A-Qing Swallowed an Immortal Herb and Exploded with a Purple Soul Ring!

Several pale green blades of grass emerged from the Blue Silver Grass patterns on his right leg.

Ah Yin's blades of grass hooked a soaking-wet towel from nearby.

Then, she carefully wiped the blood from his face and body.

Her movements were gentle and practiced.

Clearly, this was not the first time she had done this.

Ever since Lin Qingmo had returned to camp half a year ago, covered in blood after hunting a Soul Beast for the first time.

Ah Yin had taken the initiative to emerge and wipe away the blood for him.

At first, Lin Qingmo had been quite surprised.

He had worried that Bibi Dong would discover Ah Yin's existence.

But later, he realized that Bibi Dong had seemingly known about Ah Yin all along.

She had not found it strange in the slightest, nor had she asked about it.

Lin Qingmo gradually grew accustomed to Ah Yin's care.

He even began taking the initiative to try communicating with her.

"Thank you, Ah Yin."

Lin Qingmo smiled and let Ah Yin's blades of grass wipe him clean.

Ah Yin's branches and leaves nodded lightly.

Under the shade of a tree not far away.

Bibi Dong stood quietly.

The hood of her black robe still concealed her face.

But the faint upward curve of her lips revealed how satisfied she was with Lin Qingmo's performance.

Lin Qingmo's rate of growth had exceeded her expectations.

No matter how harsh the training requirements she set.

This little fellow could grit his teeth and persevere, never once complaining.

Though every time he took Whale Rubber, the heat would make him grope all over her.

That left her somewhat helpless.

But over time, she had grown used to holding him as they slept each night.

This little fellow had gradually become a rare warmth in her cold life.

Lin Qingmo walked up to Bibi Dong.

His face carried a trace of anticipation and urgency.

"Master, I can already hunt three-hundred-year Soul Beasts on my own, and my physical condition has reached its limit. When can I absorb my First Spirit Ring?"

He could no longer wait.

After more than half a year of training and accumulation.

He had made every possible preparation.

He was even confident that he could absorb a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

Bibi Dong looked at his eager expression and gave a mysterious smile.

"Don't rush. Today, I'll grant your wish."

"Really?!"

Lin Qingmo's eyes lit up.

A wild smile spread across his face.

"That's great!"

"Master, have you found a suitable Soul Beast for me?"

Bibi Dong did not answer.

Instead, she took out a plant from her Storage Soul Tool for living creatures.

It resembled a vine.

Its entire body was pale azure.

The vine was slender, and its leaves were crystal-clear.

It gave off dense life energy and a soothing aura.

There was no sign of movement from it.

It did not look like a living Soul Beast.

Instead, it resembled an exquisite work of art.

"This is..."

Lin Qingmo froze.

The smile on his face gradually faded.

"Master, is this the Soul Beast you found?"

"It looks... not alive."

"It is not a Soul Beast in the true sense."

Bibi Dong said lightly.

"This is an Immortal Herb called Azure Vine. It is approximately two thousand years old."

It was not that she had not wanted Lin Qingmo to absorb a Spirit Ring all this time.

Rather, Yue Guan had only found this Azure Vine yesterday.

When she took it away, Yue Guan had looked exceedingly reluctant to part with it.

"Azure Vine?!"

He was stunned!

It was the Azure Vine Immortal Herb he had been longing for!

It had actually appeared!

Excited, he wanted to reach out and touch it.

But he was afraid of damaging this precious Immortal Herb.

"A two-thousand-year Azure Vine..."

Immortal Herbs were inanimate objects and could not be compared to Soul Beasts.

Their energy was like medicinal potency, nowhere near as Berserk as Spirit Ring energy.

A two-thousand-year cultivation should not pose much of a problem for him.

But there was one crucial issue.

"But Master, it isn't a true Soul Beast. It won't produce a Spirit Ring after it dies, so how am I supposed to absorb it?"

This was the most crucial problem!

When Soul Masters absorbed Spirit Rings, they hunted Soul Beasts and absorbed the Spirit Rings produced after the Soul Beasts died.

But this Azure Vine was not a Soul Beast and had no Spirit Ring.

Nor was it one of the Immortal Herbs from Douluo II that had grown into ten-thousand-year or even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Even if he wanted to absorb it, he had no idea where to begin!

