Lan Xiaodie held the 42,000-year Right Leg Bone, intending for Ye Liangchen to absorb it, as the Spirit Bone left by Ye Feng and his wife did not include a Right Leg Bone.
"Xiao Chen, absorb this Right Leg Bone. It will greatly enhance your strength and grant you a Spirit Ability."
Lan Xiaodie handed the Spirit Bone to Ye Liangchen. She always prioritized using any good resources on Xiao Jiahuo, dedicating all her efforts to nurturing him.
"Aunt Lan, you two should absorb it! I don't need it."
Ye Liangchen shook his head like a rattle-drum, refusing to absorb the Spirit Bone. Now that he had the support of the Douluo Continent's richest woman, the Silver Dragon King, Ye Liangchen didn't even care for Spirit Bones below Ten-Thousand Year, unless it was an external Spirit Bone that could grow.
Moreover, he had already made arrangements for a Ten-Thousand Year Right Leg Bone. Once he reached the Spirit Elder level, he would simply go and take the Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Bone that Tang Da Chui had hidden in the cave. Why would he need these Spirit Bones?
Ye Liangchen had already calculated the time. After Tang San graduated from Nuoding City Junior Academy, he would go to Soto City, and Tang Da Chui would follow him. Only then would he have a chance to make his move.
"Xiao Chen, listen to your aunt and quickly absorb the Spirit Bone." The Lan Xiaodie sisters looked determined, insisting that Xiao Jiahuo absorb this Right Leg Bone.
"Aunt Lan, I'm only 6 years old. If I absorb this Spirit Bone and it's exposed, I'll definitely be killed and have my bone stolen by those bad people."
"You two should absorb this Spirit Bone! Or you can leave it for Bing'er Jie and Yue'er Jie."
"The Ten Thousand Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind Swordplay I cultivate has skills that are equivalent to self-created Spirit Abilities, so I don't lack Spirit Abilities."
No matter how the two sisters tried to persuade him, Ye Liangchen simply refused to absorb the Spirit Bone.
"Alright! If you don't want to absorb it, then I'll give it to Teacher Su Lin to absorb. After all, the spirit ring she absorbed also came from a Blue Scaled Jiao."
Lan Xiaodie smiled, deciding to give the Spirit Bone to Su Lin. That woman was also her junior sister, not an outsider.
After witnessing Xiao Jiahuo's exquisite swordplay, which felt even better than Spirit Abilities, the Lan Xiaodie sisters also felt that they shouldn't rely too much on Spirit Abilities and should learn those sword techniques in the future.
"Buzzing..."
Four hours later, a powerful aura erupted from Su Lin's body. Her spirit ring perfectly fused with her Spirit, and her spirit power also increased to the late stage of level 71, almost breaking through to level 72.
"Su Lin, this Spirit Bone came from a Blue Scaled Jiao, and it suits you perfectly. Quickly absorb it."
The Lan Xiaodie sisters saw Su Lin wake up and quickly handed her the Spirit Bone.
"Senior Sister, such a good Spirit Bone should be absorbed by Xiao Chen!"
"Xiao Chen doesn't want to absorb it, Su Lin. Just absorb it, don't be so wishy-washy."
"My two Senior Sisters! Your junior sister will always love you!"
"How disgusting."
The three sisters exchanged affectionate words, and Su Lin took the Right Leg Bone, beginning to absorb and fuse it.
"Buzzing..."
Half an hour later, a powerful aura shot into the sky. The Spirit Bone perfectly integrated into Su Lin's Right Leg, and it also helped her break through to level 73.
"Level 73!" The Lan Xiaodie sisters exclaimed.
"Thank you, my two Senior Sisters! Thank you, Xiao Chen! I'll always love you."
Su Lin jumped up from the ground and kissed the Lan Xiaodie sisters and Ye Liangchen on the cheek, incredibly excited.
"You reek of sweat, go wash up!" The Lan Xiaodie sisters pretended to be disgusted and pushed Su Lin away.
"Alright! I'll go wash up first, then come back for some intimacy with my two Senior Sisters."
"Get lost! You dead girl, stay away from us. Xiao Chen is still here!"
The three women playfully teased each other, as if they had returned to their maidenhood.
"Aunt Lan, Teacher Su Lin! I can't see, and I can't hear. You two continue." Ye Liangchen pretended to close his eyes and covered his ears with both hands.
"Pfft... Hahahaha..."
The three women couldn't help but giggle as they watched Xiao Jiahuo's comical appearance. Su Lin joyfully rushed to a hidden spot in the distance, stripped herself naked, and jumped into the river for a comfortable soak.
