The Nine Bend Vine Dragon landed Lin Rong and the old butler on the ground, and they walked to the edge of the deep pit.
In the deep pit, a spirit bone of excellent completeness was stripped from Tang Xiao's left arm and floated in front of Lin Rong.
An incredibly surging aura was released from this spirit bone.
This domineering energy fluctuation spread outwards, triggering the Dragon Soul to automatically protect its master. A phantom green true dragon circled around Lin Rong, defending him from the oppressive energy.
"As expected of one of the three inherited spirit bones left by Tang Chen for his own sect, its age is actually over seventy thousand years."
Lin Rong extended his palm and grasped the spirit bone, truly feeling the explosive energy contained within.
"The power contained within the spirit bone is so savage; it's quite fitting for those who walk the path of unmatched might."
"Grandpa Yu, here you go." Lin Rong handed the spirit bone in his hand to the old butler and said, "Although the attributes of this spirit bone don't match yours, its quality and age can fully compensate for that."
"This old servant thanks the young master."
The old butler didn't refuse upon hearing this. He took out a wooden box, placed the spirit bone inside, and then stored it in a spirit tool.
Regarding the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone of the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King, its life attribute matched the young master's Martial Soul. However, its life form was a Phoenix, not a true dragon. For this reason, the young master said he would give it to him.
As for this left arm bone, its age was only a little over seventy thousand years, which was nothing compared to that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"Grandpa Yu, what do you think of Tang Xiao's strength?"
After the old butler put away the spirit bone, he heard the young master's question. He recalled his recent encounter with Tang Xiao and, after thinking for a moment, replied, "Very strong!"
"Both of us are Rank 96 Titled Douluo. In our normal states, Tang Xiao and this old servant should be evenly matched."
"However, Tang Xiao can use the Nine Absolute Skills of Clear Sky as regular techniques. He wields them with masterful skill, and every move and every strike contains immense power."
"If it weren't for your talent domain, young master, which amplified this old servant's overall attributes by twenty percent while simultaneously weakening Tang Xiao's overall attributes by twenty percent..."
"With the reduction in his strength and the increase in mine, this old servant was able to suppress Tang Xiao head-on while retaining some reserve strength."
Lin Rong took the spirit tools that the Nine Bend Vine Dragon had retrieved from Titan and Tang Xiao, and he largely agreed with the old butler's assessment.
Tang Xiao's mastery of the Nine Absolute Skills of Clear Sky was indeed extraordinary.
After all, in the original story, Tang Xiao had cultivated the Nine Absolute Skills of Clear Sky to the point of complete mastery and had even created the tenth skill, the "Killing Word Skill," by unifying the nine skills.
To be honest, Tang Xiao's talent was not bad; he could even be considered exceptionally gifted among the natives.
Unfortunately, his brilliance was completely overshadowed by his even more outstanding younger brother.
Furthermore, in terms of achievements, Tang Xiao was far less brilliant than his brother, Tang Hao.
This resulted in people thinking of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao as the first person that came to mind when the Clear Sky Sect was mentioned, almost automatically ignoring that the Clear Sky Sect also had a figure known as the Roaring Sky Douluo.
"Tang Xiao did not use the 'Killing Word Skill' in the recent battle, so he probably hasn't created it yet."
"However, Tang Xiao should have left some insights on this matter in his spirit tool. Let's look for it."
Thinking this, Lin Rong released his spiritual power and searched through the spirit tools left by Tang Xiao for something like an experience manual.
There weren't many items in the spirit tool. Besides some clothing and daily necessities, the remaining items were pitifully few and could be seen at a glance.
Soon, Lin Rong found something and took out a slightly thick booklet from the spirit tool.
"This should be it."
As he spoke, Lin Rong opened the booklet and browsed through it briefly.
To his surprise, this booklet not only recorded his experience cultivating the Nine Absolute Skills of Clear Sky.
It also contained all the cultivation insights for the Clear Sky Hammer, including those for the Great Sumeru Hammer.
"What a treasure!"
"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat."
"With this booklet, I can understand the flaws and weaknesses of the Clear Sky Hammer techniques. Its value is immeasurable."
"However, apart from this booklet, Tang Xiao's spirit tool contained nothing else of value. There weren't even many Gold Soul Coins. He was truly dirt poor!"
Lin Rong thought to himself, then his gaze shifted to another spirit tool floating beside him.
He released his spiritual power and probed into it.
Inside the storage space, quite a few items were neatly piled:
More than ten boxes of cash in Gold, Silver, and Copper Soul Coins, and a full box of Gold Soul Coin cards with denominations of at least ten thousand.
A box of scrolls and blueprints, covering various Hidden Weapons of the Tang Sect, big and small. The sheer variety astonished Lin Rong.
A complete set of assembled Hidden Weapons. Apart from a few of the top-ranked mechanical Hidden Weapons, there was an assembled finished product for every other type of Hidden Weapon.
A large quantity of metal, some forged and some unforgeable.
A big pile of bottles and jars. Judging by their appearance, they were likely various kinds of poisons.
Three booklets: one on Great Ape Martial Soul cultivation experience, one on Blacksmith Forging Experience, and a cultivation manual called "Iron Smith Hand."
The remaining items in the spirit tool were miscellaneous and were not worth mentioning.
"Not bad, quite a few valuable items."
Lin Rong was very satisfied with the contents of the Titan's Spirit Tool.
"While Titan's forging experience isn't as good as Lou Gao's, it's not far off."
"Combined with the Strength Clan's unique palm technique, the Iron Smith Hand, it will allow us to cultivate a batch of blacksmiths with superior forging skills."
"These hidden weapon blueprints aren't the watered-down versions that Tang San gave Ning Fengzhi in the original work, but complete versions that record in detail how to assemble the hidden weapons."
"With the finished hidden weapons from the Spirit Tool as templates, and these complete blueprints, we can break Tang San's monopoly on Tang Sect hidden weapons."
"It's because Tang San relied too much on the Strength Clan for hidden weapon forging, handing over the entire manufacturing and assembly process of Tang Sect hidden weapons solely to them. Otherwise, Titan wouldn't have had the blueprints for all of the Tang Sect's mechanical hidden weapons."
These were the only things Lin Rong was interested in from the Titan's Spirit Tool.
As for the rest, like the money.
Although the box of Gold Soul Coin cards was worth a lot, for a hereditary Duke like the Lin Clan, which had a long history, it wasn't even a drop in the bucket.
And the accompanying poisons for the Tang Sect's mechanical hidden weapons in the Spirit Tool, once he subdued the Breaking Clan, not only would he not lack them, but he could also concoct better ones.
As for the metals, they weren't rare types; they could be bought with money.
Finally, there was the cultivation experience for the Great Ape Martial Soul, which held no value at all.
This was because the Strength Clan wasn't a threat to him at all, let alone the fact that Titan was already dead.
It was entirely different from the Clear Sky Sect, which, even with Tang Chen fallen, Tang Hao heavily injured, and Tang Xiao dead, would still have at least five Titled Douluo in the future.
This made Lin Rong feel speechless.
"Seriously, the bottleneck between Rank 89 and Rank 90 is something others can't break through in their entire lives."
"Take the Sect Master of the Elephant Armor Sect, Hu Yan Zhen, for example; he only managed to break through to Rank 90 with the help of Spirit Hall."
"Yet, this barrier seems non-existent for the five elders of the Clear Sky Sect. Breaking through to the Titled Douluo realm is like mass production, one after another, and five of them broke through."
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