Fear Demon Dragon Soul Bone, the Accident of Absorbing Life Gold

The tangled love and hatred between Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Mu En was simple in some ways, yet complicated in others.

Ye Xishui had once been the Holy Spirit Cult's saintess. Old Ghost Zhongli, the cult leader before last, had sent her to approach and drive a wedge between the strongest pair of their era, the "Black-and-White Sacred Dragons"—Mu En and Long Xiaoyao.

The three had met at the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament. They became close friends after fighting Evil Soul Masters together, and both Mu En and Long Xiaoyao fell in love with Ye Xishui.

Ye Xishui loved Long Xiaoyao, but because Long Xiaoyao and Mu En each chose to yield to the other, an enormous misunderstanding arose by accident. She felt deeply humiliated and resentful.

On top of that, forced by Old Ghost Zhongli's orders, she could only scheme to turn the two against each other.

On the night before her wedding to Mu En, Ye Xishui drugged Long Xiaoyao's wine and slept with him.

Afterward, Long Xiaoyao always believed it had been his fault, and thus he had constantly felt indebted to both Ye Xishui and Mu En.

Knowing of the guilt in Long Xiaoyao's heart, Ye Xishui used it to control him, binding Long Xiaoyao to her side and making him commit many wrongs for her over the years.

Long Xiaoyao believed he was the source of all those mistakes, when in truth Ye Xishui, who had pretended to be the victim, was the real culprit.

From beginning to end, Long Xiaoyao had been the one deceived. Despite living with him for so many years, Ye Xishui had never once considered telling him the truth. She had lied and concealed things in every possible way, choosing only to exploit Long Xiaoyao.

At first, Ye Xishui could indeed be said to have had no choice. But after Old Ghost Zhongli had already died and she herself had become an Ultimate Douluo, she still refused to come clean, allowing all those old grudges to continue along their mistaken course. She truly could not be said to be entirely without fault.

The three generations sat together, while Yan Jingchuan, who knew the entire truth, sat there and listened to Ye Xishui explain herself.

Then, the more he listened, the more something felt wrong. The information Ye Xishui gave was completely off.

Not only had she failed to confess everything, she did not even mention that she had planned to drive the two apart. She merely admitted that she had concealed the matter of having a child with Long Xiaoyao, revealing that her Twin Martial Souls were the Blood Soul Demon Puppet and the Light Phoenix.

At Shrek Academy, Mu En's disciple and Yan Jingchuan's father, Yan Shaozhe, was the descendant of the two of them.

Throughout it all, she portrayed herself as an innocent and helpless victim, saying she had hidden the child because she had not known what to do at the time, had not wanted to see Long Xiaoyao, and that it had already been the best possible way to handle things.

The implication in every word was still, "You owe me."

Yan Jingchuan was stunned, staring at Ye Xishui in disbelief as she played the pitiful victim.

The key was that Long Xiaoyao did not doubt her in the slightest. He held Ye Xishui and comforted her while apologizing.

Neither of them cared whether Yan Jingchuan was still present or whether he could understand. Perhaps they simply thought that the expression on his face meant he could not believe his great-grandmother had experienced such a past.

Yan Jingchuan, who knew the whole truth, could not say anything. How could a child possibly know such things? He could not explain that point alone.

Even if he disregarded everything and spoke out, no one would likely believe him. Ye Xishui might even kill him on the spot in a fit of anger and embarrassment to bury the truth.

Remaining silent, Yan Jingchuan secretly labeled Ye Xishui as utterly beyond redemption.

She was practically on par with that ungrateful Bibi Dong from ten thousand years ago—equally insane and equally unrepentant.

Ye Xishui truly loved Long Xiaoyao, but she seemed to love herself even more.

Once the farce had finally ended and all three had calmed down, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui acted like genuine great-grandparents, fussing over Yan Jingchuan's well-being.

After learning about what he had gone through, the two could only sigh helplessly.

"As for Shaozhe, there is no need to bring him back. He has already integrated into Shrek, and he is doing quite well under Brother Mu."

Long Xiaoyao had originally wanted to bring Yan Shaozhe back, but after hearing from Yan Jingchuan about Yan Shaozhe's intense hatred for Evil Soul Masters, he gave up on the idea.

Of course, it was also possible that with Yan Jingchuan, a child who was clearly the descendant of himself and Ye Xishui, present, Long Xiaoyao no longer cared much about the dispensable Yan Shaozhe.

Ye Xishui nodded in agreement. Yan Shaozhe had awakened her Light Phoenix martial soul, and Shrek was the right place for him. Bringing him to the Holy Spirit Cult would only make him a thorn in the eyes of all the Evil Soul Masters.

On the contrary, Shrek was not suited to Yan Jingchuan. The Holy Spirit Cult was where he belonged.

"I heard that you took Zhang Peng and two elders into the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest and killed a hundred-thousand-year Golden Tortoiseshell?"

