Aromatic Silk Beauty: The Real Me Is Gone!

Hearing Aromatic Silk Beauty's urgent, almost frantic tone, a hint of confusion flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

He was absolutely certain that this was the world from ten thousand years ago, but the true form of the Aromatic Silk Beauty had vanished into thin air from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which was completely unexpected.

How could a king of Immortal Herb that had lived for tens of thousands of years, rooted in the most spiritually rich land of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, simply disappear like that?

Huo Yuhao suppressed his doubts and said, "Don't rush, stay calm, and examine it carefully again."

Aromatic Silk Beauty took a deep breath. She had lost her composure for a moment, but now she had regained some of her usual calm and collectedness.

He closed his eyes, immersing himself entirely in perceiving the outside world, and began a new round of investigation with seriousness and meticulousness.

After passing through the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma, the pink halo around Huo Yuhao quietly dissipated.

However, at this moment, as the Aromatic Silk Beauty began to exert its full power, that soft pink halo reappeared on Huo Yuhao's body.

This time, however, the halo no longer remained condensed and enveloped Huo Yuhao, but instead spread out in all directions.

The pink halo, like invisible ripples, emanated from Huo Yuhao and slowly spread outwards from the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Valley, searching inch by inch for everything hidden within the valley.

Seeing this, Jin Li turned to look at Huo Yuhao beside her and asked, "What's this?"

Huo Yuhao simply shook his head slightly, offering no further explanation.

Jin Li looked at his serious profile, and although her curiosity grew, she didn't ask any more questions.

He simply stood quietly beside Huo Yuhao, watching the gentle pink halo expand further and further.

On the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, right at the edge where the two-colored lakes meet, grows a large, pale pink flower.

It has no leaves, its stem is straight like a jade carving, and the flowers at the top are extremely large, each petal as clear and translucent as pink crystal, reflecting a dreamlike soft halo under the light of the interplay of Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

What makes this flower truly unique is that within a radius of ten feet, no other plants can grow, leaving behind a clean and empty territory, making it particularly conspicuous in this valley filled with flowers and plants.

When the pink halo emitted by the Aromatic Silk Beauty touched the large pink flower, the flower suddenly swayed slightly, its petals trembled gently, and then it also emitted a pink gas from its stamen.

The color of the gas was very similar to the pink halo of the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and an even richer fragrance, like the finest wine being splashed into the air, slowly spread out.

Immediately, Huo Yuhao also saw that the pink halo spreading outwards from the Aromatic Silk Beauty suddenly stopped the moment this pink gas appeared.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Yuhao heard Aromatic Silk Beauty's shocked, almost out-of-control voice explode in his Spirit Sea.

"How is this possible? How is this possible? How could it possess such an ability? This is absolutely impossible!"

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that flower?"

Aromatic Silk Beauty's voice trembled slightly. He took several deep breaths, as if trying to calm the turbulent waves surging in his heart.

After a moment, she managed to explain in a composed tone, "The reason why my true form Aromatic Silk Beauty, can restrain all poisons and is naturally immune to all toxins in the world is because I possess the Heart of Qiluo."

"The Heart of Qiluo is my innate talent as the King of Immortal Herb, my innate power, and the fundamental difference between me and all other Immortal Herb."

As he said this, his voice suddenly rose a few decibels. "But... that Immortal Herb, the aura it just emitted, the power contained in that pink gas, clearly also came from the Heart of Qiluo."

"I can't be mistaken, that was definitely the power of the Heart of Qiluo!"

Huo Yuhao turned his gaze to the proud, solitary pink flower by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Lake, his Spirit Eyes narrowing slightly as he carefully observed its every move.

The flower still stood quietly by the lake, its petals swaying gently in the breeze, its pink aura slowly merging with the pink glow of the Aromatic Silk Beauty in mid-air.

Indeed, as Aromatic Silk Beauty said, that aura and the halo it emitted were almost identical, sharing the same origin.

Aromatic Silk Beauty's voice paused for a moment, as if repeatedly confirming everything she had perceived, before it rang out again.

