A familiar surge of Soul Power stirred inside him, accompanied by a small energy cluster exploding in his lower abdomen.
Ye Xuan could feel his Soul Power breaking through from level twenty-nine to level thirty.
At the same time,
Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and the others standing beside Ye Xuan were all dumbfounded.
What had they just seen?
A Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone!
But—but that Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone had been transformed by Ye Xuan's Martial Soul into a diamond-shaped crystal, which then sank into Tian Meng's forehead.
"Holy crap!"
Yan wasn't exactly a cultured man, so when he saw what had happened, those were the only two words he could come up with.
Xie Yue and Hu Liena's chests were also rising and falling rapidly. This was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, after all—a genuine Blood River Treasure.
Falling Devil Douluo, standing some distance away, had gone red-eyed at the sight. But it had all happened too quickly: the Soul Bone had been taken out of the Pokeball Martial Soul, transformed into that crystal, and then fused into the forehead of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. The entire process had taken less than a second.
By the time Falling Devil Douluo had tried to intervene, the crystal had already been completely transformed.
"Damn! That brat's luck is just too good. Even I only have one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone on me..."
Falling Devil Douluo's sorrowful voice came from behind them.
When Xie Yue, Yan, and the others saw that the newcomer was Falling Devil Douluo, the Seventh Worship of Spirit Hall, they hurriedly bowed.
"Lord Seventh Worship!"
Seeing the three of them bow to him, Falling Devil Douluo finally wiped the pained expression from his face.
"You've all done well. Defeating a Ten-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant proves you have the combat skills to back up your strength."
For these elite disciples of Spirit Hall, every one of them was an absolute genius when it came to cultivation.
But cultivating quickly wasn't enough. They also needed enough combat experience to utterly overwhelm other prodigies of the same level.
The Golden Generation's trials were the platform Spirit Hall had provided for them.
Falling Devil Douluo had been in Spirit Hall for more than twenty years, so he understood perfectly well why the Martial Soul Academy had established seven places for the Golden Generation.
It was all about striving for perfection.
It also prevented the waste of cultivation resources.
Before long, the white glow surrounding Ye Xuan slowly faded, and his dark eyes opened.
But before he could even get his eyes fully open, he saw Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan glaring at him with displeased expressions.
"Well, junior brother, you're finally awake. Don't you have something you want to explain to the three of us?"
Hu Liena licked her lips. She didn't really resent her little junior brother for "keeping it all to himself."
But she hadn't been the only one who'd contributed this time. Her brother, Xie Yue, and Yan had both played a significant part.
The Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone produced by a purely spiritual Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was undoubtedly one of the finest Head Soul Bones on the Douluo Continent.
It was so rare that it rivaled a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Yet such a precious Soul Bone had been absorbed by Ye Xuan alone...
Hearing the faintly reproachful tone in Hu Liena's voice, Ye Xuan's eyes flickered with embarrassment.
"Well... it wasn't what I wanted, but it all happened too fast..."
Ye Xuan knew that "taking it upon himself" to keep the fruits of their combined efforts for himself was a truly terrible thing to do.
Tian Meng had just finished fusing with the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and had undergone a transformation in quality. Seeing Ye Xuan bear the blame on his behalf stirred a pang of guilt within him.
Even if none of it had been its intention, the greatest benefit had undeniably gone to it.
Xie Yue glanced down at Ye Xuan, who stood before him with his head lowered. He didn't actually want to make things difficult for his little junior brother, his sister's friend, but there was no helping it.
The resources provided by the academy were fixed. For a commoner disciple like him, if he wanted more, he could only fight tooth and nail for it.
Yan had never liked Ye Xuan, because of Hu Liena.
But at the very end of the battle, Ye Xuan had been the first to save his life.
That had taken a lot of the bitterness out of Yan's feelings toward him.
Still, the finest Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone should have been shared among the four of them. He'd be lying if he said he didn't have any feelings about Ye Xuan swallowing it all himself.
Just as the awkward silence settled over them, Falling Devil Douluo broke into their thoughts.
"You four don't need to agonize over this. I'll report the matter to His Holiness the Pope and the Grand Pontiff. Spirit Hall will give you all adequate compensation."
Hearing Falling Devil Douluo's words, Xie Yue and Yan couldn't help sighing.
Hu Liena simply walked up to Ye Xuan and pinched his cheek hard.
"My adorable little junior brother, could you please stop making your senior sister worry so much..."
Feeling Hu Liena's touch, Ye Xuan gave her a big hug.
"Hehe, thanks, Senior Sister."
Ye Xuan's gesture made Hu Liena stiffen.
But she quickly wrapped her arms around him too.
"Hmph, what good is just saying thanks? Why don't you give your senior sister something more substantial?"
Hearing the reproach in Hu Liena's voice, Ye Xuan slowly let go of her and turned his gaze to Yan and Xie Yue.
"Brother Xie Yue, Brother Yan, I really was in the wrong today. This top-grade Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone should have belonged to all four of us, but I kept it all for myself. I'll find a way to make it up to you..."
The farther Ye Xuan got into his explanation, the quieter his voice became.
Although he knew the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well contained Immortal Herbs, he wasn't planning to report it to Spirit Hall just yet.
Yan, however, looked at Ye Xuan as if he were about to blow his top.
"Brat, where do you think you're putting your hands? Even I've never hugged Nana!"
Clearly, compared to being compensated for the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, Yan cared more about Ye Xuan having just hugged Hu Liena.
Seeing Yan about to kick up a fuss again, Xie Yue quickly grabbed his shoulder.
Honestly, as far as Xie Yue was concerned, Yan was great in every way—except that he liked his sister. That gave him no end of grief.
After all, his little sister didn't like Yan at all.
"Uh..."
Ye Xuan tried to let go, but felt soft flesh at his waist being pinched.
Looking down, he realized it was Hu Liena...
"Tsk, I never noticed before, but now that I'm looking closely, you're actually quite handsome, junior brother."
Perhaps Hu Liena had always thought of Ye Xuan as a child.
It was only after he'd hugged her so tightly this time that she suddenly realized her little junior brother had grown up.
"Brat, you still haven't let go? Xie Yue, let go of me! I'm absolutely going to teach this brat a lesson!"
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