Chapter 162: Disguise Ability

However, on the way back, Ning Feiliu went to find those few plant Soul Beasts mentioned in the mission prompt based on that peculiar feeling.

【Help ten plant Soul Beasts that are in urgent need of help break through the Ten Thousand Year Limit and obtain the blessing of the Myriad Flowers Psychic.】

Among them, several plant Soul Beasts simply felt like they were stuck at the final bottleneck.

Ning Feiliu thought for a moment, and he recalled the two energy components he had separated while completing the Mysterious Water Pill research mission previously.

Named Promoting Spirit Power Activity Spirit Energy, its function was a special free-roaming energy that could enhance the level of soul power activity!

There was also the pure free-roaming soul power separated from the Essence Blood of a Soul Beast called the Single-Horned Lion-Tailed Fish.

He immediately, without leaving a trace, took advantage of a rest period to pour all of the two energy components he had extracted in large quantities from his Soul Guidance Device not long ago onto these plant Soul Beasts.

Feeling it was still not enough, Ning Feiliu then thought of Wan Yao Wang from Peerless Tang Sect; the path to Wan Yao Wang's rise was actually by devouring a Fairy Spirit Grass that was symbiotic with him.

His main body, the Demon Eye Demon Tree, was not considered a very powerful top-tier plant-type Soul Beast; it was just that when he was still very weak, he was very lucky that a Fairy Spirit Grass grew beside him, and after he devoured it, he gradually grew stronger, becoming the strongest plant-type Soul Beast and ruling over more than one-third of the area on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

In the original text of Peerless Tang Sect, it was also mentioned that the Demon Eye Demon Tree clan were only relatively rare high-level plant-type Soul Beasts, but they were not top-tier plant-type Soul Beasts; Wan Yao Wang devoured and fused with a Fairy Spirit Grass, allowing his physique, attributes, and potential to be greatly improved, reaching the level of a top-tier plant-type Soul Beast, and possessing the origin ability of the most top-tier plant-type Soul Beasts, thereby being able to rank among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts.

So...

Devouring higher-grade plant Soul Beasts might allow them to break through their bottlenecks?

Ning Feiliu thought for a moment, and then he took out two... top-grade herbs from his Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch.

Looking Through Autumn Water Dew and Nine Grade Purple Ganoderma.

Although... some ginseng was fed to dogs, but never mind, it wasn't an Immortal Herb anyway, and it was of no use to him.

Especially the Looking Through Autumn Water Dew, which was almost exclusively for guys like San Ge who had techniques like the Purple Demon Eye; Huo Gua was actually quite suitable for it too.

Ning Feiliu could use it himself, but he felt there was no need.

It would be better to just use it here to feed these plant Soul Beasts.

And then after these plant Soul Beasts finished absorbing it, they would probably be able to break through.

However, even if these plant Soul Beasts hadn't broken through yet, they happily spat out a ball of pure natural energy when they received Ning Feiliu's gift.

For some reason, these plant Soul Beasts did not have any hostility toward Ning Feiliu.

Perhaps besides the fact that the mission of the Myriad Flowers Psychic's blessing gave Ning Feiliu the ability to simply communicate thoughts with them, making them trust Ning Feiliu.

There was also the reward from the previous Wandering God's harvest series of missions, which gave Ning Feiliu a thirty percent intimacy level with intelligent life.

At the same time, that series of missions appeared before Ning Feiliu's eyes once again.

【Obtain heartfelt gratitude from others; after collecting ten thousand times, you can obtain the Wandering God's harvest—Blessing of Life: Intimacy with intelligent creatures increases by forty percent when in contact, and the probability of epiphany increases by ten percent. (Still need 3712 times)】

Huh? Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment; he had actually been continuing this mission, just not paying that much attention to it.

But he still remembered the number from the last time he completed the mission, which meant that he had helped these plant Soul Beasts and still received gratitude.

It's just that... did others' gratitude actually include Soul Beasts?

Ning Feiliu was a bit surprised, but he mainly dealt with people, not Soul Beasts...

So it could only be said that something is better than nothing.

And when Ning Feiliu accepted the good intentions of these plant Soul Beasts and absorbed the pure natural energy they spat out, the improvement to his soul power was not high.

But he felt that there was one more faint mental connection with these Soul Beasts in his body.

This made him feel a bit strange.

But after he finished helping these plant Soul Beasts, he continued to look for the remaining plant Soul Beasts that needed help.

Most of the plant Soul Beasts that needed help to break through the ten thousand year limit in the mission were actually almost all just feeling like they were one step away from breaking through.

Almost all of them were at the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine year mark; they were really just stuck here for lack of that little bit.

Ning Feiliu helped out, but it was only a boost.

But some plant Soul Beasts were different.

