Dai Chengqian returned to the hotel and found that all the girls had already come back, so he asked with curiosity:
"There are still matches going on, why didn't you keep watching them?"
Zhu Zhuyun shook her head and said:
"There are only a few relatively strong teams-Shrek, Godwind, Skyfire, and Skywater.
The other teams are quite weak and nothing much to look at, so we came back."
"Coming back is fine, it's just in time to show you something good."
The girls were intrigued and all crowded up in front of Dai Chengqian.
"What good thing?"
"Could it be another Soul Tool?"
"Hurry up and take it out to let us see."
Wiffs of natural feminine fragrance drifted into Dai Chengqian's nose.
Dai Chengqian smiled mysteriously at them and took out the Soul Bone that shone with seven-colored light into his hand.
"None of you guessed right.
Today's good thing is a Soul Bone!"
"What? It's actually a Soul Bone!"
The girls looked at this Soul Bone with burning desire.
On the Douluo Continent, a Soul Bone was a one-in-ten-thousand treasure.
As long as one absorbed it, they gained an extra skill; which Soul Master could keep from coveting a Soul Bone upon seeing one?
Earlier, Dai Chengqian had given Zhu Zhuqing a Soul Bone, and after the other girls found out about it later, they had all been green with envy.
In their hearts, they were all faintly anticipating when Dai Chengqian would give one to them as well.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Dai Chengqian and asked:
"Your Highness, you didn't absorb it yourself and specifically took it out to show us-you wouldn't want to give it to us again, would you?"
Dai Chengqian nodded, looked at everyone, and smiled:
"That's right."
Hearing Dai Chengqian's words, the girls looked at Dai Chengqian with expectant eyes.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at their expectant expressions, took a few steps back to sit on a chair, and said:
"I already have one. Since the Sixth Prince wants to give this one away, let the other younger sisters have it."
Dai Chengqian picked up the Soul Bone, thought for a moment, and under everyone's gaze, handed it toward Ye Lingling.
"I've decided, this Soul Bone goes to Ye Lingling.
Lingling, you take it."
Upon hearing that Dai Chengqian was giving this Soul Bone to her, Ye Lingling's face revealed a joyful expression.
Although the other girls felt somewhat disappointed, they didn't raise any objections.
Only Dugu Yan, seeing that everyone else remained silent, stood up discontentedly and said:
"Your Highness, I feel your distribution isn't right.
If you give it to Sister Zhu Yun, I have no objections; her rank is the highest, and the effect of absorbing a Soul Bone will be greater.
But Sister Lingling is just a support, why give the Soul Bone to her? You're being partial!
Is it because you've been walking close to Sister Lingling lately that you decided to give it to her?"
Looking at Dugu Yan, Dai Chengqian thought to himself:
Little Yan, you're the only one daring to speak up, huh? It seems I really need to find an opportunity to properly discipline you.
Coming over to Dugu Yan's side, Dai Chengqian chuckled and said:
"What, are you jealous?"
"No way, I'm just thinking on behalf of our team."
Patting Dugu Yan's shoulder, Dai Chengqian explained to the girls:
"The reason for giving the Soul Bone to Ye Lingling is very simple.
I discussed it with the two Titled Douluos; this Soul Bone is a mental-attribute Soul Bone, most suitable for a support-type Soul Master or an illusion-type Soul Master.
In our team, the most suitable person is precisely Ye Lingling.
If I gave it to any of the rest of you, the skill acquired would merely turn out to be a very tasteless skill.
Do you understand?"
Upon hearing Dai Chengqian's words, Dugu Yan realized inwardly that she had spoken a bit too impulsively just now, and she hurriedly apologized to Dai Chengqian:
"Ah, so that's how it is. I'm sorry, it was just me overthinking..."
Finished speaking, she said to Ye Lingling as well: "Sister Lingling, it was me overthinking, I'm sorry."
Ye Lingling gave a gentle nod toward her and said: "It's fine."
