Tang Ya looked at the Immortal Herb in Bei Bei's hand, her eyes widening instantly; it was the legendary qiluo tulip.
"T-this... this is? The qiluo tulip!!" Her voice involuntarily rose several decibels. "Bei Bei, how do you have such a precious thing? Wait, could it be that Furina gave it to you?"
Bei Bei was beaming, his eyes filled with gentleness. "Furina did give it. She asked me to pass it to you; we've all already consumed our corresponding Immortal Herbs. My Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon has now become a Blue Lightning Bright Tyrant Dragon. If I work a bit harder, it might even evolve directly into a Bright Holy Dragon."
He held the Immortal Herb out toward Tang Ya. "Back then, the qiluo tulip was eaten by the first Shrek generation's Ning Rongrong, and it directly completed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, evolving it into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. If you eat it, it might allow your Martial Soul to Breakthrough and evolve into the Blue Silver King or the Blue Silver Emperor."
Tang Ya looked at the Immortal Herb, her face showing a conflicted expression of wanting it but not daring to take it, her fingers twisting together. "But... t-this is just too precious, isn't it?"
Bei Bei shook his head, his tone relaxed. "It's fine, everyone got a share, so how could you be left out? Do you think Furina is that kind of stingy person?" He paused and added, "She said if you also want the water that gazes through autumn dew, or the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the blazing apricot delicate flower, she can give those to you too."
"The former can enhance the Purple Demon Eye, while the latter two paired together can grant you fire and ice immunity. As long as it's not an Ultimate attribute or an attribute attack higher than your Rank, you won't have to fear it."
"Ah? Is that true?" Tang Ya was delighted at first, but then she frowned. "But I remember Ancestor Tang San saying that one should only eat one kind of Immortal Herb, and eating too many is bad."
Bei Bei couldn't help but laugh, his smile carrying a hint of teasing. "Haha, haven't you been resentful toward the Tang Sect Ancestor Tang San ever since you found out the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record was incomplete? Why are you starting to remember the words he left behind now?"
"I..." Tang Ya's face suddenly flushed red. "How annoying! Hmph, I'm ignoring you, Bei Bei!"
Bei Bei quickly apologized, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender. "Alright, alright, I was wrong, Xiao Ya!"
He straightened his expression. "Furina also told me that if you said that, I should tell you that Ancestor Tang San was able to be immune to fire because didn't he also eat the blazing apricot delicate flower and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass? To strengthen his Purple Demon Eye, he also consumed the water that gazes through autumn dew. Counting it all up, that's at least three kinds."
He tilted his head and said with a smile, "What are you worried about?"
"Right! What am I worried about?" Tang Ya slapped her forehead in a moment of sudden realization, her eyes lighting up.
Watching her silly appearance, Bei Bei couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Tang Ya laughed as well, and after she finished, her tone held a bit of sentimentality. "As expected... I still held too many fantasies about the Tang Sect Ancestor."
She looked up and watched Bei Bei earnestly. "Bei Bei, when you become a god, you must give him a good slap for me."
Bei Bei nodded solemnly, his gaze firm. "Don't worry, leave it to me." He paused. "I'm about to set off with Yuhao and the others to participate in the Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament."
He reached out and patted Tang Ya's head, his tone softening. "While I'm away, Xiao Ya, you must Cultivate well. You can also try to manage the Tang Sect; didn't Furina arrange quite a few people for you? As the Sect Leader of the Tang Sect, you can't be a hands-off manager."
Tang Ya patted her chest confidently and lifted her chin. "Don't worry! Leave it to me!"
She looked at Bei Bei, her eyes filled with a bit more worry. "You guys must return safely. I don't demand that you win the championship, as long as you can come back safe and sound."
"Don't worry! We definitely will!" Bei Bei smiled and waved his hand. "Goodbye, Xiao Ya."
"Wait!" Tang Ya suddenly called out to him.
Bei Bei had just turned around and hadn't even had time to ask "What gift?" before Tang Ya had already leaned in.
A warm kiss landed on his cheek, leaving a faint lip print.
"That's the one!" Tang Ya took a step back, her face flushed red as she shouted with a smile, "When you come back, I'll give you another kiss—the mouth-to-mouth kind!"
After saying that, she shyly turned and ran, her Horsetail braid swinging in an arc behind her.
Bei Bei stood frozen in place, touching the lip print on his cheek as he watched her figure disappear around the street corner. He couldn't help but laugh, his voice carrying an unhideable sweetness. "What a great gift... Thank you, Xiao Ya."