The confusion in his voice did not lessen; on the contrary, it intensified. "But this Immortal Herb is clearly not me; it is not the Aromatic Silk Beauty."

"Moreover, in my memory, there has never been such a Immortal Herb around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

"I have been rooted here for tens of thousands of years. I know every inch of this land like the back of my hand. I remember clearly how many Immortal Herb grow by the lake, where each one is located, when it blooms, and when it bears fruit."

"This flower is the only one I have absolutely no recollection of."

Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this. Could it be that something subtle had truly happened between the two worlds?

Just as he was lost in thought, a clear and melodious female voice suddenly came from ahead.

"Who are you? How come you have the same aura as me?"

Before Huo Yuhao could react, Jin Li beside him tensed up instantly.

Her golden eyes widened suddenly, and almost instinctively she took half a step to block Huo Yuhao: "You can speak? Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

The large pink flower not far away gently swayed its petals, its posture elegant and composed, as if shaking its head in denial.

The clear female voice rang out again. "Don't be nervous, I'm not some Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, I mean you no harm."

"I'm just curious, why do you have my scent on you?"

Seeing that the other party's words meant no harm, Jin Li's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, but she still didn't completely let her guard down.

Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, appeared calm. He raised his hand and gently patted Jin Li's shoulder, indicating that she didn't need to be nervous. Then, he slowly walked to the large pink flower.

However, before Huo Yuhao could speak, a stream of pink light suddenly shot out from between his eyebrows and quickly condensed in front of him.

Aromatic Silk Beauty suddenly emerged from the Spirit Sea, her purple robes fluttering in the breeze. Her usually composed and elegant face was now filled with confusion and a complex emotion that even she herself could not explain.

His figure hovered in mid-air, looking down at the large pink flower rooted on the lakeside below, and he asked bluntly, "What kind of Immortal Herb are you? How do you possess the Heart of Qiluo?"

Jin Li's large golden eyes widened in surprise as she watched the pink streak of light that flew out from between Huo Yuhao's eyebrows quickly condense into a tall man in front of her.

She instinctively took half a step back, pointed at the Aromatic Silk Beauty floating in mid-air, and turned to Huo Yuhao, asking, "What... what is he?"

Huo Yuhao remained calm. If he hadn't tacitly approved, the Aromatic Silk Beauty would never have emerged from the Spirit Sea.

His final destination on this trip was the Star Dou Great Forest, where he and Jin Li were to meet the Beast God Di Tian, who ruled over all the Soul Beast in the world.

Since the goal is to persuade Di Tian to accept the Soul Spirit System of the Spirit Pagoda, the existence of Spirit Soul will have to be brought to the forefront sooner or later. Rather than explaining it at the last minute, it's better to let Jin Li see for herself what Spirit Soul are now.

Looking at Jin Li's face, which was filled with shock and curiosity, he explained slowly, "Haven't you always been curious about what the Spirit Pagoda does? This is Spirit Soul, a completely new form of existence that can replace Soul Ring..."

Just as Huo Yuhao was explaining the knowledge of Spirit Soul to Jin Li, a conversation between the two "Immortal Herb" had already begun on their own.

Faced with the undisguised, urgent questioning from the Aromatic Silk Beauty, the large pink flower gently shook its petals and said matter-of-factly, "The Heart of Qiluo has always been mine. I've always had it, for a very, very long time."

Upon hearing this, Aromatic Silk Beauty froze in mid-air. His lips moved several times, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After a moment of silence, Aromatic Silk Beauty took a deep breath and asked a more direct question, "What is your true form?"

Upon hearing this, the large flower emitted an even stronger pink fragrance, and the whole flower swayed happily, as if it had been asked a question it was very willing to answer.

"My true form is the Aromatic Silk Beauty; you can call me Youyou."

"And you? You must be a transformed Immortal Herb, right? Your aura is so similar to mine. What kind of Immortal Herb are you?"

"I've been here for a very, very long time, and I've never met anyone so similar to me."