Douluo Continent has a system, but I don't want to use it.

Chapter 33 Unexpected Gains

"An external soul bone!" Qiu Fengyan looked at the object in her hand in surprise.

Qiu Fengyan naturally knew about external soul bones, having heard Fang Tian share a lot of knowledge about them during their interactions over the past few years.

Since both of them practiced the Bone Forging Technique, they didn't crave soul bones much, but they still had a lingering desire for external soul bones.

"I never thought I'd actually see an external soul bone in this lifetime!" Qiu Fengyan murmured to herself.

Fang Tian was excited for a moment, then suddenly realized that he was now moving at supersonic speeds. Even a 100,000-year-old swift couldn't reach the speed of sound. This external soul bone was useless to him. What use was it besides being able to fly? He was slower than running on the ground.

Fang Tian was a little annoyed. He decided to give the external soul bone to Qiu Fengyan. Even though it would be useless in the future, at least it would provide an additional means of survival for now.

"Fengyan, refine and absorb this external soul bone. That way you'll be able to fly."

"No, you should absorb it. You've already given me so much; I can't be so greedy. You were the one who killed the swift; absorbing it will make you safer in the future. It also perfectly matches your cautious and prudent nature." Qiu Fengyan shook her head with a smile.

"My current speed is already supersonic, and the Swift's external soul bone will slow me down. Your current physical attributes are not yet capable of supersonic speed, so it would be more worthwhile for you to absorb it."

"Alright, don't refuse anymore. The Star Dou Great Forest is still very dangerous. You should absorb it as soon as possible so we can hurry back," Fang Tian suddenly said firmly.

"Alright!" Qiu Fengyan stopped refusing and sat down cross-legged to begin absorbing the external soul bone.

Two hours later, Qiu Fengyan, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly let out a painful cry. The clothes on her back suddenly tore open, revealing a pair of long, soft black wings.

Qiu Fengyan stood up and tried to flap her wings a few times, but she couldn't fly no matter what she did.

"What's going on? These wings can't fly!" Qiu Fengyan asked in confusion.

"Alright, you've just absorbed the external soul bone, so you can't control it freely yet. You'll get better with practice. Now, put it back; we still have a lot to do."

Qiu Fengyan carefully controlled and retrieved the external soul bone, then secretly changed out of the clothes damaged by the external soul bone before emerging to continue dismembering the swift.

After collecting about three cubic meters of swiftlet meat, Fang Tian told Qiu Fengyan to stop. This much meat was enough for the two of them to eat for a year or two.

Of course, the meat couldn't be kept for that long. So, in addition to marinating some of the meat, the two would also find an excuse to share some with the villagers, so that everyone could benefit from it.

Afterwards, the two collected several hundred kilograms of red fragrant vine flowers and carefully checked whether the red fragrant vine had produced a soul bone before embarking on their journey home.

Although Fang Tian and Qiu Fengyan cannot absorb ordinary soul bones, they are still very valuable for selling or giving as gifts.

A day later, Fang Tian and Qiu Fengyan arrived at the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Once they reached the outer perimeter, the two relaxed considerably. These thousand-year-old soul beasts posed little threat, and they began chatting and laughing.

"Huh?" The two suddenly noticed a ferocious black ape that was over a thousand years old rushing towards them and then running past them a few dozen meters away.

"Hey you two, could you please stop that berserk black ape?" A burly man carrying a hammer shouted to the two men from a few hundred meters behind.

Fang Tian and Qiu Fengyan watched the rampaging black ape charge forward without making a move.

"Hmm! People from the Haotian Sect?" Fang Tian caught a willow-leaf throwing knife with a flick of his left hand. At the same time, he activated the identification system.

"As expected, they are from the Haotian Sect." Fang Tian looked at the information identified by the system: Martial Soul: Haotian Hammer; Realm: Soul Emperor.

"Why didn't you stop that rampaging black ape?" the man asked from ten meters away, hammer in hand.

"When you shouted, that berserk black ape had already passed by us," Fang Tian explained. Although Qiu Fengyan had a grudge against Haotian Sect, it was only against one person, and they couldn't generalize and condemn the entire group.

"Can't you even help stop them if they're already past? Do you look down on our Haotian Sect?" The burly man wielding the hammer became even angrier after hearing Fang Tian's explanation.

"We're complete strangers, I have no obligation to help you." Fang Tian couldn't understand the big man's thought process.

"You're unwilling to help me, which means you look down on our Haotian Sect. Today I'm going to teach you two a lesson for daring to insult my Haotian Sect." After saying that, the big man charged towards the two men, wielding the Haotian Hammer.

Fang Tian raised his hand and launched a throwing knife, which pierced the big man's eye with a hiss.

The moment the giant charged toward the two men, Qiu Fengyan activated her vacuum bubble and swung her goose-feather saber at near-sonic speed toward the giant.

As the willow-leaf dagger pierced the burly man's eye, Qiu Fengyan cleaved him in two with a single stroke.

"They can't understand human language at all, and we can't communicate with them at all," Fang Tian sighed.

"Yes, they're completely unreasonable. They've probably been calling themselves the number one sect in the world for too long, so they're arrogant and think they can do whatever they want," Qiu Fengyan sighed.

"Ah! You actually dared to kill members of our Haotian Sect! You'll face retribution! Not only will you die, but your families and friends will die too. And they'll die a horrible death!"

Just as the two were reflecting on their feelings, a violent and vicious voice rang out.

Fang Tian broke out in a cold sweat. Had he been too complacent and let his guard down? He hadn't even noticed someone getting close to him.

Looking up, I saw a young man in his early twenties, about ten meters away, carrying a Haotian Hammer and panting heavily. He must have just caught up from behind.

"Hehe, the Haotian Sect really does have a lot of idiots." Fang Tian said, raising his left hand and launching another throwing knife.

The young man had no idea he was being attacked.

With a hiss, the flying knife pierced the young man's brain. He tilted his head back, then collapsed to the ground with a thud, kicked his legs twice, and then remained motionless.

Fang Tian carried the young man's body to the side of the burly man's body. After carefully searching the surrounding area and confirming that no one was around, he rushed back to meet up with Qiu Fengyan.

"It seems that two members of a collateral branch of the Haotian Sect have come out to hunt souls," Fang Tian analyzed.

"A disciple of a major sect only has one Soul Emperor to help him hunt souls, so he must be a member of a collateral branch," Qiu Fengyan agreed.

Fang Tian drew the two throwing knives, wiped them clean, and put them away. Then, Fang Tian and Qiu Fengyan looted the two corpses, obtaining a storage belt and a storage ring, with capacities of twelve and five cubic meters respectively.

"What a surprise! Haha, these past two days have been full of surprises. Fengyan, you'll have a storage soul tool to use now, so you don't have to envy me anymore."

"Hehe! Some people in the Haotian Sect are quite good!" Qiu Fengyan teased, her eyes shining. She had been longing for a storage soul tool for a long time.

After touching the corpses, Fang Tian took out the corpse-dissolving powder and poured some on the two corpses.

(End of this chapter)