Can Soul Bone Skills Gain Rule Effects Too?

"Mystic Bone Glazed Grass! I never thought the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would have something this good!"

Luofan gazed at the Immortal Herb before him, marveling inwardly.

The herb looked almost translucent. According to the notes, its purpose was simple: it could greatly enhance the effects of Soul Bones!

Apart from External Soul Bones, the age of a Soul Bone from any of the six standard body parts was fixed when it was absorbed. It could never be raised!

But the Mystic Bone Glazed Grass was different. Eating it would greatly amplify the effects of a Soul Bone.

As for Soul Bones, Luofan currently had only one: a Head Soul Bone.

It was the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, a Soul Bone over sixty thousand years old.

It had transformed his mental power and increased it so much that even his meditation had sped up considerably!

If he consumed the Mystic Bone Glazed Grass now, he could strengthen his Head Soul Bone again.

Greater mental power meant more effective meditation. For Luofan, whose top priority was raising his Soul Power Level, this herb was exactly what he needed!

And since he had only one Soul Bone, all the enhancement would go to it!

Luofan had no intention of pulling the plant out by the roots. Instead, he cut off its upper portion as though harvesting chives, then swallowed it!

He could clearly feel the potent medicinal energy erupt inside his stomach.

The energy then flowed naturally toward the Soul Bone in his head and rapidly merged with it!

Originally, it had been a Soul Bone just over sixty thousand years old.

Now, under the medicinal energy's influence, its age kept climbing!

Seventy thousand years, seventy-eight thousand, eighty-six thousand, ninety-three thousand...

By the time he had absorbed all the medicinal energy, Luofan still had not opened his eyes. Yet he felt as though his consciousness had floated upward.

He looked down and found that he had no body at all. He was nothing but a mass of conscious thought.

His body was still sitting cross-legged below!

What is this? Is this Primordial Spirit Out-of-Body? Luofan wondered.

His current state was remarkably similar to the legendary experience of Primordial Spirit Out-of-Body.

Luofan also understood what had happened. His Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull had risen from sixty thousand years to one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years—more than double its former age!

His mental power had surged once more, granting him a Soul Skill unique to his Soul Bone: the ability to achieve Primordial Spirit Out-of-Body!

More importantly, he could do more than simply separate his consciousness from his body. He could even use it to seize control of someone else's body.

That control lasted thirty seconds, increasing or decreasing by one second for each level of difference in Soul Power Level!

Luofan was currently level thirty-three!

Against someone else at level thirty-three, he could seize control of their body for thirty seconds!

Against someone at level thirty-two, it would last thirty-one seconds!

Against someone at level thirty-four, it would last twenty-nine!

Luofan knew that merely raising a Soul Bone's age would not normally grant him the ability to seize another person's body.

That ability came mainly from the effect of his Rule Addition entry.

It was an unexpected delight!

What did Rule Addition do?

It randomly added a rule-based effect to his Soul Skills.

Luofan had thought this Golden Entry only worked on Soul Skills granted by Soul Rings!

Who would have imagined that Soul Skills granted by Soul Bones could benefit from it too?

The realization opened up a whole new range of possibilities!

There were six standard Soul Bones. If he was lucky, he could obtain a Soul Bone Skill from each one!

Wouldn't that give him six more rule-based effects?

And what if he acquired a few External Soul Bones on top of those?

Could Self-Created Soul Skills also benefit from the Rule Addition Golden Entry?

After all, Self-Created Soul Skills could be learned!

"Thirty seconds... I'm level thirty-three now, so I should be able to seize control of any Soul Emperor below level sixty-three for at least one second, right?"

"No wonder a Soul Bone nearly one hundred thirty thousand years old gave me this rule-based effect. It's practically a divine skill!"

"In a fierce battle, even one second of control could turn the tide, let alone dozens of seconds!"

"With this Soul Bone Skill, I'm practically unbeatable against anyone who isn't more than thirty levels above me!"

After carefully considering the rule-based effect of his Soul Bone Skill, Luofan was delighted!

Using it meant sending his Primordial Spirit out to seize control of his opponent's body, leaving his own body defenseless. That was the skill's drawback!

But he had the Immortal Body Golden Entry!

Once he had contained his excitement, Luofan began eating and harvesting the other top-tier Spirit Plants and prized medicinal herbs!

He ate whatever suited him. Anything he could take, he packed into the jade boxes he had prepared and stored in his storage-type Soul Tool!

Although Luofan left the roots intact on most of the herbs he took, preserving their ability to regrow, he had still harvested his way through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by the time he finished!

It was nearly midnight. Prince Xue Xing's birthday banquet should have ended, and Dugu Bo might return at any moment. Carrying the Aromatic Silk Beauty, whose protective field kept poison at bay, Luofan passed through the poisonous miasma again and returned to the Crown Prince's Residence in Heaven Dou City.

He had relied on his Immortal Body to force his way in, but now he could use the herb to get out. Luofan had no desire to put himself through needless pain!

He was nothing like Deadpool from the Marvel universe, recklessly courting death because he could recover from almost anything.

He might not die, but he could still feel pain.

"Brother Fan, where did you go so late at night?"

Luofan had only just returned to the Crown Prince's Residence when he found Xue Qinghe waiting for him.

"Uh, Brother Xue, you're still awake?" Seeing that Xue Qinghe seemed to have been waiting for him, Luofan gave an awkward smile.

"I made an appearance at the birthday banquet and came back, only to find you missing. How was I supposed to sleep?" Xue Qinghe rolled his eyes in exasperation.

Without waiting for an answer, Xue Qinghe asked, "Come on, tell me. What were you up to in the middle of the night without so much as a word?"

"Heh, Brother Xue, you said it was something bad. Of course I can't tell you!" Luofan replied with a mysterious grin.

Then he took a jade box from his storage-type Soul Tool. "Brother Xue, don't think I forgot about you. I brought you something good too!"