Chapter 84: Dragon King's Bone

When Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong returned to the Sea God Pavilion, it was already late at night.

They did not return to their rooms immediately, but first went to Mu En's room.

As expected, Mu En was waiting for them here.

Seeing the two, Mu En raised an eyebrow playfully.

Having lived over two hundred years and seen countless grudges and romances, he could tell at a glance that Tang Wulin's gaze toward Huo Yutong was now completely different from before.

However, he did not point this out, but instead asked:

"How, did you buy the soul bone?"

The soul bone he had spent nearly a year to retrieve, he naturally hoped Tang Wulin would take.

"Hmm." Tang Wulin nodded, then asked: "Mu Lao, how much do you know about this soul bone?"

What Bei Bei had told him earlier was only the Treasure Appreciation Meeting's introduction to this soul bone; Tang Wulin believed Mu En definitely knew more.

Mu En revealed a gentle smile.

"This soul bone first appeared six hundred years ago, when a Limit Douluo, by chance, entered a secret realm and brought out this soul bone. Initially he was very pleased, because the age of this left leg bone clearly far exceeded a hundred thousand years, possibly even the highest-age soul bone in the present world, so he absorbed it without much thought, but a tragedy ensued."

Tang Wulin instinctively asked: "Did his fusion fail?"

"Hmm." Mu En lightly nodded, "He was too careless; the Dragon Might contained in this soul bone is terrifyingly oppressive, a suppression from the bloodline level unrelated to rank. Even though his cultivation had broken through to rank ninety-nine, he still suffered a severe backlash under this Dragon Might's influence, and the fusion failed."

Saying this, his expression became somewhat sorrowful.

"I know this so clearly because that Limit Douluo back then was the Sea God Pavilion Master of that era and also my ancestor; his martial soul, like mine, was the Holy Light Dragon."

Mu En knows all too well what it feels like to suffer a backlash; it can be said that the reason he now can only sit in a wheelchair, unable to walk freely, is chiefly the backlash from the Dragon Core.

Back then, his ancestor, after suffering the backlash, merely clung to life for a few years before passing away, despite possessing Limit Douluo cultivation, showing how fierce that backlash was.

Mu En sighed, then continued:

"Although the fusion failure caused our academy to lose a Limit Douluo, it would be a pity to give up trying to fuse this soul bone just because of that; thus the academy conducted various experiments afterward and finally reached a conclusion."

His gaze turned serious.

"This soul bone only acknowledges holders of dragon-type martial souls, and the higher the martial soul's quality and the purer the bloodline, the easier the fusion, with little relation to cultivation rank. Even a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo, if his martial soul is not of dragon bloodline, will find absorbing it no easier than a first-ring dragon-type martial soul cultivator."

"This..."

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong momentarily did not know what to say.

Indeed, there exists such a soul bone that selects people by martial soul type; this truly opened their eyes.

Mu En said with a wry smile: "I know this sounds unbelievable, but it is the fact; precisely because of this research result, the academy relinquished ownership of this soul bone and sold it to the outside world, after all, even holders of the Holy Light Dragon martial soul failed to fuse it, so the bone's demand for bloodline level is likely already at an astonishing level, possibly even reaching that of the Dragon God Nine Sons, and the academy does not believe anyone in the world can absorb this soul bone."

"But—" saying this, he suddenly shifted his tone, giving Tang Wulin a half-smiling look: "It seems the academy's seniors back then were overly presumptuous; at least someone capable of absorbing this soul bone has now appeared among the students."

Tang Wulin's bloodline is undoubtedly the highest among the dragon clan; if even Tang Wulin cannot absorb this soul bone, then it could only have come from the Dragon God himself.

But this is obviously impossible, so Mu En concluded that Tang Wulin can absorb this soul bone.

Tang Wulin also nodded slightly; the instant he saw this soul bone, he felt his inner bloodline's yearning for it.

The blood flowing within his body told him he could completely absorb this soul bone.

Seeing Tang Wulin agree with his view, Mu En revealed a relaxed smile.

"When do you plan to absorb this soul bone? I will personally stand guard for you, so if anything goes wrong we can react quickly."

Tang Wulin replied without hesitation: "Right now."

After clarifying his feelings for Huo Yutong, his desire for power became unprecedentedly strong.

He is still not as strong as Huo Yutong now; if a man cannot even protect the girl he likes, then he is undoubtedly a failure.

He knows Huo Yutong does not think this way, but this is his self-esteem issue, unrelated to what Huo Yutong thinks.

Mu En smiled and nodded.

"Then it's now, Yutong, do you want to go back to your room to rest first?"

Huo Yutong shook her head.

"No, I want to stay here and watch Wulin finish absorbing."

She lacks dragon bloodline, so she actually has no clear concept of how noble Tang Wulin's bloodline is; she only knows that Tang Wulin is about to absorb a soul bone that no one had ever succeeded in absorbing before.

Even though Mu En and Tang Wulin believe the absorption will succeed, her heart is still filled with unease; if she were to go back like this, let alone sleep, she wouldn't even be able to focus on cultivation.

"Alright then."

Mu En was not surprised by Huo Yutong's answer; he had already fully understood her personality, having guessed from the start that she would likely reply this way, and he asked just to be safe.

"Then let's begin."

Tang Wulin took out the soul bone he had brought back from the package, sat down in place, and began to guide the soul bone for absorption.

The bluish-green soul bone slowly rose from the package, from which faint green light gradually drifted out.

Mu En, at the side, silently furrowed his brow.

Such strong, rich wind element—after all these years it still possesses this power; I fear he guessed correctly, this is indeed the soul bone of a certain fallen Dragon King.

This is not like Xuanzi's castrated Dragon King bloodline, but the orthodox, complete Dragon King's power; certainly not something an ordinary person can absorb.

Perhaps in the whole world, only Tang Wulin, the holder of Golden Dragon King power, could absorb this.

As the soul bone's green light made contact with Tang Wulin, his body jerked instantly.

His vision instantly changed, shifting from the Sea God Pavilion to a green plain.

By the way, since the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone only acknowledges holders of Ultimate Ice, it only makes sense that the Dragon King's Bone would only acknowledge a bloodline nobler than one's own, right?

(End of chapter)