The room in the post house was brightly lit, and seven people Huangdou were sitting around a long table.
Chen Jieqi is sitting in the main seat. The bandage on his left arm has been replaced with a new one. Ye Lingling has just given him the last treatment.
Dugu Yan sat on his right side, spinning a tea cup in his hand.
Yu Tianheng is sitting opposite, his arms shaking from time to time. This is the sequelae of Soul Power's overdraft, which has not yet recovered.
Two brothers, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, huddled together, each with a half-eaten piece of wheat cake in front of them.
Osler was leaning against the wall, eyes closed, as if asleep.
Yu Feng was lying on the table, resting his chin on his arms, staring at the three brocade boxes on the table.
The brocade box is the trophy of the competition that Chen Jieqi received from Bibi Dong.
Three pieces Spirit Bone.
When the brocade box is opened, a golden halo overflows from the box, illuminating the entire room softly and brightly.
Three pieces of Spirit Bone lie quietly in the box, a white skull, a dark red right arm bone, and a cyan left leg bone.
Yu Feng was the first to speak, his voice trembling.
"Three pieces of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone... I have never seen so many in my life."
Osler opened one eye. "You only have a few years in your life."
Yu Feng ignored him and turned to look at Chen Jieqi.
"Team Chen, you can allocate it. Give it to whomever you want. I have no objection."
Shi Mo and Shi Mo nodded at the same time. "Me too."
Yu Tianheng said nothing.
Dugu Yan put down the teacup, glanced at Chen Jieqi, and curved the corner of his mouth, but did not speak.
Chen Jieqi looked at the three Spirit Bone pieces on the table, pondered for a moment, and then picked up the first piece.
"Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull."
The glistening white skull glowed warmly under the candlelight, and the lines on its surface were like some kind of ancient writing, flowing slowly.
He looked at Dugu Yan.
"Yan Sister Yan, you need mental support to control the field. Take this skull."
Dugu Yan glanced at him, did not refuse, and reached out to take it. "Okay."
Chen Jieqi picked up the second piece. On the dark red right arm bone, flame-like lines seemed to be burning, and there was a faint heat wave spreading out.
"Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone."
He looked at Yu Tianheng.
"Tian Heng, you are not a fire attribute, but Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has a wide network of contacts. Take this piece and exchange it for one with a suitable attribute."
Yu Tianheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
He took the flame's right arm, held it in his palm, and exerted slight pressure on his fingers.
"Okay. I will definitely change it."
Chen Jieqi picked up the third piece. The cyan left leg bone was as light as a feather, and the wind patterns on its surface seemed to be flowing under the candlelight.
He looked at Yu Feng and Osler.
"Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg Bone. You two, discuss it among yourselves.
Guessing, taking turns, I don't care who takes it. But the person who takes it must be worthy of the bone."
Yu Feng and Osler looked at each other. Yu Feng said, "Guess what?"
Osler nodded.
They both stretched out their hands at the same time. Yu Feng pulled out scissors, and Osler pulled out cloth.
Yu Feng grinned. "Concession."
He took the leg bone and held it in his hand, turning it over and over.
Osler leaned back against the wall, closed his eyes, and moved the corners of his mouth.
Chen Jieqi leaned back in his chair. "It's done."
Yu Feng was the first to react. "Team Chen, where are you?"
Chen Jieqi glanced at him. "I don't need it."
"No need?" Yu Feng's voice rose half a degree,
"Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull is useful to everyone. Your Holy Light Domain does not require mental power?"
Dugu Yan also turned her head and looked at Chen Jieqi. She didn't speak, but her brows furrowed.
Yu Tianheng spoke, but his voice was not high.
"Team Chen, three pieces of Spirit Bone, if you don't take any of them, what will others think?"
"It doesn't matter what others think." Chen Jieqi said.
"Then what do you think?" Dugu Yan finally said.
Chen Jieqi was silent for a moment.
"Give the skull to Yan Sister Yan, her range of control will be expanded, and the entire team will benefit.
If the leg bone is given to Yu Feng or Osler, the explosive power of the agility attack system will be increased, and the back row will be cut faster.
Give Tian Heng the flame arm to replace the thunder attribute leg bone, and his frontal attack will be more stable."
He paused.
"I'll take it, just one more Soul Skill, give it to them, the whole team will become stronger."
Shi Mo and Shi Mo looked at each other. Shi Mo whispered:
"Captain Chen, you..." Before he could finish his sentence, he swallowed it back.
Ye Lingling raised his head and looked at Chen Jieqi.
"What about you? You don't need to become stronger?"
Chen Jieqi The corners of his mouth curved.
"I will become stronger, but not by Spirit Bone."
Ye Lingling looked at him for two breaths, looked away, and didn't ask any more questions.
