Finally Getting to the Main Point!

"Next is the third method."

Feng Baiyu paused for a moment before continuing, "Actually, the third method is similar to the first. It involves turning the limited storage capacity of a Spirit Bone into an infinite one, or even transforming the lethal poison into nourishment! Mr. Dugu must have heard of External Spirit Bones!"

"External Spirit Bones?" Upon hearing Feng Baiyu's words, Dugu Bo immediately understood. External Spirit Bones possessed the ability to grow; by forcing the snake venom into an External Spirit Bone, it could be made to grow slowly, never becoming obsolete.

However, External Spirit Bones were incredibly rare, let alone one that possessed the attribute of devouring poison to grow!

Wasn't this method effectively the same as having nothing at all?

"The three of you must think that External Spirit Bones are hard to find, and that this third method is equivalent to having nothing, right?" Feng Baiyu paused again and continued, "I have conducted an incomplete survey. The spirit beasts with External Spirit Bones suitable for your Dugu Family's martial spirit include the Human-Faced Demon Spider, Blood-Stabbing Pufferfish, Gilded Poison Scorpion, Six-Tailed Centipede, Ice-Heart Demon Poison Silkworm, and Vermilion Clear Ice Toad! That's right, they are the very same spirit beasts mentioned in the second method!"

Seeing their confusion, Feng Baiyu continued, "The reason I mention these is because I know a way to increase the probability of obtaining Spirit Bones. If a Jade Phosphorus Snake spirit master absorbs the spirit rings of the types of beasts I mentioned starting from their first spirit ring, and uses my method every time, I am thirty percent certain that an External Spirit Bone can be obtained before the fifth spirit ring."

"A method to increase the drop rate of Spirit Bones!" Hearing Feng Baiyu's words, not only did Dugu Bo gasp in surprise, but even Feng Qingluan looked astonished.

Grandson, you never said you had such a trick up your sleeve!

Feng Baiyu glanced at his grandfather and smiled faintly. "Low profile, keep it low profile."

What was the method to increase the drop rate of Spirit Bones?

Torture and slaughter—making the spirit beast feel extremely aggrieved before it died!

Such a method could greatly increase the drop rate of Spirit Bones, though it only increased the odds and could not guarantee a hundred percent success.

However, do not forget what Feng Baiyu's [Fire Phoenix True Sight] was capable of!

Feng Baiyu could see through all information regarding an enemy, including but not limited to human spirit skills, Spirit Bones, weaknesses, the age of spirit beasts, and their natural predators...

As Feng Baiyu absorbed his second spirit ring, his [Fire Phoenix True Sight] had been slightly enhanced.

Among these enhancements were the ability to see through a spirit beast's weaknesses and natural predators, what they feared most, and how to torture them to increase the Spirit Bone drop rate...

These were all clearly written out!

It was even more cruel than the animal abuse cases he had seen in his past life, but the results were surprisingly effective.

If the drop rate for an ordinary person killing a thousand-year spirit beast was less than one percent, then after Feng Baiyu's series of torturous slaughters, that rate could be increased to over ten percent!

The drop rate for ten-thousand-year spirit beasts was certainly higher, but Feng Baiyu's current [Fire Phoenix True Sight] could not yet see such detailed information on them. However, as Feng Baiyu obtained his third, fourth, and even fifth spirit rings, this information would inevitably become crystal clear.

The Dugu family listened as Feng Baiyu spoke of increasing Spirit Bone drop rates, their hearts racing. Could the drop rate of such items actually be artificially increased?

"Next, the fourth method!" Feng Baiyu began. "A Spirit Bone or spirit ring that possesses the [Venom Spray] skill."

"I am not talking about ordinary [Venom Spray], but those that truly consume the energy within the body." Feng Baiyu looked at the three of them and said, "In the world of spirit beasts, there are some poison-attribute beasts whose poison is their very cultivation. A three-thousand-year poison spirit beast using [Venom Spray] once might see its cultivation drop to two thousand five hundred years or even lower."