For example...

Ning Feiliu looked at the plant Soul Beast in front of him, called the Crimson Flame Maple Tree, which already had a wound on its trunk that had destroyed it, causing the tree's outer bark to wither and dry up, and his expression was a bit ugly.

It looked like this plant Soul Beast had suffered an attack from a Soul Beast of the same level, which led to such a serious injury.

With the trunk destroyed, the main issue was that the outer bark's conducting tissue was destroyed, so it could not absorb nutrients from the earth to better recover from its injuries.

Not to mention that it wanted to break through the ten thousand year limit; in fact, if it weren't for this serious injury, this Crimson Flame Maple Tree could definitely have broken through the ten thousand year limit directly.

And not like the Soul Beasts Ning Feiliu encountered before that were still one step away.

"Rustle, rustle..." The Crimson Flame Maple Tree made a weak sound.

Ning Feiliu's expression suddenly became strange; he didn't expect that not only did he have to see a doctor for people, but he also had to see a doctor for Soul Beasts and plants...

He rubbed his nose.

But just at this moment...

"Feiliu, why did you... run here?" Dugu Yan's voice suddenly came from behind.

Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment and looked back; he didn't expect that Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo had also followed along.

Dugu Bo frowned as he looked at the injured Crimson Flame Maple Tree in front of him, then looked at Ning Feiliu and said, "What are you doing, kid?"

Ning Feiliu felt a bit helpless and immediately said, "Well... actually, I saw this Crimson Flame Maple Tree was injured on the road just now and wanted to help it... um, these Soul Beasts don't grow easily, so I think it's better to help out..."

It's just that his explanation was really too forced.

Dugu Bo even sneered, looking as if to say, "Do you think I believe this nonsense of yours?"

However, Dugu Yan looked at him, bit her lip, and as if she knew something, said, "Feiliu, you're still like this... always so kind-hearted... unable to bear seeing any suffering..."

Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly thought of the misunderstanding Dugu Yan had always had about him, thinking he was a bleeding heart who would treat ordinary people for free or at a low price.

Now she probably thought he saw the Crimson Flame Maple Tree in pain and couldn't bear it, so he reached out to help.

"Not really... well, I am a bit... but it's mainly because it's not easy for it to cultivate, and Soul Beast growth takes time, so it's better not to create too much slaughter and protect these Soul Beasts as they grow," Ning Feiliu said immediately.

However, his real purpose was just to complete the mission; if he completed the mission, he would most likely obtain a disguise ability, so of course he had to try every means to complete it.

"Hmph... you kid are just meddling with good intentions," Dugu Bo snorted coldly and said, "But what you said also makes sense. If everyone slaughtered Soul Beasts indiscriminately, then future generations would have no good Soul Beasts to hunt to obtain high-quality Soul Rings."

He could be considered to have agreed with Ning Feiliu's idea.

"Then how should we help this Soul Beast?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.

"Its outer skin has been severely damaged..." Dugu Bo immediately offered a suggestion.

He was, after all, a master of pharmacology who cultivated medicinal herbs, so he naturally knew a bit about plant therapy, and thus he helped Ning Feiliu heal the Red Flame Maple Tree before them.

Following this, Ning Feiliu no longer held anything back, instead taking Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to help the remaining plant Soul Beasts.

Most of the remaining plant Soul Beasts were, like the Red Flame Maple Tree, suffering from severe injuries or illnesses, but with the help of Ning Feiliu and Dugu Bo, they were all brought back to health.

Once that was done, after Ning Feiliu confirmed that these plant Soul Beasts had been helped, although they had not yet broken through, it was surely only a matter of time.

So he stopped lingering and, together with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, successfully left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Heaven Dou City.

From the time they entered the Star Dou Great Forest to help Ning Feiliu obtain a Soul Ring until they came back out, a full eight days had passed.

Most of the time spent was on searching for Soul Beasts and the subsequent healing of the plant Soul Beasts for Ning Feiliu.

In fact, without the subsequent process of healing the plant Soul Beasts, they definitely could have come out in six days.

But because of the later matters, they were delayed by two extra days before they finally came out.

And this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was also quite exhausting.

Dugu Bo planned to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first, and Ning Feiliu also planned to go straight back to his medical clinic.

But just at this moment...

"Feiliu..." Dugu Yan pulled Ning Feiliu back at this time and said.

This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest seemed to have given her something on her mind, causing her to change slightly.

Even her usual way of addressing Ning Feiliu had changed from "little Feiliu" to "Feiliu"...

So Dugu Yan definitely had something on her mind.

"Sister Yan? Is there anything else?" Ning Feiliu asked with some confusion.

Dugu Yan looked at Ning Feiliu, bit her red lips, and said, "What I told you before... tomorrow afternoon I will take you to a place; I have something I want to tell you."

