Chapter 126: New Uses for Xuanyuan

Achoo...

Shi Quan rubbed his nose and murmured in a low voice, "Are Mom and Dad missing me?"

After Shi Quan chuckled and shook his head, he recalled the events of the day.

That Tang San obtained a brand new Eight Spider Lances was something he had never expected.

However, thinking about it carefully now, Shi Quan discovered that the plot of the original work seemed to possess a certain degree of self-correction.

Ning Rongrong's matter should, to a certain extent, also belong to this type of situation.

Otherwise, how could Ning Rongrong have suddenly had an argument with him and then snuck off to Shrek Academy?

If one analyzes it based on this, since he took the Immortal Herb from the original work, would Tang San and the others still be able to obtain an Immortal Herb for some special reason?

Or perhaps some rare treasure comparable to an Immortal Herb to improve their strength?

Shi Quan could not help but consider these things.

"When I see Grandpa Dugu, I must have a good talk with him."

Shi Quan thought to himself, took the fragments of the long sword out from the Snow Jade Bracelet, and fell into a new round of contemplation.

The Shi brothers' tortoise shells could be divided from one original piece into many smaller tortoise shells through soul skills.

Click, clack.

A sound of bones rubbing against each other came, and Shi Quan was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Dragon Spine sword blade, which was originally tightly connected, had actually scattered into a golden bladed long whip; each segment of the Dragon Bone was like a short sword, with the tip of one sword blade linked to the hilt of another, thereby forming this golden bladed whip.

Shi Quan felt that the Xuanyuan in his hand seemed to move; it didn't fly up, but Shi Quan discovered that Xuanyuan seemed to have grown a fraction longer.

"Hm? Xuanyuan can actually expand?"

Could he also borrow from the Shi brothers' soul skills to create a method of sword control, and then combine it with the Nine Swords of Dugu...

"Sure enough, the Dragon Spine is not as simple as it looks on the surface; many of its abilities still need to be excavated by myself."

"The sword is broken, so for the upcoming battles, I can only temporarily use my martial soul, but..."

Thinking this in his heart, Shi Quan quickly began to experiment, his Internal Energy slowly pouring into the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine, carefully sensing the movement of the Internal Energy within the Dragon Spine.

Originally, Shi Quan only wanted to try whether he could achieve the effect of sword control, but he did not expect to discover another form of Xuanyuan.

But after the sword broke today, his attention was suddenly drawn to the soul skill the Shi brothers used to control their tortoise shells to rotate and attack.

Shi Quan's heart stirred, and he controlled his Internal Energy, slowly refining it as it poured into the joints of the Dragon Spine.

Taking a deep breath and circulating his Internal Energy, Shi Quan raised his hand to grasp the back of his neck, and the golden Xuanyuan was drawn out from his back by Shi Quan.

Shi Quan recalled the various aspects of the Shi brothers' combat; previously, he had always focused on using sword techniques to bring out the substantive power of the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine.

Seeing this, Shi Quan became even more excited.

He had previously only used Internal Energy to summon the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine as a long sword for attacks, never thinking to inject Internal Energy to observe the internal flow, which could unlock new forms.

"Perhaps I can try to control Xuanyuan to launch long-range attacks like the Shi brothers."

Suddenly.

Looking at the Xuanyuan in his hand, Shi Quan's gaze fell upon the tightly connected bone segments of Xuanyuan, his expression shifting; he really hadn't noticed this point before.

Recalling the various aspects of today's battle, Shi Quan suddenly felt that the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine should have other uses.

Since the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine could scatter, could these thirty-six Dragon Bones also be separated one by one?

Shi Quan injected Internal Energy again; as the Internal Energy continued to pour in, Shi Quan noticed a soul power issue—his current Internal Energy could not be directly injected into the bone segments.

Very quickly, Shi Quan discovered the source of the problem, because the amount of Internal Energy he injected was different from before; Shi Quan continued to refine his Internal Energy, and sure enough, after the Internal Energy was refined, it could be poured into the connection points of each Dragon Bone.

In other words, the state of the Dragon Spine changed according to the amount of Internal Energy injected.

"Is it possible that as long as I further refine my Internal Energy, I can extract a single Xuanyuan short sword from the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine?"

Shi Quan took a deep breath.

His current Internal Energy was only as thin as a bean sprout, but it was still too thick for the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine; according to the current situation, it needed to be shrunk by at least ten times—at the very least, he needed to refine his Internal Energy to the size of a hair strand to inject it into the bone segments before he could separate the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine.

Each segment of the Dragon Spine was like a slightly larger flying knife, but its sharpness was even more astonishing than the Sacred Dragon Eight Spears; if thirty-six Xuanyuan short swords were separated, the power of each short sword would likely be even stronger than the Dragon Whisker Needle.

And if he were to control the swords, with these thirty-six flying swords circling around him, just thinking about that scene was terrifying!

What followed was constant experimentation.

After trying for a long time, Shi Quan finally managed to barely separate the sword blade at the very top of the Xuanyuan Dragon Spine.

The finer one wants to separate the Internal Energy, the more difficult it becomes; this requires extremely precise manipulation.

It requires not only powerful control over Internal Energy but also extremely strong Mental Power; otherwise, it is impossible to refine Internal Energy or soul power to this degree.

Grasping the Xuanyuan short sword in his hand, Shi Quan's eyes were filled with excitement; he raised the Xuanyuan short sword, shook his hand, and the broken iron sword blade flew up, then Shi Quan flicked his wrist, and the Xuanyuan short sword flew out.

