Chapter 128: Dugu Bo's Feeling

"You brat, what are you making such a racket for?" Dugu Bo, who was to the side, woke up from his cultivation state and looked at him helplessly.

Recently, besides taking the medicinal primers prepared by Ning Feiliu to drive the poison into his soul bone, he had also begun to constantly practice with the Moonlight Breathing Method afterward.

This was only because, while driving the poison into his soul bone, he had faintly felt signs that the bottleneck that had firmly stood before him for years seemed to be loosening.

Aside from the feedback brought about by his Jade Phosphor Snake poison entering the soul bone, there was also the unique effect of the Moonlight Breathing Method in repairing his own injuries, allowing his body to recover faster and faster.

In truth, this body of Dugu Bo's was already a broken vessel due to years of torment by the Jade Phosphor Snake poison.

For an ordinary person, if they were tormented by illness for years, they would absolutely become emaciated and gaunt; let alone walking, even getting off a heated brick bed would likely be a struggle.

But the Douluo Continent is an extraordinary world, and Dugu Bo is a Title Douluo, which is why he did not look so miserable.

In reality, his physical condition remained far from optimistic.

Even after driving the Jade Phosphor Snake poison into his soul bone, most of the soul power he gained from the feedback was absorbed into his body during the process of repairing his flesh.

However, with the Moonlight Breathing Method, which could both accelerate soul power cultivation and repair bodily injuries, not only did it prevent this portion of feedback soul power from being used to repair his body, but it also made Dugu Bo's cultivation speed even faster.

In any case, he himself had a special feeling: in the less than half a year since he began driving out the poison, while the toxins were nearly expelled, it seemed the bottleneck of the ninety-second level was faintly about to break through.

Most crucially, Dugu Bo felt that his ninety-second level soul power did not seem to be his limit; with the Moonlight Breathing Method, he even felt that he could subsequently break through to the ninety-third level, ninety-fourth level...

It was just that while the ninety-third level might still be reached quickly by relying on the feedback from driving the poison into the bone, the ninety-fourth level and the soul power levels thereafter... should probably just remain a wish.

But even if it were just a wish, at least there was something to look forward to.

Upon reaching the Title Douluo realm, everyone actually has a vague feeling about whether they can continue to break through and whether there is any possibility of further progress; they all likely have some sense of these things.

Just like how Bone Douluo himself said in the original story, he knew his talent was likely stuck at the ninety-fifth level, and he could not compare to Sword Douluo.

Sword Douluo's father was the same; after reaching the limit of his own talent, knowing he absolutely had no possibility of safely cultivating to break through to the ninety-eighth level, he chose to take a risk and challenge Qian Daoliu, intending to break through his limit amidst the terror between life and death.

All of this goes to show that powerhouses at the Title Douluo realm seem to possess a unique ability to "know one's destiny."

Originally, Dugu Bo also knew that he had no hope of breaking through the ninety-second level of soul power.

But now, because of Ning Feiliu, not only was the problem of the toxins in his body solved, but he also had the feeling that he could break through to higher levels.

Therefore, after having this feeling, Dugu Bo also began to cultivate his soul power again day and night without stopping.

It was just that now, Ning Feiliu, who was always calm and collected, suddenly shouted, which directly aroused his curiosity; he even ignored his soul power cultivation, directly stopping it to see what exactly was going on.

"Little Feiliu, what did you succeed at?" Dugu Yan was the same, waking up from her cultivation state of absorbing moonlight.

Ning Feiliu took a deep breath, revealed an expression of wild joy, and said, "I've thought of a recipe for a pill that increases soul power! It's right here in these Essence Blood components! Some components of this Essence Blood, combined with some medicinal herbs, can produce... a pill that not only increases soul power cultivation but also cleanses the marrow and cuts the tendons, and can even improve talent!"

After he completed the task, the complete recipe for the Mysterious Water Pill he obtained... should be called the complete recipe for the Enhanced Mysterious Water Pill.

After removing those unnecessary, useless components, the pure components within can be combined at the maximum effective dosage to synthesize the Enhanced Mysterious Water Pill!

However, Ning Feiliu was not very certain how much the efficacy of this Enhanced Mysterious Water Pill could be improved.

But because of the increase in components in this Enhanced Mysterious Water Pill recipe, such as the Promoting Spirit Power Activity Spirit Energy, the Expanding Meridian Phantom Beast Protease, and the free pure soul power.

