Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's Hidden Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones? Dugu Yan: Give Me a Full Set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones?!

"Return to the Sunset Forest!"

Dugu Bo stated without a moment's hesitation:

"The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Furthermore, only at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, by utilizing its extreme cold and heat, can we mask the energy fluctuations from your absorption of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to the greatest extent."

"More importantly..."

Dugu Bo patted the Soul Tool at his waist and chuckled:

"We still need to settle that 'Lady Tang' properly."

Upon hearing this, the corners of Dugu Yan's mouth curled into a smile.

Although snatching someone else's wife sounded rather unscrupulous, in the world of Soul Masters, the law of the jungle was the only rule.

What's more, this involved a future Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

Who would turn their back on such a heaven-defying opportunity?

"Senior, what do you think?"

Dugu Bo asked respectfully in his heart.

"Hmm, returning to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is a wise choice."

Yu Nan's voice sounded calm, carrying the composure of one who holds all the cards.

The Sunset Forest was, after all, Yu Nan's home base.

As the former Poison Dragon, Yu Nan knew the Sunset Forest like the back of his hand.

In fact, Yu Nan vaguely remembered that hidden somewhere in the Sunset Forest were several ten-thousand-year soul bones.

These were soul bones dropped by the countless soul beasts his predecessor, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, had devoured in the past.

(After Yu Nan transmigrated, he evolved into a Poison Dragon; henceforth, his predecessor shall be referred to as the 'Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor'.)

They had been buried by his predecessor like precious treasures.

Although Yu Nan's requirement for Dugu Yan's soul bone configuration was a minimum of one hundred thousand years, these ten-thousand-year soul bones would serve well to increase Dugu Bo's combat power.

"By the way, Old Poison Freak."

As Dugu Bo was speeding along, Yu Nan's voice suddenly echoed in his mind once more.

Compared to his previous seriousness, Yu Nan's tone now seemed quite casual, even a bit nonchalant:

"Since we are returning to the Sunset Forest, we might as well pick up a few things along the way."

"Pick up things?"

Dugu Bo was stunned. He instinctively slowed his flight speed and asked in confusion:

"Senior, the Sunset Forest is my territory.

Aside from the herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, what good things could there be that I don't know about?"

"Your territory?"

Yu Nan scoffed, his tone carrying the arrogance of a superior being:

"The Sunset Forest has always been This Seat's domain.

Back when This Seat was trying to survive the 200,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, I devoured countless high-level soul beasts in the Sunset Forest.

Some of those beasts dropped soul bones upon death. At the time, I was only cultivating my physical body and poison power, so I had no interest in those bony lumps and just buried them somewhere."

"Calculating the time, they should still be there."

"Since we are going back, we might as well dig them up.

Although the quality is average, they should be barely sufficient to bolster your old bones."

Hearing this, Dugu Bo froze, his flying figure stalling in mid-air for a moment.

Soul bones?

And several of them?

And they were meant for him to refine?

Dugu Bo felt his throat go dry, his heart pounding uncontrollably.

A soul bone was, to a Soul Master, a second life and a symbol of strength!

Even as a Title Douluo, he only possessed a single Medusa Head Soul Bone.

Now, someone was telling him there was a pile of soul bones waiting for him to dig up, and they were going to give them to him?

It was as if a pie had fallen from the sky and landed right in his mouth!

However.

After only a brief moment of excitement, the greed in Dugu Bo's eyes rapidly faded, replaced by a flicker of resolve.

He turned his head to glance at Dugu Yan, who stood beside him with an equally astonished expression, took a deep breath, and shook his head.

"This Humble One appreciates your kindness, Senior."

"But this Soul Bone... I cannot accept it."

"Oh?"

Yu Nan seemed somewhat surprised, asking with piqued interest:

"What, do you think what This Seat offers is not good enough?"

"I would not dare!"

Dugu Bo hurriedly explained, his eyes filled with affection as he looked at Dugu Yan.

"It is just that Yan-yan is currently at a critical stage in improving her strength; she needs these resources more than I do."

"This old man's life is already set; whether I am level ninety-two or ninety-three makes little difference."

"But Yan-yan is different; her future is limitless."

Having said this, Dugu Bo paused, his tone sincere as he continued:

"If any of these Soul Bones overlap with the parts Yan-yan has already absorbed, then this old man will shamelessly accept them."

"But if there are no overlapping vacancies..."

"I beg you, Senior, please allow me to leave all these Soul Bones to Yan-yan!"

Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan felt a sting in her nose, and her eyes instantly turned red.

"Grandfather..."

She knew her grandfather loved her, but she had never expected him to love her to such an extent.

Faced with a treasure like a Soul Bone, he had pushed them all toward her without a moment's hesitation!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Yu Nan let out an ambiguous sigh.

He seemed touched by this display of deep familial love, or perhaps he was mocking Dugu Bo's "shortsightedness."

"Enough, stop putting on this show of grandfatherly affection."

Yu Nan interrupted the touching moment between the two, his tone carrying a hint of amusement and arrogance:

"Old Poison Freak, do you have some misunderstanding about This Seat?"

"Since This Seat said they are for you, then they are for you."

"As for Yan-yan..."

Yu Nan paused, then uttered a sentence that made both grandfather and granddaughter doubt their own lives:

"Those few Soul Bones are merely tens of thousands of years old.

Does such trash deserve to be equipped on the successor I have chosen?"

BOOM!

This sentence was like a heavy bomb, detonating in the minds of Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

Tens of thousands of years of Soul Bones...

Are trash?

Do not deserve it?!

Dugu Bo's eyes widened, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg.

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone!

That is a treasure countless soul masters dream of!

If placed in the outside world, it would be enough to incite bloodshed, even causing brothers to turn against each other and fathers and sons to become enemies!

How did it become "trash" in the mouth of this Senior?

"Sen... Senior, what do you mean by this?"

Dugu Yan's voice trembled, unable to believe her own ears.

"Exactly what I said."

Yu Nan said indifferently, his tone as calm as if he were stating the simplest of facts:

"Yan-yan, since you have inherited the origin of This Seat and possess the Ice and Fire Golden Body."

"Then your starting point is destined to be above all living beings."

"Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones?

Such things will only limit your potential and tarnish your talent."

"I have only one requirement for you—"

"A full set of Soul Bones, and every single one must be at the Hundred Thousand Year level at a minimum!"

Silence.

A deathly, suffocating silence.

High up in the sky, only the whistling of the wind echoed in their ears.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were completely petrified.

A full set... of Hundred Thousand Year ones?!

Is this even something a human being could pull off?!

One had to know that throughout the entire history of the Douluo Continent, not even someone like Qian Daoliu of the Martial Soul Hall, or Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect.

Would likely dare to claim they possessed a complete set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, right?

This was simply... a fantasy!