Chapter 75: Acacia Heartbroken Red: Lv Lingqi's Inner Knot

"E Lai, eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you!" Nan Feihuang smiled as he watched Dian Wei swallow the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum—excluding the stem—like an ox chewing on a peony.

It felt like a complete waste of a heavenly treasure, though fortunately, this would not cause the medicinal power to be lost.

Finally, Nan Feihuang looked toward Lv Lingqi; Xun Yu had already given him the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, so only she remained.

Nan Feihuang took out the most precious King of Immortal Herbs: a seemingly ordinary white flower, palm-sized and shaped like a peony, with no leaves. Its stem was connected to a large, pitch-black stone that was incredibly heavy. On that white flower were a few startling streaks of red, as fresh as blood, giving one a heart-stopping sensation.

"Lingqi, this is the Acacia Heartbroken Red, the King of Immortal Herbs. Consuming this herb grants the power to be as immortal as heaven and earth, can increase soul power by at least ten levels, and will comprehensively reshape the body. It has the effect of bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh on bones; it is the strongest Immortal Herb within the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!" Nan Feihuang said excitedly. If Lingqi could consume this herb, perhaps her throat could be healed, and her power could even surpass his own and Dian Wei's.

After hearing this, Lv Lingqi gasped in amazement; she had not expected the Immortal Herb her lord gave her to be this formidable.

"Lingqi, you must first pluck the flower. Remember, when plucking it, you must think of your beloved, be sincere and earnest, and sprinkle your heart's blood onto the petals," Nan Feihuang reminded her.

Lv Lingqi nodded, gently stroked her chest, channeled her soul power, stirred her blood, and spat a mouthful onto the Acacia Heartbroken Red.

In an instant, the Acacia Heartbroken Red erupted with an incomparably dazzling red light, and the stone connected to the stem began to show tiny cracks.

Lv Lingqi's mind was pure, and her love was simple and direct; it was the best thing to move the Acacia Heartbroken Red.

However, a pure mind did not mean she had no inner knots; her knot was her own condition of aphasia.

When she was in the palace, she had constantly heard people discussing how a mute was simply unworthy of such an excellent Crown Prince.

Perhaps she hadn't cared so much at first, but as time accumulated, it had become a pain in her heart.

Because of this entanglement, the degree of the stone's shattering stopped.

Lv Lingqi looked at the flower in her hand in disappointment, lowered her head, and returned it to Nan Feihuang. As the Daughter of Ghosts and Gods, her personality was strong and she would not cry, but her eyes were still red because she felt she had failed Nan Feihuang's good intentions.

Nan Feihuang did not mind so much; in fact, he knew that as long as Lv Lingqi consumed this Immortal Herb, her aphasia would naturally be cured.

However, the Acacia Heartbroken Red required the purest of emotions and could not be obtained by harboring such entanglements and ulterior motives.

This had become a vicious cycle: one had to overcome the inner entanglement regarding aphasia to pluck the Acacia Heartbroken Red, yet only by consuming the Acacia Heartbroken Red could the aphasia be cured—a paradox.

Gently pulling Lv Lingqi into his embrace, Nan Feihuang smiled, "Lingqi, don't worry about your aphasia. I actually think you are very cute when you keep going 'ah, ah, ah.' Keep this flower; I have a feeling that one day you will be able to pluck it. When that time comes, you will become the strongest female Spirit Master in the world."

Lv Lingqi leaned into Nan Feihuang's embrace and nodded with peace of mind.

The beautiful face that had been somewhat sad now revealed a smile; only when in Nan Feihuang's arms would this female general have so many changes in expression.

One must know that whether in the royal palace or at the Gulei Royal Academy, she was famous for being expressionless and as cold as frost.

Except for Nan Feihuang, Lv Lingqi, and Xun Yu, everyone else was successfully absorbing the medicinal effects of their Immortal Herbs.

Lv Lingqi's body was soft; even though she was a female general who was very sturdy when fighting, she was so delicate in her daily state—she was simply a super-grade treasure, and he didn't want to let go after holding her.

Lv Lingqi had recovered her mood by now and was naturally shy being held like this, but she was afraid that if she pushed Nan Feihuang away, it would make him unhappy, so she could only blush and let him hold her.

As for Xun Yu, he did not consume an Immortal Herb because he still had to return to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy; if his soul power progressed too quickly in one go, it would inevitably invite suspicion.

It was one thing for soul power to increase by eight levels in a year—a steady eight-level increase would make people think he was talented and had finally had a breakthrough—but if people knew that six of those levels were gained in a single day, he would certainly be suspected of having obtained some heavenly treasure.

Therefore, he prepared to consume his Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid only after his journey as an Exchange Student ended.

Right now, he was wondering whether he should choose female soldiers for his next troop type.

Otherwise, whenever he encountered this situation in the future, would he only be able to eat "dog food" in boredom?

Shaking his head, Xun Yu cast those messy thoughts out of his mind, "No, no, I am a gentleman; one should only love one person. How could I be like the lord, this scumbag who is fickle in his affections?"

"I say, Wenruo, when you speak your inner thoughts in the future, can you just say them in your heart? Don't say them out loud; I heard everything," Nan Feihuang said, turning his head with annoyance.

"Can't the lord tell? I did it on purpose to remind you two that there is still a living person here," Xun Yu said unhappily.

If he had known, he should have worked harder at the academy; perhaps then he would have already brought Ye Lingling home today.

Just at this moment, a wave of powerful soul power surged, and the first to wake up after absorbing the medicinal power was Nan Tianchen.

Firstly, his cultivation was already profound—a peak Spirit Saint—and secondly, the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma he consumed was still a notch below the Immortal-grade herbs in terms of medicinal power.

At this moment, his level was still seventy-nine. At first glance, there was no change, but in reality, the bottleneck had already loosened. Nan Tianchen estimated that at the fastest, seven days, and at the slowest, one month, he would definitely be able to break through to Spirit Douluo.

Seeing that his father did not break through directly like the Grandmaster, Nan Feihuang did not find it strange. After all, the Grandmaster was breaking from level twenty-nine to thirty, while Nan Tianchen was breaking from seventy-nine to eighty; the soul power required for this was simply not on the same level.

Moreover, the medicinal power of the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma did not just act to increase power; more importantly, it solidified the foundation and improved the physique.

The Grandmaster in the original work who consumed the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma had a much smoother cultivation afterward, reaching the Soul King level by the time of the Battle of the Two Gods.

It was hard to imagine that this was the cultivation speed a Spirit Master with innate half-level soul power could have.

This was all thanks to the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma's transformation of his body.

Of course, now that the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma had been consumed by Nan Tianchen, the Grandmaster could continue to stay at the very promising level of Great Soul Master in the future.

As for Nan Tianchen, given his age, there was still hope for him to challenge the Title Douluo realm in the future.

(End of chapter)