"Ow! My butt... It hurts so much..."
Xiao Wu bared her teeth and rubbed her butt.
After recovering for two seconds, she suddenly remembered the Blue Silver Emperor in her arms and hurriedly looked down.
"Huh? Where's the flowerpot?"
She frantically turned her head from side to side, her little hands feeling around everywhere.
Lin Xiao speechlessly pointed behind her.
Thief Guga #2 lay sprawled on the ground, its eyes rolled white, a huge bump on its head.
A cracked flowerpot sat atop it, fine soil continuously spilling down.
"Ah!!"
Xiao Wu cried out in alarm. Ignoring the pain in her butt, she hurried over and carefully cradled the Blue Silver Emperor's roots and soil in her palms.
Then she crouched down, her voice full of guilt and panic.
"Are you okay?"
"Gu... ga..."
Thief Guga #2's little feet twitched now and then. Finally, its head tilted to one side, and it went still.
"Ah!! Boss!! The goose is dead!!"
Xiao Wu's eyes widened in terror.
Just then.
"Guga! Guga! Make way, guga!"
Two Doctor Gugas carried a stretcher over.
After carefully placing Thief Guga #2 on it, they lifted it up and, shouting "Guga! Guga!", dashed toward the little room with the red cross sign.
Lin Xiao was rather speechless.
This silly rabbit probably couldn't even keep a cactus alive, let alone the Blue Silver Emperor.
"Sigh... Xiao Wu, forget it. I'll have the Gugas take care of the Blue Silver Emperor. Gardener Gugas! There's work to do!"
"Guga?"
The Gardener Gugas watering the garden heard the call, dropped what they were doing, and rushed over.
Each wore a tiny straw hat and a little floral apron, clutching a watering can in its arms. Drops of water dripped from the spout onto the ground.
"Gardener Gugas, I'm entrusting this Blue Silver Emperor to you!"
"No problem, guga! We'll raise it into a strong little grass, guga!"
Xiao Wu pouted, wanting badly to prove that she could take care of it herself.
But after nearly dropping the Blue Silver Emperor to its death just now, she still held out her hands.
"Here..."
"Guga~"
The Gardener Gugas carried the Blue Silver Emperor into the garden, waddling as they went.
They chose the most suitable spot and planted it, then picked up their watering cans and began watering it.
"Gugu ga~"
The Blue Silver Emperor swayed continuously beneath the droplets, greedily absorbing nutrients from the soil.
Lin Xiao nodded.
Then he sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone into his right leg.
He had planned to do this long ago. On one hand, he did not want to let Tang San benefit from it. On the other, he coveted its healing ability.
The Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had two skills.
One was flight, and the other was: Wildfires cannot burn it all; when the spring wind blows, it grows again.
The first was not very useful—useless to keep, but a pity to discard.
But the powerful healing effect granted by the second was precious. It was a skill capable of regenerating severed limbs.
Even in the later stages, it would remain an exceedingly valuable ability.
Xiao Wu stood nearby and said nothing.
The Blue Silver Emperor was already dead, and the Spirit Bone it left behind would be absorbed by someone sooner or later.
Rather than letting someone else benefit from it, she would rather let her boss have it. Besides, her boss had rescued the Blue Silver Emperor, so it counted as repaying a life-saving debt, right?
Days passed one after another.
It was not until the morning of the fifth day that Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes.
"Phew... I've reached level 20."
He stood up, stretched lazily, and felt absolutely refreshed.
And thanks to more than a month of effort from the Gugas, the age of his first Spirit Ring had also broken through six hundred years!
Breaking through a thousand years was just around the corner!
Lin Xiao turned to look at Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, who were sleeping sprawled out in all directions beside him, and helplessly reached out to wake them.
"Wake up. Aren't you afraid of catching a chill sleeping here?"
"Mmm..."
Xiao Wu's eyelashes fluttered. Her rabbit ears drooped halfway down the sides of her head as she rubbed her sleepy eyes and slowly sat up, her hair a complete mess.
Ning Rongrong beside her also mumbled groggily. Her body tipped to one side, and she nearly slid straight off the lounge chair.
Lin Xiao quickly reached out and propped her back up.
"Brother Lin Xiao... you're finally done... No one has been telling Rongrong stories these past few days..."
Ning Rongrong half-opened her eyes, her little lips slightly pursed, her face full of grievance.
Lin Xiao raised a hand and rubbed the top of her head.
"Be good. Brother still needs to find Uncle Ning and the others. You play with Xiao Wu first."
"Okay... Brother Lin Xiao, come back quickly..."
Inside the Seven Treasures Pagoda.
Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin each held one of Lin Xiao's arms, their faces full of shock.
"He really is level 20! Little Lin, your Martial Soul didn't refine some forbidden medicine for you to take, did it?"
They could not help but be suspicious.
After all, among those thousand Martial Souls were professions they had never even heard of.
Who knew what strange things might emerge from them?
"Uncle Ning, Sword Grandpa, I absorbed a Spirit Bone."
Lin Xiao did not hide it. Something like this could not be concealed.
Rather than waiting for it to be exposed sooner or later, he might as well tell them now.
"How old was it?"
"A hundred thousand years."
"Hiss... Where did you get it?"
"The Thief Gugas stole it from outside."
Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin exchanged a glance, their expressions grave.
Since the other party possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, their strength certainly could not be low.
Although they did not know how Little Lin's Martial Soul had stolen it, once the other party discovered that the Spirit Bone was gone, they definitely would not let the matter rest.
Perhaps they were already searching everywhere for Little Lin's trail.
But so what? Since Little Lin had already absorbed it, it was now the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
If that person dared to come, they would let him learn the might of the Seven Kill Sword!
"Little Lin, do not reveal that Spirit Bone unless absolutely necessary."
"Mm, I understand."
Lin Xiao nodded solemnly.
Before creating the Anti-Tang Hao Armor, he absolutely would not go out recklessly.
Ning Fengzhi was very satisfied. This boy had been sensible since childhood and hardly required adults like them to worry about him.
"In that case, we'll go to the Star Dou Great Forest and find a Spirit Ring for you. What kind do you want this time?"
"One that strengthens my power."
"Alright."
Within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Chen Xin flew on his sword with the other two, searching for a suitable Spirit Beast.
After flying for a full hour, Chen Xin's eyes scanned the ground below inch by inch.
"Found one."
Lin Xiao followed his gaze.
In a clearing, an enormous brown bear leaned against a large tree, scratching its back.
"Not bad luck. A Vajra King Bear. It excels in strength, which fits your requirements perfectly. Its age is around eight hundred years too. With the boost from the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, you'll definitely be able to absorb it smoothly."
Chen Xin raised a hand and waved.
Five phantoms of the Seven Kill Sword instantly slashed out.
"Ssh!"
With the sound of flesh being cut.
The Vajra King Bear was instantly grievously wounded and left at death's door.
"Mage Guga! Go!"
"Guga!"
Mage Guga raised its staff and aimed it at the heavily wounded Vajra King Bear.
"Bzz—"
Scorching magic instantly gathered at the star atop its staff.
A violent fireball shot out and struck the bear's body.
Flames instantly devoured it completely.
In just a few minutes, nothing remained but a patch of charred ground and a yellow Spirit Ring.
Lin Xiao flew down from the Seven Kill Sword, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing it.
Chen Xin slowly descended beside him to stand guard.
Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi stroked his chin with interest, his gaze resting on Mage Guga before him, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"Guga?"
Mage Guga blinked its round eyes and tilted its head in innocent confusion, seemingly unable to understand why Ning Fengzhi kept staring at it.
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