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"Humph, it's not just spirit bones, but also spirit rings." Xiao Wu threw off the blanket, revealing her flawless body adorned with seven spirit rings. The most astonishing was her first spirit ring, which had transformed from yellow to purple.
Thousand Year!
Guang Ling curiously asked, "Xiao Wu, how did your spirit ring become a thousand-year-level one?"
"Naturally..." Xiao Wu described to Guang Ling, Rong Rong, Huo Wu, and the others about the world she had sensed. "In that place, spirit beasts don't drop spirit rings upon death, but they can increase the age of our existing rings. There's also a chance of obtaining spirit bones, though these bones don't significantly boost our strength."
All the women practiced the art of Jade Bone and Golden Skin, making spirit bones impure elements for their bodies.
Only external spirit bones, which extend the body's existing skeleton, are exceptions.
These external spirit bones can increase their age with the practitioner's cultivation, potentially evolving.
"Guang Ling, this left palm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is for you to absorb. Its cutting ability will greatly help you engrave soul inscriptions," Tang San handed the external spirit bone to Guang Ling.
"Thank you, San Ge." Guang Ling immediately began to absorb the spirit bone. In less than a minute, she had fully absorbed it, slightly increasing her spirit power, though not enough to break through to level sixty.
A spirit bone of at most a thousand-year level couldn't fully bridge the gap from fifty-nine to sixty, but it saved Guang Ling about half a month's worth of spirit power cultivation.
Tang San then led the four women into that world to hunt spirit beasts, increasing the age of their spirit rings and searching for spirit bones. Although spirit bones didn't significantly boost their strength, they were valuable materials, particularly useful for studying spirit tools. Huo Wu also wanted to try using spirit bones for crafting.
In this case, the more, the better.
"Will our extensive hunting not wipe out the spirit beasts here?" Guang Ling suddenly asked.
"No," Tang San replied, "This realm can actively draw fragments from the void. The spirit beasts here are born from the souls of deceased outside spirit beasts combined with the energy of this place. In the next few thousand years, the number of spirit beasts here will only increase."
Tang San explained that their group couldn't possibly kill all the spirit beasts. "Moreover, anyone else who hunts here has to constantly expend mental energy. The energy gained from hunting spirit beasts to enhance spirit rings is exchanged for mental energy."
"Mental energy can be used by this realm to form the souls of spirit beasts, which then combine with the local energy to be reborn."
"In this world, the templates for spirit beasts are already set... The only drawback is that these spirit beasts lack the adaptability of real ones and won't evolve with environmental changes."
"This place is ultimately a simulated realm; it just appears very real."
With this reassurance, Guang Ling felt relieved.
Since this realm is nearly inexhaustible and the spirit beast souls are fabricated by the realm, there's no need for concern.
To distinguish from real spirit beasts, the ones here are called spirit beasts, and the entire realm is known as the Spirit Beast Illusion Realm.
The entire night, Tang San and the four women hunted high-age spirit beasts. By dawn, none of the five had yellow or purple spirit rings; the lowest was dark black.
They also collected over thirty spirit bones, ranging from thousand to ten-thousand-year levels, enough for Tang San, Guang Ling, and Huo Wu to experiment with.
Xiao Wu took two to see if they could be used in alchemy.
Ning Rongrong took three, all over fifty thousand years old, including a head bone from an Evil Eyed Tyrant, a left arm bone from a Dark Demon Bone Dragon, and a right arm bone from a Wind God Wyvern.
It was clear these were meant for Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
When Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan received the three spirit bones, he was both shocked and sweating with anxiety, "Rongrong is too careless, sending such valuable spirit bones by mail. What if someone opened the lead box en route? These are three fifty-thousand-year-old spirit bones, and they're complete!"
At this moment, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were also present. They stared at the three spirit bones in the lead box, their eyes alight with fervor.
"That kid Tang San actually uses spirit bones as a betrothal gift," Bone Douluo took a deep breath to calm himself, though his tone carried a hint of disbelief. "He's really quite generous!"
Sword Douluo, having regained his composure, asked, "Are these from the Spirit Hall's collection?"
Ning Fengzhi opened the letter that Ning Rongrong had sent along with the spirit bones. After reading for a while, he said, "No, Rongrong said these three spirit bones were hunted by Tang San with her and the others. They didn't come from the Spirit Hall, but she didn't specify where exactly... This girl even kept it a secret from me, her own father."
Bone Douluo commented, "Tang San is indeed remarkable, though he has a few too many girls around him."
"We don't need to worry too much about Rongrong's affairs," Sword Douluo interjected, pausing before addressing Ning Fengzhi, "It seems that Rongrong doesn't intend to inherit the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan in the future... The Tiandi Trading Company in the Economic Capital has grown to a scale comparable to our clan. They have branches in major cities across both empires, backed by the Spirit Hall, ensuring their credibility. Even commoners deposit their money there."
Ning Fengzhi sensed something unusual, but the clan's interests were now intertwined with the Spirit Hall. The better the Spirit Hall developed, the higher the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan could rise, riding this high-speed steam locomotive to greater heights.
But if Rongrong isn't available to inherit the clan, who should be the next clan leader? He had sons, but they were rather dull and lacked Rongrong's talent...
...
At this time, in the Martial Soul Manor, Tang San was having breakfast with the women and explaining the Spirit Beast Illusion Realm to Lan Yinzi, Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Yuena.
"So this is how to increase the age of spirit rings!" Zhu Zhuqing was astonished, never imagining such a unique space existed. However, considering it was Tang San, it seemed natural.
He was synonymous with miracles!
"This isn't a method to increase the age of spirit rings; it's just using what's already available," Tang San shook his head. "The real way to enhance the age of spirit rings should be through cultivation."
"That's not easy," Lan Yinzi laughed. "Even if you create a method to increase the age of spirit rings through cultivation, not everyone will have the energy to train."
As the former Blue Silver Emperor, she knew well that increasing the age of spirit rings was no simple task, and doing so wouldn't necessarily enhance the power of spirit skills, only reducing the consumption of spirit power when using them.
But did Tang San lack spirit power? Not at all!
As long as there was the power of the earth and the brilliance of the sun and moon, Tang San's spirit power would flow endlessly, with no need to worry about consumption.
Therefore, in Lan Yinzi's eyes, Tang San had no reason to waste energy on such endeavors.
(End of Chapter)