Extracting Soul Bone, Immortal Herbs Restore the Body, Divine Spring Tempers the Physique

"Can you accept having your left leg amputated?"

Was that even a question of whether Dugu Bo could accept it?

He truly dared not imagine his ever-proud granddaughter suddenly losing her left leg.

How much pain would that cause her?

Dugu Bo answered in a trembling voice.

"As long as she's alive, that's all that matters! As long as she's alive!"

Yu Mingfei glanced at the green-haired old man beside him, who was putting on a brave face.

He nodded and added,

"Yes, she's alive. I reattached the amputated left leg."

"Ah!"

Dugu Bo was dumbfounded. The grief still churning violently in his heart was scattered to pieces in an instant.

"You said...?"

Yu Mingfei turned his gaze back to the clouds and said casually,

"I said I cut open her left leg and drained out the poisoned blood. Then I removed the leg bone, cleansed the residual toxins from the Soul Bone, and reattached the leg bone."

"The problem with her left leg Soul Bone has been resolved. I used a special method to replenish the Soul Bone's energy.

"Because it was once damaged and the toxins went out of control, the Soul Skill of that Soul Bone has disappeared. But its enhancement for an Azure Phosphorus Snake Spirit Master remains, and it is thirty percent stronger than before.

"If Dugu Yan still wants to use it to store toxins, that won't be a problem either."

Dugu Bo's mind became a complete mess when he heard that.

"Good! Good! But..."

There was a way to deal with damaged Soul Bones?

Dugu Bo had never even heard of such a thing.

Other than Titled Douluo, ordinary Soul Masters could not remove a Soul Bone after absorbing it unless they died.

If it was forcibly removed, the Soul Bone would be damaged.

Yet Yu Mingfei said that he had removed the Soul Bone, cleansed it, and reattached it to Dugu Yan.

This had already surpassed Dugu Bo's understanding.

He even wondered whether, as Yu Mingfei had said, he had spent all these years living like a dog.

Ye Lingling passed by the two of them. Hearing their conversation, she cast a fearful glance at Yu Mingfei.

Last night's treatment process had truly been terrifying.

She had also noticed that while Yu Mingfei was dealing with Dugu Yan's Soul Bone, an enormous amount of blue radiance had suddenly surged from his body.

The life force contained within it had shocked even her, a Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master.

Calling that level of life force capable of bringing the dead back to life and regenerating bones would not have been an exaggeration.

Compared to that, repairing a Soul Bone was hardly worth mentioning.

Amid the two men's bewildered gazes, Yu Mingfei showed not the slightest trace of pride.

Only he himself knew the process of repairing the Soul Bone last night.

It had not been completely successful.

A Soul Bone was formed from a Soul Core condensed after a Soul Beast died.

That was why it contained a Soul Skill, just like a Soul Ring.

As for Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent left leg bone, Yu Mingfei had barely managed to repair it by heavily draining the life force of the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.

However, the Soul Core within it that affected the Soul Skill had fused with the entire Soul Bone during the repair process.

That could not be considered a success.

"But?" Yu Mingfei asked in confusion. "What do you want to say?"

Dugu Bo snapped back to his senses and shook his head repeatedly.

"No, it's nothing.

"Thank you."

With a solemn expression, he lowered his head to Yu Mingfei.

"You saved Yanyan. What this old man said last night came from the bottom of my heart; every word was true.

"From now on, no matter what you wish to do, this old man will support you!"

Yu Mingfei nodded in satisfaction and handed the small box on his lap to Dugu Bo.

"Take this.

"Once Dugu Yan has fully recovered, let her eat it.

"I left a great deal of life force within her body. Combined with this Immortal Herb, it can repair her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul."

Dugu Bo hurriedly accepted it with great care.

When he opened the lid, he saw a white immortal plant inside. Its petals were like jade, while its stalk and leaves were emerald green like jadeite.

"This is?" Dugu Bo noticed that Yu Mingfei's face had grown increasingly pale, and his voice unconsciously softened as he asked.

He was very familiar with this Immortal Herb. It was one of the medicinal plants growing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

But he did not know its effects.

He did not recognize most of the herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

An impulsive encounter in his early years had left him in unbearable pain. Since then, he had always kept his distance.

He had not dared to pick or use a single one.

Yu Mingfei explained, "Water Lily Jade Muscle Bone can nourish the tendons and strengthen the bones, clear the meridians, and provide a certain degree of enhancement and restoration to the body.

"Have her circulate her Soul Power while taking it, keep her mind calm, eat only the petals, and finally suck the stamens.

"With that, along with the life energy I left inside her, repairing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul will be no problem."

Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had damaged its own ability to control poison after the toxins went out of control. That could barely be considered a mutation.

Life energy could solve eighty or ninety percent of the problem. It was simply a matter of using a great amount of pure life force to forcibly drive the Martial Soul to heal itself.

The life force Yu Mingfei had infused into Dugu Yan last night

had taken up a full thirty percent of the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone's reserves.