"The spirit rings and Spirit Bones they produce will also be like this, forming a Spirit Bone skill that consumes spirit power levels to unleash a fatal blow!" Feng Baiyu looked at Dugu Xin, using him as an example. "If young Mr. Dugu were to learn this spirit skill, consuming one level of strength should be enough to instantly kill anyone at the Spirit King stage who lacks poison resistance. If you put your full effort into the strike, you should be able to instantly kill a Spirit Emperor."

As he said this, Feng Baiyu took a box out of his storage spirit tool and said, "The similar spirit beasts I know of include, but are not limited to, the Blue-Ringed Octopus, Tidal Squid, Green-Clawed Octopus, Black Water Muscle Snail, Black Mamba... Their strength is considered lower-middle among spirit beasts of the same tier; I fear your Dugu family wouldn't even glance at them on a normal day, would you?"

Feng Baiyu handed the box to Dugu Xin. "As it happens, I previously obtained a [Blue-Ringed Octopus Right Arm Bone] of about two thousand years. If you use it, you will recover immediately."

"As for the fifth method, it is to absorb the [Blood-Stabbing Pufferfish] spirit ring." Feng Baiyu watched Dugu Xin hesitate and continued, "Spirit beasts also operate on the principles of mutual generation and restraint, and the [Blood-Stabbing Pufferfish] is the natural enemy of the [Jade Phosphorus Snake]! It is born with the ability to devour toxins, be immune to poisoning, and feed that energy back into itself."

"The sixth, seventh, and eighth methods all involve martial spirit evolution, and this evolution requires different items and different methods." Feng Baiyu explained, "For example, taking both the [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] and the [Blazing Apricot Delicate] simultaneously has two outcomes. The worst result is the loss of one's poison cultivation, while the best possibility is a balance of ice and fire poison. But regardless of the outcome, it will cause the [Jade Phosphorus Snake] to evolve, and surpassing the so-called number one beast martial spirit, the [Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon], would be an easy feat."

"Every immortal herb possesses the miraculous power to defy the heavens and change one's fate, but the traces of such herbs are hard to find in this world; seeking even one is harder than ascending to heaven." Feng Baiyu shook his head with a face full of regret. "In all these years, I have only managed to find one high-grade herb. Compared to the true immortal herbs of legend, it is like the difference between clouds and mud, not even worth mentioning."

"Immortal herbs?" Dugu Bo suddenly looked up, a sharp light erupting in his green eyes. He leaned forward abruptly and asked urgently, "Young Master, the [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] and [Blazing Apricot Delicate] you just mentioned—what kind of divine objects are they exactly?"

Finally, the bait is taken!

Feng Baiyu hadn't brought it up proactively just to wait for a reasonable moment to reveal the location of the immortal herbs!

He couldn't just attribute everything to the [Phoenix God Trial], or he wouldn't be able to justify himself one day.

Now that Dugu Bo had brought up the immortal herbs himself, Feng Baiyu could naturally show his hand!

Feng Qingluan's eyes also snapped open, his gaze fixed on Dugu Bo.

Having previously experienced the effects of the herbs, Feng Qingluan was a firm believer in their efficacy. Seeing Dugu Bo so excited, it was clear he knew the whereabouts of some kind of immortal herb.

If the item was useful to his grandson, then that would truly be...

"The [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] appears as a white, eight-petaled flower with ice-crystal-like stamens in the center, constantly releasing an extremely cold aura. The [Blazing Apricot Delicate] is fiery red throughout and resembles a cabbage." Feng Baiyu briefly described the appearance of the two herbs before adding, "Used individually, they are highly toxic, but used in combination, they possess unparalleled efficacy."

Feng Baiyu scanned the three of them. "If these two immortal herbs truly exist in this world, then among the three of you, there is certainly one who can completely break free from the entanglement of the Jade Phosphorus Snake venom and be reborn."