Immortal Herbs

"The Teleportation Stele lets you teleport freely to other Teleportation Steles. If you're interested, Guest Elder Dugu, I can let you try it later."

"I'm not interested."

Li Chen ignored him. Finding useful immortal herbs was more important right now. He first walked over to the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and recalled how to use it, then suddenly slapped his forehead.

He simply activated his second Soul Skill, and all the information about this immortal herb appeared before his eyes.

[Name]: Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew

[Grade]: Immortal herb

[Core effects]:

Eye refinement: Consuming it cleanses impurities from the eyes, dispels illusions, obscuring barriers, and spiritual probing. Vision can pierce a hundred miles of mist and see through Soul Power disguises.

Spiritual nourishment: The dew contains pure yin-aspected spiritual essence that directly nourishes the spiritual sea. Its effects are most pronounced on eye-type and spiritual-type Martial Souls.

[Method of consumption]: Place the dew at the tip beneath the tongue, chew and swallow the leaves, then close your eyes and circulate your power for the time it takes an incense stick to burn. The medicinal effects will seep through the eyes into the spiritual sea.

[Harvesting method]: No requirements, but harvesting and placing the dew in the mouth must both be completed within the aura of the extreme Yin Spring. Once outside the Yin Spring's range for more than three breaths, the dew in the leaf's core will evaporate and dissipate on its own.

Following the analyzed instructions, Li Chen picked it and swallowed it. This was one of the few immortal herbs capable of increasing spiritual power. Perhaps his level had stalled because he had leveled up too quickly for his spiritual power to keep pace.

After completely absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, he opened his eyes and felt as though he had gained a permanent "night vision" effect.

Unfortunately, his level still hadn't broken through. Just as he was about to look for other useful immortal herbs, his Second Martial Soul suddenly stirred.

Li Chen extended his left hand, and the Book of Knowledge flew out in front of him before automatically flipping to a page containing only a pixel-art image.

The picture appeared to depict a ritual for summoning a Wither, with three Wither Skeleton skulls and three blocks of Soul Sand, but the center was empty.

If Soul Sand went into that space, it would be an ordinary Wither. But if a Command Block went there, it would become a Wither Storm.

Is this a hint from the Book of Knowledge? Li Chen stared at the picture, pondering. Does it want me to summon a Wither Storm with the Command Block?

Unable to figure it out right away, he could only continue selecting useful immortal herbs. The next one to catch his eye was naturally the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, known as the king of flowers.

Li Chen closed his eyes and spat a mouthful of blood onto the flower. The Lovesick Heartbreak Red trembled violently, seemingly trying to shake his blood off. He had always known his intentions weren't pure-in other words, he was simply a lecher-but wasn't this damned flower going too far?

"Wine Fox, give it a try. This immortal herb is called the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. When picking it, you must hold your most beloved person in your heart with absolute sincerity, without a single stray thought. Just do what I did."

Wine Fox glanced at Li Chen, then copied what he had done. As her blood landed on the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, the flower almost instantly detached from the Black Jade Stone beneath it and flew into her hand.

"Master, I've picked the flower you wanted."

"Use it yourself. You might break straight through to level 95 or even higher."

Hearing that it could make her stronger, Wine Fox had no intention of saving it. She only knew that if she became strong enough, she could help her master more.

"Boy, are you saying this one flower can make her a Super Douluo?"

Dugu Bo knew this was a treasured site blessed with excellent feng shui, and that it contained many things he didn't recognize, but nobody had told him there were treasures like this here.

"What, is Revered Elder Dugu thinking of going back on his word?"

"How could I? Outsiders may call me unpredictable, but I've always kept my word. I said you could use whatever you wanted, and I certainly won't take that back."

"Haha, I won't take your things for nothing either, Senior Dugu." With that, Li Chen moved to take a stack of Bottles o' Enchanting from his backpack for him.

He suddenly realized that without a backpack, Dugu Bo couldn't receive things stack by stack the way Wine Fox and the Villagers usually did.

After checking, he found that he happened to have two Soul Tools on hand that could hold items. He could put the things inside them.

Just as he was about to fill a storage ring, another thought struck him. Forcing levels up with Bottles o' Enchanting might be fine for others, but Dugu Bo wasn't stuck at level 91 because he didn't want to advance. It was because leveling up would worsen his poisoning.

Dugu Bo was also very likely to give them to Dugu Yan. That might get her killed outright: a sudden leap in levels, followed by a violent surge in toxins.

So he quietly swapped the Enchanted Golden Apple for a Netherite weapon and tossed it to him. He could make as many of these things as he wanted anyway.

"This weapon is exclusive to our Heaven Beyond Heaven. It's called the Netherite Sword. Before it, even the body of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast is no different from mud."

Dugu Bo caught it. Just holding the sword told him it was extraordinary, but he still found it hard to believe it could truly slice through a hundred-thousand-year soul beast like mud.

Still, he accepted the sword. At the very least, it looked rather handsome, and the blade's material looked high-grade.

Now, a little more approval appeared in his gaze as he looked at Li Chen.

Wine Fox was still refining the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. The surroundings were safe, and besides, both of them always kept a box of Totems of Undying in their backpacks. There was no need to worry about her safety.

Li Chen continued searching for immortal herbs he could use. After looking around, he discovered that the most suitable one was actually Aromatic Silk Beauty.

He picked and consumed it according to the analyzed instructions. He could feel that he was only one final step away from breaking through the limit. When he summoned his Martial Soul, six Soul Rings appeared in a mix of white and purple.

"A Soul Emperor! How old are you this year, boy? You don't have some strange illness that stops you from growing up, do you?"

"Old poisoner, if you can't say anything sensible, keep your mouth shut. I'm only eight this year."

Upon hearing that, Dugu Bo flashed to his side, grabbed his arm, and began feeling his bones. The longer he examined them, the wider his eyes grew.

"You really are only eight! An eight-year-old Soul Emperor! I must be dreaming. Even if you cultivated day and night, you couldn't reach this level in two years!"

"What's all the fuss about? If my Martial Soul hadn't developed a little problem, I'd have become a Titled Douluo long ago."

After speaking, Li Chen examined his Martial Soul. Phantoms of blocks had now appeared to the left, right, and beneath the Command Block. Although he couldn't make out what the blocks were, he knew they were Soul Sand.

There was also a skull directly above it, its appearance indistinct.

By the looks of it, this immortal herb was simply too pathetic. It couldn't even assemble a complete Wither Storm-not even a complete phantom.

Still, just learning how to break through to level 70 made the trip worthwhile, never mind all the immortal herbs covering the ground.

"Wait, why did you absorb a bunch of ten-year soul rings?"

Once his shock faded, Dugu Bo suddenly realized that half of Li Chen's Soul Rings were ten-year soul rings. Even a genius shouldn't squander his potential like that.

"All right, all right. My Martial Soul is special, so the age of my Soul Rings doesn't affect my Soul Skills. The Soul Rings are just tools for breaking through level limits."