Chapter 143: Distributing Soul Bones
[Watching Yu Xiaogang hand him the blue-glowing torso bone, its eighty-thousand-year age stirred Yu Yuanzhen's heart fiercely.]
[An eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, especially an eighty-thousand-year torso bone, provided an incalculable boost, even for a Titled Douluo like himself to refine.]
["I... then I shall accept this Soul Bone."]
[Yu Yuanzhen took the torso bone with trembling hands. Honestly, when he saw this torso bone, he had thought about letting Yu Xiaogang refine it.]
[But though he opened his mouth several times, he couldn't bring himself to say it.]
[The attraction of this Soul Bone was simply too lethal for him.]
[An eighty-thousand-year torso bone was enough to cause brothers to kill each other, relatives to become enemies, and spouses to betray one another.]
[He truly couldn't manage to have no thoughts about this Soul Bone, even if the one competing with him for it was his most cherished son.]
[Before Yu Xiaogang spoke, Yu Yuanzhen had fantasized countless times about how he would respond if Yu Xiaogang said he wanted this Soul Bone.]
[Would he agree, or disagree?]
[If he disagreed and his son still wanted it, what would he do?]
[Yu Yuanzhen didn't know any of this, and he didn't even dare to think about it.]
[Fortunately, his son hadn't put him through this test of the human heart from the beginning.]
[He knew Yu Xiaogang's stance very well: he wouldn't absorb anything that wasn't compatible.]
[Yu Yuanzhen didn't know if this stance was correct, but at least at this moment, his son's stance gave him psychological comfort.]
[Seeing Yu Yuanzhen accept the torso bone, Yu Xiaogang picked up a Skull Spirit Bone.]
[This was the older one of the two Skull Spirit Bones.]
[Two Skull Spirit Bones, one ten-thousand-year and one thirty-thousand-year.]
[Although its age was far inferior to the torso bone, because it was for the head, its value was second only to the torso bone among this pile of Soul Bones.]
["Father, see if you want this one. A thirty-thousand-year Skull Spirit Bone; its age is quite a bit less than the torso bone."]
[Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Yu Yuanzhen, having calmed his excitement, gave Yu Xiaogang a sidelong glance.]
["You're actually looking down on it?"]
["Your father is already a Titled Douluo and still doesn't have a full set of Soul Bones. If not for this time, I might not have been able to complete the set in this lifetime."]
["I'm not like you; I wouldn't turn my nose up at these."]
[After speaking, Yu Yuanzhen fell silent for a moment and looked at Yu Xiaogang with a serious expression.]
["Xiaogang, are you sure you want to stick to your idea of not absorbing incompatible Soul Bones?"]
["Soul Bones are things one can only encounter by luck, not seek out. If you miss this chance, you won't even have the opportunity to regret it."]
["Think about it carefully. Why don't you absorb this skull bone instead?"]
[Yu Yuanzhen looked at the skull bone.]
[He had taken the most valuable torso bone, so Yu Yuanzhen really hoped Yu Xiaogang would absorb the skull bone, which was second in value.]
[However, the response he received was still Yu Xiaogang's refusing gaze.]
["There's no need. I still hold the same view: what's compatible is best."]
["Like my current Soul Bone, it's precisely because it's compatible that it can link with my Third Soul Skill and First Spirit Ability, producing unexpected effects."]
["If I just randomly absorb a Soul Bone that doesn't fit into my current combat system, I'd rather leave the slot empty for now."]
[Yu Xiaogang's words left Yu Yuanzhen speechless.]
[The facts were right there; Yu Xiaogang's Soul Bone was indeed powerful far beyond the effect of the Spirit Bone Skill itself because of its compatibility.]
[For example, after testing, if Yu Xiaogang didn't use his First Spirit Ability, his detached arm couldn't fly.]
[To recover it, he would first have to pick up the arm from the ground.]
[This suddenly made the originally Heaven-Defying Spirit Bone Skill seem somewhat neither here nor there.]
[Thus, Yu Yuanzhen and the others finally understood that it wasn't just the Spirit Bone Skill that was powerful, but Yu Xiaogang's skill system that complemented it.]
[Seeing Yu Xiaogang's persistence, Yu Yuanzhen said no more. He took the thirty-thousand-year skull bone, planning to absorb them together later.]
[Watching his father take the two most precious Soul Bones, Yu Xiaogang looked at the older of the two left leg bones.]
[It was a left leg bone of about fifty thousand years.]
[Picking up that left leg bone, Yu Xiaogang looked at Bibi Dong.]
["My father's behavior earlier was wrong. I apologize to you on his behalf. If you're willing, please accept this fifty-thousand-year left leg bone."]
[Yu Xiaogang's words caused Bibi Dong, who had been watching quietly, to stiffen.]
[She looked at Yu Xiaogang in disbelief, completely unexpected that he would share a Soul Bone with her.]
[Especially since the age of this Soul Bone was second only to the torso bone in this pile.]
[Yu Yuanzhen glanced at Yu Xiaogang, wanting to speak up and stop him, but after thinking about it, he ultimately said nothing.]
[He had indeed been too extreme just now, so it made sense for Xiaogang to want to compensate her.]
[However...]
["To actually use a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone as compensation, what a spendthrift!!"]
[Yu Xiaogang didn't know Yu Yuanzhen's thoughts for now, and even if he did, he would likely still do the same.]
[As companions on this treasure hunt, letting her come along, seeing so many treasures, nearly being killed, and then returning empty-handed would be far too much.]
["You... are you sure you want to give it to me?"]
[Bibi Dong looked into Yu Xiaogang's eyes, then cautiously glanced at Yu Yuanzhen nearby. Seeing Yu Yuanzhen turn his head away, she finally felt relieved enough to ask Yu Xiaogang carefully.]
["Do you think I'm joking with you?"]
[Yu Xiaogang tilted his head and stared at Bibi Dong's face while asking.]
["No, I just feel it's too precious. A fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone—even if my teacher were to give me one, there would surely be all sorts of tests."]
["You're just giving it to me like this?"]
["There are clearly so many other Soul Bones over there."]
[Bibi Dong glanced at the pile of Millennial Spirit Bones and Hundred-year Spirit Bones nearby.]
[She was an outsider to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Giving an outsider something that could raise the Sect's upper limit was not a reasonable thing to do.]
["There are many Soul Bones, but their value is far inferior to this one."]
["You traveled with me and my father, so you are a teammate on our treasure hunt. You saw us get that pile of Soul Bones and even encountered danger because of it."]
["Even ordinary Soul Hunting Squads know that benefits should be shared. Giving you those Century or Millennial Spirit Bones would feel like I'm just being perfunctory."]
["I can't do that."]
[At this point, Yu Xiaogang took Bibi Dong's hand, placed the Soul Bone in it, and then grinned.]
["Accept it. This is both an apology and my sincerity."]
[Looking at the smile on Yu Xiaogang's face, Bibi Dong felt as if the World had suddenly gone quiet for some reason.]
[The only thing she could hear in her ears was her heartbeat, which was getting faster and faster.]
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