Bab 338: Another Spirit Bone (1)
From the toxic liquid that used to be seventy second ranked Spirit Sage Shi Nian, Tang San saw a glittering with rainbow-colored light spirit bone.
At the appearance of this spirit bone, Tang San felt a burst of fear. How couldn't he be afraid?
If Shi Nian had used the might of this spirit bone before, even without using his spirit, Tang San would still have been unable to resist the enormous spirit power gap between them, as well as this spirit bone.
Tang San knew he was lucky. If not for the care of the goddess of luck, perhaps he would have become a corpse by now.
Shi Nian had truly underestimated Tang San, with his seventy second ranked strength, it was practically unthinkable to use his spirit bone on Tang San. That he directly used his seventh spirit ability was already quite cautious.
If Tang San hadn't possessed Purple Demon Eye's ability to break all illusions, if he hadn't had that tyrannically deadly Yama's Invitation, if not for Shi Nian not making an all out effort…..
If even one of these had been missing, then Tang San would be dead right now.
Tang San's clothes were already soaked through with cold sweat. He snapped off a twig from the side, cautiously pulling out that spirit bone. By the time he'd moved the spirit bone out, the branch in his hand was practically completely corroded.
He pulled out his always prepared reserve of fresh water from Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges and began to wash the spirit bone.
What Tang San didn't expect was that this seemingly extremely dazzling spirit bone hadn't been infected by any poison, even when it was instead touched by fresh water, it would instantly roll off, without leaving behind even a droplet.
Worthy of being a priceless treasure among spirit bones. After resting a short while, Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill had recovered somewhat. Moving his right hand, he used Mysterious Jade Hand to pick up the spirit bone.
As the spirit bone fell into his hand, he immediately had an extremely strange sensation, as if it was part of his body. Especially when Tang San used his left hand to touch the spirit bone, the energies contained within seemed even more like they wanted to enter his left arm.
Tang San believed that as long as he used the slightest bit of Mysterious Heaven Skill as guide, he would immediately fuse with this spirit bone.
To Spirit Masters, was there anything that held more attraction than spirit bones? Even as a person of two lives, right now Tang San couldn't keep his pulse from accelerating. His hand trembled slightly just from holding the spirit bone.
In his heart, a voice constantly urged him to quickly fuse with the spirit bone, before it was too late.
If he completed the fusion, Tang San would become a Spirit Master with two spirit bones. One more spirit bone would be like one more ability that might save his life or maybe annihilate the enemy. Even though Tang San couldn't see what kind of ability this spirit bone might give him, he could be certain that this spirit bone definitely wasn't common goods. One might say that it was impossible for any spirit bone to be common.
Spirit bones were special materials that might appear after the death of a spirit beast. After Tang San had once listened to Grandmaster's exhaustive account of their uses and difficulties in obtaining, he had related them to his knowledge from his previous world.
He vaguely felt that the existence of spirit bones was equivalent to the Buddhist relics of his old world. Just that spirit bones were the relics of spirit beasts.
The higher the cultivation of the spirit beasts, the greater the chance of spirit bones appearing. But only hundred thousand year spirit beasts could drop spirit bones with a hundred percent certainty. This was another important reason why hundred thousand year spirit rings had always been at the top of the Continent's list of rarest things.
When one could possess enough strength to kill a hundred thousand year spirit beast, not only could one obtain an incomparably powerful hundred thousand year spirit ring, at the same time one could also immediately obtain a spirit bone from a hundred thousand year spirit beast.
Unfortunately, hundred thousand year spirit beasts were truly far, far too rare. In the entire history of the Spirit Master world they had only appeared a handful of times.
Tang San drew two deep breaths one after another, and managed with difficulty to suppress the desire to fuse with this spirit bone. Clenching his teeth, he deposited it within his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
He of course wasn't reluctant to fuse with the spirit bone. The reason he didn't rashly absorb it was because of Grandmaster's teaching.
Spirit bones were admittedly top quality goods, but just like spirit rings, different spirit bones would have different effects for different Spirit Masters. Even though spirit bones would drop after the death of a Spirit Master, as long as the Spirit Master still lived, it couldn't be replaced.
In other words, if a Spirit Master fused with a spirit bone, then, just like a spirit ring, it would follow him his entire life.
In this respect, spirit bones were even more potent than spirit rings. There was still a method to remove spirit rings, though at the price of never being able to obtain a spirit ring again.
For instance, if a nine ring Title Douluo renounced one of his spirit rings, then he would never be able to again obtain a ninth spirit ring, and would only be an eight ring Spirit Douluo.
