Douluo: No More Pretending, My Wife Is Qian Renxue

This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest should come to an end as well.

Qian Ye sat down on the spot, took out some food and water, and began eating.

Then he remembered that without anyone to stand guard for him, absorbing a soul ring would not be very safe.

After all, he was deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, surrounded by Soul Beasts with cultivation levels of over ten thousand years.

Once he began absorbing the soul ring, he would not be able to divide his attention to defend against outside threats.

Whether they were humans or Soul Beasts, he had to guard against them all.

After thinking it over, Qian Ye found no solution. There was only one way: her.

"White Dragon, White Dragon, White Dragon, please respond if you can hear me. Respond, respond?"

"Master, what are your orders?" White Dragon asked as she emerged from his spiritual space.

Looking at the tiny, adorable White Dragon before him, Qian Ye felt delighted. He reached out, grabbed her in his hand, and began teasing her.

Hehehe~

White Dragon giggled as he teased her. "Master, you're so bad. White Dragon won't play with you anymore. It's so ticklish..."

Soul Bone

"Ticklish is exactly the point!"

Still wanting more, Qian Ye released White Dragon and said, "Stand guard for me. I'm going to absorb that soul ring."

White Dragon blinked her large eyes and looked at the huge creature behind him, where a soul ring still hovered. "Master, what is this thing?"

"It's called a Man Faced Demon Spider."

"It's so huge!"

"No matter how huge it is, it's nowhere near as big as you. With your ten-thousand-zhang body, it's truly insignificant compared to you."

"But Master, White Dragon is only as big as a palm right now, okay?"

"Even palm-sized, you're still bigger than it."

"Alright, Master." White Dragon nodded weakly.

Qian Ye had eaten and drunk his fill. It was time to absorb the soul ring.

He immediately rose to his feet, sat before the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring, and began meditating...

Evening arrived after a day had passed.

The sun had already sunk behind the hillside.

White Dragon flew circles around Qian Ye, standing guard over him.

It had to be said that she was exceptionally responsible and conscientious.

By the time Qian Ye opened his eyes, the sky had already grown dim and dark.

He knew that night had fallen.

Fortunately, he had successfully absorbed the thirty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring.

"Master, you're finally awake!"

White Dragon's voice suddenly rang beside his ear. It seemed she had been guarding him all this time.

Qian Ye was very happy. Looking at White Dragon sitting on his right shoulder, he reached out, caught her, and held her before him as he played with her.

Hehehe~

White Dragon immediately burst into endless laughter as he played with her.

After playing with White Dragon for a while, Qian Ye finally released her and turned his gaze toward the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

Thinking that a Man Faced Demon Spider over thirty thousand years old might yield a soul bone, he had no choice but to take it seriously.

Douluo Continent did not lack Soul Beasts or soul rings nowadays.

But soul bones were rare treasures.

Generally speaking, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were guaranteed to produce soul bones.

However, Soul Beasts below one hundred thousand years, including ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, would almost never produce soul bones.

It was like drawing a lottery. If you drew one, you had one. If you did not, then you did not.

Some Soul Beasts with only a thousand years of cultivation could produce soul bones.

Yet some Soul Beasts with ten thousand years of cultivation would not produce any.

Therefore, whenever a soul bone appeared, soul masters would scramble to seize it.

There were no shortage of cases where people slaughtered one another just to obtain a soul bone.

Even teammates could turn against each other under the temptation of a soul bone and harm one another.

Qian Ye took out a small knife. After exerting enormous effort, he indeed dug out an External Soul Bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider's body, filling his heart with joy.

The soul bone was covered in fine patterns, looking both mystical and beautiful.

A soul bone from a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast was worth a fortune. If sold at an auction house, it would provide enough money to eat and drink without worry for a lifetime.

Naturally, Qian Ye had no intention of selling it. He planned to absorb it himself.

After examining it in his hand, he placed it inside his Ring Soul Tool. It would not be too late to absorb it after he returned.

Qian Ye had also gained a relatively comprehensive understanding of soul bones.

Each soul master could absorb roughly six soul bones.

They corresponded to six main parts of the human body: a head soul bone, related to spiritual power; limb soul bones, for the left and right arms and legs; and a torso soul bone.

There were also special External Soul Bones.

For example, the External Soul Bone Eight Spider Lances from the original Douluo Continent novel was a special soul bone attached outside the body.

Under normal circumstances, a soul master would generally only absorb six pieces.

Some soul masters did not even have a single one.

For most soul masters, being able to absorb even one soul bone was already remarkable.

In general, ninety percent of soul masters had no soul bones to absorb.

