Two hours later, Snow Ji and Su Ling changed their clothes and hurried out when they saw how late it was getting.
Only then did the two remember that Xue Qinghe had never told them where to go.
They wandered around like headless flies.
They happened to run into Xue Beng, who had sneaked out. Xue Ye had sentenced him to a year of confinement, but he certainly was not going to obediently spend a whole year in that dark little room.
After only two days, he could no longer stand it and planned to find some amusement in Heaven Dou City.
Instead, he ran straight into Snow Ji, who had lost her way.
"So beautiful."
Xue Beng was deeply captivated by Snow Ji's beauty, and her innate allure made him lose control of himself for a moment.
Although his long-standing debauchery had been an act, constant exposure to that environment had turned him into a genuine wastrel.
Those lovely legs, those jade stalks, those milky-white mounds.
Xue Beng walked toward Snow Ji step by step, ignoring her even after she warned him twice.
Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi happened to witness the scene as they passed by.
Xue Ye inwardly cried out in alarm. He had personally seen her send Dugu Bo flying with a single kick. Even after several imperial healing Soul Masters he had dispatched treated Dugu Bo together, he still had not recovered.
Xue Beng would probably be kicked straight to death!
Before Xue Ye could speak, Su Ling stepped in front of Snow Ji and seized the hand Xue Beng was reaching toward her.
"Who the hell do you think you are, getting in my way?"
Two yellow Soul Rings rose around Xue Beng. "I'll throw those words right back at you. Who the hell do you think you are, touching my woman?"
Although he had only known Snow Ji for two days, they were lovers in the truest sense, having taken each other's first time.
Ordinarily, Su Ling might only have beaten Xue Beng up, but now, faced with this fellow who never learned his lesson, he felt no more mercy.
"Soul Bone Skill: Heartfire!"
Xue Beng's arrogance vanished in an instant, and he let out an agonized howl.
Then he began burning from the inside out. Within seconds, he was reduced to drifting ashes, leaving not a trace behind.
"Sect Master Ning, did you make anything of that?"
Xue Ye had initially intended to intervene. However disappointing Xue Beng was, he was still his child. He had once had many children, but now only Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng remained.
Of course, Xue Ye was not foolish enough to fall out with Su Ling. With a Titled Douluo at his side who could completely suppress Poison Douluo, escaping unscathed would not be difficult. Coupled with his terrifying talent, if he returned for revenge after growing stronger, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would meet its end.
Ning Fengzhi was also extremely tense. From Xue Ye's description, he had originally thought the other party was a support Soul Master specializing in life, but now it seemed things were not so simple.
"He didn't even summon his Martial Soul. It should be some kind of Soul Bone Skill."
"A Soul Bone Skill?"
The skills granted by the vast majority of Soul Bones only had support effects. Even with Ning Fengzhi's extensive knowledge, he had never seen such a powerful Soul Bone.
The two exchanged a glance, instantly understanding each other's meaning.
"Su Ling, there you are."
Xue Ye walked out with a cheerful smile. Xue Beng was dead, and that was that. His health had recovered anyway, so he could still father children. Failing that, he still had Xue Qinghe to hold things up.
Su Ling had naturally noticed the two long ago. Seeing that Xue Ye had no intention of making trouble, he did not intend to say anything more either.
Helping treat his illness had already been kindness enough. If he insisted on making an unreasonable fuss, Su Ling would not mind making Xue Ye suffer a little.
"This is Ning Fengzhi, sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Greetings, Sect Master Ning." Seeing how polite Su Ling was, Ning Fengzhi smiled and returned his greeting.
"And who might this be?"
Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi turned their gazes toward Snow Ji. The oppressive presence she gave off was unlike anything they had ever experienced.
"She's Snow Ji, my girlfriend."
Su Ling did not deliberately conceal their relationship. Although Xue Ye had promised Xue Ke to him, that was a matter for the future, after all. If he wanted to run a proper harem, he had to keep the scales balanced.
I, Su Ling, am certainly no lecher. I just want to give every girl a warm home.
"Oh, Master, you'll make me shy saying that."
Snow Ji ran to Su Ling's side, took his little hand, and swung it from side to side as though acting coy.
The sight left Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi rather embarrassed. Hey, hey, picking on us for being old, are you?
Now that my health has recovered, I'll go make babies tomorrow. I'll strive to recreate the glory of ten princes within a few years!
Xue Qinghe: Fine, fine, fine. You just have to make me farm experience.
Right! Inspiration flashed through Su Ling's mind. He still had the four Soul Bones he had stripped from Tang Hao.
With both Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi here, he did not even need to worry about anyone driving down the price. They would definitely fetch a good sum.
"Your Majesty, Sect Master Ning, I have some good things I'd like to sell. Would either of you be interested?"
Hearing this, Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi both drew closer.
Although they worried that Su Ling might use some strange items to extort them, curiosity still drove them to see whether he would really produce anything good.
"Snow Ji, give me a hand."
Su Ling did not have a Storage Soul Tool, so he had placed the Soul Bones on his Martial Soul. This was a new use for his Martial Soul: it could serve as an enormous Storage Soul Tool. If he wanted, he could even put the whole of Heaven Dou City inside.
Before long, a little fox carrying a small cloth bag in its mouth appeared out of thin air in Su Ling's arms.
After Snow Ji joined the Chaos Planet, two types of foxes had evolved: Snow Spirit Foxes, which specialized in spiritual power, and Crimson Flame Foxes, which specialized in the fire element.
The one in Su Ling's arms was a hundred-thousand-year Crimson Flame Fox leader, though it looked somewhat haggard at the moment.
Although Snow Ji's arrival had caused the planet to produce some low-level herbivorous Soul Beasts, there were nowhere near enough to feed so many foxes. They could only gnaw on the Blue Silver Emperor.
"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"
The instant the Crimson Flame Fox appeared, Xue Ye's and Ning Fengzhi's legs went so weak that they nearly collapsed.
Su Ling could actually summon a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at will!
Su Ling took the cloth bag and slowly opened it. Four crystalline, translucent Soul Bones appeared before the two, including a precious skull bone and torso bone.
Both revealed greedy expressions, but reason overcame their greed. They did not want to be reduced to ashes like Xue Beng.
"Name your prices."
Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye were both overjoyed. If he was selling them, that made things easy.
They might lack other things, but they had plenty of Gold Soul Coins. How to divide the bones, however, became another problem.
Although the Soul Bones Su Ling had produced were all of twenty- to thirty-thousand-year quality, with even the highest-quality torso bone being only forty thousand years old,
neither their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect nor the Heaven Dou Empire had even a single Soul Bone over ten thousand years old.
Even Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo still did not have a single Soul Bone.
Ning Fengzhi silently calculated. Giving the skull bone to Chen Xin and the torso bone to Gu Rong would probably take both their strengths a step higher. If the Soul Bones suited them, it was even possible for both to reach rank ninety-six directly and join the ranks of Super Douluos.
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