Dai Chengqian walked over and feigned patting Dugu Yan's slender waist to show comfort.
In reality, when his hand landed on her buttocks, he stealthily pinched hard to show punishment.
Dugu Yan felt a stinging pain at her posterior, covered her mouth, and let out a faint, barely audible "Ah."
Stealing a guilty glance at the others and seeing that none of them had noticed, Dugu Yan instantly felt a wave of secret thrill, her heart harboring some expectation for Dai Chengqian to do it again.
Dai Chengqian did not continue rewarding Dugu Yan.
He walked to Ye Lingling's side and said: "Begin absorbing it."
Ye Lingling nodded, held the Soul Bone in the palm of her hand, and then poured her Soul Power into it.
Seven-colored light shone throughout the entire room, and immediately following that, the skull entered Ye Lingling's body, the two beginning to merge.
In the original work, this Soul Bone ultimately ended up with Ning Rongrong.
If he remembered correctly, the skill acquired was an ability that allowed teammates to establish a spiritual connection and communicate telepathically,
while simultaneously enhancing mental power within range, carrying a certain effect of confusing enemies.
He wondered if any changes would appear after Ye Lingling absorbed it.
Several hours later, Ye Lingling finished her absorption, and the seven-colored light inside the room slowly faded away.
Dai Chengqian came to Ye Lingling's side, reached out to grasp her mutton-fat-jade-like hand, pulled her up, and then asked:
"How is it? What kind of skill did you acquire?"
Ye Lingling said with delight:
"The skill is called Illusion-Healing Space. I can establish a Spiritual Network within a certain range.
As long as we're within this range, everyone I link can share thoughts,
and at the same time I can precisely perceive everyone's injuries, Soul Power consumption, and mental power strength, thereby carrying out corresponding targeted treatment.
Oh right, besides these, I've also gained a Mental Restoration ability, which can soothe and repair your injured minds."
Upon hearing Ye Lingling's introduction regarding her skull Soul Skill, Dai Chengqian nodded with satisfaction.
Compared to Ning Rongrong absorbing this Soul Bone, Ye Lingling lacked some means of launching illusion attacks, but gained treatment methods.
However, those were all minor details; the most important thing was that the ability of thought-sharing had been retained.
For his entire team, this skill was the most crucial one.
Upon hearing the Soul Bone skill Ye Lingling had acquired, the greater or lesser traces of jealousy previously in the others' hearts vanished.
A few days later.
The preliminary rounds continued to progress.
Today, Shrek and Blazing Fire Academy bumped into each other.
Although Tang San's fire-immunity ability had been pilfered by Dai Chengqian,
Tang San after all enjoyed protagonist halo reinforcement, and his own strength was strong enough.
After a bout of combat between the two teams, Huo Wu's Blazing Fire Academy was ultimately thoroughly subdued by Tang San.
It was just that the final victorious process lacked the segment of Tang San acting cool and declaring his fire immunity.
Having lost to a nameless squad, Huo Wu gritted her teeth and unwillingly walked back to the resting area.
Seeing this scene, Godwind Academy's Feng Xiaotian seized the opportunity to start chatting with Huo Wu.
"Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs, Huo Wu, don't worry, I'll avenge you later."
"Feng Xiaotian, I know you like me. If you can defeat Tang San head-on later, I'll agree to go out with you!"
Feng Xiaotian hadn't expected Huo Wu to state so directly that he liked her, and he dizzily froze for a moment.
Just as he was about to answer Huo Wu, a man's voice suddenly came from beside them.
"Defeat Tang San? I think he's not quite up to it."
Hearing someone say he wasn't up to it, Feng Xiaotian instantly flew into a rage, turned his head, and cursed:
"Fuck, who did you say isn't up to it?"
Dai Chengqian ignored Feng Xiaotian, stepped forward to arrive before Huo Wu, and smiled:
"Hello Miss Huo Wu, my name is Dai Chengqian, captain of the Star Luo Empire main team. Shall we make friends?"
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