Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone

Everyone except Li Jiuxuan instinctively circulated their Soul Power to resist the pressure from the Soul Bone.

"This... it's more than ten thousand years old..."

Han Ningshuang and Xue Furong furrowed their brows. "This aura... could it be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone...?"

Shui Yuerong's expression remained calm as she presented the Soul Bone, its violent aura suppressed, to everyone.

It was a translucent, silver-blue dragon-shaped Soul Bone, its entire surface shimmering with the sheen of cold jade and covered in fine, naturally formed scales.

Though suppressed, its savage aura could still be felt, like a tyrannical, frenzied windstorm dragon bursting through the bones of a slumbering ancient world, ready to lay waste to the land!

"Indeed. This Soul Bone came from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon," Shui Yuerong said.

Everyone understood at once, because Shui Yuerong's ninth Soul Ring was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

And hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was guaranteed to produce a Soul Bone!

"Yuerong, why didn't you absorb such a precious Soul Bone?" Han Ningshuang asked in surprise.

Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring would almost always have a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to match.

"This is a left leg bone. It contains the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon's violent ice attribute and Extreme Speed!"

Shui Yuerong shook her head. "After I killed that beast, I received your long-distance message and learned the academy was in danger, so I rushed straight back. I didn't have time to absorb it."

"Then, now..." Han Ningshuang hesitated.

"Now, I'm giving it to Li Jiuxuan."

Seeing that Li Jiuxuan wasn't cowed by the Soul Bone's ferocity, Shui Yuerong's lips curved faintly. With a thought, the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone flew straight to him.

As the Soul Bone drew near, Han Ningshuang and Xue Furong's clothes snapped in the wind and their bodies tensed. They had to circulate half their Soul Power to withstand its violent aura.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, meanwhile, stumbled backward several steps. The pressure left them gasping for breath, on the verge of fainting.

Seeing this, Han Ningshuang and Xue Furong immediately shielded the two students, blocking the violent aura for them.

The two instructors couldn't help thinking how unbelievably powerful this Soul Bone was. Even sealed by Shui Yuerong's Titled Douluo Soul Power and icy energy, it still radiated such terrifying pressure!

But...

Why wasn't that Li Jiuxuan affected at all?

The young man stood calmly beside them, curiously examining the glowing Soul Bone.

"You're giving it to me?"

After looking it over, Li Jiuxuan raised his head in confusion.

There was no doubt this was an incredible treasure!

There were even Titled Douluo on the continent who didn't have a single Soul Bone.

And this one was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow is the foundation within me, and my ice attribute has nearly reached its limit. So the extreme ice power it contains would be useless to me. Besides, I'm a control-type Soul Master, so Extreme Speed wouldn't increase my strength by much. And even if I stayed seated at Skywater Academy, I could still bring a bitter winter blizzard down upon the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!"

Shui Yuerong crossed her snow-white legs high and rested one hand against her sharply defined cheek, radiating absolute confidence.

She felt that since Li Jiuxuan was willing to give up a divine treasure like the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, she, as the academy's head, couldn't afford to be stingy.

Originally, she'd intended to save this Soul Bone for Shui Bing'er.

Li Jiuxuan considered it, then looked at Shui Yuerong. "But it would give a Soul Master another powerful Soul Skill. If you absorbed it, your strength could rise another level."

Shui Yuerong shook her head. "As the head of Skywater Academy, I want to see our students stand on their own two feet. Our academy's foundation is still too weak, and we can't provide you with many resources. If I kept all the good things for myself on top of that, I'd be far too selfish."

"Am I... officially a student of Skywater Academy now?" Li Jiuxuan blurted out.

Shui Yuerong's expression remained blank. She didn't answer, but continued, "Besides, it seems my guess was right. Even a Soul Saint would struggle to absorb the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon's Soul Bone, let alone a low-level Soul Master. But you're different, Li Jiuxuan. Your Ice Dragon King Martial Soul is divine by nature. Dragons share the same origin, and you're a holy king among dragons. You were born to suppress these beasts!"

Just now, Han Ningshuang and Xue Furong, one a Soul Emperor and the other a Soul Saint, had both been driven back by the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon's Soul Bone. Yet Li Jiuxuan, a mere seventeenth-level Soul Master, stood firm, untouched by its violent power!

Li Jiuxuan blinked as he looked at Shui Yuerong. Honestly, for the first time, he'd begun to see the academy head in a different light.

She might seem aloof, taciturn, and indifferent to others, but in truth, she was fair-minded and generous, never coveting opportunities for herself and always thinking of the academy and its students!

She'd handed over such a precious treasure to them...

It wasn't as if she had much money to spare, either.

"All right, then. Thank you, Headmaster." Li Jiuxuan didn't hesitate; he wouldn't refuse what was rightfully his.

He'd already given up the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, so he might as well accept this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as compensation.

"You three, sit here and absorb your treasures. I'll protect you," Shui Yuerong said with a wave of her hand.

Han Ningshuang and Xue Furong remained silent. Without Shui Yuerong, the three youngsters wouldn't be able to absorb them.

Today, these two exceptional resources had truly left them dumbfounded. Suddenly, the Ice Pill and Cold Spring Liquid didn't seem so appealing anymore.

But as teachers, they understood how important it was to nurture their students, and quickly put aside any wishful thoughts.

"Congratulations, Jiuxuan!"

Shui Yue'er peeked out from behind Han Ningshuang, grinning as she flashed him a peace sign.

"Good luck!"

Shui Bing'er gave a faint smile, peeking out halfway and clenching her fist in an encouraging gesture.

Li Jiuxuan answered with a smile.

Soon, the three extraordinarily gifted youngsters sat cross-legged with their eyes closed, preparing to absorb their treasures.

Taking advantage of the lull, Xue Furong walked over to Shui Yuerong, her expression serious. "Yuerong, you killed Yu Luomian today. Yu Yuanzhen definitely won't let this go. We need to prepare in advance."

Han Ningshuang nodded solemnly. "Yes. In your current state, Headmaster, you probably don't fear him. But Yu Yuanzhen is a ninety-fifth-level Titled Douluo with profound cultivation. They say he can summon heavenly thunder!"

There was a saying about this.

He might be the weakest Titled Douluo around, but he could still kill you all until only Titled Douluo remained!

That saying suited Yu Yuanzhen perfectly.

Hearing this, not a trace of fear showed in Shui Yuerong's ice-blue eyes. "Yu Luomian was the one who came looking for trouble today. If Yu Yuanzhen dares lay a hand on even one of my Skywater students, I'll make the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan pay ten times, even a hundred times over!"

Xue Furong sighed. "We still can't meet force with force. Skywater Academy has only just made a name for itself, and its foundation can't compare to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's."

"I know. That's only a last resort."

Shui Yuerong snorted. She wasn't foolish enough to actually meet Yu Yuanzhen head-on.

The likely outcome would be that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was reduced to Yu Yuanzhen alone, while Shui Yuerong was all that remained of Skywater Academy.

The academies and sects they each cared about would both lose their legacies.

"Then should we set up a grand formation first, in case he comes straight for us?"

"That's only the first step. And starting today, Skywater Academy will officially be renamed the Skywater Sect. We'll make friends far and wide!"