Seeing his utterly bewildered expression.

Bibi Dong's expression turned playful.

"That is something you must figure out yourself."

"I can help you find the Azure Vine, but I cannot help you absorb it."

"After all, this is your own fortunate opportunity."

"This..."

Lin Qingmo fell into deep thought.

This was a difficult problem!

The two-thousand-year Azure Vine perfectly matched his life-oriented path.

Moreover, its cultivation far exceeded the limit for an ordinary Soul Master's First Spirit Ring. It was precisely the Spirit Ring he had dreamed of!

Yet he was completely helpless.

Just as Lin Qingmo was at his wits' end.

Ah Yin's branches and leaves emerged from his collar again.

The Blue Silver Grass branches and leaves slowly extended, winding around the Azure Vine.

She carried the Azure Vine floating over to Lin Qingmo.

Lin Qingmo's heart stirred.

He asked tentatively, "Ah Yin, do you have a way to help me?"

Ah Yin's branches and leaves nodded gently.

Then her branches and leaves pointed at his mouth.

"Eat it directly?"

The method seemed rather crude.

Lin Qingmo chose to trust Ah Yin.

He took the Azure Vine.

Opening his mouth, he swallowed the entire Azure Vine in one gulp.

The Azure Vine melted the instant it entered his mouth.

Unlike the scorching heat when he had taken Whale Rubber before.

Its energy was gentle yet vast.

"Feels so good..."

Lin Qingmo could not help letting out a moan.

Every pore on his body relaxed.

But he quickly realized that this would not do!

What he wanted was not to absorb the Immortal Herb's medicinal effects.

He wanted to condense it into his own Spirit Ring.

At that moment, Ah Yin moved.

Her branches and leaves began growing rapidly.

They spread along Lin Qingmo's meridians.

They guided and condensed the Azure Vine's energy bit by bit.

Lin Qingmo felt the Azure Vine's energy gradually gather in his Dantian under Ah Yin's guidance, forming an energy core.

That core grew larger and more solid.

"This is..."

Joy surged through Lin Qingmo's heart.

His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was actively reaching toward that core and beginning to absorb the energy within.

Gradually...

A Spirit Ring was forming inside his body!

He hurriedly circulated his Soul Power to cooperate with Ah Yin's guidance, accelerating the condensation and stabilization of energy within the Spirit Ring.

Time passed bit by bit.

Day turned into night.

Lin Qingmo's body gradually began emitting a dazzling blue radiance.

Bibi Dong stood quietly at the side, watching all along.

When she finally saw a change in his body.

She sighed in relief, though a flash of surprise still appeared in her Purple Eyes.

She had not expected Ah Yin to help A-Qing condense a Spirit Ring in this way.

"Perhaps this was fate's arrangement."

If Ah Yin had been of no use to A-Qing, Bibi Dong likely would have killed her long ago.

After another short while.

When the final trace of Azure Vine energy had been completely condensed.

A dazzling purple Spirit Ring slowly rose beneath Lin Qingmo's feet.

A Purple Soul Ring!

Two thousand years!

"It worked!"

Lin Qingmo excitedly opened his eyes.

His Soul Power also began soaring from level 10: level 11, level 12, level 13, level 14, level 15, level 16... level 17!

It did not stop rising until it reached level 17 Soul Power.

"Success! I did it!"

He had done it!

He had successfully condensed the Spirit Ring of the Azure Vine Immortal Herb!

He had become the first Soul Master in the history of Douluo Continent whose First Spirit Ring was a purple Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

Moreover, the vitality of his Blue Silver Grass had become even more abundant.

"Ah Yin, thank you!"

"Master, thank you!"

Even in his excitement, Lin Qingmo did not forget to thank them both.

Ah Yin's branches and leaves swayed gently, happy for him.

Bibi Dong, too, wore a rare, gentle, radiant smile.

"Congratulations, A-Qing."

"From today onward, you are a true Soul Master."

"And the first Soul Master on the continent to possess a thousand-year First Spirit Ring."

(This excluded special existences such as Bo Saixi and the Grand Pontiff.)

"Mm!"

Lin Qingmo nodded vigorously.

He knew that none of this would have been possible without Bibi Dong's guidance and Ah Yin's help.