Bone Dragonification, Snow Empress's Reconstruction, a Rank Nine Soul Engineer and the Adamantine Douluo (Part 1)

Night fell, at Jian Mu Douluo's residence.

An antique bronze bell was mounted on the redwood door. Ling Bai rang it rhythmically, and after a moment, Jian Mu Douluo's voice came from within.

"Come in, Xiao Bai."

The door was unlocked, and Ling Bai easily pushed it open. Jian Mu Douluo had opened up the entire two-story building. A spiral staircase wound upward, while vintage bookshelves stretching toward the ceiling and a dazzling array of books made the place feel like a city library. Jian Mu Douluo loved reading ancient texts, and Ling Bai had gradually learned from him how to calm his mind through reading. That was why he could sit with Senior Sister Han Ruoruo in Shrek Academy's library for an entire morning.

"Sit."

Jian Mu Douluo held a thick tome half the height of a person. Ling Bai quietly glanced at the cover. Its title was Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts: Light Element Edition.

"What brings you to see me so late at night?" Jian Mu Douluo seemed engrossed in his book and did not even raise his head as he spoke to Ling Bai.

"After visiting the secret technique section of the All Under Heaven Vault tomorrow morning, I'll set out for the Far North to complete a Shrek inspection mission. I probably won't have time to return to the sect, so I came to say goodbye in advance."

"So soon..."

Jian Mu Douluo finally looked up. With a few strokes of his finger across the tabletop, an emerald wooden figure hopped out. It waddled to the corner on its short little legs and opened a redwood cabinet, revealing over a hundred tins of tea. Their fragrances mingled together, filling the air with a remarkably strange scent.

"Have some tea with me before you go."

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