"Aunt Ye, I heard that only when someone absorbs a Spirit Bone of the same origin as their Spirit Ring can they bring out its full power. Besides, it wouldn't suit me."
Su Wen refused. This was Aunt Ye's opportunity.
She had a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Once she entered the Elder Hall, even the Super Douluos there would have to show her some respect.
"Xiao Wen, do you know how much a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone is worth?"
Ye Yuan'er's expression flickered with surprise. She thought he didn't understand how important a Spirit Bone was, so she prepared to give him a proper lecture.
"I know. It's priceless. Even you, Aunt Ye, a Titled Douluo, don't have one!"
Even as he spoke, Su Wen couldn't help grumbling. Ye Yuan'er had worked diligently for Spirit Hall as a Platinum Bishop for all these years, yet she didn't even have a single Spirit Bone.
He had no idea how she'd managed to be a Platinum Bishop!
Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, the two Popes, were both incredibly stingy.
They hadn't even rewarded their two most loyal Titled Douluos with Spirit Bones. By the normal timeline, Ye Yuan'er would have even less chance of getting one after entering the Elder Hall.
"You..."
Ye Yuan'er's face flushed. She had originally wanted to boast about how powerful this Spirit Bone was.
Now his words had left her speechless.
She gave a soft snort, folded her arms across her chest, and turned her head away, her pretty cheeks puffing out slightly.
"Hehe, Aunt Ye, you'd better hurry up and absorb it!"
Su Wen approached her with a smug look, bringing his face close to hers and meeting her beautiful eyes. Before Ye Yuan'er could say anything, he suddenly said something that shocked her:
"Once you break through, let's go look for a Spirit Bone. I know where there's a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and a Titled Douluo at level ninety-two is guarding the area. After you break through, we'll go beat him up!"
Ye Yuan'er shot Su Wen a look, not believing him at all.
He was just a little kid. How could he know where a Spirit Bone was, let alone where to find an incredibly precious Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?
She assumed Xiao Wen had made it up as an excuse to get her to absorb the bone.
Ye Yuan'er stopped refusing. The temptation of a Spirit Bone was simply too great.
If not for Xiao Wen, she would have already lost control and absorbed it.
While Ye Yuan'er absorbed the Spirit Bone, Su Wen busied himself with his Martial Soul nearby.
Now that he had obtained a Spirit Ring, the red oil-paper umbrella hadn't changed.
But one of the talisman seals on it had fallen off.
When Su Wen opened the umbrella, a cloud of red smoke drifted out. A Ghost Bride then floated out of it.
Her feet rested on red lotus flowers, and her hands, clad in red sleeves, were pale.
Beneath the red veil covering her head, her eyes glimmered faintly with a hazy red light.
Her wedding dress was as red as blood and stained with it, and the hem was slightly damaged.
Her exposed skin was delicate but pale.
Ten pitch-black claws, glossy as black jade, grew from her fingertips. In her palm, she held an iron chain wreathed in Nether flames.
A Yellow Soul Ring hovered beneath the Ghost Bride's feet.
"This..."
Su Wen tipped his head back to look at her hazy face, hidden beneath the red veil.
This woman was huge!
She was the biggest woman he had ever seen, both in his previous life and this one.
She was at least two meters tall.
But her proportions were perfect, her figure curvaceous.
Aside from being a little on the large side, there was nothing wrong with her.
Standing in front of her, Su Wen felt like a little pony pulling... something.
He could sense a closeness from her. Otherwise, the sinister aura she gave off would have sent anyone else running.
"She's wearing a wedding dress too, but it's not a Phoenix Coronet and Rosy Cloud Cape. Her clothes are a step below the ones on my Martial Soul. Could she be a dowry maid?"
Su Wen looked her over curiously and touched her hand. It was even bigger than Aunt Ye's.
"She's actually physical, and she came with a Spirit Ring. Could it be..."
Su Wen thought of a possibility: the Ghost Bride was also level twelve.
Her Soul Power was equal to his, and as he grew stronger, she would grow stronger too.
"Boom!"
Just then, Ye Yuan'er finished absorbing the Spirit Bone.
Her eyes opened, filled with delight.
"I've advanced another level. I'm at the peak of level ninety-three. Give me another three months, and I'm confident I can break through to level ninety-four. Xiao Wen... Hm... Who is she?"
