Chapter 81 Amon also has love
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"It seems Senior Dugu already understands this idea." Amon smiled.
Dugu Bo felt a sense of clarity, as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun. He didn't hide his inner joy and laughed heartily, "Hahaha... So that's how it is, yes, it's that simple..."
He nodded to Amon, "Indeed, your method has enlightened me."
"Although my body has become one with poison due to cultivating poison techniques for too long, forcing the poison into a soul bone would be suicide."
"But Yan Yan can... Her cultivation is still shallow. As long as I find her a soul bone, this problem can be easily solved."
"Very well... Go pick your herb. I will keep my promise."
Dugu Bo waved his hand, indicating Amon could do as he pleased. Then, he stood there and began to think, following this line of thought to deduce the specific steps to solve his own problem.
Amon pinched the top and bottom edges of his monocle with his right index finger and thumb, a smile forming on his face.
He began to stroll around the valley.
The most eye-catching was naturally the elliptical pool located in the center of the valley—the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Milky white spring water and crimson spring water each occupied half of the pool, clearly separated and not encroaching on each other.
The milky white side exuded an extremely cold aura, sending out bone-piercing chilliness, while the crimson side was covered in extreme heat, making people feel as if their bodies were about to burn just by getting close.
Covering his body with a soul power shield, Amon approached the pool. Through the misty water vapor, he saw various rare herbs scattered around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The 'Snow Silkworm,' weighing more than a few pounds, the extraordinarily large 'Cinnabar Lotus,' the pink and fragrant 'Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product,' the 'Eight Petal Mysterious Ice Herb' growing at the center of the yin spring, octagonal and white, with a center like ice crystals, and the 'Blazing Apricot Flood' growing at the center of the yang spring, shaped like cabbage and entirely fiery red...
He scanned the plant clusters again and again. Most of them were recorded in the Immortal Herb Illustrated Handbook that Walter had given him, but there were also a few that were not recorded.
After searching for a few laps, Amon finally selected his target. It was a dark purple, lotus leaf-shaped herb with a human face-like pattern on its leaves, emitting black smoke, looking quite strange and ominous.
The Soul Solidifying Grass, as the name suggests, can make a person's soul more resilient.
It cannot directly strengthen the soul as a whole, but it can greatly enhance the soul's resistance to attacks, making it less vulnerable to injury when confronting others on a spiritual or soul level.
For Amon, it had another, more important effect—increasing the number of Amons!
All along, what restricted the growth in the number of Amons was that when separating the 'Worm of Time,' a portion of the soul must also be split off to carry consciousness.
Although the split soul would automatically replenish itself, this process was very slow. So much so that Amon was still in the accumulation phase and dared not sacrifice clones at will.
After taking the Soul Solidifying Grass, the soul becomes more resilient, and the soul share required to carry consciousness can naturally be smaller.
Originally, Amon needed to separate at least half a percent, or five percent, of his soul to carry a complete consciousness, but this immortal herb could reduce it to four percent, three percent, or even lower.
Of course, further reducing the soul share of the clones would cause the clone's cultivation speed to become slower.
But that didn't matter. Amon's clones never cultivated on their own. Their soul power levels were all raised by exploiting bugs when breaking through major stages and absorbing soul rings directly.
After determining the primary target, he didn't rush to take it. Instead, he walked towards another immortal herb.
It was a palm-sized, peony-shaped white flower without any leaves, with several bloodstain-like spots on the white flower.
The 'Lovesick Heartbreak Red' was a top-notch existence even among the immortal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
If it didn't recognize someone, even a Titled Douluo's soul power couldn't destroy it.
In the original story, when Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to touch it, it rejected him with a golden-red light.
Amon squatted down and reached out to touch its petals.
No golden-red light lit up, nor did he need to spit out heart's blood like Xiao Wu did to gain its recognition. Amon touched it smoothly.
A smile appeared on his face. "As expected, the 'Lovesick Heartbreak Red' won't reject a 'lover.'"
[T/N: Error pathway is the Lovers Card]
This Amon clone was considered a veteran among all the Amons, carrying nearly 20% of the soul share.
He separated 10% of his soul share and half of his soul power.
In his palm, a translucent worm with twelve rings and starry colors appeared.
The Worm of Time turned into a stream of light and entered the 'Lovesick Heartbreak Red.' A deeper white circle appeared on one of the petals.
Since he didn't spit out heart's blood, Amon didn't become the owner of the 'Lovesick Heartbreak Red,' but the immortal herb itself didn't reject him, so the parasitism was very smooth.
After doing all this, he walked to the Soul Solidifying Grass and simply and rudely pulled it out of the soil.
Compared to those immortal herbs that required special techniques to pick, the Soul Solidifying Grass seemed to lack presence.
The moment it was pulled out, the Soul Solidifying Grass let out a strange cry like a baby. Amon didn't care about this strange situation and stuffed it into his arms after wrapping it with soul power.
Afterwards, his gaze wandered between the 'Blazing Apricot Flood,' 'Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower,' and 'Earth Dragon Golden Gourd.' After thinking briefly, he made a decision.
"Senior Dugu, I've made my choice." Amon walked to Dugu Bo, who was still deep in thought, and said.
Dugu Bo scanned the area with his spiritual power. He remembered every herb around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well very clearly. After confirming that Amon had only taken one herb, he nodded slightly.
"Very well, it seems you haven't made any small moves you shouldn't have."
Dugu Bo's dark green pupils sized up Amon, his killing intent flickering intermittently.
Although he had agreed to the deal and given Amon an herb, he hadn't promised not to kill him. Amon's previous threat had also left him with a grudge, and being seen with so many precious plants was ultimately a hidden danger to let him leave.
But killing him didn't seem right either. Firstly, the other party had indeed provided a feasible idea. Secondly, the so-called trump card might erupt and reveal the news that he was seriously poisoned and his combat power was less than 10% on rainy days.
Because Amon and Dugu Bo spent very little time together and didn't discuss medicinal principles and form a teacher-student friendship like Tang San in the original story, Dugu Bo's attitude wasn't so kind.
Dugu Bo was silent for a long time, unable to make a decision. The atmosphere between the two gradually became heavy.
Sensing Dugu Bo's hesitation, Amon suddenly chuckled and said again:
"Senior Dugu, would you like to make another deal with me?"
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