"What's wrong, Little Xue?" Ye Tian sensed her faint resentment and couldn't help but ask softly.
"Your brilliant ideas make me very happy~" Qian Renxue said with a lingering tone.
Then she slowly raised her delicate fist, furrowing her elegant brows while staring intently at Ye Tian, warning him: "But three strikes and you're out! If you call me wrong again, I'll be really angry!"
After speaking,
Qian Renxue waved her fair, petite fist at Ye Tian.
"..."
Ye Tian retreated half a step back.
Looking at the girl before him, he quickly realized the root of the problem.
A apologetic smile appeared on his face.
He said helplessly:
"I understand, Xue Er."
"Hmph! Consider yourself lucky this time!" Qian Renxue snorted lightly, reached out with both hands to pull Ye Tian back, and drew his arm into her embrace, her face showing a hint of shyness as she said:
"Speak! Explain carefully"
"What should I do to successfully absorb a ten-thousand year Fourth Soul Ring?"
Qian Renxue's voice gradually softened.
"Very simple!"
Ye Tian said with a smile,
He slightly shrugged to free his arm, trying to distance himself from the warm, soft jade-like presence.
If he hadn't been lending his shoulder out frequently these past few days, he might not have been accustomed to such intimate proximity to such beauty.
Adjusting to a more comfortable posture,
Ye Tian continued:
"All you need to do is swallow the Lovesick Heartbreak Red!"
"It's that simple?"
Qian Renxue found it hard to believe.
"It's that simple!"
Ye Tian nodded firmly and explained:
"As the undisputed King of Immortal Herbs, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red can not only increase your Soul Power by over ten levels, but it can also revive the dead and regenerate flesh and bone. Not only does it provide extraordinary enhancement to the physical body, it also has extremely abnormal suppression capabilities against Flower-type Spirits and even Flower-type Soul Beasts! It's no exaggeration to say it can completely make all flowers submit and tremble before it!"
Ye Tian wasn't speaking recklessly.
The Lovesick Heartbreak Red's powerful ability to enhance the physical body had been vividly demonstrated in Xiao Wu, where it still played a huge role even during the Sea God's Nine Tests when climbing the stairs!
As for its suppression of Flower-type Spirits and Soul Beasts, this had also been manifested in Xiao Wu.
During the Soul Master competition, when facing opponents with Flower-type Spirits, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red had spontaneously protected its master, helping Xiao Wu easily win the battles.
If some people on the judging panel hadn't been biased, and others hadn't understood Immortal Herbs at all,
Team Shrek would probably have been directly disqualified.
At the very least,
Xiao Wu would have been penalized for cheating!
Hearing Ye Tian's words, Qian Renxue's eyes grew increasingly bright as she exclaimed with delight:
"So... what you mean, Xiao Tian, is that after I take this Lovesick Heartbreak Red, I should choose some Flower-type ten-thousand year Soul Beast as my Fourth Soul Ring?"
"Exactly!"
Ye Tian nodded with a slight smile.
"There happens to be a Light Attribute Flower-type Soul Beast here in the Sunset Forest."
"Sun Flower?!"
Qian Renxue thought for a moment and blurted out.
Her eyes filled with joy as she hugged Ye Tian's arm and marveled:
"Xiao Tian, you're truly a genius!"
"Heh... not really."
Ye Tian smiled modestly, not daring to accept such high praise casually.
Suddenly
As if remembering something, the smile on Ye Tian's face gradually faded.
"What's wrong? Are there any hidden dangers?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.
"There aren't any hidden dangers," Ye Tian chuckled and shook his head in response. "I just remembered that if we had the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to complement this King of Immortal Herbs, the benefits you could gain, Xue Er, would be even greater!"
Thinking of this, Ye Tian couldn't help but feel somewhat regretful. At this point in time, he didn't know whether Old Baihe of the Agility Clan had obtained that Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng that he treated as a family heirloom.
