Chapter 200: Absorbing Soul Bone, Rakshasa God Appears! (Two-in-One)
Subsequently, Qian Daoliu and the others left, while Hu Bai returned home and called his parents to the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
"Xiao Bai, why is the Supreme Pontiff looking for us? Why are you still being so mysterious?" Xie Tian asked curiously.
Hu Bai chuckled. "Of course, it's good news."
"Dad, Mom, you two have a chance to advance to Titled Douluo."
Xie Tian and Hu Leyao were slightly stunned, immediately understanding something.
Inside the Supreme Pontiff Palace,
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were absorbing the Soul Bones Bibi Dong had given them.
Although absorbing the Soul Bones wouldn't further their cultivation, the enhancement of their attributes would improve their control over their Martial Soul Fusion skill in the future.
Bibi Dong then explained the purpose of calling Xie Tian and Hu Leyao this time.
Xie Tian thought to himself, the Supreme Pontiff must have been led astray by someone to come up with such a brilliant idea.
However, they had both taken Foundation Establishment Pills before.
Their cultivation speed did increase slightly, but perhaps because they had consumed Immortal Herbs, the effect of the Foundation Establishment Pill seemed diminished.
No, it wasn't that it had no effect at all.
If their cultivation speed was likened to an ocean, then the increase provided by the Foundation Establishment Pill was like adding a few drops of water to the ocean—insignificant and unable to stir up waves.
Next, Bibi Dong selected a skull and a Right Arm Bone from the six Soul Bones she had obtained from Tang Hao earlier, and gave them to Xie Tian.
Xie Tian currently possessed two Soul Bones: a ten-thousand-year Wolftaken Left Leg Bone and a fifty-thousand-year Man-faced Demon Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone.
Considering the maximization of the Charm ability of the Charm Demon after Xie Tian and Hu Leyao's Martial Soul Fusion, giving Xie Tian a skull was the best choice.
This skull was fifty thousand years old, while the Right Arm Bone was of a higher age limit—seventy thousand years—likely one of the two Legacy Soul Bones Tang Hao obtained from his Sect.
Originally, given Xie Tian and Hu Leyao's contributions to Spirit Hall, obtaining a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone was already very good.
But because of Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena, Bibi Dong naturally wouldn't be too stingy with their parents!
One must know that not only Hu Bai possessed the qualification to become a god, but Xie Yue and Hu Liena might also have this qualification!
However, Xie Yue and Hu Liena requested to keep this qualification a secret for now, not telling Xie Tian and Hu Leyao, wanting to surprise them once it was confirmed.
Therefore, people are different.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei spent countless years before finally obtaining a roughly thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone from Spirit Hall.
But Xie Tian and Hu Leyao, thanks to their children, could easily obtain Soul Bone rewards of fifty thousand years or more.
However, neither Yue Guan nor Gui Mei nor any other Titled Douluo felt that Bibi Dong's actions were wrong.
Even if Spirit Hall didn't give it, with Hu Bai's Luck, gathering all the Soul Bones for Xie Tian and Hu Leyao in the future would be an easy matter.
Xie Tian felt a bit overwhelmed and quickly said, "Thank you, Supreme Pontiff!"
As for the other Legacy Soul Bone from Tang Hao, it was an eighty-thousand-year-old Left Leg Bone, and a decision had already been made for this Soul Bone.
Xie Yue's return this time already met the conditions for obtaining the purple record badge, and since he needed to enter Slaughter City with Hu Bai for training later, having more Soul Bones on him would always be advantageous.
Thus, this eighty-thousand-year-old Left Leg Bone was given to him.
As Xie Yue was present, Bibi Dong waved her hand, and the eighty-thousand-year-old Left Leg Bone floated over to Xie Yue.
"Xie Yue, you're just one step away from Rank 50, and as promised, since you've received the purple record badge early, you'll be given a Soul Bone," Bibi Dong smiled.
"Thank you, Teacher!" Xie Yue happily accepted the Soul Bone.
Next, Bibi Dong looked at Hu Leyao.
It was easier to give Soul Bones to Xie Tian and Xie Yue, but Hu Leyao's Martial Soul was of the mental attribute, and Spirit Hall didn't have many mental attribute Soul Bones.
Hu Leyao currently possessed two Soul Bones: a seventy-thousand-year Mind Condensation Charm Skull and a forty-thousand-year Light Unicorn Light Wing External Soul Bone.
