"Old Bone, that's not what you were saying just now."
Sword Douluo cast a casual glance at Bone Douluo.
"Er..."
Bone Douluo's face couldn't help but turn red, "I suddenly understood the Sect Master's painstaking efforts. Is that not alright?"
After speaking, he stopped looking at Sword Douluo and turned his gaze to Ning Fengzhi: "Sect Master, quickly show me your treasure."
Ning Fengzhi chuckled and shook his head, "Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, let's go into the Sect Main Hall and talk."
...
Inside the Sect Main Hall.
Watching Ning Fengzhi place one exquisite box after another on the table, Bone Douluo's eyes nearly popped out.
"Sect Master, are these boxes all filled with soul bones?"
Bone Douluo quickly scanned them and counted, six boxes...
"Congratulations, you've guessed right."
Sword Douluo smiled faintly.
Seeing his old friend of many years so shocked and discomposed, how delighted Sword Douluo was inside!
"Hiss, don't tell me you've wiped out all the soul beasts in the Aquipeia Forest?"
Bone Douluo took a sharp breath and couldn't help but say.
"Haha, that would be too much, Uncle Bone, why don't you open the boxes and see the soul bones for yourself?"
Bone Douluo's words amused Ning Fengzhi.
It's not just him and Sword Douluo, even if they mustered the entire Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, they couldn't entirely annihilate the soul beasts in the Aquipeia Forest.
Of course, he knew Bone Douluo was joking.
"Whew..."
With a deep breath, Bone Douluo extended his hand and opened the first box.
Immediately, he took in another sharp breath of cold air.
"Is this, a skull? Such a strong soul power fluctuation indicates that it's a skull of at least thirty thousand years?"
"Top quality Ahh."
Even with his broad experience, Bone Douluo was surprised.
It was known that these were rare treasures among soul bones and very hard to come by.
"Old Bone, keep looking."
Sword Douluo chuckled mischievously.
"Hmph, if it weren't for your ties with the Sect Master, would you have the right to mock me?"
Bone Douluo snorted coldly.
At the sound, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but shake his head; Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were known to be old rivals.
They enjoyed bickering as a pastime, a case of neither one willing to give in to the other.
"My God, am I seeing this right, this, this is a torso bone?"
At that moment, Bone Douluo had opened another box, his voice trembling, "This is also a torso bone of more than thirty thousand years, an exceptional top-quality one."
He held the soul bone, loath to let go.
Because this piece was exactly what he was missing on his own body.
"Hahaha, Old Bone, look at how pathetic you are."
Seeing his reaction, Sword Douluo couldn't help but burst into laughter; the more astonished Bone Douluo was, the happier he felt. "Keep looking; there's more surprises to come."
"More surprises?" Bone Douluo unconsciously scanned the remaining boxes and couldn't help but say, "You guys better not tell me that the soul bones in these remaining boxes are all from different parts..."
While he said this, his heart knew all too well that it must be true.
Sword Douluo smiled silently, merely watching him.
And at that moment, Bone Douluo was opening each box in turn.
Left arm bone, right arm bone, left leg bone, right leg bone...
And what's more, among these soul bones, the youngest were all over thirty thousand years old, and there were even a couple that looked to be around fifty thousand years old...
"It really is so!"
Bone Douluo repeated his earlier exclamation, "It really is so!"
He was so shocked he felt numb.
"Uncle Bone, choose the soul bones you need and begin refining them. With such high age, both Uncle Sword and I speculate that it's very likely you could use them to break through your current realm. As for how to proceed after reaching level 96, that's harder to say."
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi's words entered Bone Douluo's ears.
In contrast, Bone Douluo was clutching the soul bones tightly in his hand and asked, "Sect Master, such a high-grade set of soul bones, even for the masters of the Hao Tian Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, or His Holiness the Pope of the Spirit Hall, would only merit such standards."
"Wait a minute!"
Bone Douluo thought of a possibility and couldn't help but say, "You guys haven't killed these big shots and looted these from their bodies, have you?"
Ning Fengzhi: (#`n´).
Sword Douluo: (-,-).
"Of course not."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head, "We haven't lost our minds to that extent."
Next to him, Sword Douluo also nodded in agreement, "I can swear, the Sect Master and I have never done anything so insane..."
"If you say so, then I'm relieved...."
However, before Bone Douluo could wipe his sweat, Ning Fengzhi spoke again.
"But we witnessed someone kill the Haotian Sect Master Tang Xiao and extract this set of soul bones. Afterwards, I spent a lot of money to buy these soul bones..."
"Oh, that's how it is..."
Bone Douluo said subconsciously, but halfway through his sentence, he suddenly felt something was off.
"Wait, what did you say?"
"These soul bones, did they come from Tang Xiao?"
He immediately widened his eyes in shock.
Even the trunk bone he held slipped from his hand and fell to the ground without his notice.
Who was Tang Xiao?
The master of the Number One Sect in the world, and he was killed by someone?
"Otherwise?"
Sword Douluo helplessly spread his hands, "You already said, such precious soul bones could only belong to the masters of the upper three families or to the Pope of the Spirit Hall. If they didn't come from Tang Xiao, where else could we possibly find soul bones of such a high grade for you?"
Bone Douluo was dumbfounded, "Who on earth could be so heartlessly insane?"
Hearing this, Sword Douluo's expression became extremely complicated, "It was a young man named Qin Xiao..."
"Qin Xiao, the young man? Is that a five-character name?" Bone Douluo asked with a frown.
Sword Douluo was at a loss for words, "What I mean is, the killer, Qin Xiao, is only eighteen years old..."
"Coward, are you joking with me? How could a teenager possibly kill Tang Xiao?"
"That's impossible!"
Bone Douluo said as he looked towards Ning Fengzhi, trying to confirm from him that Sword Douluo was lying.
However.
He was disappointed.
He saw that Ning Fengzhi also nodded his head, "Uncle Bone, Uncle Jian isn't lying to you, the murderer is indeed a young man named Qin Xiao."
Then, he slowly narrated his encounter with Qin Xiao...
"Singly defeated the coward?"
"Alone, he ambushed Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, the two brothers, causing one death and one serious injury?"
After listening to Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo was stunned for a long while before he couldn't help but exclaim, "A goddamn young man..."
"Tsk."
"He's a godlike young man."
...
Meanwhile.
Inside the Sky Dou Royal Academy.
Bai Baoshan had exhausted all his strength; his Soul Force Pressure had risen to level 85.
This was his peak.
In contrast, Qin Xiao still looked as if he was on the verge of collapse...
This made both Bai Baoshan and the Dream Divine Machine feel like they were on the verge of collapse themselves. I'm begging you, please, just collapse...
"Zhi Lin, what are you standing around for? Are you waiting to celebrate?"
Bai Baoshan couldn't help but send a telepathic message to Zhi Lin; in moments like these, he had no choice but to seek help.
"If we can't take down this kid, we might as well forget about mixing in this world. Don't hesitate anymore."
The Dream Divine Machine also transmitted a message.
In truth, he was incredibly embarrassed.
Originally, he wanted to select a student to test the waters.
But he never expected to encounter such a freak.
Even though he was young, he made both Bai Baoshan and himself unable to suppress him.
"Ah, why did I bother testing him out when I had nothing better to do? Now, I've put myself in a mess!"
"This is truly courting disaster!"
The Dream Divine Machine's intestines were green with regret.
Now, the situation was that taking down Qin Xiao would be embarrassing, but failing to do so would be even more embarrassing.