First Soul Skill: Jade Phosphor Halo!

At that moment, seeing the change in his grandson's Soul Power before and after, Dugu Bo could not help but turn his gaze toward the Black-Patterned Venom Flood Dragon's corpse. Perhaps this mutated soul beast was not a venom flood dragon at all. Perhaps it should be called an Ink Flood Dragon.

Dugu Bo laughed. "Your first soul skill can boost all attributes by twenty percent and increase poison resistance by fifty percent. It is countless times stronger than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's skills! Once you reach the Titled Douluo level, your first skill will be able to boost all your attributes by one hundred percent! Hahaha! As expected of a two-thousand-year first ring! This first soul skill alone surpasses four or five soul skills of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!"

"Grandpa, I like this soul skill too. The Black-Patterned Venom Flood Dragon's soul skill, Jade Phosphor Halo, really was an unexpected delight!"

"Hiss hiss~~"

At this moment, the one-meter-long Jade Phosphorous Serpent slithered back and rubbed against Dugu Lin's thigh like a child seeking praise.

"Mm-hm, you're amazing too!"

Dugu Lin praised it, then let the Jade Phosphorous Serpent coil around his arm. The serpent affectionately rubbed against Dugu Lin's chin.

Dugu Lin rubbed the little Jade Phosphorous Serpent's head and smiled. "It's time to give you a name. What should I call you? I can't keep calling you Little Snake forever."

Dugu Bo asked, "Lin'er, it seems your Soul Power is more than level eleven, isn't it?"

"Mm! My Soul Power should be at level fourteen now. I'll need to test it to know for sure."

"Level fourteen Soul Power?!"

Dugu Bo was extremely surprised when he heard Dugu Lin state his Soul Power Level.

With a beaming smile, Dugu Lin explained, "Grandpa, after I absorbed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, my Soul Power reached level ten! Now I've absorbed a poison flood dragon soul ring of over two thousand years. Before that, I also ate two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber and one piece of thirty-thousand-year Whale Rubber. Level fourteen Soul Power is perfectly normal!"

"That's true! Hahaha~~"

Dugu Bo laughed heartily. Who said his grandson had only half a level of Innate Soul Power? He had just awakened his martial soul and already possessed level fourteen Soul Power. Who could compare?

"Alright, let's head back. Yan'er must be getting impatient!"

"Wait! Grandpa, aren't you going to check whether the poison flood dragon's corpse has a soul bone?"

"Uh... how could we be that lucky?"

Sure enough, they chopped the poison flood dragon's corpse to pieces and did not find a single soul bone. Moreover, the Black-Patterned Venom Flood Dragon was poisonous to begin with, and it had also been poisoned by Dugu Bo. Its meat was certainly inedible.

Why wasn't there a soul bone? Dugu Lin could not understand as Dugu Bo carried him through the air.

Wasn't it said that absorbing a soul ring beyond one's level would yield a soul bone? And an especially precious External Soul Bone at that!

Could it be that truly absorbing a soul ring beyond one's level means surpassing the body's limit? My body's limit is around two thousand five hundred years, while this soul ring is only barely over two thousand years. So this doesn't count as absorbing a soul ring beyond my level?

The real deal versus a fake version of absorbing a soul ring beyond one's level?

Or is Tang San's protagonist halo at work?

They returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with these doubts, where Dugu Yan shouted excitedly, "Grandpa, you're finally back! Little brother, hurry and let me see your purple soul ring!"

Dugu Lin was speechless and could only play around with his sister for a while.

Then... Dugu Yan wilted!

Her little brother's Soul Power was higher than hers!

She was eight years old, and her Soul Power had only just broken through to level fourteen, yet her little brother had caught up to her!

Then... then Dugu Yan snatched Dugu Lin's martial soul over and wrapped it around her hand, exclaiming, "Little Snake has grown so much! It's so cute~~~ Little brother, your martial soul belongs to me now! Oh right, little brother, Little Snake is so cute. Have you named it yet? Let me give it a name. Mm... let's call it Little Lin. What do you think? It sounds nice, right?"

Dugu Lin: "..."

As long as you're happy.

Little Lin: Hiss hiss~ I object!

Dugu Lin: Hehe~ Even if I object, it's useless. Just give it a rest!

Evening.

Dugu Bo asked, "Lin'er, should we return to Heaven Dou City first, or stay here? This place is beneficial to your cultivation."

"Let's return to Heaven Dou City."

Dugu Lin planned to settle himself first. After a few days, once he had adjusted to the rapidly expanding power within his body, he would refine the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. Then, after obtaining his second soul ring, he would settle down for another period before eating the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

While laying his foundation, Dugu Lin knew he could not be too impatient. But... he looked reluctantly at the Aromatic Silk Beauty. He desperately wanted to eat it immediately. The temptation of Martial Soul Evolution was simply too irresistible! Even the most disciplined old hand could not withstand such temptation.

Then Dugu Lin paused before speaking again. "Grandpa, to completely resolve the backlash from the martial soul toxins in you and Sister, we'll also need soul bones."

"Soul bones?"

"Mm! After I eat those two immortal herbs and clear the toxins from your bodies, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's toxins will still continue invading your bodies. At that point, we'll need to force all those toxins into soul bones, essentially using the soul bones as a venomous snake's poison sacs."

"Poison sacs? That makes sense... sigh~~"

A sharp glint flashed through Dugu Bo's eyes, but his expression immediately darkened again. He thought of his son, Dugu Xin.

If he had thought of using soul bones to store toxins sooner, his son would not have died from a poison outbreak. He could have held on until now and completely resolved the martial soul's flaw.

"Grandpa, the dead cannot be brought back to life. We need to look ahead!"

Dugu Lin saw at a glance what the old man was thinking. He had thought about it himself as well. If he had awakened the mystery of his fetal memories half a year earlier, Dugu Xin, his father in this life, might not have died.

But this was fate!

"Yes, the dead cannot be brought back to life! Sigh~~" Dugu Bo shook his head helplessly, his heart filled with bitterness. Fortunately, he still had his grandson and granddaughter with him. Otherwise, life truly would have been unbearable.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, they rested for a night.

Early the next morning, Dugu Yan went to the junior Soul Master Academy.

Dugu Bo did not ask Dugu Lin whether he wanted to attend school. Setting aside the fact that he had reincarnated and already mastered that knowledge, Dugu Bo would not let others learn about his thousand-year first soul ring anytime soon.

"Grandpa, let's go to the pavilion together and quietly think about our plans for the future."

"Alright."

Dugu Bo nodded. After arriving at the pavilion and sitting down, he first used Soul Power to shield the area before saying, "Grandpa has been thinking for several days. Based on the matters you mentioned, we still have plenty of time to prepare. However, the most important thing right now is obtaining information about immortal herbs!"

"Grandpa, what do you plan to do?"

"I'll first go ask that old man Ye Renxin. He's in Heaven Dou City. If he doesn't have any information, we'll start with the other two."

"That works! Oh, Grandpa, buy more Whale Rubber while you're at it. The more, the better."

"Mm, Grandpa will head out first."

After witnessing the effects of Whale Rubber, Dugu Bo no longer held any prejudice against it. He even planned to personally make a trip to coastal cities like Vast Sea City after some time and buy back more Whale Rubber. Even if he did not use it himself, he could sell it for money and definitely make a fortune.