Chapter 376: Consuming the Immortal Herb Again, Breaking Through to the Eighty-plus Level

"I think E Lai should be returning soon, too," Nan Feihuang said, looking toward the palace entrance.

A few days ago, he had entrusted Dian Wei to make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to scout for some information.

Dian Wei's level had now reached Spirit Saint, and his actual combat power was such that even a Spirit Douluo might not be his match, and he could even contend with a Title Douluo; thus, even going to the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest would not pose any danger, provided he did not encounter a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.

No sooner had Feihuang finished speaking than a large man walked into the palace with a vigorous, tiger-like stride, knelt on one knee before Nan Feihuang, and said, "My Lord, this general has returned. The information you asked me to scout has been obtained."

Feihuang nodded. "Well done. Rise and report!"

"Thank you, my Lord!" Dian Wei stood up. Over the past two years, his development had been extremely rapid; he had grown taller than Nan Feihuang, now standing over two meters tall, with arm muscles so developed they were even thicker than Nan Feihuang's thighs. Yet, he walked with the wind, moving swiftly and nimbly, his massive frame not affecting his movements in the slightest.

Such a person was clearly a heaven-sent, supreme fierce general at first glance.

"My Lord, there are indeed new soul beasts guarding the edge of Life Lake, and just as you expected, they are three ninety-thousand-year-old Qianjun Ant Emperors!"

"Oh, these three brothers have arrived even faster than I thought." Feihuang smiled. With this, his Spirit Ring for breaking through to the Eighty-plus Level was within reach.

Having read the original work, he naturally knew the unique nature of these three soul beasts. Although they were only over ninety thousand years old, the three soul beasts were of the same origin; if one were to absorb these three Spirit Rings at the same moment—

And during the absorption process, use power of sufficient intensity to polish the Spirit Rings, then by utilizing the mutual influence and enhancement of the three rings, it was very likely that three Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings would be born simultaneously.

Tang San had done exactly this, relying on the technique of the Clear Sky Sect's strongest, the Great Sumeru Hammer. Although Feihuang did not know the Great Sumeru Hammer, could his Unparalleled Skill be weaker than the Great Sumeru Hammer?

As for Ring Detonation, Feihuang could do it himself now, and he had even passed it on to Dian Wei.

E Lai's current fully unleashed combat power was already sufficient to face an ordinary Title Douluo.

"Wenruo, during this time, all domestic affairs are to be handled by you. Mother has been staying near where Father is in seclusion, waiting for him to come out. As for the inner palace, I will leave it to Ke'er and Third Sister to manage. Additionally, I have invited Senior Jia Kui, Senior Xing Daorong, and Senior Pan Feng, along with their wives, to join the Royal Imperial Guard as deputy generals to Xu Rong. Lingqi, I leave this matter to you. If there is any unusual movement within the Royal Palace, I authorize you to execute first and report later," Nan Feihuang commanded in an orderly fashion.

"Understood!" Xun Yu and Lu Lingqi promptly accepted the order.

They could fully understand Feihuang's meaning.

There were several key matters in the Gu Lei Royal Palace right now.

Domestic politics was, of course, one. Over the past few years, Nan Feihuang had been intentionally or unintentionally saving money, the purpose naturally being to recruit troops and buy horses when the continent fell into chaos.

The second was that Nan Tianchen and Long Gong were both nearing the day they would emerge from seclusion. Once they came out, the country might gain two more Title Douluo-level experts.

The third was Xu Rong. Soon, the day the Gu Lei Kingdom and the Spirit Hall tore off their masks would arrive, so this traitor Xu Rong, who had already secretly defected to the Spirit Hall, naturally needed to be strictly monitored. Jia Kui, Xing Daorong, and Pan Feng were there to divide his power and take over the Royal Imperial Guard; if necessary, he should be killed. The "execute first and report later" Feihuang had just said to Lingqi referred precisely to him.

Although Lingqi's combat power was a notch below Dian Wei's, compared to an ordinary defense-type Spirit Saint like Xu Rong, killing him would be no harder than slaughtering a pig or dog. Nan Feihuang finally looked at Dian Wei. "E Lai, I order you to accompany me to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow to help me hunt for a Spirit Ring."

"This general obeys!"

After issuing his orders, Nan Feihuang dismissed everyone, returned to the Eastern Palace, and took out the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower Immortal Herb.

The bottleneck from the peak of level seventy-nine to level eighty would normally take even Nan Feihuang at least a few more months to cross, but he did not have that much time now; he could only rely on this Immortal Herb to give him a helping hand.

Following the method recorded in the Dunjia Heavenly Book, Feihuang immediately consumed the Immortal Herb.

The moment the Immortal Herb entered his body, Feihuang felt three massive medicinal forces begin to clash within him, squeezing Nan Feihuang's extraordinary meridians.

It was no wonder they said an ordinary person could only consume one Immortal Herb in a lifetime; a normal person being squeezed by such medicinal power might have their internal organs collapse.

Fortunately, Feihuang's constitution was different from ordinary people, and with the technique from the Dunjia Heavenly Book, plus the five Ten-Thousand-Year Level soul bones on his body, he was absolutely capable of withstanding this medicinal impact.

However, this three-fold medicinal impact was not without benefits. Feihuang only felt that the meridians in his body were becoming more robust under the impact, and his soul power flow speed was also increasing rapidly.

Especially the fire attribute within his body, which was becoming purer and purer under the medicinal effect of the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

That level-eighty bottleneck also began to loosen.

Two days later, Nan Feihuang's reply reached the Spirit Hall. He also conveniently wrote a letter to Tiandou City, though this one was not sent immediately because he knew that Bibi Dong would absolutely not give the letter addressed to the Spirit Hall to Qian Renxue, nor would she let her know about this matter.

Otherwise, Qian Renxue would certainly try every possible way to stop it.

And Nan Feihuang wanted her to know, yet did not want her to stop it.

Thus, sending the letter to Xue Qinghe, the guise of Qian Renxue, on the day before the appointment was the most appropriate.

In any case, Xue Qinghe had always been Nan Feihuang's confidant. Feihuang had never hidden the matters between him and Qian Renxue from this good elder brother. When the time came, he could excitedly report the good news to Xue Qinghe, saying he would soon be able to meet his beloved, and that his beloved also wished to pay respects to his mother.

At that time, Qian Renxue would surely be confused: when did she make an appointment with Nan Feihuang? And when did she say she wanted to see Lan Xue? Unfortunately, even if she thoroughly investigated the matter then, it would be far too late to change anything.

Inside the Pope Palace, Bibi Dong looked at Nan Feihuang's reply and said to the Elders below, "Nan Feihuang has fallen for the trap and agreed to the meeting, though the time is one month from now."

Chrysanthemum Douluo spoke up, "Your Holiness, in recent years, the continent has begun to fall into chaos, and with Nan Tianchen in seclusion, the entire administration of the Gu Lei Kingdom has fallen on Nan Feihuang alone. It is not strange that he needs time to handle domestic affairs. Moreover, this is also a good time for us. During the Soul Hunting Operation, Sword Douluo and Thunder Douluo fought too crazily, and several of our Elders were severely injured because of it. If we were to ambush Nan Feihuang and Profound Ice Douluo immediately, I fear we would not be able to muster much combat power. One month is just enough time for us to recover from our injuries as a buffer."

(End of chapter)