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"Teacher Zhao…" Tang San's eyes were a little red.
Zhao Wuji waved his hand helplessly, "Alright, hurry up and recover."
"You all should also quickly rest and recover. Only when you've recovered can we have a chance to find Xiao Wu."
Zhao Wuji looked at everyone. After a long journey, everyone was already exhausted, and with their previous injuries, they needed to rest to be in a better state to search for Xiao Wu.
Shi Quan also sat cross-legged and began to recover.
His consciousness summoned the System space.
His gaze fell on the last grid in the System space.
It was a golden-yellow spine. The spine was a single, integrated piece, covered with golden patterns. If one wasn't careful, they might mistake it for a golden longsword without a hilt.
Dragon Spine: The spinal bone from the remains of the Human Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi, originating from a certain World of Wind and Cloud fan-fiction, containing special power, stronger than the original Dragon Bone.
Note: This bone has been modified into an external Spirit Bone.
Shi Quan's eyes widened. The Human Emperor's spine could be extracted; this System was truly amazing.
Regarding the Dragon Bone in Wind and Cloud, Shi Quan's only impression was that this spinal bone seemed to be able to restrain demonic nature. It seemed that after Nie Feng became demonic, he could suppress the demonic nature within him by relying on the Dragon Bone.
Shi Quan was not clear about its other functions, but from the System's introduction, this Dragon Spine was stronger than the Dragon Bone in Wind and Cloud, and from its appearance alone, this Dragon Spine was vastly different from an ordinary spinal bone.
The Dragon Bone in Wind and Cloud still resembled a spinal bone, but the current Dragon Spine looked more like a four-edged, bladed sword bone, with each section interlocking, clearly extraordinary at first glance.
"Good stuff! Not only did I get the Eight Spider Lances external Spirit Bone, but now the System has given me another external Spirit Bone, plus the 100,000 Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone. Now I have three Spirit Bones!"
Shi Quan was incredibly excited. The gains from this trip were truly immense.
While everyone was recovering, a light footstep caught Zhao Wuji's attention.
"Who?" Zhao Wuji's cold gaze shot towards a direction, his spirit power instantly gathering. Although he was also Cultivating, he was constantly monitoring his surroundings.
"Teacher Zhao." A slender figure ran out from the forest. Seeing her, not only Zhao Wuji was stunned, but everyone else also froze. The one who suddenly ran out of the forest was surprisingly Xiao Wu.
Hearing this familiar voice, Tang San was instantly jolted awake as if struck by lightning. He took a stride and appeared in front of Xiao Wu, fiercely embracing her.
"Xiao Wu, you're alright, truly alright!" Tang San's eyes were red.
Upon seeing this scene, all other questions faded into silence. They quietly watched the two tightly embracing.
Dai Mubai subconsciously looked at Zhu Zhuqing not far away, but saw that Zhu Zhuqing was not looking at him. When he followed Zhu Zhuqing's gaze and saw Shi Quan's figure, his fists involuntarily clenched, and his blood-red eyes became even redder.
"Xiao Wu, how did you escape the clutches of the Titan Giant Ape? First, tell us what happened?"
After listening to their sweet exchange, Zhao Wuji began to inquire.
Xiao Wu naturally couldn't tell everyone that it was because the Titan Giant Ape Er Ming sensed her aura and specifically came to take her away. Fortunately, she had already thought of an excuse on the way back, and after explaining it.
Xiao Wu quickly shifted everyone's attention to her Breakthrough to Level 30.
Everyone was both surprised and delighted.
"Alright, it's good that Xiao Wu is back. The Star Dou Great Forest is too dangerous now. We've encountered too many unbelievable things in one night. Let's go back first, Tang San. To prevent any further accidents, we'll discuss your spirit ring after we return."
"No problem, Teacher Zhao."
Tang San was not in a hurry. He knew that even without acquiring a spirit ring, his Cultivated spirit power would continue to accumulate. Once he acquired a spirit ring, the previous accumulation would feedback and become spirit power.
Now that Xiao Wu was back, he also wanted to have a good rest for a while.
"Wait a moment, Teacher Zhao, I still have something I haven't retrieved." Tang San suddenly remembered that he hadn't retrieved the arrows for his Godly Zhuge Crossbow. These things were difficult to make, so he naturally couldn't waste them.
Tang San quickly walked to the tree trunk, raised his hand and patted it. Using Mysterious Heaven Skill and Dragon Capturing Strength, he slowly vibrated the arrows out of the tree.
Zhao Wuji looked at the previous tree, then at the current one, "Tang San, did your crossbow arrows penetrate the previous tree and then embed themselves into this one?"
"That's right."
Zhao Wuji's pupils contracted, "How did you fire these crossbow arrows? How can their attack power be so strong?"
Tang San then took out the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and began to introduce it.
Ning Rongrong, who was nearby, listened with sparkling eyes and quickly asked, "Tang San, can you sell this thing to me? You can name any price. As you know, I'm a support system Spirit Master, unlike Zhuang Zhou, I don't have much self-preservation ability. When everyone is fighting desperately, besides assisting with some Spirit Ability, I can only watch. If I had this, I could also have some offensive power."
