Old Man Gives a Soul Bone

"That move just now was good, but the Soul Power inside was too chaotic. If it had been steadier, I wouldn't have been able to get out."

When Jiang Bai had sensed the disordered Soul Power inside the cauldron, he had slowly eroded it with Frost Descent to break free. If Xiao Xiao's Soul Power had been just a little steadier, Jiang Bai truly wouldn't have been able to escape.

"You noticed? Couldn't be helped. It's too hard to control."

Hearing Jiang Bai's words, Xiao Xiao knew the flaw in her move. The seniors had mentioned it before.

There were only two ways to break her skill: one was to smash through it with brute force, and the other was the method Jiang Bai had used.

Xiao Xiao had originally thought no freshman in the academy could break this move, yet she had run into Jiang Bai.

"You're going to lose."

Xiao Xiao looked toward the stage. Even with Ning Tian's support, Wu Feng was still at a disadvantage in a two-on-two fight.

"Then we'll lose. We couldn't get first place anyway. They haven't even used the Hell White Tiger yet."

Jiang Bai didn't particularly care about the disadvantage onstage.

Even if they won by luck, they couldn't defeat the Hell White Tiger. In the original story, if Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong hadn't also possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they simply couldn't have won.

"The Hell White Tiger? What's that?"

This was the most famous Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the past ten thousand years. Xiao Xiao hadn't expected someone among the freshmen to be able to use it.

"So you won't get first place either."

"Hmph, who says?"

Hearing the disdain in Jiang Bai's voice, Xiao Xiao snorted. Though Jiang Bai said that, it was only a possibility.

What if the other side had some hidden trump card? As long as they didn't let them use it, they wouldn't necessarily lose.

"If you win..."

Jiang Bai rummaged through his pockets, then gave up. It seemed he didn't have anything worth betting. If he took out anything valuable, he might get robbed.

Especially ice-attributed treasures. The moment they appeared in Shrek, they would be snatched away.

"Lend Snow Shadow to me for a few days."

Xiao Xiao stared at Snow Shadow in Jiang Bai's arms, licked her lips, and spoke with an infatuated look. She had long been coveting Snow Shadow and had wanted to try sleeping while hugging her.

"Ying ying ying?"

How had this suddenly become about her? Snow Shadow raised her head from Jiang Bai's arms. How had these two humans ended up talking about her?

"Ask her yourself. It's up to her whether she's willing."

It mainly depended on whether Snow Shadow wanted to.

"Little Snow, come sleep with big sister tonight, okay?"

Xiao Xiao picked up Snow Shadow and spoke gently.

Both of them had fallen after exhausting their Soul Power, so they weren't physically injured.

"Ying ying ying?"

Snow Shadow shook her head. She didn't want to. She wanted to stay by Jiang Bai's side.

Suddenly, Xiao Xiao took out several jade plaques. They were made of cold jade and had been given to her by a senior. She had originally intended to give them to Jiang Bai someday.

Giving them to Snow Shadow was the same as giving them to Jiang Bai anyway.

"Ying ying ying!"

Snow Shadow, who had been about to run away, clutched the cold jade plaques tightly and refused to let go.

"Hehehe~"

"This is big sister's payment for having you warm her bed. Come pick her up after the match."

The battle onstage was nearing its end.

"Wang Dong's team wins!"

With the referee's announcement, the battle ended.

Jiang Bai returned to his side.

"Why aren't you over there flirting with that girl anymore?"

The moment he came down, Wu Feng spoke awkwardly. If Jiang Bai's Soul Power truly hadn't been exhausted, she would have suspected that he hadn't put in any effort.

"I'm back with the team now, aren't I?"

"Heh."

"Alright, Wu Feng, don't talk nonsense."

Ning Tian stopped Wu Feng. She had also thought Jiang Bai's choice had been reasonable. If he could only take one person away, Xiao Xiao had indeed been the best choice.

First, Huo Yuhao had been too far away and was rather strange. Second, Wang Dong could fly and was the strongest. Xiao Xiao had been the only one he could take away.

"It seemed to be that Huo Yuhao. For an instant, my consciousness became extremely muddled."

Ning Tian recalled that moment during the battle. If not for the headache, their team wouldn't have suddenly fallen into such a disadvantage.

"Me too."

Wu Feng also remembered that feeling.

"I didn't feel it. Xiao Xiao suppressed me with that skill that could restrain a Soul Elder. It took a lot of effort for me to break through."

Jiang Bai also described what he had felt. That truly had been his experience.

