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"Yes, the Spirit Devouring Flower gave my Blue Silver Grass the ability to devour. Fire is also a type of energy, and the Blue Silver Grass can directly devour it. This way, not only fire, but the Blue Silver Grass's resistance to various other elemental energies has greatly improved."
Tang San nodded, though he still hid some things. He felt that the Blue Silver Grass's devouring ability was not as simple as it seemed, and he also had the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances.
Thinking this, Tang San couldn't help but have some ideas, but with so many people around, he couldn't try them rashly.
As Ma Hongjun finished absorbing his spirit ring, the group continued their search for Spirit Beasts.
Another day passed, and the group helped Ning Rongrong find a 1,600-year-old Jade Spirit Steed for her third spirit ring.
Watching the attacking Jade Spirit Steed, Tang San's feet were covered in dark blue Blue Silver Grass. With a flash, the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances behind him suddenly extended, piercing fiercely into the Jade Spirit Steed's body.
Tang San immediately felt a pure Life force enter his body, and the feeling of comfort made his body tremble involuntarily.
"My cultivation has improved…" A gleam flashed in Tang San's eyes.
The Jade Spirit Steed then let out a terrified roar, but Tang San and the others obviously wouldn't give it any chance to escape. As Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai's attacks landed, the Jade Spirit Steed directly lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Tang San reluctantly retracted the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances, pretending as if nothing had happened.
Ning Rongrong then sat cross-legged and began to absorb the spirit ring. After about two hours, Ning Rongrong successfully absorbed her third spirit ring.
Like Ma Hongjun, after absorbing their spirit rings, their strength only increased to level 31, unlike Zhu Zhuqing, who directly ascended to level 35.
Faced with this situation, everyone had different expressions. After all, after Shi Quan and the others consumed the Immortal Herbs, everyone's strength showed a significant improvement. In contrast, apart from Tang San's Martial Spirit and Spirit Bone having significant improvements, their strength only increased by one or two levels, with almost no other changes.
"Could the Immortal Herbs Tang San gave us have a problem?"
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but keep a wary eye in her heart. After all, from the current situation, apart from Tang San's significant improvement, their improvement was not great. One instance could be a coincidence, but repeated instances like this, compared to Shi Quan and the others, showed too great a disparity, which inevitably made her somewhat suspicious.
"When I go back this time, I should go home and have Dad check me." Ning Rongrong thought to herself.
The group began to delve deeper into the Sunset Forest. Yu Tianheng's Spirit Beast was more troublesome to find, and since Yu Tianheng was seeking his fourth spirit ring, the age requirement was also much higher.
For several days in a row, the group failed to find a suitable Spirit Beast for Yu Tianheng. Under the high-pressure environment of the Spirit Beast forest, everyone also felt a bit fatigued.
Time passed until the twelfth day of entering the forest, when the group finally managed to find a 4,000-year-old Tyrannosaurus Beast to be Yu Tianheng's fourth spirit ring.
The group's journey to the Sunset Forest finally came to an end.
Upon returning to the Academy, Yu Xiaogang directly gave everyone a day off.
That day, Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"Rongrong, you said Tang San found an Immortal Herb for each of you? And Zhu Zhuqing, who left the team, also absorbed an Immortal Herb?"
Ning Fengzhi's expression changed with surprise after hearing Ning Rongrong's words, and he quickly motioned for Sword Douluo to help check Ning Rongrong's body.
After a careful examination, Sword Douluo said, "Rongrong's body is fine, and there haven't been any major changes compared to before."
"That's good." Ning Fengzhi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
"But the effect of the Qiluo Tulip is too different from the Immortal Herbs Shi Quan and the others consumed, isn't it?"
"Oh, Dad, I heard from Yu Tianheng that Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan also seemed to have consumed Immortal Herbs. Ye Lingling directly broke through from level 36 to Spirit Ancestor, and Dugu Yan's strength also improved a lot, at least exceeding level 41."
"Really?" A gleam flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes, and he immediately asked, "Did Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan consume the Immortal Herbs before or after you?"
"Before."
"Do you know how Tang San got his Immortal Herbs?"
"I'm not sure. He suddenly took out the Immortal Herbs at that time. Usually, he trains with us, so I don't know where they came from."
"I understand, Rongrong. You go back to the Academy to Cultivate first. I always feel that there's something off with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Anyway, the Academy is close to home, so come back every once in a while and have your Grandpa Sword or Grandpa Bone check your body."
"Okay." Ning Rongrong nodded in agreement.
"Fengzhi, isn't it a bit strange for Tang San to take out so many Immortal Herbs at once?" Sword Douluo said after Ning Rongrong left.
"First, Dugu Bo lied to us. He definitely has more than one Immortal Herb. From the current situation, although Dugu Bo has Immortal Herbs, he probably doesn't know their specific effects."
"Then what about the Immortal Herbs of Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan?"
"Uncle Sword, you've overlooked a very important person, and that's Zhuang Zhou." A gleam flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes. "The person Zhuang Zhou was waiting for was Dugu Bo and Shi Quan. I think Zhuang Zhou should recognize Immortal Herbs and understand their specific effects."
"Zhu Zhuqing's Immortal Herb should have been exchanged by Zhuang Zhou helping Dugu Yan and the others choose suitable Immortal Herbs."
"As for Tang San's Immortal Herbs, Tang San and Shi Quan don't get along, and Dugu Bo must know that, so Tang San's Immortal Herbs definitely weren't given by Dugu Bo."