Yan Jingchuan was not surprised to hear Long Xiaoyao bring this up. Such a major matter could not possibly have gone unreported by Zhang Peng and the others.

"Yes, Great-Grandfather. It was more or less a lucky accident."

Yan Jingchuan did not really want to discuss this topic. If questioned closely, he would have a hard time finding an excuse to brush it off.

"Lucky... Then you really were fortunate. You entered the core region and even hunted a hundred-thousand-year Golden Tortoiseshell, an auspicious soul beast, yet the ferocious beasts did not pursue and kill you. That was a blessing amid misfortune."

Long Xiaoyao smiled and shook his head.

Ye Xishui reproached him gently instead.

"Do not take such risks next time. It would be extremely dangerous if you truly encountered those ferocious beasts."

"I understand, Great-Grandmother."

Whenever Yan Jingchuan called her Great-Grandmother, Ye Xishui wore a kindly smile. She was genuinely delighted to have such an outstanding great-grandson.

"What about that hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone? Did you absorb it?"

Long Xiaoyao continued asking.

"No. It did not suit my attributes, so I gave it to a friend."

The moment he said that, not only Long Xiaoyao but even Ye Xishui froze for a moment.

"You gave it to a friend..."

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui felt that the phrase was rather unfamiliar. Giving a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone to a friend—they did not know whether to call it wasteful or generous.

"Was it that boy from the Hongchen Family?"

After carefully considering the few people close to Yan Jingchuan, Ye Xishui immediately guessed who it was.

"Yes, Great-Grandmother, it was him. I think he can become the next tenth-rank soul engineer."

Yan Jingchuan deliberately mentioned a tenth-rank soul engineer because he feared Ye Xishui might suddenly go mad one day and kill Xiao Hongchen for the Soul Bone. If Ye Xishui knew in advance that he intended to cultivate a tenth-rank soul engineer, she would be less likely to ruin his investment plan.

"A tenth-rank soul engineer? You really think highly of him."

Thinking of Kong Deming, Ye Xishui's tone turned somewhat unfriendly.

"Enough, Xi Shui. Didn't you say you had prepared a meeting gift for this child? Hurry and take it out."

A meeting gift? Yan Jingchuan was rather curious. A meeting gift from an Ultimate Douluo was certainly worth looking forward to.

Ye Xishui did not keep him in suspense. A blue-black head Soul Bone, its eye sockets gleaming with an eerie light, appeared in her hand.

"This is a hundred-thousand-year Fear Demon Dragon Head Soul Bone. Well? Are you satisfied?"

A Ten-Thousand-Year Fear Demon Dragon Head Soul Bone!

Yan Jingchuan's eyes lit up. He had originally been worried that, although Life Gold would improve his physical condition enough for him to absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his third ring, his spiritual power might prove insufficient. After all, soul rings produced after Ten-Thousand-Year soul beasts died contained Soul Shock.

This was like being handed a pillow just as he was getting sleepy. The Fear Demon Dragon was a dragon-type soul beast and a spiritual-type one at that. Absorbing its head Soul Bone would definitely boost his spiritual power tremendously.

Most importantly, this head Soul Bone was a hundred thousand years old. A hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone could grant two skills; its value and rarity needed no further explanation.

"I am satisfied! Thank you, Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother!"

"Go absorb it first. We can talk afterward."

Long Xiaoyao stroked Yan Jingchuan's head, then pointed to a quiet chamber in the room. It was a specially made secret room intended for secluded cultivation.

Holding the hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, Yan Jingchuan entered the quiet chamber and sat cross-legged on the floor.

He did not begin absorbing it right away. Before absorbing the Soul Bone, he planned to absorb the Life Gold first.

He took out the green-gold metal from his storage soul tool. It was even larger than his palm, and Yan Jingchuan could not help feeling a little excited.

This thing was tremendously effective and had many uses. He only needed to absorb a tiny bit to raise his physique to an unimaginable level.

Such a large piece could be divided into several portions: one to lure Electrolux in, one for Kong Deming to study, and the rest kept for emergencies.

Having planned out its uses, Yan Jingchuan immediately circulated his soul power around the Life Gold. The entire piece of Life Gold gradually became liquid, as if melting.

The green-gold liquid flowed slowly as Yan Jingchuan controlled it, guiding it toward his brow.

As the Life Gold's liquid touched his forehead, it seeped in bit by bit. At first, nothing changed, but gradually, Yan Jingchuan felt his body grow warm.

Waves of comfortable pleasure washed over him. Before that sensation could spread through all his limbs and bones, a sudden change occurred.

The Life Gold abruptly turned into a swiftly rushing current and poured madly into Yan Jingchuan's body.

This is bad!!!

Realizing something was wrong, Yan Jingchuan tried to stop the absorption. But the situation deteriorated too quickly. His entire body instantly swelled to the extreme, as though it were about to burst apart.

Vast life force poured uncontrollably into Yan Jingchuan's small body.