Chapter 86: Rank 30, Charmeleon!
After Lin Mo submerged his entire body into the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the surface only rippled for a moment before quickly returning to stillness.
Under the crushing pressure of the violent ice and fire energy inside his body, he soon lost consciousness and fell into a coma.
Fortunately, because his Body Martial Soul had already evolved into his five viscera and six bowels, his digestive and absorption ability far surpassed that of ordinary people. Even while unconscious, his instinctive speed in refining those foreign energies was much faster than that of a Spirit Master of the same rank.
At this moment, Dugu Bo, who remained outside, was pacing restlessly as he stared at the spot where Lin Mo had fallen into the spring.
He was extremely uneasy.
If something really happened to Lin Mo, he truly would have no way to explain it to Ye Linyuan.
Still, one thing did let him relax a little. Lin Mo's external Martial Soul, Charmander, which had been released beforehand, was currently soaking comfortably in the hot spring without the slightest sign of distress.
A Spirit Master and their Martial Soul were one, even in the case of an external Martial Soul.
From the fact that Charmander was completely fine, Dugu Bo could roughly judge that Lin Mo, as the main body, should still be safe for the time being.
Even so, Dugu Bo was still deeply shocked by Lin Mo's boldness.
If it were him, even knowing the conditions for taking those two poisonous herbs, he still would never dare gamble with his life so easily.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, an entire day and night had gone by.
These 24 hours were the most tormenting period Dugu Bo had experienced in years.
He did not dare relax even a little. He focused all of his attention on observing Lin Mo and Charmander's condition, terrified that something might go wrong with Lin Mo.
Fortunately, Charmander remained completely stable, and its aura even showed a faint trend of steadily rising.
Judging from that alone, Lin Mo, as the host, should also be in excellent condition.
"Do those two herbs really need this much time to refine and absorb?"
Dugu Bo muttered to himself as he turned in place anxiously, his gaze shifting again and again between Charmander and the spot where Lin Mo had entered the spring.
Before long, however, movement from the calm surface of the Ice and Fire spring pool immediately filled Dugu Bo with delight.
A figure suddenly leaped out from the point where the ice and fire springs met, landed steadily on the ground, and quickly grabbed the clothes left nearby to put them on.
It was Lin Mo, who had soaked in the dual springs of ice and fire for a full day and night.
"Thank you, Senior, for standing guard for me."
Lin Mo bowed slightly toward Dugu Bo. This thanks came from the bottom of his heart.
If Dugu Bo had not brought him here, he would never have obtained the 2 Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate, which he considered among the highest quality Immortal Herbs.
Using those 2 herbs and this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which seized the creation of heaven and earth, he had successfully completed the Ice Fire Alchemy Body.
This Ice Fire Alchemy Body was one of the important reasons Lin Mo had always wanted to come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The effect of the Ice Fire Alchemy Body was simple, immunity to water and fire, and immunity to all poisons.
To put it simply, it granted triple immunity. After completing the Ice Fire Alchemy Body, he would be immune to all ice and fire below the ultimate level, and at the same time immune to all toxins.
Compared to the former double immunity to ice and fire, however, Lin Mo valued the accompanying poison immunity even more.
After all, he already possessed Charmander. Even without the double immunity to ice and fire, ordinary fire and cold would have difficulty harming him.
Poison was different.
In this era, poison users were indeed a niche group, but there were still many people who suffered because of poison. The clearest example was Emperor Xue Ye, who had unknowingly been afflicted by multiple mixed toxins.
Gaining poison immunity would solve many future troubles for Lin Mo in advance.
After all, there was a saying: one can be a thief for a thousand days, but one cannot guard against a thief for a thousand days.
Likewise, this poison immunity was also something Lin Mo had prepared in advance for Tang San.
Whether it was Tang San's Blue Silver Grass or Clear Sky Hammer, Lin Mo did not fear them.
In fact, in Lin Mo's view, most of the hidden weapons Tang San was currently focused on researching were merely fancy junk.
When cultivation was low, they could indeed provide a great deal of help. But once everyone's cultivation rose, if one stayed alert, it would become very difficult for those hidden weapons to achieve much.
Compared to hidden weapons, what Lin Mo was somewhat wary of was Tang San's poisons.
But now that he possessed poison immunity, even that final concern no longer mattered.
"You really do have heaven defying luck."
Dugu Bo shook his head as he looked at Lin Mo, whose condition was obviously much better than before, and sighed.
"You actually managed to turn those two poisonous herbs, which even this old man finds extremely troublesome, into something beneficial. And judging by your current condition, the benefits you gained must be no small matter."
"Hehe."
Lin Mo scratched his head and revealed a harmless smile.
But before he could say anything more, his body suddenly stiffened slightly, freezing in place.
The vigorous spirit power in his body, which had already broken through to Rank 29, naturally surged again at this moment and completed another breakthrough.
His cultivation had officially stepped into the realm of Rank 30 quasi Spirit Elder.
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate would not directly raise his cultivation rank, but the benefits they brought to his body were real and immediate.
During that day and night, even with the help of the dual springs, Lin Mo had not managed to completely refine all of the medicinal power of those 2 ice and fire Immortal Herbs.
Most of that power had been deposited within his meridians, bones, and flesh, and would require a long time in the future to be absorbed little by little.
This unexpected breakthrough in cultivation was mainly due to Charmander.
The benefits of the Blazing Yang Spring to Charmander were simply enormous.
Although this kind of opportunity, using the power of the Blazing Yang Spring to force an early breakthrough through a spirit power bottleneck, would probably only happen once, it had still saved Lin Mo 1 to 2 months of hard cultivation.
"You broke through just now?"
At such close range, the change in Lin Mo's spirit power could naturally not be hidden from a powerhouse like Dugu Bo.
He narrowed his eyes and carefully examined Lin Mo.
But very soon, compared to Lin Mo, the far greater commotion happening on Charmander's side immediately drew all of his attention away.
The little fellow, who had been soaking quite comfortably in the Blazing Yang Spring, was now completely wrapped in a mysterious blue light that even Dugu Bo could not understand.
As the blue light grew more and more dazzling, the aura of the Charmander inside it also began to rise steadily.
In only a few breaths, the blue light suddenly dispersed, and the original Charmander disappeared. In its place stood a dragon beast whose aura was now even more astonishing.
A hornlike protrusion had appeared on top of its head. Its mouth had become sharper and more angular, carrying a slight resemblance to a bird's beak.
Its originally orange skin had darkened considerably into a deep red, and even its limbs and tail had grown much thicker than before.
It was precisely Charmander after evolution.
Of course, it was more appropriate now to call it Charmeleon.
"Your Martial Soul... this... what exactly is going on?"
Witnessing that scene with his own eyes, Dugu Bo's voice trembled slightly.
"Oh, it is nothing much. Just a simple Martial Soul evolution."
Lin Mo answered in an indifferent tone.
However, the excitement in his voice still betrayed his true feelings. He was nowhere near as calm as he looked.
As expected, after his cultivation reached Rank 30, Charmander had naturally welcomed its first evolution.
The originally cute and silly Charmander had now evolved into the far more imposing Charmeleon.
"A simple... Martial Soul evolution..."
Dugu Bo looked as if his eyes were about to pop out.
If Lin Mo surviving after taking those 2 poisonous herbs had raised Dugu Bo's confidence in solving the problem of his own Martial Soul from 50 percent to 70 percent, then after witnessing Charmander complete a true evolution with his own eyes, that 70 percent instantly became 100 percent.
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