Two and a Half Years Flew By

The Soul Bone emitted a shimmering blue glow. Its texture resembled crystal, and powerful Soul Power fluctuations and vigorous vitality spread from within it.

Judging by its shape, it was a Left Arm Bone.

And an Eighty-Five Thousand Year Left Arm Bone at that.

Liu Xinghan said in surprise, "It really dropped a Soul Bone."

The chance of a Soul Beast dropping a Soul Bone was very low.

However, the higher its cultivation, the greater the chance. Once a Soul Beast reached a Hundred Thousand Year cultivation, it was guaranteed to drop a Soul Bone.

Although this Blue Silver King was not yet a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, given its formidable cultivation of eighty-five thousand years, it was not particularly surprising for it to drop a Soul Bone.

Everyone looked on enviously.

Chrysanthemum Douluo exclaimed, "Brother Gu is truly lucky. An Eighty-Five Thousand Year Soul Bone is among the finest of its kind. Even Old Ghost and I don't have one."

If Gu Qing had not belonged to the same faction as him, he would have wanted to snatch it for himself.

"Haha, I will never forget the great favor you two Elders have done for me today. If you ever have need of Gu Qing in the future, I will brave fire and water without hesitation!"

As he spoke, Gu Qing put away the Soul Bone.

This thing was far too precious. Although Chrysanthemum Douluo and the other had contributed greatly to helping him obtain his Ninth Spirit Ring this time, he was still reluctant to give them this Soul Bone as compensation.

With this Eighty-Five Thousand Year Soul Bone, his Soul Power might rise another level and reach rank ninety-three!

After Gu Qing obtained his Ninth Spirit Ring, the purpose of this journey had been successfully fulfilled.

That very day, they set out on the return journey to Spirit Hall.

Papal Palace.

After returning from the Jade Forest and resting for several more days, Liu Xinghan asked his Senior Sister Hu Liena, "Senior Sister, is Chrysanthemum Douluo very knowledgeable about medicinal herbs?"

Although Hu Liena was puzzled as to why her Junior Brother was asking, she still nodded and said, "Yes. When it comes to research and knowledge of herbs, no one in Spirit Hall surpasses Grandpa Chrysanthemum. Even those healing-type Soul Saints are far inferior to him."

Just as I thought!

Liu Xinghan thought to himself before saying to Hu Liena, "Senior Sister, you know where Grandpa Chrysanthemum lives, right? Could you take me to see him?"

Hu Liena glanced at her Junior Brother and asked curiously, "Taking you there isn't a problem, but why do you suddenly want to see Grandpa Chrysanthemum? Is something wrong?"

Liu Xinghan explained, "Actually, I just want to learn some knowledge about medicinal herbs from Grandpa Chrysanthemum."

In the original story, one reason Tang San had risen so quickly was his talent, but more importantly, he had received the aid of many fortuitous opportunities.

During the early stages of his growth, the Immortal Herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest had given him immense help and laid the foundation for his Becoming a God.

Without those Immortal Herbs, the so-called Shrek Seven Devils would not have been able to deal with even the Five Elements Academy, let alone Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.

Since he now belonged to Spirit Hall's faction and Tang San was destined to become his enemy, he naturally would not allow those Immortal Herbs to fall into Tang San's hands again.

He would get there first and strip the Immortal Herbs clean, not leaving Tang San so much as a single blade of grass.

Since he had such thoughts, Liu Xinghan naturally needed to begin preparing.

First, he needed to learn how to identify those Immortal Herbs, how to pick them, what effects they had, how to consume them, and so on.

Yet knowledge of Immortal Herbs was scattered throughout all kinds of ancient texts, and ordinary people simply knew nothing about them.

Even those who did only knew bits and pieces. Gathering everything on his own would be far too troublesome.

In the original story, only Tang San, Yang Wudi, the clan leader of the Breaking Clan, and Chrysanthemum Douluo had profound research and understanding of Immortal Herbs.

