Chao Tianxiang stared intently at Oscar, coming to a realization.
"You are correct, madam."
Tang Lan pointed at Oscar.
"This is Oscar, a second-generation disciple of the Tang Sect, here to obtain his third spirit ring."
"He consumed three pieces of thousand-year Whale Gelatin, increasing his spirit ring's upper limit to 2,900 years, so this 1,800-year Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent isn't quite suitable."
Oscar cooperated by displaying his Martial Soul, with two yellow spirit rings pulsating, revealing his level 30 soul power.
Chao Tianxiang believed it.
After all, they were capable of cooperating with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; they wouldn't deceive an old woman like her.
Immediately, excitement surged!
One step ahead, every step ahead.
It seems to be just the third spirit ring, absorbing an extra 1,000 years.
But the improvement in physical attributes will be reflected in the next spirit ring.
After this, building up ring by ring, the final gains will be extremely substantial!
Moreover,
Meng Yiran is already at level 30. What about her future children?
Their first spirit ring would start at a thousand years?
Thinking of this,
Chao Tianxiang solemnly saluted and said, "Thank you, Sect Master Tang, for informing me of this method. This old woman swears that she will never reveal it to a third party!"
Tang Lan waved his hand dismissively.
"I published a book, which records the effects of Whale Gelatin. Soon, everyone in the world will know about it."
Chao Tianxiang was startled!
Such important information, who wouldn't keep it secret?
At the very least,
they'd secretly hoard Whale Gelatin and trade with those sects and nobles.
How could anyone announce it so openly?
Chao Tianxiang had lived for the better part of her life.
Yet, she couldn't see through this young man at all.
She could only nod.
"In that case, this old woman also thanks you. Otherwise, if I only found out about it later, it would be difficult to purchase."
"We won't take the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent this time. We'll come back and hunt it after adding years to Yiran's spirit ring."
"Yiran, thank the Sect Master Tang, and let's go."
Meng Yiran was a bit unhappy.
Anyone could see that she had feelings for Tang Lan.
But Tang Lan didn't want her to stay – with Dragon Duke and Snake Granny around, it wouldn't be conducive to his plans.
He simply said,
"I'll go to Heaven Dou City after we've hunted the spirit rings."
"If all goes according to plan, I'll establish an academy belonging to the Tang Sect there."
"You can take the entrance exam when the time comes if you're interested, Miss Meng."
Meng Yiran's eyes lit up! "You'll be at the new academy too, right?"
Tang Lan nodded.
"Great! I'll definitely come!" Meng Yiran said excitedly. "I'll be waiting for you in Heaven Dou City, you have to come!"
Tang Lan just smiled.
He neither refused nor agreed.
Classic playboy behavior.
But Meng Yiran "received" the signal of agreement and waved goodbye happily.
Following Chao Tianxiang as she left, he couldn't help but look back at her, taking one step and then turning his head three times.
[Host receives Meng Yiran's admiration, causing Tang San to lose his breakthrough opportunity. Plundering a small amount of Tang San's Luck!]
[Reward: "All Spirit Bone Years +100"! ]
Tsk!
Tang Lan felt a little regretful.
Why didn't he absorb that External Spirit Bone first, before entering the Star Dou Great Forest!
He had needlessly lost 100 years of cultivation.
But this hint of regret on Tang Lan's face was misinterpreted by someone.
"Stop staring," Xiao Wu said, a bit jealous. "She's not coming back, no matter how much you look. We'll see her again when we return to Heaven Dou City."
Tang Lan glanced at Xiao Wu, but didn't offer any comfort.
Tang San was given eighteen Soul Breaking Knives and Meteorite Gold.
"Little San, make them all into special sniper armor-piercing bullets. You keep half, and give the other half to me."
Tang San happily agreed.
What about Meng Yiran? Compared to the Meteorite Gold, she wasn't that important.
"Sect Master, are we just going to let the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent go?" Oscar asked, a little regretful. "Such a precious spirit beast, why don't we keep it?"
Everyone burst out laughing.
"What, you want to raise it for a thousand years, and then absorb its spirit ring?" Dai Mubai teased.
Oscar scratched his head sheepishly.
He just felt it was a pity.
He didn't want to.
Tang Lan nodded, "Oscar's suggestion is good, let's raise it for a while."
Everyone's laughter came to an abrupt halt!
What the hell?
Had Oscar's silliness become contagious?
Tang Lan didn't explain.
He had Oscar take out his Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Ginseng and pull off some of the roots to feed the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent.
It couldn't understand human speech.
The instincts of a spirit beast told it that this was a great tonic.
Having had its body drained by the Blue Silver Emperor, it eagerly swallowed the roots.
Its aura increased slightly.
"It grew a bit!" Tang San said in disbelief, "About 0.1 centimeters, and the age increased by about four months?"
Everyone present, including Zhao Wuji and Xiao Wu, were utterly dumbfounded!
