Immortal Bird Eye!

Ji Bai had long sensed Dugu Bo's arrival with his spiritual power, but since Dugu Bo wanted to watch, he could watch. It did not matter.

As long as Dugu Bo made any move against him, Ji Bai would immediately grab the Snowy Swan Kiss beside him and smear it across Dugu Bo's face.

This Immortal Herb offered no benefit to humans, but to toxins, it was an incredible tonic.

Even the tiniest trace of poison would rapidly multiply by thousands upon touching the Snowy Swan Kiss.

As long as it touched Dugu Bo's skin or he inhaled even a little of it, Dugu Bo would die without leaving a corpse within a single breath, reduced to poisonous blood.

Ji Bai continued cultivating and pondering how to use his Martial Soul until evening before finally stopping.

Dugu Bo had already vanished without a trace.

Ji Bai did not care about that either. He licked his lips and headed straight for the "Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew."

Among the many Immortal Herbs, the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was one of the few capable of improving eyesight and spiritual power. Most importantly, it was the only one Ji Bai recognized.

The method for consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was very simple: inhale the dew within it.

Ji Bai then sat cross-legged and guided the medicinal energy toward the space between his brows and his eyes, strengthening his spiritual power and eyesight.

The process was brief. After absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, he could see clearly even in the darkness of night, though the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in front of him had been glowing like a light bulb all along...

"Senior Dugu!"

"Are you there?"

Ji Bai raised his head toward the valley's sheer cliffs, his voice echoing through the silent night.

"What are you yelling for?"

"It's the middle of the night. Are you going to let people sleep or not?"

Dugu Bo rushed out from a cave in the cliffside and arrived before Ji Bai in an instant. "Brat, why were you calling for me?"

Ji Bai said, "I'm leaving."

"No!" Dugu Bo rejected him without a second thought.

Ji Bai said calmly, "I haven't eaten for two days."

Dugu Bo froze.

He had actually forgotten about that...

"Also, I need my fourth Soul Ring."

"I've been out for a long time. I made an agreement with my friends that I would return on time. I can't stay here forever, and I still have things to do."

Ji Bai spoke one sentence after another.

After hearing him out, Dugu Bo's head started to ache. When he looked at Ji Bai again, his face was full of displeasure.

"Cut the crap!"

"What do you take this place for?"

"You think you can come and go whenever you please?"

Dugu Bo snapped in embarrassment and anger.

Then, he suddenly noticed something Ji Bai had said and immediately went blank.

"You need your fourth Soul Ring already?"

"How old are you?"

Dugu Bo asked with a shocked expression.

Ji Bai replied blandly, "Twelve."

"Bullshit!"

Dugu Bo rolled his eyes and said irritably, "With that build of yours, how do you look twelve? Besides, level forty at twelve? At least make your lies believable! Or do you think I'm an idiot who'd believe that nonsense?"

"If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do." Ji Bai sighed softly. "Sometimes, being too outstanding really does make people doubt you. After all... most people in this world are ordinary."

Dugu Bo's mouth twitched. Pointing at Ji Bai with a blank expression, he said, "Brat, don't push me. If you make me mad, be careful or I'll beat you up!"

"Beat me?" Ji Bai looked Dugu Bo up and down, clicked his tongue, and shook his head with a sigh.

Dugu Bo clenched and loosened his fists, then clenched them again.

"Senior, let me ask you something. The poison in Dugu Yan's body was inherited from you, wasn't it?"

Ji Bai's golden eyes focused intently. He could already see through Dugu Bo's body to the meridians within, and even the toxins in his blood could not escape his piercing gaze.

Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically, his pupils shrinking.

"There's no need for you to explain, Senior. I can see the condition inside your body." Ji Bai blinked his golden eyes, the golden light within them growing increasingly brilliant.

Dugu Bo also noticed the difference in Ji Bai's eyes.

They had been red before, but for some reason, they had now turned gold.

"I can help you, Senior."

"Relax. I'll go slowly and be careful. I won't hurt you."

A formless, intangible flame emerged in Ji Bai's palm. Dugu Bo could only tell that there was a ball of fire in Ji Bai's hand from the rising temperature around them.

Ji Bai advanced toward Dugu Bo step by step.

Dugu Bo instinctively retreated. "What are you doing? Don't come any closer!"

Ji Bai smiled faintly. "I, a mere Quasi-Soul Ancestor, have mustered the courage to detoxify you. Senior, you're at least a Title Douluo. Don't tell me you're this scared?"

"Who... who's scared!" Dugu Bo swallowed, his breathing gradually quickening. He was worried and afraid, yet also carried a faint trace of anticipation.

Ji Bai could see straight through the poison in his body.

That ability truly shocked him.

But...

How exactly was Ji Bai going to detoxify him?

If it failed, would he... drop dead on the spot?

No, no, no!

Ji Bai saw what Dugu Bo was worried about and said calmly, "This flame appeared when I awakened my Martial Soul. It was born from the heart. It can temper tendons and bones, forge the soul and spirit, and suppress all evil poisons and souls in the world!"

"Under the tempering of this Heart Fire, the toxins in Dugu Yan's blood and bones were completely eliminated!"

"Stand there and don't move!"

Ji Bai barked out an order.

Dugu Bo froze where he stood.

"Rise!"

The Heart Fire in Ji Bai's hand abruptly erupted. Originally formless and intangible, it now turned a faint milky white as he drove it with all his strength. Blazing heat filled the space and enveloped Dugu Bo.

"Screech!"

A clear phoenix cry rang through heaven and earth as three Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple—rose one after another.

"Aaargh!"

The instant the Heart Fire entered his body, Dugu Bo felt an unprecedented pain sweep through him.

Cold sweat poured down his forehead, and his dark green robe instantly turned to ash.

"Eugh—!"

Ji Bai looked at the skin-and-bones Dugu Bo with open disgust.

"Brat, fucking focus!"

"If anything happens to me, no living thing within dozens of miles will survive!"

Dugu Bo roared hoarsely.

"Don't worry."

Ji Bai was very confident now.

His spiritual power had surged tremendously, and his control over flames and Soul Power had become exceptionally precise.

Three days later, in the core region of Sunset Forest.

A thirty-thousand-year-old Immortal Bird lay dead, devoid of life.

Beside the Immortal Bird's corpse, Ji Bai was already absorbing its Soul Ring.

Dugu Bo wore a white robe, his hands clasped behind his back as he stood silently before Ji Bai.

At this moment.

His formerly green hair had also turned white, while his complexion had grown much rosier. He appeared far more energetic, no longer as lifeless, gloomy, and weak as before.

"Screech!"

Ji Bai's Martial Soul, the Divine Fire Phoenix, suddenly appeared and circled around him.

At that moment, he opened his eyes as well, a streak of golden light flashing from them.

After absorbing the Immortal Bird's Soul Ring, the ability of his External Soul Bone—the Phoenix Heart—advanced further. Its self-healing ability was greatly enhanced, and he gained Nirvana Power, along with a permanent doubling of all attributes.

All of these were passive abilities and required no active use.

Beyond that.

Ji Bai discovered that his eyes had undergone a mutation.

External Soul Bone—the Immortal Bird Eye!

He slowly closed his eyes and carefully sensed the Immortal Bird Eye's ability.

A moment later, the corners of his lips lifted slightly.

He already had physical self-healing, and now he even had mental healing. The future was promising!

One had to know that people in this world had always understood spiritual power only vaguely.

The only way to increase spiritual power was to raise one's Soul Power realm, while spiritual injuries could only be healed through day after day of calm recuperation. There was no other method.