The black lump was so large that it nearly burst one of his storage compartments.
"Little Monster, what is this?" Dugu Bo asked when he saw it, sensing a faint fluctuation of Soul Power inside.
"Just wait and see."
Tang San smiled mysteriously, then wrapped it in the Life-Creating Cocoon and placed it over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, using the Yang Spring's scorching heat to calcine and refine it.
The foul, fishy stench was steadily burned away, turning into the scent of the sea.
The useless impurities rose as black smoke. Now, all that remained inside the Life-Creating Cocoon was a complete deep-blue bone and a lump of gel in the same deep-blue color.
Even Tang San himself was stunned at the sight.
"Brat, where did you get this?!" Dugu Bo demanded, his eyes widening in disbelief.
"Bought it from a street stall. This and a few other things cost three hundred altogether. Damn it, I thought it was just a lump of whale rubber!"
Tang San's heart was racing too. He had never expected such an unexpected windfall.
At the time, he had only recognized it as a lump of whale rubber roughly a thousand years old or older, thinking he could use it to nourish his teacher's body. He had never imagined there would be a Left Arm Soul Bone inside as well.
It was at least ninety percent intact, with quality approaching the ten-thousand-year mark, yet he had snagged it for just three hundred gold coins.
"Old Poison, you're not going to get greedy and kill me to silence me, are you?"
"Oh, get lost. I haven't sunk that low." Dugu Bo suppressed the shock and burning desire in his heart, composed himself, and picked up the left arm bone to examine it.
"Besides,