Xu Xiaoyan's Martial Soul had its ice attribute washed away, and the Dragon Phoenix Golden Toad absorbed it.
The Dragon Phoenix Golden Toad possessed four attributes: ice, fire, gold, and poison.
As a result, once the ice attribute entered it, it quickly transformed into a fire attribute.
Mu Han's mental power mutated as well, becoming as scorching as fire.
Different kinds of mental power could produce different effects.
Moreover, this mutated mental power had far greater destructive power and lethality than ordinary mental power.
Now, it held the scorching power of fire within it, making it several grades stronger than before.
When Mu Chen learned of this, he was delighted for a long time.
At first, Mu Han had no idea what he was so happy about.
But when Mu Chen returned again, he had actually brought back a Head Soul Bone!
The green, glowing skull looked rather terrifying, with ghostly flames seeming to flicker in its eye sockets.
"A Head Soul Bone? But why would you..." Mu Han's expression turned strange.
The energy level of this bone far surpassed that of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone Mu Chen had prepared for him last time, which he had given to Mu Xi instead.
"You don't need to yield this time. Mu Xi wouldn't be able to absorb it anyway," Mu Chen said with a beaming smile.
This Soul Bone came from a hundred-thousand-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant. It could greatly increase mental power.
Evil Eyes were among the very few Soul Beasts that only produced Head Soul Bones.
Evil Eyes weren't a single tribe. Or rather, there were different species within the Evil Eye group.
The fewer attributes a species had, the stronger it tended to be.
The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, for example, had only one attribute: the Mental Attribute.
Ten thousand years ago, Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao had killed a Fire Evil Tyrant that was about twenty thousand years old.
It had three attributes: the Mental Attribute that all Evil Eyes possessed, as well as fire and corrosion.
The ten-thousand-year-old Evil Eye Head Soul Bone before him also came from this kind of Evil Eye Tyrant.
However, judging by its enormous, fiery-red eye, the Fire Evil Tyrant Huo Yuhao had killed ten thousand years ago had been primarily fire-aligned.
The Evil Eye Head Soul Bone Mu Chen had brought, though, possessed both fire and corrosion attributes.
But its green color made it obvious that corrosion was its dominant attribute.
And corrosion was a poison attribute.
That was also why Mu Chen had been able to get his hands on this hundred-thousand-year-old Head Soul Bone so easily.
Generally speaking, nobody could absorb it!
Poison-type Soul Bones were already uncommon, and usually only Soul Masters with poison attributes wanted to absorb them.
As for a poison-type Head Soul Bone, even Soul Masters with poison attributes would keep their distance.
Unless their mental power was strong enough to completely suppress the Soul Bone.
But if they already had mental power that strong, who would bother absorbing this Soul Bone?
So although it was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, it was really just a chicken rib: tasteless to eat, yet a shame to throw away.
Still, the Soul Bone did have some fire attribute.
When Mu Han absorbed it, his fire-attribute mental power could draw out that fire attribute and suppress the corrosion attribute.
That was why Mu Chen had been so delighted when he learned that Mu Han's mental power had mutated.
He had remembered this treasure in his collection.
"Thank you, Father!" This time, Mu Han didn't refuse. Holding the somewhat terrifying skull, he walked over and sat down.
"Don't let your Sea of Consciousness slip out of your control," Mu Chen reminded him.
When absorbing a Head Soul Bone, one had to protect one's consciousness and avoid being overwhelmed by the consciousness within the bone.
"Understood." The green skull turned into streaks of green light and entered through Mu Han's seven orifices.
His body began to tremble slightly, and his brows furrowed as if he were enduring some pain.
But under the stimulation of his fire-attribute mental power, it was nothing.
That was just how unreasonable mutated mental power could be.
It was like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which could let someone challenge opponents of a higher level with ease.
Mutated mental power could do the same.
In a way, mutated mental power was also a kind of half-fusion skill.
Wasn't fire-attribute mental power a fusion of fire and mental attributes?
But from now on, Mu Han's mental power would no longer be purely fire-attribute.
After absorbing this Soul Bone, he had also gained the corrosion attribute.
It was practically a three-in-one fusion skill.
A fusion of mental, fire, and corrosion attributes.
Although Mu Han was only at the Spirit Sea Realm, even someone at the Spirit Abyss Realm would come off worse in a direct clash of mental power.
Fire came in yin and yang varieties. His fire attribute was yang fire, known for its fierce, explosive force.
Its counterpart, yin fire, lacked explosive power but had powerful sticking and corrosive properties.
Mu Han couldn't possess both yin and yang fire at once, but the corrosion attribute could make up for what yin fire lacked.
Yin fire was merely corrosive, while the corrosion attribute was true corrosion.
Anyone below the Spirit Domain Realm who tried to compete with him in mental power was an idiot.
However, to absorb this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Mu Han entered Deep Meditation.
The Soul Bone itself was secondary.
The real reason was that his mutated mental power needed a long time to stabilize.
Unlike the effortless mutation he had undergone before, this time the mutation relied entirely on the external power of the Soul Bone, so it needed time to settle.
So Mu Chen helped him request leave.
Meanwhile, with Xu Xiaoyan's arrival, the first year established Class Zero.
According to the Xu Family's investigation, the overall quality of Class 1 was simply too low.
They had originally been Grade 1 Class 5, after all!
The only reason they had made it into Class 1 was the performance of Mu Han and Gu Yue in the Class Promotion Tournament.
Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan were both assigned to Class Zero.
Unlike in the original story, though, they didn't sign that agreement.
With Mu Han absent, Gu Yue wouldn't have signed it.
Wu Zhangkong also pulled Tang Wulin into the class. Class Zero had too few students as it was.
Mu Han was still on leave.
Xie Xie was still unconscious.
That was why he brought Tang Wulin in as well.
As for what happened next, it was much the same as in the original story.
With Eastsea Academy directing resources their way, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan entered the Spirit Ascension Platform several times.
The Spirit Pagoda took a liking to Gu Yue and spent a great deal to recruit her.
Tang Wulin chose to join the Tang Sect during the final exams.
Xu Xiaoyan didn't join, saying she needed to discuss it with her family.
Wu Zhangkong didn't push her. He only said that she had to choose between the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda.
In the original story, after Gu Yue and Tang Wulin chose different paths, she still supported him.
It felt like "their hearts had parted, but not their bond."
But now, the two of them really seemed to have "gone their separate ways."
Still, Gu Yue and Tang Wulin hadn't had any relationship to begin with.
Besides, the Tang Sect wasn't entirely satisfied either.
After all, Tang Wulin's inheritance was still inadequate.
His first Soul Spirit hadn't reached a thousand years, and the Golden Dragon King Bloodline remained sealed.
He was nothing more than a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with natural divine strength.
Compared with Gu Yue's control over the elements and Xu Xiaoyan's absolute-success Soul Skill, he was ultimately rather ordinary.
So, just like in the original story, Wu Zhangkong took Tang Wulin to Heaven Dou City during the break for some "special tutoring."
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