Chapter 8: The Spirit of the Immortal Herb

After reaching an agreement with Dugu Bo, Tang Yin continued his cultivation in a safe place outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Tang Hao, who had gone to move Ah Yin, quickly returned.

As soon as he arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he eagerly planted the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin. He then looked at Tang Yin and said, "Xiao Yin, let's begin now."

"Yes, adoptive father." Without any hesitation, Tang Yin walked over to the Blue Silver Emperor and began to release his martial soul, emitting a green light to stimulate its growth.

Under Tang Hao's watchful gaze, he could only obediently act as a tool to revive Ah Yin, continuously nurturing her. Once his soul power was exhausted, he would immediately meditate to recover and then continue nurturing Ah Yin.

If he showed even a hint of slackness, Tang Hao would glare at him fiercely, a gaze that sent chills down his spine.

Although Tang Yin felt immense anger inside, he could only hide it and diligently cultivate, recover, and release the green light to help Ah Yin grow. Six years. Just six years. Once he had sufficient strength and could use the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb for himself, he would definitely make Tang Hao pay a bloody price for his actions.

Days passed quietly. At this time, in a wooden house on a cliff, Tang Hao was sitting cross-legged in meditation. This wooden house originally belonged to Dugu Bo, but since he had been driven away, it naturally became Tang Hao's residence.

During these days, Tang Hao had been tirelessly making his adoptive son nurture A Yin while he himself focused on cultivation. He discovered that the cultivation effect here was much better than outside, and most importantly, his internal injuries were slowly recovering.

This motivated him to work harder, so that when Ah Yin was revived, he could protect her and ensure she would never face any danger again.

As for his adoptive son, Tang Yin, aside from cultivating, he was solely focused on nurturing Ah Yin, with no other tasks allowed.

At this moment, outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Yin was sitting cross-legged not far from Ah Yin, recovering his soul power. The fluctuations of his soul power became exceptionally rich. In no time, his soul power level broke through to level twelve.

"I didn't expect it, truly didn't expect it." The days of cultivation, combined with being constantly pushed by Tang Hao to nurture Ah Yin and then recover his soul power, had naturally led him to break through to level twelve. After solidifying his realm, Tang Yin stopped cultivating and looked towards the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

By the spring, two herbs, one blue and one red, stood prominently on either side of the spring. These two were the Fire Apricot Flower and the Octagonal Ice Grass. This was the key to keeping Tang Hao here. However, to nurture the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb for his own use, he had to withstand the forces here and the potent toxins to get through.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Yin looked around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and then gazed towards another area.

It was a special place, somewhat dim. Originally surrounded by darkness, it had now transformed into a pinkish hue, with a light pink barrier about ten meters in diameter. Turning back to look at the large flower, he realized that this light pink barrier was centered around this flower.

This immortal herb was the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb.

The Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb is known as the nemesis of all poisons, capable of neutralizing all toxins. It cannot detoxify by itself but can counteract poisons.

The fragrance of the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb is subtle and elegant; within its range, no toxins can take effect, and its aroma has the power to neutralize all poisons. With it, he would no longer fear toxins.

When Tang Yin was five years old, he had thought that one day he might come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so he had sketched some rough drawings of immortal herbs and noted their names.

Later, he extracted all information about immortal herbs from Tang San. Since they were brothers, Tang San initially hesitated to share, as he had also learned from Tang Sect in secret. However, as Tang Yin learned more, they eventually exchanged information willingly.

Now, it seemed that he had obtained this knowledge without much effort. "My strength is too weak; I need to obtain the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb first, and then everything will be fine. Nurturing the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb will not be a problem."

He had refrained from picking these immortal herbs immediately to avoid being discovered by Tang Hao.

After all, if Tang Hao knew about the effects of these immortal herbs, the consequences would be unimaginable. Moreover, he currently had little to store the immortal herbs in, so he could only leave them in the ground for now. But now, it was time to start.

Tang Yin glanced at the cliff above. There, he had also nurtured Blue Silver Grass to provide him with a line of sight. He was certain that Tang Hao was cultivating above and would not notice him for a while.

With this thought, he made some protective preparations and headed straight for the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As he approached the area around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he found it filled with various plants, a veritable paradise of flora. He ignored the exquisite spiritual medicines like Snow Silkworm and Vermilion Lotus and went directly to the growth site of the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb.

He took out a box and, following the method Tang San had mentioned, carefully picked it and placed it inside the box. This box was something he had bought with Tang Hao, and it was just right for this purpose.

