Qian Renxue did not take it right away.
A left leg bone from a 260,000-year Soul Beast would have been enough to make several Titled Douluo fight over it, even in Spirit Hall's treasury. Yet Bai Jin held it by one end as though he had bought a cheap little gift by the roadside.
"It suits your attributes better," Qian Renxue said.
"I have Boundless Passage."
"A Soul Bone can still strengthen your body."
"My body's in pretty good shape. You just saw it."
Qian Renxue recalled how his entire body had split open while he absorbed the Soul Ring. She raised an eyebrow. "True. You bled all over the ground and still have the nerve to argue."
Bai Jin pressed the Soul Bone into her hand.
"Keep it for now. If you really feel like you're taking advantage of me, buy me dinner sometime."
"One dinner for a 260,000-year Soul Bone?"
"Depends who I'm eating with."
Qian Renxue's fingers stilled. By the time she looked up, Bai Jin had turned toward Tang San, as though his words had been nothing more than a casual remark.
She put the Soul Bone into her Soul Tool and followed him.
The Titan Giant Ape sat beside a broken Ancient Tree, cradling Xiao Wu with painstaking care. Its eyes, capable of terrifying Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, were now full of worry. Even its breathing had grown gentle.
Tang San knelt beside its palm, holding Xiao Wu's hand without letting go.
Bai Jin bent to examine her, then covered her with a soft white light from his right hand. Reverse Cursed Technique flowed through the last remaining threads of life in Xiao Wu's body, and a faint red glow slowly lit up over her heart.
"Her soul is still here, and the medicine left by