Yes, Hu Leyao's Light Wing had advanced from its original three thousand years to forty thousand years.
During this process, Immortal Herbs, soul rings, and Soul Bones all provided substantial energy to this External Soul Bone, enabling its advancement.
After some thought, Bibi Dong decided to give Hu Leyao the Right Leg Bone and the torso bone obtained from Tang Hao.
Generally, leg bones increase speed, while torso bones enhance defense. Although they were not a mental attribute Soul Bones, absorbing them would not conflict with Hu Leyao's attributes.
Since Xie Yue was given one, Hu Liena naturally couldn't be left out.
Within Spirit Hall, there was a Soul Bone very suitable for her.
A sixty-thousand-year blue-colored Wisdom Skull, originating from a sixty-thousand-year Illusion Ape, was the highest quality skull in Spirit Hall.
"Na Na, this one is for you," Bibi Dong took out the Soul Bone and handed it to her.
"Ah? I get one, too? Thank you, Teacher." Hu Liena's joyful expression was evident as she looked at the skull in front of her.
As for the Soul Bone originally promised to Hu Bai, it was naturally no longer available.
It wasn't that Bibi Dong didn't want to give it, but mainly because Hu Bai only had two Soul Bone slots left.
And for these two slots, Hu Bai said he had his own plans.
Furthermore, there are no hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones in Spirit Hall, so this matter had to be dropped.
This made Bibi Dong sigh in her heart, thinking that a disciple's heaven-defying talent didn't seem to be a good thing either.
Was this the so-called happy trouble?
Bibi Dong felt that her life, perhaps as the Rakshasa God had said, had been smooth sailing except for that one incident.
Subsequently, Bibi Dong and Hu Bai quietly guarded the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
As they guarded, the Rakshasa remnant Soul within Bibi Dong's body couldn't hold back. A wisp of purplish-black transparent energy appeared beside Hu Bai.
"Little fellow, can I ask you something?" The Rakshasa God materialized into her original form, a somewhat charming, dark-type older sister.
"You are? Rakshasa God?" Hu Bai subconsciously blurted out.
He truly hadn't expected that the Rakshasa God's divine sense still existed within Bibi Dong's body.
However, upon reflection, this seemed somewhat normal. The content of Bibi Dong's God Test needed to be announced, and triggering the God Test also required corresponding divine power.
And the final Divine Artifact distribution, all of this required divine power.
It was just that the Rakshasa God was indeed cunning. The God Tests in between offered no rewards at all; in fact, Bibi Dong's strength was even suppressed because of them.
Hu Bai had a guess: the reason Bibi Dong couldn't exert her full strength was probably that the Rakshasa God's remnant soul was too weak and needed some of Bibi Dong's soul power to nourish it or something similar.
It was like the Yaolao in Battle Through the Heavens absorbing Xiao Yan's fighting Qi for three years—except Bibi Dong wouldn't drop in rank because of it; her strength was merely suppressed.
"That's right, little fellow, I'm very interested in your Law of Fate. I wonder if you can revive a dead god?" The Rakshasa God floated around Hu Bai with interest.
That soft, gentle voice made Bibi Dong somewhat wide-eyed. You are a lofty god—how can you be like this?
What's with this attempt to charm someone?
Bibi Dong merely felt that the Rakshasa God was also a god with a mischievous streak.
She didn't believe that the Rakshasa God would fall for Hu Bai; this was purely teasing.
Hu Bai calmly looked at the Rakshasa God, shaking his head. "I can't do it now; my strength is too low. Perhaps when I become a god, I can."
"But a divine artifact of fate is not a divine artifact of resurrection. Although it involves some Law of Time, I fear it won't be able to revive a god."
"Really?" The Rakshasa God seemed somewhat disappointed upon hearing this, for reasons unknown.
"However, my divine artifact of fate can reverse time and space, so sending you into reincarnation should be possible."
"Actually, Lord Rakshasa God, since you are a god and still have a trace of a remnant soul, why don't you ask other gods in the god realm who possess the ability to revive for help?"
The Rakshasa God sighed. "Because of the nature of my divine power, and because my abilities and the Asura God King in the god realm mutually restrain each other. My death was also the result of Asura God's secret doing."
"The god realm does have the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess, who possess resurrection divine arts, but their use is limited. It requires the god's body to be as complete as possible and consumes divine power based on the strength of the god being resurrected."
"The Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess are only First-Level gods; it's quite difficult for them to revive me. Of course, 'quite difficult' doesn't mean impossible."
