Di Lintian accepted them one by one without the slightest bit of courtesy, then turned his gaze toward Red King.
"What are you looking at? I don't have any. Don't forget, the entire set of inherited spirit bones from the Sky Dragon Pavilion belongs to me." Seeing Di Lintian looking his way, Red King cursed.
"Of course I haven't forgotten, but since I'm leaving, won't you give me a parting gift?" Di Lintian said, thick-skinned.
"You brat."
Despite his words, Red King still tossed a spirit bone over—and it was the most precious torso bone at that.
Seeing that everyone else had given gifts, Xiong Jun scratched his head and wondered in confusion: Nobody told me I had to give a gift. How do they even carry spirit bones around with them?
"Di Lintian, wait a moment. I'll be right back."
Leaving those words behind, Xiong Jun ran toward the cave without looking back.
Watching the rapidly retreating Xiong Jun, Di Lintian thought: Is this bear really this dense? How did I never notice before?
The Dark Demon Dragon Lion also handed Di Lintian a few ten-thousand-year spirit bones. Having only become a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast a few thousand years ago, his foundation was still shallow, and he had never killed other hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts; he only had a few ten-thousand-year spirit bones he had collected in the past.
Di Lintian accepted them as well; after all, it was a gesture of goodwill from a subordinate.
"Lintian, this Seed of Life can quickly recover the injuries you've sustained."
Bi Ji also presented her gift, using her spirit power to guide a seed radiating life force until it floated before Di Lintian.
Di Lintian nodded and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Remember to keep that reverse scale on you at all times. If something happens, I can arrive in time," Di Tian instructed.
"Kid, this is for you!"
Xiong Jun came running back, shouting from a distance.
Di Lintian saw clearly what was in Xiong Jun's hand: it was a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right-arm bone.
Who gives a gift of a spirit bone from their own kin?
Don't tell me he just hacked this off right now?
Di Lintian thought. Looking at Xiong Jun, he didn't seem like the type of bear to collect spirit bones, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Di Lintian took the right-arm bone from Xiong Jun's hand and touched it inadvertently; fortunately, it was cold.
"Thank you all for the gifts. I am deeply honored. Now, let me say a few words: starting today, our Spirit Beast Revival Plan officially begins. Therefore, I have decided to designate today as the Turning Point Day of the Spirit Beast Revival Plan!"
"Applause, if you understand."
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Except for Di Lintian, only Bi Ji clapped in cooperation.
Di Lintian didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed. "Alright, that's all for now."
As he spoke, a faint smile curled at the corners of his mouth, and he fell backward toward the Lake of Life behind him.
A stylish exit.
The next moment, the tone shifted abruptly.
Sister Gu Yue, you must catch me! I've only just finished my reconstruction; I don't want to end it all so hastily.
Gu Yuena seemed to hear Di Lintian's inner voice, and a vortex appeared exactly where he was falling.
Inside the underground space.
The silver-haired girl sat upright on an ice couch, holding a small lion in her arms.
"Brother Lintian, did you succeed?"
Sensing the familiar aura on the youth, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked up and asked.
"Yes. Sister Gu Yue, when are you planning to depart?"
Di Lintian responded to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion first, then turned to ask Gu Yuena.
"Anytime is fine. Have you condensed your first spirit ring?" Gu Yuena asked.
"Not yet. I'll depart once I've condensed my spirit ring."
Di Lintian immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, but he didn't start condensing the ring right away. He sensed that the Nine Abysses Dao Treasury in his mind had undergone a change.
As his spiritual consciousness probed inside, glaring characters appeared: Nine Abysses Dao Treasury (Human Chapter).
Did the Human Chapter unlock automatically after becoming a human?
Di Lintian looked further down. Dragon Glide Step, Vajra Finger... there were martial techniques in the Human Chapter?
One shouldn't underestimate these techniques. This was the Douluo Continent, known as the "floor tile of fantasy." Even Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill was a top-tier cultivation method here, and techniques like Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand were exceptionally effective.
Looking further down, he saw the meditation method he had practiced during his time as a spirit beast, though several parts had been modified to be less overbearing than before.
Finally, there were still those divine abilities that could only be viewed but not used. After ten thousand years of trying, Di Lintian had confirmed that he would likely have to wait until he became a god to cultivate them.
Withdrawing his spiritual consciousness from his mind, he began to channel his spirit power to condense his spirit ring.
An illusory white spirit ring emerged around Di Lintian, gradually solidifying and shifting toward yellow.
A moment later, the ring had turned deep yellow, but Di Lintian's condensation had not stopped. With his brows tightly knit, the deep yellow ring began to shift toward purple.
Half an hour later, Di Lintian slowly opened his eyes.
The purple spirit ring around his body dissipated along with his focus: "First spirit ring, one thousand five hundred years."
Feeling his own spirit power, which had already reached level twelve, he did not rush to leave. He took the head spirit bone Zi Ji had gifted him from his storage ring and began to absorb it.
Seeing this, Gu Yuena did not urge him, her fair, slender fingers stroking the soft fur of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
An hour later, Di Lintian successfully absorbed the hundred-thousand-year head spirit bone.
"Let's go."
He stood up and said to Gu Yuena.
"Mm."
Gu Yuena nodded gently and placed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the ground. A halo of light enveloped her body, and a moment later, as the light faded, a little girl in a white dress with short silver hair appeared before Di Lintian.
"Sister Gu Yue?" Di Lintian asked tentatively.
"From now on, I am called Na'er." A soft, sweet voice came from Na'er.
"Alright, alright, Sister Na'er, let's head out." Di Lintian changed his form of address.
Na'er shot a sidelong glance at Di Lintian with her jewel-like eyes, remaining silent.
Di Lintian stepped forward, picking up the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with one arm while holding Na'er's small hand with the other, and walked toward the spatial gate.
Beside the Lake of Life.
The other fierce beasts had all gone about their own business, leaving only Di Tian and Red King waiting there.
"Di Tian, send me and Sister Na'er to the Sky Dragon Pavilion."
Before the person appeared, his voice arrived first; Di Lintian's cheeky tone drifted out from the spatial vortex ahead of him.
Di Lintian stood on the grass beside the Lake of Life, set the Three-Eyed Golden Lion down, and raised an eyebrow at Di Tian: "Let's go, what are you standing there for?"
"Lord..."
Di Tian wanted to persuade her further, but was interrupted by Na'er.
"Let's go."
"Little Golden Lion, wait for me to come back and play with you." Di Lintian said, looking at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose eyes were filled with reluctance.
"Mm, you must come back soon."
As soon as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion finished speaking, Di Tian took the two of them and vanished from the spot.
"Let's go as well."
Di Lintian had been gone for a while, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was still staring blankly at the place where he had disappeared; Red King finally couldn't help but speak.
"Fine, since Brother Lintian is gone, I can finally taste the brains of a Dark Demon Dragon Lion, right?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said as if throwing a tantrum.
She had wanted to eat the brains of a Dark Demon Dragon Lion for a long time, but because of Di Lintian's interference, she had never been able to get her wish. Now that Di Lintian had left, she asked Red King in a huff.
"If you do that, Brother Lintian will be angry when he returns."
Red King could tell that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was just throwing a small temper tantrum, and said calmly.
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