Today's gains were truly immense. The woman hummed a tune while bathing, extremely excited.
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After obtaining the seventh spirit ring for Su Lin, it was already late. The group found a dry cave upstream of the river, then set up tents, built a fire, and enjoyed a hearty meal.
The night passed uneventfully. The next morning, the few people ate some dry rations and immediately left the area where Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Beasts lived.
"Chirp chirp..."
Lan Xiaodie directly activated her Spirit Fusion, holding Ye Liangchen and flying through the air. Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling also leaped forward quickly. They didn't have flying Spirit Abilities, and their Spirits were dolphins, so they couldn't fly.
After several hours of rushing, they finally left the Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Beast living area. The group stopped on a mountaintop, ate some dry rations, and replenished their stamina.
"Sister! Did we perhaps enter the Star Luo Empire's territory?"
"40% of the Star Dou Forest is in the Heaven Dou Empire, and 60% is within the Star Luo Empire's borders. We've been wandering in the forest for so many days, so we have indeed reached Star Luo Empire's territory."
"From here to Hunting Soul Town, even if we rush at full speed, it will probably still take two days, and continuous running will also deplete our spirit power."
"We have plenty of time. Once we're out of the Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Beast living area, we don't have to worry about safety."
The three women stood on the high mountaintop, looking into the distance. What greeted their eyes were towering trees, crisscrossing mountains and rivers. Although they were on the outskirts, there were still countless Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.
Ye Liangchen looked at the endless forest, feeling it was incredibly beautiful. Taking a breath of the air made him feel refreshed and invigorated. This was the true essence of nature!
After quickly finishing some dry rations, the group swiftly rushed towards the Heaven Dou Empire, hoping to reach the cave they had stayed in a few days ago by nightfall.
Ye Liangchen originally wanted to use his external Spirit Bone wings to fly, but Lan Xiaodie didn't give him the chance, thinking that Xiao Jiahuo was only a level 14 Spirit Master and couldn't sustain his spirit power for long, so she carried him and flew the entire way.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
The speed of a Spirit Douluo was indeed terrifying. The sound of wind whistled past his ears, and watching the towering trees constantly recede, Ye Liangchen felt incredibly exhilarated.
Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling struggled to keep up behind, constantly leaping among the branches of those hundred-meter-tall trees.
"Sister! Wait for us." Lan Xiaoling shouted from a thousand meters behind.
"Senior Sister! Are you bullying us because we only have Spirit Saint cultivation?"
Su Lin also shouted angrily, wondering why that woman flew so fast.
"It's you two who are no good! I'm even carrying Xiao Chen when I fly!"
Lan Xiaodie stopped on a branch of a hundred-meter-tall tree, waiting for the two sisters. Watching them run so quickly, she felt very pleased.
A few hours later, the group finally reached the cave from a few days ago. It was already evening, and everyone decided to spend the night there.
"Howl..."
"Roar roar..."
Suddenly, the howling of a wolf pack came from the forest 800 meters ahead, seemingly chasing something, and the wolf pack was rushing towards Ye Liangchen and their location.
"Swish swish..."
Immediately after, two figures, one large and one small, rushed out of the forest, looking very disheveled.
Both were women, dressed in black leather. The older one was estimated to be around 35 years old, with a high-level Spirit Elder cultivation. The younger one was around 6 years old, not even reaching level 10 spirit power, but she was very beautiful, like a porcelain doll.
It was unknown how they had encountered the Netherworld Wolf pack, being chased by over a dozen Netherworld Wolves. Among them, two Netherworld Wolves were approximately 4,000 years old, appearing to be the leaders of the pack.
"Howl..."
Seeing the two leading wolves about to pounce from behind, the woman threw the Little girl forward.
"Buzzing..."
"Howl..."
The woman released her Spirit, which was a purple-black cat. Three spirit rings, yellow, yellow, and purple, rose from her body. She blocked the wolf pack, fighting them while shouting, "Zhuqing! Run!"
"Auntie!" The Little girl screamed in despair, wanting to run over and help.
"Aunt Lan, let's help them!"
Ye Liangchen couldn't bear to watch the two women lose their lives to the wolves, so he rushed over directly, summoned his Spirit, and activated the Life Goddess's first Spirit Ability.
"Swish swish..."
A emerald green vine wrapped around the Little girl, directly pulling her away from the battlefield.
"Don't go over, you'll distract her."
Ye Liangchen's voice rang in the Little girl's ear, immediately catching her attention.
