Thinking of this, Liu Yuan quickly turned and left.
He had no intention of lingering any longer. After all, he had accomplished everything he'd set out to do.
Not only had he confirmed that the villagers were all safe, but he had also brought the bandits under his control.
The bandits were weak, to be sure, but in a place this impoverished, having them protect the villagers should be more than enough.
So Liu Yuan decided to leave.
First, he returned to the bandits' stronghold and gave them a few more instructions. Then he headed straight back to the Land of Inheritance of the God of Death.
The journey back took about as long as the trip there.
So it would still take him over a month to return.
After successfully reaching the Land of Inheritance of the God of Death, Liu Yuan recalled his clone and devoted himself entirely to receiving the God of Death's inheritance.
He no longer had anything else to worry about.
His only goal was to receive as much of the inheritance as possible and raise his strength to Level 60 as quickly as he could.
After that, he could use his clone to kill Yu Xiaogang first.
As for Tang San and the others, he would deal with them after he truly emerged from seclusion.
Liu Yuan began receiving the inheritance.
The process was long and tedious.
He had thought this round of inheritance would be as easy to receive as the previous ones, and that he would finish in a few months.
But it turned out he had been far too optimistic.
Even after nearly two years, he still hadn't completed this round of inheritance.
During that time, Tang San had already made a dazzling impression at the Spirit Master Tournament.
Though Tang San and Tang Hao had ended up hunted like rats in the street, running from place to place because of Bibi Dong, Liu Yuan knew from the original story that this was merely a tactical retreat for Tang San.
From this point on, Tang San's life of cheating his way to success would truly begin.
First, with Tang Hao's help, he would learn how to wield the Clear Sky Hammer and master the Clear Sky Sect's secret technique, Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
Then he would evolve his Martial Soul from Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor, gaining the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone and Domain.
He would even go to the Capital of Slaughter, learn the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and secretly earn the Asura God's favor.
So, though Tang San seemed to have lost, he hadn't really lost at all. Not only that, he was about to start powering up, and in an utterly outrageous way.
Thinking of this, Liu Yuan couldn't help growing anxious.
Tang San was on the verge of growing powerful, yet Liu Yuan's latest round of inheritance had taken two years and still wasn't complete.
What was he supposed to do?
"Lord God of Death, is the inheritance... not finished yet?"
For once, Liu Yuan struggled to keep his composure. He looked at the God of Death beside him and asked.
"It's finished."
But the God of Death gave Liu Yuan an answer he'd never expected.
"Finished? When?"
Liu Yuan froze for a moment, and the concern on his face quickly gave way to joy.
"Just now."
The God of Death smiled at Liu Yuan.
Then he added, "Take a look at your new inheritance rewards."
Liu Yuan nodded at the God of Death.
He had waited two whole years for this day, and now he also had the pressure of Tang San to contend with. So as soon as he heard the God of Death say this, he immediately began checking his inheritance rewards.
First, he summoned his Martial Soul.
A strange "shh-shh-shh" sound rang out.
Then black light appeared, and an enormous black Great Scythe materialized in the air to Liu Yuan's right.
He reached out and grasped it. At once, he felt his Soul Power had been enhanced.
"This Soul Power..."
"Level 50!"
"Am I a Soul King now?"
"Then I'm only one step away from Level 60!"
Excitement blazed in Liu Yuan's eyes.
Whenever he thought about how close he was to killing Yu Xiaogang—only one final step away—he felt the blood in his veins boiling.
But he didn't stand there dawdling.
After summoning his Martial Soul and roughly confirming his Soul Power Level, he quickly began examining his Soul Rings.
He let out a low shout.
As the shout rang out, five neat red Soul Rings appeared behind him.
All five Soul Rings were red, but anyone with a keen eye for color could tell that each one was a deeper shade than the one before it.
Liu Yuan noticed this too.
But he had expected it, so he wasn't particularly surprised.
"Fifth Soul Ring, five hundred thousand years?"
"Not bad."
"I'll have to see what it can do."
After murmuring to himself, Liu Yuan began testing his new ability.
Through his tests, he quickly learned that his fifth Soul Skill was a support-type skill.
It was called Undead Rebirth.
It could help an undead spirit be reborn and gain a body. It could also be used on Evil Soul Masters to purge the evil nature within them.
Of course, whether they were ordinary undead spirits or Evil Soul Masters, anyone revived by Liu Yuan's skill would essentially become his loyal servant, devoted only to him from then on.
So this skill was still somewhat useful.
If he could retrieve the souls of powerful Soul Masters before they were utterly destroyed, he could use this ability to revive them and make them serve him.
"But I won't need it for now."
After studying it for a little longer, Liu Yuan set the skill aside.
First, he couldn't leave this place for the time being, so he had no way to gather powerful undead spirits or Evil Soul Masters.
Second, the skill had its limits. For example, as a Soul King, he could only control undead spirits at the Soul King level.
So while it was certainly a good skill, it wasn't especially useful to Liu Yuan at the moment.
He also checked the Soul Bones he'd obtained.
Last time, after completing a round of the God of Death's inheritance, he had gained three External Soul Bones.
Liu Yuan had expected to receive at least one this time.
So he kept checking and quickly looked to see whether he had gained any new Soul Bones.
Sure enough.
After inspecting himself for a moment, Liu Yuan discovered that he had gained a hand bone in each hand.
This pleased him somewhat, though he didn't get overly excited.
After all, it was still within his expectations.
But when he checked the ages of the two Soul Bones, he could no longer stay calm.
Because he discovered that the two Soul Bones he'd gained were actually both million-year Soul Bones!
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