Meanwhile.
Somewhere five li away from the wild wormwood bushes.
A large patch of gourd vines grew here, several of which had cultivation levels of over nine hundred years.
Lin Rong and the old butler had just finished searching the area and were preparing to leave.
Suddenly, a silver light appeared in the center of the gourd vine patch.
The next moment, in Lin Rong's Life Sense, a life fluctuation appeared – a plant Spirit Beast with cultivation nearing a thousand years, over nine hundred.
"It appeared so suddenly, it must be related to space attributes."
"And it's a plant Spirit Beast with nearly a thousand years of cultivation. Truly, heaven is helping me!"
Lin Rong immediately stopped in his tracks and said to the old butler beside him:
"Grandpa Yu, take me back to the center of this gourd vine patch, and quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the old butler didn't ask why or reply. Instead, he immediately rushed back with the young master.
This gourd vine patch wasn't large. With the old butler's full burst of speed, in five to six seconds, Lin Rong and the old butler returned to the center.
The Azure Bamboo, less than a meter tall, had just felt fortunate to have escaped the wolf's den not long ago. It then saw Lin Rong and the old butler returning, and its swaying bamboo leaves instantly stopped. It froze, motionless.
"Yo, quite intelligent, aren't you!"
Lin Rong walked forward, approaching the bamboo, with the old butler closely following.
"Such dense and pure spatial power, and this cultivation of nine hundred and eighty-one years."
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's practically a Spirit Beast tailor-made for my second Spirit Ring."
The Azure Bamboo watched the two approaching figures, feeling like crying but having no tears.
The Space Spirit Skill it had just used could only be employed once a month.
A few seconds ago, it had escaped the wolf's den using its Space Spirit Skill, never expecting to run into another tiger's den here.
Mutation had caused it to develop extremely high intelligence and harbor great ambition, aiming to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Therefore, for the past few hundred years, it had been hiding and evading using this ability. It had finally reached nearly a thousand years of cultivation.
As long as its cultivation broke through the thousand-year mark, its Space Spirit Skill would evolve further.
Not only would the teleportation distance greatly increase, but the frequency of its use would also increase, no longer limited to once a month.
Damn it, it was only nineteen years away from breaking through to become a thousand-year Spirit Beast.
Why was it so unlucky today, encountering humans twice in a row?
Could it be that the humans it encountered twice were working together?
Yes, it must be.
Humans were so cunning and treacherous. They first sent one group to deplete its Space Spirit Skill, and then this group lay in wait here.
If Lin Rong knew what the bamboo was thinking, he would surely burst out laughing.
Even if he and Oscar were working together, they didn't know the landing point of the Space Spirit Skill, so how could they lie in wait?
Although Lin Rong didn't know what the bamboo in front of him was thinking, he could see the intensity of its emotional fluctuations through his Life Sense.
This sparked a mood to tease the bamboo, and he said:
"With such high intelligence, it's not good to be nameless."
"Since it's my second Spirit Ring, I'll give you a name!"
"Spatial attribute, and this azure appearance, how about calling you Kongqing Bamboo?"
Following that, Lin Rong released the Nine Bend Vine Dragon, and countless Vine Dragon Tree Roots entangled the Kongqing Bamboo, slowly tightening and strangling it.
"Don't be afraid of death. Becoming my second Spirit Ring is your honor!"
Honor my ass! Why don't you die!
The Kongqing Bamboo cursed inwardly, but its consciousness quickly dissipated amidst the strangulation of the Vine Dragon Tree Roots.
Not long after his words fell, a Spirit Ring of deep yellow color condensed in mid-air. Upon closer inspection, there was a faint trace of purple halo on the Spirit Ring.
Looking at the Spirit Ring before him, Lin Rong's mood became exceptionally pleasant.
For a moment, even the air he breathed felt several times fresher, intoxicating.
Lin Rong didn't rush to absorb the Spirit Ring. Instead, he focused his gaze on the Kongqing Bamboo.
"Logically speaking, a Spirit Beast with such high intelligence should have a considerable chance of dropping a head Spirit Bone."
"Hmm, let's look for it!"
Thus, Lin Rong controlled the Vine Dragon Tree Roots and ground the less than a meter long Kongqing Bamboo into pieces, section by section.
When he reached the section at the top of the Kongqing Bamboo, Lin Rong sensed a small, hard object beneath the Vine Dragon Tree Roots.
Immediately, Lin Rong's heart rejoiced. He controlled the Vine Dragon Tree Roots to bring the hard object into his hand.
It was a circular bone, crystal clear like jade all over, emitting a faint blue and silver radiance.
"As expected, it's a head Spirit Bone. For a Spirit Bone dropped by such a top-tier Spirit Beast, if only its age wasn't so low..."
Lin Rong thought it was a pity and was about to put the Spirit Bone away when he seemed to discover something and froze in place, his face filled with shock.
"This Spirit Bone can evolve?"
Just now, Lin Rong had sensed the Spirit Bone's age increase from nine hundred and eighty-one years to nine hundred and eighty-two years.
With this discovery, Lin Rong calmed down and carefully sensed the specific condition of this Spirit Bone.
Then he found that the head Spirit Bone dropped by the Kongqing Bamboo was actually slowly absorbing life and space energy from the air to increase its age.
"It's not an external Spirit Bone, yet it possesses the evolutionary ability of an external Spirit Bone."
"Spirit Beasts like Kongqing Bamboo can be compared to the Thunderclap Nether Vine, which possesses the bloodline of a Thunder God."
This Kongqing Bamboo head Spirit Bone not only shared the same origin as the second Spirit Ring Lin Rong was about to absorb, but absorbing them together would maximize their effects.
Furthermore, this head Spirit Bone possessed both life and space attributes, which Lin Rong coveted greatly. If its age hadn't been so low, he would never have given up on this Spirit Bone.
But now, he knew that this Spirit Bone had the ability to evolve, so its age would no longer be a problem.
A Spirit Master could absorb six Spirit Bones.
In order of rarity, they were: torso bone, head bone, left arm bone, right arm bone, left leg bone, right leg bone.
Currently, for the head Spirit Bone, Lin Rong had confirmed it was the one produced by the Kongqing Bamboo.
With this evolutionary ability, reaching a hundred thousand years in age in the future would be no issue.
Lin Rong already had targets for the remaining five Spirit Bone slots.
However, one of those Spirit Bones would require a certain amount of luck to obtain.
If he couldn't get it, Lin Rong would have to find another way.
After staring at the Spirit Bone in his hand for a long time, Lin Rong finally put it away and shifted his gaze to the Spirit Ring.
He didn't know how long it would take to absorb the Spirit Bone, but a Spirit Ring could only exist for one hour.
After one hour, it would dissipate into the heavens and earth.
For now, he should absorb the Spirit Ring first before considering absorbing the Spirit Bone.
Lin Rong walked to the Spirit Ring and sat down, muttering to himself:
"I've already encountered enough surprises today, but I still want a bigger one."
"I hope this Spirit Ring can satisfy this wish of mine!"
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