Ye Yuan'er was looking for Su Wen when she spotted him pacing around the room, deep in thought. Behind him floated a woman in red, wearing a blood-red wedding dress. She followed him back and forth, and blood occasionally appeared beneath her feet.
The resentment, evil, and darkness radiating from her—
Ye Yuan'er's expression changed. She flashed over to Su Wen.
Her right hand shot out like lightning, reaching for the Ghost Bride.
The Yellow Soul Ring beneath the Ghost Bride's feet lit up. The Nether Chain in her hand rapidly extended, splitting into several chains that wrapped around Ye Yuan'er's arm from different angles before coiling around her body.
The flames burning along the iron chains scorched Ye Yuan'er's leather jacket on contact. Where they pressed against her skin, her fair, tender flesh turned red.
Ye Yuan'er gave a cold snort. Soul Power burst out of her, shattering the chains wrapped around her. They clattered to the ground, then dissolved into smoke.
"Aunt Ye, wait!"
Seeing Ye Yuan'er attack the Ghost Bride, Su Wen hurriedly opened the Red Oil-Paper Umbrella. The Ghost Bride immediately turned into a cloud of smoke and drifted back inside.
At the sight, Ye Yuan'er instantly understood that Xiao Wen had conjured the woman.
"Ugh, you little rascal! You burned me!"
The sections of Ye Yuan'er's leather jacket where the chains had wrapped around her were badly scorched.
Her delicate skin was red and marked with faint injuries.
It gave her a pitiful beauty, as if she'd been mistreated.
The marks quickly healed under the influence of her Soul Power.
"Aunt Ye, one of the seals on the oil-paper umbrella fell off, and the Ghost Bride came out. Her Soul Power is level twelve, the same as mine, and she came with a Spirit Ring. If I'm right, every time I advance a level, she'll grow stronger too."
"I suspect the remaining eight seals will fall off every ten levels, and something inside will come out each time."
Ye Yuan'er was stunned.
It was one thing for a Martial Soul to come with a companion weapon. There were actually things sealed inside it, too.
And such an unusual existence grew alongside its master.
"Xiao Wen, don't tell anyone about this for now. At least not until you've grown stronger. Of course, you can tell your teacher."
Ye Yuan'er could tell that Xiao Wen's Martial Soul was even more unusual than she'd imagined.
She even felt that the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was nothing special by comparison.
Su Wen opened the Red Umbrella again and let the Ghost Bride out.
A tall figure with a well-proportioned build.
Aside from her sinister aura, she was rather pretty.
She was just a little too big.
That was what Ye Yuan'er thought. Standing in front of her, Ye Yuan'er felt much shorter.
"Her Spirit Skill should be Entanglement. That move just now bound me tightly. The chains were on fire, but they didn't do much damage to my skin. It might be because my Soul Power is so high and I have a fire attribute. Still, it hurt quite a bit. I think she could at least take on a Soul Grandmaster."
Ye Yuan'er gave a firm assessment, leaving one thing unsaid.
She didn't want to get bound again. For some reason, it had felt as if her soul had been locked away.
That evening, Ye Yuan'er cooked a whole table of dragon meat.
The meat all came from the most precious parts of the Hellfire Dragon King.
After eating, Su Wen felt warm all over.
He sat on the bed and meditated, refining the power he had absorbed into his body.
By morning, he had advanced by about half a level, and his physique had improved as well.
He was sturdier—and bigger!
"Xiao Wen, I'm going to take care of the last of my duties as Platinum Bishop, then pay my respects to the Pope and enter the Elder Hall. Remember to go see the Pope, too."
Not long after Su Wen had gone to bed, Ye Yuan'er leaned beside his ear and spoke softly, reminding him.
He had already obtained his Spirit Ring, and according to Bibi Dong's instructions, he was to go and see her.
"Mm!"
Su Wen responded sleepily. By the time he got up, the sun was already high in the sky.
After washing up, he rummaged through the cabinet and found Ye Yuan'er's gold coins. He casually grabbed a handful, put them in his Soul Tool, and hurried out of the Ye Family home. Before leaving, he also took the candies inside.
After eating the dragon meat the night before, Su Wen had thought of a treasure that had yet to be discovered in Douluo Continent.
Whale Rubber!
Whale Rubber could improve one's physical constitution and increase the upper limit for absorbing a Spirit Ring.
If he used Whale Rubber properly, his second Spirit Ring could be a thousand years old at minimum.
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