Chapter 170: Distributing Spirit Herbs... Leaves, Petals

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"Flame Flash Rabbits can use the fire of the sun? Are there such extraordinary rabbits among rabbits? This is truly eye-opening." Xiao Wu expressed her astonishment, never having imagined that there could be such varieties under her own species.

"To be honest, I don't think it's the fire of the sun. After all, the sun's temperature is so high that if it were truly the fire of the sun, Flame Flash Rabbits would have to self-combust first," Tang San continued, "But if you choose Flame Flash Rabbit, it will definitely give you the power of the fire attribute and strengthen your arms. After all, they are rabbits that live on cliffs."

Xiao Wu nodded, making up her mind to choose Flame Flash Rabbit for her fifth soul ring.

After returning to the Tian Dou Royal Academy, Tang San called Huo Wu and the others.

"Haven't seen you in half a year, what have you been up to?" Huo Wu naturally knew that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Guang Ling had been with Dugu Bo. Seeing them again now, she couldn't help but tease, "You haven't been on a date with your sister and disciple, have you?"

"Cough, I brought you guys gifts, you won't have any if you say that." Tang San lowered his voice, becoming serious.

"Don't hold back, what gift? Bring it out quickly." Huo Wu changed her playful demeanor from earlier, hooking Tang San's neck with a tough girl style.

Taking out those leaves and petals of spirit herbs, their colorful appearance caused Huo Wu and the others' expressions to droop.

"Is this it? Just these leaves and petals of flowers and grass?" Yu Feng exclaimed in shock, "Captain, are you so broke that you're resorting to picking up flowers and leaves? Didn't you establish a commercial cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School? Don't you have plenty of money?"

"Indeed, I have plenty of money, but these things can't be bought with money for the time being." Tang San distributed the corresponding leaves and petals to everyone, saying, "These are all rare treasures. After taking them, not only can they evolve your martial souls, but they can also enhance your soul power, saving you a lot of training time."

"If they are rare treasures, why only a portion?" Ning Rongrong looked at the tulip petals in her hand and asked curiously, "Did you secretly keep the rest for yourself?"

"The entire plants are naturally available, but they are in the medicine garden, and they have all become plant soul beasts. Eating them would be a waste. However, a portion of the branches, leaves, and petals are still very effective." Tang San looked at Dugu Yan, "That medicine garden is currently co-owned by me and Senior Poison Douluo."

Dugu Yan's eyes brightened, "So, you solved my grandfather's problem?"

"Yeah, your grandfather's current condition is very good, and he has the potential to rise to level ninety-five." Tang San nodded, "Otherwise, with your grandfather's temperament, he wouldn't have shared the medicine garden with me... But I have a good relationship with the exotic flowers and herbs in the garden. They prefer me."

Dugu Yan: "...What do you mean by having a good relationship with those exotic flowers and herbs?"

"It means just what it says." Tang San didn't elaborate further. After all, the situation with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes shouldn't be disclosed. Otherwise, those exotic flowers and herbs would be coveted by powers all over the continent.

And for Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and the others, whose martial souls were already top-notch, taking these leaves and petals of spirit herbs wouldn't lead to much evolution of their martial souls. Instead, it would only enhance their soul power, stabilizing their foundations.

"Take them. I'll guard for you," Tang San said, "Otherwise, the medicinal power will dissipate."

"How do we take them? Just eat them?" Huo Wu looked at the petal in her hand, resembling a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and asked Tang San.

"Yeah, swallow them into your abdomen and refine them with your soul power."

Taking the corresponding spirit herbs requires a certain sequence, but since these are just petals and leaves, there aren't as many requirements. Swallowing them directly and refining the medicinal power with soul power is sufficient.

Huo Wu held a petal of Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Yu Tianheng had nine petals of Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Ning Rongrong had a petal of Beautiful Silk Tulip, Bai Chenxiang had a Snow Silkworm leaf, Ye Lingling had a petal of Vermilion Lotus.

Yu Feng had the leaves of Phoenix Grass.

Shi Mo and Shi Mo had the roots of two Ninth Grade Earth Dragon Ginseng.

Oslo had a petal of the Eight Petal immortal Orchid.

And Dugu Yan's spirit herb was nine dark green leaves, the most suitable spirit herb for the Azure Scale Serpent that Tang San had found: Nine-Headed Ink Jade Grass.