Dugu Yan lowered his head and looked at the crystal-white skull in his hand.
She suddenly felt that it was very heavy.
She put in Soul Tool and raised her head.
"Okay. I'll take it then. If you need it in the future, I'll cover it for you."
Yu Feng raised his hand. "Me too!"
Osler opened his eyes. "Plus one."
Shi Mo and Shi Mo nodded at the same time. "Me too."
Yu Tianheng didn't say "me too".
He raised his flaming right arm and looked at Chen Jieqi.
"The adaptive leg bone exchanged for this bone will clear the way for you in the first battle."
Chen Jieqi looked at them, and then he smiled,
"Okay, stop being sensational. It's time to leave. We have to travel tomorrow."
"Lingling, your Nine-Heart Begonia needs mental strength. The next Spirit Bone will be given to you first."
Ye Lingling nodded. "Okay."
"Shi Mo, Shi Mo, the defense system's needs for Spirit Bone are different from those of the agility and attack system. I will not forget you if I meet the right one."
Shi Mo and Shi Mo nodded at the same time. "We are not in a hurry."
"That's it."
Ye Lingling did not return to his room.
She sat on the stone steps in the backyard of the post house, the moonlight falling on her empty palms.
Footsteps came from behind. She didn't look back.
"Why don't you go back and rest?" Dugu Yan sat down next to her.
"I'm thinking about something." Ye Lingling paused.
"That skull, I thought it would be given to me.
He gave it to you, I have no objection, it's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that he didn't take any." Ye Lingling's voice was very soft.
"The reasons he said are all right, but I don't think they are all right."
Dugu Yan was silent for a moment. "You mean he didn't take it on purpose?"
"It's not intentional. It's because he feels that he doesn't need to use Spirit Bone to prove anything."
Ye Lingling raised his head and looked at the moon,
"His path is different from others."
Dugu Yan said nothing.
She remembered the look in Chen Jieqi's eyes when he said, "I will become stronger, but not by Spirit Bone."
It's not showy, it's not polite, it's calm. It's like saying something that has been planned for a long time.
She leaned on the stone steps.
"Then let's see how far he can go. We just need to catch up and not hold him back."
Yu Feng was lying motionless on the bed, still holding the leg bone in his hand.
Osler sat by the window and glanced at him.
"If you hold on tighter, Spirit Bone will sweat from your grip."
Yu Feng ignored him. "Osler, do you think Team Chen really doesn't need Spirit Bone?"
Osler was silent for a moment. "It's not that he doesn't need it, he just doesn't want to compete with his teammates."
"Then he didn't lose?"
"What's the loss? If he takes it, he is stronger alone. If he doesn't take it, a team of people is stronger." Osler closed his eyes,
"He is not settling his own scores."
Yu Feng turned over and raised his leg bones in front of his eyes.
"Captain Chen... is different from others."
Osler has no answer.
Yu Tianheng stood alone in the courtyard of the post house.
The moonlight stretched his shadow very long.
He looked down at the dark red right arm bone in his palm, the flame-like lines glowing slightly in the moonlight.
The sound of footsteps came from behind. He did not look back.
"Yanzi."
Dugu Yan walked to him and stood side by side with him.
"How do you plan to replace the flame right arm?" she asked.
Yu Tianheng was silent for a moment.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has a thunder-attributed leg bone in his inventory, which is 30,000 years old.
My family has always refused to give it to me, saying that I would have to wait until I had saved enough to contribute."
"What now?"
"Now I have this piece of fire attribute.
"He held the flame's right arm tightly and said, "Change."
Dugu Yan turned to look at him.
"As long as you can change it, it will be fine. If you are strong, you won't be left behind too much by me."
Yu Tianheng didn't answer, but looked at her firmly.
"He didn't get any money today." Dugu Yan said.
Yu Tianheng was silent for a moment. "I know."
"This is the captain."
Dugu Yan glanced at him and didn't answer.
"Go back, we have to travel tomorrow."
She turned and left.
Yu Tianheng stood there, watching her back disappear into the porch.
Then he turned around and returned to the room.
Chen Jieqi is sitting alone in front of the window.
The brocade box is empty, and the three pieces of Spirit Bone all have their owners.
The moonlight poured in from the window and fell on the mark between his eyebrows, glowing with a very pale white-gold light.
The voice of Sheng Hui sounded in Soul Ring.
"You are very generous. Three pieces of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and I didn't keep any of them."
"My piece is given to Yan Sister Yan." Chen Jieqi said.
"That's very generous of you. That skull can improve your mental power. You don't need it?"
"Needed, but not required."
"Then what is necessary?"
Chen Jieqi was silent for a moment. "They are alive."
Sheng Hui said nothing.
Chen Jieqi leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes.
Tomorrow, return to Heaven Dou.