External Soul Bones and Immortal Herbs

Heaven Dou City, a commoner's courtyard.

Inside the room, Xu Fan was still telling Qian Renxue about Tang San's fortuitous encounters.

"An External Soul Bone?"

Qian Renxue sucked in a breath of cold air.

Not only did Qian Renxue's expression change, but Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, concealed in the shadows, also exchanged horrified looks.

As Titled Douluo, they understood the weight of those words better than ordinary Soul Masters.

In the Soul Master World, Soul Bones were already treasures that even ten thousand gold could hardly buy, with a drop rate of less than one in a thousand;

External Soul Bones were divine treasures found only in ancient records and legends, their value surpassing even that of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!

"That's right, an External Soul Bone called the Eight Spider Lances!"

Leaning against a soft pillow, Xu Fan gestured with both hands as he explained to his older brother:

"Brother, you have no idea how heaven-defying this External Soul Bone is!

With an ordinary Soul Bone, no matter how high its quality, once you absorb it, its age and power are basically fixed.

But the Eight Spider Lances Tang San stumbled upon were completely different. They could keep evolving as their host grew stronger!

By the end of the novel, they actually transformed into a Super Divine Artifact!"

Qian Renxue listened with her heart reeling. Only after a long while did she slowly exhale and sigh sincerely:

"Getting an External Soul Bone just from hunting for his third Soul Ring... Tang San's luck really is absurdly good."

The Angel Soul Bone Set she wore throughout her cultivation was a legacy accumulated by generations of Spirit Hall's predecessors,

Yet even so, she could not help yearning for an External Soul Bone that could evolve all the way into a Super Divine Artifact.

But upon hearing her remark, Xu Fan merely waved a hand dismissively:

"Brother, what's one set of Eight Spider Lances?

If we're talking about the greatest opportunity that truly defied heaven and changed Tang San's fate early on, sending all the Shrek Seven Devils soaring together, that would be the immortal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"

Qian Renxue's gaze sharpened:

"Immortal herbs? The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

She had never even heard of them.

Xu Fan immediately perked up:

"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is a treasure land where two extremes of spring water, bitter cold and blazing heat, gather in one place.

Because of that special environment, ordinary plants can't survive there,

But anything that does survive grows ten or a hundred times faster, eventually transforming into peerless immortal herbs that seize the fortune of heaven and earth!

Relying on his knowledge of medicine from the Tang Sect in his previous life, Tang San swept up every immortal herb there,

Then brought them back and gave everyone a share, one for each of the Shrek Seven Devils, all perfectly suited to their own Martial Souls!"

Xu Fan clicked his tongue twice before continuing:

"Good grief, after the Shrek Seven Devils ate those immortal herbs, every one of them gained several levels on the spot,

Not only saving themselves years of arduous cultivation, but even completely remedying the innate defects of their Martial Souls!

Ning Rongrong, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, ate aromatic silk beauty, and her Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda on the spot, breaking the shackles that had bound her sect's legacy for hundreds upon thousands of years!"

Qian Renxue's pupils abruptly contracted, and the fingers resting on her knees suddenly tightened.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?

She had spent years undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, constantly trying to win over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while guarding against it,

So naturally, she knew that Ning Fengzhi's greatest regret was being stuck as a level seventy-nine Soul Saint for his entire life.

The miraculous effects and special significance of that immortal herb were easy to imagine!

Xu Fan kept talking:

"And then there's Ma Hongjun. His Martial Soul was a mutated barnyard chicken. Though it had a phoenix bloodline, it came with deadly Evil Fire.

But after he ate a cockscomb phoenix sunflower, the Evil Fire was purged on the spot, and his Martial Soul evolved straight into a true Fire Phoenix!

There was also the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum Dai Mubai ate, the narcissus jade muscle bone Zhu Zhuqing ate,

And even the Lovesick Heartbreak Red given to Xiao Wu to conceal her Soul Beast presence. Every one of them was a divine treasure rarely seen in this world!"

At this point, Xu Fan paused, his tone growing even more exaggerated:

"Of course, the one who reaped the greatest benefits was definitely Tang San himself!

Not only did he get all those immortal herbs for nothing,

He also took two supreme immortal herbs, octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, at the same time, then jumped straight into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body!

After that soak, he not only developed a terrifying constitution immune to ice, fire, and all poisons,

His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was also greatly strengthened.

Even more outrageous, precisely because he had laid a foundation by tempering his body with the immortal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,

When he later obtained his fourth Soul Ring, he broke an ironclad law of the Soul Master World,

Absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring beyond his level while only at level forty!"

Qian Renxue was utterly dumbfounded and could no longer maintain her outward composure.

A ten-thousand-year ring for his fourth Soul Ring?

Even with her level-twenty Innate Full Soul Power and her divine Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel, she would never dare lightly attempt a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for her fourth ring!

Qian Renxue immediately leaned forward slightly and asked urgently:

"Immortal herbs that seize the fortune of heaven and earth actually exist? Where exactly is this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

In the shadows, Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo also held their breath and pricked up their ears.

But just as the words reached Xu Fan's lips, he suddenly slammed on the brakes and leisurely began keeping her in suspense:

"Brother, don't rush. The immortal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well come later, after the Shrek group goes to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and meets Dugu Bo.

We've only just reached Suotuo City. If I tell you what happens later now, it won't be interesting when you hear the rest."

Qian Renxue's breath caught sharply in her throat, and she nearly went mad on the spot!

A vein twitched at her temple as she snapped impatiently:

"If that happens later, why did you bring up the immortal herbs in the first place?!"

Xu Fan felt not the slightest guilt. Instead, he chuckled:

"To keep you in suspense! That makes it more fun to listen!"

Qian Renxue: "..."

Not only did Qian Renxue feel a tightness in her chest, but Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, hiding in the shadows, were also on the verge of breaking down!

They barely resisted coughing up a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

Seeing his older brother's livid face, Xu Fan volunteered:

"All right, brother, don't get impatient. Ordinary people like us shouldn't pine after immortal herbs anyway.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, hardly anyone can even recognize them!

According to the novel, even counting everyone, only two or three people had a clear understanding of immortal herbs.

Apart from Tang San, who had his memories of the Tang Sect,

There was only Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, whose own Martial Soul was the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum,

And Yang Wudi of the single-attribute Breaking Clan, an affiliate of the Clear Sky Sect!"

After hearing Xu Fan's words, Qian Renxue's pent-up frustration eased slightly.

After all, Xu Fan was only recounting a story he had read in a novel,

The Yue Guan and Yang Wudi he mentioned merely happened to be known to recognize immortal herbs because of their own Martial Soul or family legacy.

But Qian Renxue occupied a high position and knew the true foundations of the great top-tier sects better than anyone.

As for methods of identifying exotic flowers, rare herbs, and ancient immortal treasures, after thousands of years of accumulation, the ancient sects

All had some surviving records and research in their repositories. That knowledge had certainly not been lost entirely.

And as for the place with the most complete collection of records on the continent and the greatest number of unique ancient texts,

Where else could it be but Spirit Hall's library in Spirit City, with its thousand-year legacy?

Especially the library's highest floor, which held nothing but top-secret records that only the Popes and Great Enshrined of successive generations were qualified to consult.

Illustrated records and secrets of all things on the continent-it had everything!

She did not understand immortal herbs now, but could she not learn?

She could get a head start and thoroughly master the medicinal properties and harvesting methods of every immortal herb!

At that thought, the corners of Qian Renxue's lips curled almost imperceptibly,

And a plan targeting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well quietly began brewing in her heart.