Peerless: Tang San, this time Huo Yuhao is the attacker.

"A soul bone of unknown species? Let me see."

Wang Yan put down his lesson plan, adjusted his glasses, took the soul bone from Huo Yuhao, and began to examine it intently.

He first examined the overall shape of the soul bone, then picked up a pen and wrote down a few words on a piece of white paper that were completely unrelated to the soul bone in the eyes of Huo Yuhao and the other two.

Concave, rough, sharp, curved on one side...

Huo Yuhao and the others recognized these words and knew their meanings, but they had also just seen and touched that soul bone.

When they held it in their hands, they didn't feel any indentation, roughness, sharpness, or bend on one side.

Just by looking at the appearance, Wang Yan had already written down more than a dozen characteristic words, demonstrating his professionalism.

Seeing Wang Yan's earnest analysis, the group retreated to a corner of the office and began to whisper among themselves.

"If you ask me, Dai Huabin is really petty. He won't even provide information about the soul bone," Wang Dong muttered to the two of them.

"They've already offered their legs, can't they even be allowed to throw a little tantrum?" Xiao Xiao blinked, her emerald green eyes full of teasing.

"You're still laughing here? If it weren't for my great strength, you'd be the one with the broken leg!" Wang Dong snorted, looking at me with a praising expression.

"Tch! Based on Yuhao and my performance, anyone could have won!" Xiao Xiao's face was full of pride. Seeing that Wang Dong still wanted to refute, she immediately changed her tone and said in a low voice.

"Don't think I didn't hear you. You were originally trying to show off your skills during the upgrade assessment, weren't you? If Yuhao hadn't warned you, you probably would have only gotten a hundred points as a basic thousand-year soul beast."

Wang Dong's face stiffened upon hearing this, and he immediately put on a busy expression, "Oh dear, look at this ceiling, it's truly a ceiling!"

Xiao Xiao gave Wang Dong a disdainful look, but did not take the opportunity to continue asking questions. Wang Dong breathed a sigh of relief and changed the subject with a grin.

"Do you think this soul bone could be a hundred years old?"

"It shouldn't be." Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Dai Huabin's leg is broken, he wouldn't stoop to such a trivial matter."

"Exactly, exactly." Xiao Xiao echoed without hesitation, her eyes still filled with disdain. "So stupid, I really don't know how you grew up to be this dumb."

"You!" Wang Dong was furious. He was about to retaliate when Wang Yan forcibly interrupted his spellcasting.

"Come here, all of you."

Xiao Xiao first gave Wang Dong a smug look before following Huo Yuhao's steps. Wang Dong couldn't retaliate and looked frustrated.

"Teacher Wang, have you figured out the origin of this soul bone?" Xiao Xiao asked impatiently, she was the most excited of the three.

Huo Yuhao goes without saying; aside from that Ice Explosion Technique Soul Bone, he basically wouldn't even look at anything below 100,000 years old.

Wang Dong was born into the Clear Sky Sect. The two Limit Douluo raised her standards to an extremely high level, and she looked down on thousand-year soul bones.

Xiao Xiao, though her family has some background, it's not powerful enough to give her any chance to come into contact with a universally acknowledged treasure like a soul bone.

Her current perspective is not commensurate with her twin martial soul talents.

"Mm." Wang Yan smiled and nodded to the three of them.

"This is a soul bone produced by the Misty Swamp Toad King, and it is about two thousand years old."

Seeing the puzzled looks on Huo Yuhao and the other two's faces, Wang Yan knew he had touched on a blind spot in their knowledge, and patiently explained:

"The Mist Toad is a relatively rare soul beast, mainly living in swamp areas."

They can expel a type of marsh gas called "mist" from stomata on their backs, which is also their way of survival.

Not only does the fog obscure vision, but it also has a certain degree of paralytic toxicity. Long-term inhalation can cause the whole body to stiffen, as if one is trapped in a swamp and unable to move.

