Soul Master Gift Pack! The System Was Still Silver Wing!

Dusk soaked the back mountain. The last ray of sunset faded away, and night slowly descended.

Inside the Bamboo Building, Lu Xiao opened his eyes in the medicinal bath.

He slowly rose to his feet, warm medicinal broth streaming down his firm back and dripping from his waistline onto the floor.

The soreness and exhaustion accumulated in his body over the past several days were mostly dissolved by the medicinal power in the pool.

Lu Xiao raised his arms and stretched, arching his back slightly. A dense series of crisp crackles suddenly erupted from his muscles and bones.

He let out a long breath of stale air, casually draped a coarse cloth robe over himself, tied his belt, and slowly entered the Cultivation Room.

Lu Xiao sat steadily in a five-heart posture, quickly calming his mind, casting aside distracting thoughts, and circulating the Body Sect's Innate Secret Technique through his body.

The scattered medicinal power that had wandered through his limbs and bones now rapidly gathered along the secret technique's circulation path, slowly spiraling upward from his dantian.

A layer of warm, heavy bronze gleam slowly spread across the surface of his skin, flowing through his meridians and continuously solidifying.

As the faint light circulated, his flesh, muscles, and bones were repeatedly tempered and refined under the nourishment of the medicinal power.

His previously loose Soul Power was compressed and purified by the Innate Secret Technique, becoming increasingly pure and condensed. As he refined the medicinal power, his physical strength steadily rose!

The vitality of heaven and earth gathered toward the Cultivation Room, entering his body through his pores and helping him digest the remaining medicinal power.

Who knew how much time passed before the final trace of medicinal potency within his body completely merged with his Soul Power and flesh. The bronze light on his body slowly receded.

Lu Xiao's eyes suddenly opened, his aura restrained and steady.

He remained seated, completely emptying his mind as his consciousness plunged directly into his sea of consciousness.

Buzz—

A faint tremor of the soul quietly rang out in the depths of his mind.

His previously gray sea of consciousness, which had contained only a thin curtain of Soul Power, was suddenly illuminated by a brilliant golden radiance!

Storms surged across his entire sea of consciousness, spreading into a clear and boundless world of the soul.

[Would you like to open the "Soul Master" gift pack?]

The familiar mechanical voice sounded.

Lu Xiao's consciousness floated at the center of his sea of consciousness. Looking at the translucent golden screen that had suddenly appeared before him, a calm delight flashed through his eyes.

"Open it immediately!"

With a thought, Lu Xiao issued the command without the slightest hesitation.

[Rewarding host: ten Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pills, Nine Golden Dragon Styles, Shennong Hundred Herbs Pill Record]

As the words fell, the golden screen violently trembled.

Two utterly different brilliant rays of light surged forth from the screen!

One was domineering and blazing, like an ancient true dragon soaring into the sky, its golden radiance scorching!

The other was gentle and verdant, like an eternal field of medicinal herbs spreading out, overflowing with vitality!

The roar shook his entire sea of consciousness as the clear world of his soul was instantly filled with golden and green divine light.

Winds and clouds surged as Dao patterns flowed!

The first to descend was the Nine Golden Dragon Styles!

An ancient Dao tome, entirely gilded in gold, slowly condensed into form from the golden screen!

This supreme art originated from the future Dragon Emperor Douluo, Tang Wulin.

After learning Zhuo Shi's self-created Nine Red Dragon Styles, he evolved them into a supreme art unique to himself. It could be said to be the best method for wielding the Golden Dragon King's Bloodline Power!

After being adapted and improved by the system, it became a personal combat skill perfectly suited to Lu Xiao!

The Dao tome turned in midair. As its pages fluttered, endless golden Dao essence poured into him like a river flowing in reverse, following the source of his soul and rushing directly into the depths of his mind!

Boom!

A vast amount of martial insight, true dragon mysteries, and killing techniques flooded into Lu Xiao's consciousness like an enlightenment, without the slightest obstruction.

In an instant, countless scenes flashed rapidly through his soul.

The nine dragon-form combat techniques were each fierce and lethal, overwhelmingly domineering in every stance. They encompassed every essential aspect of close combat, bodily tempering, movement and instant relocation, suppressing the battlefield, and resisting enemies.

Lu Xiao remained motionless, his mind immersed within them. He could only feel the blood in his body resonating on its own.

The steady, heavy power of his flesh suddenly gained an additional draconic might that looked down upon all living things!

Once the Nine Golden Dragon Styles had been branded deep into Lu Xiao's soul, the verdant radiance floating nearby suddenly bloomed with boundless vitality.

A lush green, ancient, and weighty pill record slowly unfurled. It was the Shennong Hundred Herbs Pill Record!

The surface of the pill record seemed to bear ancient green mountains and millennia-old seas of medicinal herbs.

A rich pill fragrance overflowed through his sea of consciousness, calming his mind, steadying his soul, and nourishing his spirit.

