Writing Novels in Douluo Dalu: Tang San's Title 'Pure Bamboo'
Chapter 20

Wanting More After Getting What You Came For: Plotting for Ah Yin, Starting with the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone

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Xiao Wuji focused his thoughts and pondered. Time flew by, and before he knew it, night had fallen. Bibi Dong finished her work and returned with a Soul Bone.

"Wuji, look what this is!" Qian Daoliu had sent someone to fetch it, and obtaining the Soul Bone had been much easier than expected. Bibi Dong was in high spirits.

Xiao Wuji, of course, knew what it was, but as an orphan, he naturally couldn't give the right answer.

Looking at the object shining with a faint blue light, Xiao Wuji smiled. "Is it a hair ornament made of crystal?"

Bibi Dong knew she had gotten a little too excited. She gently explained, "This is a Soul Bone that countless Soul Masters dream of, and it's over fifty thousand years old. I'm giving it to you to fuse with."

"This is a Soul Bone!" Xiao Wuji looked utterly shocked, then said, "Spirit Hall gave me a new lease on life, and Teacher gave me strength. I'll devote my whole life to Spirit Hall. And you're Spirit Hall's Pope, Teacher, so I'll dedicate myself to you."

Bibi Dong felt a warmth in her heart. Though these were only a child's words, the book did describe a disciple whose blood had run dry for her.

"Go on, fuse with it." Bibi Dong placed the Soul Bone in Xiao Wuji's hands and explained how to fuse with it.

It wasn't very difficult. He just had to press it against the corresponding part of his body.

Xiao Wuji took the Soul Bone and smiled as he began the fusion.

In this era, even getting to see a Soul Bone was a luxury for an ordinary Soul Master. Yet all he had done was write a few words and say a few things, and now it was in his hands.

The fusion began. The blue light on the Wisdom Skull suddenly grew brilliant, and in almost an instant, it enveloped Xiao Wuji in a blue barrier.

A cold energy surged into his mind, utterly unlike the warmth of Martial Soul Awakening.

At that moment, the outline he had struggled to piece together finally snapped into place, its parts linked tightly. It was as if a veil had lifted from his eyes.

That was it. He had written that his Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo could Sacrifice itself to Tang San and become his First Soul Ring. Why couldn't he write another book and have a Soul Beast Sacrifice itself to him?

This was where Ah Yin's value came in. The eighty-five-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King was utterly loyal to her, and she also had the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

To get those two things, the first step was naturally to update Bibi Dong's guidance. The second was to find a way to draw Tang Hao away. Only then could he send a signal to Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King.

That one event alone could yield several chapters that kept readers coming back.

Under the influence of that cold current, Xiao Wuji's spiritual power grew at an astonishing rate. In the process, he also worked out exactly what he would write next.

The fusion took several days. When Xiao Wuji opened his eyes again, blue light shimmered around his head, and a pair of enormous Soul Beast eyes appeared in the air behind him, releasing a terrifying pressure.

The instant that pressure burst forth, Xiao Wuji's thoughts stirred. A force of suction seemed to appear between his brows, drawing in all the blue light. The fierce eyes behind him promptly vanished.

Since he hadn't cultivated the Purple Demon Eye, the Soul Bone Skill he obtained from fusing with the bone wasn't the mutated Purple Demon Eye, but a skill called "Heavenly Sinking Soul Perish."

It used the eyes of a dead Soul Beast to unleash spiritual pressure, delivering a powerful suppressive attack that could control its target.

The phenomenon lasted only an instant, but Bibi Dong still felt the power of the Soul Bone Skill.

Even Soul Emperors with insufficient spiritual power would lose their wits for a short while in the face of that Soul Bone Skill, left at the mercy of anyone.

"We'll set out tomorrow to get you a Soul Ring. Go get some rest." Bibi Dong escorted Xiao Wuji to his newly furnished bedroom, feeling reluctant to part from him.

She had considered keeping Xiao Wuji by her side, but that Divine Book of Rebirth was one of her greatest secrets. For now, she couldn't reveal it to anyone.

"Teacher, you should get some rest early too," Xiao Wuji said with a smile.

Bibi Dong nodded and walked toward her bedroom, lost in thought. What kind of Soul Beast should she choose for Wuji's First Soul Ring? She wondered what she herself had been thinking after her rebirth.

Xiao Wuji worked at breakneck speed and quickly wrote the content Bibi Dong needed.

[Chapter 7: Plotting for Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone]

"Ah Yin... the Soul Bone of that transformed Soul Beast!" Seeing the chapter title, memories from long ago quickly resurfaced in Bibi Dong's mind.

Back then, she had even made a summary: one beast, three scourges.

The first scourge was naturally the transformed Soul Beast herself;

the second was Tang Hao, one of the Clear Sky Sect's twin stars, with terrifying potential. If he hadn't gotten mixed up with the transformed Soul Beast, he would have grown into a formidable enemy of Spirit Hall;

the third was Qian Xunji. Without that incident, killing him would not have been easy.

"I have a way to get that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?" Bibi Dong couldn't believe it. The advantage of being reborn was far too great.

In the Soul Master World, the most precious things to Soul Masters had their own ranking, called the Spirit Master Dream Ranking.

External Soul Bones had always ranked second on the list. First place belonged to the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring/Soul Bone, which was practically impossible to obtain.

Even as the Pope of Spirit Hall and the inheritor of the Rakshasa God's divine seat, it was hard for her to get one. But now, it seemed all she had to do was read a passage and it would be hers for the taking.

["What kind of Soul Beast should I choose for Wuji's First Soul Ring?"

In the hazy bathroom, Bibi Dong washed herself with a troubled expression. Her proud curves trembled with her mood.

Spirit Hall had plenty of records. As its Pope, she could easily look up the best Soul Beast for the First Soul Ring of a sword-type Martial Soul.

But once you started chasing perfection, some things became incredibly difficult to achieve.]

Bibi Dong was about to step into the bath. Reading the words on the page, she glanced at the prominent crimson gem, and a blush crept over her exquisite face.

As expected of the same person—even the place where they thought things through was exactly the same.

Xiao Wuji was writing furiously, updating Tang Hao's story, when he noticed Bibi Dong's situation. His eyes heated up. What was going on? Had she connected the dots already?

He paused briefly, then quickly figured out why. Bibi Dong had spent several days guarding him while he fused with the Soul Bone. Now that it was over, of course she would take a bath first.

[After a long while, inspiration struck Bibi Dong. She abruptly rose from the bath.]

"I've got it!" Bibi Dong slowly lowered herself back into the water and repeated a line from the book.

["Heh heh, Tang San, Tang San, you'd never dream that learning about you would help me this much!"

Bibi Dong gave a low, sinister laugh. She had suddenly thought of something because of this chief enemy. Soul Rings weren't only obtained through fusion. There was another way—Sacrifice.]

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