Chapter 286 Spirit Bones

As they flew along, Dugu Bo was travelling side by side with Lin Manshan, followed by the four Yang Wudi and the others, and on the left side were Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who had followed them up. Because Lin Manshan's strength had been exposed, Shui Chaozong and Shui Zilu didn't use their martial soul true bodies to carry people.

With people spaced out and flying at a speed that wasn't slow, Ning Fengzhi couldn't say anything even if he wanted to, so he could only rush along in a muffled manner.

Flying in the wind, how much spirit control does that require? As he glanced at Lin Manshan's relaxed face, Ning Fengzhi sighed inwardly.

As far as he knew, Lin Manshan's martial soul didn't possess the wind attribute ability, and he didn't have any spirit skills.

Obviously, the flying ability was a self-created spirit skill that was subsequently comprehended.

Sword Douluo relied on his martial soul to fly with his sword, but Lin Manshan could fly directly, which showed the extent of Lin Manshan's spirit power control.

As he lamented, he began to think about how to interject and gather useful information.

The group flew until evening, when they stopped at a town to rest. Walking into a hotel and booking a room, Ning Fengzhi finally found a chance to chime in, first inviting the group to dine, and then opening the conversation with congratulations to Dugu Bo for breaking through level 99.

"It was just a lucky coincidence that I gained a little opportunity." Dugu Bo's reply was very simple.

"With the situation as it is currently, I wonder what Brother Dugu's next plans are?" Ning Fengzhi asked again, with Skywalker Academy's strength right now, there was no doubt that it had become the strongest force on the continent besides the Martial Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo's choices could determine a lot of things.

"Retreat." Dugu Bo gave a slight nod and said indifferently, "I just made a breakthrough not long ago, and I still need to spend some time stabilizing next. As for matters on the continent, I have never been that interested. If people don't offend me, I won't offend them, that's my attitude."

So, if the Martial Spirit Hall intended to deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan or even the Heaven Dou Empire, Dugu Bo would choose to stay out of it? Ning Fengzhi was clearly not satisfied with Dugu Bo's reply. However, in the face of absolute strength, it wasn't advisable to refute much.

He could only side-step the matter and sigh, "I'm afraid that the Martial Spirit Hall may not let Brother Dugu do as he wishes."

"Since Bibi Dong took office, many of the Martial Spirit Hall's actions have had the intention of expansion. Today, Brother Dugu Bo's destruction of the Clear Sky Clan, and the strength displayed in the process, especially the potential of Nephew Lin, I'm afraid that it has already attracted the scruples of the Martial Spirit Hall."

"Therefore, there's no doubt that Skywalker Academy will next become the Martial Spirit Hall's key object of concern."

Dugu Bo glanced at him, "Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen to Heaven Dou Empire. After all, my Skywalker Academy is built right outside of Heaven Dou City, and the students are also basically all from the Heaven Dou Empire. As the dean, I have the responsibility to protect the academy from invasion."

Although it was still somewhat ambiguous, he had at least expressed his bias, and Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but feel relieved inwardly as he slightly arched his hand and said with a straight face, "Then, on behalf of the people of the Heaven Dou Empire, on behalf of that disciple of mine, Qinghe, as well as on behalf of His Majesty, Ning will thank Brother Dugu Bo."

Dugu Bo nodded and mentioned smoothly, "As long as it's not Xue Beng, it's all good."

Dugu Bo indeed remembered that Xue Beng had contradicted Lin Manshan. This is just right, Xue Qinghe is my personal disciple; if he can ascend to the throne, it will also be beneficial to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Perhaps, we can also use this to further bridge the relationship with the Skywalker Academy. Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at Lin Manshan and smiled: "I wonder what Nephew Lin plans to do next? Next spring will be the start of the next Spirit Master Tournament. With Nephew Lin's current strength, if you participate, you will be able to win another championship for the empire."

"If it's feasible, my daughter can be a substitute and have a bit more experience." Another sentence was added.

