Douluo: The blue phoenix cries loudly, and the wind whistles through the air

Chapter 137 A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!
Wu Qi escaped through the air, and the group suffered heavy losses. Without a flying soul master, they had no choice but to pursue him on the ground.

They wanted to determine Wu Qi's martial spirit by looking at the two wings on his back, and then confirm his identity.

But the Soul Bone Wings are fundamentally different from the Martial Soul Wings, so how could they be easily distinguished?
Moreover, Dugu Bo will not leave any loose ends.

After Wu Qi fled far away, he stepped in and dealt with the remaining minor enemies.

……

Lipton Township.

Upon seeing Wu Qi and the others return, the innkeeper greeted them with a smile and asked ingratiatingly, "Sirs, your rooms expire in three days. Would you like to extend them for another six months?"

Sun Buyu waved his hand, "We'll leave in a few more days. This trip is just for sightseeing, there's no reason for us to stay here any longer."

As he spoke, he took out some medicinal herbs from his soul tool. "Shopkeeper, these are all medicinal herbs that were recently collected. See if anyone needs them, and I'll sell them all."

From the shopkeeper's perspective, besides helping people hunt souls, his group also went into the forest to find medicinal herbs.

This is everyone's natural talisman.

It should be understood that since there has been no movement from within the ruins for a long time, the two major powers will definitely send people to investigate.

Soul Beast Town is only a few hours' walk from the ruins, so it's definitely a key area to investigate.

Because of the habits they had developed over the past six months, even if the shopkeeper wanted to betray them, he couldn't find a suitable reason.

As for why they didn't leave directly?

Haha, since the matter has nothing to do with me, why should I run away immediately?
Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth?

As arranged by Wu Qi, for the next two days, everyone tacitly refrained from mentioning the soul bone and continued their usual practice of entering the forest to search for medicinal herbs.

A day later, the Soul Beast Town suddenly became lively as spies from various factions arrived one after another.

Their first suspicions naturally fell on the people in the town, especially the Qingluan Squad and Hualong Squad, who had recently been stationed there.

According to their investigation, both teams had left the forest when the ruins were opened.

However, based on the habits of the two teams, they couldn't find any reason to doubt.

In particular, Wu Qi and his group made no attempt to hide their intentions and even actively sought out these people to promote their team, which completely disarmed them.

Three days later, the Seven Treasures Team's carriage drove out of the Soul Beast Town, officially embarking on their journey home.

……

As the carriage drove away from the territory of Häagen-Dazs, everyone's tense nerves finally relaxed.

"That was really exciting! Wu Ge has really mastered the art of playing the 'dark under the lamp' trick." Qian Gu Chang Kong praised generously.

Looking back now, if they had fled immediately after obtaining the soul bone, it would have attracted the attention of the two major powers, who would not have let them leave easily.

Dugu Bo did not show up along the way.

Dugu Bo only reunited with them after they drove out of the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom.

“You were very lucky. After you, the Shinsan Sect and the royal family entered together. I don’t know what they did, but it caused the mountain to collapse and buried many people.”

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaotian and the others cast grateful glances at Wu Qi.

If it weren't for the former stopping them, they might have been the ones buried.

Upon learning the situation, Dugu Bo laughed loudly, "To be able to control your desires, little guy, you really are a prodigy."

Wu Qi did not take credit for his work.

All of this was thanks to the tomb raiding movies I watched in my previous life.

In an environment like a tomb, people's greed is most easily exploited.

His suggestion was merely based on the principle of seeking stability. After all, with everyone's talent, even with normal cultivation, they might break through to the Title Douluo level in the future, so there was no need to take excessive risks.

"Now that everyone's here, let's distribute the spoils."

The harvest this time consisted of six soul bones.

When the soul bone was taken out of the soul tool, Dugu Bo looked regretful. "Too much time has passed. A lot of the soul power in the soul bone has been lost. If it remains for a few more years, it will become completely ineffective."

"Is there still a chance to salvage the situation?" Wu Qi asked.

Dugu Bo nodded, "You should know that the soul power within your bodies is like rain after a long drought for your soul bones. After absorbing it, you can nurture it with soul power for a period of time, and there is a chance that it will be restored to the peak of your soul bones."

"Of course, there is a trade-off. During the nurturing of your soul bones, all the soul power you cultivate will be absorbed by the soul bones, and your strength will not break through in a short period of time."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that it can be repaired; as for not breaking through in strength in the short term, it's irrelevant.

Wu Qi presented his prepared statement: "Let's divide it according to merit. This time, the old man has made the greatest contribution and should rightfully take the best soul bone."

Dugu Bo shook his head.

He was willing to step forward purely to repay a favor to Wu Qi.

The debt of gratitude for Wu Qi's life-saving grace can never be repaid, and helping Wu Qi with his work can bring him some comfort.

Wu Qi's face hardened. "Old man, I won't use personal favors to coerce you. This is the reward you deserve. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about Dugu Yan, right?"

As he spoke, he pushed the head of the soul bone in front of Dugu Bo, who sighed, "Little guy, if we really have to talk about it, the greatest credit belongs to you."

"Without your suggestion, we wouldn't have known about the ruins here, let alone obtained the soul bone; you should take this head soul bone."

The moment Dugu Bo's fingers touched the soul bone, he could clearly sense that this soul bone had once contained immense soul power.

His expression changed drastically, "This is... a soul bone from a hundred thousand years ago!"

In an instant, the carriage fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the soul bone.

Dugu Bo handed the soul bone to Wu Qi, saying, "Little guy, you deserve the most credit, so this soul bone is rightfully yours. Take it."

Feng Xiaotian and the others added, "Yes, Captain, without your command, we might already be dead in the ruins."

Sun Buyu smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, you are the core of the team. Obtaining the 100,000-year-old head soul bone will be of the greatest help to you, so don't refuse."

"This"

The value of a 100,000-year-old soul bone is far greater than that of a 10,000-year-old soul bone. Even if there were more 90,000-year-old soul bones, they would not be as valuable.

You should know that a 100,000-year-old soul bone can provide a soul master with two soul skills!

Seeing his hesitation, the crowd immediately began to persuade him.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Qi seriously agreed, "Alright, then I'll accept without hesitation. In addition, I'll give each of you an extra 30,000 gold soul coins as compensation for the excess value of this soul bone."

Fearing that Wu Qi would not accept the soul bone, everyone agreed to his "compensation".

After a pause, he took out the soul bone he had obtained when acquiring his fourth soul ring from his soul tool.

There are currently seven soul bones remaining, which will be distributed among the eight people.

Sun Buyu took a soul bone first, saying, "Xiao Wu's fourth soul ring comes from a wind-attribute soul beast, which matches my martial soul, so I'll take this one."

Dugu Bo was about to refuse when he remembered something and said, "I recently received news that the prize for the Soul Master Competition champion is three Soul Bones. If any of you haven't received one yet, you can wait until after the Soul Master Competition to distribute them."

As he spoke, amidst the enthusiastic gazes of the crowd, he took away the 50,000-year-old torso and soul bone.

(End of this chapter)