Though External Soul Bones were powerful, they consumed a great deal of Soul Power.
"Once I've fully refined the Eight Spider Lances, they should consume much less Soul Power."
Unlike Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, Ling Feng's looked just like the legs of a true Demon Spider Soul Beast.
The fine hairs on the spider legs were like poison-coated steel needles, and their tips were as sharp as swords, piercing deep into the soil.
Since Tang San's Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, his Eight Spider Lances looked like a mutated form of Blue Silver Grass.
"The Eight Spider Lances should pair better with a Demon Spider Martial Soul!" Ling Feng thought.
"Time to put them away!"
After testing them out, Ling Feng had a good idea of how powerful his External Soul Bones were. There was no need to keep them exposed. He could properly cultivate and absorb the External Soul Bones when he had time.
As if putting away his Martial Soul, Ling Feng slowly drew the Eight Spider Lances back into his body.
He reached back and felt the eight slight bulges. They were still there, but there wasn't a wound in sight.
"Phew. I'll recover my Soul Power first, then go look for the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!" Ling Feng thought.
As someone who had crossed over into this world, he naturally knew about one of the greatest opportunities on the Douluo Continent: the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The Immortal Herbs growing there could turn a Soul Master of mediocre talent into a cultivation genius. He couldn't pass that up.
It was just that his cultivation had been too low before, and he wasn't familiar enough with Sunset Forest, so he hadn't dared venture into its depths.
Ling Feng got dressed, meditated and cultivated for a while, then hurried toward the depths of Sunset Forest.
"What is that boy trying to do? Why is he heading into the depths of Sunset Forest?"
Seeing Ling Feng acting so out of character and heading for the forest's depths, Bibi Dong was filled with confusion.
"Something's not right. Something's not right with this boy!"
"That's it. He doesn't seem to come from a major power, so why did he immediately know what an External Soul Bone was when he heard about it?"
External Soul Bones were exceedingly rare, rarer than one in ten thousand. Ordinary Soul Masters had no way of learning about the related Martial Soul knowledge.
"He should be sixteen by bone age. If he had a major power backing him, his Soul Power should be higher than just level thirty."
"This boy must be hiding other secrets. Did I really misjudge him?"
Bibi Dong said nothing. She remained quietly in Ling Feng's Sea of Consciousness, wanting to see what he planned to do.
Half a day later, the sky dimmed and the sun sank in the west.
Bibi Dong saw that Ling Feng had actually entered the central area of Sunset Forest.
"What is he doing here?"
Looking at the mountains before him, where poisonous miasma-filled ravines converged, Ling Feng put away the map of Sunset Forest that he had bought at great expense.
Without the map, he would probably have taken plenty of wrong turns and wandered into the territory of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well should be on this mountain, right?"
He had deduced the location from the map. Now, seeing the poisonous miasma shrouding the mountainside, Ling Feng felt even more certain.
Ling Feng took the antidote he had prepared in advance, used Martial Soul Possession, transformed into a giant Demon Spider, and ran up the mountain.
The area was filled with poisonous miasma, and no Soul Beasts lived here. Aside from poisoning or falling off a cliff, there were no other dangers.
To deal with those risks, Ling Feng had prepared antidotes and other supplies long ago.
"Besides, I absorbed the Death Demon Spider's Soul Ring, so my resistance to poison has increased too."
Before long, Ling Feng had climbed up the steep mountainside and entered the area shrouded in poisonous miasma.
At this point, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had not yet been claimed by Dugu Bo, nor was it protected by a poison formation.
Peering through the miasma, Ling Feng soon caught sight of the scenery on the mountain.
On the other side was a valley, the source of the miasma.
Standing high above, Ling Feng looked toward the source of the miasma and could just make out flashes of spiritual light.
"Those must be the spirit herbs growing here!"
Ling Feng breathed a sigh of relief. No other plants could grow here, yet spirit herbs flourished. That proved he had found the right place.
"They're mine. All mine!"
Suppressing his joy, Ling Feng carefully climbed down the cliff.
Once he had descended the rock face and entered the valley, Ling Feng headed straight for a large pink flower.
"This is the Aromatic Silk Beauty!"
This Immortal Herb had no leaves. Its stem resembled that of a mandrake, while its petals were crystal-clear, large, and plump.
Its stamens were deep purple, like diamonds set in place.
What confirmed its identity to Ling Feng was the pink barrier formed by its elegant fragrance.
The barrier kept out the poisonous miasma, giving Ling Feng a place to rest.
The Aromatic Silk Beauty stood right where the two springs, one icy and one fiery, converged.
The temperature alternated between scorching heat and bitter cold. Even a Titled Douluo couldn't stay there for long.
Inside Ling Feng's Sea of Consciousness, Bibi Dong stared at the surroundings in shock. "How can there be so many spirit herbs in a place like this?"
"And that chrysanthemum—isn't that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?"
Bibi Dong didn't recognize the other Immortal Herbs, but she recognized Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul.
She knew his Martial Soul was a top-tier one, so the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's quality had to be exceptional too.
"This boy really does have secrets. His luck is extraordinary; he actually found a place like this!"
"Then again, if his luck weren't extraordinary, how else would he have met me after my rebirth?"
With her, a Rakshasa God, guiding him, how could Ling Feng fail to achieve great things?
"If he fails to join Spirit Hall, perhaps I can have him take this Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to Yue Guan!"
"Yue Guan seems to have reached Soul Saint by now. With him vouching for the boy, he could get into Spirit Academy and meet the current me!"
Bibi Dong's confidence in Ling Feng grew. She believed he could change her fate.
After resting for a while and recovering his Soul Power, Ling Feng began searching for the Immortal Herbs he wanted.
With Tang San's experience to learn from, Ling Feng naturally planned to follow his example and absorb those three Immortal Herbs to forge an Ice and Fire Golden Body.
At the center of the Cold Spring stood a sharp, eight-petaled flower, roughly half a meter in diameter.
Its petals surrounded an ice-crystal-like stamen that gleamed with a chill, releasing pale blue mist.
At the center of the Sun Spring on the other side stood an Immortal Herb that looked like a cabbage, its entire body blazing red. Its leaves resembled burning flames.
Its petals were layered like fiery red cabbage leaves, their edges glowing gold and crimson. The heat it radiated made the air around it ripple.
"These must be the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot," Ling Feng thought.
"But how am I supposed to eat them?"
He was baffled. Before coming here, he had had no idea the two Immortal Herbs would be so huge.
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was one thing, but the Infernal Delicate Apricot looked like a whole cabbage. Swallowing it whole would be quite a challenge.
"Was Tang San some kind of man-eating flower spirit? Could he swallow these two enormous Immortal Herbs in one bite?"
Ling Feng didn't act right away. He planned to find and consume the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew first, then figure out how to take the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs after strengthening his mental power.
Soon, among the countless spirit herbs and poisonous plants, he found a small white flower that was as lustrous as jade and glimmered faintly blue.
Its thin, translucent petals looked as though they had formed from morning dew. It was the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew!