Water Pressure Body Tempering

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

During that time, Tang Xuan had not rushed to consume the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Although the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew did not conflict with the Ice Fire Golden Body in terms of medicinal effects.

Tang Xuan's level was still too low.

The medicinal power of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot had accumulated even more within him.

It would not be too late to take the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew after refining part of it.

And Tang Xuan's method of rapidly absorbing the medicinal power was—exhausting himself.

During the day.

Tang Xuan dove a hundred meters beneath the Ice and Fire Pool, using the immense water pressure for Water Pressure Body Tempering.

The results were even better than arduous cultivation beneath a waterfall.

As his physical strength was rapidly depleted, Tang Xuan also refined the effects of the Ice Fire Poison Grass at an astonishing pace.

At night.

Tang Xuan sat cross-legged by the shore.

He meditated with the dense Yin Yang Qi of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

For three months.

Not a single day had gone by without rest.

"Phew~" Tang Xuan let out a deep breath of stale air and smiled at his palm. "Level 26. Two levels in three months. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well truly is a treasure land!"

Off to the side.

Dugu Bo's feelings were complicated.

If someone had told him three months ago that a Spirit Master could rise two levels in three months.

He would not have believed it even if beaten to death. He might even have rewarded that person with a few doses of Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison for talking nonsense.

But now, that person was sitting right in front of him.

He had no choice but to believe it.

"As they say, there are only wrong names, never wrong nicknames. You really are a Little Monster, Little Monster," Dugu Bo said with a sigh.

Tang Xuan smiled faintly at that. "It's also thanks to you for providing such a treasure land. Otherwise, I couldn't have improved so quickly."

But Dugu Bo shook his head. "Iron must be hard before it can be forged. I've had this treasure land for more than a decade. Have you ever seen my strength soar? In fact, if not for you, I'd still only be a half-dead Old Poison at Level 91."

After three months.

Dugu Bo's hair and beard had returned to their mottled white.

The green in his pupils was impossible to spot without close inspection.

This meant that the poison tormenting him had been cured by at least seventy or eighty percent.

His Soul Power, which had not improved in the slightest for more than a decade, had also broken through to Level 92 half a month ago.

"Whatever. I was just being polite."

Tang Xuan's casual remark nearly choked Dugu Bo to death.

He knew Tang Xuan was straightforward, but there was no need to be this straightforward.

"Enough. I'm done bickering with an Old Monster like you. It's about time I returned to the academy." Tang Xuan stood up. "Before I leave, I'll give you a gift."

Three months of nonstop effort.

Tang Xuan's body and mind had both been stretched to their limits.

After all, he was only eight years old.

His physical condition was still far from its peak.

If this continued, it would be detrimental to his growth.

"A gift? What gift?" Dugu Bo asked, full of confusion.

Tang Xuan reached his right hand into the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch and took out a Brocade Box. Inside lay a blood-red ganoderma.

"Here, Ninth-grade Dragon Ganoderma. It grew after being bathed in dragon blood. Though it isn't Immortal Grade, it is extremely beneficial to Dragon Type Martial Souls. Eat it, and your level can rise a little further."

This thing had never appeared in the Original Work.

But the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's records had mentioned it.

Originally, Tang Xuan had wanted Dugu Bo to consume the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.

But after giving it some thought.

Although the Earth Dragon Golden Melon could evolve Dugu Bo's Martial Soul toward an Earth Attribute dragon.

He had to remember that Dugu Bo had absorbed Poison Attribute Soul Rings throughout his body.

If they were replaced by the Earth Attribute, his strength might not be cut in half, but it would at least be reduced by thirty to fifty percent.

Rather than evolve into a Martial Soul that was neither particularly strong nor particularly weak.

He might as well continue delving deeper into the path of poison.

"Really?" Dugu Bo's eyes lit up. Just as he reached out to accept it, he withdrew his hand. "Something this good should be saved for Yan Yan. It would be wasted on me."

Tang Xuan looked speechless. "If I'm giving it to you, just take it. Do you think I'd neglect Sister Yanzi? Hers will only be better than yours."

After saying that.

Tang Xuan stuffed the Brocade Box into Dugu Bo's arms, giving him no chance to refuse.

Dugu Bo felt warmth in his heart.

Tang Xuan had not only detoxified him and his Granddaughter, allowing them to see hope of survival.

He was now even giving them Immortal Grade herbs.

Although he still did not understand what Immortal Grade herbs were.

From Tang Xuan's reaction, they were surely treasures no less valuable than Soul Bones—perhaps even greater.

Dugu Bo suddenly felt that a mere Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was nowhere near enough to repay Tang Xuan for his kindness.

"Little Monster, have you really not considered Yan Yan? Don't worry, I'll handle Yan Yan's thoughts. You don't need to fear the Yu Family either. One day, I'll squat outside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's grounds. If anyone dares pressure you, I'll poison them all to death," Dugu Bo said tentatively.

He truly wanted Tang Xuan to become his Granddaughter's Husband.

If it were someone else, he might have simply used some aphrodisiac and settled things first.

But Tang Xuan was the one the Ning Family's little princess had set her sights on.

Over the past three months.

Dugu Bo had frequently gone back and forth to the academy to deliver antidote pills mixed with Tang Xuan's blood to his Granddaughter.

Yet he never saw Tang Xuan there.

That Little Girl looked at him as though she wanted to swallow him alive.

If he dared take Tang Xuan from Ning Rongrong's side, the Seven Kill Sword would be at his throat the next second.

But if Tang Xuan himself changed his heart.

All those dangers would disappear.

After all, Tang Xuan was also Chen Xin's precious Grandson.

"Get lost! I don't have a habit of stealing someone else's lover, and besides, I'm not interested in Sister Yanzi!" Tang Xuan said irritably.

"Ah, what poor taste. Fine, do as you please." Dugu Bo secretly shook his head, but then a flash of snowy white caught the corner of his eye. "Little Monster, you took away all the herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that I didn't recognize. Why did you leave behind that strange peony? Is its effect too weak?"

Tang Xuan's heart sank at those words.

Naturally, he knew what strange peony Dugu Bo was referring to.

It was none other than the King of Immortal Herbs—the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

But Tang Xuan felt deep apprehension toward this flower.

Even fear.

"Little Monster, say something. Why do you look so pale? Is there something unusual about that flower?" Dugu Bo waved a hand before Tang Xuan's eyes.

Tang Xuan came back to himself and sighed. "This flower is called the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. It is the undisputed King of Immortal Herbs, capable of reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bare bones in the literal sense."

"It is no ordinary flower and chooses its own master. Only someone of utmost devotion can pluck it. But in my view, it is nothing more than a naked curse."

"A curse? Tell me more." Dugu Bo was intrigued.

He loved hearing strange little stories like this.

"You're already so old, yet you're still this curious." Tang Xuan rolled his eyes at him.

But after considering it.

He still turned the stories from the Original Work involving Tang San and Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, and Wulin and Gu Yuena concerning the Lovesick Heartbreak Red into a tale and told it to him.

The more Dugu Bo listened, the tighter his brows furrowed. "According to you, anyone recognized by this flower must, without exception, endure the torment of separation between life and death with their lover, only stopping after its power to revive the dead and restore flesh to bare bones has been fully unleashed?"

Tang Xuan nodded. "That's right. Unless they are someone closest to me, I could never give them an Immortal Herb."

"But I do not wish for myself or those around me to suffer such pain. No matter how powerful its medicinal effect may be..."

P.S. It's the beginning of the month. Throw all your little monthly tickets at me—don't hold back!