Qian Xunji also brought Lin Chuan into the bath.
"All right, stop fooling around. Start your meditation methods at once and absorb the medicinal power as it disperses."
"As your teacher, I'll help you channel it. Don't waste this opportunity."
The two of them knew it was time to stop playing around.
Soon, Lin Chuan felt the medicinal power turn into waves of warmth that surged into his body.
Unlike the more overbearing medicinal power of Whale Rubber, this medicinal bath worked like a fine rain nourishing everything in silence, subtly improving Lin Chuan's body.
Before he knew it, the green in the pool water gradually faded, leaving it more and more white.
Lin Chuan and Bibi Dong had absorbed the vast majority of the medicinal power.
Lin Chuan slowly opened his eyes.
He felt that his body had grown more coordinated, and his meridians had also widened somewhat.
Not only had his physique improved, but his Soul Power, which had been stuck at level fifteen, had also broken through to level sixteen.
The wonderful sensation brought a flash of delight to his eyes.
On the other side, Bibi Dong had also finished absorbing the medicinal power.
She looked at Lin Chuan, who had already broken through, and couldn't help but snort.
She had broken through to level twenty, leaving her four levels ahead of her stinky junior brother.
I can absorb a Soul Ring right away, and soon I'll leave my stinky junior brother in the dust.
Hehe, I can keep my stinky junior brother under my thumb for another year.
Seeing how effective the medicine had been and how both her disciples had broken through, Qian Xunji felt deeply gratified.
At least the medicinal herbs she had accumulated over many years hadn't gone to waste.
After all, preparing a pool of medicinal bathwater came at no small cost.
Even as the Pope, she couldn't obtain such rare medicinal ingredients all that easily.
But she wouldn't tell Lin Chuan and Bibi Dong about those difficulties.
As their teacher, what would it look like for her to complain to her students?
More importantly, today's medicinal bath had dispelled the inexplicable feelings in her heart.
Chuan'er and Dong'er were both her good disciples.
Then she scooped up Lin Chuan and Bibi Dong, one in each arm, and carried them out of the pool.
Catching the delicate fragrance coming from Qian Xunji, mingled with the scent of medicine, Lin Chuan thought this reward was truly exhilarating.
But Lin Chuan didn't dwell on that pleasure.
After returning to his residence,
he began thinking about his plans for the future.
Though Spirit Hall had deep reserves, it still fell a little short compared with certain opportunities.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the most crucial resource.
The many Immortal Herbs there could not only help him improve,
but also increase the strength of his teacher and Bibi Dong.
The problem was that Tang San possessed the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and knew the uses of the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Although Lin Chuan knew some of their uses from the original story in his previous life, he couldn't possibly follow Tang San's methods exactly when it came to actually using them.
After all, during his years on Douluo Continent, he had come to understand that theory was theory.
There was a vast difference between practice and theory.
Take Whale Rubber, for example. If he had recklessly tried Whale Rubber of a great age right from the start, he might have ended up making a grave mistake.
For him, taking steady steps was the top priority now.
One person came to mind: Chrysanthemum Guan, Yue Guan.
Within Spirit Hall, he was undoubtedly the one who had studied exotic flowers, rare plants, and their medicinal properties most deeply.
So Lin Chuan went straight to Yue Guan without hesitation.
As one of Pope Qian Xunji's trusted aides, Yue Guan also had a residence of his own in Spirit City.
But compared to Lin Chuan and Bibi Dong's residences, it was much smaller.
As soon as Lin Chuan entered Yue Guan's residence, he was astonished.
"So many flowers and plants?"
"As expected of Senior Ju."
"It's just a little hobby of mine."
Although Yue Guan was very proud, he was more surprised at the moment.
He simply hadn't expected Lin Chuan to come and visit him.
After all, Lin Chuan's name had spread throughout Spirit Hall in recent days.
There were plenty of people who wanted to get close to him and cultivate a relationship.
Yet Lin Chuan had actually come to see him.
Yue Guan gave a delicate laugh and said,
"Why aren't you cultivating at His Holiness the Pope's side, Your Highness?"
Lin Chuan said,
"You're joking, Senior Ju. I came here specifically to ask for your guidance on a matter."
Yue Guan was astonished.
