Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

Chapter 83 The Humble Immortal Herbs

Upon hearing this, the purple-clad man kneeling on the ground turned deathly pale, his expression filled with fear and unease.

"Damn! Is she that vengeful?"

Thousands of years ago, a stranger entered the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. The newcomer was neither from Shrek Academy nor Tang Sect. The group of immortal herbs and ferocious beasts, relying on their own strength and the trump cards they had prepared over the years, did not take the newcomer seriously at all. So their attitude was a bit arrogant and their faces were indeed a bit domineering. But there was a reason for that!

Shrek Academy and Tang Sect have suppressed them for so many years, and they have no place to release their resentment. Now that a stranger has finally come, what's wrong with them releasing their resentment and experiencing what it's like to be superior to others?

Who knew that the newcomer was a freak who controlled the sky of Douluo Star, and suppressed them all with a wave of his hand, and even brought the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye to this place.

"Oh? Is that so?" Gu Yuena sneered. "In that case, Xinghe, I suggest we just erase their intelligence. After all, whether the immortal herbs have intelligence or not doesn't affect their efficacy."

The group of immortal herbs and ferocious beasts kneeling on the ground felt a chill in their hearts.

It's over, it's all over, they're beyond saving!

As for resistance? Don't be ridiculous, what would they use to resist?

The four people here are the Ice Dragon King, the Fire Dragon King, the Lord of Soul Beasts, and a freak who controls the sky of Douluo Star. How can they possibly resist this lineup?

"You can't say that," Meng Xinghe shook his head. "They are indeed a bit of a fence-sitter and lack backbone, but they're not entirely useless. As immortal herbs, they know how to take care of the rare flowers and exotic plants growing here. Their professionalism is top-notch, and they work hard without complaint, asking for nothing in return, and accepting a 24-hour work system. Such good free labor is irreplaceable among humans and soul beasts."

Gu Yuena thought it made a lot of sense, but—she wasn't going to let them off so easily.

These so-called immortal herbs have gained their current cultivation levels by absorbing the energy dissipated by the Ice and Fire Dragon King.

What she needs to do now is to take away their life's cultivation on behalf of the Ice and Fire Dragon King. Of course, she won't take it all; she'll keep one or two of them.

After all, this medicinal herb garden still needs free labor to take care of it.

Gu Yuena looked at Meng Xinghe and asked with a smile, "Xinghe, which of these immortal herbs do you think tastes the best?"

To be honest, she didn't care what the effects of the divine herbs were.

She is the Silver Dragon King, and for these immortal herbs to enhance her potential is to say that it's just icing on the cake.

Therefore, the effects of the herb are not important; what matters is whether it tastes good.

"If it tastes good—" Meng Xinghe thought for a moment, ignoring the group of immortal herbs kneeling on the ground, and turned his head to look at the location of their original bodies, scrutinizing each immortal herb.

"In terms of taste alone, the best of these is the Earth Dragon Golden Melon. But didn't you say you wanted to recruit Long Yue as a follower? The Earth Dragon Golden Melon is an earth-attribute immortal herb with the ability to turn the earth upside down, which complements Long Yue's Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul perfectly. It's better to leave it for him."

"Next up is the 'Looking-Through-Autumn-Water Dew,' which tastes like sweet and refreshing mountain spring water. Its effect is to greatly enhance mental strength and allow the user's eyes to see some different things. Of course, the latter will not work for you."

"But—" Gu Yuena turned to look at Meng Xinghe, "I don't think the former will work on me either. I am the Silver Dragon King, and my greatest strength is mental power. You can have this Longing for Autumn Dew."

"No, you can have it."

"No, you can have it."

"No, you can have it—"

The two went back and forth trying to refuse, but Meng Xinghe finally ended this situation of mutual deference with a single sentence.

"Whoever has the lowest spiritual strength will receive this Dew of Longing."

Gu Yuena:

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Well, since that's the case, she could only reluctantly accept this "longing for autumn dew," after all, she, the mighty Silver Dragon King, had lost to Xinghe in terms of spiritual power.

In terms of peak mental strength, she would definitely win; back then, she possessed the mental strength of a God-King—no, the divine consciousness of a God-King. But after transforming and rebuilding her cultivation, mental strength among those of the same age is now determined by talent.

At the same age, her mental strength is not as good as Xinghe's, which means that her talent in mental strength is not as good as Xinghe's.

"Alright, I'll choose it. Just don't wait until I take it and surpass you in mental strength."

"Let's talk about it after you've overtaken him," Meng Xinghe said with a nonchalant smile.

Seeing the resigned look in the eyes of the form that had manifested the Autumn Water Dew, Gu Yuena walked up to the Autumn Water Dew's true form and picked it according to the picking method Xinghe had told her.

Back beside Xinghe, Gu Yuena asked, "Xinghe, there are so many immortal herbs here, won't you choose one to try?"

"I won't eat it," Meng Xinghe refused.

"The greatest effect of immortal herbs is to enhance the potential of the Soul Master and his Martial Soul. My two Martial Souls both originate from the bloodline of the Celestial God. Enhancing the potential of my Martial Souls is to enhance the potential of the bloodline of the Celestial God. These immortal herbs cannot do this."

"Instead of eating fairy grass, I'd rather eat a few more golden apples."

Gu Yuena nodded knowingly.

Although it is called a divine herb, it is still a mortal herb in essence. Therefore, its ability to enhance potential is limited to those below the divine level. If the potential is above the divine level, then there is no improvement, just like myself.

But the golden apple is different. Its effect is to greatly replenish one's essence. No one can ever have too much essence, and essence symbolizes potential and foundation. Replenishing one's essence is to enhance potential and foundation.

Therefore, for oneself and the Milky Way, the golden apple is better than the immortal herbs. However, for ordinary people, or mortals, the golden apple and the immortal herbs each have their own merits.

The earlier you consume celestial herbs, the better they enhance your potential, even if you transform them into a celestial herb spirit. Golden apples are different; the effect is the same no matter when you consume them, since they replenish your very essence.

"So, the only effect of the 'longing for autumn dew' on me is to enhance my mental strength."

As Gu Yuena spoke, she seemed to remember something and asked, "Xinghe, aren't you going to eat one for yourself? Aren't you going to pick one for Xiaoyan?"

"I did choose one, I chose one three years ago." Meng Xinghe replied, "I chose a Star Luo Spirit Pearl with a cultivation of 100,000 years for Xiaoyan. It is a kind of immortal herb that absorbs starlight at night to enhance its cultivation. It has pure star attributes and is perfectly suited to Xiaoyan's Star Staff Martial Soul."

"However, with the help of the three legendary soul spirits, Star Wheel, Star Palace, and Star Phase, the medicinal power of the Star Luo Spirit Pearl was entirely used to enhance potential, and thus did not increase Xiao Yan's soul power level."

"But you, Nana, could choose a magical herb for Xie Xie."

"Okay." Gu Yuena nodded, then asked one last time, "What about the other classmates? Shouldn't we bring them a gift?"

"No," Meng Xinghe shook his head. "We can allocate resources to support Xiaoyan and Xie Xie because they are our followers, and it is only right that we support them. The others are just classmates, and we are not handing over money."

"In the future, we can give them the opportunity to come here to choose the immortal herbs, but we cannot give them to them directly, lest we become enemies over small favors."

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