Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Life Gold

"Could this be another External Soul Bone?" Jing Chen guessed.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was guaranteed to drop a soul bone. This bone was certainly a soul bone, not part of the Golden Tortoise's corpse.

After ruling out the six standard soul bones, the only possibility left was an External Soul Bone.

Still, its shape was far too strange. After absorbing it and releasing it, would his hand turn into a turtle shield?

The very thought of that image made Jing Chen laugh. It was simply too ridiculous.

"I hope it looks better when released after absorption," Jing Chen said with a chuckle.

He was very lucky. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had even become an External Soul Bone, meaning it would bring him even greater benefits after absorption.

Still, he was somewhat puzzled. He could not understand why an External Soul Bone had appeared instead of a normal soul bone.

In the original story, after Huo Yuhao killed the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, he obtained an eyeball External Soul Bone.

That was because all six of his soul bone slots had already been filled, which was why an External Soul Bone appeared.

But Jing Chen currently only had the Ice Crystal Behemoth Left Palm Bone, with no soul bones in any of his other body parts. So why had an External Soul Bone appeared?

He could not figure that out and could only explain it as good luck—that he had encountered a low-probability event.

In reality, when soul beasts dropped soul bones, they often prioritized soul bones from the strongest parts of their bodies.

For example, ape-type soul beasts generally dropped arm soul bones, wolf-type soul beasts generally dropped leg bones, while Evil Eye soul beasts only dropped skull bones.

The Golden Tortoise's strongest part was its shell. Compared with it, the strength of its other body parts was several tiers lower.

When it dropped a soul bone, it would prioritize dropping one similar to its shell—namely, an External Soul Bone.

Of course, it could also drop a torso bone, but the probability was lower than that of an External Soul Bone.

Since it prioritized dropping an External Soul Bone and had a one-hundred-percent chance of dropping a soul bone, Jing Chen had encountered this situation.

The External Soul Bone he obtained this time was not a low-probability event, but rather a highly probable one.

Just like Xu Sanshi in the original story, if he had killed this Golden Tortoise normally and absorbed its soul ring, he might also have obtained this External Soul Bone.

However, he had chosen the route of completely fusing with it, integrating the Golden Tortoise's entire body into his shield.

As a result, the External Soul Bone that could have appeared fused with his shield instead, leaving no soul bone behind.

Otherwise, this Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Tortoise would definitely have provided Xu Sanshi with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Jing Chen calmed himself and carried the soul bone to a corner of the Time and Space Divine Tower. He intended to place it there and had no plans to absorb it for the time being.

He kept all valuable items inside the Time and Space Divine Tower. It was far safer here than in a Storage Ring.

Eight soul bones had already been neatly arranged in this corner. With this one added, there were nine in total.

These soul bones had all been obtained after Yi Yi hunted soul beasts. Only one was thirty thousand years old, while the others were all over fifty thousand years old.

Two of them were even at the hundred-thousand-year level: this Golden Tortoise External Soul Bone and the White Armored Earth Dragon Torso Bone.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Arm Bone, which was more than ninety-five thousand years old, was also of a quality comparable to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Super Soul Beasts like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had a high chance of dropping soul bones. Since it had also been close to becoming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, its chances were practically one hundred percent.

The only thing Jing Chen found somewhat regrettable was that this soul bone was not a right palm bone, making it less than the absolute best.

Fifty-thousand-year soul beasts had a fairly high chance of dropping soul bones. Yi Yi had killed dozens over the years yet only obtained six, so their luck had actually been rather poor.

The two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and the soul bone that was over thirty thousand years old were not included in that count.

Although he had obtained quite a few soul bones, Jing Chen had not chosen to absorb a single one. He intended to wait and see.

Once a soul bone was absorbed, it could not be removed or replaced unless one mutilated oneself.

If he rushed to absorb a soul bone now and encountered a better one later, would that not be a waste?

That was precisely why he was not in a hurry to absorb them. The soul bones were here, and he could absorb them whenever he wished, so there was no need to rush.

Of course, another reason he was not absorbing them for now was that he feared he might be unable to withstand the impact of the soul bones' energy.

He particularly wanted to absorb that Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, which was over ninety thousand years old.

But he was somewhat afraid that its energy would be too violent for him to endure, so he temporarily abandoned the idea.

"Sometimes, having soul bones that are too old isn't necessarily a good thing," Jing Chen sighed as he looked at the soul bones.

He did not plan to absorb any of these soul bones for the time being. At the very least, he would only consider it after reaching Rank 40.

For now, he could only look at them without touching them, which made him itch with impatience.

"Yiyi! (I'm so hungry!)" Yi Yi ran over from afar and leaped onto Jing Chen's head, scratching at his hair in dissatisfaction.

Jing Chen lifted Yi Yi off his head and held it in both hands. Seeing the little fellow look as though it were starving to death, he felt both heartache and amusement.

Yi Yi had remembered his instructions well and had not eaten raw meat, which was why it had become so hungry.

Although he knew it was normal for beasts to eat raw meat, he still found it somewhat difficult to accept and had not allowed Yi Yi to do so.

"I'll cook something for you right away." Jing Chen gently stroked Yi Yi's soft fur.

For the moment, he did not inspect the Life Gold. Instead, he walked to one side, where large blocks of ice were piled up.

The ice blocks contained soul beast corpses. Afraid that the meat would spoil, Jing Chen had frozen them.

Before freezing them, Jing Chen had cut them up to reduce their volume and make storage more convenient.

There were thirteen large blocks of ice in total. One had been placed casually, while the others were stacked neatly.

The twelve large ice blocks were piled in three layers, with four blocks per layer. Even so, they still occupied nearly a quarter of the Time and Space Divine Tower's interior.

There were far more items inside the Time and Space Divine Tower than there had been three years ago. Aside from these ice blocks, there were also many metals, taking up nearly half the space.

The area where the Golden Tortoise had previously been was one of the relatively open quarter-sections inside the Time and Space Divine Tower.

Jing Chen melted the casually placed ice block and put the chunks of soul beast meat inside into a pot.

Once the pot was full, he stopped adding meat and began heating it to cook.

While the meat was boiling, Jing Chen picked up the two fist-sized pieces of Life Gold and studied them carefully.

Holding the metal in his hand, he could sense the immense vitality contained within it.

Jing Chen tried injecting Soul Power into the metal, but there was no reaction. He then attempted to absorb its life force.

This attempt actually had some effect. The life force within the metal flowed into his body.

Although the amount was very small, it proved that the life energy within this metal could be absorbed.

He also tried pressing the Life Gold against his forehead, mentally willing himself to absorb it.

The result disappointed him. He had no way of integrating the Life Gold into his Sea of Consciousness like Huo Yuhao had.

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