Chapter 49: Mountain Dragon King's Trunk Bone

He personally buried one true dragon skeleton after another.

During this long and arduous process, Yu Tianyun's understanding of the various kinds of true dragon skeletons became increasingly clear and profound.

Later, he no longer needed to compare and identify; a single glance at what kind of dragon it was let him accurately place its bones into the excavated pit and perfectly arrange them in their original form.

Yu Tianyun had not kept track of time, so he did not know how long had passed.

Each day, a true dragon's soul would condense out and then merge into his body, helping him maintain his vital energy and strength.

Apart from his fixed five hours of meditation and rest each day, Yu Tianyun was constantly digging graves and burying bones.

This process was undoubtedly extremely dull, but to obtain the Mountain Dragon King's soul bone reward, his whole body brimmed with inexhaustible vigor, without the slightest laziness or slack, and his work efficiency grew day by day.

He himself did not notice, but the dragon clan aura on his body grew increasingly strong as time passed.

Thanks to Yu Tianyun's relentless efforts, the originally heavy and sorrowful atmosphere in the dragon clan tomb gradually became light and pleasant as the number of dragon bones dwindled.

Each time Yu Tianyun buried a true dragon skeleton, he would see the lustrous soul bone, and burying each piece made him ache, but he had no way to take it—forcibly grabbing it would only cause it to bounce away, so he could only move these dead true dragons with his actions.

With such a complex yet determined feeling, Yu Tianyun continuously repeated this extremely tedious task.

The dragon bones that once filled the entire valley densely gradually became sparse and empty as time passed.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

Yu Tianyun collapsed onto the ground like a puddle of mud, gasping heavily, yet his eyes were filled with excitement.

The Dragon Tomb Valley had become completely empty, leaving only the last skeleton before him—the largest of all true dragon skeletons, belonging to the Mountain Dragon King.

The Mountain Dragon King's skeleton was not only enormous in overall size, but each bone also had extremely high density.

Its heavy weight gave its frame an indescribable texture—solemn and substantial, each bone seeming like part of mountains and rivers.

Yu Tianyun expended tremendous effort to dismantle all its bones, taking at least ten times longer than handling an ordinary true dragon, and then carefully placed each one into the previously dug kilometer-deep pit.

Just digging this deep pit, Yu Tianyun could no longer recall how long it had taken.

Since he began burying bones, Yu Tianyun did not know how many times he had undergone Dragon Transformation; later, he even maintained it as a norm—almost daily he stayed in Dragon Transformation, to the point that it seemed to have become an instinct of his body.

Yu Tianyun smiled, full of anticipation as he looked at the Mountain Dragon King's bones, then began pushing the surrounding soil into the huge pit.

Exactly, this is the last one; once he finishes burying the Mountain Dragon King's skeleton, the soul bone he has long dreamed of will be in his hands! In the Dragon Tomb Valley, the sorrowful aura had long vanished; to show his sincerity, Yu Tianyun even planted some plants from the Dragon Valley Small World beside each of those great mounds.

After being transplanted, these plants grew extremely lush, adding a vibrant green to the dragon clan tomb and infusing it with a lively vitality.

The huge pit gradually filled up, and the Mountain Dragon King's massive body slowly disappeared from sight.

This was the last giant dragon properly buried.

Yu Tianyun gazed at the Mountain Dragon King's enormous grave, his smile growing ever brighter.

But after a quarter of an hour, seeing that the Mountain Dragon King's grave still showed no movement, Yu Tianyun's smile gradually faded, his brows furrowed, and a sense of unease began to spread quietly in his heart.

Another quarter of an hour passed, Yu Tianyun's face turned ashen, and just as he was about to roar—"Ong!"

A cluster of yellow light gathered beside the Mountain Dragon King, just as each day before, another dragon soul appeared and slowly walked toward Yu Tianyun, seeming somewhat reluctant.

Although this dragon soul possessed less than one percent of the Mountain Dragon King's true body's power, it was still huge, over thirty meters tall, wingless, and appeared rather clumsy as it crawled out of the pit.

Yu Tianyun stood still, daring not to move or speak, fearing that his carelessness would cause him to miss this rare opportunity! The great dragon soul came before him, silent, but its deep eyes seemed to radiate wisdom; it simply gazed at Yu Tianyun for a moment, then its light flashed, turning into streams of yellow light that swarmed into his body.

The dragon soul formed by the Mountain Dragon King, among all true dragon skeletons, had the richest dragon soul energy; absorbing it once, Yu Tianyun felt he could go ten days and nights without food or drink, without any hunger or thirst.

His body once again felt a sense of fullness, while the Mountain Dragon King's dragon soul gradually turned illusory, its energy continually pouring into Yu Tianyun.

"Huh?"

Yu Tianyun's gaze suddenly sharpened, his emotions instantly surging, for within the Mountain Dragon King's gradually illusory dragon soul he saw a bone that was entirely transparent, displaying a strange state.

This bone bore countless cross-sections; with just a hint of light, it became brilliantly dazzling.

This was exactly the Mountain Dragon King's soul bone that Yu Tianyun had day and night longed for.

"Thank you, Senior Mountain Dragon King!"

Yu Tianyun excitedly offered his thanks to the Mountain Dragon King's dragon soul.

But that already extremely illusory Mountain Dragon King dragon soul paid him no heed; in the next instant, with a "whoosh," the crystal-clear, sparkling soul bone flew before Yu Tianyun.

Before he could react, it merged directly into his body along with that dragon soul energy.

In an instant, Yu Tianyun felt his body suddenly sink, and he instinctively plopped down onto the ground.

Then his whole body seemed to be frozen in place.

He felt as if he had become a towering mountain, closely connected to the earth, with countless energies surging from all directions into his body.

At that moment, he seemed to hear, beneath the earth, dragons roaring joyfully toward him, as if expressing their gratitude.

Yu Tianyun's stern face showed a gentle smile,

"You don't need to thank me; the dragon souls and this soul bone you gave me are already the greatest reward—if anyone should say thanks, it's me!"

Yu Tianyun sat cross-legged on the ground, using his mental power to sense the soul bone the Mountain Dragon King had bestowed upon him.

He could clearly feel that his trunk bones—including ribs, spine, and sternum—were enveloped in a brilliant luster, as if his trunk bones had been clad in diamond armor.

That indescribable sense of solidity filled him with boundless strength.

Trunk bone! Indeed, it was exactly the same as the soul bone obtained by the little dragonfolk.

(End of chapter)