Late at night.
After everyone had gone to sleep, Yang Fan quietly took out theThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff soul bone from his storage soul guide device.
This was the highest cultivation soul bone Yang Fan had obtained to date!
Though it came from theThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff, it didn't have the slightest shape of a dog bone.
Its appearance was almost no different from other soul bones.
"Fortunately, it's a left leg soul bone!"
"If it were a head-shaped skull soul bone worn on the head, I'd be laughed to death."
As he spoke.
Yang Fan injected soul power from his palm into the soul bone.
His purpose in doing this was to feel the power of this left leg soul bone.
"Absorb it."
Yao Lao knew his beloved disciple had long intended to do so.
For cultivators, even a grain of rice that could improve strength would be impatiently devoured, let alone this ferocious beast soul bone.
Whoever held this while trying to sleep would find it extremely difficult.
Yao Lao waved his hand...
Powerful soul power instantly sealed the entire room, forming an enclosed space that couldn't be detected from the outside.
"Master."
"I'm starting!"
Yang Fan took a deep breath. Without even needing to adjust his state, he already launched an assault on the soul bone.
This was the benefit of soul bones!
Not limited by level, strength, or other factors.
As long as you had it...
Even a six-year-old child who had just awakened their martial soul could directly absorb it.
Yang Fan mobilized his full soul power and placed the soul bone at his left front leg position.
In an instant...
The entire soul bone seemed to awaken, forming some kind of invisible connection with the soul power within his body.
He felt a powerful energy continuously pouring in.
This power was something Yang Fan had never experienced before, even exceeding three times what he felt when absorbing the Sky Azure Bull Python soul bone.
The absorption process of theThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff soul bone was very smooth!
In just half a night, he had completely absorbed theThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff's left leg bone.
Having trained on the Douluo Continent for so many years, he already had very comprehensive knowledge of soul bones.
Soul bone absorption was basically risk-free and much faster than soul ring absorption.
The only possible issue would be with skull soul bones, as this involved the soul master's brain central nervous system.
"Stop grinning foolishly."
"What changes has this soul bone brought you?"
Yang Fan smiled!
His right hand slowly raised, and a mass of crimson flame appeared in his palm.
Beast flame!
This was the top-tier beast flame belonging to theThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff.
Previously, he had wondered why a fire-attribute ferocious beast didn't have beast flame. For this, he had even dissected theThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff.
Now he understood!
TheThree-Headed Scarlet Devil Mastiff wasn't without beast flame—the beast flame was hidden within the soul bone.
This soul bone provided him with two soul bone skills: Purgatory Sea of Flames and Explosive Flame Dragon Roar.
One was a powerful attack skill, the other was a sound wave control skill!
The activation of both these skills was closely related to this mass of crimson beast flame in his palm.
Not only that!
The energy amplification provided by the soul bone spread to his Dou Qi vortex, and his Dou Qi cultivation also showed obvious improvement.
Five-Star Dou King!
This was the improvement brought by absorbing the ferocious beast soul bone.
Of course...
As for his soul power level, he would need to wait until he obtained his ninth soul ring to know.
However, since his grandpa Yang Wudi had reached Level 96 Super Douluo in one step, presumably he shouldn't be too bad either.
"Not bad!"
"Absorbing a soul bone even let you pick up a beast flame."
After the excitement passed.
Yang Fan's attention gradually shifted to his ninth soul ring.
This matter absolutely couldn't be delayed any longer...
"Master."
"Do you have any good methods to split the ferocious beasts in the Great Star Dou Forest apart, or make each ferocious beast act alone?"
The method of using Tier-7 pills to attract ferocious beasts had worked, but couldn't really be used a second time now.
Even if it worked again, presumably more than one ferocious beast would come out.
"No!"
"The best method is to fight our way in."
Yang Fan smiled.
Only his smile didn't look very natural.
Fight his way in?
With Yao Lao's strength, suppressing Di Tian probably wouldn't be difficult.
But... then what?
The Great Star Dou Forest occupied more than half of the top ten ferocious beasts' territory. Even with Yao Lao suppressing Di Tian, the remaining ferocious beasts weren't something that could be casually dealt with. Moreover, these ferocious beasts had the ability to initiate beast tides.
