Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 22: Aoba Mark
In mid-air, beams of starlight continued to fall.

The old butler used all his strength to display his first soul skill: Falling Star.

A few minutes later.

Bathed in the starlight, Lin Rong's complexion had regained its rosy complexion. At least on the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong with her.

Next.

He only needs to practice the Cleansing Marrow Sutra and recuperate for ten days or half a month to get through the weak period caused by the forceful use of the Dragon Soul power.

Then, Lin Rong seemed to remember something and raised his right hand to look at the string of jade beads on his wrist.

The string of jade beads on his wrist is a storage soul guide.

This item consists of twelve jade beads, and is called Green Dragon Vine. It has been passed down from generation to generation in the Lin family.

These twelve jade beads are a warm jade white in color. If you look closely under the sun, you can see faint sky-blue lines on the beads.

Among them, the first and last two jade beads, as well as the seventh jade bead, have azure patterns on them that look like dragon patterns; the remaining nine jade beads have azure patterns on them that look like vine leaves.

There are twelve jade beads, each of which can store items, and the storage space is divided into two levels.

There are three dragon-patterned jade beads, each with thirty-six cubic meters of storage space, totaling one hundred and eight cubic meters.

There are nine vine leaf jade beads, each with a storage space of twelve cubic meters, totaling one hundred and eight cubic meters.

The twelve jade beads have a total storage space of 216 cubic meters.

Now, the head soul bone that Kong Qingzhu dropped is stored in the seventh jade bead.

Lin Rong's left hand fingers touched the dragon-patterned jade bead, as if he was touching the soul bone stored inside the jade bead.

After what happened just now, Lin Rong no longer dared to easily take out the head soul bone dropped by Kong Qingzhu.

Who knows whether that soul bone contains the remaining soul power of Kong Qingzhu.

Lin Rong is still in a weak period and cannot forcibly use the power of the dragon soul during this period. He cannot withstand another soul attack from Kong Qingzhu.

Only after going through this period of weakness and having the confidence of the dragon soul protecting him, will Lin Rong take out the soul bone stored in the dragon-patterned jade bead.

And before he absorbed this soul bone, he needed to ask the old butler to use the power of the stars to purify all the remaining soul power on this soul bone.

Finally, let Jiuqu Tenglong cleanse it thoroughly with pure life force.

Only after ensuring that everything is safe will Lin Rong feel at ease to absorb this soul bone.

The only loss of doing this is that the remaining soul power in the soul bone will be purified, and absorbing soul bones will not increase the soul power level.

But Lin Rong didn't care.

The remaining soul power on the soul bone comes from Kong Qingzhu, and Kong Qingzhu's cultivation has been less than a thousand years.

Therefore, the remaining soul power on the soul bone will only increase Lin Rong's current soul power level by one or two levels, which is harmless.

Compared with one's own life, it is not worth mentioning.

"Young Master, you encountered an external soul bone when you absorbed a soul ring last time, and you encountered this kind of thing again this time when you absorbed a soul ring."

After sighing, the old butler said seriously:

"For your safety, next time you absorb soul rings, don't absorb those mutant soul beasts that have never appeared before, so as to avoid this situation from happening again."

After hearing this, Lin Rong turned his eyes away from Yuzhu and replied in a slightly weak tone:

"Don't worry, Grandpa Yu."

"I value my life more than you think."

"I will not absorb any future soul rings that are not from soul beasts I already know about." "Besides, although this time was dangerous, it's a relief that I didn't return empty-handed."

"Kong Qingzhu has extraordinary roots, and the second soul skill he obtained also exceeded my expectations."

As he spoke, Lin Rong shared with the old butler the second soul skill he obtained from Kong Qingzhu.

"My second soul skill is called Green Leaf Mark, and it is a top-grade space soul skill."

"Any living being or thing that is touched by me or the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon can be regarded as a target by me and marked with a green leaf."

As he spoke, Lin Rong attached a green leaf mark to the old butler without releasing his martial spirit.

"While the mark is in place, I can sense the location of the marked target in real time."

"In addition, without releasing my martial spirit, I can actively trigger the mark on the target and teleport myself to the target's location."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Rong triggered the green leaf mark on the old butler's body, teleported behind the old butler, and lay on the old butler's back and spoke:
"The Green Leaf Mark can be attached to up to three targets at the same time, and one additional target can be attached for each additional spirit ring."

"At the same time, the maximum teleportation distance is one kilometer. For each additional spirit ring, the maximum teleportation distance increases by an additional kilometer."

"And the Aoba Mark has no time limit. It will not dissipate over time as long as it is not actively triggered."

While Lin Rong was speaking, he triggered the Qingye mark that he had left there before and returned there. He sensed the situation in his body and continued:

"As for the soul power consumption, every time you teleport, no matter how long the distance is, it will consume a fixed amount of one tenth of your soul power."

"I now have two spirit rings, which can attach up to five green leaf marks at the same time. The maximum distance of a single teleportation is three kilometers."

"Under the best circumstances, I can now teleport five times in a row, three kilometers each time, and five times is fifteen kilometers."

"But this soul skill has a disadvantage. People whose soul power level is ten levels higher than mine or more can detect it and use their soul power to dissolve the mark on their bodies."

"But it is limited to oneself. You cannot find the Green Leaf Mark on anyone other than yourself."

After Lin Rong finished speaking, he found that the old housekeeper looked very calm, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise:

"Grandpa Yu, how come you are not surprised at all by such an excellent spirit skill?"

The old butler was silent for a few seconds. The evening breeze in the forest blew up his gray hair, and his old voice came to Lin Rong's ears with the wind:

"Because I feel that no matter how powerful the spirit skill that the young master obtained with his life is, it is not surprising."

The deep and genuine concern in the tone brought Lin Rong's memories back to the past.

Since I traveled through time, except for the time in the womb.

At all other times, the old butler was almost always by Lin Rong's side, taking care of him.

People's hearts are not made of iron. After all these years of care, Lin Rong truly accepted this loyal old housekeeper.

He used to look like a child in order to avoid being discovered that he was a time traveler.

But the meticulous care of the old housekeeper allowed Lin Rong to have a childhood without regrets, making up for the regrets of his previous life.

Therefore, Lin Rong showed the innocent side of her character to the old butler without reservation.

The old butler is also the only person he can truly trust in this strange world.

Except for the fact that he couldn't tell the old butler about the time travel, Lin Rong would not hide anything else the old butler wanted to ask.

Lin Rong recalled what had happened before, tears dripping silently from the corners of her eyes.

With his vision blurred by tears, the old butler stretched out his fingers to wipe away his tears.

It’s really nice to have an elder who truly cares about you by your side, really!

(End of this chapter)