[The phantom behind her was Medusa!]
After subduing Medusa, Jiang Ce turned around and swept his gaze across the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Infernal Delicate Apricot, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Aromatic Silk Beauty, and the rest—those Immortal Herbs that Dugu Bo had treasured like his life in the original story—were all growing here in pairs.
Not only that, there were also many varieties he had never seen in the original story.
Dragon Saliva Spirit Grass, Emerald Jade Marrow Flower, Nine-Colored Sacred Lotus, Golden Stamen Soul-Returning Grass, Corona Flower, Sacred Fire Grass—each one gave off spirit energy no weaker than that of an Immortal Herb.
It paid to get here early.
By the time Dugu Bo found this place, who knew how many good things would already have been ruined?
Everything came in pairs, so each of his two mounts could have a set.
He raised a hand and sent the harvesting instructions directly into Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling's minds.
Following the information in their minds, the two women carefully made their way through the valley, harvesting the plants one by one.
Medusa coiled on a rock, watching her treasures—things she had guarded for who knew how many years—being pulled up one by one as if the women were gathering vegetables.
She looked down at herself. From head to toe, a layer of black liquid flowed freely, forming a tight suit that covered her completely—even her snake tail.
Knowing she had no way to fight back now, she could only sigh.
But when she saw the two women take out all the Immortal Herbs and get ready to shove them into their mouths, she finally couldn't hold back.
"Are you crazy? Those things have such violent spirit energy that even I wouldn't dare touch them—eating them outright is asking for death."
Liu Erlong didn't even raise an eyelid.
Following Jiang Ce's advice, she picked six Immortal Herbs.
The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid strengthened her foundations; the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower repaired the innate flaw in her Fire-type Martial Soul; the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum tempered her body until it was impervious to blades; the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew refined her Mental Power; the Earth Dragon Golden Melon granted her dragon energy and strengthened her dragon bloodline; and the Aromatic Silk Beauty broke through the limits of her Martial Soul.
They said every medicine had some poison in it, and swallowing so many at once would certainly make their effects clash.
But Jiang Ce told her not to worry, since she had an exceptionally powerful healing ability.
As long as she wasn't dead, he could bring her back.
Liu Erlong swallowed all six at once.
Six waves of medicinal power exploded inside her at the same time.
The Fire Dragon Martial Soul above her head let out a sky-shaking roar.
Her dragon body, originally woven from blue and fiery red, was reforged inch by inch in golden flames, its size swelling wildly.
Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters—a hundred-meter-long golden dragon took shape within the flames.
Its horns were sharp as spears, each scale glinted with metallic luster, and its claws were as keen as curved blades. Blazing golden fire coiled around its body as its mighty Dragon Might looked down upon all living things.
The Golden Holy Flame Dragon.
Liu Erlong felt the soul power surging inside her: forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty.
Her level was stuck fast at the level-fifty bottleneck,
but a great deal of undigested medicinal power still lay dormant in her meridians, waiting for her fifth Soul Ring to set it off.
Ye Yingling swallowed her Immortal Herbs at the same time.
The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid strengthened her foundations; the Nine-Grade Purple Mushroom repaired the flaw in her Martial Soul; the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew refined her Mental Power; the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum tempered her body until it was impervious to blades; and the Aromatic Silk Beauty broke through the limits of her Martial Soul.
She swallowed all five at once, and their medicinal effects piled on top of one another.
The phantom of the Nine-Heart Begonia bloomed above her head, its white petals unfolding layer by layer,
growing from a delicate little flower into a giant floral crown that covered the entire space above her head. Every petal radiated life force in its purest form.
A halo slowly condensed at the center of the flower, while runes like a sacred chant flowed within it.
Nine-Heart Begonia: Sacred Chant.
The soul power inside Ye Yingling surged wildly against the level-twenty bottleneck, only to be held fast, but medicinal power still roiled within her meridians, waiting for her second Soul Ring to set it off.
Feeling the new power surging within her, her eyes grew hot. She turned and bowed deeply to Jiang Ce, her ample breasts swaying with the movement.
"Teacher, thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today."
"If you really want to thank me—" Jiang Ce swept her into his arms and patted her pert bottom. "Then let's try some other ways of having fun."
Ye Yingling's cheeks flushed red, and she nodded gently.
After all, body and soul alike,
she was willing to do anything that would make her teacher happy.
Besides, that feeling of her mind going completely blank really was quite pleasant.
Medusa coiled on the rock, her cool, beautiful face frozen in utter disbelief.
The two humans had transformed their Martial Souls right before her eyes. Those Immortal Herbs she hadn't even dared touch really did have such heaven-defying effects.
Regret slithered into her heart like snake venom. If she'd known how to use the treasures she had guarded all these years, she might have broken through to a hundred thousand years long ago.
Liu Erlong planted her hands on her hips and looked up at the golden dragon circling overhead, laughing out loud.
"That's incredible! My Martial Soul has become a Golden Holy Flame Dragon! This bloodline is so pure that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon isn't fit to shine my shoes!"
She laughed without restraint, her ample breasts bouncing violently with each burst of laughter.
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could yet bear the surname Liu! I'm the main line!"
Let those people rank everyone by bloodline. When the time came, she, Liu Erlong, would be the strongest in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, demoting all of them to branch lines. She'd see what they dared say then.
As she laughed, she suddenly fell silent for a moment.
Back at the foot of the cliff, if Jiang Ce hadn't parasitized her, she would have died beneath the Red Flame Earth Dragon's claws.
Jiang Ce chuckled softly.
"Then make sure you have a good time with me when that day comes."
Liu Erlong rolled her eyes.
Knowing that rascal, his idea of having a good time could mean he'd put her through who knew what again.
She grumbled to herself, but couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from lifting.
Was it so bad to become a wooden doll who could only go "oh-ho-ho"?
What was there to fear? Compared with what Jiang Ce had given her, it was worth it.
Jiang Ce turned to Medusa, who was still frozen stiff.
"Little Medusa, want to join the glorious evolution?"
Medusa's body shuddered violently.
She had just opened her mouth to say something when the Black Latex Suit tightened sharply around her, as if reminding her to behave.
A flush of mortification rose over her cool, beautiful face, and her snake tail instinctively slammed against the ground.
"You—you bastard—don't move around down there!"
She was the queen of the snake-type Soul Beasts, born half human and half snake, with a stunningly beautiful upper body.
There had been people who coveted her beauty and her kind before, and now Jiang Ce seemed like one of them.
The next moment,
the Venom Black Latex Suit cinched around her generous, full breasts, squeezing them into arms like those of a Michelin tire mascot.
"Making wild guesses. You deserve a punishment."
Jiang Ce's voice carried a smile.
"Damn you!"
Medusa gritted her teeth.
"Now that I'm your master, you can't resist me. Stop fighting back so much, and it'll feel better."
"Damn you! What do you mean, it'll feel better? Your big breasts are squeezed like this—tell me, do you think it feels good?"
Medusa fumed. What exactly was this guy, to be able to condense himself into all these globs of black liquid?
"Little Medusa, you don't want to stay at thirty thousand years forever instead of reaching a hundred thousand, do you?"
Jiang Ce's voice took on a hint of temptation.
Medusa: "..."
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