Even some Title Douluo had never absorbed a soul bone.

The reason was simple: soul bones were scarce. Out of a thousand Soul Beasts, not even one might produce a soul bone.

This showed just how rare soul bone drops were.

Among Soul Beasts of the same kind and cultivation level, some would produce soul bones while others would not.

Only Soul Beasts that had reached one hundred thousand years of cultivation could produce soul bones with absolute certainty.

And Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were few enough to count on one's fingers.

Take the Star Dou Great Forest, for example. Including Gu Yuena's core Soul Beast group, Xiao Wu and her mother, Tian Qing, Titan, and Ah Yin, there were probably no more than a hundred Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in total.

Even if they were all killed, that would only yield a hundred soul bones. With each soul master needing six, there would not be enough for twenty soul masters to absorb.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was known as a Million-Year Soul Beast, yet it did not possess a soul bone.

As for Soul Beasts like the Snow Empress and Ice Empress in the Far North that possessed soul bones, there were not many of them either. The chances of Soul Beasts producing soul bones amounted to only a few dozen at most.

There were quite a few in the sea, but it was clearly impossible for land-based soul masters to enter the sea and hunt Soul Beasts.

Other than Bibi Dong, who absorbed seven pieces, and Tang San, who absorbed nine, Qian Renxue's six were inherited soul bones from the Angel Inheritance and did not count. Other soul masters had basically never absorbed six soul bones.

The Man Faced Demon Spider soul bone Qian Ye had just obtained was precisely the External Soul Bone Eight Spider Lances.

In the original novel, Tang San absorbed two Man Faced Demon Spider soul bones in total, one of which was the External Soul Bone Eight Spider Lances.

This External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, could evolve as its host grew stronger.

The Eight Spider Lances themselves possessed the Man Faced Demon Spider's abilities. They could absorb poison and inject poison, and they could both attack and defend. They were an exceptionally rare External Soul Bone.

Host: Qian Ye!

Gender: Male!

Age: 11!

Constitution: 66 (100 is normal)!

Number of Martial Souls: 3!

Food Martial Soul: Carrot (awakened, soul rings +6, purple, black, black, black, black, black)!

Weapon Martial Soul: Nunchucks (awakened, soul rings +6, purple, black, black, black, black, black)!

God-tier Martial Soul: Twenty-Four Winged Eternal Angel Martial Soul (awakened, soul rings +1, crimson gold)!

Soul Bones: None!

Soul Power Level: 66 (Soul Emperor)

Qian Ye glanced over the status panel. His Soul Power had risen another three levels.

He was now a level sixty-six Soul Emperor.

After resting for a while, he was full of energy.

Qian Ye felt that he ought to do something.

It was dark, so naturally it was time to rest.

But resting in this forest made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Going back to sleep in his single dormitory at Spirit Hall Academy would be nice, but the journey was too far. No matter how fast he was, he feared he might strain his back.

After thinking it over, he could only reluctantly endure one final night.

Qian Ye thought that sleeping in the forest was not good and was very dangerous. If he was not careful, he might wake up tomorrow and find himself missing.

He was so handsome. What if some passing beautiful Soul Beast or beautiful female soul master abducted him?

In the end, Qian Ye looked at White Dragon, who was sitting on a small rock across from him, and smiled wickedly. "White Dragon, are you keeping watch tonight?"

Uh~

White Dragon rolled her eyes. "Master, don't push your luck. I can stand guard while you absorb a soul ring, but I won't keep watch at night."

"Keeping watch is also standing guard. What's wrong with that?" Qian Ye coaxed.

"This dragon won't fall for it!" White Dragon refused. With a flash, she entered his forehead and returned to his spiritual space.

It seemed this female dragon was not easy to fool!

Qian Ye decided that when he had time, he would study White Dragon properly and see what her weakness was.

The forest was somewhat cold at night. Sleeping like this was far too chilly. He needed to find a beautiful Soul Beast to warm his bed.

Qian Ye immediately got to work, gathering dry branches and starting a fire. Then he warmed himself by the flames and went to sleep.

There were no beautiful Soul Beasts, so he could only make a fire to warm his bed.

Checking In with Xiao Wu, Reward: Million-Year Soul Ring

Qian Ye slept until dawn before slowly opening his eyes and waking up, only to feel that something was wrong.

The fire he had made the night before was gone.

And the place where he had slept last night was gone as well. He was somewhere else.

Qian Ye's heart skipped a beat. His mouth had truly been cursed—whatever he said came true.

Sure enough, he had slept alone in this forest last night and been carried off without even realizing it.

White Dragon, White Dragon, I asked you to keep watch, yet you refused. You really gave me no face!