Chapter 25: Consuming the Immortal Herb, Merging the Medicinal Power

Nan Tianchen's inner excitement was already beyond words; among his family's inherited martial souls, such a miraculous Ancient Thunder Book had actually mutated.

It turned out that his shameless decision back then to leverage a favor and seek to marry Lan Xue had been the right one; although it was a bit unscrupulous, the reward he received was truly too great.

"Father, I have recorded the locations of many other heavenly treasures on this; later, when I become stronger, I will find them all to honor you both," Nan Feihuang said adorably.

This scene moved the couple deeply, especially Lan Xue; she only now realized that her precious child had been busy running around these past few days, moving treasures and exchanging them for money, and even faking an Imperial Edict to deceive Jia Chong—everything was for her.

Lan Xue couldn't help but pick up her son and kiss Nan Feihuang's face several times, "Good child, you really are Mother's treasure!"

"It's just a pity that my martial soul only records the locations of some herbs, but doesn't record things like soul bones; otherwise, we wouldn't even be lacking soul bones in the future," Nan Feihuang sighed.

As for herbs, there was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which he could indeed provide many of in the future, so this lie could be maintained, but soul bones were different; he could only pour a bucket of cold water on the two of them.

Otherwise, they would really think he was an encyclopedia.

Unexpectedly, Nan Tianchen didn't mind at all, "Silly child, just being able to record the locations of precious herbs is already an extraordinary ability. If there were also soul bones, then your martial soul would truly be too heaven-defying. You must remember, the sun sets after reaching its zenith and the moon wanes after becoming full; heaven and earth themselves lack perfection. Do not chase too hard after the word 'perfection,' as that will affect your state of mind."

Nan Tianchen was constantly teaching Nan Feihuang; in his view, Nan Feihuang was, after all, just a child. Although he was very precocious, he still had some childishness and did not understand the meaning of being content.

Sometimes, knowing when to stop is by no means a derogatory term; although it might seem like lacking ambition and being easily satisfied, perhaps that was the limit of what could be achieved.

"Yes, child understands. Father, please send for the imperial physicians now. These two shouldn't be difficult; here is the prescription," Nan Feihuang said.

Nan Tianchen took the prescription and looked at it, "Hmm, these two herbs can be refined into a spiritual medicine called Ice Soul Pill, right? It can increase the soul power of Ice Soul Masters; that is quite good. According to the prescription, it is not difficult to refine. I can arrange for people to do it. Then, what about this Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng?"

Nan Feihuang said, "Let Mother eat the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng directly when the time comes. Besides being able to heal Mother's injuries, this Immortal Herb can further stimulate the medicinal properties of the Ice Soul Pill, making her soul power advance further and become more refined."

Nan Feihuang did not intend to refine the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng into medicine; it wasn't that it couldn't be refined, but the risk was too great.

Using an Immortal Grade Herb to refine medicine would indeed produce a more extraordinary result, but the demand on refining ability was also very high, and Nan Feihuang did not have that confidence in the palace physicians' refining skills.

Once it failed, the Immortal Herb would be ruined.

Nan Feihuang did not want to gamble.

Perhaps he could wait until he grew up and his own skills were profound enough to refine it himself, but that would take a long time, and Lan Xue's current body really could not afford to wait.

Hidden injuries were accumulating and becoming increasingly heavy, not only affecting her future cultivation but also her lifespan.

Watching her cough every day with a pale face, as a son, he could no longer endure it. Compared to any grander interests, Nan Feihuang only wanted to heal her as quickly as possible.

With the joint efforts of the royal physicians, medical Spirit Masters, and fire-attribute Spirit Masters, three Ice Soul Pills were soon successfully produced.

The greatest benefit of refining pills, besides stronger medicinal effects, was quantification.

The effect of each of these three pills was not inferior to the original Six-Petal Purple Ginseng and Ice Crystal Lotus, but there were three of them, equivalent to tripling the medicinal effect.

Of course, this was limited to this kind of medium-grade pill; if it were a peerless divine pill, it might take several Immortal Herbs to refine just one, which would also be considered very lucky.

But the medicinal effect of that would often be earth-shatteringly strong.

Under Nan Feihuang's suggestion, Lan Xue swallowed two Ice Soul Pills in one breath; in an instant, her entire body was covered in ice.

This ice would not harm her because she was an Ice Soul Master herself.

Now she was simply absorbing the power of ice and snow within the ice.

With Lan Xue's cultivation near a Title Douluo, refining the medicinal power of mere medium-grade pills did not require two hours.

But when she woke up, she was still at Level 89.

That was because her hidden injuries were still there; the Ice Soul Pill did not have the ability to heal her.

Moreover, she had only refined the medicinal power of the Ice Soul Pills into her body but had not yet perfectly absorbed it; what followed was the true key.

Nan Tianchen walked to Lan Xue's side with the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, "Xue'er, Huang'er said that you must consume this herb entirely, and then immediately merge it with the medicinal power of the Ice Soul Pills in your body; that will stimulate the medicinal power on both sides to the greatest extent!"

"Rest assured, I will never let down Huang'er's good intentions!" Lan Xue nodded. For these years, she had been troubled by these hidden injuries for too long.

And there was that bottleneck at the peak of Level 89; she also dreamed of breaking through it.

Although she said she didn't hate Tang Hao, it was impossible to say she had no resentment in her heart.

"Tang Hao, one day, I will stand on the same level as you, and then, carrying my son's expectations, I will openly challenge you again. Next time, I will not lose to you!" Lan Xue firmed her resolve and consumed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

The medicinal effect of this Immortal Grade Herb was more than ten times stronger than the two Ice Soul Pills just now.

And because of its special nature, simultaneously merging and absorbing two different medicinal powers, plus breaking through the bottleneck between Spirit Douluo and Title Douluo...

The time Lan Xue needed would inevitably be much longer than the Shrek Seven Devils in the original story.

It would be impossible without several days and nights of effort.

"Issue an edict: suspend the morning court for seven days. I will guard my wife and protect the Queen; I will see no one during this time," Nan Tianchen decreed.

He then sat cross-legged outside Lan Xue's door, closing his eyes to wait.

Although when the two joined, one was for interest and the other was for repaying a favor, after many years of living together, feelings had long since grown.

With Lan Xue's beauty and excellence, living together day and night, it was indeed a bit difficult for Nan Tianchen not to fall in love with her.

Nan Feihuang did not disturb them; he had 100% confidence that Lan Xue would definitely recover completely and break through her realm, so he stopped worrying.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Returning to the Eastern Palace, Lv Lingqi suddenly pointed to her throat and complained to Nan Feihuang; she also wanted to heal her throat so she could talk and chat with Nan Feihuang every day.

Nan Feihuang smiled and took Lv Lingqi's hand, "Don't worry, Lingqi, I will definitely heal you too, I promise!"

"Ah, ah, ah (I believe you)!"

In the inner palace, the couple Nan Tianchen and Lan Xue watched over each other; at the Eastern Palace, Nan Feihuang and Lv Lingqi also trusted each other.

With this as a foundation, the rise of their family would be unstoppable.

(End of chapter)