"Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew..."
"Isn't this Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor's attached Soul Bone Skill?"
At the line of text before him, Ye Qingzhou immediately thought of Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
No, that wasn't right.
The God of Life was a lofty God King. Even if she was the kindest and most personable among the God Kings, she wouldn't keep an eye on the only Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor.
What did she stand to gain?
But... if he could use the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone's Soul Bone Skill, he could easily complete the Second Trial of Life.
Thinking it over, Ye Qingzhou decided the plan was viable!
Dugu Bo's deep, emerald-green eyes flickered. He looked at the four Soul Rings circling Ye Qingzhou, his gaze fixing on the First Soul Ring. He cried out, "Ye Qingzhou, how did your First Soul Ring become a Thousand-Year Soul Ring?!"
He remembered that Ye Qingzhou's First Soul Ring had clearly been a hundred-year one before.
Ye Qingzhou withdrew his Soul Rings. The four rings—purple, purple, purple, and black—vanished in an instant.
"This purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring is naturally a reward for completing the divine trial."
Ignoring Dugu Bo's shock, Ye Qingzhou turned to Ye Shuyuan and said, "Grandpa, my Second Trial of Life has arrived."
Ye Shuyuan smiled. "Oh? Tell us about it."
Ye Qingzhou spoke calmly. "I have to comprehend Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew. It can be understood as a kind of Soul Skill."
Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew?
Dugu Bo was puzzled. After all, this wasn't his area of expertise.
"And then? Don't tell me that's all there is to it?"
Ye Qingzhou nodded. After all, that was all the divine trial had said.
Seeing Ye Qingzhou nod, Dugu Bo continued, "In that case, don't we just have to hunt a Soul Beast with that kind of Soul Skill to complete it?"
Ye Shuyuan's expression gradually cleared. He smiled and said:
"Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew. How interesting."
He could understand why Dugu Bo had taken it that way. Dugu Bo wasn't an expert in this field, after all.
"Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew symbolizes the tenacious vitality of nature. Even after being ravaged by wildfire, grass still struggles to survive through its own resilient life force."
Dugu Bo, having been corrected, looked a little embarrassed.
He coughed. "So there's no direct way to comprehend this Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew?"
Hearing Dugu Bo's question, Ye Qingzhou replied:
"There is. When the God of Life conveyed the divine trial to me just now, she said that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone comes with the Soul Skill Wildfire Cannot Burn Out, Spring Breeze Brings Life Anew."
That left Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo at a loss.
Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were already rare. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the only Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts they knew of were the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. Where would they find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor?
They'd never even heard of one.
More importantly, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast wasn't something you could just stumble across.
Seeing Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo looking troubled, Ye Qingzhou continued, "Besides that, the Life God King also told me where the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone is."
Thankfully, the God of Life could take the blame for everything. Whenever something seemed unreasonable, they could just pin it on the Life God King.
At that, Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo's eyes lit up.
The Life God King was really going all out.
She was doing everything she could to help Ye Qingzhou complete his divine trial quickly.
"Good." Ye Shuyuan waved a hand. "We'll set off now. Xiaozhou, you lead the way."
Since Ye Qingzhou knew where the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone was, the rest would be easy.
There was no reason to put off the Second Trial when they could complete it right away.
Ye Qingzhou led Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo toward Holy Soul Village, near Nuoding City.
Nuoding City
The moment Ye Qingzhou, Ye Shuyuan, and Dugu Bo stepped through the city gate, they keenly sensed two unusual auras.
Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo exchanged a glance.
Ye Qingzhou, walking at the front, turned around to look at the two of them, deliberately feigning puzzlement. "Grandpa, Old Poison, what's wrong?"
Ye Shuyuan said nothing. His deep-set eyes quietly gazed toward a certain part of the city. His expression was calm, but a hint of wariness showed through.
Dugu Bo's expression had already darkened. A grave look flashed in his emerald-green eyes. "The aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the presence of a Titled Douluo."
Who could have imagined that a tiny city like Nuoding, the most inconspicuous city in the Heaven Dou Empire, would suddenly have the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and a powerhouse on the level of a Titled Douluo?
Ye Qingzhou feigned surprise. "What? There's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast here, and a Titled Douluo?!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the Titled Douluo's aura suddenly surged without warning.
A burly figure slowly emerged from the far end of the street and approached Ye Shuyuan, Dugu Bo, and Ye Qingzhou.
He was a middle-aged man in ragged clothes, with disheveled hair and beard. Reeking of alcohol, he looked like a down-and-out drunkard you might find on any street.
Ye Shuyuan narrowed his eyes slightly at the sight of him. "You are..."
He could clearly feel that the Titled Douluo's aura had burst from this man.
But he couldn't recall any Titled Douluo like him.
Dugu Bo was just as puzzled. Among the Titled Douluos he knew, none were as disheveled as this man.
The man's hoarse voice reached Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo's ears. "Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao."
"Medical Saint Douluo, Poison Douluo. It's been a long time."
Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo were slightly shaken.
He was Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao?
They had met Tang Hao before, but he hadn't been in such a sorry state then.
Seeing that Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo didn't believe him, Tang Hao had no choice but to summon his Martial Soul: the Clear Sky Hammer!
Only after seeing the Clear Sky Hammer did Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo believe him.
They took a deep breath.
If Tang Hao was here, that meant he had already claimed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Nuoding City for himself.
Ye Shuyuan exchanged a few pleasantries with Tang Hao. "Tang Hao, it's been a long time."
"I didn't expect you to fall so far."
Tang Hao picked up the thread. "Yeah. Even I'm surprised that I, the youngest Titled Douluo, ended up a drunkard."
He had a favorable impression of Titled Douluos like Ye Shuyuan and Dugu Bo, who hadn't joined any major power.
"As Titled Douluos, you must have sensed it too, right? The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Nuoding City."
Ye Shuyuan nodded in reply. "Mm. We sensed it. So?"
"You're smart men. Hand that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast over to me—to my son."
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