was a twenty-meter-long giant crocodile, its bloody maw wide open as it waited in full readiness.

"Aunt Lan, two ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts are fighting in the lake. Let's go take a look. Maybe there's a soul ring suitable for Teacher Su Lin."

Ye Liangchen had sharp eyes. Seeing the markings on those two great Soul Beasts, he judged that both were at least over thirty thousand years old, and that blue Flood Dragon was probably even older, making it extremely suitable for a water-attribute Martial Soul.

"Su Lin, your soul ring has a lead."

"Senior sister, both those Soul Beasts are good."

"This hasn't been easy! We've searched for almost four days, and we're finally getting what we wanted."

The three women were very excited and brought Ye Liangchen quickly toward the lake.

"Roar, roar..."

"Splash... bang, bang..."

At that moment, the two great Soul Beasts were locked in a fierce fight. The lake water within a two-square-kilometer radius had been churned up by them, sending up huge waves. Two- or three-meter-high surges slapped against the rocks on the shore, making wave after wave of sound.

Ye Liangchen and the others arrived five hundred meters from the lakeside, hid behind a large boulder, restrained their auras, and quietly watched the life-and-death struggle between the two great Soul Beasts.

"Su Lin, this Long-Mouthed Crocodile has reached thirty-eight thousand years, while that Blue Scaled Flood Dragon is forty-two thousand years old. Both are top-tier Soul Beasts. Which one do you choose?"

Lan Xiao Die carefully examined the markings on the two great Soul Beasts and quickly determined their ages.

"Of course I want that Flood Dragon. It's over forty thousand years old, after all. No matter what, it's stronger than a thirty-eight-thousand-year one." Su Lin chose the Blue Scaled Flood Dragon without even thinking.

"Right now, both great Soul Beasts are at their peak, full of strength. It's best to wait until both sides are exhausted before we make our move."

The Lan Xiao Die sisters exchanged a glance. If they attacked now and the two great Soul Beasts joined forces, it would be troublesome.

Ye Liangchen carefully watched the struggle between the two great Soul Beasts. He figured they had probably started fighting to seize control of this lake. There did not seem to be any other powerful Soul Beasts in the lake, so that Long-Mouthed Crocodile should have been the overlord of this area.

"Crack..."

Just as the Flood Dragon tried to wrap its body around the giant crocodile, the other party suddenly turned and bit down on the Flood Dragon's waist, then rolled rapidly.

"Splash..."

A crocodile's bite force was very powerful, and this was a giant crocodile twenty meters long. Its strength was unimaginable.

"Roar, roar..."

The blue Flood Dragon cried out in pain, then immediately turned its head and bit the base of the giant crocodile's tail, trying to throw it out.

"Splash... bang, bang..."

Neither of the two great Soul Beasts was willing to let go, and they thrashed in the water just like that. The giant crocodile used its strength to roll continuously, while the Blue Flood Dragon also used its sharp teeth to bite down hard on the giant crocodile's tail.

"Crack... crack..."

"Roar, roar... awooo..."

An hour later, two miserable cries came from the lake. The giant crocodile's entire tail had been bitten off, while the Blue Flood Dragon's body had its bones bitten through in the middle by the giant crocodile, leaving only skin connecting it.

In the end, both great Soul Beasts were badly injured, filling Lan Xiao Die and the others with delight.

"Now. Move."

"Martial Soul Avatar."

"Bzz..."

Lan Xiao Die and her sister immediately released their respective martial souls, then used their seventh spirit ability, Martial Soul Avatar. With the boost from Martial Soul Avatar, their combat strength could be pushed to its strongest state.

Bang, bang...

"Mystic Ice Thorns..."

"Water Arrow Technique..."

"Like Water, Gentle Passion."

"Mystic Ice Dragon Flight!"

Striking while they were weak to take their lives, the two sisters unleashed all kinds of spirit abilities in a furious barrage. At last, they beat the two great Soul Beasts until they were on their last legs, with only a single breath left.

"Su Lin, do it."

Lan Xiao Ling flashed over to Ye Liangchen's side and protected the little guy, letting Su Lin launch the final blow.