Tang San smiled, thinking of Ning Rongrong's previous help, and generously said, "Why buy it? I'll just give you one later. However, the Materials needed to make this are very expensive. You'll have to pay for the Materials yourself."
Oscar also came over as soon as he heard, revealing a fawning smile.
Tang San naturally understood Oscar's meaning and made the same promise as he did to Ning Rongrong.
Without further delay, everyone quickly set off.
They hurried out of the Star Dou Great Forest. The journey over the past few days had been too tiring and dangerous for everyone. Everyone wanted to leave early and get some good rest.
When dawn broke, everyone finally walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest. Outside the forest, although there was no longer the fresh air, everyone felt as if a weight had been lifted, feeling much lighter.
It was just like the rising sun, as if it was a new beginning.
"Let's hurry a bit more and get to the town. Everyone can have a good rest there," Zhao Wuji said with a smile.
Upon arriving at the town, after eating and drinking their fill, although it was daytime, everyone just wanted to have a good sleep first.
In the room.
"A Meng, help me locate Tang San."
"No problem."
Xiao Meng's voice rang out.
During the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, Shi Quan could be said to be the most relaxed because he knew he wouldn't encounter danger, unlike everyone else who was constantly in a tense state. Moreover, after a series of events last night, everyone present, except for Shi Quan, was exhausted.
Once the constantly tense spirit relaxed, it might be an opportunity for Shi Quan.
"A Quan, Tang San has fallen into a deep sleep. With his current mental state, we can directly enter his dream."
Shi Quan's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Then let's enter his dream!"
Xiao Meng's butterfly silhouette appeared. Shi Quan's consciousness sat on Xiao Meng's back, slowly flying out and entering Tang San's forehead.
"A Quan, Tang San isn't dreaming right now. It's just that his mental state isn't good, which is why we can directly enter his consciousness space."
Looking at the dim surroundings, Shi Quan nodded.
"A Meng, guide him to dream about reuniting with Xiao Wu, and guide his self-blame."
"No problem."
Silver light sprinkled down, and gradually, light appeared in the dim space. The scene returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San and Xiao Wu were tightly embracing. Tang San kept apologizing to Xiao Wu.
"Xiao Wu, it's my fault, I'm not capable enough, I didn't protect you well…"
"A Meng, that's enough. Guide him to pursue power, so that he can protect Xiao Wu," Shi Quan commanded quietly.
Xiao Wu in the scene said, "Brother, it's all my fault for being too weak. If I were stronger, Brother wouldn't have to worry."
"No, no, I'm too weak. If I were stronger, Xiao Wu wouldn't have been hurt today…" Tang San gripped Xiao Wu's hand tightly.
"Yes, that's right. If I were stronger, Xiao Wu wouldn't have been hurt today."
"The timing is about right." A smile spread across Shi Quan's lips. "A Meng, you can guide the Immortal Herb now."
"How can I improve my strength without damaging my Foundation?" Tang San fell into deep thought. Looking at the dense forest around him, he suddenly noticed a herb in the grass not far away.
"Herb?"
Tang San's eyes lit up. "Could there be Immortal Herbs on the Douluo Continent? If I could find a suitable Immortal Herb, my strength would definitely increase!"
"What kind of Immortal Herb is suitable for me?"
"If I can find an Immortal Herb, I can also choose some for Xiao Wu…"
The scene changed, and various Immortal Herbs appeared in Tang San's dream.
"It's done!" A smile appeared on Shi Quan's lips, and he began to imprint everything from Tang San's dream into his own mind.
He finally found an opportunity to extract the knowledge of Immortal Herbs from Tang San's mind.
He had to thank Xiao Wu for this. If it weren't for today's incident, how could Tang San have yearned for power so much?
Leveraging Tang San's abnormal protective instincts, Shi Quan finally obtained the records of various herbs from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from Tang San's mind.
With these records, he could help Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo choose a suitable Immortal Herb.
This would also prevent him from having a treasure trove but not knowing how to use it.
More than an hour later, Shi Quan finally used the power of the dream to obtain all knowledge about Immortal Herbs and Spirit Medicine from Tang San.
With a large amount of knowledge, Shi Quan also needed time to digest it. Feeling dizzy, he returned to his body and immediately began to digest it.
Although the three days in the Star Dou Great Forest had brought everyone closer, everyone could feel that the relationship between Dai Mubai, Shi Quan, and Zhu Zhuqing had not eased at all.
After resting in the town for two days,
Everyone set off again. After a day of travel, they successfully returned to Shrek Academy outside Soto City.
Everyone was tired after a day of traveling and walked towards their respective dorms.
"Tang San, wait a moment."
"Zhuqing, wait a moment."
Just as they reached the dorms, Ning Rongrong called out to Tang San, and Shi Quan also coincidentally called out to Zhu Zhuqing…