"Uh, okay..." Ning Feiliu remembered then, and nodded, saying.

Dugu Yan would not harm him, so there was no issue with him agreeing.

It was just that he did not know what Dugu Yan wanted to tell him... or what it had to do with this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Because when Ning Feiliu was absorbing his Soul Ring, he had completely immersed his mind in his Spirit Sea, focusing on the battle against the incomplete Spirit Soul of the Ten Thousand Year Silver Moon Mane Lion.

Therefore, he had not heard the conversation between Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in the outside world at all, and thus did not know why Dugu Yan had undergone such a change.

"Then... get some good rest tonight." In the end, Dugu Yan still said to Ning Feiliu with great concern.

"Sister Yan, you too... have sweet dreams." Ning Feiliu said goodbye with a smile.

Then the three of them parted ways; Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Ning Feiliu returned once again to his medical clinic in the commoner district.

Although it was currently afternoon, he did not intend to open the clinic to busy himself again.

He did not even intend to do any more experiments.

Instead, he lay directly on the bed in his living quarters in the back courtyard.

It was just... what did he want to do?

Ning Feiliu suddenly felt that the Douluo Continent was truly too boring; after all, it was a world with an ancient European background, or rather, an ancient world that was neither Western nor Eastern.

It was neither entirely ancient Western nor ancient Eastern.

However, no matter which side's antiquity it was, it was equally boring.

Like the emperors of the ancient times in his previous life, the older it was, the less there was to have fun with.

During prosperous ancient eras like the Han and Tang dynasties, even the emperor's diet was not as good as that of a modern commoner; Ning Feiliu had watched some popular science videos in his previous life, and even the famous Emperor Wu of Han's daily diet consisted of nothing more than some roasted meat and millet rice.

In an ancient setting, it was difficult even to eat meat, and entertainment was limited to watching palace maids dance or going hunting.

Reading books meant reading very boring books.

Therefore, an ancient, backward world was very boring.

Ning Feiliu was quite miserable; he had transmigrated into this kind of world with an ancient background.

No computers, no mobile phones, no novels to read—it was truly too boring.

There were some records of anomalies on the Douluo Continent, with some ambiguous accounts of ancient mythology, but most were serious medical books, history books, and a large number of professional books from the Spirit Master world, such as martial soul compendiums and Soul Beast compendiums.

In any case, Ning Feiliu was so bored that he treated doing experiments and going to the Great Spirit Arena to participate in Spirit Fighting Battles as a form of amusement.

It could be said that Ning Feiliu's hands were itching for action.

Now that he was not doing experiments or going to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to participate in Spirit Fighting Battles, just staying quietly like this made him feel very bored again.

"It would be better to go back..." Ning Feiliu looked at the ceiling of the room and muttered to himself, "I wonder if, after becoming a god in this world, I can run away like the Asura God and the others and return to my own original world."

He suddenly understood those two old geezers, the Asura God and the Sea God, a little; especially since he came from a world with highly developed entertainment in his previous life, he felt this world was extremely boring.

And if he were to become a god in this Douluo World, possessing powerful strength and a long lifespan, wouldn't returning to that reality be the ultimate thrill of being the only god?

Actually, Ning Feiliu really had not thought that much; in his previous life, he just wanted to be content with the status quo and play in his not-so-small house until he died of old age.

He did not expect that an accident would suddenly happen, sending him here.

But what could he do?

He could not decide anything; it was just that in this extraordinary world, it was better to have powerful strength to control one's own destiny.

Plus, having a cheat, he just did it.

Just as Ning Feiliu was muddledly thinking about these random things, suddenly...

A familiar line of small text appeared before his eyes again—

【Help ten plant Soul Beasts that are in urgent need of help break through the Ten Thousand Year Limit, and obtain the blessing of the Myriad Flower Spirit Connection.】

Then this line of small text shattered, turning into invisible power that dispersed into Ning Feiliu's body.

Ning Feiliu suddenly felt that he had gained a peculiar new ability.

With a thought, he activated, "Black Night Silent Illumination, Moonlight Fills the Sky!"

First, he summoned his martial soul and Soul Rings; at the same time, his three highly conspicuous Soul Rings, a terrifying combination of two purple and one black, immediately changed into three purple Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

It did not even stop there.

Ning Feiliu moved his thoughts again, and the three purple Soul Rings changed into three yellow Soul Rings, and then into three white ones.

Suddenly, a bold idea appeared in his mind, and then... the color of his three Soul Rings turned red!

Releasing this would absolutely scare a crowd of people to death!

"This really is convenient! This ability!" Ning Feiliu revealed a smug smile and said with a loud laugh.

(End of this chapter)