The lack of water and sunlight had left Ah Yin in very poor condition.
Sensing a stranger approaching, Ah Yin couldn't help swaying her leaves.
Jiang Lin's gaze settled on the Blue Silver Emperor, a strange glimmer in his eyes.
"System, can I buy this?"
"Ding! Scanning..."
While Jiang Lin communicated with the system, Elder Chen had already begun searching for the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone.
Jiang Lin didn't have to wait long before the system gave him an answer.
"Ding! This item has strong instincts and instinctively resists the host, but it has no developed consciousness. It can be bought back at a low price."
Hearing the system's response, Jiang Lin fell silent for a moment.
"Low price... How much are we talking?"
"Ding! 1,700 points."
"This is the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor. Even though she's lost all her cultivation, her bloodline is still intact..."
"Ding! This is the most appropriate price."
"It's not that I'm unhappy with the price. It's just that I risked getting pounded to death by Tang Hao..."
"Ding! Host, please stop haggling. This is already the highest price the system can offer."
"Ah."
Jiang Lin sighed, his face full of regret. "There's really no room for negotiation?"
The system fell silent.
Jiang Lin had no choice. "Deal."
The instant Jiang Lin agreed, the Blue Silver Emperor before him—and the soil beneath her—vanished. All that remained was a modest-sized pit.
A notification sounded in his mind, confirming the deposit of 1,700 points.
"Balance: 3,913 points"
Jiang Lin gathered his thoughts and turned his attention to Elder Chen.
Elder Chen happened to look his way as well.
In his hands, he held a long, black wooden box.
The box had already been opened, and Elder Chen's eyes gleamed with delight and excitement.
Jiang Lin had told him earlier that there would be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, but even so, Elder Chen couldn't calm himself after seeing it with his own eyes.
This was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone! In all his two lifetimes, he'd never seen one before.
"This is incredible. I thought I'd seen just about everything."
Elder Chen cheerfully handed the Soul Bone to Jiang Lin.
No matter how tempting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone was, he wouldn't entertain the slightest selfish desire.
Because he belonged to Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin took the Soul Bone and examined it closely.
It was translucent, full and rounded.
Its appearance alone made it priceless.
A faint glow drifted from it, revealing that it held extraordinary life energy as well.
"System, take it."
After admiring it for a moment, Jiang Lin told the system to take it.
Earlier, Jiang Lin had seen a dragon-type Soul Bone over a hundred thousand years old in the System Mall. Although it was expensive, he had a chance to get something better, so he naturally wouldn't waste a Soul Bone slot on the mere right leg bone of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor.
If the people of Douluo Continent knew that Jiang Lin considered absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone a waste of a slot, he wondered what they would think.
"Ding! Recycled. Recycle price... 17,000 points."
"Balance: 20,973 points."
Seeing his points break twenty thousand, Jiang Lin couldn't help feeling a surge of delight.
That morning, when he'd browsed the System Mall, he'd come across something worth buying.
Without hesitation, Jiang Lin opened the System Mall.
Grade Eight Lingzhi, price: 7,000 points.
Cucumber with special properties, notable for its toughness, price: 1 point.
Wind-Thunder Wings (Douluo Version), price: 20,000 points.
9mm bullets, price: 2 points.
Ignoring the strange cucumber, Jiang Lin opened the Wind-Thunder Wings' details page.
Name: Wind-Thunder Wings (Douluo Version)
Origin: A certain world of immortal cultivation.
Functions:
1. High-Speed Flight
Far faster than all ordinary flying treasures and escape techniques. No cultivator of the same level at the Core Formation or Nascent Soul stage can catch up.
2. Wind and Thunder Escape
Wind energy boosts speed; thunder energy breaks through obstacles.
3. Silent Stealth
Flight produces no sonic boom, making the wings exceptionally discreet.
4. Offensive and Defensive Capabilities
Flapping the wings releases wind blades and arcs of lightning that can strike enemies at a distance;
They can also form a wind-and-thunder shield to block low-level spells and magical artifacts.
After reading through it once more, Jiang Lin let out a strange, cackling laugh.
Wasn't this Old Devil Han's Wind-Thunder Wings?
