3: Soul Evolution, Immortal Grass

Hoe, fuse.

Sickle, fuse.

Steelyard weight, fuse.

...

Under Su Ye's sweep, most of the metal items in the house disappeared into thin air.

Only the knife and iron pot used for cooking remained.

After fusing numerous iron tools, his Martial Soul, the owl, evolved again.

A powerful and vigorous goshawk!

With a sharp triangular head, a beak like a silver hook, and a pair of expressive black gem eyes emitting a deep, soul-stirring cold light.

Fine iron feathers covered its entire body, with steel tendons and iron bones. Standing still, the majestic presence of this fierce bird of prey instilled fear in people's hearts.

"Appearance... emmm, it's acceptable!"

"If it also possessed metal energy, it would be even more perfect."

Looking at himself with his Martial Soul attached, Su Ye felt increasingly greedy.

No choice.

The female characters drawn are beautiful, so how could I not arrange orange-grade equipment for them? That would be too unfair to my own wives.

This Iron Feather Goshawk Martial Soul is indeed very handsome, but it's a bit strong on the outside and weak on the inside.

The strength of a Martial Soul doesn't just depend on its form; more importantly, it depends on the energy contained within it.

Iron is just the most ordinary metal.

"First, fuse rare metals, then find a way to get a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. The problem with the Martial Soul's quality can then be solved."

"As for Soul Power..."

Su Ye's eyes darted around, and a slight mischievous smile appeared in his bright eyes.

As long as he obtains a Soul Ring, he can continuously hunt Soul Beasts and fuse Soul Rings.

The energy from Soul Rings can be fed back to the Soul Master, allowing him to continuously increase his Soul Power by fusing Soul Rings with each other.

The first Soul Ring is a million years?

Wonderful!!!

Su Ye slapped his palm, feeling excited just thinking about it.

"The key now is, how can I quickly increase my Soul Power to level 10."

Rubbing his chin, Su Ye's contemplating expression showed some distress.

Directly integrate the Soul Ring into the Martial Soul?

No way~ No way~

Doing that would increase the Martial Soul's grade, but it wouldn't directly feed back to him.

A Martial Soul absorbing external energy and finally storing it in the body is considered Soul Power.

The rule for awakening a Martial Soul is six years old. Putting aside the body's tolerance during Martial Soul awakening, six years is probably the best time point for measuring personal talent.

Clearly...

The process of a Martial Soul absorbing energy is not instantaneous.

"If only there was an Immortal Herb..."

Su Ye's pupils constricted. Right, Immortal Herbs! How could he forget about this?

He only needed one Immortal Herb...

Let alone level 10!

It would probably be enough to break through level 20!

"Just because I can't deal with Dugu Bo for now and can't go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, doesn't mean I can't obtain Immortal Herbs."

Su Ye already had a plan in mind.

Bang bang bang—

The wooden door vibrated violently.

Old Tom's voice came from outside the door, "Kid, are you alright?"

"It's not a big deal if you can't become a Soul Master. Everyone in the village had bad luck this time. You should try to look on the bright side, child."

Clang, Su Ye opened the wooden door.

What met his eyes was Old Tom's worried face, which warmed his heart.

"Don't worry, old man, I'm fine."

"Really?"

Old Tom was still a bit uneasy, his keen hunter's eyes scrutinizing him up and down.

After some conversation, confirming that Su Ye was truly fine, Old Tom's hanging heart finally settled.

The two entered the house and sat down at the table. With just one glance, Old Tom noticed the changes in the room.

He didn't pay much attention to the worthless iron items, just assuming Su Ye had a use for them.

After all, the latter had many ideas. Ten days ago, he had fiddled with that gunpowder, causing the sewage pit to rumble and the village to reek.

Fortunately, he blew up quite a few fish, and each household in the village got a few, which finally calmed the public's anger.

Pouring a glass of water for Old Tom, Su Ye's big eyes blinked, and he obediently said:

"Old man, you must have a lot of medicinal herbs at home, right?"

Old Tom put down the water glass, his vigilant eyes showing strong wariness. "You kid, tell me first, what do you want to do this time?"

He often went into the mountains and indeed had stored up a lot of medicinal herbs, even planting some in the backyard.

Sigh~

With a criminal record, it's hard to deal with~

Su Ye scratched his head awkwardly. "Well, you see, since I couldn't become a Soul Master, I'm preparing to do research and find another way to succeed."

"How about this, could you help me spread the word in the village that I'm collecting medicinal herbs? Ten catties of medicinal herbs for one silver soul coin."

Su Ye's eyes sparkled, and he added, "Of course, if there are books on medicinal herbs, that would be even better. I can buy them at a high price."

Old Tom didn't take the bait, grumbling about the prodigal son as he left, leaving Su Ye feeling extremely awkward.

Soon, a seven-year-old girl with ox-horn braids came into the small courtyard carrying a basket. She was the daughter of Old Tom's third son, and her voice was a bit childish.

"Brother Su Ye, Grandpa asked me to give you these."

She put down the basket, revealing green medicinal herbs inside, some still covered in dirt, looking like they had just been dug up.

Su Ye grinned and immediately started rummaging through them.

From the way Old Tom left, he knew this matter could be done. Not bad, not bad, there really were quite a few medicinal herbs.

"Sister Lian, remember to give this money to your grandpa."

Two silver soul coins were for Old Tom. Su Ye took out another copper soul coin and put it into the little girl's pink pocket.

"Here, this copper soul coin is for you to buy candy."

Looking at the silver soul coin in Su Ye's hand, Lian Mei's little face wrinkled into a sad emoji.

On one side was pocket money, on the other was her grandpa's instruction. The little girl bit her pink lips tightly, her embarrassed voice tinged with a bit of a cry.

"Brother Su Ye, Grandpa said that if you give me money, I should ask you for one gold soul coin."

"He said you're foolish and have a lot of money anyway, so instead of foolishly giving it away, you might as well buy me oranges."

Su Ye's face darkened. "..."

One silver soul coin was the monthly income of a strong young laborer in the village.

If it weren't for collecting medicinal herbs, would I spend such a large sum?

Foolish? A lot of money?

I... (thousand words omitted here)

Knowing that Old Tom was reminding him to save money, Su Ye forcibly suppressed his anger.

After tricking the little girl away, he carried the medicinal herbs into the house on his back.

As for the gold soul coin...

When he transmigrated, he brought some novel modern items. He had asked Old Tom to sell them in the city for two gold coins as daily expenses.

『Three-Inch Leaf』: One year old, clears heat and reduces internal fire.

『Big Ear Fungus』: Regulates the body and replenishes blood, can be stewed with old hen soup, best effect for pregnant women.

『...』

The fusion interface would have item descriptions, and Su Ye used this to browse the basic information of the medicinal herbs.

They were all ordinary medicinal herbs, and not very old.

However, Su Ye still found a medicinal herb called Qingling Grass.

Qingling Grass: One year old, replenishes Qi and clears the lungs, contains a very small amount of Soul Power, has minimal effect on Soul Masters.

"You're the one!"

Su Ye locked onto his target and placed all the Qingling Grass aside.

Two different items would fuse into the first item.

While items of the same type would be synthesized into a higher-level existence by the system, just like two four-star cards would synthesize into a five-star card.

"Synthesize." Selecting two one-year-old Qingling Grass, Su Ye immediately confirmed.

Ding—

Qingling Grass: Ten years old, replenishes Qi and clears the lungs, contains a small amount of Soul Power, has a subtle effect on low-level Soul Masters.

"Perfect!!"