Thus, he set his sights on Chrysanthemum Douluo.

When Hu Liena heard her Junior Brother's plan, she immediately frowned. "Junior Brother, you already need to cultivate and research Soul Tools, and now you want to study medicinal herbs too. This will divide your attention and affect your cultivation. You must remember that Soul Power cultivation is the foundation of us Soul Masters."

Liu Xinghan immediately replied, "It's fine, Senior Sister. I'll just spend one less hour researching Soul Tools each day and use it to study medicinal herbs. It won't affect my cultivation."

Seeing Liu Xinghan insist, Hu Liena could only agree helplessly.

Chrysanthemum Douluo's residence.

"The scenery here is really beautiful!" Liu Xinghan praised as he walked along, looking over the surroundings.

This was where Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos lived, so naturally everything was of the highest quality.

"Grandpa Chrysanthemum's residence is up ahead." Hu Liena pointed in a direction.

Liu Xinghan followed her gaze and saw from afar that Chrysanthemum Douluo was standing before an exquisite house, watering flowers with a watering can. He looked extremely leisurely.

"Grandpa Chrysanthemum!" Hu Liena shouted as she ran over.

Chrysanthemum Douluo set down the watering can and looked at the two of them. He asked curiously, "Why do you two little ones have time to come see me today?"

It was not Hu Liena he found strange, but Liu Xinghan.

The latter had never visited him before.

Hu Liena said, "Grandpa Chrysanthemum, my Junior Brother is looking for you." As she spoke, she tugged Liu Xinghan, signaling for him to speak.

Liu Xinghan immediately said, "Grandpa Chrysanthemum, I want to learn about medicinal herbs and Immortal Herbs from you."

"Learn about medicinal herbs and Immortal Herbs?" Chrysanthemum Douluo found this very strange and asked doubtfully, "What do you want to learn that for?"

He had studied them because his martial soul, the Miraculous Silk Reaching Heaven Chrysanthemum, was a type of immortal-grade plant. Learning about them was also for the sake of his martial soul.

But why did Liu Xinghan want to learn?

He could not understand it.

Liu Xinghan asked tentatively, "I suddenly became interested in this, so I want to learn a little. Is that not alright, Grandpa Chrysanthemum?"

Liu Xinghan casually made up an excuse. He could not exactly say that he was preparing to plunder the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, could he?

He had no intention of telling Chrysanthemum Douluo about this matter. He planned to keep those Immortal Herbs for himself, and if he told Chrysanthemum Douluo, a large portion of them might end up being taken by him.

At most, after he succeeded, he could give him one plant as repayment.

"Of course you can, if you want to learn!" Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded.

Liu Xinghan was the Pope's disciple. Perhaps he could become Spirit Hall's Holy Son in the future, or might even become the next Pope.

Naturally, he would not refuse. Teaching Liu Xinghan about Immortal Herbs would not cost him anything, other than a little time.

And so, Liu Xinghan gained another daily task: studying Immortal Herb knowledge with Chrysanthemum Douluo for an hour every day.

In the blink of an eye, another two and a half years passed.

Liu Xinghan was now ten years old!

Over those two and a half years, he had changed tremendously.

First of all, in appearance, he no longer looked like the little child he had once been.

He now stood one meter seventy-five tall, even slightly taller than Hu Liena.

His handsome features had fully matured. If a perfect appearance scored ten points, he felt he could give himself a nine and a half. The consequence was that Hu Liena had become even more attached to him!

He vaguely sensed that his Senior Sister truly seemed to like him...

Besides his change in appearance, his Soul Power Level had also risen from rank twenty-two to rank twenty-nine through two years of arduous cultivation.

He decisively consumed a Soul Ascension Pill, and his Soul Power broke through the bottleneck, directly reaching rank thirty.

Rank thirty at ten years old.

With this cultivation, he could utterly crush Tang San at the same age. If he remembered correctly, Tang San had only been at rank twenty-nine Soul Power when he was twelve. He was far behind Liu Xinghan!