Chapter 263: with translation of chapter title

After bowing, Tang Wulin stood up and stretched his body.

Just as he had told the Water Fire Dragon King, he was about to start burying the dragon bones.

The number of dragon bones before him was truly too many; even with his current strength, burying them all would likely take nearly a year.

Tang Wulin called out softly:

"Your Excellencies, the two Dragon Kings, are you still here?"

Hearing his call, the Water Fire Dragon King immediately emerged from his arms, both looking at him.

He asked seriously:

"Can you take me out of here? I need to say a word to the people waiting for me outside."

Although he didn't have much fondness for Xuanzi, no matter what, the current Sea God Pavilion Master had brought him here from afar, and he couldn't let the man wait outside for a year.

However, the Water Fire Dragon King shook his head together and transmitted a mental thought to him.

Feeling the mental thoughts of the two Dragon Kings, Tang Wulin was stunned.

"What? The spatial passage leading here has collapsed; once we leave, we can't come back in?"

His expression immediately became conflicted.

Having Xuanzi wait outside for a year was truly not what he wanted, but he also couldn't just leave like that.

His promise to the Wind Dragon King was only part of the reason; more importantly, he had taken the Dragon God's dragon soul from here—he could guess with his toes that this small world had become this way because he took the Dragon God's dragon soul, making him entirely the culprit.

If he just left like that, not to mention what the two Dragon Kings on him would think, he himself would look down on himself.

After all, once he left this time, there would truly be no way for anyone to come back in, and thus no one could bury these dragon bones.

"Alas, there's nothing to be done, Xuan Lao; I hope you can leave in time."

After hesitating for a long time, Tang Wulin finally made a decision, bowed toward the sky, and in his heart apologized to Xuanzi.

Anyway, given his understanding of Xuanzi, that old man probably wouldn't wait outside for him indefinitely; he'd likely leave after a while, at most sending some people to guard the Dragon Valley's exit.

If things really developed that way, it would actually let him relax more.

To change his mood, Tang Wulin softly comforted himself:

"Well, actually this is fine; if I hurry and bury them, I should be able to leave here in less than a year, which works out perfectly to go to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to see Yutong and fulfill our promise."

Thinking of Huo Yutong, Tang Wulin's mood improved a bit.

What he didn't know was that his promise was already destined to remain unfulfilled.

Because he had spent a full ten months absorbing the Dragon God's energy, even if he left the Dragon Valley now, he still wouldn't have time to fulfill his promise to Huo Yutong.

At this moment, Xuanzi had already long left this continent, causing the space to collapse, and brought back the news of Tang Wulin's disappearance to Shilake Academy.

Tang Wulin came before a huge dragon bone and slammed a fist hard into the ground.

Instantly, a pit over ten meters deep appeared beneath his feet, and he himself was shaken back by the recoil, landing seated on the ground.

He stared at the large pit in astonishment, unable to speak for a moment.

He threw that punch without holding back, using his full strength, just to see how strong he was now; the result far exceeded his expectations.

On the way here he had already noticed that the environment of Dragon Valley differed from the outside world—not only was gravity noticeably greater, but all kinds of objects were also sturdier.

A pit this deep would have required his former self to use the Sovereign of the Heavens technique to create, but now he made it without even using the Golden Dragon Claw; this increase in strength can only be described as exaggerated.

Tang Wulin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, realizing why he couldn't control his body well.

With such a huge increase, it would be miraculous if he could control it! But no matter what, this tremendous ascension couldn't possibly be a bad thing for him; overall he was still very pleased.

Tang Wulin took a deep breath, jumped into the pit he had just made, raised his fist again, and slammed it down hard.

His time was very precious; he couldn't afford to waste it.

With a series of booming sounds, a pit tens of meters deep was quickly blasted out by him.

Tang Wulin leapt up, easily jumped out of the huge pit, grabbed the nearest dragon bone, and dragged it into the pit.

Then he buried the soil, covering the dragon bone.

Throughout the process he didn't ask the Water Fire Dragon King for help; this was what he had promised the Wind Dragon King, and also his repayment for the Dragon Valley's gift, which had to be done by himself.

The Water Fire Dragon King, for some reason, also didn't come forward to help, merely watching Tang Wulin's actions from within the soul bone.

After a day of work, Tang Wulin wiped the sweat from his forehead, took some food from his Life God Domain, sat on the ground, and began to eat.

Since he had the Life God Domain, he would put the most important things inside it, while the Storage Soul Conductor Device held only things that weren't very important.

After satisfying his bodily needs, Tang Wulin meditated briefly, then rose again to start digging pits and burying dragons.

Digging pits, burying dragons, filling pits, digging pits, burying dragons, filling pits…

This process repeated for several days; aside from spending some time eating and meditating to recover, Tang Wulin devoted all his time to burying the dragon race.

Needless to say, the dragon bones displayed here were indeed genuine dragon bones, and Tang Wulin actually saw shining soul bones on every single one.

But he had no ulterior thoughts at all, simply repeating his actions over and over.

An accident occurred on the sixth day.

That day, just as Tang Wulin was pushing a new dragon bone into the great pit, preparing to fill it, a sudden burst of strong energy erupted from it, and a dragon soul appeared before him.

Before Tang Wulin could react, the dragon soul spontaneously rushed to his front, turning into points of light that merged into his body.

Instantly, Tang Wulin felt his body warm; under the pure energy's effect, the hunger he had just generated vanished completely, and he felt he probably wouldn't need to eat for the rest of the day.

Tang Wulin's face lit up with joy.

Originally he had prepared to, when food ran out and he had no choice, take herbs from his Life God Domain to absorb; the dragon soul's action relieved his urgent need.

He suddenly felt full of vigor again and resumed his actions.

Perhaps the lingering consciousness of the giant dragons in Dragon Valley had reached some unspoken agreement; from then on, new dragon souls condensed each day, providing Tang Wulin with energy and completely solving his food problem.

With the help of these dragon souls, Tang Wulin gradually grew accustomed to the sudden surge of power within his body.

(End of chapter)