Chapter 16: Treasure of the Blood River.
Xiao Fei's sole purpose in coming to Soto City was to wait for Shrek to start school. While Tang Hao was away from the waterfall, fighting Zhao Wuji, Xiao Fei would take the most valuable soul bone in the world—the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor.
That day, the Rose Hotel suddenly became extremely noisy. Xiao Fei opened the door and saw a fight. Sure enough, it was Tang San and Dai Mubai. He glanced at the door and then closed it without hesitation.
Tang Hao was likely nearby. If they saw him, it would be awkward to talk to him, even though they knew each other. If he aroused Tang Hao's suspicion, that would be disastrous.
After a night of solitary training, Xiao Fei checked out early the next morning and began walking towards Holy Soul Village. As they neared the village, Xiao Fei suddenly summoned his martial spirit and soared into the sky.
Watching the ground shrink, Xiao Fei maximized his spiritual power. Finally, a large waterfall appeared before his eyes. "Right there, just like in the original novel!" Xiao Fei flew quickly to the waterfall. Using all his spiritual power, he felt what seemed to be some kind of life behind the waterfall.
Spreading his wings, Xiao Fei soared behind the waterfall. Sure enough, there was a cave. Xiao Fei donned a black suit, covered his face, opened the stone door, and walked inside. The cave was empty, save for a single blue silver grass with a golden rim on the ground.
"Is this the Blue Silver Emperor? Okay, I don't have time to train you right now."
Xiao Fei searched the cave for a while before finding a mechanism at the top. Using his lion claws, Xiao Fei activated the mechanism, and a black box fell out.
Upon opening the box, the entire cave suddenly became a shimmering blue. Inside, a sky-blue soul bone, even more beautiful than a sapphire, emanated a rich, mysterious aura.
After receiving the spirit bone, Xiao Fei turned without a word and left. He spread his wings, attached to the spirit bone, and sped off towards the city of Backsoto. In just half a day, Xiao Fei returned to the Moltres' nest.
He extracted the crystal-clear spirit bone, worthy of a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone, a true treasure of the Blood River. Without hesitation, Xiao Fei placed it on his right leg and began absorbing it. If he had the spirit bone but didn't absorb it, would it be snatched away?
After a day and a night, the spirit bone was finally absorbed. This time, Xiao Fei reached level 40 directly. He estimated that after absorbing the spirit rings, he could reach another level or two. Xiao Fei also felt that his vitality had significantly increased. Even if he suffered the same damage as last time, he would be able to recover quickly.
He also felt that the spirit power in his right leg seemed to be circulating faster, and the meridians in his right leg were more unobstructed.
Next, the spirit ring. Xiao Fei thought the Earth Fire Lizard he encountered last time was quite good, with excellent skills and the ability to enhance his understanding of the Fire Phoenix spirit.
Xiao Fei returned to the lava vent where he had been. Lurking nearby, I saw quite a few Earth Fire Lizards moving around, but unfortunately, they were all younger. It would be nice to encounter a two-headed Earth Fire Lizard like last time.
Xiao Fei wasn't so obsessed with the ten-thousand-year spirit ring. While a fourth ring might sound nice, it's still a sitting duck. Xiao Fei didn't have a father like Tang Hao to protect him, but he did have a grandfather to look after, so he was destined to be discreet.
Suddenly, Xiao Fei's eyes widened. It was another two-headed Earth Fire Lizard, less than two meters long—a perfect match. Xiao Fei swallowed hard. This was it.
This time, Xiao Fei, armed with his previous experience, lay in ambush nearby. When the two-headed Earth Fire Lizard approached, Xiao Fei opened his claws and struck, simultaneously attacking both heads. Seriously wounded, the Earth Fire Lizard began to struggle desperately. Without a word, Xiao Fei, holding the Earth Fire Lizard in one hand, fled.
This time, a low roar echoed from the bottom of the lava again, and Xiao Fei's Fire Phoenix spirit clearly yearned for the creature below. Could it be a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast within, one with the bloodline of the Phoenix? Xiao Fei ignored the thought and returned the Earth Fire Lizard to its lair.
After gathering himself, Xiao Fei began absorbing the purple spirit ring. This time, the absorption was much faster, and in less than half a day, he had absorbed the pseudo-eighteen-thousand-year spirit ring. The spirit skill he gained this time was identical to the third.
Both are Phoenix Flame Claws, but this time it's on the left hand. And Xiao Fei can use his third and fourth soul skills simultaneously, so how much more powerful will Xiao Fei be?
With this soul ring, Xiao Fei can transform both hands into beasts. Currently, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan is the most famous for beast transformation. To transform both hands into dragons requires at least a Soul King or even a Soul Emperor.
Full beast transformation requires at least a Soul Sage. The only Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan capable of full-body beast transformation is their leader, Yu Yuanzhen.
Xiao Fei estimates that by the time he reaches his sixth soul ring, he'll be able to transform all four limbs into beasts, and by the eighth, the entire body. Once Xiao Fei reaches Soul Douluo, he won't need to activate his spirit avatar to fight against others, and his Soul Douluo strength will be no less than that of a Titled Douluo.
Xiao Fei then checked his soul power level. It was 43, so-so, below his expectations. In reality, most of the excess power from this soul ring was absorbed by the soul bone and the Qilin Arm, which is why, after absorbing the 100,000-year soul bone and 18,000-year soul ring, his level has increased by five levels.
A single hundred-thousand-year soul bone alone was more than level five. Remember, that's the difference between Soul Venerable and Soul Master.
With the intention of digging for treasure, Xiao Fei dug up the Earth Fire Lizard's corpse, but found nothing. Had his luck with his first and second soul rings run out? Xiao Fei could only sigh.
He looked back at his lair, still reluctant to leave. As expected, his martial soul was the Fire Phoenix, and phoenixes preferred to stay within their lair.
Leaving his lair, Xiao Fei headed north. The Five Elemental Academies were all located there, each with its own city:
Blazing Fire Academy was in Blazing Fire City, and Tianshui Academy was in Tianshui City. He kept walking until he stumbled into Tianshui City, right next door to Blazing Fire Academy.
As Xiao Fei gazed at the gates of Tianshui City, he felt a wave of conflict. If there was one academy Xiao Fei most wanted to join, it would definitely be Tianshui.
Unfortunately, they only accepted women, and only those with the Water Element, neither of which Xiao Fei had any interest in. But now that he was there, he had to take a look, especially at the beautiful Shui Bing'er.
After showing his ID, Xiao Fei walked into Tianshui City. He randomly found a restaurant, ordered a table full of dishes, and started eating.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside. Looking out the window, he saw a group of beautiful women wearing sky-blue school uniforms.
No need to guess, this was the Tianshui College team. Xiao Fei took a closer look and said, "Hmm, they are all beautiful women. It would be great if I could join the Tianshui College team."
(End of this chapter)