"Huh? Aunt, your strength..."
Before Tang Yuehua could say anything, Tang San suddenly noticed that his aunt's strength did not seem as simple as he had thought.
Regardless of the type of domain, a Spirit Master's senses are greatly enhanced within the range covered by their own domain.
Now that Tang Yuehua was within the range of the Killing God Domain, Tang San sensed a remarkably strong spirit power aura from her.
Although his perception was not very clear, Tang San was certain that his aunt's aura, even if not equal to a nine-ring Titled Douluo, was not far off, and far surpassed himself, who was only a five-ring Spirit King at the moment.
He had vaguely sensed something amiss before, but Tang San had assumed that his own killing intent was too strong and his perception had erred.
He had not expected that his aunt's strength had truly undergone a heaven-and-earth change.
"Hehe~, Xiao San, others are allowed to raise their strength, but your aunt cannot?"
Tang Yuehua said with a smile.
"No, no, that's not what I meant. But Aunt, did you break the limits of your martial soul?"
Tang San hurriedly waved his hands, then could not help asking curiously.
If he remembered correctly, before he went to temper himself in the City of Slaughter, his aunt's spirit power level had been unable to break through to become a formal Spirit Master due to the malignant mutation of her martial soul, right?
Hearing this, Tang Yuehua turned to look at Chu Chengzhou.
"No problem. Xiao San is one of our own. It's fine if he knows about immortal herbs."
Chu Chengzhou waved it off without concern.
At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, only a single Snow-Colored Swan Kiss remained among the immortal herbs. All the others had been picked, leaving only rhizomes or seeds. For them to mature would take ten thousand years. Letting Tang San know that immortal herbs existed on the Douluo Continent was no big deal.
Moreover, even if he did not say it, Tang San would not know where the immortal herbs had come from.
However, Chu Chengzhou's words carried an implied meaning. Speaking of immortal herbs was fine, but there was no need to mention the matter of 100,000-year spirit rings and spirit bones.
"Immortal herbs?!"
Hearing the term all of a sudden, Tang San's eyes widened.
So the immortal herbs recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record of the Tang Sect from his previous life really existed in this world, and were not just idle fantasies.
"Huh? Xiao San, you know what immortal herbs are?"
Seeing her elder nephew's reaction, Tang Yuehua could not help feeling a bit surprised.
Bear in mind, she had raised her elder nephew since he awakened his martial soul at six.
If not for Chu Chengzhou, even she would not have known what immortal herbs were. How did her nephew Tang San know?
Surely he could not have learned it before awakening his martial soul, or from the City of Slaughter, right?
"Uh~, I learned a little from an ancient text."
Tang San explained somewhat guiltily.
"Is that so?"
With a slight lift of her delicate brows, Tang Yuehua did not press the matter. She said, "Xiao San, your aunt previously took an immortal herb called the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal. That is how I broke the limits of my martial soul."
"Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal?!"
Tang San's eyes widened again. He had not expected to hear of an immortal treasure he actually recognized today.
What shocked him even more was that although the Douluo Continent was different from the world of the Tang Sect in his previous life, barring surprises the names of the immortal herbs were identical. At least, that was true for the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal.
And indeed, the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal suited his aunt very well.
His aunt possessed an innate domain that could cleanse the mind, while the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal gave off a fresh and elegant fragrance whose effect was somewhat similar to a domain that countered toxins. Although the two were not exactly the same, the compatibility was very high.
It could be said that apart from the Yearning Heartbroken Red, hailed as the king of flowers, Tang San could not think of any immortal herb more suitable for his aunt than the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal.
Wait. If his aunt had the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal, she would certainly have taken it long ago. Which meant this Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal had been given to her by Chu Chengzhou?
Since Chu Chengzhou could gift his aunt an immortal herb, he must have taken some himself, right?
At once Tang San turned to look at Chu Chengzhou, who was eating that so-called whale brain at his side.
Seeing Tang San look his way, how could Chu Chengzhou not know what he was thinking? He immediately nodded and said, "Xiao San, your guess is right. I did take immortal herbs, and two of them at that. One is called Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the other is called Infernal Delicate Apricot."
He had no other purpose than to let this "good" nephew have a good envy-and-jealousy session.
As for hatred, whether it existed or not, Chu Chengzhou did not care.
At this moment, Tang San fell silent.
Heh, two immortal herbs, and it is even the complementary pair, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
No wonder. No wonder he was not Old Thief Chu's match. So the scoundrel had long since taken two whole immortal herbs.
Heavens and earth, what virtue or ability does this Old Thief Chu have to obtain such fortune? Damn it.
Tang San could not help crying out inwardly.
Tang San: Jealousy is making me undergo plasmolysis!
After a long while, Tang San's mood finally calmed down.
So what if Old Thief Chu had taken two immortal herbs? I, Tang San, carry the Tang Sect's legacy, have innate full spirit power, and possess twin martial souls. I will not be inferior to anyone.
Old Thief Chu is only a single-martial-soul Spirit Master. After taking two immortal herbs, even with great talent, once his spirit power level passes 90, his cultivation speed will inevitably slow down and he may even get stuck at some bottleneck unable to make any headway.
After all, the effect of immortal herbs is limited. It cannot be infinite. At most it grants talent that guarantees admission into the Titled Douluo realm. At higher levels, bottlenecks will still exist.
But I am different. With innate full spirit power, my cultivation talent is enough to guarantee that I reach the Titled Douluo realm.
At that time I can attach high-age spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer and quickly raise my spirit power level to a high-level Titled Douluo.
If I encounter a bottleneck, I will attach rings again, using the surge in spirit power from attaching high-age rings to my second martial soul to break through.
In theory, as long as the ring ages are high enough, the nine spirit rings of the second martial soul are enough to force my way through nine bottlenecks.
One could say that the 99th rank, the Limit Douluo realm, is a smooth road for someone like me who has innate full spirit power and twin martial souls.
Hmph. Let Old Thief Chu strut for a while. When the day comes that Old Thief Chu is stuck at a bottleneck unable to progress, and I have become the strongest under heaven, won't Old Thief Chu be at my mercy?
Mm. For my aunt's sake, when that day comes, although Old Thief Chu ought to have a path to death, this Buddha will only break one of his legs.
Fortunately Chu Chengzhou could not read minds, or else today he would have let Tang San know what "heavy fatherly love" truly means.
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