Increasing the age with medicinal herbs?
It could be done like this?
Tang Lan calculated the approximate dosage while explaining.
"Do you really think that all hundred-thousand-year soul beasts have actually lived for a hundred thousand years?"
"Most of them have consumed natural treasures, greatly increasing their strength and breaking through the lifespan limitations of their species."
"So, why can't we use herbs to increase a soul beast's age?"
"I wrote about this in the Tang Sect Encyclopedia. You should read it more when it's published."
"Don't be so surprised, like you've never seen anything like it before."
As he spoke, Tang Lan cut off a small piece of the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Ginseng and fed it to the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent.
The Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent swallowed the Whale Gelatin in one gulp, its gaze fixed on Tang Lan, filled with uncertainty.
Why is this bipedal creature so good to me?
Whoosh—
Flames erupted from the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent's body. Feeling the heat, it writhed its serpentine form and opened its mouth, spitting out a small fireball.
Tang Lan, controlling the Blue Silver Emperor, sealed its mouth.
"Wasting the medicine's effects. Just stay still."
Then,
the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent's size began to increase at a visible rate.
The color of the crest on its head gradually turned red.
The Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent's body length finally stopped at around 15 meters, and it struggled fiercely, its energy overflowing.
But Tang San frowned!
"Brother, did we miscalculate the dosage?"
"This Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent's current age is probably around 3,000 years!"
The others, still in a daze, were shocked!
3,000 years?
Oscar's limit was 2,900 years!
"There's no mistake, it's 3,000 years," Tang Lan affirmed. "It was just cultivated with the Fire Spirit Ginseng, so its strength hasn't caught up yet, and the absorption will be easier."
"I will use the Blue Silver Emperor to absorb its soul power, vitality, and mental energy, lowering its state to the lowest point."
"Adding the two together, we could have controlled it at 3,200 years without a problem, but considering that no one has done this before, it's better to be cautious and choose 3,000 years."
Tang Lan looked at Oscar.
"Or, if you don't believe my theory, you can choose to find a new spirit beast."
Oscar's expression shifted rapidly.
3,000 years!
Everyone else's third spirit ring was 1,800 years, and his was directly 3,000! It sounded terrifying.
But recalling Tang Lan's freakishness, Oscar wanted to take a gamble!
"Sect Master, I want to try!" Oscar gritted his teeth. "The Sect Master has repeatedly reminded us to be careful of our lives, so he certainly won't let me die!"
Tang Lan smiled.
Oscar's mind was sharp, saving him the trouble of further explanation.
After absorbing the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent, the years of his double pupils increased by more than a decade.
He then released the nearly lifeless serpent, signaling Oscar to act.
Oscar took a deep breath.
He took out a dagger and came to the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent's vitals.
Xiao Wu looked on, her eyes filled with reluctance.
The next moment, Tang Lan stood in front of her, and rubbed her rabbit ears.
"The next scene will be too bloody, kids shouldn't watch."
Xiao Wu obediently leaned against Tang Lan's chest.
Pshh—
The sound of a blade entering flesh.
The Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent was thoroughly drained by Tang Lan, not even twitching in a final spasm.
It died silently.
A purple spirit ring floated above the corpse, rising and falling gently.
Oscar sat cross-legged in front of the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent, taking a deep breath.
He used his soul power to draw the 3,000-year spirit ring into his body.
Almost instantly, his body tensed, and he began to tremble. It was clear that things weren't going well! —He had exceeded his limit, after all!
However... Tang Lan's left eye glowed with a double pupil—Life Burial! The Blue Silver Emperor bound Oscar into a tight bundle, devouring the rampaging soul power within him. Everything returned to peace.
His body no longer tensed, his bones no longer trembled, and his complexion improved.
"Oh, I forgot to mention."
Tang Lan said with a chuckle.
"Soul beasts under ten thousand years old don't have soul impact. So, as long as you control your total soul power, you can absorb even a 9,999-year-old one."
"The premise is that you can withstand the initial impact."
"Leave the rest to me."
"When you hunt for your own spirit rings, don't push your limits too much, okay?"
Everyone: "..."
Are you sure you forgot, or did you deliberately not say it?
However, they then felt admiration for Oscar.
He probably wasn't confident in the theory either, but he was confident in Tang Lan.
—Tang Lan's historical record was just too impressive!
If this person were to be replaced...
Someone looked at Tang San—who would dare to be the test subject?
Tang San was baffled.
It wasn't like he was absorbing a spirit ring, so why were they looking at him?
Under Tang Lan's control.
Oscar spent three minutes, and a purple ring appeared beneath his feet.
He then opened his eyes in surprise!
Seeing the Blue Silver Emperor recede from around him, he understood what had happened.
"Thank you, Sect Master, for saving my life!" Oscar said excitedly, "A 3,000-year spirit ring! I actually absorbed it! Hahaha—"
After he finished laughing.