Once it really reached that point...
"Fool!"
"When I said fight in, I didn't mean us fighting in."
"Your Breaking Clan still has that traitor. Sell the message to him, let Spirit Hall fight for us."
Yang Fan's eyes suddenly lit up: "This method is very sinister."
"What do you mean sinister?"
"This is called strategy, understand?"
Yang Fan nodded seriously.
Right!
Having Spirit Hall test the artillery of the core circle for them was not a bad strategy.
"But..."
"Would Spirit Hall really take the bait?"
Bibi Dong wasn't a fool!
Furthermore...
Spirit Hall wasn't Bibi Dong's one-person dictatorship. Even if this crazy woman wanted to enter the Great Star Dou Forest's core circle to obtain soul rings for her second martial soul, there were still so many elders in Spirit Hall.
"How would you know without trying?"
"Haven't you always wanted to find evidence of Yang Wushuang being a spy? This is an excellent opportunity."
Makes sense!
However, he couldn't be the one to sell this message—it still needed to be his grandpa, the blood brother, to personally make the move.
...
The next morning.
He found Grandpa Yang Wudi and explained this excellent strategy proposed by Yao Lao.
Grandfather and grandson were in complete agreement!
Yang Fan wanted to force Yang Wushuang to show his true colors, and Yang Wudi felt even more strongly about this.
"Rest assured!"
"Grandpa knows what he should do."
Concerning the life and death of the Breaking Clan, he wouldn't show favoritism toward Yang Wushuang just because he was his younger brother at this time.
...
On the other side.
The small village in front of the Hao Tian Sect.
"Xiaogang, is it here?"
"Correct!"
"You're sure?"
"I inquired through multiple channels and found out this is where the Hao Tian Sect is in seclusion."
"But this place is so desolate, where does it look like a sect?"
"Let's look around!"
Since Tang San left the Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, a year had passed.
This year, Yu Xiaogang had been completely distracted!
During this period...
Flender had also found him several talented students to teach.
But those so-called excellent students were far inferior to Tang San in terms of innate soul power, martial soul quality, and quantity.
Only then did Yu Xiaogang realize he might never be able to prove his "Ten Core Competitiveness of Spirits" theory in his lifetime.
But he was unwilling!
After countless internal struggles, he finally made up his mind to have Flender accompany him to the Hao Tian Sect.
"Who goes there?"
At this moment!
Several burly men suddenly jumped out from the village, vigilantly staring at Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
Flender stepped forward, leaning close to Yu Xiaogang's ear: "They're soul masters."
This confirmed they had found the right direction.
These people should be sentries placed here by the Hao Tian Sect, and behind the steep mountain wall should be the Hao Tian Sect's main base.
"Brothers!"
"I know you are all soul masters of the Hao Tian Sect."
Yu Xiaogang was as if he had seen family.
After a month of journeying, he had finally seen living Hao Tian Hammer soul masters today.
"There is no Hao Tian Sect here that you speak of. Please leave quickly."
Such clumsy acting couldn't escape Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
Flender beside him even sneered in his heart.
These people, whether in temperament or expression, were completely different from real farmers. Anyone with a brain could see the abnormal aspects of these people at a glance.
He couldn't understand why the Hao Tian Sect would send these people to pretend to be farmers in the village.
"Brothers."
"We are not Spirit Hall people. My main purpose in coming this time is to find Tang San."
The moment the three words 'Spirit Hall' left his mouth, the Hao Tian Sect soul masters were instantly enraged.
The few people exchanged glances... no need for words!
The instant exchange of glances let the few of them release their martial souls in a moment and capture Yu Xiaogang on the spot.
His head was pressed against the dirt road at the village entrance and rubbed fiercely for a full half meter.
Seeing this, Flender didn't immediately rescue Yu Xiaogang, but chose to spread his wings and retreat backward.
"Everyone!"
"We mean no harm."
"The person being held down below by you is the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader Yu Yuanzhen."
Flender knew very well that mentioning Tang San was clearly less useful than mentioning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family at this moment.
The Hao Tian Sect had already closed their sect and become a turtle hiding in its shell. Would they dare to make a move against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family at this time?
Indeed!
When Flender finished speaking, the Hao Tian Sect soul masters' abuse of Yu Xiaogang became much gentler.
