The Second Spirit Ring

"Ouch! My butt... That hurt so much..."

Xiao Wu winced and rubbed her backside.

After pausing for two seconds, she suddenly remembered the Blue Silver Emperor in her arms and hurriedly looked down.

"Huh? Where is the flowerpot?"

She anxiously twisted her head from side to side, her little hands groping all around.

Lin Xiao speechlessly pointed behind her.

Thief Guga #2 lay flat on the ground, eyes rolled back, with a huge bump knocked onto its head.

Above it was a cracked flowerpot, constantly leaking fine soil downward.

"Ah!!"

Xiao Wu let out a startled cry, completely forgetting the pain in her backside as she scrambled over, carefully cupping the Blue Silver Emperor's roots and soil in her palms.

Then she squatted down, her tone full of guilt and panic:

"Are you okay?"

"Gu... ga..."

Thief Guga #2's little feet twitched from time to time, until its head finally tilted to the side and it went still.

"Ah!! Boss!! A goose is dead!!"

Xiao Wu stared in wide-eyed horror.

Just at that moment.

"Guga! Guga! Make way, guga!"

Two Doctor Gugas hurried over carrying a stretcher.

After carefully placing Thief Guga #2 onto it, they lifted it and rushed off in a flash toward that small room with the red cross plaque, shouting, "Guga! Guga!"

Lin Xiao was somewhat speechless.

This silly rabbit probably couldn't even keep a cactus alive, let alone the Blue Silver Emperor.

"Sigh... Xiao Wu, you'd better forget it. I'll find a goose to take care of the Blue Silver Emperor. Gardener Guga! Time to work!"

"Guga?"

Hearing the shouts, the Gardener Gugas watering the garden dropped what they were doing and scurried over in a rush.

Each of them wore a little straw hat on their head, tied with a floral little apron around their waist, and held a watering pail in their arms, the water droplets from the spout dripping onto the ground.

"Gardener Guga, I'll leave this Blue Silver Emperor to you!"

"No problem, guga! We will cultivate it into sturdy little grass! Guga!"

Xiao Wu pouted, desperately wanting to prove she could take care of it.

Yet the scene from moments ago where she had almost dropped the Blue Silver Emperor to its death still made her extend her hands.

"Here..."

"Guga~"

The Gardener Guga cradled the Blue Silver Emperor and waddled into the garden.

It picked the most suitable spot to plant it, then picked up the watering can and began to water.

"Gugu ga~"

The Blue Silver Emperor swayed constantly in the water droplets, frantically absorbing the nutrients from the soil.

Lin Xiao nodded.

Finally, he sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone onto his right leg.

He had planned this for a long time; on one hand, he didn't want to benefit Tang San, and on the other hand, he coveted its healing abilities.

The Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had two skills.

One was flight, and the other was wildfires cannot burn it out, the spring breeze blows it back to life.

The first one was useless—insipid to use, a pity to discard.

Yet the super strong healing effect granted by the second one was unimaginably precious; this was a skill capable of achieving severed-limb regeneration.

Even in the later stages, it remained an immensely precious existence.

Xiao Wu stood off to the side, saying nothing.

The Blue Silver Emperor was already dead, and the spirit bone left behind would eventually be absorbed by someone anyway.

Rather than benefiting someone else, it was better to benefit the boss. Besides, the boss had rescued the Blue Silver Emperor, so it could be considered saving a life, right?

Time passed day by day.

Until the morning of the fifth day, Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes.

"Hah... Boosted to level 20."

He stood up and stretched his back, refreshing~

Furthermore, thanks to the Gugas' hard work for over a month, the age of his first spirit ring had also broken through to 600 years!

Breaking through to a thousand years was just around the corner!

Lin Xiao turned to look at Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, who were sleeping sprawled out nearby, and helplessly reached out to wake them up.

"Wake up, aren't you afraid of catching a cold sleeping out here?"

"Mmm..."

Xiao Wu's eyelashes fluttered, her rabbit ears drooping halfway down both sides of her head as she rubbed her sleep-filled eyes and slowly sat up, her hair all messy.