"That skill can suppress a Soul Elder. It's already impressive that you managed to break through."

Ning Tian remembered that if Snow Shadow hadn't blocked Wang Dong's second skill just now, she might have been eliminated long ago.

And there had been that thin mist, blocking the other side's sight and allowing Wu Feng to recover safely. Otherwise, Wang Dong alone could have dealt with both of them.

Suddenly, Jiang Bai thought of something. Stone should have already lost his bet, right?

Would he take his anger out on them?

Forget it. He would be assigned to Zhou Yi's class later anyway, so he needed to think of a solution.

There was something wrong with Zhou Yi's head. He should find an opportunity to earn Wang Yan's favor.

Jiang Bai remembered that Zhou Yi was the vice director, while Wang Yan was the actual director. With Wang Yan around, she wouldn't be able to make things too difficult for him.

Wang Yan was very interested in Martial Souls. Perhaps Jiang Bai could tell him some gossip about Martial Souls?

For example, the Blue Silver Emperor, or something else.

Ning Tian's team officially disbanded as well.

There was no more discussion of the group battle situation that afternoon.

After arranging with Xiao Xiao's group to go out for grilled fish together that evening,

Jiang Bai returned alone to the front of the dormitory building.

"Kid Jiang, want to talk?"

The old man at the entrance, who rarely spoke, surprisingly opened his mouth.

"You must be Xiao Xiao's senior, sir."

Jiang Bai narrowed his eyes and asked despite already knowing the answer.

"Mm."

"That's good, then."

Jiang Bai patted his chest and said in relief, "At least it's you, sir. If I'd run into that senior who looked like a beggar last time, I would've run."

"You brat."

The old man smiled. Watching Jiang Bai walk over, he asked, "What do you think of Xiao Xiao's soul skill?"

"It has brute force, but no finesse."

It was just brute-force suppression. Much of its power had not been used where it mattered.

"What family are you from? You know quite a lot."

The old man asked. Jiang Bai's records said he was an orphan, but judging from his combat methods and that Soul Ring, even ordinary nobles couldn't achieve such things.

"I'm on my own. If I didn't know a little more, this man-eating world would've swallowed me long ago."

Jiang Bai answered casually. He wasn't some child of destiny.

On the road, there had been plenty of people who saw Snow Shadow's Martial Soul and wanted to sell him off. He had killed quite a few of them as well.

"True enough."

An unusual bone appeared in the old man's hand, radiating dense Soul Power.

"A roughly twenty-thousand-year Ice Fox Right Leg Bone. Do you want it?"

"A Soul Bone?"

Jiang Bai looked curiously at the right leg bone.

"I can't accept a reward I haven't earned, Senior."

A Soul Bone meant little to Jiang Bai, but Mu En had taken out a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone just like that. What was he trying to do?

"I want you to join Shrek Academy."

Mu En said. Jiang Bai's Martial Soul had great potential, and he wanted to see how strong Jiang Bai would become after reaching the Soul Saint rank.

"Am I not already a Shrek student?"

"No. I want you to enter the Inner Court."

The Outer Court was merely the Outer Court. The Inner Court was the true Shrek.

"As long as you agree to enter the Inner Court now, I'll give you this Soul Bone."

"This is too important. Let me think about it."

What a joke. Jiang Bai had no need for Soul Bones, and he wasn't lacking them either. Naturally, he wouldn't enter the Inner Court just because of this.

"Mm..."

Mu En said nothing. He was now certain that Jiang Bai was no ordinary person.

An ordinary Soul Master would be moved even by a hundred-year or thousand-year Soul Bone, let alone a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.

"Fine, you can go."

Since Jiang Bai wasn't tempted, there was nothing Mu En could do. He waved a hand and told him to leave.

"You won't make things difficult for me later, will you, sir?"

Jiang Bai asked with a hint of "worry," though he still trusted Mu En. A Limit Douluo wouldn't stoop to holding a grudge against a junior like him.

Except for a certain Rank 98 one.

"Do I look that shameless?"

"I knew you were wise and mighty, Senior. You'd never hold a grudge against a junior."

"Cultivate well."

"Got it, sir."

Watching Jiang Bai's departing back, Mu En's gaze flickered.

Forget it. With that sort of personality, as long as Shrek didn't provoke him in the future, it would be fine.

Although a Detached Martial Soul currently seemed to have no future, Mu En felt that Jiang Bai had a high chance of becoming a powerful expert someday.

As long as he survived, reaching the Title Douluo rank shouldn't be a problem.