Lin Chen lowered his head and looked into the lead box.
Inside the lead box, a strip-shaped right leg bone lay quietly.
The entire soul bone was crystal-clear, presenting a nearly dreamy blue-gold color, as if carved from the finest gemstone. Through its translucent surface, points of starlight could be vaguely seen flickering and swaying, resembling a miniature river of stars hidden within, profound and mysterious.
Even just lying quietly, this soul bone exuded a heart-palpitating aura of life, as if that long-dormant power was still faintly pulsing deep within the bone and blood.
Lin Chen took a deep breath and sat cross-legged beside the lead box.
He reached out and slowly picked up the soul bone. It felt warm to the touch, unlike ordinary bone, and instead felt like holding a piece of warm jade. He carefully and gently pressed it against his right leg.
He closed his eyes, circulated his soul power, and slowly channeled it into the soul bone. The soul power flowed along the patterns of the bone, bit by bit establishing a connection with the slumbering energy inside the soul bone.
The process was extremely slow, resembling the knocking on a long-sealed door.
Once the connection stabilized, Lin Chen used his spiritual power as a guide, carefully guiding the energy within the soul bone to slowly enter his body.
An energy that seemed to possess life flowed bit by bit into Lin Chen's meridians along the pull of his spiritual power.
The energy was warm and vast, and wherever it passed, it carried an indescribable vitality and affinity. It was like a long-lost friend returning home, or a parched riverbed welcoming spring rain; everywhere it passed unfurled with ease.
However, the moment this energy entered his right leg, a wave of intense pain erupted without