Chapter 43: Martial Soul Evolution, Dragon Pattern Moon Blade, Three-Tailed Red Fox! Opening the Spiritual Sea!
Yue Guan looked at Hu Bai excitedly. He had been suppressing his emotions ever since entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Hu Bai was right—the Dugu Bo's "medicine garden" truly did contain the Immortal Herb he needed. Fortunately, Dugu Bo didn't know the specific medicinal effects of the Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum.
Initially, Yue Guan had thought about taking the herb for himself, but he couldn't bring himself to do something akin to drinking poison to quench thirst.
Hu Bai was simply his benefactor—no, he should say Spirit Hall's benefactor! He was a favored child of Luck!
Hu Bai smiled and handed the Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum and the Underworld Shore Flower to Uncle Yue. "Uncle Yue, it seems our luck is pretty good. Here, this is for you and Uncle Gui. After absorbing these Immortal Herbs, your statuses in Spirit Hall will probably change."
"Hahaha!" Yue Guan tried to suppress his excitement, but he still burst into loud laughter. He simply couldn't control the trembling in his heart!
Who knew how many years he had searched for the Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum, only to find it now in Dugu Bo's possession?
"Hu Bai, I haven't even repaid the favor I owed you last time, and now I owe you again. From now on, my life—Yue Guan's life—is yours! As long as your actions are for Spirit Hall, you can command me anytime!" Yue Guan's expression was very solemn. He stepped back with his right foot, bowed slightly, placed his left hand on his chest, and performed a grand bow to Hu Bai.
Hu Bai felt a bit overwhelmed by Yue Guan's gesture and quickly waved his hand. "There's no need for that, Uncle Yue. Your strength is also valuable to Spirit Hall."
Yue Guan shook his head. "Yes, I must bow. You don't know how long I've longed to enter the Worship Hall. I've thought about it for over a decade! With this Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum, I can at least reach level ninety-six!"
Looking at Yue Guan's slightly deranged expression, Hu Bai didn't know what to say. Dugu Bo, standing nearby, continued to observe, wondering if this so-called Immortal Herb was that extraordinary.
"Hey, Chrysanthemum Douluo, absorb this Immortal Herb now. I want to see if it's truly Heaven-Defying. If you advance to the 96-level Super Douluo, a Soul core should appear in your body, which can be used for verification."
Chrysanthemum Douluo wasn't pretentious. He immediately asked Dugu Bo to be his Protector, trusting him still.
Although they had been enemies before, they had never tried to kill each other, and now that they were on the same side, trust was gradually forming.
"Senior Dugu Bo, then I'll trouble you to protect me as well. I also need to absorb this Immortal Herb."
Without hesitation, Hu Bai sat cross-legged and began to absorb the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
He aimed to use the medicinal effects of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to directly open and expand his Spiritual Sea!
The Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and the Life Gold had similar effects—both could enhance mental power and open up the Spiritual Sea, allowing mental power to advance.
However, beyond that, Life Gold also had other effects, such as its powerful vitality.
Hu Bai needed to prepare for the upcoming advancement of his controlled attributes into Extreme attributes. What if his cultivation speed slowed down significantly?
Then, he would truly need to use mental power to drive his soul power for cultivation. First, he would raise his mental power, then use Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for body tempering.
In the original work, Tang San didn't fully absorb the medicinal effects of these two Immortal Herbs, wasting much of their medicinal power during absorption.
Both herbs had Extreme Fire and Extreme Ice properties, respectively, yet they only slightly improved Tang San's physique, granting him immunity to poisons and resistance to both water and fire.
He didn't need water and fire resistance, nor did he truly need ice and fire tempering. Instead, he wanted to see if he could use his Martial Soul's ability to fully absorb the elemental power contained in these herbs, allowing the fire and ice elements he controlled to transform!
Since ice and water are, to some extent, interchangeable—controlling ice is akin to controlling water—he aimed to harness their elemental power fully.
Dugu Bo was slightly embarrassed by Hu Bai's somewhat familiar demeanor. His gaze fell on the two Jade Phosphor Nine-Absolute Flowers in his hand, and he fell into thought.
Gradually, two hours passed.
Xie Tian and Hu Leyao were the first to complete the absorption of the Immortal Herbs. Xie Tian stood up and released his Martial Soul—the Moon Blade. The originally smooth and flawless surface now had faint blood-red patterns, forming the shape of a dragon's head, subtly revealing a Dragon's might!
His Martial Soul had evolved after absorbing the Dragon Blood Forging Bone Grass!
His soul power had also increased from level seventy-eight to level eighty! After obtaining a soul ring, he would be able to advance to Soul Douluo! He would then qualify to become a branch hall master in the main cities of the Two Great Empires!
Hu Leyao's gains were also significant. Perhaps with some of Hu Bai's blood, her Martial Soul had also evolved.
Her original One-Tailed Charming Fox was now in a Three-Tailed state!
Although her Martial Soul was called the Heavenly Fox, its essence was a type of Red Fox. Her Martial Soul had now evolved into a Three-Tailed Red Fox!
Her soul power also increased to level eighty.
The two exchanged glances, both surprised by each other's progress. Now, they truly had hope of becoming Titled Douluo!
They were both under forty years old. If they later found a sixty to seventy thousand-year-old Soul Beast in Sunset Forest and absorbed it, they could expect to gain about two more levels of soul power.
"Husband, did your Martial Soul evolve?" Hu Leyao smiled as she looked at Xie Tian.
"Yes, wife. My Martial Soul is now called the Dragon Pattern Moon Blade. Congratulations on your Martial Soul's evolution, too." Xie Tian smiled sincerely.
They did not forget that these Immortal Herbs had been provided by Dugu Bo. They approached him respectfully and said, "Thank you, Senior Dugu, for the Immortal Herbs."
Dugu Bo: …
At this moment, his emotions were very complicated. He had so many Immortal Herbs in his treasure land, yet he didn't recognize a single one. This was fate...
Cough, cough. He waved his hand dismissively. "It's nothing. These are all what you deserve."
Hu Bai and Chrysanthemum Douluo were still absorbing the herbs, both sweating profusely and looking exhausted.
Hu Bai was using the power of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to open his Spiritual Sea. Yue Guan's situation was even more severe.
The Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum Yue Guan was absorbing was helping him improve his Physique, and also breaking through the bottleneck of level ninety-five!
Finally, another hour passed. Hu Bai fully absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and a white light shot out from his vertical pupil. Though morning had just begun, the sun had yet to rise, making this white light particularly dazzling.
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