Immortal Herb Compendium

In the Ye Family's Library Pavilion, Ye Qingling searched for a long time before finally finding the compendium that recorded the divine medicines. As she opened it, two little heads peeked over her shoulders.

Ye Qingling did not shoo either of them away, and the three of them leafed through the compendium together.

The beginning of the compendium recorded only some relatively precious medicinal herbs, which Lu Yang had also seen in other texts. Only after they had turned through two-thirds of the book did the information Lu Yang had been waiting for finally appear.

Octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot were ice- and fire-attribute immortal herbs nurtured by the unique terrain of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After consuming them, one could use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate the Ice and Fire Golden Body, with a chance of gaining immunity to ice and fire as well. Aside from the Eight Spider Lances, they had been Tang San's greatest opportunity in the early stages of the original story.

But these two immortal herbs were unsuitable for Lu Yang. Octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot had to be consumed together to cultivate the Ice and Fire Golden Body, but Lu Yang's Martial Soul was the Sun God's Winged Dragon of the Sun. It inherently possessed the attributes of ultimate fire and ultimate light, which clashed with the attribute of octagonal mysterious ice grass.

He could not be certain whether consuming these two immortal herbs to temper his body would affect his Martial Soul. If they truly had a negative effect on the Martial Soul itself, the loss would outweigh the gain.

Cockscomb phoenix sunflower, the immortal herb Ma Hongjun had consumed in the original story, was an immortal herb of supreme yang. Consuming it could purify one's attributes, with the greatest effect on fire-attribute Soul Masters. If a Soul Master possessed a phoenix bloodline, that would be purified as well.

Singular velvet sky chrysanthemum could forge an indestructible diamond body when eaten. It was one of the immortal herbs Lu Yang wanted most.

The Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew could enhance spiritual power, making it another immortal herb Lu Yang wanted.

As the pages of the Immortal Herb Compendium turned, Lu Yang finally obtained the knowledge he wanted. More importantly, the Immortal Herb Compendium had illustrations! Although the drawings were somewhat abstract in style, Lu Yang could still make out the details. He committed all of them to memory. Next, he only needed to find a suitable opportunity to tell Dugu Bo how to resolve the poisoning, and he could obtain these things in exchange!

While thoughts raced through Lu Yang's mind, Ye Qingling turned the compendium to the next page. Recorded there was aromatic silk beauty, hailed as the king of immortal herbs.

In the original story, Tang San had given this immortal herb to Ning Rongrong, allowing her to use it to evolve her Martial Soul from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. But Lu Yang wondered whether giving this immortal herb to Ye Lingling could improve her Martial Soul and help her break through its shackles.

At that thought, Lu Yang felt it was certainly worth trying. Even if it could not break the shackles of her Martial Soul, it could at least raise Ye Lingling's Soul Power by several levels and save her a great deal of cultivation time.

A moment later, Ye Qingling closed the compendium in her hands. She rubbed the space between her brows and sighed softly.

Because of Lu Yang's physique, she had initially placed her hopes in these herbs, which the Ye Family's ancestors had called divine medicines. But after reading the compendium, she realized she had been far too naive.

Among these divine medicines, Ye Qingling had indeed found some herbs that might resolve the Martial Soul poisoning afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. But no one had seen these things in hundreds of years. Where was she supposed to find them?

Just as Ye Qingling was agonizing over this, a servant brought Dugu Yan inside.

After receiving Ye Lingling's message, Dugu Yan had hurried over from Heaven Dou Academy. The moment she saw Ye Lingling, she asked in confusion, "Lingling, you sent someone to tell me I might have been poisoned and that I should come to the Ye Family right away. What exactly is going on? If you dare tell me this was just a prank, I won't let you off!"

"Yanyan, Lingling wasn't playing a prank on you." Just then, Ye Qingling spoke gently, calming the somewhat agitated Dugu Yan.

When Lu Yang and Ye Lingling had returned, she had already sent someone to the Dugu Family to notify Dugu Bo. However, Dugu Bo had yet to arrive, and she did not know whether she should tell Dugu Yan about this first. What Ye Qingling had not expected was that Ye Lingling had already sent someone to notify Dugu Yan.

They waited roughly another two hours before Dugu Bo arrived at the Ye Family.

On his way there, Dugu Bo had assumed Ye Qingling had found a solution. But when he saw Dugu Yan, a flicker of panic crossed his face.

"Grandpa, what exactly is going on? I'm a Jade Phosphorus Snake Soul Master! How could I be poisoned?" Dugu Yan clearly did not believe it as she questioned Dugu Bo.

"Yanzi..." Dugu Bo sighed, then told her everything.

"I roamed the continent unhindered for decades, ultimately breaking through to Titled Douluo through my poison arts. I thought myself well versed in the ways of the world, yet in the end, I couldn't even save my son and daughter-in-law, and I left my only granddaughter suffering deeply as well. If it were possible, I truly wish this Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul would never be passed down again!" In the end, Dugu Bo uttered these words in anguish.

On the Douluo Continent, Soul Master families placed great importance on the inheritance of their Martial Souls. Some hereditary families would even expel members who had not inherited their ancestral Martial Soul in order to preserve that legacy.

For a Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo to say he wished his Martial Soul would never be passed down again was proof enough of how utterly despairing the loss of his son had left him.

Seeing Dugu Bo like this, Lu Yang felt the time had come. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Um, Your Excellency Poison Douluo, I've thought of a method that might resolve this problem. Would you like to hear it first?"

At Lu Yang's words, Dugu Bo froze. Then he turned toward Lu Yang and appeared before him in a flash, pressing both hands onto his shoulders as he asked, "Boy, is what you're saying true?!"

"Your Excellency, please don't get so worked up. Let me explain my reasoning carefully. Whether this method will work is something you'll have to judge for yourself," Lu Yang said.

"All right. Speak. I'm listening," Dugu Bo said.

"Your Excellency, when I was investigating Sister Yanzi's poisoning earlier, I considered what had caused it."

"I believe it isn't merely because the Jade Phosphorus Snake is inherently a poison-attribute Martial Soul, but also because the Soul Rings Sister Yanzi absorbed all possessed poison attributes. During my research, I read many Martial Soul case records kept by the Ye Family and found that Soul Masters whose tool Martial Souls possessed poison attributes never suffered this way. So I wondered whether that could point us toward a solution."

"For example, we could find a Soul Bone with a relatively high age and use it as a vessel to store the poison, much like a tool Martial Soul. That way, even if we couldn't eliminate the poison completely, we could alleviate the backlash as much as possible. Your Excellency, what do you think of this method?"

When Lu Yang finished speaking, Dugu Bo's expression grew solemn. As a Titled Douluo, he would not simply accept everything as true based on a few casual words from Lu Yang. Yet as he weighed Lu Yang's proposed solution in his mind, he could find nothing wrong with it.