Lin Chuan had something to ask him about?
When it came to cultivation, ten of him couldn't compare to the Great Enshrined or the Pope.
What could Lin Chuan possibly ask him about?
Lin Chuan went straight to the point.
"Senior Ju, as you know, the Martial Soul I awakened is the healing-type Wishing Angel Martial Soul."
"While treating so many wounded people, I've found that useful as Soul Skills are, they often can't provide complete treatment."
"But medicinal ingredients and herbs can make up for that."
"If I can understand the medicinal properties of these herbs, perhaps I can apply what I learn to improve the healing effect of my Soul Skill."
"Within Spirit Hall, you're undoubtedly the one who has studied this field most deeply, Senior Ju."
What Lin Chuan said was half true and half false. Improving his Soul Skill's healing effect depended more on understanding the injuries and using the Soul Skill precisely.
Yue Guan was taken aback by his words.
After all, in Spirit Hall and even across the entire Douluo Continent, increasing Soul Power was the most fundamental concern.
Few people devoted their efforts to studying herbs and their medicinal properties.
Cases like the Clear Sky Sect, which could combine forging with cultivation, were another matter.
He knew that quite a few Spirit Hall elders thought Yue Guan was wasting his ambition on a hobby.
He hadn't expected Lin Chuan to think this way.
A further trace of appreciation appeared in Yue Guan's eyes.
As the wielder of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul, he understood that Spirit Hall still had much potential to develop in this field.
But his own time and effort were limited.
And who was Lin Chuan?
He represented Spirit Hall's future potential and a force in his own right.
With Lin Chuan's support, perhaps his interest would see a major turning point in the future.
"Since Your Highness is willing to learn, I naturally won't hold anything back."
He then went into the residence and brought out several thick books.
"Your Highness, these are illustrated guides and notes on rare medicinal herbs from across the continent, which I've recorded and compiled myself over the years."
"They contain not only the painstaking work of our Spirit Hall predecessors, but also my own insights."
"I'll give all these books to Your Highness."
Lin Chuan accepted the books and could feel how much of Yue Guan's hard work had gone into them.
He said respectfully, "Thank you, Senior Ju. I'll repay you in the future."
Yue Guan said dismissively, "All right, all right. There's no need to be so polite, Your Highness. If there's anything you don't understand, just come and ask me."
As he saw it, if Lin Chuan wanted to repay him, who knew how many years he would have to wait?
Lin Chuan also understood that the resources at his disposal were limited for now.
But he had decided to leave that Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to Yue Guan.
Yue Guan was not only a trusted aide of his teacher Qian Xunji, but had also held nothing back from him. Lin Chuan naturally wouldn't be stingy either.
After returning home from Yue Guan's residence, Lin Chuan turned down virtually all unnecessary social engagements and began cultivating.
He settled into a routine of studying Yue Guan's materials, treating the wounded, and gathering Power of Faith.
With this accumulation, day after day, Lin Chuan's strength rose step by step.
At the same time, he built up a considerable reputation among Spirit Hall's younger generation, as well as some of its lower-ranking knights and deacons.
These were the people who were injured most often.
After nearly a full year of arduous cultivation and accumulation, Lin Chuan finally achieved another breakthrough.
His Soul Power officially reached level twenty, meeting the requirement to absorb a second Soul Ring.
He had also thoroughly mastered Yue Guan's herbal compendium.
His physical body far surpassed others his age, and even Battle Soul Masters of his generation would find it difficult to break through his defenses easily.
His first Soul Ring, nourished by the Power of Faith, had also advanced to a purple thousand-year Soul Ring.
The Holy Light Sword Dragon Soul Bone had risen from twenty-five thousand years to twenty-six thousand years.
Although its age had increased by only a little, the effect of Light Wing Blade had improved considerably.
With the added boost of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, the invisible version of "Sword, come" had become more than two or three times as terrifying.
He ended his cultivation and walked out of his residence.
Qian Xunji had already changed into a set of fitted combat clothes.
Chrysanthemum Guan and Gui Mei were also waiting at her side.
Seeing Lin Chuan come out, Qian Xunji smiled.
"Chuan'er, are you ready?"
"This time, we're going to hunt for your second Soul Ring."