"Huh? For... for me?" Dugu Yan's eyes widened in disbelief. "Both of them?!"
"Mm."
Chen Mo smiled. "A thirty-eight-thousand-year left arm bone and a forty-thousand-year right arm bone."
"But these two weren't obtained from Soul Beasts. Tang Hao acquired them elsewhere himself, so there isn't much power left in them."
"After you absorb them, your Soul Power should increase a little."
"What about you, Brother Chen Mo? You've given all the Soul Bones to Grandpa and me. What will you use?"
"It's fine. If I'm giving them to you, just take them. Don't worry about me."
After saying that, Chen Mo even rubbed Dugu Yan's head.
Feeling the warmth on her head, Dugu Yan accepted the two Soul Bones, her cheeks flushed as she whispered, "Thank you, Brother Chen Mo."
[Dugu Yan's favorability: 60→75]
Chen Mo chuckled inwardly.
Four Soul Bones he couldn't use in exchange for a Titled Douluo enforcer and a beautiful girl who would at least grow into a Titled Douluo-that was a worthwhile deal!
Next, the three began absorbing their Soul Bones separately.
Dugu Bo first tried transferring the poison into the left leg bone.
He circulated his Soul Power, guiding the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison in his body toward the left leg bone.
It could only be said that it lived up to being the Clear Sky Sect's fifty-thousand-year inherited Soul Bone. Its quality was extremely high, and it absorbed the poison very quickly.
There was some difficulty at first, but soon, the Soul Bone began absorbing large quantities of poison.
A quarter of an hour later, the poison in Dugu Bo's body had decreased by forty percent!
"It worked!" Dugu Bo exclaimed excitedly. "It really worked! The poison in my body has decreased by forty percent!"
Dugu Bo could feel that his body was much more at ease, and there were even faint signs of his strength improving.
Dugu Yan's absorption of the two Soul Bones also went smoothly.
Just as Chen Mo had said, these two Soul Bones hadn't been obtained from Soul Beasts, and there wasn't much power left in them.
Even so, the power of the two Soul Bones sent Dugu Yan's Soul Power soaring straight from rank twelve to rank seventeen!
(In the original, Dugu Yan awakened at six with innate rank-seven Soul Power. She was twenty when she appeared, and was a rank-thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder then, so let's assume he'd just obtained his first Soul Ring at eight!)
At the same time, her talent and poison resistance also improved considerably.
"Brother Chen Mo, I... I've reached rank seventeen!" Dugu Yan said happily.
"Not bad." Chen Mo smiled. "Keep working hard."
After encouraging her, Chen Mo took out the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Leg Bone he had found in Tang Hao's Storage Soul Tool.
He sat cross-legged and began absorbing it.
The Blue Silver Emperor Leg Bone's attributes matched his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul, so there was almost no resistance as he absorbed it.
Four hours later, the absorption was complete, and Chen Mo obtained abilities much like those in the original.
"Spring Breeze Brings New Life and flight."
However, the healing effect of Spring Breeze Brings New Life had been greatly enhanced. In the original, regrowing a severed limb might still have taken two or three days for a complete recovery.
But now, Chen Mo felt that if his hand or foot were cut off, it would grow back in half a day at most. He had also gained the exclusive ability of the people of Huaxia: flight.
(People of Huaxia can fly!!!)
At the same time, Chen Mo felt that the evolution ability of his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul had stacked once again, but the trade-off was that his Soul Power Level hadn't increased, so he was still rank forty-five.
After absorbing the Soul Bone, Chen Mo took an immortal herb out of his system space.
The immortal herb was blood-red all over and shaped like a little dragon, giving off a rich breath of life.
Crystal blood dragon ginseng!
This was one of the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, capable of promoting Martial Soul Evolution and improving bloodline quality.
"Yanyan, come here." Chen Mo beckoned to Dugu Yan.
"Brother Chen Mo, what is it?"
Dugu Yan had been watching her grandfather cultivate. Hearing Chen Mo call her, she immediately skipped over with a sweet smile on her face.
"This medicinal herb is for you."
Chen Mo handed the crystal blood dragon ginseng to Dugu Yan and said, "It's very simple to take. Just swallow this entire ginseng. After you take it, your Martial Soul may evolve from a serpent toward a dragon, and your Soul Power will also increase significantly."
Dugu Yan accepted the crystal blood dragon ginseng, her eyes sparkling.
"Really? Thank you, Brother Chen Mo!" Dugu Yan said happily.
Just then, Dugu Bo, who had evidently heard Chen Mo and Dugu Yan's conversation, stopped cultivating and walked over.
When Dugu Bo saw the crystal blood dragon ginseng in Dugu Yan's hands, his expression changed.
"Wait!" Dugu Bo hurriedly stopped her. "
Boy, Chen Mo, what's this medicinal herb called?"
"What does it do? Are you sure nothing will go wrong if Yanyan takes it?"
"These medicinal herbs are all nameless. What if some harmful change occurs?"
Dugu Bo looked worried. "Yanyan is my only granddaughter. I can't let her take that risk."
Hearing this, Chen Mo smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Senior. This medicinal herb is called crystal blood dragon ginseng. It promotes Martial Soul Evolution and improves bloodline quality."
"I guarantee that absolutely nothing will go wrong if Yanyan takes it."
"You guarantee it?" Dugu Bo frowned. "How can you guarantee that? What if there's an accident?"
"Senior, I stake my life on it."
Chen Mo said earnestly, "If anything happens to Yanyan, you can do whatever you want with me."
Dugu Bo wanted to say more, but Dugu Yan spoke.
"Grandpa, stop. I trust Brother Chen Mo."
Dugu Yan said earnestly, "Brother Chen Mo would never hurt me."
Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan's resolute gaze, then at Chen Mo's earnest expression, and finally sighed.
"All right." Dugu Bo said helplessly, "But Yanyan, when you take it, Grandpa will stand guard beside you."
"If anything seems wrong, Grandpa will act immediately."
With that, Soul Power began gathering throughout Dugu Bo's body.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul flickered behind him, and dense poison-attribute Soul Power enveloped the entire valley.
He was ready to rescue her at any moment.
Seeing Dugu Bo like this, Chen Mo secretly found it amusing.
Crystal blood dragon ginseng was an immortal herb. It could only bring benefits, so how could anything go wrong?
Still, Chen Mo could understand Dugu Bo's feelings. After all, Dugu Yan was his only granddaughter.
"Yanyan, go ahead," Chen Mo said.
Dugu Yan nodded, put the entire crystal blood dragon ginseng into her mouth, chewed it up, and swallowed.
The crystal blood dragon ginseng melted in her mouth, and a warm surge of energy instantly flooded Dugu Yan's body.
At first, Dugu Yan felt warm all over and very comfortable.
But soon, that energy grew violent.
"Aaah-!"
Dugu Yan let out an agonized scream, and her body began trembling violently.
Patches of snake scales surfaced on her skin, then rapidly receded.
Her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul released itself automatically and circled above her head.
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