"A bead?"
Yu Xuan's heart stirred, and he took the fiery red bead from Yu Yuanzhen.
Some Soul Beasts, or perhaps exotic beasts, on the Douluo Continent did indeed drop treasures such as beads.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, for example.
It seemed the Calamity Fire Yazi was also one of those rare Soul Beasts that dropped beads.
Yu Yuanzhen said, "All right, we shouldn't stay here long. It's time to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. You can refine that bead after we get back." With that, he turned and left.
"Mm." Yu Xuan nodded.
After the two left the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian also returned to the Lake of Life.
"My lord, that boy has already absorbed the Calamity Fire Yazi's Soul Ring. Why did you arrange for him to have that Soul Beast?"
The Silver Dragon King said, "Di Tian, that isn't something you should know yet. You only need to know that it benefits us."
Di Tian pressed his lips together and bowed with a soft sigh. "Yes."
What was given was given.
The Calamity Fire Yazi had been a scourge in the Star Dou Great Forest. Its own killing aura had affected its mind, often driving it mad, and many Soul Beasts had fallen victim to its cruelty.
Di Tian had wanted to get rid of it thousands of years ago, but the Silver Dragon King had stopped him then, allowing the Soul Beast to live until now.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Xuan parted ways with Yu Yuanzhen and was about to return to his own courtyard when he heard several disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan gathered together, discussing something.
Yu Xuan pricked up his ears and listened to their conversation.
"Have you heard? Yu Xiaogang is going to duel someone on the training platform."
"Huh? That piece of trash has the guts to get on the platform? Isn't he afraid he'll get the shit beaten out of him?"
"I heard his opponent seems to be a fellow disciple who just awakened his Martial Soul..."
"No wonder... That shameless piece of trash probably only dares to duel fellow disciples who just awakened their Martial Souls."
The disciples chattered away, unaware of Yu Xuan's movements.
Yu Xuan shook his head and laughed. His own younger brother, Gangzi, was growing more backward with age.
Only he could have the gall to get onstage and duel a little brat who had just awakened his Martial Soul.
Yu Xuan had no interest in watching Gangzi's match and headed straight back to his courtyard.
Meanwhile, on the training platform.
Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, every inch an expert.
Across from him was a six-year-old child who had just awakened his Martial Soul.
"Come on, you make the first move!" Yu Xiaogang raised one hand, his chin tilted slightly upward.
The child flew into a rage. Possessed by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, he charged straight at Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang smiled disdainfully and spun around, putting on a mask. Luo Sanpao flew out of his body. "First Soul Skill-Farting Like Setting Fire, Luo Sanpao, Hot Fart Skyward!"
"Pfft!!!"
Luo Sanpao blasted out a hot fart.
The child charged too fiercely and ran straight into Luo Sanpao's hot fart. A searing pain shot through his body, as though he had been burned by fire, while the heat also carried a bone-eating corrosive sensation.
"Ah!"
Red, swollen blisters instantly rose on his skin, but the beating only brought out the child's fighting spirit. He pushed through the hot fart, went around Luo Sanpao, and charged up to Yu Xiaogang, swinging his fists and beating him mercilessly!
How could a Luo Sanpao Soul Master like Yu Xiaogang, whose level was only in the teens, possibly match a Soul Scholar with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, even if that Soul Scholar didn't have a single Soul Ring?
"This punch is for farting all over the place!"
"This punch is for blasting me with your fart!"
"This punch is for polluting the clan's air!"
The little guy was beside himself with rage. He shocked Yu Xiaogang until his whole body was numb and sore, and beat him until his head was covered in lumps.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples watching nearby burst into laughter.
"Good hit! That piece of trash uses his status as the clan leader's son to ride a pig around all day, going everywhere and misleading the brothers into absorbing Soul Rings at random."
"That's right! I heard his First Soul Ring came from a stink bug. How does trash like that have the face to guide others on absorbing Soul Rings? Beat him hard!"
"Damn Gangzi, I suspect his Luo Sanpao shits everywhere. I stepped in a pile of shit on the road."
After this battle, Gangzi, who had gotten carried away with himself, probably wouldn't dare step onto the platform again. After all, he couldn't even beat a Soul Scholar below level ten...
Unlike Gangzi, who was suffering a beating, Yu Xuan shut himself in his sitting room after returning to his courtyard and refined the Calamity Fire Yazi's bead.
He had thought the bead only had the fire attribute, but as soon as he began refining it, he felt a wave of frenzied killing intent rush straight into his mind.
Yu Xuan held his mind firmly in check and only then managed to refine the bead.
"Phew..." He panted slightly and muttered to himself, still shaken, "I can't help feeling that Soul Beast was a little like the Asura God. That killing intent that made people lose control..."
"And there was something strange about that Soul Beast appearing, as if someone had deliberately arranged it. Father was suspicious at the time too. Perhaps someone really is watching me."
But in any case, nothing was wrong now, so he had no need to worry for the time being.
Yu Xuan began examining the changes in himself. After refining the bead, both his physique and his spiritual power had actually grown somewhat stronger.
And...
Yu Xuan summoned the Sword of Blood and Fire. The greatsword had evolved again.
The patterns on its blade had grown deeper, its age had broken through to a hundred thousand years, and it had also gained a slaughter attribute.
"A hundred thousand years... It reached a hundred thousand years so quickly."
Yu Xuan was dazed for a moment. He hadn't expected to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year External Soul Bone so quickly.
"Good. With this Sword of Blood and Fire at my side, my strength has risen another level. It's just that this Soul Bone Skill consumes more and more Soul Power. I thought that once I broke through to Soul Ancestor, I'd barely be able to sustain its consumption, but I didn't expect it still wouldn't be enough."
Yu Xuan shook his head helplessly and thought no more about it.
After absorbing the bead, this Soul Bone had gained a skill-Calamity Fire Fierce Sword.
It covered the sword in another layer of fiery blade. The blade was extremely sharp, and the wounds it inflicted were exceptionally difficult to heal; it also suppressed healing effects in turn.
It could be thrust into the ground, shattering the blade into pieces of fire that formed a scorching, violent storm of fire. The wounds inflicted by the storm of fire were likewise exceptionally difficult to heal.
"Meat grinder..."
As Yu Xuan examined the skill's description, that was the only term that came to mind.
This skill itself already counted as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skill, and was undoubtedly extremely powerful.
More than two months passed in the blink of an eye.
These were the days when Spirit Hall Academy opened for the school year and enrolled new students.
Yu Yuanzhen personally came to visit his courtyard.
"Xuan'er, Spirit Hall Academy is about to open. I'll take you there myself. Come back to the clan during the holidays if you have time."
Yu Yuanzhen smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "If there's anything else you need to pack, go inside and get it together. We'll leave immediately."
"All right." Yu Xuan remembered there were still some things he hadn't packed, so he immediately went inside to take them along.
But just then, a figure came charging over on a pig. He was going too fast to stop and landed face-first in the dirt with a smack.