"It was me!"
Hearing Bibi Dong's voice, Ling Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, he would have been ready to climb out the window and run.
Ling Feng opened the door and welcomed Bibi Dong inside.
Though they had only been apart for a few days, Bibi Dong seemed a little less innocent and a little more mature, her bearing drawing ever closer to that of Rakshasa Bibi Dong.
She must have reached this point because her body had been tempered by powerful Soul Power while she absorbed her Soul Ring.
Bibi Dong shut the door, looked around the room, then sat down on Ling Feng's bed.
"Ling Feng, look what I've got!"
Carefully, Bibi Dong took an enormous Soul Beast out of her Soul Tool. It was a dark-red Demon Spider.
The Demon Spider's aura was astonishing. Ling Feng was no novice, and he immediately realized what it was.
"You brought back the Soul Beast's corpse because there's a Soul Bone inside?" Ling Feng asked.
Bibi Dong nodded. "You're clever. I was hoping to keep you guessing!"
"After I killed it, I saw something glowing inside its body. I was afraid someone might see it, so I brought the whole Soul Beast back!"
Bibi Dong had grown a lot, too. Even the guards assigned to her by Spirit Hall had not earned her complete trust.
She was afraid someone might covet the Soul Bone, so after absorbing the Soul Ring and waiting for the guards to leave, she quietly collected the Soul Beast's corpse.
Of course, that sort of attempt to cover her tracks would certainly make the guards suspicious.
So Bibi Dong had deliberately demonstrated her Sixth Soul Skill, Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn, claiming that she needed the Soul Beast's corpse for cultivation.
"Congratulations! The chance of a Soul Beast producing a Soul Bone is less than one in ten thousand. You're incredibly lucky!" Ling Feng said.
Bibi Dong was pleased with Ling Feng's reaction. Even faced with something as precious as a Soul Bone, he didn't seem tempted.
"Let's see which part of the body this Soul Bone came from!"
"Sure," Bibi Dong replied.
Together, they cut open the corpse. Just as expected, they found a long Soul Bone in one of its spider legs.
It was a red left leg bone, radiating a considerable fluctuation of Soul Power.
"It's a left leg bone! I wonder what its Soul Skill is," Ling Feng said curiously.
But Bibi Dong held the Soul Bone out to him.
"Ling Feng, if you absorb it, won't you find out what skill it has?"
"Huh? You want me to absorb this Soul Bone?" Ling Feng exclaimed in surprise.
It was a Soul Bone! Even one from a thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast was priceless.
Even after absorbing a complete set of Soul Bones, you could temper them into a set, then refine them into divine armor after becoming a god.
And yet Bibi Dong wanted to give him something so precious?
Ling Feng shook his head. "No. This Soul Bone is too valuable. You should absorb it yourself!"
"Besides, this Soul Bone should pair perfectly with your Sixth Soul Ring. You're the one best suited to it."
Bibi Dong shook her head. "But you need it more than I do!"
"Didn't you say you wanted to absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for your Fourth Soul Ring, too?"
"I'm worried your body isn't strong enough. If you absorb this Soul Bone, your body will definitely become strong enough!"
Bibi Dong had absorbed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring before, so she knew how difficult it was.
She had brought the Soul Bone back especially because she was worried something might go wrong when Ling Feng absorbed his Fourth Soul Ring.
Ling Feng was touched. He hadn't expected Bibi Dong to be willing to do so much for him.
But he still refused.
"Bibi Dong, you're underestimating how strong my body is."
"Don't forget, before you took Whale Rubber, your physical strength was even worse than mine!"
"You absorbed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring safely. Why can't I?"
Bibi Dong was about to persuade him again, but Ling Feng took a deep breath. "Bibi Dong, I'll tell you a secret!"
"I actually have a Soul Bone, too. Look!"
Ling Feng took off his shirt, revealing his solid muscles, then turned his back to Bibi Dong.
"What's this?" Only then did Bibi Dong notice the slight bumps at the base of Ling Feng's ribs.
With a thought, the Death Eight Spider Lances pierced through his skin and extended out from his back.
"Those are External Soul Bones?" Bibi Dong exclaimed.
Ling Feng nodded. "That's right. They're my External Soul Bone. I just haven't dared show them before."
Before an External Soul Bone was fully absorbed, it could be stolen.
But after a year of cultivation, and with Rakshasa Bibi Dong's help, he had now gained complete control of it.
On this trip to the Capital of Slaughter, Ling Feng also planned to temper his External Soul Bone with the blood of those fallen ones.
When Bibi Dong saw Ling Feng's External Soul Bone, she hurriedly said, "Ling Feng, put it away!"
"Your External Soul Bone is even more precious than my Soul Bone. You can't just show it to anyone!"
At a thought from Ling Feng, the Death Eight Spider Lances withdrew into his body. The skin on his back was smooth and unmarked.
"Bibi Dong, you're the only person I've shown my External Soul Bone to. You're not just anyone!" Ling Feng said.
"Of course I'm not just anyone. I'll keep your secret safe," Bibi Dong said, pleased with his answer.
Ling Feng said, "I trust you. You should trust me, too, right?"
"You should absorb this Soul Bone yourself. I can absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for my Fourth Soul Ring on my own!"
Bibi Dong still had some reservations, but she knew Ling Feng wouldn't accept the Soul Bone.
"All right. I'll absorb it now," Bibi Dong said.
"Once you've absorbed this Soul Bone, if your body can grow even stronger, perhaps you'll be able to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for your Seventh Soul Ring!"
Bibi Dong replied, "A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for my Seventh Soul Ring is still too difficult. Besides, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts aren't easy to find."
For some reason, Ling Feng thought of Ah Yin. She should have already taken human form and be staying at some Soul Master Academy, right?
But Ah Yin had the Undying Divine Ability. If she didn't want to, it would be difficult for human Soul Masters to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
"There'll be a chance," Ling Feng said. "Go ahead and absorb it!"
To strengthen her body further, perhaps they could turn to Immortal Herbs.
There was a Spirit Ginseng called the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
Its medicinal properties complemented Lovesick Heartbreak Red perfectly. Perhaps it could strengthen Bibi Dong's body even further.
"I wonder if Bai He of the Speed Clan has found that Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng yet," Ling Feng thought.
Aside from the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Bibi Dong could also absorb the Soul Bone before absorbing her Soul Ring. That might improve her chances of absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Bibi Dong released her Martial Soul and used her Sixth Soul Skill, Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn, to devour the Soul Beast's corpse.
Then she actually lifted her skirt, revealing a pair of fair, slender legs, and pressed the crimson Soul Bone against her left leg.
Bibi Dong didn't really need to lift her skirt to absorb the Soul Bone.
But Ling Feng was getting an eyeful, so he didn't remind her.
The white and red intertwined, creating an eerie, captivating beauty.