Ten Thousand Year External Soul Bone

At this moment.

When Long Zhanye's gaze fell on Old Man Gu, he could not help but freeze slightly.

The old man who had previously looked out of breath, pale, exhausted, and sickly had now completely vanished!

Though his clothes were still worn and his figure still hunched, his aged eyes gleamed sharply, his complexion was rosy, and his breathing was steady.

This confirmed the vague suspicion Long Zhanye had harbored all along—

This old man had absolutely been putting on an act just now, deliberately slacking off!

He had shoved all the most dangerous fighting onto him and his senior brother!

Old Man Gu noticed the knowing look Long Zhanye gave him, and his old face reddened slightly.

Then he widened his eyes and snapped irritably, "Brat, what are you staring at? Don't you want your Soul Ring anymore?"

"Hurry up and absorb it! If the Soul Ring dissipates or causes other trouble, let's see who you cry to then!"

Long Zhanye curled his lip and did not argue further. After all, the Soul Ring was indeed more important.

He walked over to the Twin Cyclops's corpse, preparing to sit cross-legged and absorb this Fourth Soul Ring, which was more than forty thousand years old.

However, just as his gaze swept over the giant beast's heads and he was about to close his eyes and focus, he suddenly noticed something unusual!

Where the Twin Cyclops's two heads had originally been.

Though the area was now a bloody mess, deep within the ruined eye sockets.

There were actually two eyeball-shaped objects, each about the size of an egg, as though carved from jade...

They hovered quietly a few inches above the corpse, emitting faint fluctuations of Soul Power.

"What is this...?" Long Zhanye paused instinctively and looked at Old Man Gu in confusion.

Old Man Gu had originally intended to put on airs and continue urging him, but he followed Long Zhanye's gaze.

The moment he saw the two strange eyeball-shaped objects clearly, his entire body went rigid as though struck by lightning!

"Ahhhhhh—!!!"

A strange cry tore through the forest's silence!

The cane in Old Man Gu's hand clattered to the ground.

Completely disregarding his image as a frail old man, he scrambled over on all fours!

His movements were so swift that none of his earlier dejection remained.

He practically sprawled beside the Twin Cyclops's corpse, his old face nearly pressed against the two eyeballs.

His eyes were wide as bells, his mouth hanging open, unable to close for a long while due to his overwhelming shock and excitement!

His bony hands trembled as they pointed at the two eyeballs, waving wildly through the air as though he wanted to say something.

But he was so emotional that all his throat could produce were raspy gasps.

"Elder Gu? Elder Gu! What's wrong with you? What... what are these things?"

Startled by Old Man Gu's sudden madness, Long Zhanye hurriedly asked.

Old Man Gu gurgled for a long time before finally catching his breath.

Yet he still could not calm down.

His chest heaved violently, his gaze fixed upon the two eyeballs as though he had seen the most unbelievable treasure in the world.

Zhua Yun had never seen his teacher lose control like this either. He shook his head with an equally bewildered expression, indicating that he did not recognize them.

Seeing the two of them like this, Long Zhanye looked once more at the quietly hovering eyeballs.

Whatever they are, I should absorb the Soul Ring first.

He prepared to sit down again.

"Wait!!" Old Man Gu finally found his voice.

He grabbed Long Zhanye's arm with astonishing strength, his face a complex mixture of wild delight, envy, jealousy, and disbelief.

"You brat! You... you've stepped in the biggest pile of dog shit luck imaginable!! I..."

"In my life, I've killed and studied no fewer than eight hundred, if not a thousand, Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts! I've never even found an ordinary Spirit Bone!"

"But you?! The first time you properly hunt a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, you... you get this?!"

"What... what exactly is this? Could it be... a Spirit Bone?"

From Old Man Gu's reaction and words, Long Zhanye vaguely guessed something.

"A Spirit Bone?! It's far more than just a Spirit Bone!" Old Man Gu sputtered excitedly.

His other hand could not help knocking Long Zhanye on the head again. "Idiot!"

"Open your Heavenly Eye and look carefully! This is an External Soul Bone! An External Soul Bone!!"

"An External Soul Bone?!" Long Zhanye and Zhua Yun cried out at the same time, their voices cracking!

Spirit Bones were already supreme treasures coveted in the dreams of countless Spirit Masters.

But External Soul Bones were far rarer than ordinary Spirit Bones and possessed vastly greater growth potential. They were divine treasures that could only be encountered by chance!

In some respects, their value was not even inferior to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

Old Man Gu panted heavily and pointed at the two eyeballs. "That's right! They're External Soul Bones! And..."

"They're actually External Soul Bones in the form of eyeballs! This... this is simply unheard of!"

"That Twin Cyclops was born with two heads and two primary eyes!"

"I originally thought that if it produced a Spirit Bone, at most it would be a Head Spirit Bone, or perhaps a Spirit Bone from another part of its body..."

"Who would have thought! Its External Soul Bone actually directly took the form of its strongest organs—its eyeballs!"

"And... there are two of them!"

Old Man Gu's voice was filled with scholarly fervor. "This is likely related to its unique Chaos attribute and rare two-headed structure!"

"Before its death, its Soul Power core likely resided within those two eyeballs!"

"That is why the External Soul Bones condensed after its death took this form!"

"Incredible! Truly incredible!"

However, after the initial shock and wild delight passed.

As Long Zhanye looked at the two grayish-white eyeballs, he suddenly thought of a... rather awkward question.

He swallowed and asked hesitantly, "Elder Gu... um..."

"If I absorb these External Soul Bones, where... where will they appear on my body?"

Upon hearing this, the excitement on Old Man Gu's face eased somewhat. He was stumped by the question as well.

He stroked his beard and frowned in thought for a moment before shaking his head uncertainly. "This... even I cannot say for sure."

"The fusion locations of External Soul Bones are strange and varied; there is no fixed rule. Since these exist in the form of eyeballs, the most likely possibility..."

"Is that they will fuse with your own eyes, or appear elsewhere on your face, such as your forehead? Between your brows? Your cheeks?"

"Of course, they could also appear on your hands, your back... or even..."

He paused, seemingly imagining something, and his tone turned rather odd. "...They surely won't grow on your ass, will they?"

The excitement on Long Zhanye's face instantly froze, and he even began to look a little green.

External Soul Bones were great...

But what if, after absorbing them, the two eyeballs embedded themselves directly in his face, or two more eyes grew from his forehead...

Wouldn't that turn him into some four-eyed toad?

The image was too beautiful. He did not dare imagine it.