"Ah Yu, what did you gain from those trip?"
Dugu Yan asked with eager curiosity.
"Look into my eyes—notice anything?"
Ye Yu smiled as he spoke.
"Your eyes…"
The girls all turned their curious gazes toward Ye Yu's eyes.
"Ye Yu, your eyes look kind of… sparkly!"
Ning Rongrong exclaimed in surprise.
"That's right! Because my eyes are now also a Martial Soul!"
With a handsome smile, Ye Yu said,
"And besides my eyes, I've obtained a third Martial Soul."
With a thought, Ye Yu summoned his third Martial Soul – Ice Jade Emperor Dragon Scorpion.
A flash of icy blue light burst forth.
When the girls saw its fully materialized form—its entire body a crystalline ice-blue, armored in a layer of hard chitin and shimmering dragon scales, part dragon and part scorpion, with wings unfurled—their eyes widened in shock.
"Master, what kind of Martial Soul is this? I've never seen anything like it!"
Huo Wu asked in amazement.
"This was formed by fusing the essence of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion with the essence of a Golden Holy Dragon."
"I call it the Ice Jade Emperor Dragon Scorpion."
Ye Yu explained with a faint smile.
"Ye Yu, is this Martial Soul like Grandmaster's Luo San Pao—fully materialized?"
After observing the Ice Jade Emperor Dragon Scorpion, Ning Rongrong asked curiously.
"Yes!"
Ye Yu grinned.
"Want to take a ride?"
Because the Ice Jade Emperor Dragon Scorpion contained the essence of the Golden Holy Dragon, its size far surpassed that of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion—over ten meters long—easily large enough to carry several people into the sky.
Soon, joyful shouts and laughter echoed from above.
"Woohoo! Higher! Higher!"
"Too fast! Slow down a bit!"
"So this is the feeling of flying? It's amazing!"
After returning to the Dugu Mansion,
Ye Yu, having been away for quite some time, decided to stay for a while before heading to the Endless Sea to hunt sea spirit beasts over 100,000 years old.
His goal was to fully equip the second Martial Soul – Spirit Eyes with Spirit Rings up to the ninth, or at least to bring the Ice Jade Emperor Dragon Scorpion's Spirit Rings to the ninth ring.
In the days that followed, Ye Yu spent his time at the Dugu Mansion, guiding the girls in their cultivation of Mysterious Heaven Skill and Tang Sect techniques, while also accompanying them to explore and shop around Heaven Dou City.
However, he still had the Ice Sky Snow Maiden Skull, left behind from the Snow Empress's sacrifice, and had yet to determine its Spirit Bone Ability.
To decide whether to fuse it, he needed to test it first.
Upon learning that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was still at the Prince's Mansion, Ye Yu headed there to meet Qian Renxue—
planning to use her connections to gain access to Heaven Dou City's prison and find a death-row Spirit Master to test the skull.
"Ye Yu, long time no see!"
"I've heard you've spent these years traveling and tempering yourself. How's it going? Have you broken through to the Spirit Sage realm?"
Qian Renxue greeted him warmly, smiling as she teased.
"Heh, not just Spirit Sage."
"I've already broken through to Titled Douluo."
Ye Yu spoke the truth, but Qian Renxue thought he was joking and laughed.
"Haha, congratulations then!"
"As expected of someone this crown prince values. From now on, I'll name you the number one genius of the continent!"
After inviting Ye Yu inside, she had maids bring tea and pastries, then asked why he had come.
Ye Yu smiled.
"On my recent journey, I came across a Skull Spirit Bone."
"But I don't know its Spirit Bone Ability yet."
"I'd like to ask Your Highness to take me to the royal prison to find a death-row prisoner and let him fuse with it so I can see the ability before deciding whether to fuse it myself."
"That's simple enough!"
Qian Renxue agreed immediately.
That afternoon, she brought Ye Yu to the Heaven Dou City prison, where they found a prisoner who had been tortured for years and was eager for a swift end.
She promised that if he tested the Skull Spirit Bone's ability and explained it, he'd be granted a quick death.
Desperate for release, the prisoner agreed without hesitation.
Ye Yu took out the Ice Sky Snow Lady Skull Spirit Bone.
"This Spirit Bone…"
The moment Qian Renxue saw it, her heart trembled—it radiated a vast, ocean-deep aura, its chill bone-piercing.
Could it be… a 100,000-year Spirit Bone?
The prisoner fused it, then tested its abilities:
The skull had two Spirit Bone Abilities—
The first increased the power of all ice-element Spirit Abilities by fourfold, doubled spiritual power, and induced a state of extreme calm and rationality.
The second was a domain-type skill—most likely Imperial Extreme Heaven – Snow Dance Radiance.
Upon realizing he possessed a legendary 100,000-year Spirit Bone, the prisoner tried to activate the domain to attack Ye Yu and Qian Renxue and escape.
Ye Yu didn't even use his Spirit Eyes' first Spirit Ring's second Spirit Ability—Soul Shock.
He simply struck with his spiritual power, stunning the prisoner, then crushed his skull with a single palm and retrieved the Ice Sky Snow Lady Skull Spirit Bone.
"Your Highness, let's go."
As they left the prison, Qian Renxue asked,
"Ye Yu, is that Skull Spirit Bone really a 100,000-year one?"
"With two abilities, of course it is."
Ye Yu smiled.
"Oh, right, Ye Yu!"
"The Moon Pavilion's annual graduation ceremony is coming up again. My younger sister Xue Ke will be performing as a guest this year."
"Want to come watch?"
She invited him with a smile.
"Moon Pavilion's graduation ceremony?"
Ye Yu's mind stirred—he'd heard Tang San had reunited with Tang Yuehua and might have gone to train with Tang Xiao at the Clear Sky School. The Clear Sky School knew of the Slaughter City…
It had been over three years now.
He wondered if Tang San had gone to the Slaughter City yet, and whether he was at Moon Pavilion now.
Since he planned to remain in the Dugu Mansion for the time being, Ye Yu decided to go with Qian Renxue.
If Tang San was there, it would be the perfect chance to make use of Tang Hao—forcing Tang San to hand over the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill manual.
After all, in Tang San's heart, his father would surely be more important than the manual.