Chapter 46 Copying Soul Bones
The water lily demon, once dragged ashore, lost its advantage in the water and its strength was greatly reduced.
It waved its roots in the air, trying to attack Tang Chuan, but it appeared much clumsy under the cover of the vine rope fishing net.
Tang Chuan no longer gave it a chance.
Manipulating the blue silver grass, they continuously wove iron spears and throwing axes, and, in conjunction with the elusive hidden arrows, launched a relentless attack on the core lotus pod from a distance.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Bang bang bang!
Puff puff puff!
The sounds of metal striking and tearing plants were incessant.
Having lost its home ground and suffered repeated heavy blows, the struggle of the Water Fly Demon Lotus grew weaker and weaker.
Finally, a fine iron spear woven from blue silver grass and thrown pierced through the center of its lotus seedpod.
"Pfft!"
The water lily twitched a few times and quickly withered. A pale purple soul ring condensed and emerged from its withered lotus seedpod, radiating soul power fluctuations.
"A thousand-year-old soul ring..."
Tang Chuan looked at the purple spirit ring and shook his head; he didn't need a spirit ring for the time being.
Just as I was about to go into the water to deal with the water lily, my gaze swept over its tangled, withered roots, and a faint emerald green light appeared.
Tang Chuan's heart stirred.
He dragged the water lily ashore, walked over, and used the blue silver grass to pry open the withered roots.
There lay there quietly a piece of emerald green bone, about the size of a palm, crystal clear, with lotus bud patterns carved on its surface, radiating a life force and soul energy fluctuations.
"A soul bone?!"
Tang Chuan's pupils constricted sharply, and his breathing faltered.
He never expected that killing this thousand-year-old water lily demon lotus would actually yield a soul bone!
Moreover, judging from its shape and the purity of the energy it emits, this is at least a high-quality, thousand-year-old left leg bone!
Tang Chuan recalled the conversation between the two Great Soul Masters on the shore earlier.
He picked up the soul bone.
It felt warm to the touch, like holding a piece of warm jade. The soul power fluctuations were gentle yet not weak, confirming that it was indeed a genuine thousand-year-old soul bone.
"Tsk!"
After the initial surprise, Tang Chuan quickly calmed down, even frowning slightly.
"The left leg bone of the two-thousand-year-old Water Spinach Lotus... its quality isn't top-notch, but in the world of Douluo Continent, it's a treasure that countless Soul Masters dream of."
He stroked the warm, smooth soul bone in his hand, feeling the energy contained within it, and sighed: "But for me... it's tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away."
"It's a bit of a letdown..."
Tang Chuan weighed the soul bone in his hand, feeling somewhat conflicted.
A left leg bone from two thousand years ago is too young for Tang Chuan to even consider. It would be a waste to sell it, since he's not short of money right now.
"For the mistress?"
He thought about it and then rejected it.
The mistress has a clear career path, and this soul bone is also useless to her, not the best choice.
Since the mistress trusts him so much, he, as her brother, shouldn't take the initiative to betray her before she betrays him.
Just then, an idea popped into Tang Chuan's mind.
The first soul skill, Blue Silver Weaving of a Hundred Flavors, can devour and record the characteristics of ingredients and replicate all edible ingredients. Soul bones... in a sense, they are the condensation of a soul beast's soul power and bones. Could they be considered a kind of ingredient?
"Let's give it a try!"
Thinking of this, Tang Chuan no longer hesitated, immediately sat down cross-legged, and urged the Blue Silver Grass in his palm to wrap around the soul bone.
The grass strands traveled along the patterns of the soul bone, constantly absorbing and recording the soul power fluctuations and structure within.
The process is far more difficult and slower than devouring ordinary food.
The soul power contained within the soul bone was vast and complex, and its structure was extremely mysterious. The Blue Silver Grass transmitted a feeling of indigestion, stagnation, and heaviness.
Soul power consumption increases.
Tang Chuan's forehead veins bulged, and fine beads of sweat seeped out.