The efficacy could definitely increase by about fifty percent.

In fact, the original work once said that the Mysterious Water Pill is different from the Soul Raising Pill, which can only be taken once in a lifetime, meaning that the Mysterious Water Pill can likely be taken a second time.

This is probably because the pure components within are not high enough, or it varies from person to person due to issues of medicinal tolerance.

Most Spirit Masters' improvement from taking the Mysterious Water Pill for the first time has not reached the limit, which is why they need to take a second one.

However... it is certainly most cost-effective to reach the limit in one go; not to mention the cost, the issue of secondary tolerance to the medicine is not as practical as reaching the limit in one go.

"Little Feiliu... you really succeeded again." Hearing this, Dugu Yan said with a beaming smile.

To her, she had always unconditionally believed in Ning Feiliu.

Now that Ning Feiliu said he had developed such a pill, she was not surprised at all; she only felt happy for Ning Feiliu.

Dugu Bo's eyes, however, were a bit suspicious—a pill to increase soul power...

Even in the hundreds of thousands of years of history of the Douluo Continent, that glorious, powerful, ancient Douluo Continent civilization that developed the ability to create Soul Guidance Devices never saw such a pill.

Did this brat really make it?

But... even martial souls can be reforged, let alone pills?

It's just that if this kind of pill were to be released, even if it only increased soul power by one level for low-level Spirit Masters, I fear it would make countless Spirit Masters go crazy for it!

After all, a Soul Guidance Device might not be a necessity for a Spirit Master, but cultivation is absolutely the foundation of a Spirit Master!

"You brat... are you really sure you can make this kind of pill?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but ask.

"Yes! Teacher! Can I collect some herbs in your Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? I will make it for you to see right now!" Ning Feiliu said confidently.

"Do as you please." Dugu Bo glanced at Ning Feiliu, rolled his eyes, and said speechlessly.

This brat... everything about him is good, but why is he always so polite?

As for the herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, even if this brat ruined them all, he wouldn't even be angry.

Yet this brat was so polite, even asking him if he could...

Did that even need to be asked?

When this brat marries Yan-yan, this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could even be given to him as Yan-yan's dowry.

It can only be said that in this world of the Douluo Continent, which is similar to a feudal society, although bride prices and dowries exist, people's bride prices and dowries are basically equivalent!

"Many thanks, Teacher." Ning Feiliu smiled and went directly to the surrounding Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find the herbs he wanted.

Then, in front of his alchemy workbench, he manipulated various alchemy experimental instruments, skillfully separating various active ingredients and then synthesizing them together.

Finally, in a glass dish, he synthesized a full three pills the size of large blueberries, except they were deep blue.

And on them were many white textures of varying depths, with a faint layer of water mist permeating around the pills.

A trace of fragrance with a hint of freshness remained in the air, and it smelled refreshing to the heart and spleen.

"This is the unique pill you spoke of, brat." Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan came to his side, and Dugu Bo asked curiously.

"Yes, the student calls it the Mysterious Water Pill." Ning Feiliu smiled slightly and said, "However, this kind of Mysterious Water Pill... for increasing soul power, it should only have this effect if taken by Spirit Masters below the twentieth level. But for Spirit Masters above the twentieth level, although taking it cannot significantly increase soul power, it can still increase innate soul power by at least one level, which is to say, improve talent, and it can also cleanse the marrow and cut the tendons, making the body even stronger."

"It can only let Spirit Masters below the twentieth level increase their soul power by one level..." Dugu Yan was somewhat disappointed.

She and Ning Feiliu were both at least above the thirtieth level, so this pill would have no boosting effect on them; it could only be used to sell for money...

However, Dugu Bo did not feel surprised; after all, he was the one who provided those Soul Beast Essence Blood and herbs, so how could he not know that the source of these Essence Blood was at most from ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts?

Although they came from ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, one must know that the places where Soul Beast energy is most pure and concentrated are the Soul Rings and soul bones that condense after they die.

If there is no soul bone, only the Soul Ring is the place that gathers eighty percent of the Soul Beast's total energy.

This so-called Essence Blood, even if taken while alive, occupies at most about ten percent of the remaining energy of the Soul Beast.

With just this Essence Blood, unless combined with the immortal-grade herbs that Ning Feiliu mentioned earlier, how could it possibly allow a Spirit Master above the Soul Ancestor level to raise their soul power by another rank?

