Living Together for a Month

"Method?"

Ye Xilan suppressed the tension in her heart and asked softly.

Tang Hao glanced at Ye Xilan's nervous expression. After thinking for a moment, he understood why she was so tense.

Destroying someone's cultivation was like murdering their parents.

Even merely suggesting it could get one casually killed by a more hot-tempered Titled Douluo.

And as it happened, his temper had not been particularly good in the past.

Sighing faintly to himself, Tang Hao kept a solemn face and no longer greedily considered asking for more.

"Pavilion Master Ye, there's no need to be nervous. I know the state of the injuries within my body, and I know that under normal circumstances, those really are my only two options."

"But I wonder if Pavilion Master Ye has heard of Immortal Herbs."

"Immortal Herbs?" Ye Xilan looked confused and gently shook her head.

"I have studied medicine for many years, yet I have never heard of Immortal Herbs in this world."

She did not know?

Tang Hao found that somewhat strange. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was not difficult to find.

After some thought, he took out the Jade Box containing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and recalled Dugu Bo's introduction when he had shown off with it.

He relayed it to Ye Xilan exactly as it had been told to him.

And so...

Tang Hao watched Ye Xilan's previously tranquil little mouth go from slightly parted, to open, and finally form the shape of an egg.

Especially when he said that a young soul master who consumed this Immortal Herb would possess the potential of Becoming a God.

Ye Xilan was so stunned that even her Martial Soul emerged. Its petals were crystalline, seeming to retain droplets of dew.

It gave off a serene, peaceful feeling, like the tranquility of a saint.

She was trembling so much that she could barely speak coherently.

Was it really that shocking?

Seeing Ye Xilan's overly stunned appearance, Tang Hao suddenly became uncertain.

Would the shocked expression he had shown when Dugu Bo took out the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid have been enough to fool him?

Tsk.

In the end, he had suffered from a lack of experience in showing off before others.

He had no idea what people looked like when they were shocked.

He had always been the one getting shocked, so it was difficult for him to see what he looked like in those moments.

Tang Hao left the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid there, allowing it to bloom brilliantly within the Alchemy Room.

Only after quite some time did Ye Xilan recover from the news that it could allow someone to Become a God.

A faint blush appeared on her fair cheeks as she hurriedly apologized, "I have made a fool of myself before you, Your Excellency."

Tang Hao glanced at the blush that had yet to fade from Ye Xilan's face and shook his head. "It's nothing. Before an Immortal Herb, everyone is the same."

Although he himself did not feel much, one had to give others a way out.

After all, he still needed to ask whether she could try amplifying the effects of this Immortal Herb.

"Amplify the Immortal Herb's effects?" Ye Xilan looked somewhat puzzled.

"Your Excellency, do you mean allowing the effects of this Immortal Herb to be fully unleashed within your body as well?"

She was a healing-type soul master and also a physician, so she knew that people with different physical conditions absorbed medicinal effects at different rates.

Though as a physician, she had never heard of amplifying medicinal effects.

"Yes." Tang Hao answered expressionlessly.

"In that case, I may need a few leaves or branches from the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to determine its properties."

After saying that, Ye Xilan seemed afraid Tang Hao would think she was wasting the Immortal Herb and hurriedly added:

"Because this involves the compatibility of medicinal properties, the balance between cold yin and scorching yang..."

Ye Xilan spoke quickly and in great detail, afraid that a misunderstanding might get her killed.

Before such a terrifying heavenly treasure as an Immortal Herb, even she did not dare gamble on the goodness or evil of human nature.

Especially before a Titled Douluo who could easily take her life.

However...

Tang Hao merely kept nodding expressionlessly and said, "Mm."

He was just a blacksmith. What did he know about medicinal compatibility, cold yin, and scorching yang...

Only when Ye Xilan said it would take a month to determine the true medicinal properties did Tang Hao frown.

A month?

How long had he agreed to wait before dealing with that Transmigrator alongside Dugu Bo?

It seemed they were supposed to wait until he had healed his injuries.

So he probably was not in a hurry.

Tang Hao nodded. "Fine."

"I will stay here for one month. After one month, regardless of how much you have determined about its medicinal properties, I will begin consuming the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid."

"Yes, Your Excellency." Ye Xilan also breathed a sigh of relief.

She felt that she had gained a relatively stable guarantee.

After one month, Begonia Pavilion should be fairly safe, shouldn't it?

But Tang Hao's next words made Ye Xilan's heart suddenly leap.

"Also, for the next month, I will be living with you."

Tang Hao spoke with great seriousness, suppressing the words of refusal Ye Xilan was about to say.

An Immortal Herb.

Although he had not deeply felt its power, nor did he know how mad the people of this continent would become over the potential to Become a God.

He could not possibly leave an Immortal Herb out of his sight.

Even Ye Xilan herself could not leave his sight.

He was being very forceful, so after being forceful, Tang Hao took out half a Nine Grade Purple Ganoderma that had been lying in his Storage Soul Tool.

It was the deposit for this treatment.

After all, a person could only consume one Immortal Herb.

And he had no friends or relatives he needed to bring along, nor did he need to use Immortal Herbs to win people over.

After all, as long as he recovered from his injuries and then slowly consumed Spirit Bones using the Dragon Transformation Secret Method,

he would gradually reach the peak of Level 99 Peerless Douluo on this Douluo Continent.

Even if he could not, he could accept his original fate and return to retire as the sect master of the greatest sect under heaven.

Use Immortal Herbs to win people over and build a force?

He had absolutely no need for that.

Seeing Ye Xilan's shocked expression again, Tang Hao quietly put away the Thousand Year Soul Bone he had originally intended to offer as the consultation fee.

Since he had already brought out half an Immortal Herb, there was no need to give away this Thousand Year Soul Bone too, right?

Besides.

Tang Hao looked at Ye Xilan, who could afford to extravagantly bury Spirit Bones in medicinal fields.

With the value of half an Immortal Herb, he should be able to exchange it for quite a few Spirit Bones from her.

Late at night.

Begonia City was peaceful, while in distant Suotuo City.

Two figures in red robes suddenly appeared atop Suotuo City's walls.

"Who goes there?!"

A patrolling soldier spotted them and was about to shout, but the red-robed figures glanced at them before vanishing from sight in a flash.

Outside Shrek Academy, in the small forest.

The two red-robed figures appeared there. Looking at Shrek Academy, which had already fallen into rest in the middle of the night, they discussed matters in low voices.

"Kress, the Holy Son said that there are two people in this academy whom we must capture."

"One is a black-haired boy, and the other is a pink-clad girl with a long braid."

"So next, shall we divide the work, one person for each?"

The red-robed figure called Kress was a middle-aged man. He nodded quietly. "Fine."

"Then I'll capture the black-haired boy, Tang San. You capture the long-braided girl in pink."

"Remember, the Holy Son said our main purpose here is to force Tang Hao out of hiding."

"Do nothing else unless necessary."

"Understood."