Chapter 137: 100,000-Year Soul Bone!

Wu Qi escaped from the air; this group suffered heavy losses, and having lost their flying Spirit Masters, they had no choice but to pursue from the ground.

They wanted to judge his martial soul through the wings on Wu Qi's back, and subsequently confirm his identity.

But soul bone wings have an essential difference from martial soul wings; how could they be easily identified?

Moreover, Dugu Bo would not leave a tail behind.

After Wu Qi had escaped far away, he stepped forward to deal with the remaining small fry.

……

Lidun Xiaozhen.

Seeing Wu Qi and the others return, the innkeeper greeted them with a beaming smile and asked obsequiously, "Guests, your rooms are due in three days; would you like to extend for another half a year?"

Sun Buyu waved his hand, "We will be leaving after staying a few more days; this trip was meant for travel, there is no reason to stay here longer."

As he spoke, he took some medicinal herbs out from his Soul Guidance Device, "Innkeeper, these are herbs collected recently; see if anyone needs them, sell them all."

From the innkeeper's perspective, their group did nothing but help others hunt spirits or enter the forest to search for medicinal herbs.

This was the group's natural protective talisman.

One must know that the two major forces, seeing that no news had come from the ruins for a long time, would inevitably send people to investigate the situation.

Soul Beast Town was only a few hours' journey from the ruins, so it was certainly a key target for investigation.

Due to the habits formed over the past half year, even if the innkeeper wanted to betray them, he could not find a suitable reason.

As for why they did not leave directly?

Heh, since the matter had nothing to do with them, why run away at the first opportunity?

Wouldn't that be trying to cover up something only to make it more conspicuous?

According to Wu Qi's arrangement, in the next two days, the group tacitly avoided mentioning the soul bone matter and continued to follow their previous habits, entering the forest to search for medicinal herbs.

One day later, Soul Beast Town became inexplicably lively as the eyes and ears of various major forces arrived one after another.

The first people they suspected were naturally those in the town, especially the Green Phoenix team and the Flower Dragon team who had been stationed here recently.

After investigations by these people, both teams had indeed left the forest when the ruins opened.

But based on the habits of the two teams, they could find no reason to suspect them.

Especially since Wu Qi and the others did not avoid them at all, and even took the initiative to find these people to promote their own team, they completely let down their guard against them.

Three days later, the Seven Treasure team's carriage drove out of Soul Beast Town and officially set off on the return journey.

……

As the carriage drove out of the territory of the Hagendasi Wangguo, the group's tense nerves were finally able to relax.

"That was truly thrilling; this 'hiding in plain sight' tactic, Brother Wu has truly mastered it," Qiangu Changkong praised without reservation.

Thinking about it now, if they had fled immediately after obtaining the soul bones, they would have inevitably attracted the attention of the two major forces and would not have been allowed to leave easily.

Along the way, Dugu Bo did not appear.

It was not until they drove out of the Hagendasi Wangguo that Dugu Bo finally reunited with them.

"You all have very good luck. After you, the Xinshan Sect and the royal family entered together. I don't know what they did, but it caused the mountain to collapse, burying quite a few people."

Hearing this, Feng Xiaotian and the others cast grateful gazes toward Wu Qi.

If not for the former's intervention, the ones buried might have been them.

Upon learning the situation, Dugu Bo laughed heartily, "To be able to restrain your desires, you little monster are truly a freak."

Wu Qi did not take the credit.

All of this was thanks to the tomb-raiding movies he had watched in his past life.

And in an environment like a tomb chamber, the greed in people's hearts is most easily exploited.

His suggestion was merely based on the foundation of seeking stability.

After all, with the group's talent, even with normal cultivation, they had the potential to break through to Title Douluo in the future; there was no need to take excessive risks.

"Since everyone is here, let's distribute the spoils."

The harvest this time consisted of six soul bones in total.

When the soul bones were taken out from the Soul Guidance Device, Dugu Bo looked full of regret, "Too much time has passed; the soul power within the soul bones has leaked out significantly. If a few more years had passed, they would have become completely ineffective."

"Is there still a chance to remedy this?" Wu Qi asked.

Dugu Bo nodded, "You must know that the soul power within your bodies is like long-awaited rain for the soul bones. After absorbing it, if you use soul power to nourish them for a period of time, there is a probability of restoring the soul bones to their peak state."

"Of course, there is a trade-off; during the period of nourishing the soul bones, the soul power you cultivate will all be absorbed by the soul bones, and your strength will not break through in the short term."

The group breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they could be restored, the fact that their strength wouldn't break through in the short term was of no consequence.

Wu Qi brought out the explanation he had prepared in advance, "Let's divide them according to merit; this time, the old man's contribution was the greatest, so he should rightfully take the best soul bone."

Dugu Bo shook his head.

He was willing to step forward purely to repay a favor to Wu Qi.

The debt of a life-saving grace could never be fully repaid; helping Wu Qi do things brought him a trace of comfort.

Wu Qi's expression turned stern, "Old man, I will not use favors to coerce you; this is the reward you deserve. Even if you don't consider yourself, you have to consider Dugu Yan, don't you?"

As he spoke, he pushed the head soul bone toward Dugu Bo, and the latter sighed deeply, "Little guy, if we really want to talk about it, the primary merit is yours."

"Without your suggestion, we would not have known that a ruin existed here, let alone obtained the soul bones; you should take this head soul bone."

The moment Dugu Bo's fingers touched the soul bone, he could clearly perceive that a vast amount of soul power had once existed on this soul bone.

His expression changed drastically, "This is... a 100,000-year soul bone!"

In an instant, the carriage fell silent, and everyone's gaze focused entirely on the soul bone.

Dugu Bo handed the soul bone into Wu Qi's hands, "Little guy, you have the primary merit; this soul bone should be yours, take it quickly."

Feng Xiaotian and the others added, "That's right, Captain; without your command, we might have already died in the ruins."

Sun Buyu laughed and said, "Little Wu, you are the core of the team. Obtaining a 100,000-year head soul bone will be of the greatest help to you, so do not decline it."

"This..."

The value of a 100,000-year soul bone is too great, far incomparable to a 10,000-year soul bone; even having multiple 90,000-year soul bones would not equal its value.

One must know, a 100,000-year soul bone can provide a Spirit Master with two soul skills!

Seeing him hesitate, the group immediately persuaded him one after another.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Qi earnestly accepted, "Fine, then I shall not be overly modest. Additionally, I will give each of you 30,000 Gold Soul Coins to make up for the excess value of this soul bone."

Fearing that Wu Qi would not accept the soul bone, the group agreed to his "compensation."

After a pause, he took out the soul bone he had obtained when acquiring his fourth Soul Ring from his Soul Guidance Device.

There were currently seven soul bones remaining to be distributed among eight people.

Sun Buyu took a soul bone first, "Little Wu's fourth Soul Ring came from a wind-attribute Soul Beast, which matches my martial soul, so I will take this one."

Dugu Bo had just wanted to refuse, but remembering something, he said, "I recently received news that the prize for the Spirit Master Tournament champion includes three soul bones. If any of you do not receive one, we can prioritize distribution after the Spirit Master Tournament."

As he spoke, under the enthusiastic gazes of the group, he took away the 50,000-year torso soul bone from among them.

(End of chapter)