"Phew, thank goodness. Teacher can still be saved!"
"If I'd been half an hour later, I'm afraid even a god coming down from the heavens couldn't have saved him!"
"Only..."
Feeling Yu Xiaogang's incredibly faint but still detectable breath, the heavy stone in Tang San's heart finally dropped.
However...
Looking at the mangled mess between Yu Xiaogang's legs, Tang San couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.
But now wasn't the time to worry about that.
After all, Teacher was in grave danger and could die at any moment!
Tang San was sure of one thing.
Anyone else on Douluo Continent would have struggled to save Teacher. Only he could do it.
After all...
Even he found Teacher's condition incredibly tricky to handle. He was a transmigrator who possessed the techniques and experience of the Tang Sect, a great sect from another world that had studied poisons for a thousand years.
And even after treating him, Tang San could only guarantee that Teacher would survive.
There was no way to restore the part that had been crushed.
In other words, from now on, Teacher would be a eunuch.
Given Teacher's prideful nature, he would probably struggle to accept the truth once he learned what had happened.
It seemed that after Teacher woke up, Tang San would have to talk him through it and keep him from doing anything rash.
As he thought, Tang San circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill. He tapped Yu Xiaogang's chest with his left hand, sealing his heart meridians to keep the poison from reaching his heart.
Then Tang San quickly circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill again, sending streams of gentle power through the meridians in Yu Xiaogang's body to flush out the poison.
Finally, Tang San cut open Yu Xiaogang's arm and pressed hard with both hands, expelling all the poison and pus-filled blood from his body.
After finishing, Tang San was left panting with exhaustion.
But after Tang San's efforts, Yu Xiaogang's face finally shifted from gray-black to pale, and his breathing steadied. He was still very weak, but no longer in mortal danger.
"Cough! Cough! Xiao San, run! Hurry!"
A little while later, after several violent coughs, Yu Xiaogang slowly opened his eyes. He woke and immediately cried out.
"Teacher, you're finally awake! Don't worry, we're safe now. But who hurt you so badly?"
Remembering the mangled mess below Yu Xiaogang's waist, Tang San clenched his fists.
Anyone who dared hurt his teacher, be they a Soul Beast or another Soul Master, deserved to die!
Though he couldn't help Teacher regrow his limbs, helping him get revenge was only right!
"The Auspicious Beast! It was that Auspicious Beast! Thank goodness it didn't hurt you! But where's Luo Sanpao?"
Seeing Tang San unharmed, Yu Xiaogang first breathed a sigh of relief. Then, with a thought, he summoned his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao.
The next moment, Yu Xiaogang's expression changed drastically!
He discovered that his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, had completely disappeared!
Even worse...
Not only his Martial Soul, but also the Soul Power he had painstakingly cultivated over many years had vanished without a trace!
Could that Auspicious Beast have devoured both his Martial Soul and his Soul Power?
If so, didn't that mean he had gone from being a Soul Grandmaster to an ordinary person?
No—worse than an ordinary person!
At the thought, Yu Xiaogang's mentality completely shattered!
Although his talent was mediocre, he had at least been a Soul Grandmaster.
Compared to the more powerful Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors, he naturally wasn't much.
But before ordinary people, he was still a lofty Lord Soul Master, which gave Yu Xiaogang a great sense of superiority.
Now that he had lost all his Soul Power, he felt as if he'd been knocked from the clouds and cast down into the mortal world.
The crushing disparity made his mentality collapse completely.
His body was still very weak and couldn't withstand such a shock. His head lolled to the side, and he passed out again.
"Teacher, Teacher!"
Seeing this, Tang San hurriedly caught Yu Xiaogang, keeping his head from hitting the ground and causing further injury.
At the same time, Tang San was worried.
Teacher had already suffered more than enough today.
If he also learned that he was now gone and would have to be castrated...
Tang San was truly afraid Yu Xiaogang wouldn't be able to accept reality and would go mad.
At the same time, he silently vowed to skin and dismember that Auspicious Beast that had hurt Teacher!
Leaving the shattered Yu Xiaogang aside...
Elsewhere, in the Star Dou Great Forest.
After successfully hunting the Crystal Bear, Yao Xuan withdrew his Golden Dragon Claw and approached the beast's body, satisfied.
"Achoo!"
Just then, Yao Xuan inexplicably sneezed.
"Oh? Someone's thinking about me? I wonder if it's that Little Scumbag Tang San or that old eunuch Yu Xiaogang!"
"Don't worry. Once I break through to become a thousand-year Soul Beast and take human form, I'll come play with you!"
A faint smile appeared on Yao Xuan's face as he prepared to activate Devour Evolution.
Just then...
He noticed a strange light flickering inside the Crystal Bear's corpse.
"Hm? What's this?"
Curiosity glimmered in his eyes. Yao Xuan extended his claws and cut open the Crystal Bear's corpse.
He exerted a little force with his five fingers and pulled out the object shining with strange light.
Looking closely, it was shaped like an arm. Its surface was smooth as jade and shimmered with an alluring glow.
"Could this be a Spirit Bone? I didn't expect to find an extra reward while hunting!"
Looking at the strange object, Yao Xuan formed a guess. With a thought, he activated Eye of Detection.
[Target: Thousand-Year Crystal Bear Left Arm Bone] [Description: A Spirit Bone from a thousand-year Crystal Bear. It is priceless and a treasured prize sought by billions of Soul Masters. It can also be passed down as an heirloom (can be devoured)] [Devour Reward: 70 years of cultivation]
As Yao Xuan focused, a transparent information window appeared before him.
"Haha, I was right. It really is a Spirit Bone! They say the Emperor Auspicious Beast is blessed by the fortune of the Soul Beast Clan. Looks like I really am lucky!"
Looking at the result returned by Eye of Detection, Yao Xuan's lips curled into a faint, happy smile.
He hadn't expected to obtain a priceless thousand-year Spirit Bone on his very first hunt after arriving in the Star Dou Great Forest!
The Star Dou Great Forest really was his lucky place!
What was more, the final line about the thousand-year Spirit Bone made Yao Xuan even more excited!
To Soul Beasts, Spirit Bones—so precious in the eyes of Soul Masters—were merely objects to admire. They couldn't fuse with them.
But he could use the system's Devour Evolution ability to devour this Spirit Bone and convert it into cultivation!
Moreover...
Although this was only a thousand-year Spirit Bone, it was an extraordinarily rare treasure in the Soul Master World, and it could provide Yao Xuan with a full seventy years of cultivation—bringing him one step closer to becoming a thousand-year Soul Beast!
"Devour it! Become the fuel for my evolution into a thousand-year Soul Beast!"
With that, Yao Xuan activated Devour Evolution without hesitation!
The next moment, a brilliant red glow enveloped the entire Thousand-Year Crystal Bear Left Arm Bone!
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