Under the carpet-style search of the Extreme North.
Even the Mirror Beast, which excelled at hiding, had nowhere to escape.
In one week's time—
A total of three Mirror Beasts were delivered before Tang Lan.
The 3,000-year one was directly excluded; its years were too low and even if cultivated, it could not break through the ten-thousand-year limit.
The 26,000-year one should be the same Mirror Beast that Oscar hunted in the original work.
The last one, 35,000 years…
Its body was incomplete—missing its entire left hind leg, most of its right front leg, and its tail was only a short stump.
It was the one that most yearned to become a Soul Spirit.
Unfortunately…
Its year count was 35,000.
Far beyond Oscar's limit.
Worth mentioning—The 20,000-year Firecracker Vine right arm bone Oscar absorbed did not grant him a soul bone skill.
All the energy was used to strengthen his physique—an entire 8,000 years!
The 4,000-year Phoenix-Tail Crest Serpent left leg bone added 300 years,11,000-year Devil Claw Split right leg bone added 1,000 years,80,000-year Radiant Silver Void left arm bone added 8,000 years,Whale Glue added 1,200 years,And the fourth soul ring itself had a limit of 5,000 years.
Which totals to—
23,500 years!
A normal soul master's sixth soul ring would just about be this strong.
Tang Lan confidently said,"With my assistance, the 26,000-year Mirror Beast is no problem."
"It's just a pity."
"That 35,000-year Mirror Beast has a stronger desire and has a higher chance to become a Life-bound Soul Spirit."
Oscar, however, took it well.
"It's okay, Sect Master. If my fourth soul ring can reach 26,000 years, I'm already satisfied!"
He did not mention the risk of failing to obtain a soul skill.
—The greatest advantage of a Soul Spirit is choosing its soul skill itself!
Oscar's open-minded attitude made Tang Lan appreciate him.
Actually—
There was a way!
Tang Lan had the Life-Gold Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone, so his soul bones could be "dismounted."
It would only delay some cultivation time.
And the 9,000-year gap could easily be made up with the Purple Crystal Behemoth right arm bone, Ice Bixie Scorpion tail, Meteorfall Scorpion left foot, any of them.
Tang Lan's eyes flickered. He was thinking about whether to fulfill Oscar's wish.
Beside them, the "small mountain" moved.
It was Ah Tai, sitting crouched.
He spoke in a muffled voice—
"I collected a soul bone. It was from hunting in the sea—a 100,000-year octopus. A trophy."
"If you humans want it, take it."
Tang Lan's eyes lit up!
A 100,000-year Soul Bone?!
Who cared whether it matched or not—just get it first!
"Then I'll trouble you!" Tang Lan grinned. "Ah Tai, when we get to the God Realm, I'll sculpt you a handsome look!"
Ah Tai hammered his chest and hopped away.
Tang Lan turned to the Ice and Snow Emperors.
"You two, do you have soul bone collections?"
Unfortunately—
"That stuff is too hard to even chew on. We soul beasts don't need it—why collect it?" Ice Emperor said with disdain.
Tang Lan looked expectantly at Snow Emperor.
She lived hundreds of thousands of years—surely she had trophies?
"I don't like collecting soul bones."
"But when I broke into the 300,000-year realm, an enemy ambushed me. I killed it on the spot."
"It fell into an iceberg. It should've dropped a soul bone."
"I don't know if it can still be found after all these years."
"I'll tell Ah Tai later to search for it."
Tang Lan's eyes shined!
Good heavens!
To ambush a 300,000-year Snow Emperor—you'd need at least 250,000 years!
"Then I'll trouble you. And have the soul beasts pay attention to soul bones, spirit herbs and such—these things benefit them."
"Oh?" Ice Emperor asked curiously. "Spirit herbs I get—but soul bones are useful for soul beasts?"
Tang Lan nodded and shook his head.
"Soul bones themselves are useless to soul beasts."
"But in the future, when Tang Sect's Spirit Transmission Tower becomes large, I can't let Soul Spirits be given away for free."
"Those who pay more will get Soul Spirits they desire more."
"And soul beasts don't have human currency, they can only passively wait for humans to choose them."
"But if a soul beast can offer valuable items like soul bones, herbs, treasures—they can choose their host instead."
"They can customize the host's spirit, identity, gender, personality, etc."
Ice Emperor's eyes widened!
So it could be played like that?!
Snow Emperor nodded approvingly.
"Equivalent exchange. That is fair."
While they spoke—
Ah Tai leapt all the way over, shaking the ground violently.
Cracks spread across the ice surface.
Ice Emperor tapped her finger lightly, and the ice froze back instantly.
Boom—
Ah Tai landed on top of it, without shaking it in the slightest.
He opened his right hand.
A half-transparent skull lay in his palm-grooves.
A skull?
Tang Lan felt a little regret. Couldn't farm rewards off Tang San with it!
Then curiosity rose.
"Half-transparent is rare. Which soul beast's skull is this?"
"A Glass Octopus," Ah Tai licked his tongue. "Its flesh tastes good. This one tasted best, so I kept its bone."
Tang Lan's first reaction was—Oscar's luck is incredible!
Glass Octopus—an invisible berserker.
It only had one soul skill: Transparency.
It hid, approached prey, then used its thick tentacles to tightly coil and strangle them alive.
So even though it dropped a skull—
Like the Titan Giant Ape skull, it surely increased strength.
100,000-year soul bone—easy +8,000 years limit.
Perfect for Oscar.
As for Tang Lan…
He didn't need it.
Even though his current killing move was the Da Xumi Hammer after ring detonation, requiring strength…
His three eye-area soul bones were spirit-type.
A spirit-attribute head bone fit him more—possibly fusing like his left arm and right leg bones.
Thus—
Tang Lan straightforwardly handed the 100,000-year skull to Oscar.
Oscar
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Such a surprise—so sudden?
This was a 100,000-year soul bone!
And just…
Given to him?!
"What are you stunned for?" Tang Lan raised a brow. "Absorb it. We still have urgent things to do."
Holding the 100,000-year skull pushed into his arms, Oscar teared up!
"Sect Master!"
"From now on, you're like my second parents!"
"You tell me to go east, I'll never go west!"
"I—"
Pa—
Tang Lan slapped Oscar's head, spinning him three times on the spot.
"Stop babbling. If you keep wasting time I'll—"
Before he even finished threatening—
Oscar didn't wait to stabilize himself. He sat cross-legged and smashed the 100,000-year skull to his forehead.
Begin absorption!
Most present did not react much.
Only Shui Bing'er was extremely envious.
A 100,000-year soul bone!
Second only to external soul bones.
How could she not be envious?
Tang Lan noticed. He raised his hand and rubbed her blue long hair.
"Glass Octopus is also water-attribute, so it's compatible with you."
"But it's strength-type—not suitable for your battle style."
"When we take the Extreme North, afraid of being short on ice-attribute soul bones?"
"I'll get you a whole set!"
Shui Bing'er sensibly smiled and gave him a gentle kiss.
"Lan, you don't need to comfort me. No matter what you do, I will support you."
"I'm just reacting as a soul master, being a little envious."
"Little O's talent is excellent, worthy of this investment."
Look at that!
That was the model virtuous wife.
Tang Lan enjoyed wrapping his arm around her waist and pecked her forehead.
Using mental link: "Tonight I'll reward you well!"
Though Shui Bing'er had just experienced intimacy—
Her mentality was excellent.
She still smiled normally, her eyes unchanged.
But in the mental link—
"Does it have to be at night?"
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