Spirit Hall's Grand Ambition!

Dugu Bo nodded. "Mm, our family has some ties with them, and we do business together. But... do they really have information on Immortal Herbs?"

"Not necessarily! But we can make three preparations: the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan, the Breaking Clan, and Chrysanthemum Douluo. Three preparations."

Beside them, Dugu Yan interjected, "But how exactly are we supposed to obtain information about Immortal Herbs?"

"There is no need to say much about the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan. As for the Breaking Clan, after being abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect, they are currently going through difficult times. If Grandpa extends a helping hand now, it should not be hard."

As Dugu Lin spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said, "If they refuse... Grandpa, just wipe out the Breaking Clan directly. They will become Tang San's accomplices anyway!"

Dugu Lin had long prepared himself mentally. Even if the Breaking Clan was innocent, as long as they obstructed his great undertaking, they had to die!

"Oh? Is that so? Hahahaha!!"

Dugu Bo laughed heartily. The thought of wiping out the Breaking Clan eased some of the resentment in his heart.

"The last one is Chrysanthemum Douluo. As for him... we will need to take a more roundabout route."

"How roundabout?"

Dugu Lin smiled. "Find Xue Qinghe, the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire! Grandpa, Xue Qinghe is someone worth clinging to. We just need to hold onto her thigh! As long as you show even a slight inclination toward her and say that you want information on the Immortal Herbs in Chrysanthemum Douluo's possession, she will definitely get it for you!"

"Xue Qinghe?"

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan both looked at Dugu Lin in confusion and asked, "Why? How could the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire obtain information on the Immortal Herbs in that old chrysanthemum's hands? Wait! Xue Qinghe is not even the crown prince yet!"

"Oh~ Whether she is the crown prince or not does not matter much!"

The corners of Dugu Lin's lips curled up slightly as he gave a sinister smile. "As for why she can obtain the information on the Immortal Herbs in that old chrysanthemum's hands... that concerns another earth-shattering secret!"

"What secret?"

"Grandpa, Sis, if I told you that Xue Qinghe, the prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, died long ago, and that the current Xue Qinghe is Qian Renxue, daughter of the deceased Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, in disguise, would you believe me?"

The Steal the Nation Plan had begun not long after Qian Xunji's death a year ago. The real Xue Qinghe had long since been replaced by Qian Renxue.

"How could that be?"

Dugu Bo was startled. At that moment, he held his breath as countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Xue Qinghe, the prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, was already dead? The daughter of Spirit Hall's former Pope and current Pope had disguised herself as a prince? And in the future, she would even become crown prince. If... if the old emperor died in the future, she could naturally inherit the throne... This was an attempt to steal a nation!

Spirit Hall had laid out an enormous game!

Spirit Hall—what tremendous ambition!

"Lin'er, if we pledge ourselves to her... wouldn't we be helping a tyrant commit evil?"

In Dugu Bo's understanding, if Spirit Hall wanted to overthrow the two great empires, then it was naturally standing on the side of evil.

That was also how people of this era saw it.

"Hehe~ Grandpa, you cannot look at anything from only one side. What is justice? And what is evil? Justice and evil are only relative. Besides, we have a grudge against Tang San! Tang San's enemies are our allies!"

"I see... all right."

Dugu Bo considered it for only a few seconds before agreeing with Dugu Lin's idea. Dugu Bo's moral bottom line was quite flexible. He had never been a good person anyway, so why bother worrying about justice or injustice?

"However..."

With a solemn expression, Dugu Lin cautioned, "Grandpa, Sis, you must not casually speak of this matter outside, understand?"

"Mm-hmm!"

Dugu Yan nodded repeatedly, her little face deathly pale. Whether she had been frightened or was simply nervous, no one knew.

A prince of an entire nation had actually been replaced! It was unimaginable!

"Eh? Wait!"

"What is it?"

Dugu Lin frowned and asked, "Grandpa, I remember that you owe Prince Xue Xing a favor, right? Wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to directly cling to Qian Renxue?"

Hearing this, Dugu Bo frowned in thought for a moment before shaking his head. "It is fine. I will pretend not to know and repay the favor through Xue Qinghe instead. They are both from the Heaven Dou Empire, after all. Besides, their uncle-nephew relationship is quite good."

"Uh... Grandpa, you adapted pretty quickly!"

"Hahahaha~~ When it comes to the future, lives, and deaths of the three of us, grandfather and grandchildren, Grandpa has to be adaptable."

Dugu Bo burst into laughter. As Poison Douluo, he did things entirely according to his preferences and would not care about what others thought. What was wrong with being a little flexible about moral character?

Moreover, at this point in time, Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing had not yet fallen into conflict. Their uncle-nephew relationship really was quite good.

"Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid! I found it!"

Before long, Dugu Lin finally found his target Immortal Herb: the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

Dugu Lin directly sat down cross-legged and instructed, "Grandpa, protect me. I'm going to eat it now."

"Wait! Didn't you say you did not know how to eat it?"

"Heh~ It is just a flower. Eat all of it."

"Uh... that makes sense."

Then, without even picking the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Dugu Lin bent over it and began gnawing directly on it. He bit down on a petal, chewed it to pieces, and swallowed.

Crude and simple!

The petal tasted unexpectedly sweet and fragrant. It was actually quite delicious.

The next instant, an immense medicinal effect spread through his limbs and bones, its nature gentle. Dugu Lin refined it with Soul Power and felt his entire body relax. At the same time, the Soul Power between heaven and earth began to stir, slowly merging into Dugu Lin's body.

After a long while, when Dugu Lin sensed that the medicinal effect of one petal was about to be fully refined, he bent down and gnawed another petal. One after another, there were eight petals in total. In the end, he did not even spare the pistil.

By then, Dugu Bo had already sent Dugu Yan to the thatched hut he had built earlier and remained alone at Dugu Lin's side.

Time quietly passed.

Not until the next morning did Dugu Lin finally finish refining the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. A layer of impurities was also expelled from his skin.

Both his aptitude and Martial Soul quality had improved greatly, though his Martial Soul had not evolved.

"Phew~ It is finally over."

"Lin'er!"

Dugu Bo called out joyfully, then hurriedly asked, "How do you feel now?"

"Mm... Grandpa, I think I have ten levels of Soul Power now."

"What? You already have ten levels of Soul Power?! Hahahahaha~~ As expected of this old man's grandson!" Dugu Bo laughed in delight, happily stroking his white beard.

Dugu Lin had naturally been mentally prepared for his current Soul Power.

Oscar had been at level 33 Soul Power back then. After eating the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, he directly gained five levels of Soul Power and reached level 38.

As a Soul Scholar with only half a level of Soul Power, gaining eight, nine, or ten levels of Soul Power was perfectly reasonable, right?

Between a Soul Elder and a Soul Scholar, the energy contained within each level of Soul Power differed enormously.