13: C13 Immortal Herbs,
Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo listened to your increasingly fantastical descriptions, their expressions shifting from initial excitement to disbelief.
They felt that such heaven-defying herbs couldn’t possibly exist, and since you weren’t particularly clever to begin with, your credibility was even lower.
However, although they didn’t fully believe you, Dugu Bo still took you to the Sunset Forest, intending to see if those so-called immortal herbs really had such miraculous effects.
As soon as you entered the medicine garden, you headed straight for the Qiluo Tulip.
Dugu Bo immediately stopped you—back then, he had approached these herbs carelessly and nearly died.
After testing the Qiluo Tulip on a white mouse and confirming it wasn’t dangerous, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan finally dared to let you approach this strangely shaped immortal herb.
Its roots and leaves below were like trailing vines and canopies, but at the top bloomed a brilliant golden tulip, majestic and noble, constantly emitting a rich fragrance around it.
Right in front of them, you swallowed the Qiluo Tulip in one go.
Then, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, shimmering with a seven-colored halo, floated quietly before you.
Amidst the three rings of light, it was set off by a layer of dense golden radiance.
Your entire body emitted a dazzling, magnificent golden light carrying the rich fragrance of tulips.
As the precious light swirled, your crystalline pupils appeared supremely noble, like a little celestial child of gold and jade, untouched by worldly affairs.
With each intensification of the golden light, your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda grew even more resplendent and eye-catching.
Finally, the transformation ended.
Your soul power had increased by six levels, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Beneath it, a faint ring of golden light resembling tulip petals could be seen supporting it.
Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, watching from the side, stared wide-eyed at the process of your soul power enhancement and martial soul evolution.
Then came an uncontrollable wave of ecstasy—since everything you said was true, the value of this medicine garden was simply incalculable.
After consuming the Qiluo Tulip, you felt an inexplicable pull toward something.
You followed your gaze and it landed on another immortal herb—an orchid with eight petals, pure white throughout, crystal clear and translucent, exuding an air of noble aloofness.
After you consumed it, the distinctive fragrance of the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid appeared on your body.
A faint white mist rose from the surface of your skin, swirling and undulating around your body.
At this moment, your entire being seemed to be enveloped in a layer of lustrous radiance, noble and ethereal.
The white mist and golden light converged faintly in the air, and the two fragrances also merged together, producing an incredibly comfortable and wondrous aroma.
The Qiluo Tulip and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid were a pair of complementary immortal herbs, much like the Octagonal Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot, possessing a synergistic effect.
The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid’s medicinal effects mainly focused on strengthening the foundation, removing impurities from the body, and enhancing a soul master’s cultivation speed—it could make up for the inherent defect of slow cultivation faced by auxiliary system soul masters.
Your soul power increased another four levels, reaching level forty.
You felt this wasn’t the limit—as long as you obtained soul rings, you should be able to increase by another two or three levels.
Seeing your breakthrough once again, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were already somewhat numb.
After you finished absorbing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Dugu Bo immediately asked about the effects of the other immortal herbs and which ones Dugu Yan could use.
You racked your brain, thought for a moment, and mentioned the Earth Dragon Golden Melon paired with the Oddity Cotton Chrysanthemum—evolving the Azure Phosphorus Serpent martial soul, strengthening the body, achieving indestructibility.
There was also the Octagonal Ice Grass paired with the Fiery Apricot, taken together and tempered in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—using ice and fire to refine the body, forging a constitution that was “immune to water and fire, invulnerable to all poisons,” which could also resolve the toxin issue of Dugu Yan’s Azure Phosphorus Serpent martial soul.
The last method was the Fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb, which could counteract and neutralize the Azure Phosphorus Serpent poison…
After hearing all three methods, Dugu Bo wept.
This old man, a Titled Douluo who had long been alone in the world, was now streaming with tears.
He had possessed such a medicine garden all along, with three full methods to resolve the Azure Phosphorus Serpent poison, yet back then he couldn’t save his own son and daughter-in-law.
He could only watch helplessly as they died…