This was the source energy of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, enough for Dugu Yan to recover.

With the Immortal Herb as well, success was guaranteed.

"Did you find the jade vat?" Although Yu Mingfei's face was pale, his spirits were at their peak. His eyes burned with a fire-like determination.

"I found it! It was carved entirely from Azure Separation Jade! Following your instructions, I had the artisans at Moonlight Pavilion alter it."

Dugu Bo was just about to take it out of his Storage Soul Tool.

But Yu Mingfei stopped him again.

"Leave it there for now.

"As for this thing, and your promise, fulfill them once I come back alive."

Hearing Yu Mingfei make arrangements like he was leaving behind his last words, Dugu Bo's eyes widened at once. He said firmly, "What are you going to do? If it is dangerous, this old man will do it in your place."

Yu Mingfei stood up and smiled freely, as though he had cast off the heavy shackles around his heart.

"What am I going to do?

"Ever since I discovered that my Soul Power had stagnated and could not advance any further, I have been waiting for this day.

"Expulsion from the sect, being hunted under a title, having my wife taken and my bones stolen—the starting point of it all is here.

"I am going to settle things with the past.

"I am going to defy fate and fight for a future for myself!

"Dugu Bo, your Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is full of treasures. If I ruin them, don't feel too bad!"

Dugu Bo did not know what he intended to do, but he still said resolutely, "This old man has said it! You may use anything in this place as you wish!

"No matter what you want to do, if this old man can do it for you, do not put yourself in danger."

Yu Mingfei threw back his head and laughed. "I do not need you worrying about me yet.

"I! Cannot Die!

"This damned Dragon Race Trash Martial Soul! Possess me!"

With his fierce shout, fiery red scales appeared across his body. As Soul Power surged, two bright yellow Hundred-Year Soul Rings shone brilliantly.

Within his right leg, the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone glowed with flowing radiance.

[Wildfires cannot burn it all; with the spring breeze, it grows again] had already activated.

Yu Mingfei gripped a broken, long, sharp piece of jade in his left hand and carried the removed herb-cutting blade in his right.

His gaze remained fixed on the Immortal Herbs growing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Yu Mingfei took a deep breath—

"Thunder Breath, activate!

"Flight, activate!

"Thunderclap—Flash!"

Buzz—

The air trembled as Yu Mingfei shot toward the Extreme Cold Yin Spring like lightning.

He spun his body, and upon reaching the central point, the herb-cutting blade flashed coldly and severed the large white flower atop the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

Then, he swiftly discarded the blade and scooped up the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

After landing, he bent both legs sharply. Borrowing that force, he activated his flight Soul Skill once more.

This time, he flew toward the Blazing Yang Spring.

Seeing what he was doing, Dugu Bo was immediately alarmed. He rushed over at once and shouted in panic.

"Yu Mingfei! Stop! Those two plants cannot be used! They're highly poisonous!"

The burst of Thunderclap Flash far exceeded Yu Mingfei's Soul Power Level.

Before Dugu Bo had even finished speaking, Yu Mingfei had already arrived above the central point on the Blazing Yang Spring's side.

Aiming at the Infernal Delicate Apricot, he viciously gouged into the soil near the roots of the fiery poison Immortal Herb with the jade shard in his hand!

In an instant, dirt and grass clippings flew up, and Yu Mingfei had already seized the Infernal Delicate Apricot in his hand.

Without stopping, he rode the momentum and flew above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

At that moment, Yu Mingfei's left arm had been affected by the fire poison. Its skin was completely ruined, while its flesh and blood were scorched.

His right arm had been eroded by the cold poison. Frost covered its surface, and its muscles and bones had frozen stiff.

The fire poison and cold poison continued spreading toward the center of his body.

Yet the two highly poisonous immortal treasures in his hands had lost none of their power.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot each released cold mist and red light, enveloping Yu Mingfei.

Extreme cold and extreme heat alternated without end.

Boundless agony drowned Yu Mingfei, crashing against his mind wave after wave without pause.

Stimulated by the aura of the Immortal Herbs, the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone released an enormous amount of life energy, attempting to repair Yu Mingfei's body.

Amid the alternating agony of cold and heat, Yu Mingfei stuffed both Immortal Herbs into his mouth.

He raised his head and let out a long howl.

"Immortal Herbs! Immortal Herbs!

"I want to see what my trash Martial Soul can mutate into after such a transformation!

"As long as I can come back alive.

"Everyone who owes me will give me an answer!"

Surging Soul Power burst from his body, blasting all his clothes to pieces.

Immediately afterward, Yu Mingfei decisively stopped his flight Soul Skill, leaned back, and fell straight into the spring waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where cold and heat coexisted and ice and fire gave birth to one another.

"Yu Mingfei!"

"No!"

At the spring's edge, Dugu Bo could not withstand the power of the extreme Divine Spring and could only stop helplessly.

Supported by Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan leaned against the doorframe and watched everything unfold before her eyes.

Her face was bloodless. Having lost all strength, she slid down against the doorframe and collapsed onto the ground.