External Soul Bone

The [Life Miracle] effect was heaven-defying, but its soul power consumption was also terrifying. After less than three seconds of casting, his soul power, which was as high as level thirty, was mostly depleted.

Seeing his soul power nearing its end, Qin Yuan withdrew his palm and said:

"I'll heal you after my soul power recovers. Don't tell anyone about this."

"Don't worry, young master."

Li Fu quickly nodded upon hearing this, his gaze towards Qin Yuan filled with even greater gratitude, while a deep astonishment lingered in his eyes.

"Alright, let's go. We'll find some soul beasts while I recover my soul power," Qin Yuan nodded and started to move.

"Still looking for soul beasts?" Li Fu was stunned.

"What else? I'm level thirty," Qin Yuan said lazily without looking back.

"L-level thirty?!!"

Li Fu's old eyes widened, and he cried out in shock, frozen on the spot.

He had been on the verge of death just moments ago and hadn't noticed his young master's soul power level. He never expected him to break through the level thirty threshold so quickly!

In just a few days, he had gone from just breaking through to level ten to breaking through to level thirty. If others knew, they would likely be stunned.

Li Fu caught up to Qin Yuan, who had already walked a considerable distance, his old face still etched with shock.

Qin Yuan ignored Li Fu's astonishment, silently recovering his soul power while contemplating what his third soul ring would be.

Just then, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back. His brows furrowed deeply, a pained expression appearing on his small face, and he couldn't help but cry out in agony.

"Young master, what's wrong?!" Hearing Qin Yuan's pained cry, Li Fu rushed over, asking with concern.

Qin Yuan was in too much pain to respond. He suddenly fell to his knees, his hands gripping the ground, gouging out ten finger marks, and his throat was filled with pained groans.

Li Fu anxiously paced around Qin Yuan, unable to help. He hadn't even seen any injuries on Qin Yuan, and his clothes were perfectly intact.

"I... my back feels like..." Qin Yuan struggled to speak:

"...something wants to break out... it hurts so much..."

Hearing this, Li Fu's old eyes fixed on Qin Yuan's back. He saw nothing, but the next second, the clothes on Qin Yuan's back suddenly seemed to be pushed outward by something.

Riiip!!

Then came the sound of clothes tearing on his back.

Under Li Fu's shocked gaze, eight golden wings suddenly appeared on Qin Yuan's back.

These eight wings were identical to the dragon wings of the Eight-Winged Black Gold Dragon. The only difference was that the dragon wings on Qin Yuan's back were a miniature version of the Eight-Winged Black Gold Dragon's eight wings, and their color had changed from pitch black to golden.

"This, this is... a soul bone?!"

Li Fu found it hard to believe.

As the eight dragon wings burst from his back, Qin Yuan's pain abruptly stopped. He gasped for breath a few times and used [Life Miracle] to quickly soothe his uncomfortable body.

He straightened up, turned his head, and looked behind him, seeing the eight golden dragon wings attached to his body, as if they were a part of him.

He willed them to flap, and the eight dragon wings actually flapped. However, being unfamiliar with them for the first time, he used too much force, and he flew up directly, soaring towards a giant tree.

Seeing his face about to collide with the giant tree, he instinctively used a soul skill that had just appeared in his mind.

Qin Yuan, who was about to hit the giant tree, vanished.

Li Fu, who had rushed over to protect Qin Yuan, was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly searched for his young master's whereabouts.

"Holy, holy crap! What's going on?! Holy crap..."

Qin Yuan's startled cry came from above.

Li Fu instinctively looked up and was astonished to find that his young master had somehow appeared in the sky, falling freely.

Li Fu, below, spread his arms and walked back and forth, trying to catch Qin Yuan.

As Qin Yuan got closer and closer to the ground, he calmed down instead and flapped his eight dragon wings.

Qin Yuan's comprehension was extraordinary, and he learned things very quickly. Drawing on the experience of his first failure, he adjusted the force of his wing beats and surprisingly managed to stop his descent.

Finally, after swaying back and forth in mid-air a few times, he successfully stabilized his body.

Qin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, having mastered the use of the dragon wings. He tilted his head to look at the eight dragon wings behind him, pondered for a moment, and a thought appeared in his mind.

A soul bone that did not belong to the six soul bones of the human body was an external soul bone!

Qin Yuan exclaimed, "I only absorbed my second soul ring and I already got an external soul bone. What kind of heaven-defying luck is this?"

"Moreover, this external soul bone has granted me an ultimate soul skill—Teleportation!"

This teleportation had no distance limit. The more soul power consumed, the farther the teleportation distance. Theoretically, as long as he had enough soul power, he could even teleport directly from the Star Dou Great Forest to Heaven Dou City, thousands of miles away.

Qin Yuan was filled with joy and surprise. He loved this skill; it was one of the skills he desired the most.

In addition, besides the teleportation soul skill, this external soul bone also granted him the ability to fly. And with eight dragon wings flapping simultaneously, its speed was likely faster than a flight martial soul.

After a few moments of surprised reflection, he pondered for a moment, tilted his head to look at the eight dragon wings, and smiled:

"From now on, I'll call you—Golden Dragon Wings!"

Immediately after, he summoned his status panel.

[Name: Qin Yuan]

[Age: 12 years old]

[Martial Soul: Golden Dragon]

[Soul Power: Level 32]

[Soul Rings: Three-Clawed Dark Gold Dragon Soul Ring (6324 years) (+), Eight-Winged Black Gold Dragon Soul Ring (4444 years) (+)]

[Soul Bone: Golden Dragon Wings (4444 years) (+)]

[Skills: Chess Path Rank 9 (3234/50000), Carving Path Rank 9 (135/50000)]

[Evolution Points: 2]

He glanced at the Soul Power section and noticed the small plus sign was gone, meaning the two evolution points couldn't be used to upgrade his Soul Elder level by one.

Not overly surprised, his gaze shifted down to the newly appeared Soul Bone section, and he chuckled inwardly:

"As expected."

Soul rings could gain points, and soul bones could too.

He tested it out, consuming one evolution point. The age of the Golden Dragon Wings increased by a thousand years, just like the soul rings.

A smile played on Qin Yuan's lips. The future looked promising.

He didn't use the last remaining evolution point. He knew that the age of external soul bones would increase with the owner's cultivation, unlike the other six major soul bones. There was no need to waste it.

Afterward, he flew down. It didn't take much effort to retract the Golden Dragon Wings into his back. Then, taking Li Fu with him, he continued to search for a third soul ring.

Qin Yuan and Li Fu, each wearing a mask, roamed the Star Dou Great Forest like phantom specters, searching for prey.

As he searched, Qin Yuan mused, "Based on my investigations in previous years, I know that Tang San from Saint Soul Village is the same age as me, both twelve years old now.

However, according to the latest information, Tang San hasn't set off for Shrek Academy yet. The official plot is likely still a few months away."

He wondered if Rongrong would join Shrek Academy like in the original story... Qin Yuan stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Since Ning Fengzhi was Xue Qinghe's teacher and often visited the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace with Ning Rongrong, he had known Ning Rongrong since childhood. They had a very good relationship, practically childhood sweethearts.

On the Douluo Continent, there weren't many women he liked, only three: Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.

He had already laid an excellent emotional foundation with the first two. As for Zhu Zhuqing, he had never met her.

He wondered if Zhu Zhuqing had arrived in the Heavenly Dou Empire yet... Qin Yuan thought to himself.