"A life-type External Soul Bone. I wonder what sort of improvement it can bring my Blue Silver Emperor... let's begin."
After returning to his lodgings, Tang Chuan eagerly sat down cross-legged on the spot, then took the life-type External Soul Bone he had just obtained out of the system space. In fact, if he had been able to give this External Soul Bone to someone else...
Tang Chuan would even have wanted to generously give it to Tang Ya...
"If Xiaoya could absorb it, I should receive an even greater feedback reward, right?"
Tang Chuan shook his head.
Since things had come to this, he would properly experience the system's cheat for himself. With a hum from the space around him, a pure blue-gold light blossomed.
"Humm-!"
As the blue-gold light gathered around it...
Under Tang Chuan's astonished gaze, a pair of blue-gold wings slowly took shape. This External Soul Bone...
Was actually a pair of wings?
"Wings?"
Tang Chuan carefully examined the unusual pair of wings before him. Their sharp feathers did not look like ordinary feathers, but more like armor cast from steel.
And their shape differed from the wings of ordinary birds and beasts!
They looked more like...
A pair of dragon wings!
[Host obtained: External Soul Bone, Life Dragon Wings!]
"Life Dragon Wings?!"
Tang Chuan could not help sucking in a cold breath. Had the system truly rewarded him with a pair of life-attribute dragon wings as an External Soul Bone?
"Dragon wings..."
"Whether it's a Soul Bone or a Soul Ring, anything connected to dragons can be called top-grade. This system really is generous!"
Tang Chuan was immensely excited.
He gazed at the Life Dragon Wings, whose markings shone with blue-gold light, and sat down cross-legged, guiding them behind his back to begin absorbing them.
"Humm-!"
A pure, surging aura of life burst forth.
Tang Chuan focused his mind and released his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul at the same time. Now that the Blue Silver Emperor's evolution progress had reached 20%, its appearance seemed to have changed even more.
Its golden markings had become sharper and more distinct!
The Blue Silver Emperor as a whole had also grown sturdier, giving off an unusual, auspicious aura of life that spurred Tang Chuan's Soul Power to rise steadily.
Several hours later.
"Boom-!"
Tang Chuan abruptly opened his eyes. The Life Dragon Wings unfurled behind him, carrying his body slowly off the ground and into the air. Not only that...
The blue-gold light seemed to condense into an unusual protective glow that sheltered his entire body, forming a special magnetic field that spread over an area.
"This is!"
Tang Chuan's pupils abruptly contracted.
"Could this be a domain skill that comes with the Life Dragon Wings?"
Tang Chuan exclaimed in astonishment. As he carefully sensed it, he noticed that the domain skill accompanying the Life Dragon Wings was extremely unusual.
Within this domain...
Not only could his vitality be released and restored to the greatest extent, but it could also be used in fusion with his Martial Soul, greatly strengthening the Blue Silver Emperor's own life attribute and breaking through its upper limit.
"Humm-!"
Not only that.
Tang Chuan suddenly noticed that the Life Dragon Wings seemed to be absorbing the aura of life from the surrounding heaven and earth entirely on their own.
Even though it was extremely faint.
This absorption of life remained in a constant state, continuing at every moment. Even when Tang Chuan withdrew the Life Dragon Wings into his body, they could still absorb life energy.
"Life Dragon Wings..."
"They can actually absorb the lingering aura of life between heaven and earth at every moment. Doesn't that mean they're helping me cultivate all the time!"
Tang Chuan cried out, thoroughly startled by this ability.
These were the two abilities that came with the Life Dragon Wings.
Life Domain.
Heaven and Earth Breathing.
Although these were not abilities with direct offensive effects, they provided Tang Chuan himself with an enormous boost. The Life Domain in particular, if layered with his Blue Silver Domain when he released it...
Might instantly raise his strength to an extremely terrifying level!
"My Soul Power has also advanced to rank twenty-two. Not bad."
Tang Chuan was utterly satisfied.
He withdrew the Life Dragon Wings and landed on the ground, then went over to his bed, lay down, and fell asleep.
Meanwhile.
Shrek Inner Court, Sea God Pavilion.
"Elder Mu, what did you call us both over for so late at night?"
Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi arrived at the Sea God Pavilion looking puzzled. Mu En had suddenly summoned them at such an hour, leaving both of them inevitably nervous.
Could something have happened?
"It's nothing major. Rather..."
Mu En glanced at Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi and said gravely, "That girl Tang Ya brought back a Tang Sect Elder named Tang Chuan over the past couple of days. He is now living here in our Shrek Academy."
"Tang Chuan..."
Yan Shaozhe frowned.
"I think I heard about him. That Tang Chuan seems to have had some conflict with Xu Sanshi from the Outer Court. Teacher, how can this be allowed? He isn't a member of Shrek. How can we let him stay at the academy?"
Xuan Zi drank and ate a chicken leg at the side without saying much, but Yan Shaozhe's words made Mu En's expression abruptly darken.
"Enough."
Mu En interrupted him.
"As for Tang Chuan, I hope you won't go looking for trouble with him. If possible, make things as convenient as you can for him in all matters. This is my decision. Do you understand?"
Yan Shaozhe and Mu En abruptly froze on the spot.
This...
What was going on?
"Teacher, this..."
Yan Shaozhe was stunned. Could this Tang Chuan be a relative of Mu En's?
"There's no need to ask. Just do as I say."
Mu En waved his hand, leaving no room for doubt.
"Yes, Teacher."
Although Yan Shaozhe was filled with questions, he still agreed, then turned and left the Sea God Pavilion with a heart full of confusion. After Yan Shaozhe had left, Xuan Zi could not help asking.
"Elder Mu, is that Tang Chuan a relative of yours?"
Mu En: "..."
Mu En helplessly rolled his eyes at Xuan Zi, then said, "Xuan Zi, just remember what I said."
"All right..."
Over the next few days, Tang Chuan continued guiding Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya in their cultivation, while the haughty Wang Dong kept watching from the side.
Without realizing it, she seemed to have changed her opinion of Tang Chuan as well.
"This Tang Chuan..."
"He really does seem to have some ability."
Wang Dong sighed in admiration.
That night, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong came to the Tang Sect again, but Huo Yuhao looked somewhat embarrassed as he said to Tang Chuan, "Teacher... I'm sorry I made a decision on my own without telling you."
"Hmm?"
Tang Chuan gave him a curious look.
"Teacher, the truth is that my companion Xiao Xiao is a little uncertain about how to cultivate her Twin Martial Souls. She wanted to come and ask for your guidance."
Huo Yuhao scratched his head in embarrassment. Only then did Tang Chuan notice a cute little girl standing behind Huo Yuhao. It was Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao pays her respects to Tang Grandmaster!"
Xiao Xiao said politely.
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