Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Sun Shijin’s face paled. ”Luring the tiger from the mountain... How did I fall for it? I was too careless.”

He trembled all over, growing more frightened the more he heard...

Before they left, he had repeatedly told everyone to be cautious and not to go out recklessly. But over the past three days, the various insinuations from Zeng Quan and his group had been too vicious, striking right at everyone’s emotional weak spots.

And as Elder Sun, he couldn’t understand these insinuations; only those directly involved knew what they meant.

He had thought that with Marquis Longyin and the Order Enforcement Team keeping watch, there wouldn’t be any major problems. But in the end, almost everyone ran into trouble. Even Cheng Yunsu, who wasn’t directly involved, was attacked by Wu Yiyi.

”It’s our fault. We were all too immature.” Jiang Yi lowered his head, trembling slightly.

Dean Jiang also admitted his mistakes, feeling that it was his fault. As the dean, he had failed to manage the students properly, and he himself had fallen into a trap.

Luo Wendeng and the others, however, didn’t seem too concerned...

Although they had also been targeted, they had been prepared and easily navigated the situation.

At that moment, Lu Chao looked at the group, who were all wracked with guilt...

”What’s done is done; there’s no need for self-blame. Everyone has something they care about most. This became the weakness Zeng Quan and his group used against us, but it also proves that we’re all human, with our own attachments.”

”The only mistake was that everyone thought they could solve their problems alone, without consulting others. That’s not how we should operate.”

”We absolutely cannot let this happen again. We, Dragon Flame Academy, should be a single, united whole. When something happens, we face it together.”

As Lu Chao spoke, everyone’s eyes widened, and then it was as if they were suddenly enlightened.

’That’s right. If we had discussed those insinuations earlier, none of this would have happened. Everyone was just trying to avoid troubling their friends or hurting morale, but we were nearly picked off one by one.’

Having made his point, Lu Chao said no more.

Instead, he turned to the Fan siblings and asked, ”Master Fan, did you get to see Marshal Fan?”

At his words, the faces of Fan Jinhua and Fan Jinxiang darkened slightly. The former replied, ”We saw him, but Chang Qi only let us look from a distance. To get any closer, we would have had to agree to his conditions...”

”After he rambled on for a while, Elder Sun sensed something was wrong and immediately brought us back.”

A cold glint flashed in Lu Chao’s eyes...

He had thought this ”luring the tiger from the mountain” ploy would at least give the Fan siblings a chance to speak with Marshal Fan, but it turned out they weren’t even given that opportunity.

”It’s alright. As long as we pass the third trial tomorrow and officially become members of the Beast Flame Outer Courtyard, we will definitely be able to see him.”

”For now, everyone go and get some rest!”

Hearing this, the group gradually dispersed to their rooms. They were indeed exhausted.

Lu Chao also led Cheng Yunsu back to their room. When he had left three days ago, Cheng Yunsu was still in Cultivation. Now, he needed to check his wife’s Fire Sparrow Bone to see if the fusion was seamless.

During the examination, Cheng Yunsu said, ”Lu Chao, I lied to Su Shangmo. I told him I only have a top-level Saint Bone.”

She explained to Lu Chao how she had deceived Su Shangmo and asked him to keep it a secret for the time being.

Lu Chao nodded. ”A Divine Bone is indeed too shocking. If it were made public, I’m afraid it wouldn’t just be the Hundred Countries; even the Great Wu Empire and the Nanye Dynasty would take action against us... But lying isn’t a long-term solution.”

A single test would be enough to determine the level of Cheng Yunsu’s Heavenly Destiny Bone.

Although most people can’t specifically detect a Divine Bone, anything that surpasses a Saint Bone would certainly be identified as one.

For the major powers, when a Divine Bone appears in the world, their motto is simple: if you can’t possess it, you must destroy it.

At that point, Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu would face an endless stream of attacks, which was not something he wanted.

”The fusion of the Fire Sparrow Bone is perfect. It has almost completely become your own Heavenly Destiny Bone.”

Just then, Lu Chao finished his inspection...

Then he pulled Cheng Yunsu to her feet and said, ”Come on, let’s go find Elder Sun. He’s a Destiny Bone Madman; he might have a solution.”

And so, the two of them left their room and went to Sun Shijin’s.

At that moment, Sun Shijin was still mired in self-reproach...

When he saw the two of them arrive, he couldn’t help but ask with a sense of dread, ”Is... is something else wrong?”

Lu Chao naturally told him not to worry. After sitting down, he got straight to the point. ”Elder Sun, do you know of any way to lower a Heavenly Destiny Bone’s level... or more accurately, to make its level undetectable?”

Hearing this, Sun Shijin was slightly stunned for a moment, then replied that of course there was a way.

”What if... it’s a Divine Bone?” Lu Chao asked next.

Sun Shijin’s eyes widened. ”A Divine Bone? I’ve never seen such a thing... Wait a minute, who has a Divine Bone?”

At his question, Lu Chao’s gaze slowly shifted to Cheng Yunsu...

Sun Shijin’s eyes followed, and his old gaze fell blankly upon Cheng Yunsu...

Cheng Yunsu, in turn, began to gradually release the aura of her new realm and her Star Fire Sparrow Bone—an aura that surpassed that of a Saint Bone.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths... THUD.

Sun Shijin fell to the floor, his mouth agape and his eyes wide with disbelief. He slowly, mechanically, turned to look at Lu Chao.

His expression seemed to say, ’How do you two youngsters even have a Divine Bone?’

After a moment’s thought, Lu Chao smiled and replied, ”I found a Divine Bone and had Xiao Su’er fuse with it.”

This time, he didn’t claim that Cheng Yunsu had awakened a second Heavenly Destiny Bone, but told the truth instead.

As for where he had found the Divine Bone, Lu Chao didn’t elaborate.

Of course, Sun Shijin didn’t press for details. Such a thing was clearly a personal secret.

He finally came to his senses and began to frantically sense the aura of Cheng Yunsu’s Heavenly Destiny Bone, finally muttering, ”A Divine Bone, and the fusion is so seamless... It’s simply a miracle.”

After taking a long moment to process this revelation...

He finally looked at Lu Chao again and said, ”The method is still the same, but I’ve never encountered a Divine Bone before, so I don’t know if it will work.”

As he spoke, Sun Shijin took out several polished Heavenly Destiny Bones...

He then began to explain in a low voice...

”These are Heavenly Destiny Bones from five different types of Demon Beasts, each with a different attribute...”

”They are all of the Heavenly Bone Level. You can fuse them around Yunsu’s Heavenly Destiny Bone. They will slowly turn to dust and adhere to her bone. The five interacting attributes will then conceal the true level of her Heavenly Destiny Bone.”

”I originally developed this technique to better conceal the aura of a Life-taking Bone, hoping to make it completely undetectable.”

”After much experimentation, I discovered that it can only conceal a Heavenly Destiny Bone’s level.”

After speaking, he handed the five polished Heavenly Destiny Bones to Lu Chao and told them to return to their room to try it themselves.

But as he had said, he didn’t know if it would be able to conceal it.

Lu Chao thanked him profusely and quickly left with Cheng Yunsu...

But just then, Sun Shijin called out to stop them. ”Lu Chao, is your wife also a student of Dragon Flame Academy?”

After asking, he stared nervously at Lu Chao...

Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu couldn’t help but laugh. They replied almost in unison, ”Of course she is. Please get some rest, Elder Sun.”