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Xu Sanshi immediately saw the glaring lip print on Bei Bei's face, and his expression instantly twisted, envy, jealousy, and hatred written all over his face. "Damn it! Bei Bei, you bastard!"
Bei Bei chuckled and intentionally tilted his face, making the lip print even more obvious. "How about it? Are you envious? Are you jealous? Do you hate it? I have Xiao Ya's sweet kiss, and you don't!"
Xu Sanshi roared, "Get lost! Who cares? From now on, you, Bei Bei, are not my brother!"
"Hahaha!" Bei Bei laughed until he was doubled over.
The others couldn't help but laugh as well, their laughter echoing in the air. Only Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong weren't laughing much; Jiang Nannan stood to the side expressionless, while Wang Dong kept his head down, thinking about who knows what.
Xu Sanshi's gaze involuntarily drifted toward Jiang Nannan, his voice softening a bit. "Nannan... how about you give me a sweet kiss too?"
Jiang Nannan's face instantly darkened, her gaze cutting like a knife as she said coldly, "Xu Sanshi, keep dreaming. I have nothing to do with you. Don't go too far, and don't just call me Nannan or whatever."
"I..." Xu Sanshi opened his mouth, looked at Jiang Nannan's eyes which were filled with undisguised disgust, and swallowed the rest of his words.
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Furina stood to the side, her gaze sweeping over everyone one by one.
After eating the Immortal Herbs, everyone's strength had increased by a large margin.
Ma Xiaotao went without saying; her Martial Soul had completely rid itself of the Evil Fire and evolved into a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and there were even faint signs of further evolution.
Ling Luochen's ice element Martial Soul had an increasingly dense ice attribute aura; it was currently unclear if it would develop toward an Ultimate Martial Soul.
Bei Bei's Martial Soul had evolved directly into the Blue Lightning Bright Tyrant Dragon without needing Elder Mu's help to stabilize it. She believed that as long as he obtained a spirit soul later, or absorbed a light-attribute Soul Beast as a spirit ring, he would definitely be able to evolve into a Bright Holy Dragon.
Xiao Xiao's two Martial Souls were already top-tier themselves, so even though she ate the qiluo tulip, she didn't undergo an evolution like Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in the original story.
But according to her own description, she felt that her Martial Soul's aura had strengthened quite a bit, and the effects of her Martial Soul Abilities had slightly increased. It seemed it still had an effect, just that the outward appearance of the Martial Soul hadn't changed.
Wang Dong's overall improvement was considered the greatest. Even just in terms of Soul Power increase, he was one Rank higher than Jiang Nannan, who had eaten the narcissus jade flesh bone.
According to his own description, he also felt a wave of freshness in his body, and when performing Hao Dong Power cultivation with Huo Yuhao, the effect was even stronger than what the Cultivation Technique brought. The only minor flaw was that Hao Dong Power couldn't imbue Soul Power with the light attribute like the Cultivation Technique did.
Huo Yuhao's Soul Power didn't increase rapidly, but Furina believed his mental force had reached another level. Once he achieved a Breakthrough to Spirit Ancestor, his strength would surely soar. Moreover, he and Wang Dong had taken the opportunity to try their second and third Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
Clear Sky Hammer plus Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, the Fusion skill was named "Blazing within the Extreme Cold, Hammer of the Celestial Emperor." Martial Soul Eyes plus Clear Sky Hammer, the Fusion skill was named "Truth within the Void, Mental Storm."
However, those originally flashy names were collectively rejected by Furina, Xiao Xiao, and the others, and were directly simplified to "Hammer of the Celestial Emperor" and "Mental Storm."
They had originally wanted to try the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the Light Goddess Butterfly and the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, but after using two new Martial Soul Fusion Skills in succession, they had already consumed most of their Soul Power and their bodies were somewhat exhausted, so they had to give up.
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Wang Yan and Elder Xuan stood not far away, silently sensing the changes in everyone's auras.
Except for Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao, the auras on everyone else were quite a bit stronger than before. Especially Elder Xuan; with his powerful strength, he felt it most clearly—after not seeing them for just half a day, this group of children had become so formidable. Without even thinking, it was likely Furina's doing again.
Elder Xuan didn't ask much, and Wang Yan didn't dare to speak.
Furina looked around, confirming that everyone was present, her lips curving up slightly. "Very well, is everyone here?"
She took a deep breath, her voice clear and powerful. "Then, let's set off—Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City!"
She turned to look at Elder Xuan. "We'll rely on Elder Xuan to take us there together; after all, we're pressed for time."
Elder Xuan nodded, his tone steady. "Naturally. Let's go!"
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