"Grandpa... is he all right?"
Watching her grandfather engulfed in a sea of fire, Dugu Yan spoke with deep unease.
There was no denying that the sight was rather frightening.
If her grandfather hadn't occasionally let out a few faintly contented cries after being swallowed by the Radiant Sun Sacred Phoenix soul spirit's Phoenix Sacred Fire, she would have thought he was being cremated alive.
"Don't worry. He's fine!"
Ye Lingling reassured her.
She had seen Ji Yang use Phoenix Sacred Fire to heal and purify before, so she wasn't afraid.
Still, she had to admit that her first time seeing it had given her quite a fright too.
Both methods healed and purified, but Ji Yang's Radiant Sun Sacred Phoenix soul spirit's approach was far more "brutal" than her own Life Sunflower King soul spirit's.
"Relax, this is nothing! If Yang's Phoenix Sacred Fire were attacking instead of healing right now, your grandpa would be ashes scattered on the wind in an instant!"
Xiao Wu's utterly unconcerned voice followed right after.
It's nothing. What's there to fear?
This big sister rabbit has seen worse!
"Uh..."
The corner of Dugu Yan's mouth twitched violently.
Well, thank you so much for that reassurance!
But, to be fair, she really wasn't all that worried anymore.
"Mmm-"
A short while later, after Dugu Bo let out one last relaxed, contented sound, the Radiant Sun Sacred Phoenix soul spirit's Phoenix Sacred Fire gradually died away.
Dugu Bo's figure soon reappeared before Ji Yang and the others.
"Master, it's done. If there's nothing else, I'll go back and recover!"
The Radiant Sun Sacred Phoenix soul spirit spoke in human speech.
After advancing into a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit, it had long since gained intelligence. Speaking was naturally well within its abilities.
And its attitude toward Ji Yang was one of boundless reverence and gratitude.
The reason was simple!
Without Ji Yang, how could it ever have "transformed into a phoenix"?
It would have remained a mere little flame bird, perhaps never even becoming a hundred-year soul beast.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
Ji Yang nodded.
Then he recalled his Radiant Sun Sacred Phoenix soul spirit, letting it return to his Sea of Consciousness to recover.
At that moment, Dugu Bo opened his eyes, brimming with excitement.
The feeling of being free from poison and back at his peak truly thrilled him.
The relief he used to feel after painstakingly suppressing a poison flare-up couldn't compare to what he felt now.
"The poison has been cleared, and you've recovered, but that isn't quite enough. Next, take these to strengthen your body and Spiritual Power!"
Ji Yang casually took out the Soul Body Pill and Soul God Pill previously refined from the Holy Light Lion.
Even after the poison had been purified, Dugu Bo's chances of successfully condensing a soul core couldn't be guaranteed at one hundred percent.
But once Dugu Bo refined these two pills, it would be difficult for him to fail.
This was one final layer of insurance for Dugu Bo.
"All right!"
Dugu Bo accepted them without the slightest doubt, swallowed them on the spot, and began refining them.
Although he had never heard of pills that could directly enhance physical strength and Spiritual Power, he now had absolute faith in Ji Yang.
Rather than harboring doubts, he looked forward to the tangible benefits these two pills would bring him.
Dugu Yan, standing nearby, was even more eager.
When Ji Yang took out the two pills, Ye Lingling had seized the opportunity to explain their incredible effects to her in detail.
If she refined these two pills herself, she could even absorb a twenty-thousand-year soul ring while still a Soul Elder.
How heaven-defying was that?
Ye Lingling had also told her that she would receive such heaven-defying pills later. How could she not look forward to it?
"This is..."
As Dugu Bo rapidly refined the Soul God Pill and Soul Body Pill, he could clearly feel the changes taking place in his body.
His physical strength had risen by a huge margin.
His Spiritual Power, which had never been particularly strong, had now increased by at least twenty percent.
If he hadn't already absorbed his ninth Soul Ring, his current physical strength and Spiritual Power might even have allowed him to successfully absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Provided, of course, that he could defeat a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
How could such terrifying progress not astound him?
He had imagined the potential benefits Ji Yang's two pills might bring, but he had never expected them to help him this much.
Like the existence of soul spirits, news of these two pills would shake the entire Douluo Continent if it spread.
Countless people would come flooding in like mad, just to obtain a Soul Body Pill and a Soul God Pill.
"You should have felt the improvements by now. Get used to your current physical strength and Spiritual Power first, then prepare to condense your soul core!"
Ji Yang said.
"Yes, Sect Master!"
Dugu Bo nodded repeatedly.
Whatever Ji Yang asked him to do now, he would carry it out without hesitation.
Thus, after Dugu Bo spent some time adjusting to his current physical strength and Spiritual Power, he was ready to begin condensing his soul core.
Before that, however, Ji Yang asked Dugu Bo to hand over his soul core, then refined it with his Bagua Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul, turning it into the corresponding Core Bead Pill.
Or perhaps... a Soul Core Pill!
Watching Ji Yang refine the pill, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were once again greatly astonished, and both came to understand where his pills came from.
When a proud-looking Xiao Wu told them that Ji Yang was a deity's inheritor, their shock reached its peak.
Afterward, they were overjoyed.
We've actually joined a "god's" faction!
"Begin!"
Ji Yang tossed the finished Core Bead Pill back to Dugu Bo.
"Yes!"
Dugu Bo nodded, his face slightly pale.
His pallor naturally came from "losing" his core bead, which had depleted some of his soul power and Spiritual Power.
Fortunately, his condition wasn't serious and wouldn't interfere with condensing his soul core.
Moreover, his core bead now existed in the form of a Core Bead Pill. Once he took it, he could fully recover and complete his soul core condensation in one stroke.
Filled with anticipation and ambition for his soul core, Dugu Bo swallowed his Core Bead Pill and officially began condensing it.
Condensing a soul core was not a quick process. It could take as little as half a month, or as long as several months-even over a year.
With Dugu Bo's current soul power cultivation and overall condition, he should be able to condense his poison soul core within a month at most.
Ji Yang had no intention of simply waiting around. He planned to use this interval to help Dugu Yan resolve her martial soul problem first.
However, when his gaze swept over the surrounding immortal herbs, he changed his mind for the time being.
He decided to use the immortal herbs to enhance his own innate talent first.
The change in his innate talent might also trigger a change in his Bagua Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul, granting it different pill-refining abilities.
At the very least, it could further strengthen his Bagua Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul's pill-refining abilities or improve the effects of the pills it produced.
Then, when he used his "new" Bagua Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul to refine the immortal herbs into pills, the resulting immortal herb pills might work better on Dugu Yan's martial soul and bring about an even stronger evolution.
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