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"Your Holiness, I can say with full responsibility that every Immortal Herb here can lay the foundation for a true Titled Douluo for a Soul Master suited to it!"
"Improving talent and physique are only the most basic effects. If one encounters a truly compatible herb, there's even a very good chance it can induce Martial Soul Evolution!"
"Although Xiao Jiang Huai has already undergone a series of training exercises, it would still be somewhat of a stretch for him to safely absorb a thousand-year first ring right now."
"But if I select a few suitable Immortal Herbs here for him to take, Xiao Jiang Huai will surely accomplish this unprecedented feat!"
Yue Guan spoke excitedly, looking utterly lovestruck.
These words were profoundly shocking to Bibi Dong.
Inducing Martial Soul Evolution? Interesting!
Unconsciously, the image of a certain man with a crew cut, scrounging food and drink in Nuoding City, suddenly surfaced in her mind.
Did that mean that if I gave Gangzi one of the Immortal Herbs here, his Luo Sanpao could truly transform into a Golden Sacred Dragon?
But that thought had only lingered in Dongzi's mind for a moment before the God of Love's power elbowed it clean out!
Wait, why would I have such a strange thought?
What was so good about that crew-cut man? How had he managed to bewitch me for so many years?
With something this good, wouldn't it be better to save it for my precious disciples?
"In that case, Yue Guan, first help Xiao Huai and Nana choose Immortal Herbs suited to them."
"Once they've finished choosing, select a suitable one each for yourself and Gui Mei, as a reward for your contributions to our Spirit Hall over the years."
Hearing this, Yue Guan nearly wept tears of joy again!
Look at that! Now that was vision! His Holiness was truly generous!
Before long, Yue Guan made a circuit of the valley, carefully picked several Immortal Herbs of different colors, and carried them over to Jiang Huai and Hu Liena.
"Nana, this Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew can greatly improve your spiritual power, while this Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid can greatly strengthen your foundation. They're perfectly suited to your current condition."
At this point, Yue Guan turned his head, his gaze settling on Jiang Huai with a somewhat complicated look.
"As for you, Xiao Jiang Huai..."
In his view, if there was any Immortal Herb among these vast patches that best suited Jiang Huai's White Tiger Martial Soul, it was undoubtedly the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum he had yearned for.
With Qi flowing through all eight meridians, one could temper an indestructible diamond body!
Even though Jiang Huai's White Tiger Martial Soul had gained a trace of sacred light attributes after mutating, that made no difference.
But the problem was...
If he, Yue Guan, took this Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum himself, then even if he couldn't reach Level 99 in the future, his path to at least Level 98 would be completely clear!
On one side was the little lucky star who had helped him find this treasure land; on the other was the cultivation bottleneck that had trapped him for years.
These two conflicting feelings kept battering Yue Guan's mind, putting him in a terrible dilemma.
Seeing the conflict on Yue Guan's face, Jiang Huai took the initiative to speak.
"Elder Ju, keep the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for yourself."
"Compared with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, I think those other two Immortal Herbs might suit me better."
"And based on what you taught me back at Spirit Hall, Elder Ju, the Shadow Nether Grass and Holy Light Heaven Grass nearby are also suited to my two Martial Souls."
At these words, Yue Guan abruptly raised his head, his eyes filled with surprise or perhaps disbelief.
"Xiao Jiang Huai, what did you say?"
Jiang Huai was actually willing to hand such an opportunity over to him!
Damn it, even though I'm still a man, I want to marry him right now!
Everyone looked in the direction Jiang Huai pointed.
On the left side of the spring stood a scarlet herb, its leaves dancing like blazing flames.
On the right side of the spring was a crystalline, ice-blue herb, constantly giving off bone-piercing cold Qi.
Before coming here, Jiang Huai had actually already made his plans.
The indestructible diamond body granted by the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was certainly good,
but if this Immortal Herb was really that badass, why hadn't Third Brother used it himself back then, instead choosing the Ice and Fire Golden Body?
With top-tier attributes like immunity to all poisons, ice immunity, and fire immunity thrown in, who wouldn't want to proudly declare at the future Continental Soul Master Tournament, "My White Tiger Martial Soul is immune to fire"?
Sure enough, when it came to getting benefits, you could always trust Third Brother's judgment!
"But Xiao Huai, if you absorb four herbs at once, won't that put too much strain on your body?"
Bibi Dong stepped forward and asked with concern written across her face.
"Teacher, you're getting hung up on appearances. Of course I can't absorb four at once. There has to be a gradual process."
"Exactly, Your Holiness. If Xiao Jiang Huai chooses the two by the spring first, he can put the other two away for now, absorb another at around Level 30, and the last at Level 40."
"With the help of these four Immortal Herbs, Xiao Jiang Huai might be able to break through all the way to around Level 50 in a short time!"
Only then did Bibi Dong slowly nod in relief.
At once, Yue Guan summoned two petals, sending them slashing toward the roots of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass respectively.
Then he supported them with his Soul Power and lowered them steadily into Jiang Huai's hands.
Once picked, these two Immortal Herbs had to be consumed within ten breaths, or their effects would be greatly diminished.
Jiang Huai still remembered Third Brother explaining this carefully in the original story.
So the moment he received them, he did not hesitate. Holding one in each hand, he stuffed both into his mouth and swallowed them. Then, while Yue Guan and Bibi Dong beside him weren't paying attention, he pushed off and leaped straight into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
Ah, this...
The sudden sight left not only Hu Liena dumbfounded, but Yue Guan and Bibi Dong as well.
After all, even with their cultivation as Titled Douluos, they did not dare approach or touch these blazing and freezing springs lightly.
"Yue Guan!!!"
A voice brimming with fury instantly thundered through the valley!
Yue Guan was terrified.
"Y-Your Holiness, the effects of those two Immortal Herbs should be able to protect Xiao Jiang Huai."
By now, Bibi Dong's face was already frosty, her Level 98 presence poised to erupt.
"Yue Guan, you'd better pray Xiao Huai is all right, or I will destroy you at any cost!"