"Wulin!"
Tang Wulin froze for a moment before coming back to his senses as a soft, delicate body suddenly crashed into his arms.
"Yutong, what's wrong?"
In his embrace, Huo Yutong's body trembled lightly. She seemed to be crying.
Mu En answered in Huo Yutong's place.
"Not long after you began absorbing it, you suddenly lost consciousness for some reason. Right after that, the green light from the soul bone flared up and completely enveloped you. We didn't dare interrupt the process. Yutong was afraid you would fail the absorption like the previous absorbers."
"That happened?"
Tang Wulin found it hard to believe.
As far as he knew, he had merely gone to that azure grassland and chatted with the lonely Dragon King. He had not expected such a change to have occurred in reality.
He quickly hugged Huo Yutong and comforted her.
"It's all right, Yutong. I'll be fine."
He understood Huo Yutong's feelings all too well. Just moments ago, when he thought he had been transported to another era again, he had felt as though he had fallen into an ice cave, his hands and feet turning cold.
Huo Yutong had been afraid that he would die. That torment had to be even harder for her to bear.
Huo Yutong merely nodded softly in his arms, sniffled twice, and said nothing.
Mu En coughed twice.
"Sorry to interrupt while you two are sharing your feelings, but Wulin, how do you feel now?"
The commotion Tang Wulin had caused while absorbing the soul bone was something Mu En had never seen in his life. Coupled with his suspicion that this soul bone might be of Dragon King grade, he was extremely curious about Tang Wulin's condition.
Tang Wulin examined himself and replied, "My level seems to have risen another