However, their speculations couldn't be confirmed for now. So they had to abandon this topic of discussion and continued to study the spiritual bone.
Since the demonic qi on the spiritual bone had been removed, the next step was to fuse it into Shen Qing's body.
Shen Qing sat in meditation on a rock. The spiritual bone with blue dots floated in front of her.
Hoo—
Shen Qing exhaled deeply, then began to circulate her spiritual power. First, she wrapped the spiritual bone with her spiritual power to establish a connection between them.
The spiritual bone had originally been extracted from Shen Qing's body, so it didn't reject her spiritual power.
But when Shen Qing tried to integrate the spiritual bone into her body, for some unknown reason, the spiritual bone kept jumping as if it didn't want to be integrated.
Shen Qing tried several times in a row, but all of them failed without exception.
There was nothing she could do, so she had to give up. By this time, Shen Qing was already sweating profusely. Due to the continuous consumption of her spiritual power, she was still breathing slightly.
"Why..."
There was full of confusion in Shen Qing's eyes. She didn't understand why she couldn't succeed.
Had the spiritual bone been in Lin Yibai's body for too long and already recognized Lin Yibai, so it refused to accept her again?
But could a spiritual bone have such self - awareness? It was really too strange...
Li Xian took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Shen Qing's forehead. "Don't be in a hurry. Fusion always takes a process. It's originally yours, and no one can take it away."
"We'll just have to try again next time."
Shen Qing put the spiritual bone back into her storage bag. Her mood was rather low.
At this moment, she envied Lin Yibai for having an all - powerful system. It could even help her fuse the spiritual bone in an instant and make the most of its effects.
Li Xian nodded and started taking out things like a barbecue grill from his storage bag to prepare for cooking.
Since getting used to the food cooked by Li Xian, Shen Qing would miss it if she didn't eat it for a single day. So the two of them, who had already achieved the state of fasting, had developed the habit of eating on time every day.
Suddenly, a strong spiritual power fluctuation emerged from the caves of the Dark Wolf and Chu Lanqiu.
Shen Qing and Li Xian were close to the source, and they were directly sent flying by this spiritual power wave.
The two of them were completely unprepared. As they were about to fall heavily to the ground, Wu Wang flew out from Shen Qing's wrist and transformed into a suitable dragon form, just in time to catch them steadily.
After Wu Wang settled Shen Qing and Li Xian down, it went to the cave entrance and anxiously circled around, muttering, "Inheritance... Inheritance..."
Shen Qing and Li Xian glanced at each other. They felt that something terrible was about to happen.
The spiritual power fluctuation was so strong that even the big trees behind them were uprooted. If it was sensed by someone with ill intentions, the Dark Wolf would be in danger.
Fortunately, after Shen Qing contacted Qi Nian and the others who stayed in the Beast Taming Sect, she found that the spiritual power fluctuation hadn't spread outside the Beast Forest. It seemed that only those in the Beast Forest could sense this wave.
Just as Shen Qing was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the shrill cry of a spiritual beast in the sky above the forest.
"Hey, a purple - gold bird at the Golden Core stage. It's okay. We can defeat it."
Ling Zhou's voice suddenly appeared. Just as he finished speaking, a large bird with a tuft of purple curly hair on its head swooped down and launched an attack on the location of the barrier.
"Wu Wang!"
Shen Qing shouted. Wu Wang immediately transformed into a sword and landed in Shen Qing's hand.
Li Xian also summoned his natal sword. The two of them leaped up together and stabbed at the weak points of the purple - gold bird.
With the two of them attacking together, the purple - gold bird couldn't hold out for more than two moves and fell to the ground. Shen Qing was about to go and dig out the inner core of the purple - gold bird, but before she got close, a deafening roar sounded again.
Two gray - clawed bears with bared teeth rushed over. Li Xian and Shen Qing each dealt with one. Sparks flew when their swords clashed with the claws of the gray - clawed bears.
"A gray - clawed bear at the early Nascent Soul stage... Well... We can barely defeat it..."
Ling Zhou analyzed. Seeing that Shen Qing and Li Xian were capable of handling the situation, his voice became more relaxed. From time to time, he told them the weak points of the bears.
Since Shen Qing had consumed half of her spiritual power during the fusion of the spiritual bone earlier, under the powerful blow of the gray - clawed bear, her legs went weak, and she almost got slapped to the ground by the bear.
Seeing this, Li Xian immediately stabbed the bear in front of him through the throat, killing it.
He rushed over and caught Shen Qing before she hit the ground. Then he held Shen Qing in one arm and spun half a circle. As he turned around, he raised his hand, unleashing the might of the late Nascent Soul stage. With one sword strike, the huge head of the gray - clawed bear fell to the ground.
Shen Qing's eyes widened. "The late Nascent Soul stage?? When did you reach this level? No... You haven't formed your Nascent Soul yet..."
Li Xian put Shen Qing down and explained, "I could have advanced a long time ago, but I took pills to suppress it. Since the Heavenly Tribulation hasn't come yet, I haven't formed my Nascent Soul."
Shen Qing fell silent. Once again, she felt the gap between herself and a genius.
No wonder Lin Yibai wanted to kill Li Xian first. With such a genius with great fortune in front of her, it was hard not to be tempted...
Seeing Shen Qing's strange look, Li Xian awkwardly touched his neck and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Qing shook her head. "It's nothing."
She was just feeling a bit jealous.
"What's wrong with these spiritual beasts? Why do they seem to have gone crazy all of a sudden?"
While digging out the inner cores, Shen Qing looked at the cave that showed no signs of movement.
Due to the barrier, the two of them outside could only see a expanse of green in front of them and couldn't see what was going on inside the cave. But since the two people inside hadn't sent out any information, it meant they were okay.
Shen Qing even felt that their own situation might be more critical.
These spiritual beasts had gone crazy probably because they had sensed the previous wave. It seemed that the inheritance of the Dragon Clan was not only attractive to humans but also to beasts.
Li Xian obviously also thought of this. The two of them glanced at each other and took out the Yuan - Consolidating Pills and Rejuvenation Pills from their storage bags without hesitation, swallowing them as if they were free.
Next, they were probably going to have a tough battle.
The gravel on the ground suddenly began to shake. Shen Qing and Li Xian saw the movement in the forest getting bigger and bigger. Without even spreading their spiritual senses, they both knew that a large number of spiritual beasts were rushing towards them.
Shen Qing's face wrinkled like a bitter melon. She curled the corners of her mouth and said with a bitter smile, "Wu Wang, you'll have to work hard."
"There's a large spiritual beast at the early God - Transformation stage. Little disciple, be careful."
Ling Zhou sensed that there was a tough opponent in the group of spiritual beasts and quickly informed Shen Qing. Shen Qing's face became even more bitter.
Li Xian patted Shen Qing's shoulder and said with a smile, "We're like the male and female protagonists in a story who are experiencing life and death. If we can survive, will you give me a kiss?"
Shen Qing:?
But this wave wasn't only sensed by the spiritual beasts in the Beast Forest. A weak wave also spread to the Abyssal Maw.
Huan Zhong led Huan Qianyu and Su Ye on a two - day journey. The three of them shuttled through the thick fog and saw the true appearance of the demonic creatures.
At first, Huan Qianyu and Su Ye were very shocked, but in the end, their hearts were filled with nothing but desolation and numbness.
When the wave came, Huan Zhong keenly sensed it. He looked at a certain direction on the way ahead in surprise and quickly told Huan Qianyu and Su Ye to run.
Because he knew that these demonic creatures were going to go crazy.