Douluo: The Throne of Ice

Chapter 100: Plucking Feathers from a Passing Goose, the Immortal Herbs Overdrawn Due to Kidney Deficiency

As a blinding red beam of light shot into the sky, golden-red flames burned wildly on the Qiluo Tulip. Its eyes were filled with bright despair, but faced with the only possible hope of survival, it had no choice but to do so in order to gain a glimmer of hope.

Finally, the Qiluo Tulip transformed into a golden stream of light and entered Xu Jiujiu's body. Xu Jiujiu's soul power also suddenly began to rise. During this process, a skull emitting a faint golden light also floated towards Xu Jiujiu and slowly merged with her in the almost illusory flames.

After a long while, she let out a muffled groan, and her original four soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and black—appeared one after another. Her soul power was rapidly increasing, and she soon reached the bottleneck of level fifty.

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Faced with Qiluo Tulip's cultivation of 100,000 years, Xu Jiujiu's level 50 bottleneck was obviously not a problem, and it was easily broken through.

Everything that followed followed naturally. Shu Yan's prediction was correct. The Qiluo Tulip did indeed have a huge amplification effect on the Star Crown Martial Soul. Under the effect of the Qiluo Tulip, the eighteen gems on the Star Crown Martial Soul shone brightly, and the aura of the Martial Soul itself also began to change, slowly evolving towards a higher level.

As for the seed that had fallen in the flames, Shu Yan held it in his hand.

After observing for a while, Xue Di said softly:

"It will take at least three days for them to digest this energy. What should they do during this time?"

The "them" that the Snow Emperor spoke of were naturally those few 100,000-year-old immortal herbs that had been sealed away.

Shu Yan turned around and said almost without thinking:

"It's very simple. Just take away the essence they split off, leaving them only with the energy to sustain their lives."

"Sister Xue, as you can see, these guys are exceptionally loyal to that Sea God. However, they are also very valuable. I don't want to completely eliminate them unless absolutely necessary. After taking all their essence and most of their origin, they will fall into a state of suspended animation. Later, as they grow again, we can intervene earlier and change their memories or consciousness in other ways."

"As for the other immortal herbs that have reached a cultivation level of 100,000 years but have not yet developed sentience, just pack them all up and take them away."

Xue Di was silent for a moment, then said:

"Just take that eight-cornered ice grass with you. It also has the ultimate ice attribute, and it will still be useful in the future."

After a pause, Xue Di added:

"For all ice-attribute soul beasts, unless a god personally descends, I am the undisputed ruler, and there is no need to worry about any other troubles."

Shu Yan thought about it for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

"After that, just throw it into the underworld. Anyway, with Bibi Dong watching over it, it won't cause any trouble."

Snow Empress nodded, and just as the two were about to make their move, they saw Ice Empress running towards them from afar, carrying a pile of various kinds of immortal herbs. Her excitement was undisguised, and she excitedly exclaimed as she ran:

"Shuyan, Xue'er, there are so many treasures here!"

The Snow Empress rubbed her forehead. When the Ice Empress came closer, Shu Yan took the immortal herbs from her arms one by one, and was also surprised.

"This Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier treasure land in the world. All of these immortal herbs have reached a cultivation level of 100,000 years, and many of them are not even mentioned in the ancient book that Chrysanthemum Douluo gave me."

Even so, Shu Yan still put them all into his soul tool.

After all, there was an ancient book at Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Shop that could identify these immortal herbs. If he remembered correctly, this ancient book should have been left by Tang San. In this "robbery", Tang San also inexplicably helped them in a strange way. Shu Yan sighed and silently gave Buddha a thumbs up in his heart.

However, after sorting through the herbs, Shu Yan could not find any trace of the "Wang Chuan Qiu Shui Lu" among the immortal herbs that Bing Di had found.

His physical attributes were already incredibly strong, and his ultimate ice and snow attributes were unparalleled. Although the immortal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well were precious, there weren't many that were actually useful to him. Even if he got his hands on something, he would give it to the people closest to him. The immortal herbs that he could actually appreciate and that could have an effect on him were just a few.

The "Forget-to-Wear Autumn Dew" is one such example.

After briefly describing the appearance of the Autumn Water Dew to the Ice Emperor, Shu Yan sent her to find it, while he and the Snow Emperor began to extract the essence of these 100,000-year-old immortal herbs that possessed sentience.

It comes from the fiery apricot blossoms, the essence of the rare chrysanthemum and the cockscomb phoenix sunflower, the heart of the fragrant fairy product, and the swan's kiss of the snow-white swan...

Shu Yan and Xue Di merely drained their accumulated resources and also stripped them of a tiny fraction of their original power, causing them to enter a period of "kidney deficiency" lasting approximately ten thousand years.

During this period, unless they obtain some great opportunity again, they will have almost lost all their combat abilities. The intelligence of many of them has been greatly affected, and everything will have to start from scratch, let alone how they will cause trouble in the future.

Shu Yan originally wanted to take some of them with him, which would undoubtedly have resulted in several more 100,000-year soul rings and 100,000-year soul bones. However, after thinking about it, Shu Yan felt it was unnecessary and left them behind. These guys were already "weak" enough. After taking away their origin and essence, their cultivation level had already dropped significantly. Now, whether they could even condense soul rings and soul bones was a problem. He decided not to think about such unnecessary things.

Furthermore, the life force and environment here are too unique. Plant-type soul beasts grow several times faster here than outside. Even intelligent 100,000-year-old soul beasts like the Fragrant Qiluo Immortal Beast will almost immediately revert to ordinary plant-type soul beasts once they leave the range of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, thus attracting heavenly tribulations...

Shu Yan can distinguish between draining the pond to catch all the fish and a steady, sustainable supply. But at least he will fill his own inventory first. Whether he can use it afterward is one question, and whether he has it at all is another. It's better to keep it for himself than to let others benefit. If he has the opportunity to make a profit from it, isn't that like making a free profit?

After Shu Yan and Xue Di finished processing these 100,000-year-old immortal herbs that possessed sentience, Bing Di also brought back the "Waiting for Autumn Dew" that he wanted.

After Shu Yan dripped a few drops of liquid from the center of the leaf into his eyes, the branch and petals instantly turned to ashes and disappeared.

The indescribable cool and comfortable feeling made Shu Yan sit down cross-legged on the spot. His spiritual power and soul power surged happily in his meridians, and even Electrolux, who was resting with his eyes closed in the sea of ​​spirit, was attracted to it.

He sensed everything that was happening outside, then lay down on the recliner he had conjured, stroked the Razor Mantis that had "turned into a dog" beside him, and said with some emotion:

"This little guy is truly blessed with endless opportunities. If this continues, he'll probably become one of the world's top experts very soon. Sigh, I guess I've found myself a perfect place to retire. At least it seems like there won't be any major accidents in my remaining years..."

After Shu Yan entered a meditative state, Xue Di came alone to the Cold Extreme Yin Spring. She looked at the spring water, which was like a deep blue sapphire, with a deep, unsettling gaze. For some reason, she felt that something was amiss beneath the surface of the spring...

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There's a slight twist, but it doesn't significantly affect the plot.

(After reading the plot of Douluo Continent II regarding the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, I feel that it's pretty much the same. There shouldn't be any obvious mistakes, right? If there are any, please point them out and I'll revise them accordingly.)

(This is my first time writing Douluo Continent II, and it feels no different from writing a book for the first time. I have no experience at all, so the content is terrible and the results are also very poor. I apologize to everyone.)

(End of this chapter)