The next moment.

The sword blade fragment was directly pierced through; after piercing the toughness, the Xuanyuan short sword plunged directly into the wooden table and shot into the wall on the side.

"Pinpoint lethality; this is much more awesome than those Hidden Weapons of Tang San's. Not to mention its sharpness, its penetrating power is also astonishing, and the blade seems to possess some special power."

Shi Quan got up, walked to the stone wall, and pulled out the Xuanyuan short sword.

Moreover, he had an intuition that this Xuanyuan short sword could be controlled; a soul bone is like a martial soul, both are a part of the body, and if used well, that would be thirty-six flying swords.

Coupled with the Nine Swords of Dugu, how astonishing would this effect be!

However, his top priority was to carefully study the soul skills of the Shi brothers, figure out the principle of soul power controlling armor, and then use this to further develop and research.

"If the research is successful, this will definitely be my greatest trump card!" Thinking of this, Shi Quan felt a surge of heat in his heart and began to set to work on his research.

The night passed without incident.

Everyone gathered again.

Before gathering, Shi Quan left a letter at the hotel front desk, and after briefly explaining a few things, he arrived at the gathering place.

This letter was written by Shi Quan specifically last night, because they were going to leave Soto City early this morning after gathering.

"Did they have an argument?"

Just as he arrived at the gathering place, Shi Quan saw Dugu Yan standing quietly beside Ye Lingling, while Yu Tianheng stood to the side with an awkward expression, and he couldn't help but think to himself.

The others also cast suspicious glances at the two, but no one spoke; after all, to them, arguments between couples were perfectly normal—just coax each other, have a good talk, and everything would be fine.

After finishing breakfast, the group boarded the carriages and officially bid farewell to Soto City.

"Boss, what's going on between you and Yanzi? Did you have a fight?" Seeing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling board a different carriage, Yu Feng hurriedly leaned in to probe.

"We had a bit of a disagreement, it's nothing."

Yu Feng said cheekily, "Boss, women need to be coaxed, not to mention that Yanzi has been spoiled by her Title Douluo grandfather since she was a child. Why don't you go and coax her?"

"Why should I? It was her..." Yu Tianheng rubbed his head in frustration and did not continue. After a pause, he said slowly, "Let's not rush; let's both calm down first."

Shi Quan raised an eyebrow. According to Yu Tianheng's implication, all the problems were Dugu Yan's fault, and he had no issues?

But since it was a matter between the couple, and he was an outsider who didn't know the specifics, he wasn't in a position to make any judgments.

In the other carriage.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were sitting in a carriage by themselves.

Dugu Yan had long since come to regard Ye Lingling as her best friend. At this moment, she was indignantly venting about everything Yu Tianheng had done last night. When Ye Lingling heard that Yu Tianheng had actually leaked information about Shi Quan, her cold face seemed to frost over even more.

"Yanzi, you're not wrong! It's all Yu Tianheng's fault!"

Hearing Ye Lingling's voice, Dugu Yan subconsciously tried to make excuses: "Could it be that Tianheng just hasn't seen that Yu Xiaogang in so long, and was confused for a moment..."

"Yanzi!" Ye Lingling looked at Dugu Yan and shook her head. "Wake up. If Yu Tianheng really knew he was in the wrong, wouldn't he come to apologize to you? People from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan are all arrogant, and Yu Tianheng is no exception. Arrogant people are often stubborn. I don't think Yu Tianheng believes he did anything wrong."

Dugu Yan lowered her head, her eyes slightly red. Thinking of what happened last night, she felt aggrieved.

Seeing this, Ye Lingling sighed helplessly, gently patted Dugu Yan's shoulder, and comforted her softly: "Yanzi, this is a one-time thing, not to be repeated. I originally thought the captain and you were a good match, but after this, you need to carefully consider whether he is truly someone you can entrust your life to..."

Just as the carriage carrying Shi Quan and his group drove away from Soto City.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing appeared at the south gate of Soto City.

"Zhuqing, are you going to ask Shi Quan about news of Zhuang Zhou?"

Ning Rongrong's voice came, and a rare touch of softness appeared in Zhu Zhuqing's cold eyes. "Yes."

Ning Rongrong pouted and said, "I don't know how the two of them met. I've never heard that jerk Shi Quan mention Zhuang Zhou before."

"But you don't need to worry. That guy Zhuang Zhou is so strong, and he has the ability to fly; ordinary people can't do anything to him at all."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded with a faint smile.

Before long, the two arrived at the hotel where Shi Quan and the others had been staying.

"Hello, I'm here to see Shi Quan. Could you please announce us to him?" Ning Rongrong looked at the front desk clerk with a smile.

Upon hearing the name Shi Quan, the clerk immediately asked, "Hello, may I ask if you are Miss Ning Rongrong?"

Ning Rongrong froze for a moment, her expression turning ugly as she said, "Don't tell me that jerk specifically warned you that if I came, you shouldn't disturb him?"

The clerk was taken aback, then smiled and shook his head: "You've misunderstood. Shi Quan left the hotel this morning, but he did leave a letter, saying it was to be handed over to Miss Zhu Zhuqing."

"A letter?" Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up at first, but upon hearing the second half of the clerk's sentence, anger flared in her eyes. She slammed her fist onto the counter in fury and said, "You're saying this letter is for Zhu Zhuqing? Then what about mine?"

The clerk shrank back and hurriedly said, "Mr. Shi Quan only left one letter..."