Chapter 33: Twelve Immortal Herbs

After Qin Ming left, Tang San approached Yu Xiaogang and said, "Teacher, could you do me a favor and investigate Lin Yu's background?"

Yu Xiaogang felt somewhat surprised. Before he could ask for details, he heard Tang San add with a gloomy expression, "I suspect he... is connected to that incident in Nuoding City!"

"Nuoding City?"

"You mean... the Junior Spirit Master Academy gatekeeper who died at your hands?"

Tang San nodded, a trace of cold killing intent revealing itself in his eyes: "Not just that gatekeeper, but also that female executive from the Spirit Hall."

Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened: "This matter is no small thing. I will immediately entrust someone to investigate."

He would never sit idly by while any factor posing a danger to Tang San existed; he would definitely pursue it to the end.

On the other side, Zhou Yu had already returned to the Tiandou Royal Academy.

And at this moment, having confirmed that the Poison Title Douluo, Dugu Bo, was in Tiandou City and was heading toward Sunset Forest.

He intended to scoop up all twelve Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Tang San could get there.

"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well..."

Zhou Yu did not understand the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record; he could only rely on the information in his memory to pick the Immortal Herbs: Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Looking Through Autumn Water Dew, Blazing Apricot Delicate, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Qiluo Tulip, Love Acacia Heartbroken Red, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, Snowy Swan Kiss, Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and Fragrant Silk Velvet Immortal.

As for other rare medicinal herbs, since he did not know their properties and effects, he dared not pick them randomly; otherwise, attracting Dugu Bo's attention would surely bring unnecessary trouble.

Besides the Immortal Herbs, he also intended to emulate Tang San and use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body.

Before body tempering, one must simultaneously consume Blazing Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, these two Immortal-grade poisons that each walk to opposite extremes.

To seek revenge, Zhou Yu had to make himself stronger.

Tang San's father is a Title Douluo, his mother is a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, he has the entire Clear Sky Sect behind him, and he has the companions from Shrek by his side.

And what does Zhou Yu have? Apart from his second martial soul, only knowledge of the plot's direction.

He used a jade sword prepared in advance to harvest the two Immortal-grade poisonous herbs.

Although there was Tang San as a precedent, when it came to actually consuming the two poisons, Zhou Yu still felt a sense of fear.

"As long as I follow the method described in the novel, there shouldn't be any accidents..."

After hesitating for a moment, he finally swallowed them.

Indeed, in an instant, an ice-blue luster surged from the soles of his feet and rapidly spread throughout his entire body.

Subsequently, a layer of fierce red light rose up, enveloping his body.

Beneath his feet lay the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; Zhou Yu saw darkness before his eyes as his whole person fell toward the confluence of the Cold Extreme Yin Spring and the Scorching Yang Spring.

With a splash, his body submerged into the spring water and slowly sank beneath the surface.

As night quietly descended, ripples swayed across the tranquil water.

Zhou Yu finally awoke; at this moment, his body seemed endowed with miraculous power, fearing neither the scorching of fire nor the erosion of ice.

"Roughly estimating, that scoundrel should be caught by Dugu Bo soon; I must leave this ghost place as quickly as possible..."

He immediately released his martial soul, activated his second soul skill 【Butterfly Transformation】, and swiftly flew away.

Arriving at the outskirts of Sunset Forest, Zhou Yu was not in a hurry to return to the academy; instead, in a nearby mountain peak, he found a hidden cave.

He expanded his Perception Domain to ensure there were no abnormalities within several hundred meters, then took out an Immortal Herb from the ring Si Si had given him.

This was the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, the most gentle in medicinal effect; consuming it could increase soul power by five levels.

Without hesitation, Zhou Yu swallowed it, then activated the 【Qi Refining Technique】 to absorb the energy contained within the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

Next was the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum; eating it could circulate qi through the four limbs, open the eight blood vessels, and forge an indestructible Golden Body. "These two Immortal Herbs were originally given by that scoundrel to Oscar and Dai Mubai; eating other people's stuff, let them eat shit!"

Although the powerful medicinal properties of this Immortal Herb could not increase soul power, they further strengthened the Golden Body Zhou Yu had just forged.

The third was the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which raised his soul power to level forty and made his body more agile and faster.

"Level forty; I must obtain a fourth Spirit Ring to further advance my realm."

Consuming three Immortal Herbs consecutively and raising his soul power by ten levels in such a short time; had his body not been greatly strengthened, he probably would not have been able to withstand it.

Zhou Yu walked to the cave entrance as the sky gradually brightened.

With the aid of his Perception Domain, he immediately detected a terrifying evil killer—a Man-Faced Demon Spider.

"That scoundrel's third Spirit Ring came from a Man-Faced Demon Spider, and he obtained an extremely precious External Spirit Bone."

"Let's see if I have this kind of luck..."

With his mind made up, he immediately summoned his second martial soul—Barrett.

Through the scope, Zhou Yu locked onto that Man-Faced Demon Spider.

A strange giant spider with a main body diameter exceeding three meters and eight spear-like legs longer than five meters.

Its entire body was covered in black carapace, gleaming brightly; the front ends of its long legs were slender, and every step it took pierced the ground silently, showing them to be incredibly sharp.

"Something's wrong! Its size..."

This Man-Faced Demon Spider was at least twice as large as the one Tang San had killed back then.

Just as Zhou Yu was lost in thought, the giant Man-Faced Demon Spider had already sensed the danger.

"Damn, I forgot to turn invisible..."

In its shock, the Man-Faced Demon Spider's eight long legs moved rapidly, even creating a series of afterimages; in the blink of an eye, it charged up the mountain.

Its two front legs instantly rose up and stabbed directly down at Zhou Yu's head.

This movement caused the Man-Faced Demon Spider's body to rise, leaving its center completely open and exposing a flaw.

Instinctively, Zhou Yu raised the heavy Barrett; the pitch-black muzzle was perfectly aimed at the head of the Spirit Beast before him.

—Bang!

Only a dull, thunderous boom was heard as the bullet ruthlessly pierced through the giant Man-Faced Demon Spider's head.

Zhou Yu never dreamed that this ghost thing would throw itself onto the gun barrel.

The body, having lost its balance, fell vertically and crashed heavily onto the edge of the cave entrance.

Zhou Yu, quick-eyed and swift-handed, retracted his second martial soul while his body swiftly flew backward to avoid being crushed.

—Hoo!

As the giant man-faced demon spider fell, a black Spirit Ring slowly gathered above its corpse.

"Black... a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring?"

An indescribable shock and joy surged within Zhou Yu's heart.

He himself had not expected that the creature he had just shot dead was a rare ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

Absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring with his forty-level soul power was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous gamble.

However, fortunately, after his body had been tempered by the extreme conditions of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it was transformed into something exceptionally tough; combined with the nourishment of three Immortal Grade Herbs, it was nearly flawless, adding a measure of certainty to his absorption of this ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

Zhou Yu immediately sat cross-legged, once again activating the Qi Refining Technique, and began to absorb the Spirit Ring of the ten-thousand-year man-faced demon spider.

(End of this chapter)