Nine-Headed Ink Jade Grass, with nine leaves resembling serpent heads, as black as ink jade. After Dugu Yan took it, it would allow her martial soul to evolve into the Nine-Headed Azure Scale Serpent King.

Perhaps in Dugu Bo's eyes, he and Tang San were making an equal exchange. But Tang San understood that he was getting the bigger share. Therefore, he hoped to give back something in return.

Dugu Bo was already a Titled Douluo. Taking the Nine-Headed Ink Jade Grass wouldn't have much effect unless the Nine-Headed Ink Jade Grass reached the level of a hundred thousand years.

But for Dugu Yan, this was the divine herb that could change her destiny.

An hour passed, and Huo Wu and the others gradually woke up.

Huo Wu found that her soul power had risen to level forty-nine, just one step away from level fifty. Unable to contain her excitement, she hugged Tang San, "Do you want your sister to offer herself to you?"

"Get off!" Xiao Wu pulled Huo Wu away, looking disgusted.

At this moment, Yu Tianheng also completed absorption. Opening his eyes, arcs of lightning generated out of thin air, his face full of joy. "In the past six months, I've been practicing diligently. My soul power has increased to level forty-five. After taking those nine chrysanthemum petals, my entire body feels smooth, as if it's even tougher than usual. My soul power has also increased by two levels, reaching level forty-seven!"

"What's more—"

Accompanied by the manifestation of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, nine golden stripes condensed on the scales of his dragon claws, emitting threads of golden thunder.

This indicated that Yu Tianheng's martial soul was evolving!

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was already a top-notch martial soul. Now, it was advancing even further, making it undoubtedly more powerful!

Although the evolution only manifested in his claws, it was an unprecedented breakthrough for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

It wasn't a mutation towards the fire attribute like Liu Erlong's. Instead, it was evolving towards a higher level.

"I can feel the sharpness of my dragon claws, not only with a gold attribute but also with a hint of light attribute. My martial soul is evolving towards the direction of the Golden Dragon King or the Light Dragon King!"

Yu Tianheng couldn't help but be excited.

Whether it was the Golden Dragon King or the Light Dragon King, they were both stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!

"Congratulations, Yu Tianheng," Tang San congratulated.

"No, this is all thanks to you." Yu Tianheng suppressed his excitement, "In the future, whatever information you need, my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family has it. I can give it all to you."

Returning a favor, Yu Tianheng even felt that the information in his family couldn't compare to the hope that Tang San brought him!

Subsequently, Ning Rongrong completed absorption as well, and her soul power reached level forty. Her original Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, completing the evolution of her martial soul.

Although Ning Rongrong didn't take the complete Beautiful Silk Tulip, since it had become a soul beast and could manifest energy body tulip petals, its medicinal effects weren't weaker than when it didn't have sentience.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... eight, nine!"

After counting the layers of the Glazed Tile Pagoda, Ning Rongrong's eyes trembled with excitement. Unable to contain herself, she pounced on Tang San, hanging onto him.

"Smack!"

Their lips lightly touched, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Before Xiao Wu could get jealous, Ning Rongrong immediately jumped off Tang San, explaining, "Sorry, I was too excited. Because my martial soul has changed from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda... Unable to break through the Titled Douluo, it has always been a concern for our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Now, my martial soul has become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and this concern can finally be eliminated."

Xiao Wu understood... Like hell she did!

She hadn't even kissed her brother!

So angry!

So envious!

Guang Ling also felt a little jealous, but as a disciple, she couldn't harbor any improper thoughts.

So —

She endured.

Afterwards, it was completed when Yu Feng, Oslo, Ye Lingling, Shimo, and others absorbed the soul power, all of which were raised to level forty.

Finally, after the absorption was completed, Dugu Yan's soul power reached level forty-six, and her martial soul evolved into the Nine-Headed Azure Serpent Emperor. In this state of fusion, apart from a snake tail growing behind her and snake scales appearing on her body, there was also an additional head. However, this head had eight crown-like azure serpent heads, resembling a peculiar crown, adding a touch of heroism to her appearance.

"Thank you, Captain," Dugu Yan expressed her gratitude. She knew that without Tang San, she wouldn't enjoy such benefits. Even if her grandfather left her that medicine garden in the future, she wouldn't recognize those herbs, let alone ingest them. Furthermore, when her cultivation advanced, she didn't even know if eating the leaves of the Nine-Headed Ink Jade Grass would be effective.

