Chapter 183: White Jade Spiritual Realm Soul Bone

Li Xuan's soul power circulated throughout his body, then he suddenly poured the soul power into the Three-Star Heavy Sword; as the soul power slowly filled the sword's patterns, silvery‑white light instantly burst forth.

The next second, Li Xuan's form shifted, he leapt, raised the long sword high, and with a fierce slash struck the fish's head, the massive force carving a deep wound that exposed the bone.

It was fortunate that the White Dragon Fish was already dead; otherwise, even with soul power enhancement, a thirty‑something level Li Xuan, even if he fully activated the Three-Star Heavy Sword, could not break through the White Dragon Fish's defense.

Then, Li Xuan's long sword sliced horizontally into the fish's back, cutting along the White Dragon Fish's spine from head to tail.

With Li Xuan's two strokes, the White Dragon Fish's tough skin was completely split open.

After finishing, Li Xuan took a scrap of cloth, wiped the blood off the long sword, sheathed it, and since the skin was already opened, there was no need to continue using the Three-Star Heavy Sword—after all it was a treasured blade, and a regular dagger would suffice to cut the soft, tender fish meat.

Li Xuan drew his Iron-Cutting Dagger and began peeling the fish skin piece by piece; it wasn't his first time skinning—last time he peeled the Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Snake's snakeskin, so with that experience Li Xuan found this skinning much easier.

Soon two whole fish skins were removed; Li Xuan took out quicklime and a wooden rack, gave the skins a simple lime treatment, and set them aside to dry.

After processing the skins, Li Xuan began cutting the fish meat, placing the pieces into a Void Pearl to use as fertilizer later; the White Dragon Fish had been dead for an unknown time, and although it emitted no odor, Li Xuan didn't want to risk food poisoning.

Half an hour later, almost all the fish meat had been cut away, and the fish's abdominal organs spilled out, scattering across the ground.

Strangely, the organs that should have reeked of fishy odor had none at all; one can imagine how delicious the fish would be if it were fresh.

Fearing the organs would contaminate the soil in the Palm Sky Bottle, Li Xuan hurriedly packed the organs piece by piece into a Void Pearl; mixed with the fish meat, they would be made into fertilizer.

While tidying the organs, Li Xuan searched for an Inner Core, and after the last piece of intestine was cleared, he found no pearl‑like items.

What a pity, this fish did not produce an Inner Core.

"My luck isn't great, it didn't generate an Inner Core; I don't know if only serpentine soul beasts produce Inner Cores, or if this fish's cultivation is insufficient…" Li Xuan muttered, frowning.

But now the White Dragon Fish's corpse had been completely dissected; lacking an Inner Core was one thing, but there was also no soul bone, which left Li Xuan feeling helpless.

After all, a, 000-Year Soul Beast is already a very powerful soul beast, and the chance of producing a soul bone is high; it was just Li Xuan's luck that he didn't find one.

"Sigh… fine, if it's not there, it's not there; it's a lesson learned, I'll never buy a soul beast corpse again." Li Xuan shook his head, sighed, and prepared to gather the White Dragon Fish's bones, pack them up, and discard them.

But at that moment, Li Xuan suddenly noticed something off about the White Dragon Fish's spine.

Li Xuan was amazed to find that one segment of the spine bore some crystal‑like jade bone, different from the surrounding bone.

The bone was only slightly more translucent than ordinary white bone, with no other distinctive features, so Li Xuan hadn't noticed it earlier; only when he moved did the intersecting light and shadow reveal the issue.

Li Xuan approached the bone and examined it carefully.

It was the White Dragon Fish's eighth spinal segment, about one meter in diameter, but the bone surface was uneven, as if something had been inlaid.

Li Xuan reached out, detached that spinal segment, then abruptly raised his hand, and Filthy Flame turned into a black slime that burned and corroded the white bone bit by bit.

Li Xuan didn't dare rush, carefully corroding the white bone; as Filthy Flame stripped the bone clean, a crystal‑like jade soul bone finally revealed its true form. It turned out to be a Torso Soul Bone, and this Torso Soul Bone was embedded within the vertebrae—truly remarkable.

【Soul Bone: White Jade Spiritual Realm】

【Age: 74,000 years】

【Quality: Red】

【Description: Produced from a 74,000‑year‑old White Dragon Fish, of excellent quality, gentle and easily absorbed; the White Dragon Fish's bloodline talent is Spiritual Realm, which is a domain soul skill that, within a certain range, can help restore soul power and amplify soul skills. Therefore, after absorbing this soul bone, one is highly likely to obtain the 'Spiritual Realm' soul skill】

"This soul skill! It's so overpowered! It's literally a dream bone for auxiliary soul masters!" Li Xuan stared at the Light Screen's description, eyes widening.

The 'Spiritual Realm' soul skill's effect is similar to a Domain soul skill; although its range is smaller than a Domain skill, it is purely an auxiliary type. Auxiliary soul beasts are already rare, so the soul bones they produce are even more prized.

Thus each auxiliary‑type soul bone commands several times the price of a comparable soul bone.

The White Dragon Fish itself is an auxiliary soul bone, its innate ability being endurance; this likely explains its Spiritual Realm talent, and more importantly, its flesh is exceptionally good, so on the continent, highly cultivated White Dragon Fish have become virtually unavailable.

Li Xuan admired the soul bone, then retrieved a box from the Palm Sky Bottle's space, placed the soul bone inside, and returned the box to the space.

This White Dragon Fish soul bone isn't suitable for Li Xuan to absorb, so it can only become his collectible.

After storing the soul bone, the White Dragon Fish's corpse held no value, so Li Xuan planned to set the bones aside and later find a suitable place to discard them.

At that moment, Li Xuan suddenly noticed something caught in the White Dragon Fish's tail.

The massive tail was oddly bulging.

However, the White Dragon Fish has no toxicity or spines.

The object on the tail likely posed no serious danger.

Li Xuan reached out, gently touched the tail, and observed no reaction.

After a few tentative attempts, Li Xuan finally mustered the courage to split the tail.

"Fish eggs?" Li Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at a white, fist‑sized spherical object wrapped inside the tail.

The reason Li Xuan recognized it instantly as fish eggs was that a finger‑thin small fish was already developing inside, and more importantly, the tiny fish was still alive!

Li Xuan fully separated the tail, cupped the fish eggs in both hands, and the small fish inside twitched slightly as it sensed movement.

(End of Chapter)