"Your Majesty!"
Just as Dugu Bo was lost in thought, a surprised voice suddenly rang out.
Dugu Bo heart skipped a beat. He raised his eyes and saw that 'Xue Qinghe' had already noticed him.
In a moment of distraction, he had let down his guard!
Dugu Bo cursed himself inwardly for being careless, but his face remained calm and composed.
"Hmm."
He nodded faintly, maintaining his usual demeanor.
"Your Majesty, have you ever seen such a situation?"
Qian Renxue, with her high status and cultivation, had her own methods of detection, so it wasn't entirely Dugu Bo carelessness.
In fact, she had already noticed him approaching, but when she sensed his murderous intent, she pretended not to notice.
Now, she had realized the situation.
She knew that Dugu Bo was hiding in the Sunset Forest.
Given his Bi Lin Snake martial soul and the murderous aura he carried, it wasn't hard to guess that the unknown serpent soul beast was likely related to him.
But now, they had already killed the snake and absorbed its soul ring.
She could only pretend to know nothing and take this opportunity to ask.
She believed that, compared to a mere snake, Dugu Bo, as a Title Douluo, would be far more interested in the enhancement of the soul ring.
Sure enough.
After Qian Renxue asked the question, Dugu Bo immediately frowned.
"If you're talking about the situation where a soul beast undergoes a transformation before death, causing its soul ring's age to increase, I've heard of such cases."
Dugu Bo shook his head, "But if you're saying that absorbing a soul ring causes other soul rings to mutate and their age increases, I've never seen such a thing, nor have I even heard of it."
Qian Renxue nodded thoughtfully and looked at Li Yu with even more curiosity, her eyes filled with a hint of intensity.
A Soul King at the third ring, yet possessing three purple soul rings—this was absolutely top-tier talent.
Even compared to her, aside from the martial soul, Li Yu was not lacking in any other aspect.
This made her determination to nurture Li Yu even more firm.
Who wouldn't want such a genius under their command?
Meanwhile, while the two were talking, Li Yu, who had temporarily lost attention, picked up the two curved white fangs from the serpent soul beast.
They were scattered on the ground, inconspicuous, looking like ordinary animal teeth.
But as Li Yu approached and held them in his hands, he noticed something unusual about them!
Inside the teeth, it seemed like some kind of power was developing.
However, they hadn't reached the level of a soul bone yet.
If they had already developed into a soul bone, the power fluctuations would have been obvious, and even Qian Renxue would have noticed.
At most, they could only be considered as "half-finished products."
After a moment of thought, Li Yu decided to infuse his soul power into these two white fangs to see if they would undergo any change.
Soon.
As the soul power entered, Li Yu felt a strange connection between the white fangs and himself.
The fangs seemed like an endless void, absorbing all the soul power he sent into them!
At that moment...
[First fusion of the soul bone successful. Reward: 1000 years of freely distributable years!]
[Soul Bone quality is too low. It is recommended to prioritize improving the soul bone's quality!]
[Remaining freely distributable years: 1000 years]
Li Yu froze for a moment.
It really is a soul bone!
But could these teeth be considered as an external soul bone!?
Li Yu eyes brightened slightly. The value of external soul bones was far higher than that of regular soul bones.
Without any hesitation, he immediately whispered in his heart, "Distribute all remaining years to the soul bone!"
[Confirm?]
"Confirm!"
[Distributing...]
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a familiar sensation surged within Li Yu heart.
The two white fangs in his palm instantly changed!
They became slightly violent but still emitted a faint aura.
[Distribution complete!]
[External Soul Bone]
[Fang of Absorption] 1000 years
Absorption: Can extract and enhance toxins, converting them into soul power to feed back to the user!
...
Extracting toxins to enhance his soul power?!
Li Yu eyes widened instantly.
This was a divine ability in his eyes.
His biggest problem right now was his age and low soul power.
But with this soul bone skill, coupled with the poison element control he just acquired and a 60% affinity for poison elements, it could be said that as long as there was poison, his soul power could increase as easily as drinking water!
While Li Yu was lost in thought...
"Eh?"
The Fang of Absorption's aura, though faint, was still noticeable to Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo, whose powers were at an extraordinary level.
Their gazes almost immediately fixed on Li Yu.
Li Yu, feeling their eyes on him, immediately felt a chill down his back and sensed something was off.
Soul bones.
Even for a Title Douluo, it was hard to collect a full set.
Let alone this external soul bone, which was "outside" the set.
If he exposed the fact that these white fangs had evolved into a soul bone, Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo would likely turn hostile immediately.
He had been careless!
Li Yu cursed inwardly but pretended to be confused.
He then took the initiative: "Husband, what's the matter?"
"Wife, what was that aura? Did you absorb the soul ring? Is your body feeling unwell?"
In front of others, and with Li Yu already calling her "husband," perhaps to maintain face or to show a man's openness, or even to act deliberately in front of Dugu Bo, who was close to the Snow Night Emperor, Qian Renxue finally called Li Yu "wife" for the first time.
Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow, surprised at Qian Renxue affectionate tone toward Li Yu.
Although Dugu Bo had suggested to Emperor Xue Ye that Qian Renxue be compensated, and Xue Ye had agreed, all of this had been public.
Behind the scenes, however, they still hadn't fully let go of their suspicions about Qian Renxue.
Thus, when Dugu Bo heard Qian Renxue affectionately call Li Yu "wife," he was quite surprised.
So much so that the strange aura emanating from Li Yu seemed to lose some of its intensity.
"It's nothing."
Li Yu gaze flashed slightly as he realized that Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo had only sensed the aura from the Fang of Absorption.
But they didn't know it was coming from the Fang of Absorption. They probably thought it was related to the "unexpected" enhancement of his first and second soul rings.
So, he quickly responded, "It's just that my first and second soul rings suddenly became thousand-year soul rings, and my body feels a bit uncomfortable."
Then, he changed the subject, "Husband, do you know why my first and second soul rings were enhanced?"
"...Uh."
Qian Renxue paused for a moment, unsure of how to respond.
With her beautiful face full of confusion, was she supposed to say "I don't know"?
She couldn't bear to lose face!
After a moment, she shifted her gaze and had an idea: "It's because that soul beast was too special. As for why it was special..."
She paused and then looked at Dugu Bo, "This is Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo!"
"This question, the Poison Douluo can explain it better for you!"