Hu Bai looked at Dugu Yan and said seriously, "Dugu Yan, you should know that the poison of your family's Martial Soul can backfire on its users, right? You wanted to take the control route, and that was probably your grandfather's idea too. Am I right, Senior Dugu Bo?" Dugu Bo coughed. "Ahem. Little fellow, I had no other choice. But now that the Martial Soul issue has been resolved, Yanyan can take the assault route instead."
Elsewhere.
While Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the others were on their way to Sunset Forest, Yue Guan recounted everything that had happened during their trip, then took out the Netherworld Shore Flower.
Gui Mei looked at the Immortal Herb in his hand, its dark crimson petals carrying an air of the netherworld, and fell into thought. "You broke through a bottleneck that had trapped you for more than a decade with just one Immortal Herb?"
Gui Mei truly found it hard to believe.
"Tch. If you don't believe it, give it back. I asked Hu Bai for this Immortal Herb. There aren't many top-tier Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. If you don't want it, you might not get another chance to absorb it after we return to Spirit Hall," Yue Guan said, feigning anger as he reached to take it back.
But Gui Mei promptly shielded it and chuckled. "No way. You gave it to me, so it's mine. How could you take it back?"
However, Gui Mei's expression soon darkened. He transmitted his voice, "Yue Guan, if Immortal Herbs can truly increase a Soul Master's potential as you said, will the Pope ask that person for one?"
Gui Mei and Yue Guan were old hands of Spirit Hall. Of course Yue Guan knew who Gui Mei