"You!"
Tang San's face showed a sinister expression as he glared at Dai Mubai, then suddenly moved and reached out with his other hand to grab.
Dai Mubai quickly reacted and also rushed to compete for it.
The two each grabbed one of the Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass's two leaves and exerted force simultaneously, neither giving way to the other.
"Let go!"
"You let go first!"
The two struggled with each other, each using force. Under everyone's shocked gazes, the Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass was torn in half—one half obtained by Tang San, the other falling into Dai Mubai's hands.
"Give the immortal herb back to me! That was left for me by Xiao Bei!"
Tang San said angrily.
At this point, Dai Mubai had also torn off all pretenses and mocked:
"Tang San, you're truly shameless. You wrongly accused such a good person like Xiao Bei and broke his heart, yet you still have the nerve to fight for the immortal herb he left behind!"
Tang San trembled with anger, but what Dai Mubai said was fact.
What he had just done was indeed wrong toward Xiao Bei.
But what was the use of bringing that up now?
For him now, the immortal herb was most important. As for Meng Bei, he was his sworn brother after all. He could compensate Meng Bei later after finding back his lost immortal herbs.
Thinking this way, Tang San persisted relentlessly, chasing after Dai Mubai to make him return the immortal herb.
"The immortal herb was left for me by Xiao Bei. He just didn't make it clear. You can't steal it!"
Dai Mubai protected the immortal herb tightly, not letting Tang San succeed.
"Why should it be yours? This belongs to Xiao Bei. I won't give it to you!"
With this situation, Shrek Academy split again.
Xiao Wu and others had already left with Meng Bei.
The remaining Grandmaster and Flender naturally stood on Tang San's side without hesitation.
Along with them were various teachers and Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and others.
On Dai Mubai's side, only Zhu Zhuqing silently stood behind Dai Mubai.
Additionally, Zhao Wuji had some feelings for Dai Mubai during their academy days, so he remained neutral and didn't take sides.
But in the current situation, whether Zhao Wuji took sides or not was irrelevant—Dai Mubai was already at an absolute disadvantage.
The Grandmaster, Flender, and others all supported Tang San, demanding Dai Mubai hand over the immortal herb.
Flender was still reasonable, only saying that Dai Mubai should first take out the immortal herb, then everyone could vote together on distribution.
But the Grandmaster was more direct—he directly demanded Dai Mubai hand over the immortal herb, and if he wasn't satisfied, he could go find Meng Bei for judgment and let Meng Bei decide how to distribute it.
Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai's expression became somewhat uncertain.
Although Tang San had wrongly accused Meng Bei like this, Meng Bei still had a close relationship with Xiao Wu. With such a connection, Dai Mubai was very worried that if he went to find Meng Bei, Meng Bei might favor Tang San.
Thinking this way, looking at the ugly faces of these people around him, Dai Mubai steeled his heart and simply swallowed half of the Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass in one gulp.
"Dai Mubai, how dare you!"
Tang San glared angrily, but Dai Mubai had already swallowed the immortal herb.
Tang San trembled with anger but had no choice. In the end, he could only reluctantly swallow the other half of the Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass.
Thus, the two each swallowed half the immortal herb to refine it.
Meng Bei watched the two from afar. Even he was very surprised by this outcome.
However, if they each swallowed half the immortal herb, what would be the herb's effect?
Meng Bei then checked the information about Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass given in the system.
Every reward given by the system had specific usage methods and detailed introductions. Meng Bei found the detailed introduction about Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass and examined it carefully.
Soon, he found the relevant information.
The two leaves of Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass were connected together and could not be separated. Once separated, they could never be reunited and would turn against each other, causing very serious consequences.
First, if two people consumed Love Stronger Than Gold Cold Heaven Grass half each, the original effects would be halved and distributed evenly between the two people.
At the same time, both people would become selflessly dedicated, and their cultivation speed would be enhanced for a certain period when selflessly dedicating to others.
But there was one unique point—these two people would mutually repel each other, each finding the other displeasing to the eye. No matter how hard they tried, they could never unite.
If these two people appeared at the same time, they would compete and contest with each other, never stopping until determining a winner.
Suddenly, a tiger's roar echoed from the scene!
Dai Mubai opened his eyes with great spirit, his tiger eyes now turned ice-blue. His White Tiger martial soul behind him seemed covered with frost, and an ice-blue horn grew from the tiger's head.
On the other side, the meditating Tang San also opened his eyes and let out a long howl.
His pupils didn't change, but Tang San's hair behind him turned blue. In Tang San's palm, the Blue Silver Grass underwent a mutation—it became more than twice as large overall, with ice spikes growing all over the grass leaves. One could feel the intense coldness just by looking at it from afar.
"Tang San!"
"Dai Mubai!"
The two looked at each other and each stepped forward.
For some reason, Tang San felt extremely displeased the moment he saw Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai on the other side felt the same way.
The two looked at each other and almost started fighting.
Fortunately, neither was that impulsive. Reason ultimately prevailed, and after staring at each other for a long time, they each went back.
Only the Shrek Academy members were left shocked, watching the direction they departed.
Flender swallowed and asked the Grandmaster beside him:
"Xiaogang, did Xiao San and Mubai's martial souls evolve?"
The Grandmaster was equally shocked and said somewhat hesitantly:
"It seems... it seems so!"
Ma Hongjun and Oscar stood in place, extremely envious as they watched Tang San and Dai Mubai's departing figures. If they had known this immortal herb was so powerful, they would have fought for part of it too.
After returning, Tang San immediately began frantic cultivation.
After consuming the immortal herb, his soul power increased by five levels. He was now level 39, just one level away from breaking through to Soul Ancestor. Therefore, Tang San was now very eager to improve his cultivation.
While he was cultivating, Ma Hongjun and Oscar came looking for him.
"Third Brother, where exactly did you lose the immortal herbs? We want to try to see if we can help you find the lost immortal herbs."
"Help me?"
Upon hearing this, Tang San immediately guessed Ma Hongjun and Oscar's thoughts.
Rather than saying they wanted to help him find immortal herbs, it was more like these two were attracted by the herbs' effects and wanted to find his lost immortal herbs.
But this wasn't bad for Tang San either.
If Ma Hongjun and Oscar really found them, at worst he could share some with them.
Unconsciously, Tang San's personality had become much more generous.
He told Oscar and Ma Hongjun exactly where he lost the immortal herbs, and at the end, he inexplicably added a sentence:
"If you find my lost immortal herbs, we'll split them equally. I definitely won't keep them all to myself."
Upon hearing this, Oscar and Ma Hongjun naturally returned happily.
Tang San continued cultivating.
"Huh, why has my cultivation speed increased somewhat?"
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