"Ah!"
"Thank you for saving me."
The Little girl in black looked at the person who saved her and found it was a small boy about her age, who was very cute.
She saw a beautiful woman beyond words attached to the small boy's back, with a deep yellow spirit ring encircling her.
"Is this your Spirit? It's so beautiful!"
The Little girl was shocked by Ye Liangchen's beautiful Spirit and spirit ring, her eyes revealing deep envy and longing. At this moment, she was thinking: "Why is his spirit ring so dark? There's even a hint of purple. Is this a spirit ring close to Ten-Thousand Year? How is he so powerful?"
"What's your name?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously, putting away his Spirit.
"My name is Zhu Zhuqing."
The Little girl in black didn't hide it and directly stated her name.
Zhu Zhuqing? The Xiao Maomi among the Seven Monsters?
Ye Liangchen was startled. He carefully observed the little loli in front of him: big eyes, delicate features, and two cat-ear-like hair accessories that made her look incredibly soft, adorable, and cute. She also had a tail-like decoration behind her, and most importantly, her iconic leather outfit. Alas! How could he have forgotten this?
This Little girl had been dressed as a cat-eared girl since childhood. Although she hadn't fully grown yet, in another six years, this girl would become one of the most curvaceous goddesses on the Douluo Continent.
The women of the Zhu family in the Star Luo Empire all had very curvaceous figures; in short, it was just one word: "big." Even the black-clad woman in the distance who was fighting the Netherworld Wolf was the same, probably due to their Spirit.
A woman whose head is bowed so low she cannot see her toes is a peerless beauty. This phrase is very suitable to describe the women of the Youming Spirit Cat Family.
However, Xiao Zhuqing's spirit power was only around level 8 at this time. She must have awakened her Spirit just a few months ago. In Ye Liangchen's impression, this girl seemed to have only innate level 7 spirit power, making her the least talented among the Seven Monsters.
At this moment, the Little girl's big eyes were filled with confusion and loneliness, looking very helpless, likely due to the suppression from her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
What a pitiful Xiao Maomi.
"Ice Seal."
"Water Flower Sky Curtain."
"Tender as Water."
Just then, Lan Xiaodie and Su Lin attacked, unleashing their Spirit Ability, directly injuring the dozen or so Netherworld Wolves and rescuing the black-clad woman.
"I am Zhu Yuling. Thank you, three adults, for saving me." After being rescued, the black-clad woman was extremely grateful to Lan Xiaodie and the others.
"You're welcome."
"Miss Zhu's Spirit is the Hell Civet. You are from the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire."
"Your spirit power should have reached level 40. You can choose one of those two Ten-Thousand Year Netherworld Wolves as your fourth spirit ring."
Lan Xiaodie and the others recognized Zhu Yuling's identity and understood the rules of that family, so they immediately advised her to hunt a Ten-Thousand Year Netherworld Wolf for her fourth spirit ring.
"Thank you, three adults. Zhu Yuling will never forget the great kindness of you adults for all her life."
Zhu Yuling immediately knelt down to thank Lan Xiaodie and the others. In the Star Luo Empire, for their own interests, calculations and mutual slaughter among relatives were constantly playing out, which was very cruel. This was the first time she had met such kind people, which made her very emotional.
"You're welcome. Go quickly and acquire your spirit ring! We will protect you."
The three women helped Zhu Yuling up and urged her to act quickly. Helping the weak is the quality of a strong person.
Zhu Yuling also didn't stand on ceremony and immediately killed a Ten-Thousand Year Netherworld Wolf, beginning to absorb its spirit ring.
"Su Lin, younger sister, you two go prepare dinner and cook a lot."
Lan Xiaodie stayed behind to protect Zhu Yuling, while Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling returned to the cave to set up tents and start a fire for cooking.
As Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling passed by Ye Liangchen, they saw the Little girl standing quietly beside him, and both revealed an auntie's smile: "Xiao Chen! Not bad! At such a young age, you already know how to be a hero saving a beauty."
"Teacher Su Lin, what are you talking about?" Ye Liangchen scratched his head, sitting on a stone, feigning confusion.
"Nothing much. You can slowly play with the Little girl; we're going to cook first."
Lan Xiaoling and Su Lin smiled sweetly, ruffled Ye Liangchen's little head, and then walked towards the cave.
Xiao Zhuqing's face flushed slightly when she heard the two beautiful older sisters mention the phrase "hero saving a beauty."
Douluo girls mature early, especially those born into large families like her, who know many things.
