"So, Old Monster, the moment I got back, I brought him straight over without stopping, to introduce him to you."
When Tang Hao heard that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could make plants grow ten times faster, his eyes reddened with excitement.
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry!"
With that, Tang Hao grabbed Tang San and charged toward the Sunset Forest.
Lin Hao stood up and shook his head as he watched Tang Hao and Tang San fly into the distance.
Uncle Hao really was impatient.
"Old Monster, let's go too!"
Dugu Bo said, "Wait a moment first. I also obtained a Soul Bone over fifty thousand years old this time, one that suits Yanyan perfectly. Let's pick her up in town first."
After saying that, Dugu Bo transmitted a message to Tang Hao, asking him to wait outside the poison barrier in the Sunset Forest when he arrived.
"Then I'll head there myself. My Teleportation isn't slow either. Old Monster, you go get Sister Yan."
With that, Lin Hao started with a hundred consecutive teleportations. Once he reached the outskirts of Heaven Dou City, he never stopped using Teleportation.
In the end, Lin Hao took ten minutes to reach the Star Dou Great Forest, arriving outside the poison barrier Dugu Bo had set up around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Tang San and Tang Hao had already arrived.
Lin Hao came over to stand beside them.
"I've only been here once. The Old Monster took me in that time, and he also brought me out."
"Besides, the Old Monster made this outer poison barrier cover a huge area. Otherwise, with Uncle Hao's strength, we could go straight in. But I don't know the way now, so let's wait for the Old Monster."
The three of them stood outside the poison barrier and waited another five minutes.
Dugu Bo flew over with Dugu Yan.
"Sorry for the wait. Come on, let's go!"
Dugu Bo led Dugu Yan into the poison barrier first, with Lin Hao and the other two close behind.
After they had flown for a short while, a valley came into view.
Once they entered, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well looked rather bare. After all, Lin Hao had uprooted every medicinal plant and Immortal Herb of any value, leaving only their seeds behind.
Upon entering the valley, Tang San sensed the Heaven and Earth Origin Power suffused with life force radiating from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. His Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and Blue Silver Domain manifested involuntarily.
"This feels so good!"
"I feel like I could cultivate several times faster here."
After seeing how Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul reacted, Tang Hao prepared to leave immediately for Holy Soul Village to bring Ah Yin over.
He acted as soon as he decided.
"San, Hao, I'll go back and bring Ah Yin here first. Wait here for me. I'll be back soon."
With that, Tang Hao said a quick goodbye to Dugu Bo, then swiftly left the Sunset Forest and headed for Holy Soul Village in Fasinuo Province at full speed.
At Tang Hao's current pace, traveling with all his strength, the seed born from Ah Yin's rebirth would probably be planted at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within five days at most.
After Tang Hao left, Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to his secluded cultivation cave halfway up the mountainside at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He had Dugu Yan absorb her Soul Bone there.
Lin Hao also prepared to absorb the hundred-thousand-year Life Jade Spirit Turtle left leg bone he had just obtained.
Before absorbing it, however, Lin Hao took out a Ten Thousand Year Starflower and handed it to Tang San.
"San, this is a Ten Thousand Year Starflower. You already know its effects, so I don't need to explain."
"I'm going to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone I just obtained. You should absorb this Ten Thousand Year Starflower."
Tang San did not refuse.
"All right! Thanks, Brother Hao!"
After giving Tang San the medicinal herb, Lin Hao took out the hundred-thousand-year Life Jade Spirit Turtle left leg bone, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing it.
While waiting outside the poison barrier, Lin Hao had already decided on the two Soul Bone Skills he wanted from the hundred-thousand-year Life Jade Spirit Turtle left leg bone and set the corresponding mental suggestions for himself.
The first Soul Bone Skill had to convert life force into a defensive shield. Moreover, that shield had to remain intact as long as his life force continued flowing.
For the second Soul Bone Skill, he wanted a passive Soul Skill that could revive him instantly if he was killed in a single blow.
It would make up for the shortcomings in Lin Hao's resurrection ability.
Three hours later, Lin Hao successfully finished absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Life Jade Spirit Turtle left leg bone, and his Soul Power reached level forty. After absorbing a Sky-Splitting Mantis over twenty thousand years old as his fourth Soul Ring, his Soul Power should surge to level forty-four or forty-five.
The Soul Bone Skills of this hundred-thousand-year Life Jade Spirit Turtle left leg bone turned out exactly as expected.
The first Soul Bone Skill, Mysterious Spirit Life Shield, converted life force into a defensive shield. As long as his life force did not run out, the shield would not dissipate. Besides using it on himself, he could also use it on his teammates.
If a shield placed on a teammate was shattered, its fragments of life energy could turn into life force for that teammate to absorb.
The second Soul Bone Skill, Mysterious Spirit Turtle Rebirth, would unleash an emerald-green radiance of life on the spot when fatal damage destroyed his body and soul. It would consume half the life essence stored in the Soul Bone to revive him where he had fallen, reconstructing him and resetting every negative condition from before his death.
In other words, Lin Hao could use Mysterious Spirit Turtle Rebirth twice in succession and revive on the spot twice. Moreover, his second Martial Soul, the Life Evergreen Vine, could replenish the life essence stored within the Soul Bone.
It could replenish it extremely quickly, too. After all, no matter how powerful the life force within the Soul Bone was, could it surpass that of the Life Evergreen Vine, which could grow only on Gold of Life?
After absorbing the Soul Bone and examining its two Soul Bone Skills, Lin Hao opened his eyes.
He stood up and glanced around. Tang San was cultivating his Soul Power, so he must have finished absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Starflower.
Lin Hao was now at level forty and needed to obtain his fourth Soul Ring, but Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had not returned yet.
Still, there was no hurry. They were both absorbing Soul Bones, and their absorption speeds should be about the same. Dugu Yan should finish within an hour at most.
Sure enough, less than twenty minutes after he began cultivating, Lin Hao sensed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan descending from the secluded cultivation chamber halfway up the mountainside.
Opening his eyes, Lin Hao looked at Dugu Bo.
"Old Monster, I'm at level forty. I need a Sky-Splitting Mantis over twenty thousand years old for my fourth Soul Ring. You've spent years in the Sunset Forest. Have you come across a suitable one?"
At Lin Hao's request, Dugu Bo thought for a moment. There really was a Sky-Splitting Mantis over twenty thousand years old in the Soul Hunting Forest.
"There is one, but that Sky-Splitting Mantis is nearly thirty thousand years old. Can you absorb it as your fourth Soul Ring?"
Hearing that it was only a few thousand years older, Lin Hao patted his chest.
"No problem. I just absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and my physique has improved tremendously. Absorbing a Soul Ring over thirty thousand years old as my fourth won't be a problem."
Dugu Bo nodded.
"All right! Little Monster, wait here."
"I'll take Yanyan home first, then help you hunt that nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Sky-Splitting Mantis."
"Sure!"
After Dugu Bo left with Dugu Yan, only Lin Hao and Tang San remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Lin Hao took the opportunity to tell Tang San about his second Martial Soul, the Life Evergreen Vine.
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