In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 83 Yin Hua Dragon Sparrow Inner Core and Yang Hua Dragon Sparrow Inner Core

That year, Wang Zhao was nine years old.

Coincidentally, the day he broke through level 30 was the same day he met Bibi Dong back then.

After recalling the events, Bibi Dong was pleasantly surprised and thought about what kind of commemorative gift she could give Wang Zhao.

However, after thinking it over, she felt that instead of her randomly choosing, it would be better to let Wang Zhao, that discerning brat, pick one himself.

So she led Wang Zhao into the Spirit Hall's treasury.

There were many good things inside, such as rare soul tools, rare cultivation techniques, and even soul bones. Wang Zhao even saw several secret manuals from the Haotian Sect inside.

Of course, Wang Zhao didn't need the Haotian Sect's secret manual, because Bibi Dong had already given him a copy for his study.

As for the Soul Bone, a "treasure of the Blood River," it was naturally inconvenient for Wang Zhao to take it. Whether it was suitable for him or whether he would even look at it was another matter. The key point was that he, the nominal Holy Son, had not yet made any contributions to the Spirit Hall. If he took the Soul Bone, would the elders be satisfied?

In the end, Wang Zhao originally intended to just take a few special soul tools back for research, but unexpectedly discovered something unexpected.

It was a cinnabar pearl, sealed in a dusty jade box that could isolate its aura but was placed in an inconspicuous corner.

Beside the shelf holding the jade box, there was a piece of paper recording information about the origin of the cinnabar pearl.

Three hundred years ago, a cardinal was on a mission to the Desolate Gold Plain when he was attacked by two unknown special soul beasts. They both resembled dragons and birds. One had a cold aura and soared like the clear moon in the sky; the other had a fiery aura and was quite similar to the golden crow in mythology.

The cardinal immediately engaged the two special soul beasts in a fierce battle, and after a series of exchanges, he managed to kill them both.

Strangely, no spirit rings appeared after the two spirit beasts died. Out of curiosity, the cardinal went forward and searched the corpses but found no spirit bones. He only dug out two crystal-clear and extraordinary pills from their bellies...

Later, the cardinal handed over the two pills to the Spirit Hall. After studying them without success, the Spirit Hall put them into its treasury. One of the pills, which emitted a fiery aura, was taken by a pope, leaving only the cold pill unattended and eventually forgotten in a corner.

Upon learning this, Wang Zhao's first reaction was to recall the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent that Tang San killed in the original Douluo Continent novel.

That wasn't some native spirit beast; it came from another world...

Mythical beasts from the primordial era!

Because it was not assimilated by the Douluo rules, this kind of beast would not produce a soul ring. Wang Zhao strongly suspected that the two "soul beasts" that the cardinal encountered were most likely ancient beasts like the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent!

Wang Zhao was naturally very interested in this, and immediately asked his wealthy sister Dong'er for the elixir. After returning to his residence, he went to the library with great enthusiasm and spent half a month there.

For the past two weeks, he has been completely immersed in books, ignoring even the visits from Xiaoxue, Hu Liena, and other little girls.

With such focus, Wang Zhao finally found the obscure information about the two strange beasts in an extremely ancient book.

After eliminating the various conjectures of the ancients, Wang Zhao summarized and concluded that—

The two strange beasts always traveled together and were once considered symbols of moonlight and sunlight. Because their appearance resembled both a dragon and a bird, they were named Yin Hua Long Que and Yang Hua Long Que, respectively.

The Yin Hua Dragon Sparrow is of a cold and yin nature, always emitting a chilling and piercing light wherever it goes; while the Yang Hua Dragon Sparrow is too fiery, so much so that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it leaves a scorched earth for miles around. However, when the two beasts travel together, they always bring a brilliant yet gentle light to the world, so they were described by the ancients as "extreme evil when alone, auspiciousness when together".

Afterwards, Wang Zhao, through the records of origin in the treasure vault, determined that the owners of the two inner cores were roughly between 20,000 and 30,000 years old when converted into soul beasts. Therefore, even if he wanted Jin Lin to digest the Yin Hua Long Que inner core in his hand and thus enable it to directly condense its own soul ring like Ma Hongjun in the original work, given Jin Lin's current condition, it seemed that it would not be able to withstand such high-quality energy from a prehistoric beast.

It should be noted that even if Wang Zhao himself was very confident, his maximum expectation for the third spirit ring was only a little over ten thousand years.

Faced with the Yin Hua Dragon Sparrow's inner core, which is equivalent to 20,000 to 30,000 years of energy cultivation and has the attribute of light but is accompanied by the yin and cold characteristics of ice (water) approaching the extreme, Wang Zhao admitted that he was not confident in absorbing it for the time being.

Therefore, he originally planned to save this inner core until he needed the fourth soul ring. However, at this moment, Elder Yi sensed the special light energy of the Yin Hua Dragon Sparrow inner core and was instantly awakened like "light".

After Wang Zhao gave him a general explanation of the Douluo Soul Master system and details about the inner core, Ilex sighed for a moment, then suddenly said with a hint of regret:

"If you had the other so-called Yanghua Dragon Sparrow inner core, I could help you to initially fuse the energy of the Yinhua Dragon Sparrow inner core. When you reach level 40 and absorb the Yanghua Dragon Sparrow inner core, you can achieve the fusion of water and fire, the complementarity of yin and yang, and endless benefits. It would be a rare and great opportunity..."

"What a pity, what a pity."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhao knew that the other inner core was likely in Qian Daoliu's hands, but he didn't say anything.

In his view, Qian Renxue, as a six-winged angel who can be said to possess a divine martial soul with the three attributes of holiness, light and fire, would also be well suited to the inner core of the Yanghua Dragon Sparrow. Therefore, he decided to wait until later to tell her about the inner core before letting her absorb it.

As for himself, it wouldn't hurt to wait a year or two before using the Yin Hua Dragon Sparrow's inner core as his fourth spirit ring, and he also has other options for his current third spirit ring.

Just then, a golden light suddenly flashed beside Wang Zhao, and then Qian Daoliu's figure appeared like "light".

"Old...old sir?"

Wang Zhao said it subconsciously, but quickly changed his mind.

"The Great Offering".

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu gave Wang Zhao a dangerous sidelong glance.

"What's wrong? It's been over a year since we last met, have we grown distant?"

"You usually have a lot of fun with Xue'er, don't you ever think about her grandpa?"

"Well."

Wang Zhao gave an awkward smile.

It turned out that Qian Daoliu hadn't appeared since he left him the "Angel Meditation Method" last time, and he thought he would have to wait a long time before seeing this old otaku again.

(End of this chapter)