Chapter 62: Element Heart, Bibi Dong: I Don't Want You to See Me with My Martial Soul Attached.
Holy crap!
This is the Ice Domain!
Dugu Bo and the others were stunned; even they were affected by the extreme freezing aura and immediately circulated their soul power to resist, making sure the children hid behind them.
But Xie Yue, who was in the middle of the Ice Domain, was not having such a good time. He felt his soul power was unable to circulate, as if it had been frozen, and then came the cold—this extreme cold was constantly eroding the blood in his body, attempting to freeze it!
He had originally wanted to resist it head-on, but he found that the extreme cold was getting colder and colder. He noticed that Hu Bai had stopped casting, yet the Ice Domain was getting larger and colder!
Dugu Bo frowned and said, "This is... all the ice element power in the surroundings is converging towards this Domain, and Hu Bai isn't doing anything now. Why is that?"
"Alright, alright, Hu Bai wins this match!" Xie Tian quickly interjected, gesturing with his eyes for him to retract his Domain.
Hu Bai nodded, and the Domain was instantly retracted by him. Then a ball of flame landed next to Xie Yue, warming him up.
"Whew~ Whew whew~"
"Hiss~ I'm freezing to death, Second Brother. How is your extreme attribute so powerful? And you can even cast the Ice Domain now. Also, why did the Ice Domain keep expanding even when you stopped inputting soul power later?"
Xie Yue retracted his Martial Soul, rubbed his hands together, and warmed them over the fireball.
Hu Bai smiled: "That's because I comprehended an ability related to controlling elements called Element Heart. After possessing the Element Heart of a certain attribute, as long as I use basic soul power to release a Soul Skill, the surrounding elements will continuously converge into this Soul Skill of mine."
Element Heart?
This was the first time they had heard of it.
Xie Tian: "Then doesn't that mean that in the future, when you use ice-attribute soul skills, you can greatly reduce the consumption of soul power? And the power of the Soul Skill... as long as time permits, it will become stronger and stronger?"
Hu Bai nodded: "Yes, that's the theory. But if the elemental power absorbed by that Soul Skill later exceeds my control, then I could suffer a backlash."
At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he not only became capable of controlling Extreme Fire and Extreme Ice but also comprehended the Fire Element Heart and Ice Element Heart corresponding to these two elements!
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Early the next morning.
Dugu Bo, Xie Tian, Hu Leyao, and Hu Bai arrived at the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
The moment Bibi Dong saw Hu Bai, the corners of her mouth curved slightly: "I've already heard about your matter from Elder Ju. Spirit Hall expresses a very warm welcome to Poison Douluo's joining."
Bibi Dong looked at Dugu Bo and said, "Since you prefer a bit more freedom, then I'll let you serve as a Guest Elder of Spirit Hall. You only need to participate when important events occur. How about that? I already know about your situation; Spirit Hall will resolve this matter, and your granddaughter can also enroll in Spirit Hall Academy starting today."
"As for your residence, there's just an empty mansion here in Spirit City. How about you and Ye Renxin live there together?"
Dugu Bo's poison has now been alleviated by the Medicinal Pill made by Yue Guan, but to completely cure it, Dugu Bo would either have to advance to Super Douluo or take an Immortal Herb. However, Hu Bai should have chosen the most suitable Immortal Herb for himself.
As for Dugu Yan, she doesn't have a so-called inner core yet and has just awakened her Martial Soul, so she hasn't been greatly affected for now.
What Bibi Dong didn't know was that after absorbing the Immortal Herb yesterday, Dugu Yan's Martial Soul already showed signs of evolving into a python, but because her cultivation was too low at the moment, it hadn't manifested yet.
Perhaps she would evolve her Jade Phosphor Serpent into a Jade Phosphor Serpent King even earlier than Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo saw that Bibi Dong's attitude was so good and her arrangements so thoughtful. He was slightly surprised, so he said, "Then I thank His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff."
After a brief conversation, Bibi Dong dismissed Xie Tian and the others, leaving Hu Bai alone.
Bibi Dong waved at Hu Bai, who stepped forward. Bibi Dong stroked Hu Bai's head, shaking it slightly, and her mood instantly improved quite a bit.
"Te-Teacher..." Hu Bai was a bit embarrassed by the petting.
Bibi Dong being able to show such a smile in front of him surprised him. She was indeed one of the great beauties of Douluo Dalu 1; her smile was still very beautiful.
"Teacher, your smile is truly beautiful," Hu Bai accidentally blurted out his thoughts.
Bibi Dong then recovered, immediately reverting to her original cold demeanor, secretly shocked in her heart at how long it had been since she had smiled like that.
"Oh, by the way, Teacher, I also picked an Immortal Herb for you at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but I don't know what your Martial Soul is, so I could only choose one that would make you look better and help your cultivation a bit."
The next moment, an Immortal Herb appeared before Bibi Dong's eyes.
The flower was shaped like a weeping crabapple, its petals translucent, with an outer layer as black as night and an inner layer as silver as the moon. The stamens were dark purple and star-shaped, emitting a cool, ethereal fragrance.
This floral scent greatly pleased Bibi Dong. She didn't know much about Immortal Herbs and asked with some curiosity, "What is this one called?"
Bibi Dong took the Immortal Herb, feeling a warmth in her heart. It had been a long time since anyone had been so kind to her.
Yesterday, when Yue Guan reported, she didn't have many thoughts about the Immortal Herb; only for a moment did she want one for Yu Xiaogang.
And now, while her heart felt warm, she also felt a sense of guilt. Her disciple was thinking of her, yet she was thinking of that man?
This was truly unfair to Hu Bai.
Gradually, Bibi Dong's gaze towards Hu Bai became softer and softer.
"The name of this Immortal Herb is Phantom Moon Underworld Queen Orchid, Teacher. What is your Martial Soul? This Immortal Herb has a certain dark attribute. Is it suitable?" Hu Bai asked tentatively.
He, of course, knew what Bibi Dong's Martial Soul was, but during the time he had been Bibi Dong's disciple, she had never told him.
The moment Bibi Dong thought about how her lower body would turn into a spider after her Martial Soul attachment, her expression became a bit unpleasant.
In the past, she had never displayed her Martial Soul in front of Yu Xiaogang, and now there was another person; she also didn't want Hu Bai to see her with her Martial Soul attached.
Because it was simply too ugly!
She was afraid it would affect her image in Hu Bai's heart.
Moreover, a question had existed in her mind for a long time: she had seen other Soul Masters with spider-type Martial Souls, but when they attached their Martial Souls, their lower bodies didn't become spiders; instead, eight energy-formed spider legs, known as Eight Spider Lances, grew from their backs. Why was it different for her?
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