Next, he took the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb and moved closer to the two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs. He first approached the Octagonal Ice Grass. As a rare cold flower, the Octagonal Ice Grass could chill a person's heart and freeze their central nervous system.

Within ten meters of this grass, the cold air was overwhelming, and prolonged exposure would lead to a heart attack from the cold poison, with no cure in sight. However, cold poison is still poison, and as such, it could be countered by the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb.

Moreover, according to his understanding, although this herb was also an immortal herb, it was not beneficial; on the contrary, it was an extremely rare and potent poison. Even a powerful being like Dugu Bo would not dare to linger near it for long. Even if Tang Hao were to be poisoned by it, he would find it difficult to recover.

As Tang Yin approached the Octagonal Ice Grass with the Beautiful Silk Tulip Immortal Herb, he began to release his martial soul's green light. Just as he had anticipated, the nurturing green light instantly left a mark within the Octagonal Ice Grass.

To his surprise, he sensed that a life form was developing within the Octagonal Ice Grass, albeit still very weak and lacking intelligence. However, with his martial soul's nurturing green light, this life form quickly began to develop a hint of consciousness after absorbing the nurturing light.

This situation took him by surprise. At this rate, it wouldn't take one or two years for the Octagonal Ice Grass to truly develop intelligence and become a soul beast. He then moved on to the highly toxic immortal herb, the Fire Apricot Flower, not far away, and began to release the nurturing green light.

Similar to the Octagonal Ice Grass, this immortal herb was also nurturing a life form. Under his nurturing green light, its intelligence was gradually growing. If these two immortal herbs were to develop intelligence, they would possess innate extreme ice and fire attributes, along with potent ice and fire toxins.

Once this power was in his hands, it would be more advantageous for dealing with Tang Hao.

With this thought, Tang Yin let out a cold laugh. "Adoptive father, just wait for the grand gift I have prepared for you." After nurturing both immortal herbs, he returned to where the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, was located and sat down to cultivate.

His first soul ring appeared around him, and he released his soul skill abilities. Under the sunlight hanging high in the sky, a continuous stream of sunlight converged towards him. As it gathered into his body, he could clearly feel his cells gradually strengthening, as if his vitality was improving and his physique was becoming more robust.

Thus, day after day, two years passed in the blink of an eye. During these two years, Tang Yin used his green light martial soul ability during the day and his first soul skill, photosynthesis, to nurture his step mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin. At night, he cultivated his soul power and trained his physique.

When Tang Hao was not paying attention, he nurtured the two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs. Tang Hao occasionally brought in some soul beasts for him to fight against.

After two years of training, Tang Yin's physique had grown far beyond what an ordinary person could imagine. Now at eight years old, he had reached soul power level twenty, just one soul ring away from breaking through to a two-ring Great Soul Master.

At this moment, within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Yin sat cross-legged not far from it. Surrounding him was an incredibly rich green soul power that dyed the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well green.

Interestingly, within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, the two immortal herbs were continuously absorbing the green soul power he released. These two immortal herbs were the Octagonal Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Flower.

After two years of nurturing by Tang Yin, the two immortal herbs had already formed two conscious life forms within them. They absorbed the soul power released by Tang Yin, enjoyed the nurturing of his green light martial soul, and benefited from the photosynthesis effect of his first soul skill. Their consciousness was growing larger and larger.

Soon, two light orbs, one blue and one red, formed within the Octagonal Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Flower. They were the spirits of the Octagonal Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Flower.

"Yiya!" The two spirits of the immortal herbs floated gently away from their bodies, drifting towards Tang Yin. They circled around him as if he were their closest person, making them feel an immense attachment.

"The spirits of the immortal herbs have truly succeeded." Tang Yin reached out to touch the spirits born from the Octagonal Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Flower, smiling with satisfaction. His two years of effort had not been in vain.

"Yiya Yiya!" The red and blue light orbs chirped as they released red and blue glows that fell upon Tang Yin. It was quite peculiar, as if the energies of the two ice and fire immortal herbs were refining Tang Yin's body.

Just a little release made Tang Yin feel the powerful refining effect of the ice and fire energies, which was simply extraordinary.

"You two go back now and properly absorb the ice and fire energy to cultivate, as well as condense the extreme poison of ice and fire within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. When I leave, I will take you both with me." The now conscious ice and fire spirits clearly understood Tang Yin's words.

After circling around him, the two light orbs flew back into their respective bodies to begin absorbing the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They were born from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and had now developed intelligence; they were already considered living beings.

The difference between conscious absorption and unconscious absorption was significant, but transforming into a physical form was evidently not that simple.