After the initial excitement, Ye Lingling looked at another soul bone in the secret chamber. It was a right arm bone that emitted a dark green light. Judging from the faint aura emanating from the soul bone, its age was even greater than that of the ten-thousand-year-old jade swan skull that she had absorbed.
When Ye Haitang saw Ye Lingling looking at the only remaining right arm bone, she couldn't help but laugh and scold, "You don't need to covet this soul bone. It wasn't meant for you, and besides, your strength is still too low."
The Ye family acquired many soul bones over a long period of time through the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, but only these two soul bones in the secret chamber were truly regarded as inheritance soul bones.
They represent the ultimate in healing and the ultimate in attack, respectively, far surpassing ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul bones. Even within the Ye family, only the patriarch is qualified to know about them.
After all, the allure of a top-grade ten-thousand-year-old soul bone is simply too great. If people were to find out that the Ye family possesses such a soul bone, given the Ye family's current size, they would definitely not be able to keep it.
It should be noted that even most Title Douluos do not have complete soul bones, and some do not even have a single ten-thousand-year soul bone.
Yes, I'm talking about you, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan!
It's a bit absurd to say, but Chrysanthemum Douluo, as Bibi Dong's right-hand man, has worked diligently for so many years, yet Bibi Dong hasn't given him a single one of the many ten-thousand-year-old soul bones from the Spirit Hall.
"oh!"
Upon hearing Ye Haitang's words, Ye Lingling withdrew her gaze, but it still kept drifting towards the bone in her right arm.
Seeing this, Ye Haitang sighed. She naturally knew what Ye Lingling was thinking. It wasn't that she didn't want to give it, but that Ye Lingling and Qing Mu's strength was too weak at the moment.
She had already taken a great risk by giving Ye Lingling the ten-thousand-year-old jade swan skull; if she were to give this right arm bone to Qing Mu, it would be more of a curse than a blessing.
Ye Haitang will only consider giving Qing Mu the right arm bone after Qing Mu has developed the ability to protect himself and has married Ye Lingling.
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The next day, under Qing Mu's watchful eye, Ye Lingling was surrounded by the elders of the Ye family and embarked on her journey to obtain her fourth soul ring.
The soul beasts required for the Nine-Heart Begonia's soul ring are extremely rare, so this soul hunt is destined to be a long one, especially since Ye Lingling needs to obtain a ten-thousand-year soul ring this time.
After the Ye family's convoy disappeared from sight, Qing Mu withdrew his gaze. Ye Lingling was gone, and it was time for him to leave as well.
He's almost at level 40, and this time he needs to find a larger gathering place for spirit beasts and get his fourth spirit ring along the way.
Immediately, Qingmu turned and left, calling out to Ivysaur, "Ivysaur, let's go!"
"Da na, da na~"
Ivysaur slowly followed.
Ten-year-old trainer Qingmu embarks on his journey once again.
This time, Qing Mu did not choose to travel with the caravan, because his current strength was sufficient to deal with most dangers.
More importantly, he can travel much faster on his own than a caravan, especially with the help of chlorophyll. A journey that would take a caravan ten days to complete, he can finish in a single day with all his might.
However, when acting alone, unexpected situations may occasionally arise.
On a certain official road, Qingmu and Ivysaur were traveling as usual when suddenly a group of bandits emerged from the nearby woods and surrounded them.
"Robbery! Leave all your soul tools behind, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Looking at the group of ordinary people surrounding him, Qing Mu had the same puzzled expression as an elderly person on the subway: "Are you robbing me?"
"Are you guys not very bright? Look closely, I'm a Soul Master!" Qing Mu pointed at him and Ivysaur, somewhat speechless.
The bandit, however, retorted matter-of-factly, "Soul Masters? That's exactly what we're after! Boss, it's your turn to step in!"
Upon hearing this, a middle-aged man in his forties, with dark skin and a sleazy appearance, emerged from the nearby woods and leaped over to the group of bandits.
Upon reaching the group of bandits, the lecherous middle-aged man's gaze fell upon Qing Mu's waist, and a greedy glint appeared in his eyes. He said to Qing Mu, "Boy, hand over your soul tool. It seems I'm in a good mood and might spare your life. Otherwise, you wouldn't want to die here, would you?"
As he spoke, a pink light surged from his body, and a pair of pink shields appeared above his head. A white, a yellow, and three purple soul rings appeared around him!
"Five spirit rings! He's actually a Spirit King!"
Upon seeing this scene, Qing Mu's eyes flashed. No wonder these bandits dared to rob Soul Masters; it turned out that there was actually a Soul King behind them.
"But this martial spirit..."
After seeing the martial spirit above the lewd middle-aged man's head, Qing Mu also knew the identity of the lewd middle-aged man in front of him. After all, apart from the three scoundrels of Bu Le, what kind of soul king would go to do robbery?
"Boy, do you understand now? In front of me, Soul King Bu Le, you, a level 20+ Great Soul Master, have no chance of winning."
When he said this, Bu Le was quite proud of himself. Although his soul rings were not very good, his cultivation as a Soul King was still considered to be among the top in this continent.
After all, many teachers in advanced soul master academies are only at the Soul King level.
However, faced with Bu Le's threat, Qing Mu smiled slightly and said disdainfully, "Is that so? If you were facing someone else, then that statement might hold true, but meeting me is just your bad luck!"
"How dare you, a mere Great Soul Master, speak to me like that! Today I'll show you the cruelty of the Soul Master world!"
Upon hearing Qing Mu's disdainful words, Bu Le was immediately enraged and was about to take action when a shocking scene unfolded before him.
As Qing Mu's first soul ring lit up, a green ripple swept across the ground, and various kinds of green grass immediately grew on the previously empty ground.
The Ivysaur beside Qing Mu flashed white light and changed its appearance instantly. Then, two vines passed through his sides at a speed that he couldn't even react to, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.
Immediately afterwards, Ivysaur manipulated its vine whips to spread rapidly to both sides, and the steel-hard vines instantly cut the bandits surrounding Qingmu in half at the waist.
In an instant, the scene was filled with piles of corpses and rivers of blood.
Unable to bear witnessing this tragic scene, he immediately realized that Qing Mu's strength was far more than it appeared on the surface. The Luo Tian Double Shield above his head instantly enlarged and flew towards Qing Mu's direction.
However, at that moment, several green vines as thick as a baby's arm sprouted from under Bu Le's feet and instantly pierced through his body.
"Pfft~"
Bu Le spat out a mouthful of blood, and his attack was naturally interrupted. The pink Luo Tian Shuang Shield immediately shrank and dissipated.