The patterns upon the pill record slowly flowed, giving rise to endless true meaning of the medicinal Dao.

The next instant, the pill record suddenly spread open, transforming into countless emerald motes of light. Fine and gentle as rain, they all merged into the source of Lu Xiao's soul.

In that instant, boundless medicinal knowledge and the essence of pill refinement wildly surged into his mind.

The moment the two great inheritances completely fused with his body, Lu Xiao's eyelashes trembled, and his tightly shut eyes slowly opened!

Within his sea of consciousness, ten round, full Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pills floated silently, gleaming with flowing light.

The pills were crimson and gilded, wrapped in dragon patterns, their blood essence pure and domineering!

[Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pill: Refined by the system through forcibly extracting a portion of the Golden Dragon King's divine essence from the Divine Realm. It can strengthen the host's blood essence and reconstruct the source of the host's blood essence!]

Seeing the system's description, monstrous waves rose in Lu Xiao's heart, and his steady state of mind nearly collapsed.

Compared to these ten divine pills, even the Nine Golden Dragon Styles and Shennong Hundred Herbs Pill Record were somewhat inferior.

The system was still Silver Wing!!!

After sorting through the vast amount of new knowledge in his mind and calming his emotions, Lu Xiao gently rose to his feet. His steps were light and soundless; even when he stepped on the bamboo floor, he made no noise at all.

What disappointed him somewhat was that his body still could not withstand the medicinal power of the Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pills. He could not consume them for cultivation yet!

Pushing open the bamboo door of the Cultivation Room, the warmth of the back mountain bonfire and the rich aroma of roasted meat rushed toward him.

In the open space below, Du Busi was leisurely turning a gigantic beast leg over the fire. Grease sizzled as it dripped into the flames, filling the air with fragrance.

Xiao Wu crouched beside him, propping up her cheeks as she stared at the roasted meat. From time to time, she waved away the heat drifting toward her.

Du Busi glanced at Lu Xiao and nodded in satisfaction. "At this rate, you'll soon be able to undergo another body awakening!"

Lu Xiao smiled faintly, sat down directly beside Du Busi, and waited for the meal.

Notting Academy's principal's office.

Ning Fengzhi was discussing something with the principal of Notting Academy while Gu Rong sat quietly at the side.

Only the young Ning Rongrong could not endure the boredom of sitting still. While the two elders were distracted, she quietly lifted the tent flap and dashed toward the back mountain in her little boots.

The closer she got to the back mountain, the more intense the tempting aroma of roasted meat became.

She had already been starving, and now her craving could no longer be suppressed.

Ning Rongrong's little nose kept twitching, and longing filled her soft, delicate face. Her feet carried her uncontrollably toward the source of the scent. Fine blades of grass in the forest dirtied her exquisite dress, but she did not care in the slightest.

Before long, her tiny figure clung to a low shrub at the edge of the back mountain bamboo grove, poking out half of her fluffy little head.

Her glass-like eyes stared fixedly at the sizzling, grease-dripping roasted meat by the bonfire. Drool nearly trickled from the corner of her mouth.

But she did not act rashly. She timidly looked at the imposing Du Busi, not daring to step forward recklessly. She only hid behind the tree and peeked, though her gaze unconsciously fell upon Lu Xiao again.

Little did she know that Du Busi had already noticed her the moment she stepped onto the back mountain.

Du Busi jerked his chin toward Ning Rongrong's direction.

Lu Xiao immediately understood. Catching sight of the white dress amid the shrubbery from the corner of his eye, he recognized at once that she was Ning Rongrong, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and could not help but chuckle.

The current Ning Rongrong was merely a child doted upon by everyone around her.

Lu Xiao raised a hand and tipped his chin toward the bushes. "Why are you hiding? If you want roasted meat, come over. Be careful not to get sucked dry by mosquitoes while squatting in the grass."

With her hiding place exposed on the spot, Ning Rongrong's cheeks reddened. Clutching her skirt, she slowly emerged from behind the tree and shuffled step by step to the edge of the bonfire.

"Se-senior, I... I came over because I smelled the food. Could you give me a small piece of meat?"

Du Busi glanced at the greedy little girl.

Seeing her pitiful expression, he did not put on the airs of a sect master. He casually sliced off a piece of roasted meat that was charred, fragrant, and tender, then handed it to her on a clean bamboo skewer.

"Take it and eat. Chew slowly, and don't burn your tongue."

"Thank you, Senior!"

Ning Rongrong performed a proper noble's bow, accepted the warm roasted meat with both hands, and took a bite. Meat juices burst in her mouth, instantly filling her little face with happiness.

As she chewed in small bites, she secretly observed Lu Xiao.

Ever since she had first seen Lu Xiao, she had been able to smell an exceptionally pleasant scent from him.

It was like the breeze after rain in an empty mountain—warm yet cool, inexplicably making people feel at ease.