Eating Another Immortal Grade Plant

Li Xun chuckled and put the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss into his Soul Tool. "Forget about the toxins in your body not being completely cleared—even a seemingly healthy body like mine actually contains toxins."

"If even a trace of its pollen is touched and the toxins within the body are triggered by an Immortal Grade herb, immediate death would be a relief."

Dugu Bo looked shocked and suspicious. He did not quite believe it, yet he also felt that Li Xun had no reason to deceive him.

"Don't doubt it. Leave this Immortal Grade herb with me for now. When I get the chance, I'll conduct an experiment for you."

Dugu Bo thought about it for a moment before reluctantly nodding.

Based on the losses he had suffered at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he felt it was better to leave it with Li Xun. If it stayed in his own hands, he would definitely be unable to resist studying it out of curiosity.

If something really went wrong...

"Alright, that's all I can recognize."

"But rest assured, my book-searching mission is still ongoing. I believe that as I gather more Pharmacopoeias, I'll be able to identify even more Immortal Grade herbs. When the time comes, I'll come back and help you identify them."

Li Xun looked at Dugu Bo with a wicked grin.

At that moment, this Old Poison, who was over eighty years old, could no longer keep his expression under control.

"Brat, I think you just want to make a fool of me on purpose!" Dugu Bo sneered, rolled up his sleeves, and slowly walked toward Li Xun.

Oh no!

Li Xun was startled and hurriedly used the Body Flicker Technique to pull away. "No more identifying, no more identifying! Grandpa Dugu, your poison hasn't been cured yet. Don't get yourself worked up."

"Heh, I've lived this many years without issue. Do you think I'm lacking just one more day?" Dugu Bo snorted. "Today, I'm going to teach you a proper lesson."

How could Li Xun dare linger? He immediately rushed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"If you have the ability, stay in the water forever." Dugu Bo stood by the shore with a faintly amused smile, while inwardly shocked beyond measure.

He realized that Li Xun had not used any Soul Skill or Soul Bone, yet he could stand on the water's surface.

This... this was absolutely not something anyone below the Title Douluo level could accomplish. He desperately wanted to know what else Li Xun could reveal that would surprise him.

"I was wrong." Li Xun promptly lowered his head and admitted defeat. He had accidentally gone too far and hurt Old Poison's pride. It looked like he could only wait for him to calm down.

"Just knowing you were wrong isn't enough."

Dugu Bo smiled and shook his head, turning to walk toward the outer edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. At the same time, he kept a sidelong eye on what was happening behind him.

Even after seeing Dugu Bo leave, Li Xun did not dare climb ashore.

He was afraid the other man was baiting him.

He had suffered from this trick as a child. His parents would always say they would not beat him after he got home, only to beat him even harder once he did.

"I can only wait for Old Poison to cool down." Li Xun smiled. "Then I might as well eat another Immortal Grade herb while I'm at it."

He took out the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from his Soul Tool. This was the one he had chosen after his elimination process.

There was no need to consider the Lovesick Heartbreak Red; he definitely could not pluck it.

He did not know whether his Martial Soul could evolve, so he passed on the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew strengthened eye techniques. If he had something like the Sharingan, Byakugan, or Rinnegan, he would definitely have chosen it.

The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was somewhat useful as well. However, this Immortal Grade herb was extremely rigid and yang in nature, focusing on purging impurities from one's Martial Soul. He felt that his Martial Soul should not have that problem.

He gave it up directly.

The Eight Petal Immortal Orchid had long-lasting effects, but its effects were too slow and did not suit Li Xun's current situation.

After all, his Soul Rings were the type that came into their own later on. He could not rely entirely on the future, or the early stages would be far too stifling.

Cultivating Chakra was not as complicated as the circulation route of the Taoist Mysterious Heaven Skill, so eating the Narcissus Jade Bone to clear his meridians would be somewhat wasteful.

After thinking it over, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum would still provide the most obvious improvement for him.

"After consuming it, qi flows through the limbs, blood courses through the eight meridians, and the body may be trained to become indestructible as diamond." Li Xun looked at the velvet-hearted chrysanthemum in his hand. "Its effects are fairly compatible with the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass."

Without further hesitation.

He swallowed its flower core in one bite, then consumed the petals one by one.

Afterward, he tossed his clothes and Soul Tool onto the shore, then fell backward into the water.

The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's medicinal potency was overbearing, far beyond a mild support-type Immortal Grade herb like Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. He needed to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to forcibly absorb its medicinal effects.

In the distance.

Dugu Bo heard the splash and smiled as he shook his head. He took out a Root Strengthening and Toxin Purging Pill and swallowed it directly.

Although the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's medicinal potency was overbearing, it was far inferior to the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot. Li Xun was only suffering slightly because it had not been long since he had consumed the previous two Immortal Grade herbs.

Fortunately, he was within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he also possessed the self-healing ability of Wood Style.

There was not much danger.

The two forces within his body, Chakra and Soul Power, also began to merge at an accelerated pace after being stimulated by another Immortal Grade herb.

Now, they only lacked a single catalyst before the two forces would become completely inseparable.

Feeling that the medicinal power had been fully absorbed.

Li Xun suddenly opened his eyes. Feeling the surging vitality and blood within his body, he moved and leaped out of the water.

"My Soul Power has reached level thirty."

Li Xun sensed the Soul Power within his body. "There should still be latent Soul Power that will only emerge once I obtain a spirit ring."

When a Soul Master's level reached its limit, any excess Soul Power would not manifest without obtaining a spirit ring. It would only be stored within the body.

Only after obtaining a spirit ring would the excess Soul Power reveal itself.

"I wonder how long it's been. Has Old Poison's anger subsided yet?" After changing clothes, Li Xun headed toward the outskirts.

But before he could reach the outskirts, he ran straight into Dugu Bo.

Perhaps because he had begun detoxifying, Dugu Bo's hair was no longer quite so sickly green.

"Kid, are you really that timid? You actually hid in the water for an entire day."

Dugu Bo let out a scoff.

"How could I possibly be hiding from you?" Li Xun chuckled. "The medicinal effects from the Immortal Grade I consumed lingered for a long time. I merely used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to make a breakthrough."

Dugu Bo froze for a moment, then carefully sensed the fluctuations of Soul Power around Li Xun.

"You've cultivated to level thirty!" Dugu Bo's gaze sharpened.

"Just luck, just luck. It's all thanks to the Immortal Grades here. Otherwise, I wouldn't have reached the cultivation of a Soul Elder so quickly." Li Xun grinned.

"Good lad, then doesn't that make you the fastest Soul Master on the continent to break through to Soul Elder?" Dugu Bo said with admiration.

"Probably, haha." Li Xun laughed along, not daring to admit it outright.

He knew that the fastest person on the continent to reach Soul Elder should have been Qian Renxue.

She had a god-tier Martial Soul and possessed level twenty Soul Power when she awakened at six. Even if she had infiltrated the Heaven Dou imperial family at nine, those three years would have been enough for her to cultivate to level thirty.

The reason Qian Renxue's Soul Power had not been high later on was also because of her undercover mission.

Yeah! And she hadn't even achieved anything from going undercover—she'd only delayed her cultivation.

Li Xun grumbled inwardly.

"If it is, then it is. What do you mean, probably?" Dugu Bo said, smiling as he shook his head.

This child Li Xun was sometimes far too modest, though Dugu Bo rather liked that about him.

"Have you decided what Spirit Beast you want for your spirit ring?"

Dugu Bo stroked his chin. "If you have, I'll take you to hunt it down. We happen to be in Sunset Forest anyway."

"Then I'll trouble you, Grandpa Dugu."

Li Xun clasped his fists. "For my Third Spirit Ring, I need an Azure Vine that is around five thousand years old."