So Xiao Wu was this easy to fool?
No wonder Tang San had secretly pledged himself to Xiao Wu so early in the original story.
She was still just a little rabbit whose mind hadn't opened up.
Still, Chen Ci wasn't particularly interested in Xiao Wu as she was now. Her value as a person fell far short of her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
That was an utterly perfect Soul Bone with two heaven-defying divine skills: Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body.
If he had Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body, the scene would look like this:
There's a Dayun truck here that can teleport. Could someone please deal with it?
Just imagining it was pretty wonderful.
And so, Chen Ci began trying to get Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself willingly:
"I am now a student of Bibi Dong, the Pope of Spirit Hall. Soon, I'll be heading to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall's main hall is located, to cultivate.
"There are countless Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos there. How will you conceal your identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
At his words, the light in Xiao Wu's eyes dimmed.
As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, reviving the Soul Beast Clan was a mission carved into her very bones.
She was willing to give everything for that mission.
Wait, My Lord seems to be in human form right now.
As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Xiao Wu could sense an unusual bone within Chen Ci's body.
It seemed to be the Soul Bone of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Then, if I'm willing to sacrifice myself, I can stay beside My Lord as a soul and offer him my Soul Bone, making him stronger.
As Xiao Wu kept talking herself into it, she had already prepared herself mentally to sacrifice herself for Chen Ci.
Her eyes brightened, gleaming with renewed spirit.
Chen Ci and Gu Yuena noticed this immediately.
Gu Yuena's gaze sharpened. As the true sovereign of the Soul Beast Clan at present, she was unwilling to let any member of the clan die.
As for why she hadn't stopped Chen Ci from hunting Soul Rings before, it was because, in Gu Yuena's eyes, Soul Beasts that had not developed intelligence did not count as members of the Soul Beast Clan.
They were merely wild beasts.
But Xiao Wu, this hundred-thousand-year-old Softbone Enchanting Rabbit, clearly possessed intelligence equal to a human's.
The next instant, Gu Yuena's voice sounded in Xiao Wu's heart:
"I will teach you a method that can strip away your Soul Beast essence and turn you fully human. That way, you can survive while giving Chen Ci the fruits of your hundred thousand years of cultivation.
"Are you willing?"
Xiao Wu froze for a moment, unsure what to choose.
Should she sacrifice herself as a Soul Beast, never reaching that beautiful future?
Or should she remain beside My Lord as a human and witness with her own eyes that golden age belonging to the Soul Beast Clan?
Gu Yuena saw the struggle within Xiao Wu's heart and said:
"Who you are has nothing to do with your flesh. We will always remember that there was once a hundred-thousand-year-old Softbone Enchanting Rabbit in this world.
"Wouldn't it be better for us to witness that day arrive together?"
At those words, Xiao Wu hesitated no longer. She looked at Gu Yuena and nodded firmly.
Seeing this, Chen Ci roughly guessed that something had passed between Xiao Wu and Gu Yuena, but it probably wouldn't harm him.
A moment later, Xiao Wu looked at Chen Ci and said:
"My Lord, I can sacrifice all my Soul Beast essence to you, granting you a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"The price is that I will become fully human from now on, with no further bloodline connection to the Soul Beast Clan."
Looking into Xiao Wu's earnest eyes, Chen Ci nodded.
This was a pretty good method. Xiao Wu could keep her life and continue experiencing the human world, while he could obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"That's fine. There's nothing wrong with being human.
"A human can still stand with Soul Beasts in their heart."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu hesitated no longer and began performing the special secret method Gu Yuena had taught her.
In truth, no such secret method existed. Gu Yuena was using her authority as the Silver Dragon King to strip away all of Xiao Wu's Soul Beast essence.
Soon, a dazzling flash of red and a peculiar bone leaped into the air from Xiao Wu's chest.
At the same time, under the influence of Xiao Wu's Soul Beast essence, Chen Ci's Soul Power began soaring, reaching level twenty in the blink of an eye.
Chen Ci was just about to absorb Xiao Wu's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and attach it to his golden-patterned Blue Silver Emperor.
To his surprise, however, he swallowed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring along with the Soul Beast essence.
He never got the chance to attach the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Chen Ci inwardly thought it was a pity, but it wasn't a big deal. After all, he could eventually reach the point of possessing nine-colored Soul Rings.
Suddenly, Chen Ci sensed something. He activated both his golden-patterned Blue Silver Emperor and his silver-patterned Blue Silver Emperor, discovering that a new purple Soul Ring had appeared around each plant.
After devouring Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast essence, the concentration of the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King origin bloodlines within him had actually increased.
He could now begin condensing his own Soul Rings. He had even stripped away a portion of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring's power, allowing him to skip straight past the stages of self-condensing a Ten-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
He had directly reached the stage of self-condensing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
He simply didn't know whether his Soul Rings' age would now increase with his Soul Power cultivation or with his bloodline concentration.
Chen Ci guessed it was most likely the latter, since it was precisely by devouring Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast essence that he had become able to condense his own Soul Rings.
Because most of the Soul Beast essence had gone toward increasing the concentration of his Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines, Chen Ci's Soul Power hadn't risen by much.
He had only reached level twenty, barely crossing into the Soul Grandmaster realm.
Afterward, Chen Ci began absorbing Xiao Wu's Soul Bone.
It was a complete hundred-thousand-year Softbone Enchanting Rabbit Left Arm Bone, floating quietly before Chen Ci.
The Soul Bone was warm and smooth as jade, wreathed in a faint pink glow.
Because Xiao Wu had offered it willingly, the Soul Bone showed no trace of unruliness. Instead, it was utterly docile, his for the taking.
Chen Ci used his gold-and-silver Soul Power to draw the hundred-thousand-year Softbone Enchanting Rabbit Left Arm Bone toward his left arm.
Thanks to the powerful adaptability of the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines, absorbing the Soul Bone was easy and natural. It was over as simply as drinking a glass of water.
In just one hour, Chen Ci acquired four new skills.
The golden-patterned Blue Silver Emperor's second Soul Skill, Golden Dragon Tyrant Body; the silver-patterned Blue Silver Emperor's second Soul Skill, Fire Element Control; and the Softbone Enchanting Rabbit Soul Bone's Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body.
Each of the four skills was extraordinarily powerful on its own. Combined now, they sent Chen Ci's combat strength soaring once again.
Fighting opponents a full rank above him was already easy.
Xiao Wu congratulated him:
"Congratulations on your breakthrough in strength, My Lord."
Chen Ci smiled, then said:
"That's thanks to you too, Sister Xiao Wu.
"And don't call me My Lord from now on. It doesn't fit the customs of the human world."
Xiao Wu blushed. Why couldn't My Lord make himself clear? What exactly did he mean by "from now on"-was he talking about the future, or doing it from behind?
"Yes."
At the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City, Bibi Dong had just dealt with a batch of parasites and was resting in the seat of honor when she heard someone report:
"Your Holiness, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang requests an audience..."
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