Improving Physical Fitness

Lu Chen took a moment to sort out his thoughts.

Then he said, "The best option right now is to find an evolvable External Soul Bone."

Dugu Bo frowned. "An External Soul Bone?"

Lu Chen nodded.

"The toxins have already seeped deep into your body. Ordinary methods would find it very difficult to remove them completely. If they were forced out, it might affect your strength instead, or even ruin the poison arts you've cultivated for so many years."

Dugu Bo did not refute him.

Because Lu Chen was right.

His poison and his own Soul Power had long since become tangled together. Trying to simply expel the poison was almost impossible.

If he truly drained all the poison from his body, his strength would probably suffer a tremendous blow as well.

Lu Chen continued, "So rather than remove it, it's better to transfer it."

"Find an External Soul Bone that can grow and bear toxins, then gradually force the toxins in your body into that Soul Bone."

"That way, your own body won't continue to suffer backlash from the toxins, and you'll still be able to retain your poison arts."

"If the External Soul Bone can keep evolving, its capacity will keep increasing too, and that will solve the problem once and for all."

Dugu Bo's eyes immediately lit up.

This method sounded extremely extravagant, but the thinking behind it was indeed feasible.

He had cultivated poison for so many years, so of course he understood that poison needed a vessel.

In the past, he himself had been that vessel, which was why he had suffered backlash.

If he could transfer the toxins into a Soul Bone, the problem could indeed be greatly alleviated.

Dugu Bo said in a low voice, "Would an ordinary Soul Bone not work?"

Lu Chen said, "It could."

Dugu Bo had just been about to breathe a sigh of relief when Lu Chen added, "But an ordinary Soul Bone has limited storage capacity, and it can't grow."

"With the level of toxins in your body, an ordinary Soul Bone might not be able to bear them for long. It can be used for relief, but if you want a complete, once-and-for-all solution, an External Soul Bone would still be best."

The joy on Dugu Bo's face faded somewhat.

"An External Soul Bone..."

He could not help sighing.

"That isn't something you can just find because you want to."

Lu Chen nodded. "That's why I said this is the best method, but also the most extravagant."

Dugu Bo was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is there no other method?"

Lu Chen shook his head. "Not for now."

He said not for now.

In truth, it was not that he had no ideas at all.

Based on the experiences of the many transmigrator seniors he had read about in his previous life, there was not only one path to solving Dugu Bo's toxin problem.

For example, he could have Dugu Bo condense a poison-attribute Soul Core.

If he could completely integrate the toxins in his body with his Soul Power and form a stable core, then not only could it resolve the toxin backlash, it might even allow Dugu Bo's strength to advance another step.

Or he could have him cultivate some kind of poison-attribute technique, turning the toxins from a burden that backlashed against his body into a truly controlled power.

In theory, all these directions were feasible.

Unfortunately, Lu Chen knew nothing about them right now.

He had neither the relevant techniques nor any idea how exactly a Soul Core was supposed to be condensed.

If he rashly said it aloud, he would only mislead Dugu Bo, and might even cause something to happen to him.

So these things could only be left for later.

When he grew stronger in the future and saw more of the world, perhaps he would find a new method.

If there was truly no other way, cutting Tang San off and seizing the Eight Spider Lances was not out of the question either.

That was originally an evolvable External Soul Bone. If it were used to bear the toxins inside Dugu Bo's body, perhaps it would be quite suitable.

Of course, Lu Chen naturally would not say these thoughts aloud.

After listening to Lu Chen, Dugu Bo's expression was clearly somewhat disappointed.

But that disappointment did not last long.

Very soon, he recovered.

"Not for now, which means there might not necessarily be none in the future."

Lu Chen nodded. "You can understand it that way."

Dugu Bo took a deep breath and said, "Then that is enough."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Yue Guan had put away.

"In any case, we already have a method to store soul bones now. I still have plenty of time."

"As long as Yan Yan is fine, that's enough."

He said it very calmly.

But everyone present could hear that what Dugu Bo truly valued had never been himself.

Bibi Dong looked at Yue Guan.

"Yue Guan, why didn't you choose one for Lu Chen?"

Yue Guan's movements paused, and a rare hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

"Your Holiness, it isn't that I refuse to choose one for Xiao Chen."

He looked at Lu Chen and explained, "It's that I truly haven't decided which immortal herb would suit him best."

Lu Chen's situation was far too special.

A god-level martial soul, a ten-thousand-year second soul ring, physical strength far beyond others of the same level, and his spiritual power did not seem weak either.

Ordinary immortal herbs would certainly help him, but the problem was that every immortal herb here was extremely precious. They had to choose the one most suitable for him, or it would be a waste.

Yue Guan continued, "Xiao Chen's martial soul and soul skills are both too unusual. I'm afraid that if I choose one at random, it won't be the optimal choice."

"So I wanted to ask Xiao Chen himself whether he had any thoughts."

After hearing this, Bibi Dong nodded slightly.

She looked at Lu Chen. "What type of immortal herb do you want?"

For a moment, Lu Chen did not answer immediately either.

To be honest, he had not fully made up his mind himself.

There were many immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and each one had a different effect. If he chose wrong, it would indeed be somewhat regrettable.

His current advantages were obvious.

His martial soul was strong, his soul rings were strong, and the might of his soul skills was strong as well.

But his shortcomings existed just as clearly.

His combat style was still immature, his Soul Power Level was still low, and his control over his body and soul skills was still far from reaching its limit.

If he considered the long term, improving his physical condition definitely would not be wrong.

Leugocyte was already an extremely powerful martial soul. The stronger his body's capacity to endure, the greater his confidence would be in absorbing soul rings of even higher ages in the future.

What was more, his second soul ring was already ten thousand years old. From the third soul ring onward, and the fourth as well, he naturally could not follow the standards of ordinary soul masters.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen already had a direction in mind.

Lu Chen looked at the two special plants still growing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

One emitted a bone-piercing chill, its entire body ice-blue, as if even the air around it had been frozen.

The other radiated scorching heat, its whole body fiery red, as if it might burst into flames at any moment.

Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

Infernal Delicate Apricot.

When Yue Guan had introduced the immortal herbs earlier, he had not classified them as immortal herbs. Instead, he had regarded them as extremely dangerous poisonous herbs.

Because of these two plants, one was extremely cold and the other extremely hot. Contact with either one alone could bring immense danger.

Without a suitable method, an ordinary soul master would have no chance of enduring their power.

But Lu Chen knew that if these two things were taken together, combined with the special environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, they could achieve an ice-and-fire refinement of the golden body, greatly improving his physical condition.

Lu Chen raised his hand and pointed beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Those two."

Yue Guan followed his finger and looked over. His expression changed at once.

"Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot?"

He frowned. "Xiao Chen, the reason I didn't pick those two is that they're poisonous herbs."

Dugu Bo looked over as well.

Bibi Dong asked, "Why them?"