Eve of Departure

Lin Rong was quite troubled over how to deal with the three Soul Bones passed down through the family.

The three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones inherited by the family were all only slightly over ten thousand years old.

Even the oldest Torso Bone was only around fifteen thousand years old, still nearly five thousand years short of twenty thousand.

As a transmigrator, while all six Soul Bones on his body did not necessarily have to be Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, they certainly could not be below fifty thousand years!

Just look at the three Divine Legacy inheritors from the original work.

That cheater Tang San's weakest Soul Bone, the Spirit-Gathering Wisdom Skull, was at least fifty thousand years old. It had also fused with the Heart of the Sea God, making it even stronger than an ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Qian Renxue, meanwhile, had six pieces of Angel Divine Armor, each ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years old. They had all come from the same type of soul beast, and absorbing the full set was no worse than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

As for Bibi Dong, information about her Soul Bones was unclear.

However, Bibi Dong had three Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings. The Ninth Soul Ring of her Death Spider Emperor martial soul came from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor, which had also dropped two Hundred Thousand Year arm bones.

In other words, Bibi Dong had at least four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

That left two Soul Bones of unknown age.

Moreover, Bibi Dong had always believed that it was better to leave a slot empty than settle for something inferior. She had delayed filling the Spirit Ring slots of her second martial soul, the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, all in pursuit of better options.

Therefore, there was no way the remaining two Soul Bones of unknown age could be below fifty thousand years.

Compared to that, looking again at the three Soul Bones inherited by his own family...

They were barely over ten thousand years old, and their quality was merely average. He truly had no desire to absorb them at all.

Furthermore, these three Soul Bones had been passed down through the Lin Family for so long that, even if Lin Rong did not think highly of them, it would not be appropriate to let outsiders absorb them.

Although Old Butler did not count as an outsider in Lin Rong's eyes, he still would not choose to let Old Butler absorb these three Soul Bones.

Because Lin Rong wanted Old Butler to absorb better ones.

Among the six Soul Bone positions, their value ranked as follows:

Torso Bone, Skull Soul Bone, Right Arm Bone, Left Arm Bone, Left Leg Bone, Right Leg Bone.

The Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King that would soon become Old Butler's Ninth Soul Ring would naturally drop the most precious kind of Soul Bone: a Torso Bone.

As for a Skull Soul Bone, the Spirit-Gathering Wisdom Skull offered as one of the championship prizes in the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament six years from now would be an excellent choice.

That meant that, among the positions corresponding to the three Soul Bones inherited by the family, only the Right Arm Bone, ranked third in value, had no clear target for Old Butler yet.

The three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones inherited by the family could not be given to outsiders, yet they were too embarrassing to give to trusted subordinates.

They were truly tasteless scraps, wasting three of the most valuable Soul Bone positions and destined only to gather dust inside a Soul Tool.

Manor dining hall.

Lin Rong could not help smiling as he watched Old Butler bustle around the moment he emerged from seclusion.

Having Old Butler at his side truly made him feel secure!

After Old Butler finished his work, he looked at Lin Rong and said:

"Old servant has yet to congratulate Young Master. In half a year, you have cultivated from a level twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster to a level thirty-five Soul Elder."

"Young Master is truly the greatest genius old servant has ever seen!"

"It is nothing. I merely took three of these."

Lin Rong took out the Jade Bottle containing the Dragon Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma Pills, showed it to Old Butler, and said:

"Pills refined from Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma and medicinal herbs personally collected by Yang Wudi. Their effects are quite good, although for me, their only effect is increasing Soul Power without side effects."

As he spoke, Lin Rong explained the Dragon Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma Pill's specific effects to Old Butler.

Old Butler had previously glimpsed the Breaking Clan's formidable achievements in alchemy through the Herb Illustrated Handbook containing the medicinal herbs they had preserved.

Therefore, upon hearing the effects of the Dragon Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma Pill, Old Butler did not show any surprise. He merely felt that the Breaking Clan was even more worth recruiting for Young Master.

That way, the rare medicinal herbs they had obtained from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye could be put to their fullest use.

However, Old Butler did not ask how Lin Rong planned to deal with the Breaking Clan.

Because there were some matters that servants need not ask about when their master had already made a decision, and when their master had not yet decided, servants should not speak out of turn either.

"Grandpa Yu, you have only just emerged from seclusion. Rest for a few days first, then we can set out for the Extreme North to obtain your Ninth Soul Ring."

Lin Rong walked over to Old Butler, leaned against his shoulder, and, in a rare display of the innocence expected from an eight-year-old child, said:

"During the half year you were in seclusion, there was not even anyone in this enormous Manor to talk to me."

"Other than eating and sleeping, cultivation was the only thing I had to pass the time every day."

"I was nearly bored stiff!"

"So for the next few days, I will not concern myself with cultivation, and Grandpa Yu, you should not concern yourself with all the miscellaneous affairs of the estate either."

"After all, you have already let go for half a year. A few more days will not matter."

Seeing Lin Rong like this, Old Butler smiled rather helplessly and replied:

"Young Master, now that you have put it that way, can old servant still refuse?"

During these days of relaxation and rest.

Old Butler also began preparing the items they would need for their trip to the Extreme North.

Maps, rations, cold-weather clothing, and many other items all needed to be checked by Old Butler one by one.

Meanwhile, Lin Rong sat nearby, looking at the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng planted in the flowerpot before him.

As the key item in this plan.

After absorbing the soil brought back from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye over the past half year, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng had grown from just over five thousand years old to just over seven thousand years old.

The soil that had absorbed the energy of the Extreme Cold Blazing Sun Twin Springs had consumed less than thirty percent of its power. The remaining seventy percent would be more than enough to nourish the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng through its remaining three thousand years of growth.

The Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng were respectively the emperor and empress among ginseng.

Whenever one appeared near the other, they would attract each other.

Therefore, as long as he had the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng in hand, Lin Rong could lure out the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King in the Extreme North, where it was known to appear.

As a sentient Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb, the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King possessed tremendous cultivation but lacked the strength to match it.

Therefore, the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King did not possess the formidable strength of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast capable of rivaling a Titled Douluo.

The only thing they needed to guard against was the Earth Escape Technique at which the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King excelled.

But Lin Rong was not too worried about that either.

Because Old Butler's martial soul, the Star Disc, possessed extremely powerful control abilities, including several soul skills that greatly restrained the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King's Earth Escape Technique.

And just in case.

Lin Rong had also used more than forty thousand Dragon Whisker Needles, along with the Mind Mirror's ability to interfere with reality through spiritual power within its coverage, to create a golden spherical cage.

And the Earth Escape Technique was ineffective against pure gold.

So long as the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King appeared within the range of his Mind Mirror, it would have no chance of escape.

Regarding Bibi Dong's Spirit Rings.

Bibi Dong's first martial soul, the Death Spider Emperor, had the following Spirit Rings:

Yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.

One yellow, three purple, four black, and one red. There was no dispute about that.

When Tang San first faced Bibi Dong, her second martial soul, the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, had the following Spirit Rings:

Black, black, black, black, black, red, red.

Five black and two red. One of those Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings belonged to Xiao Wu's mother, while the other Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring was of unknown origin.

But when Tang San faced Bibi Dong for the second time, her Spirit Rings had become:

Black, black, black, black, black, black, red, black, black.

Six black, one red, and two black.

Either the original author had made an error, or it was due to the Rakshasa God's Divine Examination. Since Bibi Dong had failed to kill Da Ming and Er Ming, she had not met the examination requirements, and the age of her Sixth Soul Ring reward had been reduced by fifty thousand years.