Tang Lan smiled and said, "Try out your new spirit skill, see what it does."
"Alright!"
Oscar held the sausage in both hands, and shouted confidently and loudly, "I've got a Mushroom Sausage!"
A sausage with a mushroom head appeared, floating in his hand.
The scene was silent for several seconds.
"Hahaha-"
"This incantation!"
"Oscar, you're so perverted!"
Oscar just laughed in response to everyone's "teasing."
Looking at Tang Lan, who was only smiling, he eagerly offered a mushroom sausage.
"Sect Master, why don't you give it a try?"
Tang Lan was also curious and took the mushroom sausage to eat.
The taste was different from the recovery sausage. It was like biting into a mouthful of diced mushrooms, fresh, fragrant, and delicious.
As he chewed,
the mushroom sausage transformed into spirit power, merging into his body.
A pair of azure light wings condensed behind him, lifting him off the ground.
The laughing crowd went silent!
Flying!
Oscar's third spirit ability was actually allowing them to fly?!
Without Ma Hongjun, the team lacked air superiority.
This not only filled the gap but also directly lifted the entire team off the ground, giving them absolute air superiority!
"This is too outrageous!" Ning Rongrong said incredulously, "Flying spirit abilities are extremely rare among auxiliary spirit masters! And they usually appear after the sixth spirit ability... Your third spirit ability?"
Just one sentence
showed how valuable the Flying Mushroom Sausage was.
Tang Lan also praised, "As expected of a food-type spirit master with innate full spirit power, your future is limitless!"
Oscar scratched his head, feeling embarrassed.
"I wouldn't dare compare myself to the Sect Master, hehehe—"
His grin stretched almost to his ears.
"Oscar, stop grinning like an idiot and tell us the specific effects of your third spirit skill," Dai Mubai urged.
Oscar's grin widened even further.
"My third spirit skill, the Flight Mushroom Sausage, allows me to fly at the speed of a 3,000-year Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent for two minutes!"
Everyone was overjoyed!
It was actually a flight speed equivalent to a 3,000-year spirit beast?
The effects of Tang Lan's cultivation didn't even have any drawbacks?
"I'm not finished yet!" Oscar said proudly. "This Flight Mushroom Sausage also has another effect. At the cost of reducing the remaining time by a factor of ten, I can transform into fiery wings and burst forth with three times the speed!"
"Hiss—"
"Tsk—"
"Holy shit!"
There's another burst of power?
Everyone was shocked.
The azure wings behind Tang Lan had already transformed into fiery-red wings, turning into an afterimage as he dashed out.
He returned after 10 seconds, giving an assessment.
"The fire wings' linear acceleration is very fast, but the turning flexibility is a bit lacking."
"Qingyi's speed is a bit slow, but its agility is good."
"Overall, it's not bad."
Oscar wore a smug grin.
Unexpectedly, the crowd swiftly surrounded Tang Lan.
"Sect Master, my spirit rings will depend on you in the future!"
"Sect Master, are your legs sore? Let me massage them for you!"
"Sect Master, have some water. This is the boiled water from this morning!"
One by one, they were currying favor, completely leaving Oscar out in the cold.
Oscar wasn't annoyed.
Tang Lan's antics were truly impressive!
At least,
before they obtained a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, they would have to rely on Tang Lan and get him to give them special treatment.
After Tang Lan enjoyed himself.
He then drove everyone away, watching Oscar with a look of admiration.
Oscar just thought that Tang Lan was praising his third spirit skill.
But "Xiao Ao, your luck is truly amazing!"
"A forcibly grown 3,000-year spirit beast actually dropped a spirit bone."
"My ancestor's spirit is shining brightly!"
Oscar chuckled.
"Sect Master, you flatter me. It's just a third spirit skill. Even if a spirit bone dropped..."
"Hmm?"
"A spirit bone?!"
Oscar's eyes widened!
With a bound, he rushed towards the Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent, pulled out a dagger, and began to dissect it from the head down. Inside the serpent's tail, he found a glowing bone fragment.
It was a crimson-and-azure left leg bone.
Perhaps because it was only 3,000 years old, it wasn't entirely complete, only about two-thirds of it.
But so what!
This was a Spirit Bone!
One of the most coveted treasures for a Spirit Master!!!
Even a 3,000-year-old one was a treasure that was hard to come by! Oscar carefully held the Spirit Bone, his eyes filled with undisguised desire.
But in the end...
He still resisted the impulse and, gritting his teeth, presented it to Tang Lan with both hands.
"Sect Master, I have already absorbed the spirit ring, and this Spirit Bone should rightfully belong to the Sect Master. I request you to keep it safe for now!"
Tang Lan was quite surprised.
He could resist the temptation of a Spirit Bone?
Moreover, the words used were "belong to the Sect Master" and "keep safe for now."
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