The Main Point at Last!

"Next is the third method."

Feng Baiyu paused, then said, "Actually, the third method is similar to the first. It turns a Spirit Bone's limited storage capacity into an unlimited one, and can even turn poison into nourishment! Mr. Dugu must have heard of External Soul Bones!"

"External Soul Bones?" Hearing Feng Baiyu's words, Dugu Bo immediately understood. External Soul Bones could grow. If one forced the serpent poison into an External Soul Bone, it could slowly grow stronger and never become obsolete.

But External Soul Bones were incredibly rare, and on top of that, it would have to be one with the ability to devour deadly poison and grow!

Wouldn't that make this method no better than having no method at all?

"You three must think External Soul Bones are hard to find, so even if this third method is possible, it might as well not exist, right?" Feng Baiyu paused, then continued, "I made an incomplete list. External Soul Bones suited to your Dugu Family's Martial Soul include those from Man Faced Demon Spiders, Blood-Stabbing Pufferfish, Gilded Poison Scorpions, Six-Tailed Centipedes, Ice-Heart Demon Poison Silkworms, and Vermilion Clear Ice Toads! That's right, they're the very Soul Beasts I mentioned in the second method!"

Seeing their confusion, Feng Baiyu went on. "I mentioned them because I know a way to increase the odds of obtaining a Spirit Bone. If a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Soul Master absorbs Soul Rings from the Soul Beasts I named starting with his First Soul Ring, and uses my method each time, I'm thirty percent confident he'll obtain an External Soul Bone before his Fifth Soul Ring."

"A way to increase the odds of obtaining a Soul Bone!" Hearing Feng Baiyu, Dugu Bo couldn't help exclaiming. Even Feng Qingluan was surprised.

Grandson, you never said you had a trick like that!

Feng Baiyu glanced at his grandfather and smiled faintly. "Keep it low-key, keep it low-key."

What was the way to increase the odds of a Soul Bone dropping?

Torture them. Make the Soul Beast feel utterly aggrieved before it died!

This method could greatly increase the chance of a Spirit Bone dropping, but it only raised the odds; it couldn't guarantee one hundred percent.

But don't forget what Feng Baiyu's [Fire Phoenix True Sight] was for!

Feng Baiyu could see through all of an enemy's information, including, but not limited to, a human's Soul Skills, Spirit Bones, and weaknesses, as well as a Soul Beast's age, nemesis...

After Feng Baiyu absorbed his Second Soul Ring, his [Fire Phoenix True Sight] had grown somewhat stronger.

Among other things, it could reveal a Soul Beast's weaknesses and nemesis, what it feared most, and how to torture it to increase the chance of a Spirit Bone appearing...

All of that was clearly written out!

It was even crueler than the cat torture cases Feng Baiyu had seen in his previous life, but the results were astonishingly effective.

If an ordinary person had less than a one percent chance of getting a Spirit Bone from killing a thousand-year Soul Beast, after a series of tortures, Feng Baiyu could raise those odds to over one in ten!

The odds for ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts would certainly be even higher, but Feng Baiyu's [Fire Phoenix True Sight] couldn't yet see such detailed information about them. But after he obtained his Third, Fourth, and even Fifth Soul Rings, he would undoubtedly be able to see every last detail.

As the Dugu Family listened to Feng Baiyu talk about increasing the odds of a Spirit Bone appearing, their hearts began to pound faster. Could the odds really be increased by human effort?

"Next, the fourth method!" Feng Baiyu said. "A Spirit Bone or Soul Ring with the [Venom Spray] skill."

"I don't mean an ordinary [Venom Spray], but the kind that truly consumes the user's internal energy." Feng Baiyu looked at the three of them and said, "There are some Poison-type Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast Realm whose poison is their cultivation. A three-thousand-year poison Soul Beast might drop to the level of a two-thousand-five-hundred-year Soul Beast, or even lower, after using [Venom Spray] once."

"The Soul Rings and Spirit Bones they produce can work the same way: they consume Soul Power Levels to unleash a deadly blow as a Soul Bone Skill!" Feng Baiyu looked at Dugu Xin and used him as an example. "If Young Mr. Dugu learned this Soul Skill, he should be able to consume one level of strength to instantly kill anyone at the Soul King stage who has no poison resistance. If he put everything into one strike, he should be able to instantly kill a Soul Emperor."

As he spoke, Feng Baiyu took a box from his Storage Soul Tool and said, "The similar Soul Beasts I know of include, but aren't limited to, Blue-Ringed Octopuses, Tidal Squids, Green-Clawed Octopuses, Black Water Muscle Snails, Black Mambas... Their strength is below average among Soul Beasts of the same rank. I'm afraid your Dugu Family wouldn't even give them a second glance under normal circumstances, would you?"

Feng Baiyu handed the box to Dugu Xin and said, "As it happens, I received a [Blue-Ringed Octopus Right Arm Bone] from a Soul Beast around two thousand years old. If you use it, you'll recover right away."

"And the fifth method is to absorb a [Blood-Stabbing Pufferfish] Soul Ring." Seeing Dugu Xin hesitate, Feng Baiyu said, "Soul Beasts are subject to mutual generation and restraint, too. The [Blood-Stabbing Pufferfish] is the nemesis of the [Jade Phosphorous Serpent]! It naturally possesses the ability to devour poison, resist poisoning, and turn the poison into nourishment for itself."

"The sixth, seventh, and eighth methods are all Martial Soul Evolution, and each requires different things and a different method." Feng Baiyu said, "For instance, taking the [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] and [Infernal Delicate Apricot] together. There are two possible outcomes: the worst is that your poison-based cultivation is stripped away, while the best is that ice, fire, and poison reach a balance. But either way, the [Jade Phosphorous Serpent] will evolve. Surpassing the so-called world's number-one Beast Martial Soul, the [Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon], will be a piece of cake."

"Every Immortal Herb possesses the power to defy heaven and change fate, but Immortal Herbs are almost impossible to find in this world. Seeking even one is harder than climbing to heaven." Feng Baiyu spoke, his face full of regret, and shook his head. "All these years, I've only found one high-grade herb. Compared to the true Immortal Herbs of legend, it's like mud next to clouds—not worth mentioning at all."

"Immortal Herbs?" Dugu Bo looked up abruptly, a sharp gleam suddenly bursting from his green eyes. He leaned forward and hurriedly asked, "Young Master, what exactly are the [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] and [Infernal Delicate Apricot] you just mentioned?"

Finally, he took the bait!

Feng Baiyu had deliberately held back, waiting for a plausible reason to learn that Dugu Bo knew where the Immortal Herbs were.

He couldn't blame everything on the [Phoenix God Trial], or one day he might not be able to keep his story straight.

Now that Dugu Bo had brought up the Immortal Herbs himself, Feng Baiyu could naturally make his move!

Feng Qingluan's eyes flew open, too, and she turned to look at Dugu Bo.

Having already experienced the effects of medicinal herbs, Feng Qingluan firmly believed in the power of Immortal Herbs. Dugu Bo was so excited, so he clearly knew where to find some kind of Immortal Herb.

If it was useful to her grandson, then that would truly be...

"The [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] takes the form of a white, eight-pointed flower, with an icy, crystal-like stamen at its center. It constantly gives off an intensely frigid aura. The [Infernal Delicate Apricot] is fiery red all over and resembles a cabbage." Feng Baiyu briefly described the two Immortal Herbs, then said, "Taken separately, they're deadly poisons, but taken together, they have unparalleled effects."

Feng Baiyu glanced over the three of them and said, "If these two Immortal Herbs truly exist in this world, then one of you will be able to completely escape the torment of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison and be reborn."