Boom!
The water slammed into Lin Feng, and the spider legs on his back abruptly stabbed into the rock face, finally steadying him.
Through the curtain of water, he carefully examined the stone wall before him.
In the original story, Tang Hao had opened a stone door right here.
Lin Feng felt along the seams in the rock. After trying several spots in succession, he finally pushed a seemingly smooth stone inward.
With a dull grinding sound, an entrance slowly appeared.
He immediately slipped inside.
The cave was damp, its passage extending into the mountain. At the end, a shaft of light shone down from overhead, illuminating a stone chamber within.
Beneath the light stood a stalk of Blue Silver Grass.
Faint golden patterns could be seen on its long, slender leaves.
Ah Yin!
Lin Feng paused, then shifted his gaze away.
He had found her. The Soul Bone should be here too.
He released his Martial Soul Possession, placed the green spider back on his shoulder, then looked up at the chamber's ceiling.
He remembered that Tang Hao had merely slapped the stone wall beside him, and the lead box containing the Soul Bone had fallen from above.
As for exactly where he had slapped it, the original story had not made that clear.
Lin Feng could only inspect the stone walls one spot at a time.
Fortunately, the chamber was small. Before long, he spotted a somewhat unnatural seam overhead.
He knocked several times at the corresponding spot, and sure enough, the sound from within differed from the surrounding stone.
"Hidden pretty securely."
Lin Feng channeled his Soul Power, pressed against that stone, and slowly pushed inward.
A click sounded.
The gap overhead widened, and a long black box slid out.
Lin Feng hurriedly caught it, its weight dragging his arms down.
A lead box!
He set the box on the ground and ran his fingers along its edges. Finding no latch, he slowly lifted the lid.
Blue-gold light immediately illuminated his face.
Inside lay a complete right leg bone, radiating a rich breath of life.
The green spider on his shoulder abruptly raised her forelegs.
"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?!"
Bibi Dong's voice rang out in his mind.
"There was actually a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone hidden here?"
The corners of Lin Feng's mouth rose.
"To be precise, it's the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone."
Through his inner voice, he also told Qian Renxue about his discovery.
Qian Renxue, who had been quiet, immediately spoke. "The Blue Silver Emperor? Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor?"
"His mother left this behind after sacrificing herself. Tang Hao didn't absorb it. He planned to save it for his son."
Lin Feng looked down at the Soul Bone, in excellent spirits.
"Unfortunately, it's mine now."
Both women fell silent for a moment.
Bibi Dong crawled from his shoulder onto the edge of the lead box and carefully examined the Soul Bone inside, but inwardly, she was nowhere near as calm as she appeared.
From finding the waterfall to searching for the mechanism, Lin Feng's purpose had been clear throughout.
He had clearly known all along what was hidden here!
"Lin Feng, how exactly did you learn all this?"
Qian Renxue asked first.
"Whether it's the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or this Soul Bone, even we didn't know their whereabouts, yet you've found them one after another."
Bibi Dong followed up. "You've spent these past few years cultivating in Spirit City. When did you get this information?"
Lin Feng took out the Soul Bone and replied with a smile:
"Well, that's a secret for now."
"But Tang San having one less Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone should be a good thing for you, shouldn't it?"
Bibi Dong was immediately at a loss for words.
Of course it was a good thing.
But just how many secrets did this young man, who had spent every day with them for six years, still harbor?
Lin Feng offered no further explanation.
He recalled Bibi Dong into his body, maintaining their mental communication, then called toward the passage:
"Elders, sorry for the trouble, but please guard the entrance for me. I'm going to absorb a Soul Bone!"
Outside the cave, there was a brief silence before Yue Guan's voice came through.
"Go ahead and absorb it. Leave the outside to us."
The two had already sensed the Soul Bone's presence when it first appeared. Now that Lin Feng had spoken, Yue Guan and Gui Mei stopped hiding and took up positions by the passage and near the waterfall respectively.
Only then did Lin Feng sit cross-legged and place the Soul Bone against his right leg.
Blue-gold light spread along his skin, followed by an immense surge of power into his leg.
His right leg abruptly tensed, and sweat soon beaded on his forehead.
He was not Tang San, after all. He lacked the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline that matched this Soul Bone, and he had no active protection from Ah Yin.
To absorb it, he would naturally have to rely on himself.
"Steady your Soul Power. Don't rush to draw out all its power."
Bibi Dong's voice sounded just in time.
Lin Feng closed his eyes and, following her reminder, slowly infused his Soul Power into the Soul Bone, gradually establishing a connection.
The swelling pain in his right leg grew increasingly pronounced. He gritted his teeth, never allowing the circulation of his Soul Power to falter.
Fortunately, this power was not violent.
As the fusion deepened, the life force within it also began to take effect, nourishing the meridians subjected to the impact.
Gradually, the blue-gold light no longer remained confined to his right leg, instead spreading through his meridians to his entire body.
Time passed little by little.
Only when the light filtering through the cave ceiling dimmed did the glow around Lin Feng finally recede.
He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.
It worked!
Lin Feng stood and moved his right leg a little. His Soul Power circulated smoothly, and even the scrape on the back of his hand from entering the cave had completely healed.
At the same time, the two Soul Bone abilities gradually became clear.
Flight.
And-Wildfire Cannot Burn It Away; the Spring Breeze Brings It Back to Life!
The former allowed him to fly using the Soul Bone, while the latter granted him powerful self-healing abilities.
Of course, how much he could bring out still depended on his cultivation.
Lin Feng tried activating the Soul Bone, and his body actually rose slowly off the ground.
He had neither manifested his Six-Winged Angel nor relied on any external object.
With nothing but the right leg bone's power, he hovered in midair.
Lin Feng's eyes filled with delight.
If he encountered an opponent he could not easily handle in the future, at least he now had another means of escape!
After returning to the ground, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked over to the stalk of Blue Silver Grass.
"And you too."
Lin Feng crouched, took out his herb-gathering tools, and carefully cleared away the soil around its roots.
Hearing his words, Qian Renxue asked, "What else are you taking?"
"Tang San's mother."
As his words fell, two voices rang out in his mind almost simultaneously.
"What?!"
As Lin Feng dug, he described the appearance of the stalk of Blue Silver Grass to them.
"Ah Yin didn't disappear completely after her sacrifice. She turned back into Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao planted her here."
Bibi Dong fell utterly silent.
He even knew something like this?
Without damaging the roots, Lin Feng lifted Ah Yin out together with the surrounding soil and settled her in an empty wooden box.
The grass leaves swayed gently, the golden patterns exposed above the box especially distinct.
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is better suited to your growth. Come with me."
He picked up the wooden box, took one last look at the now-empty stone chamber, and turned toward the cave's exit.
Reaching the entrance, Lin Feng protected the wooden box in his arms with Soul Power. Blue light flashed from his right leg, and he passed through the curtain of water, flying toward the edge of the pool.
On this trip, he had taken both the Soul Bone and Ah Yin!