"Why be polite? Since you all show me favor by letting me lead, naturally, I'll give you benefits," Tang San smiled. "Besides, others can thank me, but not you. After all, the medicine garden is shared between me and your grandfather. You only got what you deserve. Without me, others wouldn't even have a chance to taste it."

"O(∩_∩)O Haha~"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Where are Zhu Zhuqing and Lan Yinzi? Aren't they here?" Scanning around, Tang San didn't spot Zhu Zhuqing, feeling a bit puzzled. "Did Zhu Zhuqing not join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team during this half year?"

After Zhu Zhuqing joined the Tian Dou Royal Academy, she didn't immediately join the Tian Dou Royal Academy team. Instead, she planned to train for a while first and then challenge the members of the team.

"Zhu Zhuqing has joined, but besides daily training, she has been participating in solo and duo matches at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena. I've never seen anyone so eager for power," recalling how Zhu Zhuqing single-handedly defeated all the members of their Tian Dou Royal Academy team in the past half year, Yu Tianheng felt speechless and somewhat shocked. "Lan Yinzi is with her."

Although Zhu Zhuqing wasn't a match for him and Huo Wu yet, the concealment from her Dark power was extremely advantageous, causing quite a bit of trouble for him and Huo Wu.

More importantly, her Dark Demonic Nether Cat seemed to have broken through its limits. Not only was its speed fast, but its strength and defense were also close, even surpassing his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul before he consumed the petals of the Blue Electric Tyrant Emperor Chrysanthemum.

It could only be said that the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger truly lived up to being a super spirit beast. Just a thousand-year-level soul ring could strengthen the Dark Demonic Nether Cat to such an extent.

Moreover, when Zhu Zhuqing used the externally attached soul bone, Dark Devil Bone Armor, she could even match him.

One must know —

He was a Soul Ancestor!

Moreover, he was a Soul Saint with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, capable of fighting beyond his level.

Yet only Zhu Zhuqing, with a Soul Elder cultivation, could match him with the support of the Dark Devil Bone Armor, which was completely unbelievable.

"Zhu Zhuqing is indeed a cultivation fanatic. Basically, if she's not cultivating, she's participating in competitions," Huo Wu also said, "However, her cultivation speed isn't slow. In this year, her strength has reached level thirty-seven, and the soul ring of the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger must have changed her cultivation aptitude."

In Tang San's speculation, the cultivation aptitude of martial souls was related to one's understanding of their own martial soul, similar to the affinity between a person and their martial soul.

The so-called Immortal Herb, its main function, besides improving the quality of the martial soul and enhancing soul power, was also to strengthen the connection between the martial soul and the person.

During the absorption of the Immortal Herb's medicinal power, it relied on soul power to refine the medicinal effects, circulate them throughout the body, and then pass them through the martial soul.

In this process, Soul Masters must actively rely on soul power to "communicate" with their martial soul.

Zhu Zhuqing's cultivation speed, increasing by six levels in one year at the Soul Sage stage — leaving aside the affinity between her and her martial soul for now — after all, the characteristics of the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger were not ordinary.

Generally speaking, if a martial soul mutated, or if there were other external factors causing changes, Tang San would exclude them. After all, such cases couldn't represent the majority and were not universal.

As for Zhu Zhuqing, the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger indeed changed the aptitude of the Dark Demonic Nether Cat, but whether it enhanced her "affinity between person and martial soul," a factor in the theory, remained unknown.

After all, the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger was a spirit beast influenced by the Evil God and could be considered an "external factor." It couldn't be generalized along with the common circumstances of aptitude improvement (deepening understanding of the martial soul resulting in accelerated cultivation).

"Captain, did you also leave some petals or leaves of the miraculous flowers and herbs for Zhu Zhuqing?" Yu Feng smirked lewdly, "Your luck with women is really good."

"If you were as handsome as me and had my strength, your luck with women would also be good," Tang San shrugged, taking out a whole plant of Immortal Herb growing inside a crystal-like sphere from his storage wristband.

"What's this? Another herb that can enhance soul power?" Yu feng asked curiously.

"That's right, but ordinary people can't pick it," Tang San said, "You need to spit a drop of blood on the petals, get its recognition, and then you can pick it. If you don't get recognition, not only can you not pick it, but you'll also suffer from a backlash of soul power. However, it's not severe, just a soul power shock. Resting for a while can restore it."

