38: Hunyuan Immortal Herb

The moment a hundred fire birds appeared, the entire sky seemed to be lit up, casting a fiery red glow even onto the ground.

The fire birds' magnificent fiery-red tail feathers burned with a terrifying temperature.

A hint of human-like fear appeared in the Dark Demon Tiger.

It seemingly hadn't expected the human who barged into its territory to be a Titled Douluo.

It turned around and fled.

Hundreds of fire birds pounced toward it; as some landed on the ground, rolling, scorching flames formed a sea of high-temperature fire at a terrifying speed.

The Dark Demon Tiger dodged the fire birds' attacks back and forth, but it still couldn't withstand their dense numbers.

Fire birds pounced onto it, its fur catching fire, followed immediately by a series of explosions.

The Dark Demon Tiger's body was blown dozens of meters away.

It let out a shrill roar.

Just as it tried to drag its body up, Ye Yuaner arrived before it, stepped on it, and knocked it unconscious with a single punch.

"Aunt Ye, you're so cool!"

Su Wen watched as Ye Yuaner resolved it so cleanly and efficiently.

He couldn't help but offer some flattery.

Ye Yuaner smugly tilted her head back slightly, but her face turned awkward when she heard Su Wen's follow-up: "Aunt Ye, the forest seems to be on fire."

Ye Yuaner: "..."

Ye Yuaner extinguished the surrounding flames. Having fought a battle, her confidence swelled again. She and Su Wen prepared to make do with a tent for the night and return the next day.

Su Wen took advantage of the time Ye Yuaner spent setting up the tent.

He inspected the Immortal Plants he had harvested.

Among them, one hunyuan immortal herb was quite special.

He had used the qiluo tulip's perception to find it.

Near the hunyuan immortal herb, the qiluo tulip would emit a faint glow.

This herb's greatest ability was to enhance Mental Energy and Soul Power. It also possessed an ability not even recorded in the immortal herb illustrated manual: the capacity to assist in condensing a Soul Core.

"I didn't expect to find something from tens of thousands of years in the future ahead of time. Luckily I recognize it, otherwise consuming it carelessly would be a waste. It's just that there's currently no method to condense a Soul Core. If I could find a good-tempered Vicious Beast to ask, maybe I could help Aunt Ye obtain her own Soul Core."

"Xiao Wen, it's set up, come—huh, what Immortal Plant is this?"

Ye Yuaner saw Su Wen holding an Immortal Plant that was pure white like jade, and her eyes lit up slightly: "It's quite pretty."

"Aunt Ye, this Immortal Plant is very useful, but it can't be consumed yet... You must seize the time to Cultivate."

"In the future, we'll take a trip to the Extreme North Land or the Lake of Life."

Su Wen put away the Immortal Plant and patted her shoulder earnestly.

Ye Yuaner watched him instruct her on Cultivation like a little adult.

Her beautiful face showed a mix of amusement and annoyance.

The natural order has been reversed!

She grabbed Su Wen and smothered him in her arms.

Then she walked toward the tent.

"Just be Auntie's bolster!"

As the next day's morning sun rose,

A flaming Fire Phoenix soared out of the Sunset Forest.

Before leaving, Su Wen had Ye Yuaner catch a few thousand-year-old Fox Spirits as well.

"Senior Brother!"

Two days later, just as Su Wen and Ye Yuaner entered the Elder Palace, they saw Hu Liena there as well.

Hu Liena jogged over, her eyes shining: "Senior Brother, did you get your spirit ring?"

Seeing Su Wen nod, Hu Liena clasped her hands together, looking delighted: "Nana congratulates Senior Brother on becoming a Spirit Grandmaster."

"Nana, why are you here?"

Su Wen rubbed her head; she lowered it slightly, squinting her eyes with an enjoying expression.

"I felt like Senior Brother was about to return, so I wanted to come and check. I didn't expect to run into you just as you arrived. Nana's luck is so good."

Ye Yuaner snorted nearby. This really was a little Fox Spirit; even her voice was cloyingly sweet.

"Au... Aunt Ye."

Hu Liena only then remembered that Spirit Kite Douluo was also there, and her pretty face couldn't help but flush slightly.

Ye Yuaner nodded casually and then walked into the house.

Hu Liena breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly hugged Su Wen's arm, swaying it back and forth:

"Senior Brother, Nana went to find Teacher to go to the Spirit Master Academy with you, but Teacher won't let Nana go until I get my second spirit ring... But Nana just broke through to rank eighteen. Senior Brother, can you go talk to Teacher for me..."

"No need for that. Senior Brother will help you with your Breakthrough. Let's go inside and eat a treasure!"

"Senior Brother, I seem to be immune to treasures now; it feels like eating more won't have much effect."

Hu Liena followed Su Wen into the room and closed the door behind them.

The matter of the treasures was a secret between her and Senior Brother; even Teacher didn't know.

Well, Aunt Ye knew.

Hu Liena watched Ye Yuaner enter the bathroom, and the sound of running water soon came from within.

A flash of joy appeared in her eyes.

Every time she was with Senior Brother, as long as Ye Yuaner was present,

Hu Liena could always feel an invisible pressure.

With her gone, Hu Liena felt she could do many things.

"Today's treasure is different from before."

Su Wen took out an Immortal Plant, a combination of a red lotus and pink stamens. Touching the petals felt like a slight burn.

"Nana, this is called the Cinnabar Red Lotus. It's a type of Immortal Plant. Suck the stamens, then swallow the petals, and use your Soul Power to slowly refine it. If all goes well, you'll be able to obtain a spirit ring directly after absorbing it, and your Spirit might even change."

"So powerful!"

Hu Liena's eyes lit up as she carefully took it with both hands.

Such a powerful treasure, wouldn't it be a big treasure!

And it's so pretty!

"Hurry up."

Su Wen flicked her forehead.

"Nana understands!"

Hu Liena sat down immediately without a hint of doubt.

She swallowed the Immortal Plant as her Senior Brother instructed.

Once the entire Immortal Plant was swallowed,

Hu Liena felt a surge of power flowing through her body.

She channeled her Soul Power and began to refine the energy earnestly.

"Hehe, Xiao Wen, you really are generous!"

The time it takes for half an incense stick to burn passed, and Hu Liena had not yet finished absorbing it.

Ye Yuaner, however, had come out of the bathroom.

Seeing Hu Liena's situation, she knew what was happening.

She curled her lip, feeling a bit disgruntled.

"Aunt Ye, I have plenty of Immortal Plants anyway. Leaving them with me would just let them collect dust!"

"By the way, Aunt Ye, come here for a moment."

Su Wen saw that everything was going smoothly with Hu Liena and stopped focusing on her.

He went into the courtyard and took the Dark Demon Tiger out of his spirit tool.

Looking at the bound and still breathing Dark Demon Tiger,

Su Wen marveled at how convenient it was to have a spirit tool that could store living creatures.

"Xiao Wen, what are you doing?"

Ye Yuaner looked at Su Wen's actions in confusion: "Are you planning to slaughter it for food now? Tiger species are indeed very nourishing..."

Su Wen didn't reply but asked instead: "Aunt Ye, all ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts have Soul Shocks. Do you know why this Soul Shock occurs?"

Ye Yuaner chuckled: "Are you trying to test me?"

Seeing how serious the little guy was, Ye Yuaner suddenly stopped smiling.