Although the soul skills granted by the soul bone will change depending on the martial soul, the Mist Swamp Toad King itself has relatively weak attack power, and the development of the Mist Swamp ability is also for better survival.

Therefore, after fusing with the right leg bone of the Swamp Toad King, in addition to gaining a certain speed boost, it will most likely produce a control-type soul skill similar to that of the Swamp Toad.

Seeing the three people's expressions of having learned something new, Wang Yan added gently:

"Judging from your appearance, this soul bone must have been obtained by the three of you by chance, right?"

Although soul bones are extremely precious to soul masters, all three of you are exceptionally talented soul masters, and you will surely encounter even better soul bones in the future.

Don't let a single soul bone damage your relationship. No matter how precious a soul bone is, it can never compare to a human being.

"Teacher Wang, don't worry, our relationship won't be affected by a single soul bone."

Huo Yuhao said with a smile, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao nodded vigorously in agreement. After thanking Wang Yan, the three of them went to the shore of the Sea God Lake and lay down on the grass in unison.

"I'm not going to take this soul bone anyway. With an offensive martial soul, I won't waste my space absorbing a control-type soul skill like the Misty Swamp. My Butterfly God Slash is the best control skill."

Wang Dong spoke first, casually saying that the idea that offensive Soul Masters don't absorb control-type Soul Skills is nonsense.

Although a direct assault is the only viable option, more bones mean more paths.

Wang Dong said this partly because he looked down on the thousand-year-old soul bone, but mainly because he wanted to give the soul bone to Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.

"I don't want it either. This 'Mist Swamp Toad King' sounds disgusting. I would never fuse with the soul bone of such a soul beast."

Xiao Xiao followed closely behind, feigning disgust as she spoke. In truth, she desperately desired the soul bone, but she knew she couldn't have it anymore.

In the previous freshman assessment, she played the smallest role among the three, but she received the most precious soul bone reward.

Xiao Xiao already felt she owed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong a lot for this, and she was well aware of her own shortcomings.

Moreover, Xiao Xiao also secretly hoped that Huo Yuhao would merge with her.

This is a soul bone! It can increase your strength!

Xiao Xiao herself couldn't explain why, but the joy she felt when she thought about Yu Hao improving his strength was even stronger than when she herself improved her strength.

"I don't think we can absorb this soul bone."

Huo Yuhao spoke last, immediately drawing puzzled glances from Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.

"Teacher Wang is absolutely right. With our talent, we will definitely encounter even better soul bones in the future."

Absorbing a thousand-year-old soul bone is actually a disadvantage for us.

Fusion with soul bones can not only strengthen our bodies, but also grant us new soul skills. And even though they are the same soul bone, the effect of a ten-thousand-year-old one is many times stronger than that of a thousand-year-old one.

We must not be tempted by immediate gains; we must consider long-term development.

Huo Yuhao made the decision to have all three of them give up the soul bone after careful consideration.

His original plan was to let Xiao Xiao fuse with whatever kind of soul bone she had, in order to improve their relationship and speed up the upgrade of the attribute.

But Huo Yuhao felt he shouldn't have done that. Xiao Xiao had twin martial souls, and a thousand-year-old soul bone was practically worthless to her.

During the freshman assessment, he had no specific understanding of soul bones and thought that giving the soul bone to Xiao Xiao was for her own good.

But things are different now. His understanding is very advanced. The thousand-year-old soul bone is beneficial to Xiao Xiao, but not good enough.

There's no rush to upgrade the entry; he has plenty of time to deepen his relationship with Xiao Xiao, and there's absolutely no need to sacrifice Xiao Xiao's future potential just to speed things up temporarily.

Xiao Xiao is a contributor to the dictionary, but Huo Yuhao's feelings for her are not solely because she is a contributor.

If he resorts to any means to achieve his goal, how is he any different from Tang San?

No, Tang San isn't that kind.

Anyway, Huo Yuhao isn't that kind of person.