Securing the Immortal Herbs! Meeting Qian Renxue for the First Time
"Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, you're mine now!"
"And every mature Immortal Herb here-I'll take them all back to Spirit City. Tang San, don't even think about getting a single one."
Taking these two top-grade body-refining Immortal Herbs together would not only greatly strengthen the body, but also grant immunity to both ice and fire, as well as all poisons.
They were naturally his first priority.
Jin Yu wasted no more time. He picked the two Immortal Herbs, their ice and fire clashing, then swallowed them both at once.
"So hot!"
"So cold!"
Terrifying fire poison and ice poison flared up repeatedly inside him. He didn't dare hesitate and immediately jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Splash!
Jin Yu's body sank beneath the spring's surface as he frantically absorbed the medicinal properties of the two Immortal Herbs.
His flesh, muscles, and bones underwent constant transformation in the process. He could feel his body growing stronger and stronger.
An hour later, Jin Yu burst out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He had forged a body immune to ice, fire, and all poisons!
"That feels great!"
"My body has been reborn and become even stronger. Even my strength and speed seem to have improved a great deal!" Jin Yu's face lit up with joy.
"The body-refining Immortal Herbs are taken care of. Next, it's time for an Immortal Herb that strengthens the foundation and improves aptitude and Soul Power."
Jin Yu soon set his sights on a golden sunflower.
It was the Holy Light Sunflower, a light-attribute herb that matched Jin Yu's Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul.
"If I take it, can my Soul Power break straight through to level 40?"
Jin Yu was currently a level 35 Soul Elder.
Full of anticipation, he swallowed it without hesitation.
"Come on!"
"Take me straight to level 40 in one go!"
A Soul Power fluctuation exploded outward in an instant.
Jin Yu broke through to level 36!
Level 37!
Level 38!
Level 39!
Level 40!
He had charged straight to level 40 in one go!
Golden Crocodile Douluo watched the entire process from the side, marveling inwardly. "Five levels in succession. The medicinal properties of an Immortal Herb really are this overbearing."
"A Soul Ancestor under fourteen-not bad at all! This child's future might be no less than mine."
Golden Crocodile Douluo thought very highly of Jin Yu.
"I've reached level 40! And that's not all. This Immortal Herb increased my spiritual power too!" Jin Yu beamed and clenched his fists. "With my current physique and spiritual power, I should be able to try a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for my fourth ring."
"If I absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, my Soul Power will definitely rise another few levels. By the next Soul Master Tournament in the Douluo II spacetime, five years from now, I should be able to reach at least the Soul Emperor realm."
"But if I'm only a Soul Emperor, I still won't be strong enough to defeat the team made up of the Shrek Seven Devils, including Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. I have to reach the Soul Saint realm to be sure!"
Jin Yu didn't let it go to his head.
He knew he would have to cultivate like mad for the next five years. Otherwise, it would be hard to slap Tang Wutong's mouth to pieces in the arena and complete the first mission.
"Ancestor, I'll pick one out for you next!"
There were more Immortal Herbs here than Jin Yu had imagined. There were dozens of different varieties, and some had several plants of the same kind.
Jin Yu also chose a light-attribute Immortal Herb for Golden Crocodile Douluo and handed it to him. "Ancestor! Try absorbing this Immortal Herb."
"All right."
Golden Crocodile Douluo swallowed it without hesitation.
He was also eager to see whether this Immortal Herb could help his cultivation, which had been stuck for decades, advance another step.
After he took the Immortal Herb, its powerful medicinal properties took effect inside him.
To Golden Crocodile Douluo's delight, his cultivation, which had been almost completely stuck, was actually showing faint signs of a breakthrough.
His cultivation, which had been unable to advance for decades, had finally loosened!
A short while later.
The Immortal Herb's medicinal properties had been absorbed. Golden Crocodile Douluo rose to his feet, overjoyed. "Fifty years! I've been stuck at the peak of level 98 for a full fifty years, and this one Immortal Herb has actually brought about a change. Xiao Yu, it's all thanks to you!"
"Three years at most-no! I'm confident I can reach level 99 within two and a half years!!"
If Golden Crocodile Douluo could break through to level 99, it would certainly be a joyous occasion. Jin Yu smiled and said, "Hehe, then let me congratulate you in advance, Ancestor."
Golden Crocodile Douluo was delighted. "Child, once we return, I'll personally take you to the Star Dou Great Forest to get your fourth Soul Ring."
"All right. Thank you, Ancestor."
"Silly boy, there's no need to stand on ceremony with me." Golden Crocodile Douluo smiled.
The two of them then swept up every mature Immortal Herb and stored them in a Space Soul Tool.
"Xiao Yu, let's go. The Great Enshrined should be arriving with the young master soon. We'll go out and meet them outside."
"All right!"
"You, get up!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo gripped Dugu Bo by the neck with one hand, hoisted Jin Yu onto his shoulder with the other, and rushed out.
As they emerged from the Sunset Forest, Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue happened to arrive.
The two sides met.
"Is she... Qian Renxue?"
Looking at the girl standing beside Qian Daoliu, Jin Yu couldn't help lingering on her for a few extra seconds.
Qian Renxue had already shed her disguise and returned to her female form.
She was now twenty years old.
She was tall and graceful.
She had long golden hair and wore a long golden dress. Her skin was snow-white, and though her figure wasn't particularly full, an enticing, quite deep scar could be clearly seen on her chest.
She carried an air of holiness, cool aloofness, and nobility.
Her beauty was peerless.
Even in the Douluo II spacetime, Jin Yu had rarely seen a woman so beautiful.
"You're Jin Yu, the one from ten thousand years in the future?" Qian Renxue was sizing him up as well.
To be able to meet someone from ten thousand years in the future-truthfully, she found it a very strange feeling.
Clearly, Qian Daoliu had told Qian Renxue all about Jin Yu on the way.
Jin Yu smiled and extended a hand in greeting. "Yes. Hello, young master."
"Hello." Qian Renxue didn't put on airs as the young master. She extended a snow-white, jade-like hand and took Jin Yu's. "Grandfather said your standing in Spirit Hall will be equal to mine, so there's no need to call me young master. Just call me by my name."
Really? Giving me the same standing as Qian Renxue just like that-the Great Enshrined really values me! Jin Yu smiled inwardly and replied, "All right, Qian Renxue."
"I'm very curious about the world ten thousand years from now. Once we're back, let's find some time to sit down and have a proper chat."
"No problem. We can have a more in-depth exchange then."
Jin Yu then asked, "Qian Renxue, what level is your Soul Power now?"
Qian Renxue answered, "Level 52 Soul Ancestor."
"Level 52, huh."
That was about what Jin Yu had guessed.
In the original story, when Tang San brought Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to rescue Xue Ye, Qian Renxue had been a level 71 Soul Saint when she first appeared as herself.
That was seven years from now.
Reaching level 52 as a Soul King at twenty already made her an absolute top-tier genius, but that level was completely at odds with Qian Renxue's Innate Soul Power of level 20.
But there was nothing to be done about it.
Disguised as a man and undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, she had hardly any time to cultivate. It had seriously delayed her cultivation; otherwise, how could she still be only level 52 now?
But it didn't matter. Qian Renxue was about to devote herself to cultivation, and with her talent, her strength would improve quickly.
Jin Yu would also do everything he could to help her grow stronger faster!
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