Chapter 34: Go to the Star Dou Great Forest, the Millennium Immortal Grass!
"It seems that using the Eight Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot won't allow the Blue Silver Jade Vine Spirit to evolve again."
"But after the ice and fire body refining, the Blue Silver Jade Vine Spirit should now be immune to ice and fire energy attacks below the extreme level!"
Looking at the Blue Silver Jade Vine that emerged from his hand—its entire body as crystal-clear as blue crystal, its stems and leaves laced with golden threads and wrapped in red and ice-blue lines—Ye Yu muttered to himself.
At this time, he was the only one near the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
When he had just started the ice and fire body refining, Dugu Bo was still worried and had stayed to look after him.
But when he saw that nothing went wrong, Dugu Bo began coming only occasionally to cultivate in seclusion, spending most of his time back at the Dugu Mansion researching whale glue.
He planned to follow Ye Yu's ideas and develop a body-strengthening potion using whale glue as the primary ingredient.
Originally, Ye Yu intended to take the Eight Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot for ice and fire body refining, then use the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone for further body refinement, and finally absorb a thousand-year spirit ring as his first ring!
But after completing the ice and fire body refining, Ye Yu discovered that its effects were far stronger than he had anticipated.
At that moment, Ye Yu also recalled that Tang San's fourth spirit ring had been a ten-thousand-year ring.
According to Yu Xiaogang's spirit ring absorption limit theory, in the Spirit Hall, the most anyone had ever absorbed for a fourth ring was a five-thousand-year ring.
This meant that ice and fire body refining could potentially increase the spirit ring absorption limit by about five thousand years!
Adding in the physical strengthening from fusing the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone, and assuming he also took the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Ye Yu felt he might even be able to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring right from the start.
But after hesitating, Ye Yu decided against it.
Because the absorption process for a first spirit ring of that level would be extremely long—and the risks, far too high.
Although the original novel suggests that the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum grants Vajra Indestructibility, it was never shown directly, and it's uncertain whether the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone can reliably extend the ring absorption limit by 5,000 years.
If it didn't work, successive consumption of immortal herbs might weaken their medicinal effects—introducing risks during the ten-thousand-year ring absorption!
Also, it would be hard to explain everything to Dugu Bo.
So in the end, Ye Yu decided not to take the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone just yet.
He would wait until the medicinal effects of the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot, Eight Anise Mysterious Ice Grass, and Fiery Apricot were fully absorbed.
Then he would take the other two herbs—to get the best results from them!
After completing the ice and fire body refining, Ye Yu had originally planned to descend the mountain and return to Heaven Dou Imperial City, asking Dugu Bo to help him hunt a spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
But as he was still only a level 10 spirit warrior—even though he had fused the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone and consumed the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot, his true cultivation was already far beyond.
Yet without absorbing a spirit ring, none of that power could be manifested.
So Ye Yu had no choice but to continue waiting.
Fortunately, Dugu Bo gave him a storage spirit tool that looked like a green pouch, filled with food.
So Ye Yu didn't have to worry about starving.
But for the sake of his future development—and counting the time spent on body refining—Ye Yu had already been forcibly suppressing his cultivation for three years!
Now, needing strength more than ever, Ye Yu was truly eager to break through.
Like a cicada buried deep in the dark soil for over ten years, just waiting for its moment to emerge—
Now, that moment had finally come!
Metamorphosis into a butterfly. A fish leaping over the dragon gate.
Right now!
After waiting a few more days by the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, Dugu Bo finally returned.
"Xiao Yu, after you took and refined those two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs, did your Blue Silver Jade Vine Spirit evolve?"
Dugu Bo asked curiously, having noticed that Ye Yu had successfully refined the Eight Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot.
In response, Ye Yu summoned the Blue Silver Jade Vine once more but shook his head with slight regret.
"This time it only gained some enhancements. There was no spirit evolution."
"That's a pity."
Seeing that the Blue Silver Jade Vine Spirit had only thickened slightly, with new ice-blue and fiery-red lines, Dugu Bo also felt a little regretful.
Afterward, Ye Yu brought up his main request—hoping that Dugu Bo could take him to hunt his first spirit ring.
"Your first ring needs to be from a plant-type spirit beast with life attributes or extremely high vitality?"
Dugu Bo thought for a moment.
"Then we'd better go to the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Compared to the Sunset Forest, the plant spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest are far superior in variety and cultivation age."
Having truly accepted Ye Yu as his grandson-in-law, Dugu Bo brought Ye Yu back to the Dugu Mansion and had the servants inform Dugu Yan that he was taking Ye Yu to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt spirit rings.
After that, the two set off.
After several days of travel, they arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
Dugu Bo led Ye Yu straight toward the inner circle, beginning the search.
What Ye Yu sought was a plant-type spirit beast with extremely strong life attributes and a cultivation base of around 5,000 years.
Dugu Bo disagreed at first.
For someone's first spirit ring to be a thousand-year ring was already extreme—
A five-thousand-year one?
That was practically suicide!
But after Ye Yu demonstrated his post-refining body strength—
His skin emitted a faint blue-red glow when activating spirit power, and even sharp stones left only white scratches—
Dugu Bo was shocked, and finally agreed.
In the inner zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, after more than ten days of searching—
Ye Yu finally found the perfect spirit beast:
A plant-type spirit beast with life attributes, more than 5,100 years old—
The Immortal Grass!
It was an extremely rare species that looked like a shuttlecock, with no stem.
Only a cluster of narrow leaves, like jasper, with golden veins and a profound, mysterious appearance.
Its roots extended hundreds of meters deep into the earth.
Even if burned to ash, as long as a tiny bit of root remained—it could regenerate.
A plant-type spirit beast with terrifying vitality!
"The longest leaf is half a meter. This Immortal Grass is just over 5,000 years old."
"Grandpa, let's go with this one!"
Looking at the Immortal Grass not far ahead, Ye Yu couldn't help but feel excited and hopeful.
"Alright!"
Dugu Bo nodded and summoned the Green Phosphorus Snake King Spirit. Nine spirit rings rose beneath him in succession.
Immortal Grass—because of its absurd vitality—was extremely difficult to kill, even for stronger spirit masters.
But for Dugu Bo, a poison specialist, it was the perfect counter.
"First Spirit Skill: Green Phosphorus Poison Fire!"
With his martial spirit possessed, Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes and unleashed his first spirit skill, condensing a ball of emerald green poisonous fire and launching it at the Immortal Grass.
In an instant, it was engulfed in green flames.
The Immortal Grass trembled violently, countless roots pulling from the earth and lashing out wildly, trying to extinguish the poisonous fire—
But it was useless!
The Green Phosphorus Poison Fire wasn't an ordinary flame.
Poison and fire fused into one—constantly eroding and burning.
Even the deep roots underground couldn't escape.
Under Dugu Bo's control, it didn't take long before the roots were incinerated.
Only the cluster of golden-jade leaves above remained, scorched black.
Once the poisonous fire was extinguished, Ye Yu stepped forward, grabbed a large stone, and smashed it repeatedly against the Immortal Grass.
Soon, the Immortal Grass was completely shattered!
In an instant, a stream of purple light spots rose up—
A deep purple spirit ring condensed above the remains of the Immortal Grass!
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