Chen Ming returned directly to Holy Soul City. After arriving, he sent Qian Renfeng to Spirit Hall to invite the Grant Worship, Qian Daoliu, over.
Having seen Chen Ming stack his own power upon itself and unleash strength far beyond his own in such a short time, Qian Renfeng no longer foolishly asked whether Chen Ming still needed his protection. As Chen Ming's guard, he simply nodded silently and left.
After arranging a place for Bai He and the still-unconscious Bai Chenxiang to stay temporarily, Chen Ming went straight to Xiao Wu's residence. Pulling Xiao Wu out of her cultivation, he carefully examined her.
"Xiao Wu, are you level 38 right now, almost level 39?"
"I'll break through to level 39 in a few days. Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"I have two pills here. After you eat them, you should be able to break through straight to level 40. I want you to condense a Spirit Ring in front of me. That shouldn't be hard for you, right?"
Chen Ming took out two precious pills and placed them in Xiao Wu's hand.
These were medicines he had originally made for Spirit Masters around level 40 to use as support during cultivation. But because Chen Ming had spent very little time at level 40, he still had some leftover pills he had not eaten back then.
He had originally planned to find a chance to sell them, create some hype, or perhaps hold a tournament and use them as prizes. But now that he had inspiration, Chen Ming simply gave them to Xiao Wu and told her to eat them quickly and break through.
"You said it yourself. Don't regret it."
Xiao Wu swallowed the pills and felt the medicinal power slowly dissolve inside her body. Soon after, her cultivation broke through to level 39.
"Why does it feel like I'm still a little short of level 40?"
"Of course. Don't you need time to digest the medicine?"
Chen Ming rolled his eyes. He felt very helpless toward Xiao Wu, who looked as if she either had no brains by nature or had simply refused to grow any during her later life.
"The reason you could immediately rise to level 39 is because, like you said before, you were only a few days away from breaking through to this level. That little bit of medicinal power helped you cross the threshold."
"In another three to five days, after you digest the medicinal power, you should be able to rise to level 40."
"Once you break through to level 40, come and tell me. Then condense your Spirit Ring under my observation."
"I understand…"
In truth, Xiao Wu did not understand Chen Ming's thoughts at all. But she had already gotten used to pretending she understood.
Anyway, Chen Ming now did not even care about her hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone. What else could he do to her?
Giving up could become a habit.
After getting used to having clothes brought to her and meals served to her, staying at home without needing to fight or compete, yet still receiving professional resources and top-level education, Xiao Wu had developed a kind of pure innocence.
It was just unknown what kind of expression Xiao Wu would wear if she knew that Qian Daoliu was about to arrive.
Once everything had quieted down, Chen Ming took out the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sensed the Man-Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring sealed within it.
Because it was a divine weapon, even though the normal lifespan of a Spirit Ring had long since passed, the Man-Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring remained just as stable as when it had first been sealed inside.
If he did not remove it, it could probably remain inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud until the day the artifact itself was destroyed.
Chen Ming then took out the Man-Faced Demon Spider's corpse and examined it with his left hand. In the end, he dug out a Spirit Bone from its torso.
It was not one of the regular six major Spirit Bones, but a special combination with the spine as its core and eight spider-leg Spirit Bones attached to it.
If he had to describe it, this thing was a hundred-thousand-year Eight Spider Lances combined with a hundred-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor torso bone.
Although this thing was extremely rare, Chen Ming still knew about it.
In Douluo II, when the protagonist Huo Yuhao obtained the Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year torso bone, it was stated that the Ice Empress's torso bone included Huo Yuhao's ribs. It belonged to a combination of a torso bone and an external Spirit Bone.
Although even after Huo Yuhao became a god, the Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year torso bone did not seem to show any growth, considering its already very high age, it was probably normal for it not to grow.
This thing should count as the most basic type of Spirit Bone set.
With the torso bone as the core and a set of external Spirit Bones from the same source attached to it, the two were combined together, giving the torso bone the growth ability of an external Spirit Bone.
Even with Chen Ming's current eyesight, raised greatly by all kinds of sacrifices, this was truly no small treasure. At the very least, it was far more precious than an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
"What a pity. If it were a dragon-type Spirit Bone, I would absorb it directly. But if it's a Man-Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Bone, then I'll need to think about it for a while. At the very least, I should make more preparations first…"
The dream torso bone in Chen Ming's heart was the million-year torso bone dropped by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King itself possessed extremely powerful cultivation and a strong water attribute. With its million years of cultivation, it was only one step away from transforming into a dragon.
Once it broke through the million-year Heavenly Tribulation, it could directly grow to the level of a water-attribute divine dragon equal to a first-class god or even higher.
If he could absorb it, then it could grow to the god level.
Once it reached the god level, whether it evolved further or not had nothing to do with whether it was an external Spirit Bone.
The reason Tang San raised the external Spirit Bone Eight Spider Lances to the level of a super divine weapon was because the other Spirit Bones on his body were indeed weaker compared to the Eight Spider Lances, especially in terms of their effect on his combat power.
If Chen Ming absorbed the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor's hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, he would absorb this Spirit Bone as well. But to him, the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor's hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring was not a must-have.
In Chen Ming's observation, this special Spirit Bone, formed from a torso bone and external Spirit Bones combined together, had a unique kind of activity.
The spinal fluid inside it was like a living bodily fluid. Even when placed between heaven and earth, it could slowly devour and absorb the energy around it to make up for its tiny consumption.
If a Spirit Master absorbed it, this spinal fluid would also merge into the Spirit Master's bones. The entire torso bone, together with the external Spirit Bone parts, would grow even further.
This was a top-grade sample that might not appear even once in a thousand years, or even ten thousand years. Chen Ming carefully sealed it inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, preparing to study it deeply in the future.
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