"Thank you. Then I'll choose the right leg bone."
Li Qingming's voice was somewhat hoarse.
Hearing him, Ma Xiaotao raised her hand and directly took down the right leg bone, then handed the precious Soul Bone to Li Qingming.
Taking the Soul Bone and sensing the resonance between the two Soul Bones and his own body, Li Qingming gave Ma Xiaotao a deep look.
"Thank you. I'll remember this favor, and I will repay you someday."
"It's nothing. I said this was to repay you. You've shown me a kindness greater than heaven."
"If it weren't for you, my Evil Fire Phoenix would only have made me fall completely, turning me into a thoroughly deranged woman—or an Evil Soul Master..."
Ma Xiaotao smiled as she spoke, then took Li Qingming's hand again and led him outside with her.
As Li Qingming emerged and Yan Shaozhe sensed the two Soul Bones on him, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
His gaze lingered deeply on his disciple. Seeing the undisguised delight in the girl's eyes, he fell silent for a moment. In the end, he did not stop them and merely nodded at Li Qingming.
"Alright. Now that you've taken the Soul Bones, leave. Cultivate properly from now on, and don't disappoint these two Soul Bones."
"You should also know where these two Soul Bones came from."
Yan Shaozhe did not continue, but there was a trace of threat in his tone.
Clearly, Shrek Academy knew the origins of these Soul Bones.
It was simply that Li Qingming was currently a student of Shrek Academy, so they would not say anything. They were even willing to offer him these two Soul Bones, but this was also a means of keeping him in check.
Thus, unless Li Qingming became strong enough to serve Shrek Academy, Shrek Academy would never allow him to take all six Soul Bones away intact.
Li Qingming understood this as well, but at this moment, he only felt fortunate.
After all, if he had not come to Shrek Academy, then once he attached other Soul Bones to his true body, he would have completely lost his chance at these six Divine Level Soul Bones.
It was not that other Soul Bones were inadequate.
Soul Bones produced by various soul beasts were also powerful. The torso bone bestowed by the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, for instance, was likewise a top-tier Soul Bone.
But no matter how powerful a Soul Bone was, it was still only a Soul Bone. It could not compare to a God Bone truly originating from the God Realm.
One had to know that these were Qian Renxue's Soul Bones, containing genuine Divine Level power. They had already reached the Divine Level and did not need all six pieces to merge to produce Divine Level effects as they had in the original timeline.
"Thank you, Dean Yan. I certainly won't disappoint you."
Li Qingming's voice was calm. He acted as though he had not heard Yan Shaozhe's somewhat threatening words.
After all, he was under another's roof for the moment. There was nothing he could say.
But once his strength grew, the final outcome would be hard to predict.
After all, this set of Soul Bones did not belong to Shrek Academy. It belonged to the Angel Clan.
Or rather, as the final inheritor of the Angel Clan, these six Soul Bones had originally belonged to him.
It was only because Qian Renxue had lost to Tang San that this set of Soul Bones had changed from the Angel Clan's possession into Shrek Academy's.
No one other than him could use this Sacred Angel Soul Bone set. Even if it remained at Shrek Academy, it would only gather dust.
Shrek Academy was offering this set of Soul Bones to him as a reward now. He would remember this kindness and repay it, but beyond that, there was only this single favor.
After all, rewarding him with something from his own home and then asking him to pledge loyalty sounded rather absurd.
Still, seeing that Li Qingming knew how to read the situation, Yan Shaozhe was quite satisfied.
Li Qingming said nothing and simply returned silently to his room.
When he opened the door, the milk tea and food had already been finished. Wang Dong had neatly stacked them atop the trash bin.
Looking at Wang Dong lying there with even breathing, Li Qingming paused for a second. He picked up the trash bin, went out to dispose of the garbage, then sat down and quietly meditated.
As he raised his hand, the skull bone appeared first, transforming into a mass of golden liquid that slowly merged into his head.
It began fusing with his skull, initiating the fusion of his first Soul Bone.
Meanwhile, the second Soul Bone appeared on his left leg. Almost instantly, it established contact with Li Qingming—or rather, with Qian Renxue's remnant soul within him, the Six-Winged Angel itself, and the Angel God inheritance—before slowly merging into him.
The fusion process was smooth, without any changes or abnormalities.
One had to know that the Angel God did not represent merely the Six-Winged Angel or the Sacred Angel.
Ever since Qian Renxue had truly fallen—or rather, since the Angel God had altered the Angel inheritance—the power contained within the Angel God had long ceased to be the formerly pure power of the Sacred Angel.
As the two powers began to merge, Li Qingming opened his eyes within Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and looked down at his left leg.
As a surge of power emerged, his body unexpectedly began changing as well.
If the Soul Bones of the clone could originally be used by the true body, then the Fallen Clone could likewise use the true body's Soul Bones now.
However, the powers carried by the two Soul Bones began changing completely.
As Li Qingming's Fallen Angel martial soul appeared behind him and extreme fallen power spread out, the originally pure Divine Power within his skull bone was likewise contaminated. Or rather, the two powers began merging and evolving toward the Judgment Angel.
This caused the Soul Bone's skill itself to remain unchanged, but its effects underwent a drastic transformation. The power that had originally represented the Sacred Angel directly became the power of the Judgment Angel.
Sensing his appearance shift into Xiao Hongchen's, Li Qingming stared at his own body, his expression gradually calming.
The next second, his body returned to its original appearance.
"This is truly excellent. As long as I obtain all six Soul Bones, I can transform the entire Sacred Angel Set into the Judgment Angel Set. Perhaps I can even gain additional enhancements and soul skills."
As Li Qingming considered this, his eyes lit up.
In truth, Qian Renxue's other relics should also be at Shrek Academy, including the Angel Sacred Sword.
That was also a genuine divine artifact and was most likely within Shrek Academy at present, though it might have disappeared long ago.
In any case, Li Qingming could not sense it at the moment unless his strength improved and he truly began merging with the Angel God inheritance—or completely altered the Angel God's inherited Godhood.
If he searched with a stronger power, perhaps he could also find the Angel Divine Sword and Angel Wings.
Otherwise, there was no way he could find either of those things before then.
Of course, there was no use thinking about that now. For Li Qingming, the most important thing was still improving himself.
With that in mind, he stood and prepared to find Meng Hongchen, attend that evening's lecture, and take part in the exchange meeting related to this matter.
Xu Tianran had been giving him money throughout these past two months, so he now had quite a few resources at hand.
With those resources, Li Qingming felt it should not be difficult to exchange for special notes from third-level Soul Engineers and a large quantity of materials for crafting third-level soul tools.
Then he could attempt to craft as a third-level Soul Engineer.
And once he succeeded in crafting as a third-level Soul Engineer, becoming a third-level Soul Engineer at around ten years old—
Even if Jing Hongchen truly wanted to target him, it would be absolutely impossible.
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