#89 - A head soul bone that is more than a thousand years old

Quan Yi's pupils shrank as he quickly surveyed his surroundings.

After confirming that no one was around, he donned his gauntlets and picked up the item from the still-warm ashes.

It was a bone-like object that shimmered with a jade-white light. Its shape resembled a skull, but it didn't give off an eerie feeling. Instead, it looked more like a jade sculpture.

Moreover, Quan Yi could sense soul power fluctuations emanating from it.

A soul bone.

The term instantly flashed through Quan Yi's mind, coinciding with the descriptions of soul bones he had read in books.

Realizing this, Quan Yi hastily stored it within the Blazing Sun Heart.

Just then, the sound of rapid hoofbeats echoed from afar.

"Da da da da..."

"Young Master, we're here!" The coachman's voice followed.

Quan Yi raised his head towards the direction of the sound and saw four or five tall carriages speeding towards him.

The lead carriage was driven by the previous coachman.

These carriages stopped in front of Quan Yi, and then dozens of strong men armed with weapons and equipment stepped down.

Among them, the leader was Yuan the blacksmith.

"Young Master, are you alright?" Yuan the blacksmith asked anxiously.

"I'm fine. Yuan the blacksmith, why did you come too? What about the blacksmith shop?"

Before burning the corpses, Quan Yi instructed the coachman to return to the blacksmith shop and bring some people to handle the scene.

But he didn't expect so many people to come at once, and with such a battle-ready posture.

The entire blacksmith shop seemed to have entered a state of alert, and everyone's expression was solemn.

Quan Yi sat on the main seat in the hall, his eyes focused on the silver Soul Dou emblem in his hand.

Name: Xu Ke

Martial Soul: Claw Blade

Age: Forty-one

Address: Xu Family Village, Lelia Province

This information had a low degree of credibility, Quan Yi couldn't be certain.

But the Soul Dou emblem also contained other information. And this information was relatively reliable.

That was the battle record.

Each Soul Dou emblem recorded the individual's battle record beneath their identity information.

Accumulated points: 1123

Soul Sect, Silver Soul Dou, his talent and strength could only be described as average, nothing particularly outstanding.

Quan Yi remembered that his soul ring configuration wasn't optimal, and the first soul ring was even a white, ten-year soul ring.

However, Quan Yi noticed that this person's points had suddenly soared in recent years.

Moreover, most of them were accumulated rapidly through consecutive victories.

But looking back at his previous battle records, although he had participated for many years, he had generally lost more than he had won.

This showed that he was an ordinary Soul Dou Master who had frequented the Soul Arena for many years, but in recent years, his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, and he had quickly advanced to Silver Soul Dou.

Moreover, more importantly, it could be inferred from the other party's words that the man didn't know much about Quan Yi.

"You're a fire-type?"

The man seemed very surprised when he saw Quan Yi use the Propulsion Mode.

The other party launched an assassination without conducting a thorough background check.

He didn't seem like a professional assassin.

However, this person did a very good job of seizing the opportunity.

He happened to choose the time when his mother left his side.

This was definitely not a coincidence.

Quan Yi himself only knew at noon that his mother had chosen to replenish gunpowder today.

Therefore, this person should have been in the Soul Arena at that time and had been monitoring him for a long time.

But how was that possible? He was only a Soul Sect, while his mother was a Soul King, and their strengths were very different. How could he have monitored them for so long without attracting attention?

Quan Yi couldn't figure it out.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi!"

Su Ling'er's anxious voice came from outside the blacksmith shop.

"It's Mother. Quick, open the door."

As the two guards at the door were about to open the gate, a scarlet figure jumped in directly from above the gate.

At this time, Su Ling'er was completely lionized, emitting a powerful pressure. She looked a little out of breath, but when she saw Quan Yi, her figure turned into a red lightning bolt and rushed towards him.

Su Ling'er hugged Quan Yi tightly and then began to check his body.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Quan Yi said with a smile because he didn't want his mother to worry about him.

"You're still smiling. Do you know how worried I was?"

On the way back, Su Ling'er saw the scorched marks and accident fragments, and she also smelled the scent of blood.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Su Ling'er rushed back as quickly as possible.

Sure enough, when she returned to the blacksmith shop, the gate was unusually closed. In desperation, she directly crossed the gate and jumped in.

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Before answering, Quan Yi scanned everyone, knowing that this matter should not be known to many people.

"Everyone, continue to be vigilant."

"Yes."

After dismissing everyone, Quan Yi told his mother about the assassination attempt.

Hearing that Quan Yi had been in such a dangerous situation, Su Ling'er's heart began to blame herself. If she hadn't left Quan Yi's side, he wouldn't have encountered such a thing.

Su Ling'er lovingly touched Quan Yi's head.

"Mother, this matter was not a coincidence. This person seemed to have been planning it for a long time. Even if it wasn't today, he would definitely find another time to assassinate me," Quan Yi said, comforting her when he saw his mother's disappointed expression.

"Planning for a long time? How do you know he was planning for a long time?" Su Ling'er asked in surprise.

Quan Yi told her his reasoning.

After speaking, he also took out the Silver Soul Dou emblem, facial sketch, and soul bone.

"This is!" Su Ling'er was also extremely surprised when she saw the soul bone.

She took the soul bone from Quan Yi's hand and began to examine it.

"This should be a head soul bone that is over a thousand years old. Only the person who has absorbed it would know what kind of soul beast's soul bone it is," Su Ling'er said after looking at it for a while, and then asked Quan Yi to put it back.

After taking back the soul bone, Quan Yi asked his mother with some confusion.

"Mother, what is this person's purpose?"

Quan Yi couldn't figure out what this person's purpose was.

"Combining your reasoning with this soul bone, I have a guess," Su Ling'er said after thinking for a while.

"What is it?" Quan Yi asked.

"His purpose should be to obtain the soul bone," Su Ling'er explained.

"Soul bone?" Quan Yi was a little surprised for a moment.