Chapter 28: Bibi Dong's Huge Improvement
While Su Mo took the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Angled Ice Crystal Grass, he used the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes to digest the extreme attribute energy of the two immortal herbs.
Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Dugu Bo, and Bibi Dong also took their own respective immortal herbs one after another.
Among them, Yue Guan originally planned to simply admire the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum he obtained day and night.
However, under Gui Mei's persistent persuasion, Yue Guan finally gave up on that idea and decided to do the same as Gui Mei—seeing whether he could use the power of the immortal herb to directly break through to the Title Douluo level.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei took their respective immortal herbs at the same time, and both of their cultivation levels were at Level 82.
However, after taking the immortal herb, Yue Guan's cultivation improved by five levels, from Level 82 to Level 87.
Gui Mei, on the other hand, only advanced three levels after taking his immortal herb—the Black Jade Star Moon—going from Level 82 to Level 85.
This left Gui Mei rather helpless.
Unexpectedly, despite having been companions for decades and being evenly matched in cultivation before, he now found himself far behind Yue Guan.
They both took immortal spirit herbs—so why did Yue Guan's cultivation level improve more?
Gui Mei was very puzzled by this.
But in fact, it's quite easy to explain.
That is, the two had different energy absorption rates from the immortal spirit herbs they took.
Although both were immortal spirit herbs, their energy absorption efficiency was different, resulting in different amounts of energy absorbed and ultimately different improvements in cultivation.
Yue Guan's martial soul is the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, which has the highest affinity with the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum herb, so his energy absorption rate was the highest.
Although Gui Mei's herb—the Black Jade Star Moon—was very compatible with him in terms of attributes, its energy absorption rate couldn't compare to Yue Guan's.
Still, improving by three levels was already quite excellent!
As you know, in the original novel, Tang San and his group only improved by an average of seven or eight levels after taking immortal spirit herbs—and that was within the Spirit Elder realm.
But the Spirit Douluo realm is five tiers above the Spirit Elder!
When Yue Guan and Gui Mei's cultivation increased significantly after taking the immortal herbs, Dugu Bo also took the Azure Jade Serpent Orchid.
However, since his cultivation was still at Level 79, his breakthrough was minimal—he merely reached Level 80 temporarily.
But unlike Yue Guan and Gui Mei, Dugu Bo's martial soul also evolved simultaneously—from the Green Phosphorus Snake to the Green Phosphorus Snake King!
After Dugu Bo reached Level 80, Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest to help hunt spirit beasts.
She herself stayed temporarily at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, cultivating with the immortal spirit herbs while also watching over Su Mo.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei agreed.
Because now, the four of them were like family!
After Su Mo consumed some of the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Angled Ice Crystal Grass and left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, he couldn't help but laugh when Bibi Dong told him that Yue Guan and Gui Mei were helping Dugu Bo hunt spirit beasts.
In the original story, these three were mortal enemies!
But now, they had become friends.
While Su Mo cultivated with the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Angled Ice Crystal Grass, Bibi Dong also consumed an immortal spirit herb—the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product.
However, since her cultivation level was only at Level 59, like Dugu Bo's, even with the powerful Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb, Bibi Dong only reached Level 60.
But that was exactly what she wanted.
Although on the surface, the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb—normally capable of increasing one's cultivation by 10 levels—only raised her spirit power by one level, it wasn't a loss.
Bibi Dong knew that the spirit power increase expected from taking the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb hadn't disappeared, but would manifest as soon as she absorbed a spirit ring.
This theory had been discovered by Spirit Hall.
A Spirit Hall soul master, long stuck at a bottleneck, once consumed an extraordinary herb that should have boosted his spirit power by several levels. This allowed him to break through.
At first, this soul master thought the herb merely helped him break through. But after absorbing a spirit ring, he unexpectedly gained an additional one or two levels.
He reported this to Spirit Hall, and after thorough investigation, they found the reason.
However, Spirit Hall never made this discovery public.
In the end, Yu Xiaogang published the theory under his own name!
If you think about it, it's clear that Yu Xiaogang could never have discovered this theory on his own.
To verify this theory, one would need to consume a top-tier medicinal herb to break through a realm without immediately absorbing a spirit ring. Then, they would have to continue cultivating until reaching the next stage and only then absorb spirit rings to reveal the hidden cultivation boost.
But Yu Xiaogang, being so useless, would likely celebrate just advancing a single level. Once he broke through to a higher realm, he probably couldn't sleep from excitement and would rush off to hunt spirit beasts and absorb spirit rings.
How could he possibly have discovered this theory on his own?
And if he hoped to discover it by observing others, the strict conditions required meant no one would be willing to cooperate—not even with Bibi Dong's help!
So where did Yu Xiaogang get this theory? The answer is obvious!
Ahem... Back to the main topic.
The reason Bibi Dong took the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product at Level 59 was primarily to conceal her cultivation progress.
If Qian Xunji found out she had suddenly advanced by more than 10 levels, the secret of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes and the immortal spirit herbs would likely be exposed.
After acquiring the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product, Bibi Dong also took the Nightshade Beauty Herb.
According to the description in the Immortal Product Compendium, the Nightshade Beauty Herb can evolve certain martial souls into humanoid forms. For example:
After consuming the Nightshade Beauty, a soul master with a snake-type martial soul might evolve it into a Medusa martial soul, and a fish-type martial soul might become a mermaid martial soul.
As for a spider-type martial soul, it could evolve into the Queen Spider martial soul—half woman, half spider.
This greatly surprised Bibi Dong, who had always been dissatisfied with her martial soul's appearance. She decided to take the herb immediately!
Additionally, Bibi Dong also consumed the Immortal Herb: Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew.
According to the Immortal Product Compendium, besides enhancing cultivation, this herb could greatly boost a soul master's mental power.
Since Bibi Dong possessed not only the Death Spider Emperor martial soul, but also the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor with spiritual attributes, the Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew was also highly beneficial to her.
After taking three immortal herbs in succession, even though Bibi Dong only superficially increased from Level 59 to Level 60,
Once she absorbs a spirit ring, her cultivation will no doubt leap to a much higher realm—perhaps even by two full realms!
And that's just the immediately visible power boost. The subtle long-term effects of the three immortal herbs on Bibi Dong are undeniable.
After taking them, there's no doubt that Bibi Dong will become a Title Douluo within five years!
Ahem! Today, the author passed the exam and was so excited he couldn't update. But tomorrow, he will try to get up early and catch up on missed updates. Sorry!
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