Douluo Continent: My name is Lu Mingfei, and my martial soul is Lu Mingze.

Lu Mingfei stood at the gate of Shrek Academy, looking at the familiar plaque, and almost burst into tears.

They're finally back.

I, Lu Mingfei, have finally returned to Shrek Academy, which I have always been loyal to!

Along the way, his storage bag went empty and full again, and then full and empty again, going back and forth five or six times.

Hyotei and Yukitei have an insatiable shopping desire; they want to buy everything they see and eat everything they smell.

The worst one is Hyotei. As soon as she smells barbecue, her mind starts to churn. If Lu Ming dares not to buy it, she will simply press her own weight onto him.

The weight of a 400,000-year-old soul beast is no joke.

Lu Mingfei felt like he was carrying a mountain with every step he took, his knees almost touching the ground. He gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, but he still had to force a smile and obediently pay for the barbecue. Xue Di didn't pressure him, but she just watched him quietly, her deep blue eyes carrying a hint of expectation. This silent pressure was even more unbearable than Bing Di's outright robbery.

Later on, Lu Mingfei simply gave up and started walking over to any barbecue stall he saw, paying without waiting for his two ancestors to say a word.

The expenses along the way required him to use the "Show me the money" function five or six times.

He didn't know where the money came from, nor did he want to know.

Every time Lu Mingze, that little rascal, heard him chanting incantations, he would laugh like a fox who had stolen a chicken in his spiritual sea. That laughter made Lu Mingfei's scalp tingle, but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't let his two ancestors go hungry.

Fortunately, on the way back, I managed to hunt down a spirit ring.

He was originally tricked by Lu Mingze into going to the far north to obtain his second soul ring, but he didn't get the soul ring. Instead, he got four soul bones.

On the way back, Lu Mingfei deliberately took a detour and found a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

There's not much to say about the hunting process. He now has four 400,000-year-old soul bones, and with the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor guarding his spiritual sea, killing a 10,000-year-old soul beast is as easy as beating his grandson.

When absorbing the spirit ring, Lu Mingfei was worried that it would hurt, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

Lu Mingfei guessed that it was the aura of the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor that frightened them.

After absorbing the spirit ring, his spirit power jumped directly from level 20 to level 30.

Lu Mingfei was shocked.

He asked Lu Mingze what was going on, and Lu Mingze slowly said while holding a glass of red wine, "The residual soul power of the four 400,000-year soul bones, plus the 10,000-year soul ring you absorbed, plus the soul power that was suppressed in the first place being released all at once, it's normal to jump ten levels."

"Why didn't you say so sooner?"

"If I'd told you earlier, you wouldn't have been so surprised."

Lu Mingfei wanted to drag Lu Mingze out of his mental sea and beat him up.

But I'll just think about it.

He stood at the entrance of Shrek Academy, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

The college was still the same as always. He ran into a few junior students from other colleges on the way. They were stunned for a moment when they saw him, and then quickly bowed their heads to greet him.

Lu Mingfei's reputation in the outer courtyard wasn't exactly good, but at least after that day, no one dared to talk about him anymore.

Lu Mingfei didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with anyone and went straight back to his dormitory.

He cleaned himself up, changed into clean clothes, tucked the dark red Tang sword into his waistband, and then went out to find Old Song.

Lu Mingfei was still a little uneasy, after all, this trip to the far north would take much longer than expected, and his vacation was almost over. He had to give Old Master Song an explanation.

When Lu Mingfei arrived at Old Song's small building, he straightened his clothes and knocked on the door.

"Come in," came Old Song's voice from inside.

The door opened.

Old Song stood at the door, dressed in a gray robe, her hair neatly combed. The moment she saw Lu Mingfei, her brows furrowed.

His brows were so furrowed they could trap a fly.

"Elder Song, I'm going back—" Before Lu Mingfei could finish his greeting, Elder Song grabbed his wrist and probed his body with his soul power.

Lu Mingfei felt a gentle yet irresistible surge of soul power flow into his wrist, circulate within his body, and then withdraw.

Old Song's expression changed.

"Come with me." Without saying a word, she pulled Lu Mingfei out.

"Old Song? Old Song! What's wrong?"

"Sea God Pavilion".

"What are you going there for?"

Old Song walked very fast, and Lu Mingfei was almost thrown into the air by her.

The two of them traversed most of Shrek Academy and headed straight for the Sea God Pavilion in the center of Sea God Lake.

I ran into Yan Shaozhe on the way.

Yan Shaozhe has been having a tough time lately.

Ever since he was detained at the chicken leg shop that day, his money has been flying out like it has grown wings.

Sometimes it's the cost of a meal, sometimes it's the cost of alcohol, and sometimes it's even his long-saved savings that disappear overnight.

The most dangerous one is Cai Meier.

When his wife checked the accounts, she found that some money was missing from the house and asked him what happened.

Yan Shaozhe stammered and couldn't say anything. He couldn't very well say that he didn't know how the money disappeared, could he?

Cai Meier immediately exploded, thinking he was keeping a mistress, and berated him mercilessly.

Yan Shaozhe was speechless and unable to defend himself.

He genuinely had no idea where the money had gone.

At that moment, he was wandering around the academy in a state of unease when he saw Old Song dragging Lu Mingfei toward the Sea God Pavilion in a hurry, and his curiosity was immediately piqued.

Old Master Song has always been a composed person in the academy, so something that could make her so anxious must be something extraordinary.

Yan Shaozhe followed without hesitation.

Inside the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Mu was sitting in a recliner with his eyes closed, resting.

His hair and beard were all white, and his face was full of wrinkles, but his back was ramrod straight, and his whole being exuded an unfathomable aura. As the pillar of Shrek Academy, a level 99 Limit Douluo, he had seen more storms than Lu Mingfei had eaten meals.

Old Song pushed open the door, put Lu Mingfei on the ground, and then said to the person inside, "Old Mu, look at this child."

Old Mu opened his eyes.

His gaze fell on Lu Mingfei, and then two bright lights suddenly burst forth from his cloudy old eyes.

Old Mu stared at Lu Mingfei for a full ten seconds.

Then he spoke.

"Mingfei, each of these four external soul bones on your body is over 100,000 years old." Old Mu's voice was not loud, but every word was clear.

"Where did you get it?"

Yan Shaozhe, who had just followed in, gaped in astonishment.

Four pieces? Over 100,000 years old? External soul bones?

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and chuckled, "Old Mu, you figured it out."

"Although I am old, my eyes are not blind yet."

Elder Mu said calmly, "And your soul power. The last time I saw you, it was less than level 20, and now it's level 30. In all my years of life, I've only ever seen a handful of people improve at this rate."

Old Song added from the side, "Moreover, his body showed no signs of rejection. I just examined him; his meridians are intact, and his bones have no cracks, as if these soul bones were naturally part of his body."

"It seems like this external soul bone was acquired many years ago."