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Unlike the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the life aura here was abundant. Most of the plants were medicinal herbs, with almost no poisonous ones.
Medicine and poison are inseparable.
Dugu Bo specialized in poison, but his knowledge of pharmacology wasn't low. Having an exclusive medicine garden like this was perfectly normal.
"If we're talking about plant-type spirit beasts with life attributes, this Earth Ginseng should be very suitable for Old Jack."
Plant-type spirit beasts were rare, but with sufficient age, the probability of mutating into a true spirit beast increased.
Reaching the thousand-year level without mutating into a true spirit beast was actually the rarer occurrence.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was a special case.
The environment there, while beneficial for the cultivation of plant-type spirit beasts, also suppressed the birth of spiritual wisdom. Without wisdom, there was no instinct, and thus no spirit power to become a spirit beast.
Su Wen looked in the direction Dugu Bo pointed. There, a giant ginseng, emitting an enticing aura and firmly bound, was visible.
Earth Ginseng, a highly nourishing item. It was very friendly for replenishing the vitality of the elderly. At the same time, it could also be used to rapidly recover spirit power. Just a small piece of root from this thousand-year Earth Ginseng could quickly restore a Spirit Elder's spirit power.
"That's the one!"
Su Wen identified the Earth Ginseng's age at a glance.
1,500 years.
Even higher than his own second spirit ring back then.
However, Su Wen believed in Old Jack, who had consumed an immortal herb.
This was the difference in conditions; it couldn't be helped.
Others rely on their elders, but Su Wen ended up being relied on by his elder.
"Grandpa, just go up and cut its main root." Su Wen pointed out the main root to Old Jack.
Excited, Old Jack quickly went up and stabbed it with a dagger.
A purple spirit ring floated up.
Old Jack entered the spirit ring absorption phase.
Dugu Bo and Su Wen stood guard beside him.
"Old Jack didn't reach his physical limit?" Seeing that Old Jack didn't bleed from every pore like Su Wen had during his absorption, Dugu Bo wondered aloud.
"Of course. Grandpa is old and just a food-system Spirit Master. There's no need for him to suffer so much."
If one can easily exceed the limit, then exceed it.
In any case, Su Wen didn't plan on letting Old Jack push his limits during absorption like he had.
An hour passed, and Old Jack opened his eyes. The purple spirit ring settled outside his single yellow one.
"Grandpa, you must be careful. Try not to release your spirit in the future. Even if you do, control it so you don't release your spirit rings."
The Spirit Fusion Method could achieve releasing the spirit without showing the rings.
"Of course, when you're with me, if you tell me in advance, you can release them to confuse people."
Su Wen released his own spirit.
Strangely, the four rings around him were now one yellow and three purple.
Then, they changed back to two yellow and two purple.
Dugu Bo wasn't surprised by the changing colors of Su Wen's rings.
This was replicated from a Snow Silkworm Su Wen had found on their way back from the Ice-Sealed Forest.
What surprised him was that Su Wen's spirit hadn't changed.
"Little Wen, you can already maintain your spirit's form while using only the replicated skill?"
Strictly speaking, Su Wen's replication copied the target's spirit. His Book Spirit would then transform into the corresponding spirit to use the target's skill.
But now, it seemed Su Wen could use just the skill.
"To be accurate, I can't do it yet." Su Wen shook his head. "The Snow Silkworm was just too weak, so developing it was easier. I can achieve this step with it, but for other replications, spirit transformation is still unavoidable."
Even so, this at least proved the direction was feasible; it just required greater development effort.
Dugu Bo nodded, considering this a milestone of sorts.
"This Earth Ginseng's corpse is also good stuff." Su Wen stored away the Earth Ginseng's remains.
Even with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a thousand-year Earth Ginseng shouldn't be thrown away casually. It was easy enough to pick up.
"Grandpa, tell me about your feelings during the absorption process just now. I'll record them," Su Wen interviewed Old Jack.
This 'Spirit Ascension Method' was also a technique Su Wen had figured out based on his own experience of absorbing rings beyond the limit.
It couldn't be helped. Since it involved permeation from the Spirit Master's body into the spirit space, it inherently involved every part of the Spirit Master's body. To achieve the effect in the form of a spirit power circulation pathway, the spirit power not only had to circulate to every part of the body but also form special structures at each location to pressure the spirit ring's power into the spirit space.
Actually, Su Wen felt that when broken down, it was quite simple. It was just dozens of different small spirit power circulation loops with various structures, distributed throughout the body, connected into one large cycle.
However, Su Wen wasn't clear on the specific effects of this technique.
He needed to investigate the feelings of an ordinary Spirit Master using it.
This was part of the reason he hadn't chosen a thousand-year ring at Old Jack's absolute limit.
After the investigation, Su Wen looked at Dugu Bo.
"Let's go. Since Grandpa Jack's second skill recovers spirit power, his third ring should be healing-type. I've actually seen healing-type spirit beasts in this Sunset Forest."
Su Wen gave Dugu Bo a thumbs up.
Under Dugu Bo's lead, Old Jack's third spirit ring was also quickly secured.
5,000 years.
This time, it had reached a limit for Old Jack himself, but due to the Spirit Ascension Method, he absorbed this ring with relative ease.
Spirit Holy Temple.
Dugu Bo brought Su Wen and Old Jack to register their Spirit Master information.
"Eh?" The deacon in charge of the inspection exclaimed in surprise.
Old Jack's Spirit Master certificate stated he became a Spirit Master over three years ago, but now he was directly level twenty-five?
"My grandpa didn't absorb a spirit ring after reaching level twenty, so he was stuck at that level for a long time. This time, after I took him to absorb the rings, he went straight to level twenty-five."
The deacon was speechless.
It had been less than four years in total. How long could he have been stuck?
But he didn't investigate further.
The Poison Douluo was not to be trifled with.
Quickly updating Old Jack's record to Grand Spirit Master, the deacon returned the certificate to Old Jack.
Su Wen also stepped up for the test.
"Level thirty-nine!" the deacon exclaimed.
He looked at the Spirit Master certificate. In an instant, his brain spun wildly, calculating ten times over. Only then was he sure he hadn't miscalculated. Su Wen had just turned fourteen.
But why are you only registering now?
"I've been in secluded cultivation with Senior after obtaining my third ring, so I haven't registered until now," Su Wen said.
The deacon glanced at the formidable Poison Douluo, obediently registered Su Wen, and returned the certificate.
Along with it came the Spirit Master stipend Su Wen hadn't collected for a long time.
"I've really broadened my horizons with how you use that simulation skill, kid," Dugu Bo said.
Simulating the colors of his own spirit rings was one thing, but he could even simulate the light of the crystal ball used for testing spirit power.
In reality, if one pierced through everything with spiritual power, the crystal ball was emitting a very intense light.
"This is also part of developing the spirit skill."
The three of them walked in the direction of Tian Dou Royal Academy.
(End of this chapter)