With these, who could catch him?
He didn't have a wind attribute, but he did have a thunder attribute!
He absolutely had to snap them up.
Elder Chen, standing nearby, had watched Jiang Lin let out his cackling laugh after putting away the Soul Bone. He couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Had he... gotten so excited he'd gone crazy?
He hadn't reacted this strongly even when he saw a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in front of him.
A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was worth far more than a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
Before Elder Chen could think any further, Jiang Lin suddenly produced a pair of unusual wings before him.
The pair of wings were translucent silver-white, like jade, with flowing blue-white currents of wind and lightning. They were gorgeous, light and sharp, and could be extended or retracted.
The Wind-Thunder Wings hadn't returned to their original size in Jiang Lin's hands.
"This is... an External Soul Bone!"
Elder Chen's eyes widened, disbelief written all over his face.
From the moment the Wind-Thunder Wings had appeared, Jiang Lin couldn't take his eyes off them.
"These are magical artifacts."
He tossed out the reply, then began refining them according to the method provided by the system.
Jiang Lin naturally didn't plan to complete the refining here. After all, even Old Devil Han had spent dozens of days refining the Wind-Thunder Wings.
Jiang Lin sat cross-legged, focusing all his attention on the pair of wings in his hands.
Seeing this, Elder Chen immediately gave up on asking any more questions. He turned and left the secret chamber, taking up guard at the mouth of the waterfall.
As far as Elder Chen was concerned, magical artifacts or not, those wings were an External Soul Bone.
Refining an External Soul Bone required peace and quiet, so someone had to stand guard.
Inside the secret chamber.
Jiang Lin released his Martial Soul, and the Blood Fiend Divine Thunder Halberd appeared in his right hand.
If Old Devil Han could drive the Wind-Thunder Wings with Evil-Warding Divine Lightning, then Jiang Lin could surely do the same with his Blood Fiend Divine Lightning.
Although the power levels in Douluo Continent were low, its mechanics were no joke.
Percentage-based boosts, ignoring defenses, or even immortality...
Such mechanics were unthinkable in the world of immortal cultivation.
But Douluo Continent was just that miraculous. These heaven-defying mechanics could very well appear among a Soul Master's Soul Skills.
The Blood Fiend Divine Lightning of Douluo Continent naturally couldn't match the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning in power. But within the same complete world, its rank might not be that far behind.
As Jiang Lin dripped a drop of his essence blood onto the Wind-Thunder Wings, a strange connection formed in his consciousness.
Blood-bonding!
Then, under his control, the Blood Fiend Divine Lightning gradually enveloped the entire pair of wings.
Lightning flashed, and each feather on the Wind-Thunder Wings gradually took on the dark red color of the Blood Fiend Divine Lightning.
His Soul Power rapidly dwindled. In less than half an hour, the Soul Power in Jiang Lin's body was completely exhausted.
Next, Jiang Lin took a Soul Refining Pill and began restoring his Soul Power.
The cycle repeated until the next day.
Jiang Lin opened his eyes. The Wind-Thunder Wings in his hands had disappeared.
He had completed the initial stage of refining. The Wind-Thunder Wings could now be nurtured inside his body and could unleash a fraction of their power.
Jiang Lin planned to leave.
After all, Tang Hao would be back in a few days.
The Wind-Thunder Wings had acknowledged him as their master. Although he hadn't finished refining them, they were already being nurtured inside his body. They were his now.
Jiang Lin stood and headed straight for the waterfall.
Hearing movement behind him, Elder Chen turned around and looked at Jiang Lin in surprise.
"You've finished absorbing it?"
Jiang Lin nodded, then shook his head.
"Halfway."
"Halfway?"
Elder Chen was baffled. He'd never heard of anyone absorbing half a Soul Bone.
Jiang Lin knew what Elder Chen was thinking, but there was no way to explain the difference between magical artifacts and Soul Bones in just a few words.
"That's the difference between magical artifacts and Soul Bones."
As Elder Chen looked on in confusion, a pair of wings suddenly unfurled behind Jiang Lin, stretching several feet wide and wreathed in crimson divine lightning.
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