Chapter 59: Returning to Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong's Struggle, It's Time to Let Go
Hu Bai looked at Dugu Yan and said seriously, "Dugu Yan, you should know that the poison in your family's Martial Soul will backfire on you, right? You want to take the Control path—I guess that's what your grandfather meant. Am I right, Senior Dugu Bo?"
Dugu Bo coughed, "Cough, cough. You little fellow, I had no choice in this matter, but now that the Martial Soul problem can be solved, Yan Yan can indeed take the Attack System path."
On the other side,
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were on their way to Sunset Forest. Yue Guan recounted their entire experience during this trip, then took out the Netherworld Shore Flower.
Gui Mei looked at the immortal herb with its Nether aura and dark red petals in his hand and fell into contemplation: "You broke through your bottleneck of over ten years with just this immortal herb?"
Gui Mei truly found it hard to believe.
"Tsk, if you don't believe it, then give it back. This immortal herb was given to me by Hu Bai. There aren't many top-grade immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If you don't want it, you probably won't have a chance to absorb it once we return to Spirit Hall."
Yue Guan feigned anger and was about to take the herb back.
However, Gui Mei protected it in time and chuckled, "No way! You gave it to me, so it's mine. How can you take it back?"
But very quickly, Gui Mei's expression darkened slightly, and he transmitted his voice: "Yue Guan, if what you say is true—that immortal herb can increase a Soul Master's potential—will the Supreme Pontiff ask that person for one..."
Gui Mei and Yue Guan were old-timers in Spirit Hall, and Yue Guan naturally knew whom Gui Mei was referring to: Yu Xiaogang!
Yue Guan smiled: "Don't worry. There just happens to be an extremely rare immortal herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that requires emotional recognition. If the Supreme Pontiff truly wants to do that, then give her this herb. I want to see if that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang can gain the recognition of the Yearning Heartbroken Red!"
When he saw this immortal herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his Martial Soul had a strong reaction.
The King of Immortal Herbs, Yearning Heartbroken Red, is much more powerful than the Singular Velvet Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum!
Anyone who can gain the recognition of this immortal herb will benefit immensely!
After returning to Spirit Hall City, Yue Guan and Gui Mei first went to the Supreme Pontiff Palace to report, while Hu Bai and his group returned to their residence. Dugu Bo and his companions were also arranged to stay in the guest rooms of the Xie Family residence.
"Second Brother, you and Dad and Mom are finally back! Na Na missed you so much!" Hu Liena, hearing familiar sounds at home, immediately rushed out and threw herself into Hu Bai's embrace.
Xie Yue looked at the excited Hu Liena and smiled helplessly. Hu Liena had been extremely worried during this time, afraid that something might have happened to them.
Hu Bai stroked Hu Liena's soft hair and smiled: "Alright, we've prepared a gift for you all this time. There are still outsiders here, Na Na, you need to be a bit more serious."
Hu Liena then noticed several unfamiliar people following Xie Tian and the others.
Dugu Yan looked back and forth between Hu Bai and Hu Liena's faces: "Are you two... twins?"
Although their hair colors were different, they exhibited some characteristics of twins.
Hu Liena looked at the two new pretty girls, her brow furrowing almost imperceptibly. She felt a hint of crisis. More and more pretty girls were appearing around her brother. Now, not only Sister Xue, but two more?
Wasn't this a competition for his affection?
Out of politeness, Hu Liena smiled at them: "Hello, my name is Hu Liena, and I am Hu Bai's twin sister."
Whether it was Ye Lingling's illusion or not, she felt a faint hint of hostility from Hu Liena. Then she glanced at Hu Bai again and suddenly understood—could it be that Hu Liena was a "brother-con"?
After mutual introductions, Hu Bai led Hu Liena and Xie Yue into his room.
Inside the room,
Hu Bai took out two immortal herbs and handed them to Xie Yue and Hu Liena, respectively.
The immortal herb in Xie Yue's hand was an entirely silver-white vine with leaves shaped like crescent blades, their edges emitting a cold, sharp light, and the vine itself was entwined with faint golden spatial ripples.
"What is this?" Xie Yue looked at the immortal herb in his hand with some curiosity.
Hu Bai said, "This immortal herb was specifically chosen for you. It's called Moon-Splitting Sky Vine, an extremely rare immortal herb. After absorbing it, your Moon Blades are very likely to undergo some changes, such as gaining spatial attributes, and they will also become even sharper."
"As for the immortal herb in Na Na's hand, it's called Beautiful Silk Tulip. It is said to be able to resolve Martial Soul defects, and it should have a high probability of condensing the Heavenly Fox Bloodline within you. Even if it can't achieve nine tails like me, as your strength increases, six tails should still be possible."
"Wow~ Thank you, Second Brother, hehe!" Hu Liena couldn't help but kiss Hu Bai on his fair cheek.
Hu Bai wiped the saliva from his face helplessly. Hu Bai didn't care much about such childish kisses.
Rather, because he had memories of his previous life, he felt like an old father.
It is well known that children are very cute, especially pretty children. Adults often feel a peculiar sensation when looking at them.
Similar to the occasional overflow of maternal love that girls feel for children.
He was in such a mood at this moment.
"Alright, you two, absorb the immortal herbs now. I'll guard you."
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also began absorbing their immortal herbs under the protection of Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin.
On the way back, Hu Bai had also chosen the most suitable immortal herb for Ye Lingling, hoping that through this herb, her Martial Soul could escape its curse.
Supreme Pontiff Palace
Yue Guan respectfully said, "Your Holiness, the above is everything we encountered during our trip to the Heaven Dou Empire."
Bibi Dong's eyes flickered. When she learned that immortal herbs could enhance a Soul Master's talent, her heart indeed trembled. The thought of asking Hu Bai for an immortal herb for Yu Xiaogang flashed through her mind.
But then her rationality told her that this was wrong. Immortal herbs were so precious, and many had already been distributed. Hu Bai probably didn't have many left.
An immortal herb was priceless. Should she give one to Yu Xiaogang?
That matter had passed so long ago, and she was trying to change now. Was she still going to shamelessly seek out Yu Xiaogang?
She didn't know what had come over her back then—to fall for someone like Yu Xiaogang.
Forget it.
Bibi Dong put that matter aside for now, then looked at the two and said: "You two, release your Martial Souls now. I want to confirm whether you have truly advanced to the ninety-sixth rank."
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