Ning Rongrong beside her also mumbled fuzzily twice, her body tilting sideways as she almost slid right off the lounge chair.

Lin Xiao hurriedly reached out to prop her upward.

"Big Brother Lin Xiao... You're finally done... For the past few days, nobody has been telling Rongrong stories..."

Ning Rongrong half-opened her eyes, her little mouth slightly puckered in a face full of grievance.

Lin Xiao raised a hand and ruffled the top of her head.

"Be good, Big Brother still needs to go find Uncle Ning and the others. You play with Xiao Wu for now."

"Fine... Big Brother Lin Xiao, you have to come back quickly..."

Inside the Seven Treasures Pagoda.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin each grasped one of Lin Xiao's arms, faces full of shock.

"It really is level 20! Little Lin, didn't your martial soul concoct some forbidden drug for you to eat?"

This forced them to be suspicious.

After all, those 1,000 martial souls covered professions that some had never even heard of.

Who knew what strange and bizarre things might pop out.

"Uncle Ning, Sword Grandpa, I absorbed a spirit bone."

Lin Xiao didn't hide it either; this kind of matter couldn't be kept secret.

Since it would be exposed sooner or later, it was better to just say it now.

"How many years?"

"One hundred thousand years."

"Hiss... Where did you get your hands on that?"

"Thief Gugas stole it from outside."

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin exchanged a glance, their expressions solemn.

Since the other party possessed a 100,000-year spirit bone, it meant their strength was definitely not low.

Although they didn't know how Little Lin's martial soul managed to steal it, once the other party discovered the spirit bone was gone, they certainly wouldn't let the matter rest.

They were probably searching everywhere for Little Lin's tracks right now.

Even so, what of it? Since Little Lin had already absorbed it, it was now the power of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect!

If the person dared to come, they would let them taste the might of the Seven Kill Sword!

"Little Lin, unless it's an absolute emergency, you must never expose that spirit bone."

"Mn, I understand."

Lin Xiao nodded earnestly.

Before forging the Anti-Tang Hao Armor, he would absolutely not go running around outside.

Ning Fengzhi was extremely satisfied. This kid had been extremely sensible since childhood, needing zero excessive worry from adults like them.

"In that case, let's head to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a spirit ring for you. What kind of one do you want this time?"

"Strengthen strength."

"Very well."

Inside the Star Dou Great Forest.

Chen Xin rode his sword, carrying the two of them as they searched for a suitable spirit beast.

Flying for a full hour, Chen Xin's eyes scanned the ground inch by inch.

"Found it."

Lin Xiao looked in the direction of his gaze.

In an open clearing, a gigantic brown bear was leaning against a large tree and scratching an itch.

"Good luck, a Vajra King Bear, specializing in strength. It fits your requirement perfectly, and the age is around 800 years. With the bonus of the 100,000-year spirit bone, you will definitely be able to absorb it smoothly."

Chen Xin raised his hand and waved.

Five phantoms of the Seven Kill Sword slashed down instantly.

"Scree!"

Accompanied by the sound of tearing flesh.

The Vajra King Bear was instantly heavily injured and on its last breath.

"Mage Guga! Go!"

"Guga!"

The Mage Guga raised its staff, aiming it at the heavily injured Vajra King Bear.

"Hum--"

Blazing magic instantly converged on the stars at the tip of the staff.

A ferocious fireball rapidly flew out, smashing heavily into its body.

The flames instantly swallowed it entirely.

In a mere few minutes, nothing remained in place except scorched earth and a ring of yellow spirit rings.

Lin Xiao flew down from the Seven Kill Sword, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing it.

Chen Xin slowly descended to the side to stand guard.

Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi pinched his chin with keen interest, his gaze landing upon the Mage Guga before him with a trace of novelty in the depths of his eyes.

"Guga?"

The Mage Guga blinked its round, glassy eyes, tilting its head in blank innocence as if it didn't understand why Ning Fengzhi kept staring at it.