Moonlit Starlight Grass

The Star Dou Great Forest could be considered Lin Li's most familiar "family." Including her previous incursions, this was already her third time entering this forest!

Yet this time, she had come for another precious treasure of the forest besides Soul Beasts.

Herbs!

The Myriad Herbs Record granted Lin Li the ability to recognize all the herbs under heaven, along with methods of curing illnesses and saving lives, concocting poisons to harm others, making fragrances, and more.

Previously, while at Saint Er Junior Soul Master Academy, the plant Lin Li had encountered most often was Blue Silver Grass. Generally, she used Blue Silver Grass to make mosquito-repelling incense.

She held no particular affection for Blue Silver Grass. If possible, she had even planned to make that eighty-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King into Zhou Yurou's Spirit Ring.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yurou's cultivation at the time had not reached the level required to contain it.

The Star Dou Great Forest truly deserved its reputation as the foremost forest of Douluo Continent. Even at its outskirts, she had already found quite a few herbs from the Myriad Herbs Record that suited her well.

Some of them were quite old, but then her eyes suddenly narrowed.

A sickly sweet scent drifted over. A long, slender snake was coiled around a large tree, its vertical pupils fixed coldly upon her.

Its head resembled a blooming Mandala Flower. It was one of the finest among snakes—a Mandala Snake.

And it was a Mandala Snake nearly a thousand years old. It stared venomously at the girl before it, the savagery in its eyes impossible to conceal.

The instant it appeared, Lin Li swiftly summoned the Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix. Unlike the two yellow Spirit Rings she displayed at the academy—

One was yellow, and one was purple. Even so, faint traces of purple had already emerged within that yellow ring. It only needed one final opportunity to transform into purple.

Her eyes shimmered as the coldness hidden within them revealed itself without the slightest restraint before the Mandala Snake.

The arrival of this uninvited guest rekindled the anger in what should have been her calm heart. She was not a strong person; even the slightest disturbance could leave her shaken.

But since a punching bag had come to her doorstep, it should not think of leaving!

First Spirit Ability, Blood Phoenix Returns to Nest!

Second Spirit Ability, Phoenix Feather Repentance of the Sacred!

The two Spirit Rings suddenly lit up. Sensing danger, the Mandala Snake arched its body and prepared to strike.

From the sky descended countless exquisitely beautiful black "snowflakes."

The pink venom the Mandala Snake sprayed, tinged with blackish purple, was swiftly eroded. Extreme evil was unlike sacred purification; from beginning to end, it only devoured.

It lured all living beings into corruption. Coincidentally, Lin Li had never displayed the Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix's extremely evil side at the academy. Now, as the snowflakes lightly drifted onto its body—

In an instant, the snake's body began to dissolve, pockmarks appearing one after another across its massive form. The Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix suddenly let out a long, melodious Phoenix Cry. Yet as its owner, how could she fail to hear the urgency and desire within that cry?

Lin Li was not at all surprised by its intense desire to devour.

After all, it needed to devour in order to grow. Once it received permission, the energy within the Mandala Snake's body was slowly absorbed by the Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix. Its already sleek feathers now gained a touch of blood-colored, decadent beauty.

Suddenly, the color of the First Spirit Ring flickered. The Spirit Ring, which already carried faint hints of purple, instantly turned light purple. Though it was not as richly purple as the Second Spirit Ring—

It possessed an even more lustrous sheen. As her First Spirit Ring advanced into a purple Spirit Ring, Lin Li's Soul Power Level also abruptly rose from level twenty-three to level twenty-four.

Lin Li slowly exhaled. As expected, devouring was the fastest method—and the most addictive.

She continued searching. Whenever she encountered a Soul Beast foolish enough to provoke her, a burst of Phoenix Flame would teach it a lesson.

As Lin Li wandered about casually, she entered a rarely visited valley at the outskirts.

But when she looked into the valley, she could not help but freeze. Deep within the secluded valley, a clump of herbs grew quietly. Their leaves were long and tough, spreading like orchid grass. Every leaf contained vigorous vitality, while a hidden current of life seemed to flow through their veins.

Its form was slender yet tenacious. Amid the mottled light and shadow, tiny droplets of water clung to the fine fuzz covering the leaves. Caressed by sunlight, they reflected specks of faint radiance, as though starlight were hidden within them, sparkling brilliantly and making one marvel at nature's wonder and generosity.

She murmured blankly, "Moonlit Starlight Grass?"

According to the Myriad Herbs Record, Moonlit Starlight Grass was an extraordinarily precious spiritual herb. It absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for its own use and could increase Spiritual Power.

Combined with Sun Star Brocade and Nine Nether Deep Purple, it could be refined into a Nine Star Brilliant Pill. After taking the Nine Star Brilliant Pill, the body would undergo a dual cleansing from starlight and sunlight.

One cleansing would remake the body from the foundation, forging innate bone structure.

Lin Li stared in astonishment at the Moonlit Starlight Grass swaying in the wind. This spiritual herb had actually appeared at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It could only be said that it truly deserved to be called the foremost forest. If even its outskirts held such spiritual herbs, she dared not imagine what herbs and wondrous treasures might lie closer to the inner region.

For now, Lin Li summoned the Crown of Stars. Using the starlight it contained, she plucked the Moonlit Starlight Grass and placed it into a box forged entirely from gold.

She had specially prepared this box to store certain unique medicinal ingredients. Aside from it, she had also prepared several green jade boxes and white jade boxes.

After putting away the Moonlit Starlight Grass, she felt the entire valley grow several shades dimmer. Delight rose in her heart. Such an effect meant it had already entered the hundred-year rank.

With such age, even if it was not refined into a pill, it would provide immense benefits to a Soul Master.

Lin Li continued searching through the valley. During her search, she was drawn to an exceptionally alluring flower.

Deep within the cliff walls, sunlight struggled through layers of interwoven branches and leaves, casting mottled patches of light and shadow. In one corner where light and shadow intertwined, a cluster of astonishing flowers grew.

Their petals displayed a strange yet enchanting combination of colors. Pink, purple, and black interwove, colliding into an unusual beauty.

The pink resembled the blush rising on a shy maiden's cheeks, carrying threads of sweetness and tenderness; the purple was like mysterious silk treasured within an ancient castle, deep and noble, radiating an enigmatic aura; while the black resembled the deepest darkness in the night sky, mysterious and profound, adding a measure of solemnity and mystery to the flower.

It was Blood Maiden Crimson, the flower known as the evil Fallen One, recorded in the Myriad Herbs Record!

Blood Maiden Crimson was an extremely poisonous flower with swift-acting toxins. It could be combined with nearly any poison to refine an entirely new toxin.

Yet the Myriad Herbs Record recorded that Blood Maiden Crimson, combined with Scorpion Marrow, Earth Centipede, and Golden Toad Shedding, could create a powerful poison called "Great Wedding Joy."

This poison was as vividly red as the rouge worn by a bride on her wedding day. Yet the poisoned person would not feel even the slightest pain, only joy.

And because the victim's face would flush red, like a groom after becoming drunk, it was thus given its name!