Taking Ah Yin's Soul Bone

Bibi Dong and Lin Huai appeared once again within Nuoding Academy.

Avoiding Tang San and his group, the two discovered a Soul Master cultivating in the woods.

Bibi Dong used her spiritual power to plant a suggestion, compelling this ten-year-old Soul Master to seek Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.

Following the young Soul Master through winding paths, they eventually learned that Yu Xiaogang had gone to the Martial Soul Branch Hall to collect this month's subsidy.

"Your Majesty, are the subsidies we distribute provided by the two great empires?"

Bibi Dong frowned, then replied:

"Previously, they were provided entirely by the empires, but in recent years, they have gradually decreased, and we have been covering the missing portion."

Lin Huai calculated the time it would take for Qian Daoliu to travel back and forth between the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent.

By then, they could not only sell low-level Soul Tools but also establish a Martial Soul Branch Hall on the Sun Moon Continent.

"The empires should have already given us this year's subsidies, right?"

Bibi Dong recalled the relevant files she had processed earlier and nodded slightly.

"Yes, but according to the statistics, there is only enough to distribute for another five months."

Lin Huai spoke with confidence:

"It's fine; when the time comes, we will simply stop the distributions."

"From then on, we will only provide them to Soul Masters who swear to join Martial Soul Hall."

"We will have the Elders pay a visit and let the empires arrange for their own city lords to handle the subsidies."

Bibi Dong's face showed concern.

"But this will cause the majority of Soul Masters to join the two great empires."

Lin Huai had anticipated that Bibi Dong would have such a question.

"How many of our branch halls across the regions do you think are riddled with corruption and defiance of orders from above?"

She was momentarily speechless; over the years, in order to consolidate power, she had shielded many mid-to-high-level officials who had violated the laws of Martial Soul Hall.

People like Salas in Heaven Dou Imperial City and Miles in Gengxin City.

Both of these men relied on her protection to act recklessly.

He did not notice Bibi Dong's sudden silence.

"Of course, as a major power, it is inevitable to have parasites; as long as they are dealt with in a timely manner, it will be fine."

"Therefore, the corruption within the two great empires will only be worse. Just watch—once this Soul Master subsidy is handed over to them to distribute, it will eventually be cut off entirely by the empires."

"Oh—found Yu Xiaogang!"

Bibi Dong snapped back to reality, looking at the flat-topped man exuding an aura of decadence, and felt a trace of surprise in her heart.

How did he end up looking like this?

The child who had been influenced rushed in front of Yu Xiaogang.

"Master! Please take me as your disciple!"

Yu Xiaogang felt a surge of joy inside; his personal charm was truly impossible to contain!

People were seeking him out to be his apprentice even while he was just walking down the street.

"Ahem—"

"What is your Martial Soul, and what is your Innate Soul Power level?"

The child answered excitedly.

"My Martial Soul is a Hound, and my Innate Soul Power is level two."

"I have already reached level ten, and I hope you can help me choose a suitable path."

The more Yu Xiaogang heard, the darker his expression became, until he finally waved his hand to push the boy away.

"Go away, go away. Someone with a mediocre Martial Soul and talent that will reach at most a Soul Ancestor has the nerve to come and seek apprenticeship."

The child insisted:

"Master, didn't you say that there are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters?"

"I have always taken your words as my life philosophy and worked hard to cultivate until now."

Yu Xiaogang roared directly:

"I told you to get lost, can't you understand?"

The child ran away with red eyes.

Yu Xiaogang muttered to himself:

"Teaching such low-talent trash is a complete waste of my time. I'd better think about how Tang San's future should unfold; he is my important reliance for washing away my past shame."

In the shadows.

Lin Huai watched Bibi Dong, who had once again fallen into deep thought.

"Your Holiness?"

"Aren't you agitated? This scumbag didn't just deceive you; you could say he was the fuse for everything that followed."

Bibi Dong's face remained calm, her tone leisurely:

"Didn't you already guess that?"

"I've seen through it, let him be. It's better to think more about how to deal with those soul masters who violate the law later."

"If it weren't for discovering Tang Hao and those two children, I might even regret making this trip."

Lin Huai was then swept up by Bibi Dong and appeared beside the child from earlier, quietly slipping ten Gold Soul Coins into his pocket.

No wonder the internet always said the most desperate expression was to leave in silence.

He had gained some insight; this was the first time Lin Huai had truly witnessed it.

