Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 96 (Daily Ten Thousand) may be an external soul bone.

"External soul bone?"

Huo Yuhao gasped. Unlike ordinary soul bones, which are sold in a one-off transaction, external soul bones are extremely precious treasures for soul masters. Even a hundred-year-old external soul bone is priceless, and its value has become more and more precious over time.

As early as 10,000 years ago, the value of external soul bones already ranked second on the Soul Master's dream list, and as time goes by, the value of external soul bones today is even greater than that of 100,000-year soul rings.

After all, external soul bones can be upgraded along with the soul master. As the soul master's strength becomes stronger, the level of the external soul bone will also become higher and higher, even surpassing ordinary 100,000-year soul bones.

That's why no one cares about the age of the attached soul bone. If an external soul bone can't be nurtured, it only proves that the soul master is useless, not that the external soul bone is bad. Even a hundred-year-old external soul bone is no less valuable than a ten-thousand-year-old external soul bone.

However, on the other hand, treasures like 100,000-year soul rings and external soul bones are practically worthless. No matter how rich you are, you still can't buy them if you want to, and these treasures are almost never available on the market.

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Qian Daoliu nodded and said, "Although this thing seems to be closer to an extremely low-quality torso soul bone that only has vertebrae left, there are absolutely no nerve fiber bundles on a torso soul bone. That's not something that should be on a soul bone."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao scratched his head: "Elder Qian, do you mean this kind of thing only appears on external soul bones?"

Qian Daoliu shook his head: "I suppose so. External soul bones are called soul bones, but they're not really soul bones. After all, what kind of person do you see with a big tail, big wings, or even a spider-like spear?"

"External soul bones are more like special organs on a soul beast. They condense into a kind of soul bone-like existence, which we call external soul bones. In reality, their appearance is not necessarily related to bones, but it is not necessarily unrelated either."

"That is why I deduce that the soul bone produced by the demon dog in your hand is probably an external soul bone, because external soul bones come in all shapes and sizes; they can be bones, or they can be something else entirely."

Qian Daoliu's few words clarified the essence of the external soul bone, which made Huo Yuhao feel enlightened. However, Huo Yuhao soon became somewhat worried.

"Elder, where would be a suitable place for me to absorb soul bones? Absorbing external soul bones in the dormitory seems a bit..."

After listening, Qian Daoliu nodded: "Your consideration is very thorough. As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. You have only known your roommate for a short time. Absorbing an external soul bone in front of him is tantamount to courting death."

"Perhaps your roommate won't say anything after seeing this, but it's not impossible that he's already plotting to have someone from the sect intercept and kill you. Of course, I'm just speculating on this possibility with the darkest of thoughts, not saying that your roommate is necessarily a bad person."

Finally, Qian Daoliu added one more sentence.

"Don't worry, Elder Qian, I understand."

Huo Yuhao nodded.

"Even if you leave school now and go home to absorb soul bones, it's not necessarily safe."

Qian Daoliu stroked his beard, frowned, and thought for a moment before saying, "There's a saying in the Soul Master world: it's better to absorb the soul ring of a mother beast's cub in the nest of a soul beast than to absorb a soul ring in front of a complete stranger. This saying might be a bit extreme when applied to absorbing soul rings, but it's absolutely true when applied to absorbing soul bones."

"After all, the value of a soul bone is too high." Qian Daoliu sighed. "Absorbing a soul ring and absorbing a soul bone both emit a slight fluctuation of soul power. This fluctuation of soul power is different from the fluctuation of soul power during meditation."

"Although your house is nice, it wasn't specially built to isolate soul power fluctuations. Once someone with ulterior motives senses the soul power fluctuations you're absorbing from the soul bone, even if they don't know whether you're absorbing a soul ring or a soul bone, the lure of wealth will definitely cause chaos in your house."

Qian Daoliu's words made Huo Yuhao's heart tighten. He was not afraid of any trouble, whether overt or covert, but he was worried that someone would focus their attention on his mother, which was something Huo Yuhao absolutely could not accept.

"The people in Shrek City are wealthy and powerful. Perhaps some of them can actually pay someone to hunt down a soul beast, then cleverly make the soul beast faint and send it to their employer's house to be absorbed. But you can't be too careful about the possibility of something going wrong. Do you understand, Yuhao?"

Huo Yuhao nodded, and after a moment's thought, replied, "Then Elder Qian, do you mean I should go to the Star Dou Forest and find a safe place to absorb the soul bone?"

Qian Daoliu's eyes went black when he heard Huo Yuhao's solution. He rubbed his forehead for a while before saying, "You silly child, don't forget, my soul ring gave you two extreme attributes. That Yan Shaozhe looks at you like you're a treasure. Why don't you just go and find him?"

"When you get there, don't be too direct. After all, we've already tricked him out of so many good things. To prevent this old man from reneging on his promise, just go and become his disciple without hesitation. After you become his disciple, you can absorb the soul bone from him, right?"

"That old man was willing to offer you a 100,000-year soul ring, a 100,000-year soul bone, and a set of 50,000-year soul beast bones at an exorbitant price just to keep you from going to the Sun Moon Empire. Are you still worried that he'll covet your external soul bone?"

"Besides, even if this old man really has bad intentions, I can take you far away in an instant."

At this point, a hint of arrogance flashed in Qian Daoliu's eyes.

"Old Qian, you are this one."

Huo Yuhao gave Qian Daoliu a thumbs up in heartfelt admiration, and then said, "You should save your chance to make a move. That Dean Yan shouldn't be that short-sighted. You've been saving up for two years to accumulate this much energy that can instantly take me far away. It would be such a waste to waste it here."

After discussing the specifics with Qian Daoliu, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes. Wang Dong was still engrossed in his book of supernatural tales, so Huo Yuhao didn't disturb him. He got up, went out, and headed towards the library.

As far as he knew, if nothing else was going on, Teacher Wang Yan should still be reading in the library at this time.

Emerging from the dormitory building, Huo Yuhao walked lightly and arrived at the library in no time. Sure enough, he didn't even enter the library; he caught up with Teacher Wang Yan at the library entrance. Teacher Wang Yan had just finished his morning work, was taking a lunch break, and was planning to come to the library to read for a while.

(End of this chapter)