Chapter 20: Consuming Immortal Herbs, Soul Power Enhancement
Next, Ning Bei prepared to consume the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and the Longing For Autumn Dew. One of these herbs could enhance his soul power cultivation, while the other could strengthen his spiritual power.
After refining his body with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, Ning Bei's physical strength had greatly increased. If he could now also strengthen his spiritual power, future soul rings could potentially be considered with higher years.
Although his soul skills did not benefit from soul beasts with higher years, higher-year soul rings brought more soul power, allowing Ning Bei to produce more pills at the same level.
After receiving the Earth Dragon Gold Melon, Dugu Yan prepared to absorb the herb on the spot, and Dugu Bo was nowhere to be found. He was likely off researching the Snowy Swan Kiss.
Ning Bei informed Dugu Yan of how to consume the herb, and after Dugu Yan ate it, she sat cross-legged to absorb its medicinal power.
Seeing this, Ning Bei also took the Longing For Autumn Dew from the Dan Tower and began to use it, leaving a seed in the Dan Tower for future cultivation.
He dripped the dew from the herb's leaves into his eyes and sat cross-legged, beginning to refine the medicinal power. This would be a long process for the two great soul masters. During this period, Dugu Bo came back to check on the two. When he saw that they had no adverse reactions, he returned to his research on the poisonous herbs.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Ning Bei opened his eyes and felt the surroundings. The world seemed clearer, and his senses became more acute. This was the benefit of his enhanced spiritual power. If he had the Purple Extreme Magic Eyes, his rank would have increased by at least one level.
He glanced at Dugu Yan, who was still absorbing the medicinal power, but did not disturb her. He continued to take the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid from the Dan Tower and consumed it, continuing to refine the medicinal power.
During this time, Sword Douluo visited. Since Ning Bei had not returned to the sect this week, Ning Fengzhi and the others were worried.
When Sword Douluo saw that Ning Bei was fine and absorbing the herbs, he relaxed and left a letter before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
On the seventh day, Dugu Yan opened her eyes, sensing the changes in her body, and was immediately filled with joy.
She turned to look at Ning Bei but didn't disturb him. She sat cross-legged beside him, admiring the boy who had solved her martial soul's problems and helped her evolve. She felt like she couldn't repay him.
Slowly, Dugu Yan seemed to remember something. A faint red hue appeared on her face.
While absorbing the medicinal power, Ning Bei seemed to feel something wet gently touch his face. Thinking it was an insect from the herb garden, he paid no mind and continued absorbing the medicinal power.
After two more days, Ning Bei had finished absorbing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid's medicinal power. He opened his eyes. His legs were a little numb from sitting for so long, and he stretched before feeling the changes in his martial soul.
Of course, the Dan Tower had not improved much, as it was already a top-tier martial soul, so Ning Bei hadn't expected any improvement there. His soul power had reached a bottleneck, meaning he only needed to obtain a soul ring to become a Soul King. However, he was curious to see how much his soul power would increase after absorbing the soul ring.
In the original story, Oscar had broken through to the Soul Grandmaster realm directly with the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and at that time, Oscar had only just received his third soul ring.
Looking at Dugu Yan, Ning Bei saw that she had fallen asleep after a long wait. Her head was nodding, and it was incredibly cute.
Ning Bei gently poked her delicate cheek and whispered, "You're drooling."
Dugu Yan immediately woke up and hurriedly wiped the corner of her mouth. Realizing she had been tricked, she began to punch Ning Bei in anger.
"You naughty brat, you dare to trick me!"
Feigning pain and begging for mercy, Ning Bei was finally forgiven after a while.
Ning Bei then remembered something.
"By the way, Gongyan, what benefits did you gain from the herb absorption?"
Dugu Yan smiled proudly and immediately activated her martial soul. The poison had been completely forced into the soul bone in her right arm, and her martial soul was no longer at risk.
The originally green-scaled snake now had a pair of short horns on its head.
Ning Bei looked at her in surprise.
"Gongyan, did you transform into a dragon? No, it's more like you've transformed into a flood dragon."
Dugu Yan nodded, confirming his guess.
"That's right. My martial soul is now considered a Green Scaled Flood Dragon, and my soul power level has reached level 30."
Ning Bei smiled slightly, understanding her joy. She had just obtained her second soul ring, and after going back home, she absorbed a soul bone, ate a melon, and now directly reached level 30. Anyone would be excited.
"What about you? Ning Bei, have you increased your soul power? Don't tell me I've overtaken you. After all, you're a bit older than me."
Ning Bei smiled at Dugu Yan's smug face. Is this the competitive spirit of children? It seemed childish, but I will never lose to you.
"I've also reached level 30, but I feel like I'm much stronger than just level 30. I won't know exactly how much I've improved until I obtain my third soul ring."
Dugu Yan's fantasy was shattered, and she puffed her cheeks in frustration.
"You're so annoying."
She felt like she had only barely broken through to level 30, and most of the medicinal power was used to enhance her martial soul. Even if she obtained a third soul ring, her level would definitely be lower than Ning Bei's.
After sharing the joy of their progress, Ning Bei noticed a letter by his feet. He opened it and found it was from Chenxin.
It said that after absorbing the immortal herbs, he should return to the sect quickly.
Worried that there might be an urgent matter in the sect, Ning Bei instructed Dugu Yan to wait here for Dugu Bo.
"It seems like the elders in the sect are looking for me. I need to go back for a while and will visit you again next time."
Panting, Ning Bei returned to the sect and went to the meeting hall, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were already present.
"Father, Uncle Sword, Grandpa Bone, is there something urgent?"
Ning Fengzhi looked at Ning Bei with a smile.
"What, did I interrupt your little romance? You tell me, how long has it been since you've returned to the sect?"
Hearing the teasing, Ning Bei rolled his eyes. How old am I, and you're calling it romance?
But seeing that they didn't seem to be in any hurry, Ning Bei asked in confusion.
"Then what's so urgent that you called me back?"
Ning Fengzhi looked at him with a bit of irritation.
"You haven't given me the Foundation-building Elixir this week. The disciples in the sect are out of medicine. Don't you have any sense of responsibility as the sect's heir?"
"Uh…"
Ning Bei awkwardly scratched his head, having completely forgotten about it.
He quickly made a batch of Foundation-building Elixir and took out some that he had prepared at school, handing them over to Ning Fengzhi.
"I'm sorry, I was caught up in something important and forgot. Here it is."
Ning Fengzhi took the jade bottle and nodded in satisfaction before looking at Ning Bei.
"So, tell me, what great benefits have you gained this time?"
(END CHAPTER)
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