If he had it, this would be a perfect opportunity to seize it by force. But if he didn't have it yet... going to demand it now would only alert them, and such a small change might even alter the eventual ownership of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
Noticing the regret on Ye Tian's face, Qian Renxue comforted him contentedly, "It's alright, Xiao Tian. The Lovesick Heartbreak Red alone can already bring me endless benefits. Anything else would just be the icing on the cake. Besides, we still have plenty of time to search for it in the future, don't we?"
"You're right," Ye Tian nodded in agreement.
His thoughts, however, had already drifted to the Po Clan, known for their pill refining skills. The Po Clan wasn't just formidable in combat—they also possessed ancestral pill refining techniques.
Moreover, during this campaign, Spirit Hall would capture Yang Wushuang, the younger brother of the Po Clan leader Yang Wudi. Yang Wushuang would eventually defect to Spirit Hall and be sent to Heaven Dou City to assist Qian Renxue in her plot to usurp the throne!
Perhaps he could request to have this person assigned to him for use. He could also take the opportunity to ask him if Baihe had obtained any precious herbs that even his elder brother Yang Wudi couldn't stop thinking about!
Considering this, Ye Tian couldn't help but ask softly, "By the way, how is the battle situation at Clear Sky School going?"
"..." Qian Renxue's mood visibly dropped when this topic came up. "We have news from three days ago... that woman challenged the Clear Sky School leader to a duel, defeated him, and beheaded him right on the battlefield."
"She actually beheaded him directly? That's much more extreme than I imagined," Ye Tian thought with surprise.
He had indeed encouraged Bi Bi Dong to bully the weak and kill, but he hadn't told her to dismember someone in public. With this... as Bi Bi Dong's disciple, he had effectively formed a death feud with the entire Clear Sky School!
But Ye Tian wasn't the least bit afraid. After this battle, the backbone of Clear Sky School would be completely broken. From then on, they would fade into obscurity, with only the exiled Tang Hao and his son remaining active in the Soul Master Realm.
Then there was Tang Yuehua, who would remain a Soul Scholar for life, making a living through performing arts and education to support the entire clan holed up in the mountains with no source of income.
In Ye Tian's view, at the very least, there wouldn't be any threats from Clear Sky School coming his way for the next ten years. As for after ten years? They should be grateful if Ye Tian didn't go looking for trouble with them. Besides, Ye Tian felt that it wouldn't take ten years before he would proactively seek out Tang Hao and the others.
After all, he had now awakened his Domain, and he was quite interested in getting his hands on the Blue Silver Emperor to study and play with it. Its vitality was robust anyway, and with its entire species serving as power banks, it would be difficult to kill even if he tried.
Even if he didn't use it for pill refining, cultivating it as medicinal chives for medicine or using it as a test subject for drugs would be excellent choices!
Ye Tian pulled back his wandering thoughts—those weren't things he should be considering right now. He continued asking Qian Renxue,
"And then?"
"Then she impaled the head on the battle standard and led the main force of Spirit Hall to break through all defenses effortlessly. This farce should be over soon."
When speaking of Bi Bi Dong and Clear Sky School, Qian Renxue's tone carried obvious indifference. It wasn't just dislike toward certain individuals, but also a certain disregard for life!
She was already showing signs of a ruler's demeanor.
"!!!"
Ye Tian's mouth twitched.
Impaling someone's head on a battle standard?
This Bi Bi Dong was far more brutal than he had imagined!
At the same time,
Ye Tian noticed Qian Renxue's low spirits and quietly took her jade-like hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"Don't overthink it. What you need to do now is relax and continue growing stronger."
"Mhm~"
Qian Renxue responded softly, clasping his hand in return as she gazed at him and said leisurely:
"Together."
Just as their eyes met, Jin Yue'er's ill-timed and somewhat resentful voice drifted up from below.
"Sister Xue, Ye Tian, what about me~? Have you both forgotten me?"