Terror Claw Dragon Soul Bone, A Talk Under the Moonlit Night

Lin Yun looked at the brocade pouch in Zhang Lexuan's hand with surprise, and she immediately shoved it into his palm.

"Inside is a left arm bone from an 80,000-year-old Terror Claw Dragon. It has the solidified soul skill Rend, which allows all of the user's attacks to carry rending damage. It prevents the wound from being healed by any healing-type soul skills below your own rank, and it causes a continuous drain on the target's soul power."

"As for the pouch itself, it is a level-three storage soul tool with two hundred cubic meters of space, though it cannot store living things."

Lin Yun's expression turned a bit more serious.

"Is this yours, or does it belong to the academy?"

Zhang Lexuan replied, "It was a trophy from a year ago when I wiped out some evil soul masters. This soul bone doesn't resonate with me, so I couldn't absorb it. Elder Mu told me to dispose of it, but I never found the right person to give it to."

"After all, even though it is an 80,000-year-old soul bone, it carries the risk of granting the absorber a second, unknown soul skill. Furthermore, it has strict requirements: the absorber must be a male dragon-type martial soul master with a dark attribute who has not yet broken his primordial yang."

Lin Yun raised an eyebrow, looked at Zhang Lexuan, and said, "Senior Sister, you aren't pulling my leg, are you?"

Zhang Lexuan said with a straight face, "Of course not. Why would you think that?"

Lin Yun's mouth twitched as he said, "Because you might as well have just said my name. Can such a coincidence really exist?"

Zhang Lexuan looked at Lin Yun and said earnestly, "Believe it or not, that's up to you."

Lin Yun chuckled and then said, "Alright then, I'll take you at your word. This is a gift from you, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the academy."

Zhang Lexuan nodded and said, "Good. You can absorb the soul bone after you go back. Come walk with me for a bit."

Lin Yun agreed and said to Zhang Lexuan, "Very well. I've accepted your favor, so I shall do your bidding. Tonight, I am yours to command; whatever you say, I will do. I must live up to the weight of these two treasures."

Zhang Lexuan's face turned visibly red. She gave Lin Yun a shove and said, "Stop talking nonsense. What do you mean 'I am yours'? We haven't reached that stage yet!"

Lin Yun pretended to be confused and asked with feigned ignorance, "What stage?"

A faint blush colored Zhang Lexuan's cheeks, and for the first time in her life, she displayed a rare, girlish shyness.

"Nothing. Let's go. Let's walk a lap around the campus. I heard the Outer Court has been focusing on physical training these past few years, so I'll test you myself."

Zhang Lexuan walked ahead. It seemed that under the influence of Lin Yun's Pupil of Fear, she had finally walked out of the shadow of that night, and even her gratitude toward Mu En had become less intense.

Instead, she felt a more genuine connection toward Lin Yun, who had forced her to take that step. As Lin Yun pondered his next moves, he heard Zhang Lexuan change the subject.

"Regarding that matter with the Duke's family, I looked into it more carefully later. It truly was a pitiful family."

When Lin Yun heard this, his attitude soured, and he said with a hint of sarcasm, "Oh, I wonder which bastard organization did such a miserable thing? It's so hard to guess."

Zhang Lexuan coughed and said to Lin Yun, "Just vent to me if you must, but don't go around saying things like that in public. It's no joke if someone hears you, especially since you are already considered an evil soul master."

Lin Yun looked at the moonlight and continued, "True, even today, I am still an evil soul master. But I don't understand—Bone Douluo from ten thousand years ago didn't do evil, did he?"

Zhang Lexuan said, "Your Skeletal Bone Dragon is a mutation, after all, and the dark attribute within bone dragons is not a lie... Of course, the academy's current methods are flawed... and those flaws are in the majority."

Lin Yun looked at Zhang Lexuan and didn't let her continue. He gripped her wrist and said, "You warned me not to talk nonsense outside, yet here you are, saying things even more outrageous. I'm just an Outer Court student, but you are the Inner Court's head senior sister."

Zhang Lexuan's expression dimmed. She took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "If I had a choice, I would rather just be an ordinary girl, staying by my parents' side, instead of being some Inner Court head senior sister."

Lin Yun didn't try to persuade Zhang Lexuan further. One might be able to move past the trauma mentally, but in the spirit, those past sorrows only condense into a thorn.

You never know when it will appear and pierce your heart deeply.

Although Chu Zhengzhang's situation was different from Zhang Lexuan's experience, it was ultimately a case of nobles oppressing other nobles.

And both were in the Heaven Spirit Empire.

One wonders if that is just the noble culture there.

It was no wonder Zhang Lexuan was triggered, to the point where her emotions spiraled out of control.

After a long while, Zhang Lexuan suddenly looked up and said, "Enough. Being sentimental won't change anything. You can absorb the soul bone here; I will stand guard for you."

Lin Yun nodded. From the moment he had received the Terror Claw Dragon soul bone, he had already felt a sense of affinity with it.

Although it wasn't quite a hundred thousand years old, Lin Yun was already looking forward to fusing with it.

Without further ado, Lin Yun sat cross-legged, took out the Terror Claw Dragon soul bone, and began to absorb it...