By the time Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong returned to Sea God's Pavilion, it was already late at night.
They did not return to their rooms immediately. Instead, they first went to Mu En's room.
Sure enough, Mu En was waiting for them there.
Seeing the two of them, Mu En raised an eyebrow with amusement.
He had lived for more than two hundred years and had seen far too many tangled loves and grudges. With a single glance, he could tell that the way Tang Wulin looked at Huo Yutong was completely different from before.
However, he did not point it out and merely asked, "Well? Did you buy the soul bone?"
He had spent nearly a year recovering that soul bone, so naturally, he hoped Tang Wulin could take it.
"Mm." Tang Wulin nodded, then asked, "Elder Mu, how much do you know about this soul bone?"
What Beibei had told him earlier was merely the Treasure Appraisal Fair's introduction to the soul bone. Tang Wulin believed Mu En definitely knew much more.
Mu En revealed a gentle smile.
"This soul bone first appeared six hundred years ago. A Limit Douluo happened upon a Secret Realm by chance and brought this soul bone out from within. At the time, he was delighted, because this Left Leg Bone was clearly far more than Hundred-thousand-year old. It might even have been the oldest soul bone in the world. Without thinking much of it, he absorbed it. Then tragedy struck."
Tang Wulin asked instinctively, "Did he fail to fuse with it?"
"Mm." Mu En nodded gently. "He was too careless. The Dragon's Might contained within this soul bone was simply too terrifying. It was suppression on the level of bloodline, unrelated to cultivation level. Even though his cultivation had already broken