Huo Wu asked, "Can this flower evolve martial souls? Increase soul power?"

"It can't evolve martial souls, but it can increase soul power, and it can directly increase it by ten levels!" Tang San tempted everyone, "I dare not say it can reach the level of Titled Douluo or God-ranked Douluo, but if you're at the Soul Saint level, I'm sure you can break through ten bottlenecks and reach the level of Titled Douluo, and there are no side effects."

"This is a rare treasure among treasures!"

Everyone's breath stagnated for a moment, and they all took a sharp breath of air.

"So powerful? Then why don't you eat it yourself?" Dugu Yan asked curiously. "Could it be that you want to trick us?"

"Of course not. After all, this is something from your family's medicine garden. I wouldn't lie to you," Tang San handed the flower over and said, "This flower is called Yearning Heartbroken Red Even if it's a hundred thousand years old, it won't develop any wisdom. According to a record I once read in a certain ancient book, only those who love deeply to the bone can pick it. Otherwise, you can't pick it at all. Even if you try to eat it directly, the flower is as hard as metal, and even a Titled Douluo would find it difficult to destroy."

"In short, in one sentence, love is stronger than gold. Without love, this Yearning Heartbroken Red flower is nearly immortal art."

Honestly, Tang San felt that this kind of flower was not something that could naturally grow in the world. It must have been influenced by something, such as:

God!

The legend about Lovesick Red described in the original work could corroborate some of Tang San's speculations.

Coincidentally, the two supreme gods in the divine realm, the Good God and the Evil God, were fond of gambling. It's possible that the "byproduct" left behind during the process of testing a loving couple on the Douluo Continent was created by them.

"Then I'll give it a try." Dugu Yan spat out a mouthful of blood on the Yearning Heartbroken Red flower, thinking of Yu Tianheng in her mind. She reached out to pick it but found that she couldn't pick it at all.

The moment she touched the Yearning Heartbroken Red, scenes of Yu Tianheng communicating with other girls appeared in Dugu Yan's mind, and she also saw a glimpse of Tang San's figure in her mind.

"I can't pick it. I feel a bit repulsed by Yu Tianheng's previous interactions with other girls," Dugu Yan returned the Lovesick Red to Tang San and looked at Yu Tianheng. "And, I also have some affection for Tang San... It's human nature."

Yu Tianheng felt a bit embarrassed. He didn't mind Dugu Yan's straightforwardness. If he were a girl, he would probably also have feelings for Tang San, let alone Dugu Yan?

And female soul masters, especially powerful ones, were usually proud and unlikely to be in a situation where multiple women shared one man.

Unless that male soul master was particularly outstanding.

"This flower, ordinary people probably can't pick it." Huo Wu tried it but found she couldn't pick it either. She shook her head, "Pure love, I'm afraid none of us guys have it."

Afterward, Xiao Wu and Guang Ling tried, and although their tongue blood was absorbed by the Lovesick Red, it didn't reject them, but they couldn't pick the flower either.

Tang San: "...What's going on?" This situation again?

Pure love, but not deep enough?

Tang San could tell that Xiao Wu had feelings for him, although they often bickered, she actually cared about him secretly.

As for Guang Ling... Was it sisterly love? Or love for a teacher?

Obviously, she didn't want to refine copper, nor did she want to be refined by copper, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that both were involved?

Suddenly, "Can't pick it? Could it be that I don't have enough... Love?"

[...My love for San Ge isn't deep enough?]

Xiao Wu didn't say the second half of the sentence, and then she gave herself a reason of "being young and not understanding love," thinking that when she matured, she would definitely be able to pick the Yearning Heartbroken Red.

As for Guang Ling, she mistakenly believed that her feelings for Tang San were not sincere, that they were based on a sense of gratitude, impure, so she secretly hypnotized herself.

How should I put it?

In some aspects, both of them were not normal.

Tang San put away the Yearning Heartbroken Red and said, "Since no one can pick it, let's leave this flower aside for now. Let's go find Lan Yin'er and Zhu Zhuqing. You guys can also stretch your muscles. Afterward, those among you who need to hunt soul beasts for soul rings can ask for help from your own families. If you need analysis, you can come to me, and I'll do my best to help you choose the most suitable soul beasts."

(End of this chapter)