Chapter 171: 90,000-Year Deep Sea Demon Whale Torso Bone, Ownership and Departure Arrangements

Early the next morning, the Ice Empress, who had gone to wander the sea area out of boredom, had already returned. At the same time, she brought back an unexpected harvest.

It was a soul bone that looked exactly like a human torso. Blue-purple light flowed on the white bony shell, emitting a powerful aura. Judging solely from its appearance and integrity, this was undoubtedly a top-tier torso soul bone.

The Ice Empress tossed it casually to Shu Yan, then leaned back on the lounge chair nearby, took the fruit juice handed over by Xu Jiujiu, drank it in one gulp, wiped her mouth, and then said: "I didn't go far. I just wandered around the nearby sea area for the past two days and happened to chat with that ocean beast king. As I was returning, I ran into this guy, a 90,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale."

"This guy didn't know what kind of madness it had; seeing me flying on the sea surface with my aura restrained, it kept chasing me. Originally, there was a fairly large pod of Demon Orcas nearby, and I didn't want to take action casually, but this guy didn't know what was good for it, so I had to send it on its way. However, I was quite lucky; it actually dropped a torso soul bone. You guys decide how to distribute it; I'm tired. That little Yan... come over and massage my legs..."

The Ice Empress ordered Dugu Yan around without batting an eye. Dugu Yan was already used to it and crouched down to gently massage the Ice Empress's snow-white calves.

Shu Yan took the soul bone, scanned everyone with his gaze, and then stopped on Ruan Qinyu.

It wasn't that he wouldn't give it to Su Mingxuan, but he had learned from Ruan Qinyu that Su Mingxuan had absorbed quite a few soul bones over the years. Now, the only thing he lacked was the rarest head soul bone; he had already absorbed soul bones for all other parts, so giving this to him would be useless.

But to Shu Yan's surprise, after seeing this soul bone, Ruan Qinyu only shook her head gently and then said:

"Give it to Luochen; I don't need a torso soul bone."

Years ago, Su Mingxuan had found a torso soul bone suitable for her, but she hadn't absorbed it due to her physical condition. Now that she had been reborn, she had absorbed that soul bone while adjusting to her current body—a torso bone from a 30,000-year Earth Cave Spider Emperor. Back then, Su Mingxuan had traded two 10,000-year sea soul beast soul bones with someone else just to exchange for it.

A 30,000-year torso bone from an Earth Cave Spider Emperor had no comparability to a 90,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale torso bone. But since Ruan Qinyu had already absorbed a torso soul bone, Shu Yan wouldn't force it. When it comes to soul bones, the best one is the one that suits you.

Of course, when possessing absolute strength, if it's just to quickly increase soul power level, whether it suits you or not doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't conflict with your own attributes and the age is sufficient.

Shu Yan looked at Su Tong again. Su Tong sensed Shu Yan's intention and spoke before Shu Yan could open his mouth:

"I don't need it either. The family has prepared a suitable head soul bone and torso soul bone for me, but I plan to save them for later absorption. Right now, I can only absorb a right arm bone and two leg bones."

Question marks appeared on Shu Yan's forehead. How precious was a 90,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale torso bone? Its fundamental value was enough to rival the limb soul bones produced by some ordinary 100,000-year soul beasts. Yet, the people around him seemed to look down on this soul bone one by one; he didn't sense a single feeling of desire from anyone.

After comprehensive consideration, Shu Yan handed this torso bone to Ling Luochen.

"Luochen, consider absorbing this soul bone. You are a Control System Soul Master, and your physical fitness has always been your weak point. The Deep Sea Demon Whale is one of the soul beasts with the most terrifying physical fitness in the ocean. This soul bone might not be as suitable for you as an ice-attribute soul bone of the same level, but torso bones are hard to come by, especially high-age torso bones. There aren't many in the entire continent, whether openly or secretly."

"I'll just say this much; you decide for yourself whether to absorb it or not."

Ling Luochen curled her lips, but just as Shu Yan said, absorbing this soul bone could indeed greatly improve her physical fitness. However, the drawbacks Shu Yan mentioned did make her hesitate. After struggling for a moment, she said softly: "Since no one wants it, then let me absorb it."

Shu Yan nodded, handed the soul bone to Ling Luochen, and then casually rubbed Ling Luochen's head.

Ling Luochen felt the warmth on her head, and her breathing suddenly stalled. Looking at the smiles on Su Mingxuan and Ruan Qinyu's faces, her snow-white face couldn't help but flush slightly; clearly, she wasn't used to it.

Xu Jiujiu pulled Ling Luochen behind her and glared at Shu Yan vigilantly. She always felt that if she didn't keep him in check, Ling Luochen would probably be trained by Shu Yan into a little fool who did whatever she was told within a few days. How skilled Shu Yan was at this, she was someone who had been through it—how could she not know...

Shu Yan smiled helplessly, feeling that Xu Jiujiu's guard against him had been a bit too much lately.

Was he the kind of person whose head was only filled with lewd thoughts! Everyone chatted briefly, then discussed the matter of returning to Star Luo City tomorrow.

Su Mingxuan and his wife, as well as Su Tong, would naturally go along. Su Yun was Su Tong's bodyguard; for some basic reasons, Su Tong also planned to bring her along. After their family left, family affairs would be taken over by Shu Yan's kind Second Grandfather, a level 97 Super Douluo. Shu Yan's Third and Fourth Grandfathers would help him handle things, so they wouldn't need to worry about other matters.

These three Super Douluos were of an old generation and deep seniority, but either they didn't have direct descendants, or their direct descendants had slowly withered away over the years. They were very kind and gentle toward Shu Yan, viewing him as the family's greatest hope, and even stated directly that they were willing to obey his orders and contribute in the future.

Shu Yan gave each of them a soul bone and also entrusted the Medicine Immortal Douluo to refine a 100,000-year immortal herb and numerous precious medicinal materials into three pills, hoping this would help the three of them and allow them to go further in the future.

It is worth mentioning that the Medicine Immortal Douluo, as the world's number one healing-type Soul Master, was also a master in the field of alchemy. Every year, Xu Jiawei would invite her to refine a batch of precious pills to reward geniuses cultivated by the Imperial Family or the Star Luo National Academy. Among this batch of pills, the more familiar ones included Soul-Ascension Pills and even Soul-Nourishing Pills, which were famous pills on the continent. Refining pills was a mentally exhausting task; even someone as strong as the Medicine Immortal Douluo couldn't produce many each year.

In the field of alchemy, plant-type Soul Masters were often the chosen ones. For example, that Sea God Pavilion Master in Shrek's history who possessed the Extreme Wood martial soul refined a super-rare pill called the Wood Emperor Pill. This pill had heaven-defying effects and was one of the most famous pills in Soul Master history. Even the pill formula for this pill was passed down in the Sea God Pavilion, but unfortunately, to this day, no one in Shrek Academy had been able to refine it.

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The night passed peacefully. Early the next morning, everyone gathered again. After arranging some final matters, they rose into the air and flew away under the gaze of many clansmen, until they disappeared into the distant horizon...

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Last day of the month, rewarding myself by writing a little less and playing a few rounds of Honor of Kings, then playing a few rounds of Metro Royale in Peace Elite (doge).

(Author's suggestion: Those who haven't played Yang Jian must go play a few rounds; that feeling is guaranteed to be real.) (Will write and post more tomorrow to make up for the word count, pat pat, goodnight) (End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 172 =====