The structure of a soul bone is far more complex than that of metal or food, and the soul power fluctuations it contains are even more subtle. Blue Silver Grass needs to analyze every pattern and every flow of soul power one by one.
I don't know how much time passed.
Just when Tang Chuan felt his spirit was about to give out.
"Buzz!"
The thousand-year-old soul bone in the palm became transparent and illusory, eventually transforming into countless extremely pure emerald green light spots, like rivers flowing into the sea, and was completely absorbed by the Blue Silver Grass.
At the same time, the "Ingredients Illustrated Guide" in my mind shone brightly, and a brand new gold-plated page unfolded:
[The Water Lily's Rebirth and Regeneration: Left Leg Bone]
Category: Soul Bone
[Duration: 2100 years]
[Characteristics: Contains the essence of life and water-attribute soul power]
[Effect: Increases the strength, speed, and vitality of the Soul Master's left leg]
[Soul Skill: [Regeneration of Life and Death] Quickly restores injuries to oneself or others; the effect is doubled against plant-type martial souls.]
"It's a success!"
"It actually worked!"
Tang Chuan was overjoyed, his eyes sparkling with excitement. He suppressed the weakness from mental exhaustion and activated his first soul skill.
"A thousand threads reappear, a hundred flavors emerge!"
As Tang Chuan gave his low shout, the Blue Silver Grass rapidly intertwined, and pale green light seeped out from the grass strands, gradually condensing into the shape of a soul bone.
The consumption of soul power is terrifying.
It almost instantly drained all of Tang Chuan's soul power, even causing his vision to go black.
After a few breaths, the light faded.
A piece of emerald green left leg bone floated in mid-air, its lotus-shaped bone patterns appearing almost perfectly natural, and even the frequency of its soul power fluctuations was exactly the same.
Tang Chuan picked up the replica soul bone and examined it carefully.
"That's right!"
"It's the left leg bone from the withered and regenerated life of the two-thousand-year-old water lily demon lotus!"
"Copying a soul bone... Hahaha!"
Tang Chuan couldn't help but chuckle softly, his laughter filled with excitement and exhilaration: "Truly worthy of being a divinely bestowed spirit ring!"
"Now, my soul and bones are free!"
Tang Chuan covered his mouth in ecstasy, but his remaining rationality prevented him from laughing out loud, lest he attract the attention of the Soul Masters and Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest.
"call!"
"calm!"
"We must stay calm!"
Tang Chuan clutched the replica of the Water Fly Demon Lotus Soul Bone, but the excitement in his chest was not so easy to suppress.
He glanced at the rippling lotus pond, then leaped into the icy lake water.
The coolness enveloped his entire body, dispelling the heat and excitement in his heart, and clearing his mind and thoughts.
"Don't get carried away with success."
Tang Chuan exhaled into the water and waved his hand across the surface: "Just a thousand-year-old soul bone, nothing special!"
His gaze drifted toward the direction of Holy Soul Village.
Hidden there is the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor, left behind by Mother Ah Yin; that is the true treasure!
"pity!"
"With my current soul power, even replicating a thousand-year soul bone is difficult, let alone a hundred-thousand-year soul bone... I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I break through to the Title Douluo level and have enough soul power!"
"But it's okay!"
"We must take things one step at a time and do the things in front of us well first."
Tang Chuan silently calculated in his mind: "This [Water Lily Demon Lotus Regeneration Left Leg Bone], although I myself don't value it, is absolutely a treasure to Wang Sheng, Zhao Hu, and the Dean of Notting Academy!"
"As long as you have enough soul power, you can replicate it infinitely."
"We can totally use copied millennium-old soul bones to train our team!"
"Although Wang Sheng is just an ordinary Soul Master, he has a clean background and a grateful heart. If we give him a piece of the [Water Lily's Regeneration Left Leg Bone], it might enhance his future potential and the upper limit of his Martial Soul..."
[end of the chapter]