At this moment, Xiao Zhuqing looked at her aunt, who was absorbing the Ten-Thousand Year spirit ring in the distance, her small hands clenched tightly, continuously cheering her aunt on in her heart.
"Hey! Xiao Maomi, your spirit power is only level 8 right now. How dare you follow your aunt to the Star Dou Forest?"
Ye Liangchen directly called her Xiao Maomi; after all, wasn't her cat-eared girl outfit just a Xiao Maomi?
"Don't call me Xiao Maomi, my name is Zhu Zhuqing." Xiao Zhuqing coldly shouted at Ye Liangchen.
"Alright! Xiao Maomi!" Ye Liangchen spread his hands. He would definitely not change his address for her.
"What's your name?"
"What is your Spirit? How old is your first spirit ring? It looks very powerful!"
Xiao Zhuqing was originally a little angry, but seeing that the little boy in front of her was the same age as her, her slight annoyance immediately disappeared. The key was that he was too handsome, making it impossible for her to be angry, so she began to ask Ye Liangchen's name and Spirit.
"My name is Ye Liangchen. My Spirit is the Life Goddess. As for the spirit ring's age, that's a secret for now."
Ye Liangchen only stated his name, but did not reveal his Spirit or the age of his spirit ring. He was mainly afraid that if he told her the spirit ring's age, this girl might also get the idea to try it, and then it would truly become "try it and die."
"Hmph! If you don't want to say, then don't. Ye Liangchen, I'll remember you!"
"I'm not safe at home, so I followed my aunt to hunt Spirit Beasts. As a result, we stumbled into a wolf's den, and two other uncles were devoured by wolves; they died covering our escape."
"If we hadn't met you, my aunt and I would have been eaten by the wolves."
Xiao Zhuqing, with a sad expression, told Ye Liangchen what had happened, but she didn't mention being suppressed by her sister.
Ye Liangchen listened quietly to the Xiao Maomi's narration. Even if she didn't say these things, he could guess them.
After the Xiao Maomi finished speaking about her situation, her gaze was fixed intently on Zhu Yuling, who was absorbing the spirit ring.
Seeing that this Little girl was a bit pitiful, Ye Liangchen quietly took out two Body Tempering Pills from his game backpack, put them in candy snacks, and pretended to eat them.
"Xiao Maomi! Don't worry."
"Come! I'll treat you to some candy."
Ye Liangchen first took out two real candies and fed them to Xiao Zhuqing, letting her eat them.
"Ah! Thank you!"
"Crunch... crunch..."
The Little girl chewed on the candy, feeling a little moved.
Ever since she awakened her Spirit, she had been suppressed by her sister. No one dared to play with her, and other children in the family would hide far away when they saw her. Her parents also watched her with cold eyes, making her feel very lonely these past few months, as if she had been abandoned by the World.
The little prince who had been engaged to her since childhood was also too busy with his own affairs to help her, and she had never even met him. Only her aunt encouraged her to live on. This time, when her aunt came out to hunt for her fourth spirit ring, she followed along, mainly because she dared not stay at home.
At this moment, this little boy actually took out candy snacks and shared them with her, which deeply moved the Xiao Maomi, warming her heart.
As she ate the candy Ye Liangchen offered, Xiao Zhuqing shed tears, leaving Ye Liangchen bewildered. Why was this girl crying?
"What's wrong with you? Did you get sand in your eyes?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.
"Ah...! No!" Xiao Zhuqing wiped away her tears. She also felt too embarrassed to talk about her sadness.
"Ah! Open your mouth, I'll feed you."
Ye Liangchen mixed the two Body Tempering Pills with a few candies and directly put them into Xiao Zhuqing's mouth.
"Ah..."
"Crunch... crunch..."
Xiao Zhuqing chewed the candy and mumbled indistinctly, "Your can... dy... is so... good!"
"Of course! Aunt Lan bought these for me."
Ye Liangchen said with a chuckle. Giving the Body Tempering Pills to the Xiao Maomi was also to increase her physical strength a bit, allowing her to absorb a spirit ring of over 400 years for her first spirit ring.
In the original plot, this girl's first spirit ring seemed to be only a little over 300 years, which was a bit low.
Ye Liangchen first made a good impression on Xiao Zhuqing, and then, six years later, he would find an opportunity to pry her away from the Seven Monsters.
For now, he would help her. As for the Foundation Establishment Elixir, it was too precious. If she wasn't one of his own, Ye Liangchen couldn't just give it away casually. What if this girl became determined to join the Seven Monsters team later? Then all his efforts would be in vain.