Green Leaf Mark

In midair, pillars of starlight continued to descend.

The Old Butler was going all out with his first spirit skill: Falling Star.

A few minutes later.

Bathed in the pillar of starlight, Lin Rong's complexion had regained its rosy color. At least outwardly, he appeared to be out of danger.

Next.

He only needed to cultivate the Marrow Cleansing Scripture and recuperate for ten days to half a month to get through the weakened period brought on by forcibly wielding the Dragon Soul's power.

Then, as though recalling something, Lin Rong raised his right hand and looked at the string of jade beads around his wrist.

The jade beads around his wrist were a storage Soul Tool.

The item consisted of twelve jade beads and was called the Azure Dragon Vine, an heirloom passed down through generations of the Lin Family.

The twelve beads were all a warm jade-white. Looking closely beneath the sunlight, one could see faint azure patterns upon their surfaces.

Of them, the first and last beads, along with the seventh bead, bore azure patterns resembling dragon markings. The remaining nine beads bore azure patterns resembling vine leaves.

Each of the twelve jade beads could store items, with their storage capacity divided into two grades.

The three Dragon Pattern Jade Beads each had thirty-six cubic meters of storage space, for a total of one hundred and eight cubic meters.

The nine Vine Leaf Jade Beads each had twelve cubic meters of storage space, likewise totaling one hundred and eight cubic meters.

Together, the twelve jade beads had a total storage capacity of two hundred and sixteen cubic meters.

The head soul bone dropped by the Kongqing Bamboo was currently stored within the seventh bead.

Lin Rong touched that Dragon Pattern Jade Bead with the fingers of his left hand, as if he were touching the soul bone stored inside through the jade.

After what had just happened, Lin Rong did not dare casually take out the head soul bone dropped by the Kongqing Bamboo again.

Who knew whether that soul bone still contained remnants of the Kongqing Bamboo's soul power?

Lin Rong was still in his weakened period. He could not forcibly use the Dragon Soul's power during this time, and he could not withstand another soul assault from the Kongqing Bamboo.

Only after getting through this weakened period, once he had the confidence of the Dragon Soul protecting him, would Lin Rong take out the soul bone stored in the Dragon Pattern Jade Bead.

Moreover, before absorbing the soul bone, he would need the Old Butler to use Star Power to thoroughly purify every last trace of residual soul power from it.

Finally, he would have the Nine Bend Vine Dragon thoroughly cleanse it with pure life force.

Only after ensuring there was no room for error would Lin Rong absorb the soul bone without worry.

The only loss in doing so was that once the residual soul power in the soul bone had been purified away, absorbing it would no longer raise his Soul Power Level.

But Lin Rong did not care.

The residual soul power on the soul bone came from the Kongqing Bamboo, whose cultivation was less than a thousand years.

Thus, the tiny amount of residual soul power on the bone would only raise Lin Rong's current Soul Power Level by one or two levels at most. It was insignificant.

It was even less worth mentioning compared to his own life.

"Young Master, when you absorbed a Soul Ring last time, you encountered an External Soul Bone. This time, you ran into something like this again while absorbing a Soul Ring."

After sighing with emotion, the Old Butler spoke with a serious expression.

"For your safety, when you absorb Soul Rings in the future, do not choose mutated soul beasts that have never appeared before. That way, this sort of thing will not happen again."

Upon hearing this, Lin Rong shifted his gaze away from the jade beads and replied in a slightly weak voice.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Yu."

"I value my life even more than you imagine."

"For my future Soul Rings, if it is not a type of soul beast I already know, I will not absorb it again."

"Besides, although this was dangerous, I did not come back empty-handed."

"The Kongqing Bamboo had extraordinary origins, and the second spirit skill I obtained exceeded my expectations as well."

As he spoke, Lin Rong shared with the Old Butler the second spirit skill he had gained from the Kongqing Bamboo.

"My second spirit skill is called Green Leaf Mark. It is a top-tier Space Spirit Skill."

"Any living being or object touched by either me or the Nine Bend Vine Dragon can be treated as a target and given a Green Leaf Mark."

As he spoke, without even summoning his martial soul, Lin Rong placed a Green Leaf Mark on the Old Butler.

"While the mark exists, I can sense the marked target's location in real time."

"Furthermore, without summoning my martial soul, I can actively trigger the mark on a target and teleport myself to that target's location."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Rong triggered the Green Leaf Mark on the Old Butler and teleported behind him. Lying on the Old Butler's back, he said, "Green Leaf Mark can be placed on up to three targets at once. Each additional Soul Ring allows one additional target to be marked."

"At the same time, the maximum teleportation distance is one kilometer. Each additional Soul Ring increases the maximum teleportation distance by another kilometer."

"Also, Green Leaf Mark has no time limit. As long as it is not actively triggered, it will not dissipate over time."

While explaining, Lin Rong triggered the Green Leaf Mark he had left where he had originally stood and returned there. Sensing the condition within his body, he continued, "As for soul power consumption, each teleportation consumes a fixed one-tenth of my soul power, regardless of the distance."

"I now have two Soul Rings and can attach up to five Green Leaf Marks at once. The maximum distance for a single teleport is three kilometers."

"In the ideal scenario, I can now teleport five times in succession, three kilometers each time. That makes fifteen kilometers over five teleports."

"However, this soul skill has one flaw. Anyone whose Soul Power Level is ten levels or more above mine can detect and dispel the mark on their body with soul power."

"But that only applies to themselves. They cannot detect Green Leaf Marks on anyone else."

After Lin Rong finished explaining, he noticed that Old Butler's expression remained remarkably calm. Unable to hide his surprise, he asked:

"Grandpa Yu, this is such an incredible soul skill. Why aren't you surprised at all?"

Old Butler fell silent for several seconds. The evening breeze through the forest stirred the gray hair at his temples, and his aged voice drifted to Lin Rong on the wind:

"Because this old servant believes that no matter how powerful a soul skill young master traded his life for may be, it would not be surprising."

The deep, sincere concern in his voice carried Lin Rong's memories back to the past.

Ever since his transmigration, aside from the time he had spent in his mother's womb, Old Butler had been by Lin Rong's side almost every moment, caring for him.

The human heart was not made of iron. Years of such care had made Lin Rong genuinely accept this fiercely loyal old butler.

His childish behavior in the past had been an act, meant to keep anyone from discovering that he was a Transmigrator.

Yet Old Butler's meticulous care had given Lin Rong a childhood without regrets, making up for the regrets of his previous life.

From then on, Lin Rong no longer held back the childlike side of his personality in front of Old Butler.

In this other world, Old Butler was also the only person Lin Rong could truly entrust himself to.

Other than the matter of his transmigration, which he could not tell Old Butler, Lin Rong would never conceal anything else if Old Butler wished to ask.

As Lin Rong recalled everything that had happened before, tears silently rolled down from the corners of his eyes.

Through his tear-blurred vision, Old Butler reached out and wiped away his tears with a finger.

It was truly wonderful to have an elder who genuinely cared for him by his side. Truly!