Yin Hao and Matthew Nuo went to the entrance of the Soul Hunting Forest as agreed, and sure enough, they found Su Yuntao waiting there.
He was completely different from when he was hiding behind a big tree, trembling. Although he was more disheveled, he stood tall and proud, looking incredibly dignified.
Indeed, Su Yuntao was in a good mood. This year… no, he had something to brag about for the past ten years: he had fought the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon, which had over two thousand years of cultivation, for more than 20 rounds and then retreated unscathed. How many Soul Kings could achieve such a feat? Not to mention that he was only a minor Great Soul Master at this point.
Seeing Yin Hao and Matthew Nuo return, Su Yuntao glanced at them, then walked up to them with his head held high.
"How was it? The plan went smoothly, right? I fought the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon for over a hundred rounds with my keen observation and agile movements, buying you the best of both worlds. If you still didn't succeed, it would be unacceptable."
Hearing Su Yuntao's earnest boasting, Matthew rolled his eyes and ignored him.
Yin Hao, however, answered seriously,
"Thank you so much, Brother Su Yuntao. Everything went smoothly on our end."
Hearing Yin Hao's words of gratitude, Su Yuntao felt embarrassed to continue boasting and awkwardly touched his hair.
"It's nothing. Just hope you don't forget your brother when you become successful."
Su Yuntao was just saying it casually; he didn't think Yin Hao, with his useless Blue Silver Grass martial soul, could achieve much.
However, he never expected that future developments would far exceed his expectations, and these two days' events would contribute greatly to his future development—but that's a story for another time.
Matthew looked at Yin Hao and spoke.
"By the way, Yin Hao, what's your first soul skill?"
Yin Hao asked after thinking for a moment.
"My first soul skill is called Blue Silver Ice Spike. It can turn Blue Silver Grass into ice spikes to stab enemies. Although it loses its resilience, it gains immense destructive power. Moreover, when needed, the Blue Silver Grass ice spikes can be used as melee weapons or launched as ranged weapons."
Matthew nodded after hearing this.
"Sounds pretty good..."
Su Yuntao glanced at Yin Hao with some jealousy. A Blue Silver Grass martial soul could actually obtain such a powerful soul skill. No... it must just sound impressive, it's not very useful in actual combat.
Su Yuntao forced himself to comfort himself a couple of times before feeling a little better.
At this moment, Yin Hao suddenly remembered the cool feeling that appeared on his left chest when he had just absorbed the soul ring. He reached inside his clothes and touched it.
This is... a dragon scale?
The words "external soul bone" suddenly appeared in Yin Hao's mind, and he quickly called the system.
"System, open the attribute panel."
[System panel opened:
Host:
Yin Hao; Martial Soul: First Martial Soul: Blue Silver Emperor
; Second Martial Soul: Sharingan (Single Tomoe);
Soul Power: Level 12
; Soul Rings: First Martial Soul: Yellow (400 years);
Second Martial Soul: None;
Soul Bone: External Soul Bone Ice Dragon Armor (Growth Potential);
Bloodline: Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline 37% (Awakened)
; Assets: Liabilities: Gold Soul Coins * 5500]
"It really is an external soul bone!"
Yin Hao was incredibly excited. However…
back in reality, Yin Hao had another question: why is this Ice Dragon Armor so small? It barely covered his left chest, only serving to protect his heart.
No… it can move.
Yin Hao used his mental power to control the Ice Dragon Armor, moving it from his left chest to his left arm. Then, he tucked his hand into his sleeve, allowing the Ice Dragon Armor to cover his hand. It then slowly extended from his hand until it left his body, transforming into a dagger.
Good stuff! Although it's still small and can't be very useful for now, external soul bones can grow! Sooner or later, it will grow into a real suit of armor.
Since Yin Hao did the whole thing inside his clothes, Su Yuntao and Matthew were dumbfounded.
This kid kept sticking his arm inside his clothes and fiddling with it, then tucking his hand into his sleeve… Could it be that he's gotten too excited about absorbing a hundred-year soul ring and gone mad?
Su Yuntao and Matthew exchanged a glance, understanding each other's meaning just from their eyes.
Yin Hao also remembered that there were people beside him, quickly extending his hand and chuckling awkwardly.
"I don't know what happened, I suddenly felt really itchy, so I scratched it, hehe..."
Hearing this, Su Yuntao and Matthew nodded.
As long as he wasn't stupid, that was fine. It would be ridiculous if he'd just spent all that time and taken huge risks to help the person who was supposed to obtain the spirit ring turned out to be a fool!
After leaving the Soul Hunting Forest, Yin Hao, Su Yuntao, and Matthew took a carriage back to the Spirit Hall branch. As for the driver... well, everyone knows...
As soon as they returned to the Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao, a seasoned simp, immediately ran off to find his goddess, while Matthew took Yin Hao to register.
After releasing his spirit and having his spirit power checked, the registration was finally completed.
Matthew then gave Yin Hao a gold spirit coin and gave him some instructions.
"Child, this is a subsidy from the Spirit Hall. You can collect one gold soul coin every month from now on. Don't forget, or you'll lose it.
Also, once your soul power reaches level 20 and you acquire a soul ring, which means you'll become a Great Soul Master, you can collect 10 gold soul coins every month. So go back and cultivate diligently."
"Okay."
Yin Hao nodded.
"Then I'll head back to the academy now. Goodbye, Grandpa Matthew."
"Alright, little Yin Hao, goodbye."
...
As fate would have it.
Just as Yin Hao returned to the academy, he happened to run into Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, who had also rushed back from outside.
However, the two were in a bad state. Both were dressed in tattered clothes and looked extremely disheveled. Especially Grandmaster Yu, who had many small bloody holes in his body and lay unconscious on a small cart, his lips slightly purple, clearly indicating poisoning.
Seeing the two in this state, Yin Hao was "shocked" and went up to them with a "concerned" expression, asking...
"Xiao San, what happened between you and Master?"
Seeing Yin Hao's anxious expression, Tang San was deeply moved. Sure enough, Brother Hao still cared about him.
After being touched, he said with a grim expression,
"Teacher was originally leading me to find spirit rings in the Soul Hunting Forest, but we ran into a 400-year-old Mandragora Snake..." "
Four hundred years? That shouldn't be a problem, right? Wasn't Master there?"
Yin Hao asked somewhat doubtfully, after all, he "didn't know" Master's true strength and thought Master's strength was "unfathomable"!
Sure enough, Tang San's lips twitched after hearing Yin Hao's question. He hadn't expected that his teacher was only good with words; in a real fight, all he could do was fart, and only three times at that.
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