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

"Sixth Spirit Ability: Water Sky Line."

Water formed from Su Lin's hands gathered into a three-meter spear and shot toward the Blue Flood Dragon's head.

Bang...

"Awooo..."

The spear pierced straight through the Blue Flood Dragon's head. Already on the verge of death, the Blue Flood Dragon suffered the powerful attack of Su Lin's Water Sky Line, let out a miserable cry, and instantly breathed its last.

Bang...

"Ice Pillar Strike!"

To prevent any accidents, Lan Xiao Die directly used her Fifth Spirit Ability to kill the Long-Mouthed Crocodile, and even sent the giant crocodile flying onto the shore.

"Bzz..."

After the Blue Flood Dragon died, its Soul Power gradually condensed into a large black ring, giving off a powerful aura. Su Lin immediately sat down cross-legged and began absorbing this 42,000-year spirit ring.

"Ha..."

A 42,000-year spirit ring was also an extremely difficult challenge for Su Lin. A sharp cry escaped her lips as she clenched her teeth and held on with all her might.

"Will Teacher Su Lin be all right?" Ye Liangchen looked at Su Lin, whose whole body was drenched in sweat and who seemed to be in terrible pain, and felt a little worried.

"Little Chen, don't worry! As long as the seventh ring doesn't exceed 50,000 years, it should theoretically be fine. Su Lin has been cultivating the Primordial Chaos Sutra during this period, and her body has become much stronger. She'll be fine," Lan Xiao Ling explained to Ye Liangchen.

"Aunt Ling, then how many years were your seventh spirit rings?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.

"My seventh ring was 38,000 years. My sister's was 40,000 years. Su Lin's seventh ring is considered very high in age."

"That big crocodile was actually pretty good too."

"It was, but that 42,000-year Blue Flood Dragon was even better."

Lan Xiao Ling and Ye Liangchen discussed the two great Soul Beasts from earlier and also felt fortunate for Su Lin.

Lan Xiao Die was guarding Su Lin from a distance. When she saw the giant crocodile's spirit ring in the distance gradually dissipate, she sighed. "What a pity. Such a good spirit ring."

At that moment, Lan Xiao Die walked over to the giant crocodile's corpse and carefully sensed it with her Soul Power. The next instant, her eyes lit up, and she immediately took a long blade out of her Soul Tool and began dissecting the crocodile.

A quarter of an hour later, a glowing spirit bone appeared, releasing a powerful Soul Power aura.

"A spirit bone."

Lan Xiao Ling cried out in surprise and pulled Ye Liangchen as she flew to Lan Xiao Die's side.

"Aunt Lan, a 38,000-year Left Arm Spirit Bone. This luck is way too good."

Over the past two years, Ye Liangchen had read many books and had learned a great deal about the types of spirit bones. This Left Arm Spirit Bone was also a strength-type one.

"Exactly! On this trip to Star Dou Forest, not only did we obtain perfect spirit rings for Little Chen and Su Lin, we even gained spirit bones."

"Sis, that Blue Flood Dragon might have a spirit bone too."

"Right. Let's check it immediately."

The few of them immediately went to the Blue Flood Dragon's corpse. Su Lin was still working hard to absorb the spirit ring, so to avoid disturbing her, the two sisters carried the Blue Flood Dragon's corpse farther away.

"Let's keep our movements light. We absolutely can't disturb Su Lin."

"Bzz..."

The sisters used their Soul Power to sense every part of the Blue Flood Dragon's body. The next instant, both their eyes lit up, and they cried out in unison, "Another spirit bone."

Seeing two spirit bones drop in a row, Ye Liangchen sighed inwardly as well: Could this be the luck brought by me, a cheater? Even the people around me are benefiting from it?

The appearance of the spirit bones filled Lan Xiao Die and Lan Xiao Ling with delight. In the end, they extracted a Right Leg Spirit Bone from the Blue Flood Dragon's corpse, which was likewise strength-type.

Two spirit bones, with ages of 38,000 years and 42,000 years respectively. If these two spirit bones were taken to auction, they could sell for at least tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins.