The Value of Knowledge.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Li Chang'an was leading Dugu Bo around, introducing him to the Immortal Herbs he knew.

"Grandpa, this Immortal Herb is called the 'Eight Petal Immortal Orchid.' It must be picked with gold and stored in jade. As long as it is kept in a jade vessel, it will not wither for a thousand years or fade for a hundred generations. According to ancient records, its medicinal nature is gentle, yet rich and long-lasting. It is easy to absorb, but takes a very long time to digest. Its function is to strengthen the foundation and nurture the origin, expel impurities from the body, improve a Soul Master's aptitude, and speed up cultivation! It is an Immortal Herb that any Soul Master can take!" he said, pointing at an eight-petaled orchid.

"If the medicinal effect is real, it would be suitable for Yan Yan to take." Dugu Bo stroked his beard and nodded. Although his granddaughter's cultivation speed was not slow compared with her peers, she was still far behind those top geniuses. With this Immortal Herb, she could make up the gap.

"This Immortal Herb is called Aromatic Silk Beauty! Within its range, any poison becomes ineffective. Its fragrance can neutralize hundreds of poisons, and it can be called the bane of all poisons." Li Chang'an pointed at a large flower releasing a pink light barrier.

"It can detoxify? Neutralize hundreds of poisons?" Dugu Bo's eyes lit up when he heard him say this.

Seeing this, Li Chang'an continued explaining, "Although Aromatic Silk Beauty is the bane of all poisons and has the effect of neutralizing all toxins, it cannot actually detoxify by itself. It can only suppress poison. The faint pink light barrier around it is precisely the range within which it can suppress poison.

Within the area covered by the light barrier, any poison becomes ineffective, and its fragrance can neutralize hundreds of poisons. However, if one was already poisoned before entering the range of its fragrance, then Aromatic Silk Beauty will have no effect at all. It can be said to be the best anti-poison Immortal Herb, but unfortunately, it cannot detoxify."

"What a pity. It can only prevent poison, not detoxify..." Dugu Bo sighed. Their family's poison came from their Martial Soul; it could be said to be rooted in their bloodline and innate. It was not an external toxin at all. Whether this Immortal Herb would work was still another matter.

Li Chang'an continued explaining the medicinal herbs.

"This Immortal Herb is called the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, extreme yang and extreme hardness! It is the Immortal Herb that fire-type Soul Masters dream of! After taking it, one can greatly purify Soul Power and strengthen the effects of flame. And if the Martial Soul is a bird type, it may even undergo a beneficial evolution because of it!" he said, pointing at an Immortal Herb whose leaves resembled a cockscomb.

"Good stuff!"

Dugu Bo's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then he shook his head and said, "What a pity. Its medicinal effect is yang in nature, which doesn't match the characteristics of our Jade Scale Serpent. Taking it rashly might even have the opposite effect."

"This one is called..." Li Chang'an continued introducing the next Immortal Herb. But before he could finish, Dugu Bo interrupted him.

"I recognize this one. It's called Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum." Dugu Bo looked at a large chrysanthemum and said, "I remember there's a Titled Douluo whose Martial Soul is this thing."

"Correct, it is indeed called Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."

Li Chang'an nodded, then continued, "This Immortal Herb is a neutral immortal-grade medicinal herb. After eating it, energy flows through the limbs and blood passes through the eight meridians, allowing one to cultivate an Indestructible Body."

Dugu Bo was shocked after hearing this and said in surprise, "That powerful? Indestructible? I feel like that old chrysanthemum isn't much, though. Could he have been hiding his strength all along?"

Li Chang'an shook his head and said, "Indestructible is just an exaggerated way of putting it. In reality, it can be understood as strengthening the toughness of the meridians in the body, as well as the body's capacity to endure. After taking this Immortal Herb, according to the book, not only will cultivation speed increase, even the age limit of absorbed Soul Rings can be raised appropriately."

"That powerful!" Dugu Bo felt that the number of times he had been shocked today had already surpassed the total of the past ten years.

"This one is called Snow-Colored Swan Kiss..."

"This one is called Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone..."

"This one is called Lovesick Heartbreak Red..."

"This one is called Infernal Delicate Apricot..."

After wandering around and telling Dugu Bo the medicinal effects and methods of taking the Immortal Herbs he knew, the three of them returned to the cave and sat down in the place where they usually drank tea and relaxed.

After Dugu Bo recorded the effects and methods of taking the Immortal Herbs that Li Chang'an had told him, he looked at the thin booklet in his hand and could not help sighing. "If everything recorded in this book is true, then the value of this book is simply immeasurable! It could even be treated as a family heirloom."

Although the number of Immortal Herbs recorded inside was not large, and they had certain requirements for the person taking them, as long as each one was taken properly, it guaranteed at least a Titled Douluo. One could imagine how precious the knowledge recorded inside was.

Without the medicinal effects and methods of taking these Immortal Herbs, even if Dugu Bo knew perfectly well that these Immortal Herbs were very precious, he would not dare take them at all. He could only guard a mountain of treasure and stare helplessly.

At this moment, the more Dugu Bo looked at Li Chang'an, the more pleasing he found him, and his satisfaction with this grandson-in-law grew even stronger. After all, the information about the Immortal Herbs recorded in the booklet in his hand was precious beyond words. Yet the other party had handed it over to him without holding anything back. This trust... truly made one feel warm inside.

Because if Li Chang'an had greed in his heart and wanted to take all the Immortal Herbs for himself, he could simply have not told him how precious these Immortal Herbs were. Then he could have found some excuse to pluck all these Immortal Herbs away. Even if Dugu Bo found out, he would not have pursued the matter too much. After all, at that time, he would not have known how precious these Immortal Herbs were. He would only have treated them as some rare medicinal herbs.

Li Chang'an could have used the information gap to take away the most precious treasures here without anyone knowing.

But in the end, he had not done so. Instead, he had told him everything truthfully.

This kind of candid behavior made Dugu Bo thoroughly accept this future grandson-in-law. In his heart, he had already completely regarded him as one of his own.

Next.

What the three of them had to do was verify whether the effects of these Immortal Herbs were truly as recorded.

After all, before seeing the actual results, no one dared guarantee whether what was recorded in the ancient texts was true or false.

So although Dugu Bo had obtained the medicinal effects and methods of use for the Immortal Herbs, as for whether this information was true or false, he still could not fully believe it.

Regarding this, Li Chang'an volunteered to try an Immortal Herb first. If, after trying it himself, he found that the Immortal Herb's medicinal effect was no different from what was recorded in the classics, then the contents were true, and Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could eat them without worry.

"No, that's too dangerous." Dugu Yan rejected his act of "testing the medicine," because she still felt it was unreliable. After all, the effects of those Immortal Herbs went far too much against the common sense of the Soul Master World.

Moreover, if Immortal Herbs truly were that powerful, then why had not even the slightest trace of legend been passed down?

So regarding whether the Immortal Herbs were real or fake, Dugu Yan could not trust them.

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