"It's just that I have no relationship with them, and they are only Second-Level auxiliary gods, so they wouldn't dare offend the Asura God King just to revive me."
"Because, although they possess resurrection divine arts, the god realm is not the only place where gods can be resurrected. Above them is the Goddess of Life, who is the god in charge of life and reincarnation."
"And even if the Goddess of Life were willing, it would probably be very difficult for her to revive me. I only have this wisp of remnant soul left; my body has already perished. It seems my fate can only be to enter reincarnation."
Hu Bai listened silently, gaining some understanding of the situation.
In the god realm, First-Level gods actually possessed the ability to revive, but only for ordinary people, not other gods. Otherwise, the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess wouldn't be so special.
Even Tang San, who inherited the dual god positions of Sea God and Asura in the original work, could not revive a god.
His only option was to pull Huo Yuhao's mother's soul back from the Underworld.
Moreover, even the Food God, Nine-Colored Goddess, and Goddess of Life, who possessed resurrection divine arts, could not revive a god under special circumstances.
For example, Xiao Wu, whose origin was damaged and life force depleted, could only reincarnate into the so-called Fairy Continent.
But this situation was quite bizarre.
However, when considering the mutually restraining functions of the Rakshasa God and the Asura God, Hu Bai couldn't help but laugh.
The Asura God governs slaughter, and the Rakshasa God governs evil thoughts of the world. Slaughter and evil thoughts belong to two major categories of "dark attributes."
Slaughter contains evil energy, and a portion of evil energy belongs to slaughter.
This is the so-called mutual restraint.
But for the Rakshasa God, a First-Level god, to restrain a god king in terms of function?
How foolish!
Like good and evil, life and destruction, opposing restraints are symmetrical.
But for the Asura God to restrain the Rakshasa God—that's ridiculous.
One could only say that the Rakshasa God was truly miserable!
"However, although I cannot revive you, Lord Rakshasa God, I can help nourish your remnant soul. This way, my teacher's strength will no longer be suppressed."
Seeing Hu Bai bring this up, the Rakshasa God's old face flushed. She didn't want this either, but what could she do?
She was merely a wisp of divine sense. If she didn't 'enter an account,' she would dissipate within a short period.
She wasn't like the Sea God, who had the Sea God's Heart, allowing some divine sense to be stored within it and not dissipate over time.
Nor was she like the Angel God, who, although fallen, still had a continuous supply of Angel Divine Power and could initiate the Angel God Test due to the large number of believers in Seraphim.
Her current divine power was barely enough to maintain the God Test and allow Bibi Dong to enter the Rakshasa space.
Part of the reason Bibi Dong's Rakshasa God Test progressed slowly was because she needed to replenish her divine power through it.
"Really? If my remnant soul can be nourished, then I might have extra divine power to give Bibi Dong divine reward," the Rakshasa God said.
Bibi Dong: …
Actually, she had wanted to ask this question a long time ago.
"Lord Rakshasa God, so there are God Test rewards for passing the God Test? I thought Xiao Bai's God Test legacy was special, which is why he received those god-bestowed soul rings."
"Uh, actually, not every God Test has rewards. That little fellow's God Test is indeed quite special."
"For general First-Level God assessments, the first few tests only have corresponding God affinity rewards, and nothing else. This is the same for your daughter's Angel God Test."
"But this little fellow is different. From the first test, besides affinity, he also receives god-bestowed soul rings and possibly even an increase in year limit. These are all rewards that usually only appear in the late stages."
"Reward for increasing the soul ring year limit? So if Xiao Bai can't nourish your remnant soul, I won't even get this reward?" Bibi Dong felt a little unbalanced.
"Ahem, actually, you're not completely without God Test rewards. Once you pass all the tests, you can obtain my divine artifact, the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe."
Bibi Dong: …
"But Sister Xue also has the Angel Soul Bone set passed down from the Angel God, and after absorbing all six Soul Bones, they will all turn into a hundred-thousand-year ones.
And Grandpa Qian said that when Sister Xue reaches the seventh or eighth test, she can obtain the Divine Artifact Angel Holy Sword. But with you, do I have to wait until all the God Tests are completed?"
The Rakshasa God's face couldn't help but flush slightly at Hu Bai's words, and she said awkwardly, "There's nothing I can do. I don't have extra divine power to give Bibi Dong god-bestowed soul rings and soul ring year limit increases."
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