Chapter 85 Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, Sir, My Dream is to Join the Spirit Hall

“My friend, are you not interested in women?
Or do you prefer gold, silver and treasures?”

She’s just a maid, let her die.

When the “honey trap” (honey trap) fails, choosing to try bribery is the last gentle means before taking action.

“Gold, silver and treasures, haha, how much can you give out?”

Bai Ran: I want to see how much money you, a noble lord, can come up with.

“How about fifty, oh no, five million gold soul coins?”

McHowell spoke tentatively.

Five million gold soul coins, this is more than two years’ salary for the entire border corps of 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers.

Bai Ran shook his head.

“Is it too little? How about eight million?”

Seeing this young man start to bargain, McHowell couldn’t help but feel happy.

Being dissatisfied with the price almost means the matter is still negotiable.

McHowell was concerned that the teenager would continue to act righteous and then denounce his corrupt behavior.

That kind of stubborn attitude will make things even more difficult.

“Eight million?”

Bai Ran remembered that even if Uncle Feng’s Soul Douluo’s entire fortune was added together, he wouldn’t have that much money. (Don’t worry about Ning Rongrong, she’s the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, she can easily come up with 10 million gold soul coins)
“Hey, my friend, 10 million gold soul coins, this is the most I can take out.

If you want more, I can’t help you.”

Ten million gold soul coins?
To be honest, even if it were given to a Titled Douluo, there would be enough resources for him to practice from level 91 to level 95 or above.

(Of course, in addition to resources, one also needs talent. Otherwise, just like when Dugu Bo was poisoned at the beginning, it would not work even if he was given 20 million gold soul coins, not to mention 10 million.)

“Haha, interesting. You are just a mere Soul Saint, a senior general and deputy commander of the Border Army, but you can actually come up with 10 million gold soul coins. I think you have already decided on how to die!”

It is because of parasites like you that the empire’s national strength has been declining and has become the weak state it is today.

“My friend, from what you said, it seems that you don’t want to talk anymore.”

After McHowell finished speaking, he also entered the state of martial spirit possession.

“McHowell, martial soul Sky Eagle, level 75 Agility Attack Battle Soul Saint.”

It’s quite strange to say, but in Douluo Continent, no matter it’s the Douluo Tournament or a life-and-death fight, when the martial spirit is possessed, the soul master will tell the opponent his martial spirit and soul power level, under the euphemism of respecting the enemy.

But Bai Ran won’t waste time with you.

I will stand there stupidly and tell you my martial spirit.

Moreover, as a Soul Saint of Agility Attack Type with an eagle-type martial soul, once he activated his martial soul’s true form and flew into the sky, Bai Ran had almost no way to deal with him.

So, when McHowell just finished talking about his martial soul and the related soul power level.

Bai Ran has already opened up the two major realms of his martial soul, and then used various enhancements to bless himself.
With a quick step, he flashed in front of McHowell and punched him in the face.

McHowell: Young man, you have no moral principles…

Bai Ran used up most of his strength in this punch.
After all, if he was blown up with just one punch, it would be too easy for this noble lord.

……

After taking control of McHowell,
Bai Ran began to search the manor.

Especially McHowell’s room,
It is hard to imagine how hard life the soldiers of the Southern Legion lead on a daily basis, as they are able to come up with 10 million gold soul coins for bribery.

The top brass eats a lot, the middle brass barely get enough to eat, and the bottom brass eat whatever they can get.

“There really is a secret room.”

After smashing the floor in the room, Bai Ran successfully found the nobleman’s secret room (small treasury)
Three storage soul guides were placed on a stone table.

Dou Yi’s storage soul guides are extremely rare. I didn’t expect a marquis to have three of them.
Of course, it is also possible that it was passed down from one’s ancestors.

Because the original owner did not place any restrictions on these storage soul guides,
Bai Ran did not need to worry that brute force would cause the space inside the soul guide to break apart, causing the items stored inside to disappear in the turbulence of space.

The first storage soul guide was filled with gold soul coins. Bai Ran made a rough estimate and found that there were about 1700 million gold soul coins.

The second storage soul guide was filled with various precious herbs, among which a thousand-year-old dragon blood ginseng was the most precious. Even if one only used the ginseng roots to boil water, it could pull a seriously injured and dying soul master back from the brink of death and save his life.

However, although this medicinal herb is precious, it is still far from being a magical herb.

The last soul guide, eh? Why is this one banned?

Moreover, this fluctuation of soul power is very strange and tricky!
Strange, could it be that McHowell was going to keep this soul guide as a “tribute” to his superior?
“Help me, Mr. Human Emperor Flag.”

Although Bai Ran’s mental strength was insufficient to forcibly break this very tricky soul power restriction,

But just because he can’t do it doesn’t mean the Human Emperor Flag can’t do it.

Put the last storage soul guide in front of “Big Brother” and let him refine the soul power restrictions on it instantly.

Soon, under the super strong adsorption force of the Emperor’s Flag,

The soul power restriction that was originally emitting a faint glow immediately dimmed.

With a “click” sound,
Totally broken.

Bai Ran hurriedly probed his soul power into this storage soul guide to see what was hidden inside.

“Hmm? This, this is it!”

Bai Ran was a little unsure.

Take another look.

“Ah! A ten thousand year old soul bone, or a twenty thousand year old left arm bone.”

Because he had not studied the relevant knowledge well, Bai Ran did not know which soul beast the soul bone came from.

“Wait, there’s another letter here.”

Bai Ran first took out the letter placed next to the soul bone.

To Lord Sarath, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Temple…

In the letter, Bai Ran also learned that Lieutenant General McHowell felt that a war might break out in the near future.
Therefore, he hoped to use this 20,000-year-old soul bone to exchange for the status of a black-robed cardinal in the Spirit Temple, so that he could be successfully transferred away from the front line.

As for why not bribe the senior military officials?

Perhaps McHowell felt that he had withheld military pay too much in recent years, which had completely disappointed the Imperial Marshal in him. Even if he presented this ten thousand year soul bone to the Marshal, the other party would definitely continue to keep him on the border.

And once the war breaks out, he will most likely be on the front line.

On the contrary, bribing the platinum bishop of the Spirit Temple is much easier.
Moreover, if a war breaks out between the two empires, the Spirit Hall will be the target that both empires will try to win over.

There is no way the military would deny face to the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall just because of a “worm” like him.

As for the nobility?

Oh, never mind. I’ve made so much money, I’ve got to live to spend it.

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(End of this chapter)