CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 55 TWIN SOUL STONES

"Why did you save me? You clearly hate me," Huang Lingling wiped her tears dry after calming down.

Yun Sheng really wanted to reply, because you are rich.

In fact, she wanted even more to ask whether the reward that Huang Lingling promised to those bounty hunters earlier still counted, but seeing the little girl crying like a red-eyed rabbit, she couldn’t bring herself to ask. Instead, she just smiled.

Infected by Yun Sheng’s mood, Huang Lingling also smiled embarrassedly, and the two seemed to have laughed away their grievances.

The Fire Lion Bull was dead.

The two of them had cooperated, and by a series of mistakes, they killed a wanted demon beast.

After experiencing this life-and-death ordeal, the two young girls had established a revolutionary friendship.

"That Fire Lion Bull is a mutated demon beast, let’s go check it out, and see what attribute the soul stone inside it is. We came here in search of soul stones," Yun Sheng rested for a while, regaining some of her strength, and the two of them then remembered their purpose for entering the Yuewu Mountain.

Who knew that when they went to find the Fire Lion Bull, they found out that Little Black was already walking circles around it, even sneaking in a few soft bites from time to time.

Seeing Little Black with a round, bulging belly, almost touching the ground, the body of the Fire Lion Bull was several dozen times the size of Little Black.

"Is that your little dog? So impressive, it actually dared to eat the Fire Lion Bull!" Huang Lingling had also noticed the little dog that Yun Sheng had been holding in her arms.

Because Little Black’s appearance was really far from that of a majestic war beast, Huang Lingling had never associated Little Black with a war beast.

She recalled the scene where the sky suddenly darkened, and in her memory, the little dog let out a howl akin to that of a wolf.

A little dog that could instantly change the color of the sky and surround everything in darkness?

Without Yun Sheng saying anything, Huang Lingling also thought that it must be a war beast, and furthermore, a war beast of a particularly rare breed.

"Could it be that you are a summoner?" The discovery that Yun Sheng was a summoner was far more surprising than learning that Yun Sheng’s medical skill was profound. Stuttering, Huang Lingling suddenly realized that she had always thought that being gifted with dual magic power made her a genius.

But compared to the young girl in front of her who was even a year younger, she felt utterly weak.

Yun Sheng’s expression changed slightly. She did not want to reveal to anyone the secret that she was a summoner, but now Huang Lingling knew about it.

She frowned secretly.

"Don’t worry! I won’t tell anyone about your amazing war beast," Huang Lingling knew early on that summoners were a special existence among mages. Yun Sheng had such a powerful war beast, but she was still young. If others discovered it, it was very likely that people would try to snatch her war beast.

As if to prove that she would not reveal Yun Sheng’s secret, Huang Lingling tilted her head in thought, patted her chest, and put on an adult’s tone of voice: "I will tell you a secret too, my name is not actually Huang Lingling, I am Donghuang Lingling, and the current emperor of the Eastern Capital is my brother."

Expecting that after revealing her identity, Yun Sheng, like everyone else, would hurry to kneel and kowtow, Yun Sheng showed no reaction whatsoever.

She just uttered an "Oh," caring less about Eastern Emperor and Western Emperor than she did about the soul stone on the Fire Lion Bull in front of her.

Since Donghuang Lingling promised not to spill the beans about her being a summoner, she decided not to pursue the matter.

In the time it took for them to talk, Little Black had already jumped out of Yun Sheng’s arms and, using its chubby legs, was busily digging under the body of the Fire Lion Bull. A stone-like object fell out from inside the Fire Lion Bull.

"Soul stone!" Yun Sheng grabbed Little Black by the neck, shoving its plump body out of the way.

Little Black let out a dissatisfied howl.

Its gleaming black eyes brimmed with craving, clearly aware that the soul stone was the essence of a magical beast’s vitality.

Yun Sheng couldn’t help but laugh, scolding playfully, "When did you become such a glutton? Don’t worry, there’s enough demon beast meat on it for you to eat."

Yun Sheng gave it a warning look, and Little Black grudgingly started nibbling on a demon beast bone with its tail tucked.

Yun Sheng examined the demon beast soul stone, only to find it was of the Thunder attribute.

Too bad, it wasn’t suitable for her.

Yun Sheng didn’t mind and tossed the demon beast soul stone to Donghuang Lingling.

"Begin meditating immediately, let the magic wand absorb the soul stone," Yun Sheng was not stingy with her knowledge.

"You’re giving me the soul stone? This is a Fifth Rank soul stone. If you give it to me, what about your soul stone?" Donghuang Lingling asked in surprise, as a Fifth-tier Magical Beast’s soul stone was a rare find.

"If it’s not suitable for me, I won’t settle for less. Hurry up, or the mana in the soul stone will fade," once a soul stone is removed from the body, unless there are special preservation tools, the mana stored within will quickly dissipate.

It being Yun Sheng’s first solo hunt of a magical beast, she wasn’t fully prepared, so this soul stone could only be given to Donghuang Lingling.

Yun Sheng continued to search under the Fire Lion Bull’s belly, knowing that a magic beast’s flesh and blood were prized, but its organs were treasures too.

Compared to the soul stones bought in magic artifact shops, freshly harvested soul stones contained the strongest magic power, and upon being absorbed by the magic wand, offered the highest compatibility. Donghuang Lingling knew this well and without demurring, she placed the soul stone in front of her, set the magic wand on her lap, sat cross-legged, and began to chant softly.

After searching inside the Fire Lion Bull for a while, Yun Sheng exclaimed, "Huh!"

She pulled out something else from within the bull.

Among them was another soul stone.

It was quite strange; having one soul stone in a magical beast was already good, but to find two within this Fire Lion Bull was unexpected.

No wonder the Hunters called this Wanted Fire Lion Bull a Mutated Demon Beast; its mutation wasn’t reflected in the soul stone changing, but rather in having one extra soul stone compared to other magical beasts.

To Yun Sheng, this was somewhat understandable; being a doctor, she had seen patients with two hearts.

Upon careful inspection, Yun Sheng was thrilled to discover that this was a Fire Attribute soul stone.

This newly found soul stone was bigger than Donghuang Lingling’s, raging with volatile Fire Magic Power and flickered with a similar luster. Merely holding it in her hand, Yun Sheng could feel the soul stone seemed alive, vibrating incessantly, like a beating heart.

"Huh! There seems to be something special inside the soul stone. There’s no time to delay; I shall start fusing with the soul stone too," Yun Sheng commanded Little Black to keep watch around.

Ever since the Fire Lion Bull took up residence in this area, the magical beasts of Yuewu Mountain Range dared not easily approach, which indirectly provided an excellent environment for Yun Sheng and Donghuang Lingling to fuse with their soul stones.