Chapter 30: Riches and honors never return home, like a nighttime walk in brocade robes.
"My fourth soul skill—self-sacrifice—locks onto a target with my mental power, merging my soul power, blood, and mental energy into the tip of my spear, instantly increasing my attack power by 200%. I dash towards the enemy at high speed, delivering a critical strike. This process grants me immunity to 90% physical and energy damage, and I can also throw it."
"You... your fourth soul skill can kill a Soul Emperor," Dugu Bo said with a trembling expression.
Liu Yanyang shook his head. "Not only that, my first three soul skills are amplification soul skills. Even a defensive Soul Sage wouldn't be able to withstand my shot."
"It's just that the energy consumption is too high. After using it, there's a period of weakness, and the spirit ring is sealed for an hour."
"That's normal!" Dugu Bo said. If there were no restrictions, by the time the little monster reached Soul Douluo status, every Titled Douluo would be killed.
Liu Yanyang put away the attached soul bone and named it—Golden Scale Wing.
"Let's go, let's go back!" Dugu Bo said.
Then, the three of them returned, returning to the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire.
In the valley, looking at the immortal treasures and top-grade medicinal herbs scattered across the ground, Liu Yanyang sighed. "At 43rd level at 12 years old, and with the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, his future is truly promising!"
He then plucked a fragrant and beautiful immortal treasure and placed it in the jade box he had prepared. After another round, he chose the strange and graceful chrysanthemum and placed it in the jade box as well.
He turned and headed towards the cave. Dugu Bo was the only one left inside, and Dugu Yan had returned to her room to rest.
"Old Poisonous Creature, are you interested in going to Longxing City to find the old monster?" Liu Yanyang asked after sitting down.
"Yang Wudi? Sure. I'm free now, and I don't have to worry about the backlash from the Green Scaled Snake venom. I could go find Yang Wudi to exchange insights on the art of poison," Dugu Bo said contentedly.
"Then take these two immortal treasures to him," he said, handing the two jade boxes to Dugu Bo.
"Where are you going?" Dugu Bo asked doubtfully, assuming the little monster would join him in Longxing City.
Liu Yanyang stood up and walked out of the cave, laughing as he walked.
"If one doesn't return home in wealth and glory, it's like walking in brocade at night!"
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Time passed quickly, and a month later.
Outside Tianshui City, a carriage slowly stopped.
"Sir, we've arrived at Tianshui City!" the driver's voice rang out.
Liu Yanyang tossed a bag of gold soul coins to the driver, then disembarked alone and headed out of Tianshui City.
Within the Ice Crystal Forest, flowers were blooming once again. Liu Yanyang walked slowly along the path.
His mood swirled between joy and loss, but upon reaching the tombstone, only deep longing remained.
He knelt on his knees, bowed three times, then leaned against the tombstone, murmuring to himself.
"Father, Mother, I'm back to see you!"
"Your son, I'm a level 43 Soul Master. I'm afraid few can achieve such an accomplishment at his age. Aren't you proud of your son?" his tone tinged with pride.
Then, he stood up, summoned the Golden Scale Wings, and spoke proudly.
"This is the first soul bone I have ever obtained, and it is also the second external soul bone in the soul master dream ranking."
As he spoke, Liu Yanyang turned around a few times, as if to let people admire him.
"How about it, am I amazing? I didn't disappoint your expectations, didn't..."
As he spoke, his eyes were slightly red, and his voice was a little choked.
"I didn't cry, I just... I missed you a little. In a few years, when I reach the level of Soul Emperor, I will uproot the City Lord's Mansion in Jibei City and leave no one behind to comfort your souls in heaven."
As he spoke, Liu Yanyang immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.
Then, he stood up, took a last look at the tombstone, turned around and left.
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In Tianshui City, at the City Gate Teahouse.
"Have you heard?"
"What happened?"
Two people were chatting in the teahouse.
"Oh my! Saridi, grandson of Sarici, the Lord of Far North City, forcibly abducted a Tianshui College student as his concubine!"
"Ah! The Dean of Tianshui College is a veteran Soul Sage. Even his grandfather was a Soul Sage. How dare Saridi be so lawless!"
One of the men looked around, seeing no one was paying attention, and then whispered.
"I heard it was a trick by the Spirit Hall, meant to test Tianshui College. It just so happens that the Dean of Tianshui College is away from the academy at the moment."
"If it hadn't been stopped by Blazing Academy, who came to participate in the Five Elements College competition, there would have been chaos,"
another man sighed. "These are turbulent times! It looks like we won't be here much longer. The friction between the top factions is getting worse!"
"Haha!" Liu Yanyang, in the corner, sneered after hearing the news through his spiritual power.
"Looks like we can collect a small interest!"
He still remembered that the Far North City Lord's Mansion had seized the Ten Thousand Year Dragon Zhi just for Saridi.
Among Saric's many grandsons, the most gifted one possessed a level 7 innate soul power and a family martial spirit, the Snow Dragon.
Upon learning that his family possessed the Ten Thousand Years Dragon Herb, Saric planned to use it to cultivate the Saric clan's first Titled Douluo.
One wonders what Saric felt upon learning of his beloved grandson's death.
Liu Yanyang donned his white mask, activated the "Chengying" on his finger, and quietly left the teahouse.
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Inside the luxurious suite on the top floor of the Tianshui City Hotel,
a bloated young man with shifty eyes furiously whipped a maidservant on the ground.
Even after the maidservant was dead, her body covered in wounds and lacerations, he didn't stop. "Knock, knock, knock!" There was a knock on the door.
"Come in," a middle-aged man entered the suite and bowed respectfully to the young man.
"Young Master, Tianshui College has been placed under martial law. Students are not allowed to leave. Everything will be discussed after the dean returns,"
the shifty-looking man, Saric, roared angrily.
"Damn Huo Guihe! If it weren't for him, I would have succeeded long ago."
Then, he ordered the middle-aged man.
"I don't care what you do, even if it means robbing, you must bring one back to me."
"I finally learned that the Pope's Palace is testing the attitude of the Water, Fire, and Wind Three Elements Academy."
"We must provoke a conflict between the Three Elements Academy and the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, so that they will have a rift."
"This is our Sa family's pledge of allegiance. We will always be loyal to the Pope and His Holiness. Then I will be appreciated by the high-ranking officials of the Pope's Palace. Only then can our Sa family flourish."
"The Heaven Dou Empire's royal family is already weak. Following them is a dead end."
"So, no matter what you do, I want to see someone today, and it must be a core member of their family."
The middle-aged man had no choice but to agree. After a bow, he left the room.
Sari was just about to take a break, having exhausted himself from beating the maid.
"Have you ever experienced death?"
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