A big hand grabbed him...
Picked up Yu Xiaogang like a chick.
"Release your martial soul!"
"Prove you are a soul master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family."
Though those capturing Yu Xiaogang were young people from the Hao Tian Sect, they also knew that before the sect closed, their relationship with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family wasn't bad.
If this haggard, weathered man before them was really a soul master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, they really couldn't kill him.
"What?"
"Can't prove it?"
Seeing this, the Hao Tian Sect soul masters immediately became alert again, and also surrounded Flender who was standing behind.
"Xiaogang... don't be afraid!"
"I know what you're worried about, but wouldn't this better prove you are Yu Yuanzhen's son?"
Yu Yuanzhen was quite a prominent figure on the Douluo Continent.
This was also why Yu Xiaogang's awakening of a mutated martial soul had caused quite a stir in the soul master circle back then.
The son of an Upper Three Sect clan leader actually awakening a pig.
How novel!
At that time, many people even speculated whether Yu Yuanzhen had been cuckolded by his wife.
Because of this!
Yu Xiaogang's mutated soul matter was no secret on the Douluo Continent, and was even notoriously famous.
"What?"
"Don't you want to see Little San?"
Yu Xiaogang's pupils suddenly began to tremble.
Under Flender's encouragement, he still reluctantly released his Luo San Pao.
Dragon turned pig!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
However, before the young Hao Tian Sect members could get angry, Yu Xiaogang had already begun recounting this past he was unwilling to mention.
"There seems to be such a thing."
"I also heard from my dad that Yu Yuanzhen's son had a mutated martial soul back then, preventing him from becoming a powerful soul master."
"I previously heard Tang San mention that his teacher seemed to have the surname Yu."
"..."
Though the Hao Tian Sect had closed their sect, they hadn't been completely sealed off from news.
After some discussion...
They ultimately believed Yu Xiaogang and Flender's identities.
"Wait here."
According to the old rules!
The young Hao Tian Sect members immediately returned to the sect to report news about these two people.
"Hey—"
"Why would Tang San want to find such a waste as a teacher?"
It made no sense!
Soul masters taking teachers was an extremely serious matter. The choice of master was always the more powerful the better.
Because whether obtaining soul rings in the future or breaking through bottlenecks at certain cultivation levels, a master's help was indispensable.
"Stupid!"
"If this kid Tang San hadn't taken Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, would he only be Level 35 when he came to our Hao Tian Sect?"
Fourteen years old at Level 35 was absolutely acceptable on the Douluo Continent, but if you added innate full soul power and twin martial souls before it, it was completely different.
Furthermore, when Tang San first arrived, he had zero foundation in Hao Tian Sect cultivation!
"I also heard this Yu Xiaogang is a theory master."
"Theory master?"
"Should be the delusional kind."
"..."
The Douluo Continent respects the strong!
A person who only knew theory could only become a laughingstock in this world where the weak are prey to the strong.
Not long after...
The youth responsible for returning to the sect to report came back, only there was a thin figure following behind him.
It was Tang San!
The Hao Tian Sect's principle remained as simple as ever: absolutely no outsiders were allowed to enter the sect.
"Little San!"
Yu Xiaogang rushed up in two steps when he saw Tang San.
Just one year had made Yu Xiaogang almost unrecognizable to Tang San.
Thinner!
There were even some clearly visible scars on his face.
One could see that Tang San's days here weren't as good as before.
"Teacher!"
When Tang San saw Yu Xiaogang, he tried to appear calm, but still burst into tears the moment he was embraced by Yu Xiaogang.
In a sense, Yu Xiaogang was not just his teacher, but more like his father, his family in this world.
He was too miserable!
During this year at the Hao Tian Sect, he was constantly beaten up. The Hao Tian Sect didn't treat him as human at all.
"Come!"
"Teacher has many things he wants to tell you."
Tang San naturally understood!
The conversations between their master and disciple absolutely couldn't be eavesdropped on by these younger generation Hao Tian Sect members.
"Tang San."
"You have half an hour. Otherwise, don't come back."
Everyone present had beaten Tang San before.
And more than once!
So they all wished Tang San would roll out of the Hao Tian Sect right now and never come back.
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