6kv Chapter 20: The Target of the 5th Soul Ring!
Chapter 20: The Target of the 5th Soul Ring!
After the initial excitement, the group began to deal with Feng Mulong's corpse.
A soul beast that is 5,900 years old is a treasure trove.
Scales can be used to make armor, bones can be used to forge weapons, blood can be used to make medicine, tendons can be used to make bowstrings, and internal organs also contain rich soul power.
Qing Zhengyue personally dissected the Wind Wood Dragon piece by piece.
The scales were peeled off, folded neatly, and stored in the storage ring.
The bones were removed, bound, and stored in a storage ring.
The blood was collected in a jade bottle, sealed tightly, and stored in a storage ring.
Tendons, muscles, internal organs, eyeballs, teeth...
Everything was carefully categorized and stored.
Liu Yunlan helped from the side. The old lady was extremely professional in distinguishing medicinal herbs and materials. She knew exactly what was valuable and what to keep for her own use.
Qing Hongyuan and Shen Wanqing were responsible for guarding and moving things.
Qing Mufeng stood aside, watching his grandparents skillfully dissect the soul beast's corpse, secretly memorizing each step.
This is a skill he will need to learn in the future.
"No soul bone."
After Qing Zhengyue had completely dissected Feng Mulong's corpse, he shook his head.
"The chances of a thousand-year-old soul beast dropping a soul bone are already small, so it's normal that it hasn't happened yet."
Liu Yunlan patted the dust off her hands: "If you don't have them, you don't have them. Just these materials alone are worth a lot of money. The scales and bones of the Windwood Dragon are highly sought-after items outside."
Qing Zhengyue nodded, put the last piece of dragon bone into his storage ring, and stood up.
"All packed, let's go."
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The five figures continued to venture deeper into the forest.
Next, we need to hunt down the fifth spirit ring for my father.
Darkness had fallen, and the night in the Starry Sky Forest was more dangerous than the day.
The deeper one goes, the more somber and heavy the atmosphere becomes.
Qing Zhengyue remained at the rear, his long sword held horizontally in front of him, his Soul Emperor-level spiritual power spreading outwards, alerting him to any potential danger.
Liu Yunlan walked in the middle, holding her grandson's hand. The old lady's steps were light and quick, not at all like someone in her seventies.
Qing Hongyuan and Shen Wanqing walked ahead to clear the way. The couple worked together seamlessly, needing no words, knowing what the other was going to do with just a glance.
Qing Mufeng walked beside his grandmother, feeling the power of his third soul ring and third divine ability as he went.
The three spirit rings slowly rotated, and the spirit power surged through the meridians, becoming several times stronger than before absorbing the third spirit ring.
The power of Azure Dragon Riding the Wind always flowed within him, like an innate instinct.
He doesn't need to activate it intentionally, nor does he need to consume soul power; he can fly whenever he wants.
This is the difference between innate divine power and soul skill.
Soul skills are external, bestowed by the soul ring, and require soul power to activate and maintain.
Supernatural powers are internal, awakened within the bloodline, as natural as breathing and heartbeat.
He looked up at the sky.
Starlight filtered through the gaps in the tree canopy, faint but bright.
One day, he will fly to a place higher than the starlight.
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Five figures continued their journey into the night.
The nights in the Starry Sky Forest are several times more dangerous than the days.
Low growls and rustling sounds could be heard intermittently from the darkness.
Unknown spirit beasts lurk in the shadows, and occasionally a pair of eerie green eyes flash by in the bushes.
But those eyes only watched from afar; not one dared to approach.
Because Qing Zhengyue's Soul Emperor aura always enveloped the area within a hundred feet.
A level 69 Soul Emperor is already a top-tier existence on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Those low-level soul beasts that are only ten or a hundred years old are terrified and flee in all directions just by smelling this aura. Soul beasts that are a thousand years old will keep their distance and will not provoke it.
Only spirit beasts that are over ten thousand years old would dare to attack such a team.
Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are not commonly seen on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
After traveling through the forest for about two hours, Qing Zhengyue found a suitable place to rest.
The leeward side of a small hill is sheltered by rocks on three sides, with only one side requiring vigilance.
"We'll rest here tonight." Qing Zhengyue sheathed his longsword, looked around, and said, "We'll venture deeper to search for our target tomorrow morning."
Liu Yunlan took out dry food and water pouches from her storage ring and distributed them to everyone.
The old woman then took out several small porcelain bottles from her cloth bag, uncorked them, and sprinkled a ring of gray powder around the campsite.
Animal repellent powder.
This was personally prepared by Liu Yunlan, using more than a dozen kinds of medicinal herbs and soul beast excrement. The smell is very faint to humans, but it is very pungent to most soul beasts.
Low-level soul beasts will avoid it if they smell it, and mid-level soul beasts will not approach it on their own initiative.
Shen Wanqing laid out several animal skin rugs on the leeward side of the room. They were soft to sit on and could keep out the dampness from the ground.
Qing Hongyuan sat on a rock, leaning against the cliff, and closed his eyes to rest.
Qing Mufeng sat beside his grandmother, eating dry food and drinking water, occasionally looking up at the starry sky above, which was fragmented by the tree canopy.
There was a moment of silence.
Qing Hongyuan suddenly opened his eyes and spoke.
"Father, I'd like to discuss something with you regarding my fifth spirit ring."
Qing Zhengyue was wiping his long sword when he heard this, so he looked up and said, "Speak."
"I want the ability to fly."
Qing Hongyuan's voice was not loud, but it was firm.
Qing Zhengyue paused for a moment, and Liu Yunlan also stopped what she was doing. Shen Wanqing looked at her husband, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, but it quickly turned into understanding.
Qing Hongyuan continued, "My first four spirit rings have spirit skills of attack, defense, speed, and control, respectively. With these four skills combined, I'm already quite well-rounded in ground combat. But I'm missing one thing."
He looked at his hands and clenched his fists.
"flight."
"The Qing family's martial spirit is the Green Snake. No matter how agile a snake is on the ground, it's still just a snake. But Feng'er's appearance has shown me another possibility."
Qing Hongyuan looked at his son, his eyes filled with a complex emotion.
There was pride, expectation, and a hint of resentment.
"Transformation into a dragon".
The two words landed in the camp like a stone thrown into still water.
"A snake transforming into a dragon, but a dragon that can't fly, how can it be called a dragon?"
Qing Hongyuan's voice was calm, but every word was resounding: "I want to fly. Not to fight, but to... become more like a dragon."
Silence spread through the camp.
Qing Zhengyue did not answer immediately, but continued to wipe the long sword in his hand, the blade gleaming coldly in the firelight.
After a long silence, the old man spoke.
"Have you thought it through?"
"I've made up my mind." Qing Hongyuan said without hesitation. "I was thinking about this before I came here, and I'm even more certain about it these past few days. My fifth spirit ring should ideally grant me the ability to fly."
Qing Zhengyue sheathed his long sword and looked up at his son.
"Most flying spirit beasts are birds, which don't match your attributes. Since you are a wood attribute, it would be best to find a wood attribute dragon that also has the ability to fly."
Qing Hongyuan interjected, "Let's choose Feng Mulong."
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