The first thing Wang Chuan thought of was naturally the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, an immortal herb effective on dragonkind.
According to the setting, not only was this thing effective on earth-element dragons, it also contained the chaos attribute itself. He should have been able to eat it.
But after looking around, Wang Chuan did not find a single immortal herb shaped like a sweet potato.
Seeing this, Wang Chuan thoughtfully scratched his chin.
"Looks like this immortal herb, which only appeared during the Dragon King era, was probably transplanted there by someone later."
Not finding what he wanted did not discourage Wang Chuan. He quickly decided which immortal herb to absorb next.
The immortal herb was Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
This was an immortal herb capable of increasing Mental Power. Tang San had relied on it to break through to the third realm of Purple Demon Eye, Jiezi, and had thus seen through Xiao Wu's true form.
Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew resembled an oversized lily-of-the-valley blossom, its entire appearance like an exquisite little white lantern.
Its immortal herb essence lay within the dew droplets at its stamens. Following Tang San's example, Wang Chuan dripped it into his eyes and immediately began refining it.
For a time, Wang Chuan felt incomparably refreshed, as though his consciousness had been cleansed by a spring breeze and undergone some faint transformation.
After a moment, Wang Chuan opened his eyes in disappointment.
Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew did have an effect.
But for someone whose Mental Power already rivaled that of a Soul Douluo, its effect was truly negligible.
Wang Chuan then turned his gaze once more to the immortal herbs whose effects he could identify.
In the end, Wang Chuan fixed his eyes on the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which resembled a white lotus narcissus.
This immortal herb nourished the tendons and bones and opened the extraordinary meridians.
It was the opposite extreme of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum he had taken before: one focused inward, the other outward. It had originally been the immortal herb meant for Zhu Zhuqing, whose cultivation talent and speed were relatively poor.
Although the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid had similar effects as well.
Wang Chuan had no need for such mild medicinal power. He wanted to do it in one step!
As for the remaining Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Aromatic Silk Beauty, neither suited Wang Chuan's own attributes, so he had never considered them from the beginning.
Having made his choice, Wang Chuan carefully recalled the proper method of consuming this immortal herb.
Unlike the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which could be swallowed whole, the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone only required eating its petals. The stamen could not be consumed directly; its essence had to be drawn out by sucking on it.
Relying on his exaggerated base attributes, Wang Chuan swiftly refined the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
Then Wang Chuan tried cultivating. His cultivation speed had become even faster, likely surpassing Innate Full Soul Power and reaching the level of innate super Soul Power.
As for exactly what innate level it compared to, Wang Chuan did not dwell on it. As long as it was faster than his previous turtle-like pace, he was already satisfied with the current state of things.
But soon, Wang Chuan scratched his head in frustration.
The medicinal power of the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone had directly pushed his cultivation beyond level thirty, making Wang Chuan complain happily.
"Tsk, I reached level thirty in the blink of an eye, but where am I supposed to find my Spirit Ring?"
After considering it carefully, Wang Chuan chose to return home.
In truth, over the past four years, whenever he returned to Soul Hunting Town to purchase supplies, Wang Chuan would also make a trip home. He would visit Wang Lie and bring supplements for the old man he respected.
But this time, Wang Chuan had three purposes in returning.
The first was the matter of his Spirit Ring.
Wang Chuan had already given up hope on Sunset Forest.
His third Spirit Ring could not possibly be worse than his second, so this time Wang Chuan planned to venture deep into Star Dou Forest. He needed an expert to accompany him.
Grandpa Wang Lie clearly met that requirement.
Then there was the second purpose.
Though Wang Chuan was cautious by nature, once he acknowledged someone close to him, he would protect them wholeheartedly.
And Wang Lie was clearly one of the very few people Wang Chuan acknowledged.
Four years had now passed. Wang Lie's cultivation had improved further, but he had also grown older. He was already eighty years old.
Although Wang Lie could at least live past a hundred with the support of Soul Power, Wang Chuan was greedy. He did not want this elder to die so soon.
Thus, Wang Chuan instinctively wanted to choose a suitable immortal herb from the remaining few and give it to Wang Lie.
But Wang Chuan quickly dismissed that idea.
Because he remembered a saying from Douluo Continent: the earlier one wanted to break through to Title Douluo, the better.
Otherwise, once one's vitality and blood declined, breaking through to Title Douluo would become extremely difficult.
So even if Wang Lie consumed an immortal herb, without sufficient vitality and blood, he would still be unable to cultivate to the level of Title Douluo.
After carefully selecting from the pile of herbs, Wang Chuan chose a Ten Thousand Year Seven-Grade Ginseng King.
An ordinary ginseng could become a Ginseng King after ten thousand years.
After that, every additional ten thousand years of cultivation would raise it by one grade. In other words, this Ten Thousand Year Seven-Grade Ginseng King was equivalent to an eighty-thousand-year plant Spirit Beast.
If this Ginseng King were given another two thousand years to grow, then within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it could become the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King Tang San had described as capable of reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bare bones.
But Wang Chuan felt that even if this Ginseng King had not reached such heaven-defying effects.
Ginseng was still ginseng, especially ginseng that had reached such an age. It would definitely nourish Old Master Wang Lie's vitality and blood until he got a nosebleed!
Moreover, this was no ordinary ginseng, but a plant Spirit Beast containing an immense amount of Soul Power.
So it could also raise Old Master Wang Lie's cultivation somewhat.
Wang Chuan could already imagine it: Old Master Wang Lie's cultivation would definitely break through to Soul Douluo directly. Then he could conveniently accompany Wang Chuan to hunt for his eighth Spirit Ring, allowing the two of them to support each other.
Besides that, Wang Chuan also found the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma that Tang San would later prepare for Yu Xiaogang.
Though this thing did not count as an immortal herb, it had the effects of strengthening one's foundation, replenishing primordial energy, boosting vitality, and increasing cultivation.
Put simply, it improved one's cultivation talent. Yu Xiaogang had used it to break through level thirty.
Wang Chuan did not know its precise effects.
But since it bore the title of Nine-Rank just like the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King, its effects presumably would not be weak.
And Wang Lie's cultivation talent was not poor to begin with, or else he would not be close to reaching Soul Douluo now.
So with these two medicinal herbs, Wang Chuan believed that unless their effects were too weak, even without an immortal herb, Wang Lie could break through to Title Douluo in the future and gain a lifespan of at least three hundred years.
But of course, if Wang Lie still could not break through to Title Douluo over the next dozen or so years, Wang Chuan had a Plan B.
That was, in another dozen years, the Clear Sky Sect would definitely suffer misfortune. Then he could plot to obtain the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng held by the Speed Clan.
That was a genuine immortal herb, and one that replenished vitality and blood. It was most suitable for an elderly person like Wang Lie to make a breakthrough.
Wang Chuan's final purpose was likewise related to Wang Lie.
Wang Chuan had realized that when it came time to do so, he could carry rare herbs with him in a living storage Soul Tool.
But he did not want to waste the ordinary ones either, so naturally, he needed to find someone to help tend them.
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