After Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left.
Oscar and Ma Hongjun looked at Lin Hao with eager, burning eyes.
"Brother Hao!"
"Brother Hao! You can't play favorites!"
Lin Hao smiled faintly.
"Don't worry, don't worry. There's something for everyone."
"Oscar, yours is a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma. You heard me explain its effects just now, so hurry back to the dormitory and absorb it."
Oscar took the white jade box, his eyes widening. The Five-Grade Purple Ganoderma Dai Mubai had received was only a little over fifty thousand years old. His was a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma—didn't that mean it had grown for over ninety thousand years?
"Brother Hao! I love you!"
A chill ran through Lin Hao. "Don't. I already have Xiao Wu. Hurry back to the dormitory and eat it."
After Oscar left, only Ma Hongjun remained, gazing at Lin Hao expectantly.
"Fatty, you're getting an Ice Snow Lotus that's over fifty thousand years old, and a spirit medicine that can completely purge the Evil Fire from your Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul."
"Once you take these two spirit medicines, your Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul will evolve fully into a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul."
Ma Hongjun took the two white jade boxes Lin Hao handed him. His Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul could truly evolve into a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
Overcome with excitement, Ma Hongjun put the boxes away and lunged straight at Lin Hao.
"Aaah! Brother Hao, I love you so much!"
Lin Hao stepped aside, leaving Ma Hongjun to miss him and fall flat on the ground.
"Go on, get out of here! You're a grown man. Hurry back to the dormitory and absorb them."
After Ma Hongjun went to the dormitory to absorb his medicines, Lin Hao took out and opened the two white jade boxes containing the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum.
"Tang San, these boxes contain the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum. I won't go over their effects—you're the one who taught me all this."
"Here!"
Tang San closed the two boxes and put them away, then pulled Lin Hao into a hug.
"Brother Hao! Thank you!"
Lin Hao did not dodge Tang San's embrace. After all, they had grown up together.
Lin Hao patted Tang San on the back.
"All right! We're brothers who grew up together! Hurry back to the dormitory and absorb them."
After Tang San returned to the wooden cabin he had mentioned to absorb the Immortal Herbs, Lin Hao took Xiao Wu to the room they shared.
"Brother Hao! What kind of Immortal Herb did you prepare for me?"
Lin Hao rubbed Xiao Wu's head.
"Don't worry. What I prepared for you is the finest of the finest."
With that, Lin Hao took out the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
The Lovesick Heartbreak Red looked like an ordinary white flower, about the size of a palm and shaped like a peony. It had no leaves, and its stem was attached to a pitch-black stone.
Lin Hao said solemnly, "This herb is called the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. It is a divine treasure among Immortal Herbs."
"You've read the Immortal Herb catalog, so you know what it does. Once it accepts you as its master, it can conceal the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast for you."
Xiao Wu took the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and promptly kissed Lin Hao on the lips. Then, under his gaze, she drew a drop of blood and let it fall onto a petal.
After the blood sank in, Xiao Wu closed her eyes. Memories of all the little moments she had shared with Lin Hao over the years surfaced in her mind.
The next moment, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red quietly broke free of the great black stone its roots had wrapped around and fell into her delicate hand.
Xiao Wu opened her eyes and gazed at Lin Hao with tender affection.
"Brother!"
Meeting her affectionate gaze, Lin Hao kissed her.
As the kiss deepened, Lin Hao's hands began to wander, secretly finding their way to Xiao Wu's snow-white breasts.
The next moment, Lin Hao forced down the urge to take Xiao Wu right then and drew away from her soft lips.
Xiao Wu looked at him in confusion.
"All right, Xiao Wu," Lin Hao said. "We have something important to do. You can't take this Lovesick Heartbreak Red just yet."
"I also brought you two others. One is an Immortal Herb, the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone; the other is an Ice Snow Lotus that's over ninety thousand years old."
"You know the effects of this Immortal Herb and this Supreme Spirit Medicine, so I won't explain further."
"Take the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone first. Once you've finished, take the Ice Snow Lotus."
"This Ice Snow Lotus is an ice-attributed Supreme Spirit Medicine. Together with the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone,
this Immortal Herb and Supreme Spirit Medicine can help your Jade Rabbit Origin evolve toward the Lunar Jade Rabbit Origin, the incarnation of Taiyin Star."
Lin Hao took out the white jade boxes containing the two spirit medicines and handed them to Xiao Wu.
"Xiao Wu! Hurry and take the Immortal Herb and Supreme Spirit Medicine!"
Xiao Wu kissed Lin Hao first, then took the two white jade boxes he offered and went to absorb their contents.
After Xiao Wu swallowed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and began absorbing it, Lin Hao went outside the dormitory and waited quietly.
Time passed, minute by minute. Three two-hour periods went by in the blink of an eye. As the spirit medicines took effect, Lin Hao sensed different changes in the other six students of Shrek Academy.
The sun gradually sank westward, and evening arrived.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who had been the first to absorb their spirit medicines, woke up.
Both had seen a clear increase in Soul Power.
Sure enough, as soon as they came out, they reported their gains to Lin Hao.
"Brother Hao, my Soul Power has reached level forty," Dai Mubai said.
"Brother Hao, my Soul Power has also reached the level-thirty bottleneck," Zhu Zhuqing said.
Lin Hao nodded.
"The places where these two spirit medicines grew were less than five meters apart. Their auras are very similar, and I found them especially for you."
"You two can go to the center of Shrek Academy and ask Teacher Zhao to test whether you can perform your Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger, with greater harmony."
Not long after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left, a phoenix cry rang out from Ma Hongjun's room.
Golden-red flames burst from Ma Hongjun's body and soared into the sky. The wooden roof offered no resistance at all. The fire burned a great hole straight through it without even letting any dust fall.
Ma Hongjun stretched within the flames. His formerly pudgy figure had changed completely, becoming that of a youthful boy with eight-pack abs and evenly defined muscles.
The fatty tipped his head back and let out a long cry, carrying the force of one who could swallow mountains and rivers. It was the pressure of the phoenix, king of birds, and the air grew noticeably heavier.
Ma Hongjun's phoenix cry naturally drew the teachers of Shrek Academy. Flender arrived first.
Flying overhead, Flender saw the state of his disciple. Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul had evolved completely from the Evil Fire Phoenix into the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and Flender promptly asked what had happened.
When he learned it was thanks to the spirit medicines Lin Hao had brought, he hurried down to thank him.
After Flender finished thanking Lin Hao, Oscar came out of his room, stretching with an utterly relaxed expression.
"My body feels amazing now! So comfortable!"
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