Lin Manshan slightly shook his head, "The purpose of Junior's participation in the Spirit Master Tournament back then was to sharpen himself, and with my current strength, there is no gain in competing again, so it's better to leave the opportunity to the more needy students and juniors."

"On the contrary, this trip to the Clear Sky Clan has given the junior some gains. When I return to the academy, I should be in seclusion for some time just like Grandpa, striving to gain further insights."   

"In that case, then, I wish Nephew Lin the best of success in his endeavours." Although there was some disappointment in his heart, Ning Fengzhi still expressed his support at the first opportunity.

Subsequently, Ning Fengzhi followed up with a series of indirect questions, trying to find out the reasons why the people had been promoted so quickly. However, they were all simply circumvented by Lin Manshan and the others. Naturally, Ning Fengzhi was also aware that it was not good to ask too many questions about this kind of matter involving secrecy, or else it would definitely cause displeasure, so he could only call it quits.

So, after eating and drinking their fill, the group returned directly to their room.

Sitting in a circle, Yang Wudi was the first to place the spirit bone that had fallen from the previous Clear Sky Clan Elder on the tabletop to hand it over.

"Although it's not that old, only 30,000 years, the quality is good." Dugu Bo picked it up, examined it, and said, turning his head to look at Lin Manshan, "Go to the bathroom and release all the corpses that need to be dug up. It just so happens that we have nothing to do, so let's discuss the arrangements together."

"Hmm!" Lin Manshan nodded along with Niu Gao, and together they walked towards the bathroom.

Not long after, the spirit bones found on Tang Xiao and the three elders were dug out by Niu Gao one by one, and Lin Manshan took them over to wash them and put them into the spirit tool. When they were done, they took the bodies back into the spirit tool again. Afterwards, the two returned to the room, Lin Manshan took out the spirit bones and lined them up on the desktop in order.

In addition to that, there were also spirit bones found within Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua's spirit tools.

Looking around, just from the spirit power fluctuations, one could tell that the spirit bones from Tang Xiao and a few elders were of the best quality, and even the ones that weren't high in age were top-notch in the same age range, and they could be regarded as the best batch of spirit bones in the Clear Sky Clan's collection.

As for the ones taken out from within the spirit tools, they were all ones that had low age and were of poorer quality.

"The good ones are basically power types, some of them are already a bit old, so I think they are the legacy of the Clear Sky Clan's ancestors." Lin Manshan, who had touched and sensed them one by one, stated his guess.

"There are also some that were obtained from outside." Yang Wudi interjected, "Don't look at the glorious facade of the Clear Sky Clan, in the shadows, they also did a lot of killing and seizing of treasures. Tang Xiao and Tang Hao also did this kind of thing when they travelled out back then, they just handled it cleanly and the outside world didn't know about it."

"That guy Tang Hao, he was very arrogant when he was young, and once he had shown off to Tai Tan with whom he had good company after returning from a journey."

"Of course, there are also some spirit bones bought from the auction house, only that most of them are of average quality."

"Regarding spirit bones, only direct line descendants of the Clear Sky Clan have always obtained them as a reward. Affiliated clan disciples like us don't have a chance, even if we contribute more, it's still useless. In fact, at the very beginning, my clan did submit some of the prescriptions. It's just a pity that no benefits were gained from that. Precisely because of this, my clan never submitted any of the clan's medicinal formulas to the Clear Sky Clan later on."

Niu Gao at the side nodded his head.

"At first, we actually didn't care, but as time accumulated, and the contribution to the clan grew bigger and bigger, and the Clear Sky Clan still didn't offer any token of appreciation, some of the clan's disciples would inevitably grow resentful."

"Back then, when Tang Chen was still around, the Clear Sky Clan was still in its heyday, with tens of thousands of spirit masters, but now there are only so few, isn't this the reason for that?" Dugu Bo shook his head slightly, "All hearts are made of flesh, when cattle and horses work, their masters have to feed them some fodder, not to mention people?"

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