Douluo Continent: Taking Tang San as a disciple, with a ten-thousand-fold return for teaching him.

Xu Yuanjia shook his head and said, "Let's forget it. I'm only responsible for creating the academy. I don't want to worry about anything else. If I have to take care of everything, wouldn't I be exhausted?"

Chen Luo agreed: "That's right, there's no need to make yourself so tired."

After glancing at the Thunder Lizard's corpse, Chen Luo licked his dry lips: "It's just that this thing is too troublesome to deal with, otherwise I would have taken it..."

"Take it back for research?" Xu Yuanjia asked with a smile.

"No, we'll take them back and sell them for money," Chen Luo said without any attempt to hide his intentions.

Xu Yuanjia laughed: "That's rare indeed. A master would actually dissect a soul beast's corpse for money?"

Chen Luo shrugged: "There's no way around it, training apprentices is quite expensive."

As he spoke, Chen Luo was already looking for a suitable spot to absorb the spirit ring.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring isn't so easy to absorb; it will definitely take a long time. It's better to find a relatively flat and comfortable spot.

Xu Yuanjia said, "It would be strange if someone like you, who is so devoted to his apprentice, didn't burn through money."

"That simulated training environment for the Blue Silver Grass must have cost a lot of money, so I'd like to thank you in advance for your donation to Notting Academy!"

Chen Luo gave Xu Yuanjia a disapproving look: "You've already made up your mind so early?"

"It's getting late, and you won't be able to stay at Notting College for many more years."

Xu Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh, "Time flies."

Chen Luo said, "Yes, time really flies."

"At that time, we can give the simulated training environment to Notting Academy at cost price."

Xu Yuanjia nodded: "That's no problem. Notting College can afford this amount of money. The most important thing in creating such an environment is technology. Don't even think about your technology costs."

Chen Luo rolled her eyes: "What are you talking about? What kind of relationship do we have? Do you think I really want your money?"

"Without your help all these years, I probably would have starved to death long ago."

“If it weren’t for the limited energy and funds, I would have considered building several more simulated training environments for Notting Academy.”

Xu Yuanjia said, "That's unnecessary. Putting aside whether the money is enough, the students' aptitude is limited, and even the best environment can hardly provide much help."

"In all these years, I've only seen two people like Tang San and Xiao Wu."

"Xiao Wu's identity is rather mysterious. She's quite close to Tang San. I don't know if you've looked into it."

Chen Luo said, "Not interested."

As they were talking, Chen Luo had already found a suitable spot, sat down cross-legged, and was ready to get started.

Seeing this, Xu Yuanjia stopped asking pointless questions and slowly said, "Good luck."

Chen Luo nodded, closed his eyes, and focused on sensing the energy on the soul ring.

Compared to a thousand-year soul ring, the energy concentration of this ten-thousand-year soul ring exceeded Chen Luo's expectations. His originally confident heart couldn't help but become uneasy.

Having a sufficiently powerful body as his asset, Chen Luo did not hesitate for long and began to absorb the energy from the spirit ring, officially commencing the process of absorbing the spirit ring.

As the rich energy from the ten-thousand-year soul ring continuously entered his body, Chen Luo initially felt quite good, but soon entered a painful phase.

The excruciating pain, accompanied by a burning sensation, from the force of stretching every part of the body was unbearable.

If you want to become stronger, you are destined to experience pain and torment.

Chen Luo had long been mentally prepared, and he mustered his strong willpower to persevere.

Time passed second by second, and while Chen Luo was suffering, his aura was also getting stronger.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Chen Luo suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and then he saw the memories of the Thunder Lizard.

Many young Thunder Lizards fought each other, and the relatively strong ones survived. After that, they continued to hunt and grow. They also encountered more powerful Soul Beasts and almost lost their lives. The growth history of the Thunder Lizards flashed through Chen Luo's mind at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing these images did not lessen Chen Luo's pain in the slightest; on the contrary, it intensified.

Strangely, no matter how much physical torment he suffered, Chen Luo still watched all the scenes with unparalleled clarity, as if they were his own memories.

He didn't know how much time had passed when a system notification suddenly sounded in Chen Luo's mind—

[Successfully devoured the beast soul - Thunder Lizard, the Divine Dragon Soul has been enhanced, and the Martial Soul level has been increased!]

The pain vanished instantly, replaced by unparalleled comfort, and Chen Luo's heart was gradually filled with excitement and joy.

Finally got the ten-thousand-year spirit ring!

[Lucky Dice Triggered Successfully! Congratulations on obtaining the External Soul Bone - Thunderscale!]

Chen Luo felt a sharp pain in his left arm and suddenly opened his eyes. He immediately lifted his sleeve, revealing ten black scales on his left arm that almost covered his entire arm.

In his peripheral vision, a deep black spirit ring floated around his body.

Xu Yuanjia, who was perched on a treetop, noticed the commotion on Chen Luo's side and immediately rushed over.

Upon seeing the black spirit ring on Chen Luo's body, Xu Yuanjia couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart. However, his gaze was quickly drawn to the black scales on Chen Luo's arm, and his smile gradually turned into a look of doubt, and finally into shock.