"Tang San being able to take out so many Immortal Herbs at once first proves that he can also distinguish Immortal Herbs. As for the origin of the Immortal Herbs, I'm afraid we have to ask Tang Hao."
Sword Douluo raised an eyebrow and said, "Is this Tang Hao so powerful that he can find so many Immortal Herbs?"
"Immortal Herbs? It's still uncertain if they are Immortal Herbs. They might just be some relatively good herbs, but without any side effects."
The difference between the Immortal Herbs Ning Rongrong and the others consumed and those consumed by Shi Quan and others was too great, which inevitably made Ning Fengzhi suspicious.
Ning Fengzhi thought of something and said in a deep voice, "And I suspect that the origin of Tang San's Immortal Herbs is probably not that simple."
"Fengzhi, what do you mean?"
"Tomorrow, we'll know by visiting Dugu Bo, but it might trouble Uncle Bone then…"
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Heaven Dou Royal Academy, in a valley behind the mountain peak.
Since Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng left the team, Shi Quan had applied to the Education Committee for this valley to be the Heaven Dou Battle Team's new training ground.
Based on each person's Martial Spirit characteristics, Shi Quan selected and taught them a basic martial art.
The Shi Family Brothers were taught the Golden Bell Shield, further enhancing their defense.
Ye Lingling's Lingbo Micro Step enhanced her Life-saving ability.
For Yu Feng, Shi Quan chose a saber technique called the Yin Wind Saber, because Yu Feng's main offensive method was his feathered wings, which were like twin sabers.
Dugu Yan received a palm technique called the Profound Poison Divine Palm, an advanced version of the Profound Nether Divine Palm, where the palm strike contained more than just cold poison.
Zhu Zhuqing chose the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. Originally, Shi Quan was going to teach her the stronger Shattering Claw, but because Zhu Zhuqing had not trained with Shi Quan before, she lacked the foundation, making it difficult for her to grasp the Shattering Claw directly. Therefore, Shi Quan chose the Nine Yin White Bone Claw for her, which was easier to Cultivate and quick to master.
In everyone's eyes, Shi Quan had created self-created Martial Spirit Abilities tailored to their Martial Spirits.
Even Dugu Bo was greatly surprised by this.
However, thinking about the sword techniques Shi Quan researched, everyone gradually went from initial shock to numbness.
After nearly half a month of getting along, Zhu Zhuqing and the others also became more and more harmonious.
Compared to Shrek, Zhu Zhuqing clearly preferred the atmosphere of the Heaven Dou Battle Team.
Mainly because there were fewer people she disliked and more genuine friends.
If counted carefully, Zhu Zhuqing had only been in Shrek for a few months. During these few months, Zhu Zhuqing could be said to have seen through everyone in Shrek.
Dai Mubai aside, Ma Hongjun, that Fatty, spent his days in brothels, utterly filthy.
As for Tang San and Xiao Wu, they called themselves siblings all day long but had no boundaries. Those who knew them thought they were siblings, while those who didn't thought they were lovers.
Only Oscar was somewhat better. Because of Zhuang Zhou, Zhu Zhuqing had no aversion to Oscar yet.
Ning Rongrong was arguably the only person Zhu Zhuqing could call a friend in Shrek.
In the Heaven Dou Battle Team, everyone was striving for their own future, diligently and industriously.
Especially after learning about Ye Lingling's similar fate, the two seemed to have a resonance of Soul and quickly became good friends.
"Shi Quan, someone's here." Dugu Bo's voice came.
Everyone in Cultivation stopped their movements.
In a short while, the figures of Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo appeared outside the valley.
Ning Fengzhi and Poison Douluo were both visibly stunned when they saw Dugu Bo.
"Old Poison, how did your appearance change so much?" Bone Douluo asked bluntly.
Dugu Bo responded indifferently, "Guess."
Bone Douluo wasn't annoyed. Ning Fengzhi beside him bowed slightly to Dugu Bo, "Your Excellency Bi Lin, I apologize for disturbing you today. Please forgive me."
As the Sect Master of the Upper Three Sects, although Ning Fengzhi's strength was only that of a Spirit Saint, in terms of status, he was no worse than Dugu Bo. Theoretically, he didn't need to bow, but out of respect, he still saluted Dugu Bo.
"Sect Master Ning is too polite. Do you have something to discuss with this old man?"
"This Junior does indeed have something to ask Your Excellency Bi Lin. Would it be possible for Your Excellency Bi Lin to move?"
"You all continue to Cultivate." Dugu Bo frowned slightly upon hearing this, turned to Shi Quan and the others, and then led the two into the courtyard next to the valley.
This courtyard was specially built by them when they came to the valley.
Dugu Bo led the two to sit in the courtyard hall.
"Sect Master Ning, what is it?"
Ning Fengzhi smiled and said, "I wonder if Your Excellency has ever heard of an Immortal Herb called Qiluo Tulip?"
"Qiluo Tulip? What kind of Immortal Herb is that?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow, looking puzzled.
"This Junior heard that Immortal Herbs can help Martial Spirits evolve, so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has always been investigating Immortal Herbs that can help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve. After some investigation, it was learned that an Immortal Herb called Qiluo Tulip might be able to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Martial Spirit evolve. That's why this Junior specifically came here to inquire with Senior about this Immortal Herb…"