Therefore, the method for renouncing spirit rings was only theoretical. But spirit bones would only drop under one circumstance, the death of the Spirit Master. Otherwise, they couldn't be given up.
Originally when Grandmaster taught Tang San he said that even though spirit bones were good, he had to choose one that suited him. If he wasn't clear on the effect of the spirit bone, he mustn't assimilate it impatiently. Otherwise, it was possible he would waste one of his six spirit bone slots.
A theoretician like Grandmaster of naturally wouldn't be wrong, but to Spirit Masters the allure of spirit bones was far too great. If not because of Tang San's staunch willpower and unswerving determination, perhaps he would have fused with it as soon as he recognized it.
Even a lacking spirit bone would have a certain effect, and having one was always better than not having one.
Let alone ordinary Spirit Masters, even Title Douluo might not possess spirit bones, much less six.
Even though the poison in Yama's Invitation was potent, after being released into the blood, it would lose its effect once it left the blood. Therefore Tang San didn't need to worry about the black puddle that was once Shi Nian would have any major effect on the surroundings.
Resting a moment, Tang San didn't dare stay here long. Who could say whether any other Blue Sunshine Academy people apart from Shi Nian would be causing trouble from him? After his physical strength had recovered somewhat, Tang San immediately left the grove. Mindful of his own safety, he had no choice but to urge Purple Demon Eye to observe his surroundings as far as his eyesight permitted after leaving the grove, while he cautiously returned to Heaven Dou City.
Fortunately, the grove wasn't far from Heaven Dou City. After entering, Tang San resisted the hollow feeling of his spirit power and swiftly returned to Shrek Academy.
Even before he had reached the Academy gate, Tang San could already see Xiao Wu standing there, anxiously waiting.
"Ge——"
Seeing Tang San, tears flowed from Xiao Wu's eyes, and she leapt at him as if flying.
After that ominous premonition, the Shrek Academy party had swiftly returned to the Academy. When they discovered that Tang San really wasn't there, Xiao Wu immediately sunk into panic. Everyone went out to search, only leaving Xiao Wu to wait here.
Finally having waited until Tang San's return, the extremely emotional Xiao Wu dashed at him. Normally Tang San could naturally have caught her, but as he was weakened right now, he was unable to withstand her charge. As she ran into Tang San's chest, both of them went to the ground.
Fortunately, Xiao Wu's flexibility and reaction was outstanding. When the two were about to hit the ground, she pushed up with one hand, and even though it didn't stop them from falling, it substantially reduced their momentum.
A fragrant tender body rushing into his embrace, Tang San only felt the sky spinning and ground revolving, but he also equally felt at ease. Subconsciously, he pulled Xiao Wu into a tight embrace as they fell. This moment, his heart was filled equally with fiery heat and dread.
Even though he successfully used Yama's Invitation to kill Shi Nian, in order to keep Shi Nian from discovering anything odd, he had still completely had to endure the Nightmare illusion of Shi Nian's seventh spirit ability. Even though Purple Demon Eye had been able to see the truth, the terror from that illusion still hadn't completely left him. Holding Xiao Wu, Tang San couldn't keep the scene of Xiao Wu being molested by that vulgar uncle from his mind. To him, there was practically nothing that could be more terrifying.
Pulling in Xiao Wu tight, he even wanted to blend her into himself, carefully protecting her.
Xiao Wu also clearly sensed the change in Tang San's mood, and that burning aura of his alone already made her pulse accelerate. But the fear in her heart was even more intense than Tang San's. She hadn't waited for long, but each second had been a kind of torment. She didn't know what she would have done if something truly had happened to Tang San.
This brief separation made both of them profoundly feel each others' importance in their hearts.
Tang San's consciousness gradually grew faint, but his arms were still tight around Xiao Wu, not changing until the moment he completely lost consciousness.
Yama's Invitation had required more internal strength than he had imagined. Whether it was his mind or internal strength, the drain on Tang San had already reached the edge of danger.
Now seeing Xiao Wu again, returning to the Academy gate, the tight strings of his heart finally relaxed. His body could no longer endure the strain of exhaustion, and shut down out of self preservation.
Not knowing how much later, when Tang San slowly woke from unconsciousness, he was already back on his bed in the dorms.
Consciousness gradually returning, the weak feeling had already improved a lot, his inner strength already somewhat recovered under his body's autonomous adjustment. Slowly breathing in through his nose, urging his internal strength to circulate through his energy channels once, Tang San then opened his eyes.
Status Power Mingguan
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