"This is an external soul bone?!" Xu Yuanjia asked incredulously.

Chen Luo nodded slightly, spread his left hand outstretched, and gently pushed it forward. The black scales on his arm suddenly lit up, radiating a deep purple light. At the same time, lightning flashed, and a bolt of purple lightning instantly condensed and was released from Chen Luo's palm.

"boom!!!"

Purple lightning struck a large tree not far away, blasting it to pieces and leaving a charred mess.

"I succeeded, and there was an unexpected surprise."

Chen Luo's face was filled with a broad smile. His body was trembling slightly from excitement and the fact that he had just released lightning.

Xu Yuanjia stared at the charred trees in the distance for a moment, then burst into laughter, as if he were the one who had obtained all of this: "I didn't expect you to be so lucky!"

Chen Luo was grinning from ear to ear: "Yes, I never expected to obtain an external soul bone!"

After their initial elation, Chen Luo and Xu Yuanjia rested briefly before embarking on their journey home.

Before leaving, Chen Luo spent nearly half an hour processing the Thunder Lizard's corpse, extracting the last bit of value from it...

Chapter 20, Rank A Mission: Own an Academy!

Notting College, top floor of the dormitory building.

The sky was adorned with a dusky yellow hue, suggesting that darkness was not far off.

Chen Luo dragged his tired body toward his room, and in the distance he saw a familiar figure.

"Tang San?"

Chen Luo was somewhat surprised: "Didn't the academy already have a holiday? Why haven't you gone back yet?"

When Tang San saw Chen Luo return safely, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face: "Teacher, I have already gone back."

"Alright, come in with me."

Chen Luo opened the door and led Tang San into the room.

Since the simulated training environment was set up, Tang San has spent most of his holidays at the academy. It was only because Chen Luo asked Tang San to go back and visit Old Jack that Tang San left the school for his holidays this year.

"Teacher, congratulations on obtaining your fourth spirit ring! Is your fourth spirit ring really ten thousand years old?" Tang San asked excitedly.

Before setting off for the Soul Beast Forest, Chen Luo had already mentioned his expectations for his fourth soul ring to Tang San.

Chen Luo nodded, then hissed, "Come out, Luo Sanpao!"

Golden light flashed, and Golden Luo Sanpao appeared, instantly bringing a tremendous sense of oppression to the entire room.

At the same time, four spirit rings slowly rose from Chen Luo's body: yellow, yellow, purple, and black.

Upon seeing the black spirit ring, Tang San became even more excited: "It really is a ten-thousand-year spirit ring! Teacher, you're too strong!"

Chen Luo smiled slightly: "It's alright."

This spirit ring is only 18,000 years old.

Tang San's gaze lingered on the deep, dark ten-thousand-year spirit ring for a long time before falling on Luo Sanpao, where he quickly noticed the changes in Luo Sanpao.

"Teacher, it seems that Sanpao has some purple scales on his back, and his body has become larger and stronger than before," Tang San said in surprise.

Chen Luo said, "Yes, this is just a normal phenomenon."

"After a Soul Master acquires a Soul Ring, their Martial Soul will also be affected by the corresponding attributes of the Soul Ring. For example, your Blue Silver Grass is now turning blackish."

"It seems so."

Tang San nodded, but still felt something was off, and couldn't help but say, "Even if a martial soul can change, it's not as exaggerated as your Three Cannons, Teacher..."

Chen Luo calmly pointed to the black ten-thousand-year soul ring surrounding him: "I almost lost my life for this thing, so it's normal to get a little more reward, right?"

Tang San was slightly taken aback, then said, "Yes, teacher! I was making a big fuss over nothing!"

Chen Luo withdrew Luo Sanpao and waved his hand gently: "Go back and cultivate. It would be better to use the time you spent waiting for me to cultivate."

Tang San said, "I'm really worried about you until I see you return, Master."

"Okay, then I'll go back to cultivate, teacher."

Chen Luo nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked, "What about that little girl who's always clinging to you?"

Tang San said, "Teacher, you mean Xiao Wu? She went home."

"Oh."

Tang San has obtained his second spirit ring, and Xiao Wu will probably go back to condense her second spirit ring as well.

Chen Luo said, "Close the door behind you."

"Okay, teacher."

Tang San gently closed the door and then left.

Chen Luo yawned, took a shower, and then lay down on the bed, ready to get a good night's sleep.

However, even though he was very tired, he just couldn't fall asleep.

This trip to obtain a spirit ring involved visiting two spirit beast forests. Putting aside the hardship of hunting spirit beasts and absorbing the spirit ring, the sheer fatigue of the journey alone was enough to leave one physically and mentally exhausted.

Of course, the main reason was that Chen Luo was too excited on the way back and didn't get enough rest, otherwise he wouldn't be in this state.

"The acquisition of the fourth spirit ring went very smoothly, and I even got an external spirit bone. It's so satisfying..."

When people are alone, they often unconsciously reflect on recent events, especially happy ones.