Chapter 290 Promotion and Goodbye

The next day, before dawn, riding aboard Shui Chaozong's martial soul true body, the four of them, Dugu Bo, Lin Manshan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyu, set out to rush straight to the Star Dou Great Forest.

After spending a few days, they finally arrived.

It must be said, that after absorbing the spirit bone and improving his strength, Shui Chaozong's flying speed became even faster.

He is a competent and good special flight!

After entering the Star Dou Great Forest and resting briefly, the group set off once again, heading deeper towards the core area.

After spending a few more days of effort, they finally saw the target of the trip. Two three-eyed ghost cats that had reached 90,000 years of cultivation and were known as Hell Bringer and Sons of Darkness.

Being monogamous and loyal to their partners was also a characteristic of this race, and they just happened to come across them before.

The Three-eyed ghost cat is an extremely rare dark attribute agility cat spirit beast because it has no fur and is covered in black skin, in the spirit master world it is also known as a black-skinned cat. Although it wasn't good-looking with wrinkled skin, its bloodline was classified as top-notch.

With a petite body and dark protective aura, coupled with great speed and sharp claws, within the dark forest environment, whether it is a spirit master or a spirit beast, unless their perception is extremely strong, as long as they encounter it, basically their necks will be slashed before they can even see the shadow, and this is the reason that it has the name Hell Bringer and the Sons of Darkness, and this race is a veritable king of darkness.

It's just that their fertility rate is a bit low, leading to a scarce number, the exact reason is unknown.

The perception ability happens to be Lin Manshan's strong point, thus they were detected long before.

Although its speed and attack power was amazing, its petite and hairless body of less than a meter in length naturally did not have a high defence, which also became the biggest flaw of this race. It became particularly obvious, especially in front of Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan.

With their small size, Dugu Bo's eighth spirit skill controlled them simply too easily. After getting their hands on them, the two of them relied on their strong strength to take one in each hand, directly pinching the necks of the two, and then opened the small mouths and directly stuffed the elixir into their mouths. After that, they were smacked and knocked out on the spot, before binding their limbs with the shackles specially created by Lou Gao, and threw them to the side of the open space, waiting quietly.

A few days later, the two little cats broke through the 100,000-year level one after another and woke up quietly.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan did not hesitate to strike again, slapping the two beasts unconscious, and then signalling Zhu Zhuyu, who had broken through for many days, as well as Zhu Zhuqing, who had just recently broken through, to pick one to kill. The two of them understood, took out their daggers and approached, killed them swiftly with one slash.

A month later, with the help of Lin Manshan's soul power, the two of them finished absorbing the spirit ring and spirit bone without any risk and broke through level 75 together. Zhu Zhuyu absorbed a left leg bone while Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a right leg bone, both undoubtedly 100,000 years old level.

As for Lin Manshan, after devouring the corpses of two 100,000-year-old spirit beasts, the spirit bones on his body also evolved again.

Among them, the Head Spirit Bone and the Right Leg Bone that had fallen from Tang Xiao's body earlier had broken through to the 100,000-year grade in unison. The Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear's left and right palms external spirit bone reached 70,000 years old, and the Golden Fur Lion Mastiff's right arm bone broke through to the 75,000-year mark. As for the rest of the spirit bones, because they had long since reached the 100,000-year grade, this time it could only be said to be a small increase, only rising by less than 5,000 years.

However, his strength was raised quite a bit as a result.

Especially the right leg bone and the head spirit bone, which had just received a big breakthrough and reached the 100,000-year mark, the former allowed his physical body strength to receive a considerable boost, while the latter allowed his spiritual strength to receive a considerable boost.

Moreover, he also received feedback from the energy within the spirit bone, and his spirit power increased slightly, breaking through level 85 ahead of schedule.

This trip, no matter what, could be considered a big gain.

For this reason, Lin Manshan was naturally happy, especially looking at the two girls who became more and more beautiful after the breakthrough, his heart was even more delighted, and he directly embraced one on the right and one on the left on the spot. Softer, they perfectly inherited the characteristics of the cat, this is his first thought.   

When Dugu Bo saw Lin Manshan's abnormal ecstatic behaviour, he couldn't help but ask. After learning that Lin Manshan's spirit bone years had made another breakthrough and that his spirit power had also advanced to level 85 as a result, he was also overjoyed and said that he wanted to celebrate.

Thus, Lin Manshan fetched ingredients from the scene and personally cooked a small meal for all of them.

After eating and drinking enough, and digesting for a while, the group set off on their way back.

A few days later, they finally returned to the academy, and at this time, the date was only two days short of January, not far from the New Year.

Given the invitation sent by Xue Ye, now that the New Year is approaching, it is time to go there, to avoid them sending another person to disturb at that time. So, Dugu Bo first called one of the Speed Clan disciples, and let him go to the palace to notify, that they would pay a visit tomorrow.

As for that day, naturally, he had a good rest.

Lin Manshan also returned to his small courtyard and took the girls to Old Jack's house for a proper get-together.

The next day, after breakfast, he got on a carriage with Dugu Bo, and the two of them rushed to the palace together.

Honestly speaking, neither of them had much interest in meeting with Xue Ye. The reason why they went was more to give Qian Renxue some honour and to give Xue Ye a hint of hope and support.

When they arrived at the entrance of the palace, Xue Ye also gave them some respect, and together with Ning Fengzhi, he brought along a hundred officials to personally greet them.

"Brother Qinghe, long time no see." After saluting Xue Ye, Lin Manshan greeted Qian Renxue at the first opportunity.

Upon hearing this, the gazes of the surrounding officials, including Xue Ye, couldn't help but flicker.

The battle at Clear Sky Clan had long been circulated during this period of time, Lin Manshan's performance in this battle was nothing short of frightening, he fought one against two without any assistance and killed off two Titled Douluos with an overwhelming momentum, and those were Titled Douluos who possessed the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. Right now in the spirit master world, there were already quite a few people guessing that Lin Manshan's true battle power was strong enough to match that of a level 95 Titled Douluo, ridiculously strong.

Now, outside of the streets and alleys, there are even people already gambling and discussing Lin Manshan's strength and spirit ring age, anyway, Lin Manshan's spirit rings can not be seen, so they simply categorized him as Titled Douluo.

As for the specific title, there were also various versions, such as Knife Douluo, Skywalker Douluo, Against the Sky Douluo...

However, no matter what, even if Lin Manshan isn't a Titled Douluo, he is better than an average Titled Douluo, and this has almost become a recognized fact. Coupled with his relationship with Dugu Bo, Lin Manshan's stance was enough to reveal a lot of things.

Looking at this situation now, is he explicitly supporting the Eldest Prince, Xue Qinghe? This thought rose within the hearts of the officials almost simultaneously.

On the other side, not far behind Xue Ye, Xue Beng's face almost instantly turned pale. Next to him, Prince Xue Xing's face didn't fluctuate much, but in his heart, he was helpless.

Honestly, he had been somewhat suspicious whether the second prince, Xue Qinghe, had been swapped out before. This person's usual behaviour was just too perfect, and he was also not close to women, he was almost 30, and he didn't even fall in love.

Coupled with the strange deaths of the First and Third Princes, although all kinds of evidence were enough to prove that it had nothing to do with Xue Qinghe. But it was because Xue Qinghe had behaved too perfectly that he had been harbouring suspicions. Moreover, he could sense that Xue Ye also had suspicions in his heart, only that he had no evidence and left it unattended. Because of this, he had always taken the time to train Xue Qinghe and make him learn to hide his clumsiness.

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