Chapter 2 Your Highness, I Really Want to Improve.
Yue Guan is no fool for cultivating from a commoner Soul Master to where he is now.
In that brief exchange, he realized that Qian Xunji likely held the clues to what he had always wanted.
Don't be fooled by the fact that his martial soul is the rare and precious Chrysanthemum.
If he cannot find the corresponding celestial item to consume, his soul power will eventually be locked at level 95.
Facing Yue Guan's burning gaze, Qian Xunji nodded in confirmation.
"I do indeed possess information about the immortal herb."
"If you perform to my satisfaction in the time to come, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum inside will be yours."
When your boss paints a rosy picture for you, you need to analyze every single word he says.
There's a lot to learn about how to please your boss.
Clearly, Yue Guan understood Qian Xunji's intention.
Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of Qian Xunji and swore an oath of loyalty to him.
Seeing how sensible the other person was, Qian Xunji immediately put on a fake smile, his upturned lips impossible to suppress.
"Oh dear, Bishop Yueguan, why have you gone to such lengths? Why have you gone to such lengths!"
Yue Guan almost laughed out of anger. How come he hadn't noticed before that their Spirit Hall's Holy Son was actually...
Is the moral bottom line so flexible?
Qian Xunji adopted a humble and respectful demeanor and helped Yue Guan up.
"Bishop Yueguan, Bishop Guimei is your partner who can form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with you. Now that you have such a good opportunity to improve, you must not forget him."
The group of old otaku in the offering hall all shared a kind of arrogance that belonged to masters.
However, in his future plans, he will more or less use some less-than-ideal methods.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei are naturally the most suitable candidates.
When Qian Xunji mentioned his best friend, Yue Guan only thought about it for a moment before agreeing.
By declaring their allegiance early on, their status will naturally rise when Qian Xunji becomes Pope.
"Your Highness is right. I will speak with Old Ghost about it later."
"Okay, I'll wait for you here."
About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Yue Guan led the ghost into the Holy Son's Palace.
Just as he had told Yue Guan before, the ghost directly declared its allegiance to him.
"In that case, let's set off, our destination: Sunset Forest."
...
A few days later, the three arrived at the outskirts of Sunset Forest.
"That treasure land is protected by the venom of the Azure Phosphorus Snake produced by the Azure Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers. You two need to be very careful."
Qianxun spoke up to remind him.
Dugu Bo probably didn't discover that place during that era, so the snake coiled in Medusa's body was most likely in the Eye of Ice and Fire.
Killing him and then using the skull to reward his subordinates is also a good option.
What if Dugu Bo doesn't find a suitable eighth spirit ring in the future and is eventually poisoned to death?
Qian Xunji said that this was none of his business.
Since he was capable of poisoning and massacring a city in the original story, it was his fate to die from the backlash of his own poison in this life.
The three of them kept exhausting their mental energy to scan the Sunset Forest.
As the second largest soul beast forest in the Heaven Dou Empire, finding a specific location quickly is naturally not an easy task.
The only good news is that in the original story, Gangzi was able to find the outer perimeter of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Flander and the others, which means that this treasure land is not too far from Tiandou City.
Using Master Yu's level 29 speed as a reference, the three of them finally found a place covered by the venom of the Jade Phosphorus Serpent on the third day.
"Your Highness, it seems this is the place."
As Yue Guan spoke, he took out several specially made antidote pills from his storage soul tool.
After the three of them took the medicine, the two generals, Heng and Ha, naturally led the way for Qian Xunji.
After passing through the poisonous array, a valley suddenly appeared before them.
This valley is not large, but it is a hidden paradise.
The valley was filled with strangely shaped plants, stretching out their forms freely, a sight too dazzling to count. Among them, most of the flowers and grasses shimmered with a dazzling fluorescence, like a dream.
The lake in the center of the valley is the most dazzling.
The lake's surface is half milky white like fat and half vermilion like blood, intertwined yet clearly defined like a yin-yang symbol, but not quite a perfect yin-yang fish shape.
At the junction of the two-colored lakes, there is a spring where the two colors of water converge and surge endlessly.
Even more peculiar is that a strange plant grows in the milky white and vermilion spring waters, respectively.
A plant, entirely ice-blue with octagonal leaves that stretch outwards, exudes a chilling aura.
The other plant is fiery red, vibrant and flamboyant, echoing the ice-blue plant and creating a wondrous landscape.
Upon seeing the immortal herbs before him, Yue Guan almost went mad.
For someone who loves flowers like him, he would be willing to die here right now.
"careful!"
The ghost spoke up to remind him.
As a Soul Master specializing in agility and attack, constantly observing the surroundings is an essential skill for him.
Hearing his best friend's warning, Yue Guan narrowly avoided the attack of the Medusa that had been lurking there.
However, seeing that the newborn had destroyed many precious spiritual herbs, Yue Guan was immediately enraged.
"Old Ghost—"
The latter immediately understood Yue Guan's meaning, and the Ghost Shadow Martial Soul appeared behind him, with eight soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and four black—emerging beneath his feet.
Qian Xunji, who was paddling on the side, also possessed a martial spirit, and the immortal herbs here were of great use to him.
He naturally didn't want the birth of that creature to cause too much disruption.
"A two-level static domain!"
When Yue Guan and Gui Mei make their moves, they always use deadly techniques.
The golden and silver soul power fused together in the air.
The two stood facing each other, their hands clasped together.
The 16 spirit rings swirling around his body instantly coalesced into a large gold and silver spirit ring, which silently flew out and pinned the Medusa snake to the spot.
At this moment, Qian Xunji also conjured a golden angelic holy sword in his hand.
It was his fifth soul skill – the Divine Sword.
Sacred spiritual power condensed within the sword.
Qianxun flew away and thrust straight at the Medusa Serpent's eyes.
With a painful whimper, the approximately 40,000-year-old Medusa snake lay motionless on the ground.
A jet-black spirit ring emerged from its corpse.
Qian Xunji raised his hand and dispersed the soul ring, then began searching the head of the Medusa snake.
With a 'sizzle' sound, a translucent golden head bone appeared in his hand.
(End of chapter)