As the bone bead fell into his palm, Wang Lin, having finished his demonstration, put away the Staff of Life and waved the Secret Method Soul Bone bead in his hand.
Looking at the bone bead that had just solidified and taken shape, Zhang Peng was so shocked he was speechless.
On the contrary, Long Xiaoyao reacted quickly, saying with a solemn expression: "Little Linzi, you must never use this ability in front of outsiders."
He knew his disciple was special, but he hadn't expected him to be this special.
Once Wang Lin's ability to refine soul bones became known to the world, he would not only be hunted down by humans, but even soul beasts wouldn't let him off.
The ability to infinitely upgrade one's own soul bones—no human would give up such an opportunity.
"I know."
Wang Lin nodded, naturally aware of the implications. Soul bones were already scarce. His ability would only make soul bones even scarcer, and soul beasts would also suffer greatly.
After asking a few more questions about the limitations of Wang Lin's ability and receiving Wang Lin's answers one by one, Long Xiaoyao instructed Zhang Peng and Zhang Jian not to spread the word.
None of them were outsiders. Zhang Peng belonged to the die-hard Long Xiaoyao faction among the Enshrined Ones, so he naturally wouldn't spread it.
And Zhang Jian was taught by Zhang Peng according to his relationship with Long Xiaoyao. In any case, in Zhang Peng's positioning, Wang Lin would be the Grand Enshrined of the Holy Spirit Cult in the future.
Zhang Jian would naturally be the Sixth Enshrined, an existence who guarded Wang Lin closely, just like he was to Long Xiaoyao.
"However, Little Linzi, if Little Jianjian comes across two soul bones with the same attribute, please help him refine and fuse them."
Having lived together for these two years, Zhang Peng clearly treated Zhang Jian as his true successor, mainly because Zhang Jian's temperament was very similar to his.
Zhang Peng could see that if Wang Lin hadn't purified the resentment in Zhang Jian's Martial Soul, Zhang Jian would likely have walked the same path as him.
"No problem, Uncle Zhang. Little Jianjian is my little partner. Even if you didn't say anything, I would help."
Wang Lin naturally didn't refuse. Zhang Jian's purified Martial Soul was a very special existence, very compatible with the soul in the three sets of secondary necromancy magic.
He had already discussed with Elder Yi about finding an opportunity to test Zhang Jian. If Zhang Jian could pass Elder Yi's test.
Elder Yi wouldn't mind if there was another disciple in this world inheriting his necromancy magic.
During the conversation, the sky slowly turned dark. Wang Lin naturally couldn't make it back to the academy, so he prepared to stay overnight in the small courtyard.
He would return to the dormitory the next morning.
After night fell, Wu Yun and Wu Yu also returned to the small courtyard. From the faint scent of blood permeating them, one could tell.
At least one pervert in Mingdu had suffered today. The Wu sisters possessed Soul Saint cultivation and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
In Mingdu, as long as they didn't provoke a Rank 9 Soul Engineer, they could come and go freely throughout the entire city.
...
At night, inside Long Xiaoyao's room.
Holding a triangular skull that looked like amethyst and emitted a terrifying aura, Wang Lin was talking to Long Xiaoyao about this soul bone.
Because he wasn't in a hurry to absorb it, Wang Lin hadn't mentioned the existence of this Dread Demon Dragon soul bone before.
After listening to Wang Lin's explanation, Long Xiaoyao wasn't angry at all; instead, he smiled with narrowed eyes.
"Little Linzi, are you saying you used that Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone of around forty thousand years to trade with that little girl from the Hongchen family for this eighty-thousand-year Dread Demon Dragon Skull plus a Secret Method Soul Bone skull?"
"That's right. What's wrong, Master?"
Wang Lin looked at Long Xiaoyao with some confusion, not quite understanding what the old Black Dragon meant.
"Nothing. As expected of you, kid."
Long Xiaoyao shook his head. To think this kid Wang Lin claimed he was only twelve; he didn't expect this kid to be so capable.
An eighty-thousand-year skull plus a Secret Method Soul Bone skull was traded by Wang Lin for a forty-thousand-year arm bone. If not for that Hongchen family girl throwing herself at him.
Even if the arm bone had an Ultimate Attribute, it couldn't be traded for a skull of the same age, let alone one with doubled age and an additional Secret Method Soul Bone of the same part thrown in.
Among the six soul bone parts, the skull and spine bone had always been the most precious, completely unequal in value to limb bones.
Because the drop rate for skulls and spine bones was the lowest, and these two parts were far more important than limb bones.
A person could still live without limbs, but not without a spine or a skull.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Get along well with that little girl from the Hongchen family. Don't let her down."
Long Xiaoyao didn't say more. Looking at the Dread Demon Dragon skull in Wang Lin's hand, he suddenly said: "If you were a student of Shrek, with that special ability of yours, you could probably refine and fuse a million-year soul bone."
"A million-year soul bone?"
Wang Lin looked puzzled upon hearing this. Was Shrek Academy's reserve of Dread Demon Dragon skulls that sufficient? However, he actually did have a million-year-level external soul bone on him.
"Yes, a million years. You should know about Shrek Academy hunting Dread Demon Dragons."
After Wang Lin nodded to indicate he was aware, Long Xiaoyao slowly continued.
"There is a Golden Tree in Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion. The entire Sea God Pavilion is built relying on that Golden Tree; that is the foundation of Shrek Academy.
Inside the Golden Tree, there are peculiar rooms. One of them is specifically for training spiritual power. That room relies on Dread Demon Dragon skulls.
Little Linzi, guess how many Dread Demon Dragon skulls are inside?"
"How many?"
Wang Lin asked.
"There are a total of one thousand and one Dread Demon Dragon skulls!"
Long Xiaoyao said in a deep voice.
"One thousand and one?"
Hearing this number, although Wang Lin was mentally prepared, he was still shocked. That was one thousand and one Dread Demon Dragon skulls, for fuck's sake.
Let alone a million-year soul bone, even a ten-million-year soul bone might not be out of the question.
"This is the foundation of Shrek Academy. There are quite a few similar rooms in the Sea God Pavilion. These are the reasons why talents on the continent flock to Shrek Academy like ducks. Little Linzi, you have somewhat underestimated Shrek Academy."
Saying this, Long Xiaoyao suddenly took out a bead emitting a faint white jade-like glow.
"This is something I promised Mu En. In exchange, he agreed to give you a chance to enter that room."
The white jade-like bead flashed and disappeared. Before Wang Lin could see it clearly, it had already been put away by Long Xiaoyao. Ignoring the bead, Wang Lin said faintly.
"Then Master, is the chance gone now?"
"Oh? How so?" Long Xiaoyao was puzzled.
"Master, if the current me enters that room, it would be like a rat falling into a rice jar. I can't guarantee that I won't be tempted."
Wang Lin said truthfully.
"That's fine too. If you can take them all, I have no objection. But if you take someone else's things, it's equivalent to owing them a favor. Favors must be repaid. Do you understand what I mean, Little Linzi?"
Long Xiaoyao said with an incredibly solemn expression.