"Go on, get out of here. You'll have plenty of time to study that lousy Soul Tool later." Yan Shaozhe pushed him aside and looked at Bei Bei. "Bei Bei, does your Eye of Life have any special effects? Show us."
"You two have got to be kidding me." Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er stepped forward and pulled the two men apart.
Just then, Elder Zhuang slowly approached Bei Bei.
"Elder Zhuang," Bei Bei greeted him respectfully.
"Would you mind letting this old man examine your Eye of Life?" Elder Zhuang asked with a smile.
"Of course not." Bei Bei nodded, focusing his mind. A tiny crack appeared on his forehead, and the Eye of Life slowly opened. Its emerald-green iris turned, radiating a rich life energy.
Seeing this, Elder Zhuang summoned his Martial Soul. A lush ancient tree gradually appeared behind him. It was his Martial Soul, the Tree of Life. Nine Soul Rings emerged and circled him.
Elder Zhuang released a unique strand of Soul Power and sent it into the Eye of Life on Bei Bei's forehead.
He soon withdrew the energy. "This piece of Life Gold has brought you tremendous benefits. You now have a lifespan of at least three hundred years. If you can make even better use of it, your lifespan could increase by at least a thousand years, or even ten thousand."
"Really?" Bei Bei's eyes lit up.
As Soul Masters, who wouldn't want to break through the limit of level ninety-nine, become gods at level one hundred, and gain eternal life?
However, accumulating what was needed to break through that level would take at least a thousand years of cultivation.
Even a Limit Douluo at level ninety-nine could live for only around three hundred years at most.
And if one wanted to become a god quickly, one needed a deity to pass down their Godhood Inheritance.
At this point in time, Tang San's control over the entire Douluo World was at its strongest. It was basically impossible to inherit a godhood without going through him.
Bei Bei would never bow his head to Tang San. After all, at this point in time, Tang San's various bizarre schemes were utterly exasperating.
Since inheriting a godhood was out of the question, the only path left was to create one himself.
"Bei Bei, there's a connection between your light attribute and the power of life. Perhaps you can try merging them to create a unique and powerful force," Elder Zhuang told him.
The two sat down to one side, and Elder Zhuang shared his profound insights into the power of life. Bei Bei benefited greatly from their conversation.
Before long, evening arrived.
With Xuan Zi pushing himself to travel at full speed, he finally brought the Medical Immortal Douluo here before nightfall.
The Sea God Pavilion's members took turns explaining what had happened. They hoped she and Elder Zhuang would treat Mu En's injuries together.
The Medical Immortal Douluo was also astonished to see a treasure like Life Gold.
Her Martial Soul was the Healing Angel, which allowed her to control the power of life. Through her Martial Soul, she could directly draw life energy from the air to treat patients.
With a treasure like Life Gold supporting her, her healing ability could reach the level of a Limit Douluo. There was a very real possibility she could completely heal Mu En's injuries.
Seeing this, everyone stopped wasting time and began treating Mu En at once.
Mu En lay on a chair made from the branches of the Golden Ancient Tree, with the Medical Immortal Douluo and Elder Zhuang standing on either side of him.
Bei Bei opened the Eye of Life on his forehead and took out the Blade of Life, letting it float in front of Mu En.
The Medical Immortal Douluo summoned her Martial Soul. Once her Martial Soul Possession took effect, she transformed from a white-haired, deeply wrinkled old woman into a remarkably young girl who looked eighteen or nineteen. Five pairs of emerald-green wings spread behind her.
Under her control, the Blade of Life released an unprecedentedly vast and pure life energy. Guided by her, the energy slowly flowed into Mu En's body.
Elder Zhuang also summoned his Martial Soul, the Tree of Life, to protect him from harm.
"Do it!"
At Xuan Zi's thunderous shout, the Shrek members around them struck together. With pinpoint precision, they shattered Mu En's spine, which had bent at a right angle, and removed the deformed, splintered bones, allowing his hunched back to straighten again.
Mu En's face showed both pain and anticipation. Feeling the changes in his body, he was overcome with excitement.
The spine was one of the most vital parts of the human body, threaded with countless nerves. Any damage to it would leave a person permanently disabled or even paralyzed.
What was more, Mu En possessed six full sets of Soul Bones, and his torso bone was of exceptionally high quality.
Yet under the life force of Life Gold, even the most severe physical injuries could be healed.
Mu En's body had become like that of a healthy person, and his bent spine had almost completely straightened.
Under the life force, his shattered vertebrae gradually healed.
Compared to his physical injuries, the damage to his inner essence was far more troublesome.
Back then, Mu En had tried to quickly recover from the injuries he sustained fighting Du Bisou of the Body Sect. He had rashly absorbed the power within the Dragon Core, and its violent energy had damaged his inner essence.
Fine beads of sweat had appeared on the Medical Immortal Douluo's forehead. She gritted her teeth as the nine Soul Rings on her body flashed one after another.
She kept increasing her control over the Blade of Life, sending more life force into Mu En's body to gradually wear away the trace of violent energy in his inner essence.
The Sea God Pavilion elders all looked tense. The treatment had reached its most critical point.
As more and more life force flowed into Mu En, the potential within him slowly awakened. The violent energy that clung to him like a maggot in the bone gradually dispersed, and his damaged inner essence began to mend bit by bit.
Second by second, time passed. Everyone felt the atmosphere grow tense and heavy.
The Medical Immortal Douluo withdrew her Martial Soul and slowly stopped what she was doing.
The Blade of Life above them seemed drained dry. Its emerald-green light had dimmed somewhat, and it turned into a streak of light that flew back into the Eye of Life on Bei Bei's forehead.
Even so, just a fraction of the life energy it had released had scattered into the air—and that alone had greatly benefited the Medical Immortal Douluo and everyone present.
The cultivation bottleneck that had held her back for decades was showing signs of loosening. A spark of excitement flashed in her eyes. She was fully confident she could break through to level ninety-six within the next few days!
"Mystic Ancestor, how are you feeling?" Bei Bei couldn't hold back any longer and asked softly.
Mu En slowly opened his eyes. Sensing the changes in his body, he rose from the chair.
His back was perfectly straight, and he looked full of vigor. The cloudy light in his eyes had brightened again, his Bloodline Power had grown stronger, and even his appearance had become a little younger.
A powerful aura spread from within him. In an instant, the surroundings seemed to turn into a golden sea.
The aura appeared and faded in a flash, and the space around them quickly returned to normal.
"Thank you, everyone—especially you, Bei Bei. Without your Blade of Life, this old man might never have stood straight again. Hahaha!" Mu En seemed to have returned to his peak from decades ago, and the twilight hanging over him had completely faded.
His strength had stagnated for decades, but with his injuries healed, he had advanced another step.