After reading the book that recorded the secrets of the Heaven Dou imperial family, Lin Yun looked up at Xue Qingci with a hint of pity in his eyes.
From every perspective, Xue Qingci was merely a sacrifice of the Heaven Dou imperial family's failed plan.
Thousands of years of planning, countless lost lives, ultimately resulted in Xue Qingci, an imperfect creation.
Yes, she was not perfect.
Although she successfully mutated into the Necromancer Blood-Feathered Crane, whose bloodline was in no way inferior to the Emerald Swan, against nearly impossible odds, she was also burdened by this martial soul.
The Necromancer Blood-Feathered Crane was very strong, extremely strong.
In terms of quality, Xue Qingci's martial soul was even comparable to Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress martial soul in the original work. Being evaluated by Electrolux as 'pure death aura, pure death attribute' meant that its level in terms of attribute had already reached the extreme.
But unfortunately, the 'death' attribute did not have the concept of extremity, just as the life attribute did not have a so-called extremity.
Otherwise, with Bijie's attainments in the life attribute, she could have long been called an ultimate life, but this special attribute cannot reach extremity on the Douluo Continent.
This led to another problem.
Xue Qingci... she couldn't withstand such a powerful death attribute.
Before, they had only met briefly, and Lin Yun hadn't carefully examined Xue Qingci's internal condition. Now, after close contact and Electrolux's examination, they discovered that this girl would be lucky to live past twenty.
Her body was almost riddled with holes, if not completely.
The dual burden brought by her martial soul and attribute was simply more than she could bear.
Thinking of this, Lin Yun put down the book and, with Electrolux, began to examine Xue Qingci's physical condition.
"You... what are you doing?!" Xue Qingci took two steps back in fear, looking at Lin Yun and Electrolux with dread in her eyes.
"Come! Be good, let me see!" Lin Yun chuckled, cornering Xue Qingci.
"No, don't come closer!" Xue Qingci tried to struggle.
"Be good, let me see!" Lin Yun said unhappily, "Let big brother check if your body is healthy~"
"Don't you dare come closer!!"
...
"So that's it, forcibly extending life with soul bones? But what's the point of that?" After a long time, Lin Yun mumbled thoughtfully.
It must be said that the Dou Ling Empire truly spared no expense. Under Lin Yun and Electrolux's examination, Xue Qingci had at least four soul bones of fifty-thousand-year level attached to her limbs, with only her head and torso unadorned.
Although soul bones from the Peerless Tang Sect era were not as valuable as those from the Spirit Hall era, soul bones above fifty-thousand-years were still considered top-grade.
Soul bones of this level, ten thousand years ago, would have been sufficient as a sect's inheritance soul bone.
Using four soul bones with a lifespan of over fifty thousand years to extend Xue Qingci's life, and at most only until she was around twenty, this was a considerable undertaking. No wonder Xue Qingci appeared to be roughly the same age as Lin Yun, yet her soul power fluctuations could reach the level of a high-tier Soul Sect.
It turned out that not only was her talent good, but there was also a significant amount of "氪金" (literally 'cryptocurrency' or 'crypto-gold,' a common internet slang for "pay-to-win" or "heavy spending" in games) involved.
This completely outshined Beibei and Xu Sanshi, those good buddies.
But why...?
Although soul bones are difficult to destroy, once the soul power within the soul bone is almost completely absorbed by the soul master, the soul bone will shatter on its own (otherwise, it's difficult to explain why soul bones almost disappeared in Douluo III). For a Xue Qingci who wouldn't live long anyway, was it really necessary to bring out four top-grade soul bones?
In the end, Lin Yun could only think of one last possibility.
At this moment, Electrolux's gaze also happened to fall upon him, and the same meaning was conveyed in both their eyes.
"It seems we're on the same page, old Yi. Your disciple's fate is truly quite arduous..." Lin Yun said with a sigh.
"Hehe..." Electrolux chuckled, a hint of dominance appearing in his expression. "No matter what her past fate was, but encountering this old man, fate and all that are nonsense!"
"Fate? This old man never believed in fate!"
Can't bear the power of death?
Are you saying that to the Necromancer Holy Mage God? Electrolux just found it amusing.
With Electrolux present, it would be difficult for Xue Qingci to die. Electrolux had transformed his body into a lich's due to magical reasons, but that didn't mean he couldn't wield necromancy in a human form.
Helping Xue Qingci solve the problem of martial soul backlash was a piece of cake.
"What are you two talking about? I don't understand it at all!" Xue Qingci originally wanted to complain about these two scoundrels who dared to examine her body without her consent, but Lin Yun and Electrolux's encrypted conversation truly piqued her curiosity.
[Xue Qingci has requested to join the chat group]
She no longer had the mood to feign pity; she just wanted to know what Lin Yun and Electrolux were talking about.
Being inexperienced didn't mean Xue Qingci was stupid. Just listening to bits and pieces of Lin Yun and their conversation, she felt an inexplicable sense of fear in her heart. This fear made her desperately want to understand the truth.
"Don't you understand yet?" Lin Yun's tone was leisurely. "Your martial soul, the Necromancer Blood-Feathered Crane, is a being no less in quality than the Emerald Swan. Furthermore, it's not a support-type like the Emerald Swan, but a powerful death-attribute assault-type martial soul, and it can also develop into a flying-type agility-attack soul master."
"To mutate from a weak martial soul like a swan into such a powerful Necromancer Blood-Feathered Crane, do you think you can bear such a mutation?"
"You... do you mean?" Xue Qingci's face turned pale, her trembling voice filled with intense fear.
"I'm dying...?"
"Isn't it obvious? Your martial soul mutation has already greatly reduced your lifespan. Coupled with the death attribute, the only reason you're alive now is thanks to the power of those four soul bones. Otherwise, you would have died long ago," Lin Yun said with a playful expression.
As for why they used soul bones to extend Xue Qingci's life?
It's simple enough. Didn't they just want to raise Xue Qingci's soul power level a bit, and once she was temporarily out of immediate danger of dying, let her try to see if she could pass on the Necromancer Blood-Feathered Crane martial soul?
To put it bluntly...
Have children!
Besides this reason, Lin Yun truly couldn't understand why the Dou Ling imperial family would pay such a huge price to extend Xue Qingci's life.
And now, this girl had been abducted by Lin Yun, and the image mimicked by the Myriad Demon King was that of Huang Jinxu, the Calamity Douluo of the Star Luo Empire. It's hard to imagine what kind of turmoil would erupt in the Dou Ling Empire when those from the Dou Ling team returned and delivered the news to the Dou Ling high command.
Perhaps... another war?
(End of Chapter)
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