Not long after returning outside the city, Guang Ling also returned.

He explained everything he had investigated.

"It seems this Tang San is the child of Tang Hao and that Blue Silver Grass."

"Innate Full Soul Power, yet they didn't value him just because they thought it was a trash martial soul?"

Bibi Dong's red lips parted slightly; she truly couldn't fathom the thought process of these people.

"It must be the hand of that god at work."

Lin Huai appropriately resolved the doubts in their minds, also avoiding any punishment for the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch.

A look of excitement appeared on his face as he spoke with some agitation:

"Tang Hao doesn't appear to have a storage Soul Tool on him, and his soul bone slots are already full."

"Then what about the soul bone left after his wife sacrificed herself?"

Both of their eyes lit up.

Guang Ling spoke first:

"I am fast, and the Pope has stronger spiritual power, so I will lure Tang Hao away, and the search for the soul bone will be left to you two."

Bibi Dong nodded: "Agreed."

Guang Ling instantly appeared above the other city gate, releasing a majestic aura.

"Tang Hao, you brat! After playing the rat for so many years, I've finally found you!"

Tang Hao, draped in a tattered black robe, instantly appeared before Guang Ling, his expression grim.

"Let us fight in the sky; do not harm the innocent!"

Lin Huai almost laughed out loud.

If Tang San weren't inside the city, he would likely have taken the city's commoners as hostages.

Guang Ling and Tang Hao transformed into two streaks of light and shot into the high sky.

Bibi Dong swept up Lin Huai once more and appeared in the center of the city, releasing her spiritual power to sense carefully.

"No relevant aura here. We are going to Holy Soul Village!"

Bibi Dong decisively carried Lin Huai and flew toward Holy Soul Village.

A moment later, Bibi Dong hovered above Holy Soul Village, spreading out her spiritual power once again.

A moment later, a look of joy appeared on her face.

"Found it!"

She appeared with Lin Huai beneath a waterfall.

Lin Huai took the opportunity to pluck a stalk of Blue Silver Grass, and under Bibi Dong's guidance, they entered the deep, dark cave.

Entering the depths of the cave, beneath a faint beam of light, a stalk of Blue Silver Grass with golden veins came into view.

"Is this that Blue Silver Grass?"

"Didn't it sacrifice itself?"

Bibi Dong muttered while using her spiritual power to search for the soul bone.

Lin Huai put on gloves, used his tools to extract Ah Yin, buried the previous Blue Silver Grass in the original spot, and even pretended to stomp on it a few times.

"It must be a special trait of a plant-type Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

Bibi Dong pressed her hand down and retrieved a lead box from a hidden compartment. Upon opening it, a breath of life rushed toward them.

She then closed it and placed it into her Soul Tool.

She did not ask Lin Huai why he had uprooted Tang Hao's wife.

"Let's go."

Lin Huai was swept up by Bibi Dong again, and after circling around, they returned to Nuoding City.

Just then, they ran into a visibly agitated Guang Ling Douluo.

The three of them departed from Nuoding City immediately.

"That fight was truly satisfying. That scoundrel Tang Hao was still nursing injuries, but when he used Ring Detonation, his soul power became rather strange. I was caught off guard for a split second, and he managed to escape."

Lin Huai pondered for a moment; it seemed the divine consciousness the Asura God had placed upon Tang Hao was triggered by Ring Detonation, thereby enhancing his combat prowess.

"He has divine consciousness on him as well."

"Damn it, why do these gods always love pulling stunts like this?"

After complaining, Guang Ling looked toward Bibi Dong.

"Did you find that Soul Bone?"

Bibi Dong took out the lead box and handed it to Lin Huai.

"Consider this a reward for helping me. The Fifth Elder has no objections, right?"

Guang Ling looked a bit puzzled:

"Giving it to little Huai is certainly no problem, but I'm surprised you're actually willing to part with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?"

Bibi Dong couldn't be bothered to pay Guang Ling any mind.

Lin Huai handed the flowerpot in his hands to Guang Ling.

"Grandpa Guang Ling, could you please take this Blue Silver Grass to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and have Elder Chrysanthemum plant it?"

Guang Ling was just fretting over how to avoid the upcoming discussion about Soul Cores back home, so he took the flowerpot and prepared to leave.

"Tell Big Brother and the others that I'll be guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and I can look after Little Xue while I'm at it."

With that said, he vanished.