"It is already quite good, and you, kid, said it raises Innate Soul Power by one rank? Regardless of the Spirit Master's cultivation level?" Dugu Bo asked with a strange expression.

"Exactly, even if Teacher takes it now, it can raise Innate Soul Power by one rank, greatly increasing cultivation speed," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

During the Peerless Tang Sect era, perhaps no one had considered the situation where a powerhouse at the Title Douluo level had not yet taken a Mysterious Water Pill, so this situation had not been discussed.

But based on the description of the Mysterious Water Pill's efficacy, even for a Title Douluo, as long as they have not taken a Mysterious Water Pill before, then even if they cannot undergo Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons, they can still enhance the manifestation of their so-called talent—Innate Soul Power.

Dugu Bo's eyes erupted with intense light; if it were really like this... then the possibility of him breaking through to a higher level in the future would be even greater!

At this moment, Ning Feiliu also directly picked up three Mysterious Water Pills and handed two of them to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

He then smiled and said, "Teacher, Sister Yan, why don't you try the efficacy first? Sorry to trouble you to act as my guinea pigs."

Although Ning Feiliu said this, neither Dugu Bo nor Dugu Yan felt any aversion.

Dugu Bo took a Mysterious Water Pill and, without even looking at it, tossed it into his mouth, "Hmph! I want to see if your Mysterious Water Pill is really that miraculous!"

Dugu Yan, needless to say, after taking the Mysterious Water Pill, smiled at Ning Feiliu and said, "Little Feiliu~~ thank you so much..."

Facing Dugu Yan's gratitude, Ning Feiliu did not stand on ceremony, but he smiled and reminded Dugu Yan, "Sister Yan... I need to remind you of one thing; perhaps after you take the Mysterious Water Pill and finish absorbing it, a layer of impurities will emerge from your body due to Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons... would you like to prepare clothes in advance and find a place to wash up?"

Dugu Yan was originally quite happy, but upon hearing this, she let out an "Ah."

"Ah! That won't do! That would be so embarrassing." She hurriedly said, "Then I won't eat it now; I'll eat it when I go back."

"Alright then," Ning Feiliu said with a dumbfounded smile.

Then he took the Mysterious Water Pill himself, and then... took off his top; this was naturally to avoid the impurities staining his shirt.

As for his pants... he couldn't very well take them off in front of Dugu Yan.

He could only choose to be slightly more convenient and take off only his top; after all, in this era without even a washing machine, it was better to have one less piece of clothing to wash!

He picked up the Mysterious Water Pill, swallowed it into his abdomen, and began to circulate the Moonlight Breathing Method.

The moonlight from the sky was drawn into his body, and the moonlight fell upon his chiseled muscles, appearing holy yet filled with a strange allure.

Dugu Yan, standing to the side, felt her pretty face flush with shyness, but her beautiful eyes honestly and intently stared at the muscles on Ning Feiliu's body.

Ning Feiliu could only express—who among the family understands, I encountered the female gaze today.

*Cough cough*, just a joke; anyway, Ning Feiliu did not care about this.

At this moment, besides being draped in condensed moonlight, his body also emitted tiny specks of blue light, and against the backdrop of the silver moonlight, the faint blue light radiating from his body was exceptionally distinct.

Moreover, one could see a layer of faint water mist seemingly floating on the surface of his body, and amidst the permeating mist, a faint, refreshing fragrance was emitted.

Furthermore, his skin seemed to be undulating slightly, and within these undulations, tiny currents of air were constantly being emitted from his pores.

And that pale blue water mist continuously surged into his pores and then surged back out.

As time passed, the color of the water mist gradually deepened, while the refreshing fragrance gradually faded.

This was because... what followed next was a foul stench.

Ning Feiliu's robust body, originally interlaced with silver radiance and blue light, actually slowly exuded a layer of black mud!

It was as if it were that kind of fermented, long-rotted sludge!

This was the body impurities expelled by the so-called Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons!

In reality, these body impurities themselves were merely cellular waste created when the human body decomposes weak or aging cells to serve as nutrients for the growth and division of other strong cells.

Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons is actually the process of repairing and healing the weak and deficient parts of the human body and making them stronger; at this time, those diseased and aging cells that were repaired can only serve as nutrients.

This is actually something the human body does on its own normally, but Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons just makes this process more intense and intuitive.

Ning Feiliu also felt very refreshed; the so-called meridians within his body were constantly expanding, and the soul power flowing within them was also becoming more robust!

(End of chapter)