Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 28 Bibi Dong

Yue Guan didn't notice the offense in Lu Hongwen's heart. He was still shocked by the effect of the medicine that strengthened his body and bones.

"The medicinal herbs, which are no more than ten years old, combined together can actually improve me a little bit."

"Although the improvement is slight, less than the power of a single insect, and it still takes time to expel impurities, what if it were replaced with medicinal herbs that are hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years old?"

Yue Guan knew that prescriptions of lower-year medicines might not be suitable for higher-year medicines, but this did not prevent him from inferring the efficacy of the medicine after replacing it with higher-year medicines.

"If I use ten thousand year old medicinal herbs, as long as I can resist the damage done to my body by the heaven and earth's vitality and retain the medicinal principles, I can at least increase my physical strength to the upper limit of my three thousand year spirit ring."

"Soul masters are not made of stone after all. Their bodies are fragile. They need to add several medicinal herbs to tame the vitality of heaven and earth, and they also need to add more herbs to maintain balance..."

"wrong!"

Yue Guan was making a deduction and shook her head violently: "Bone Jade Bamboo is very common. With human intervention, if we bury more bones at the roots, there will never be a shortage of bone jade bamboo."

"But the Ten Thousand Years Bone Jade Bamboo is too rare, even rarer than the Ten Thousand Years Ginseng King. The main material must be replaced."

Yue Guan was stunned. After changing the auxiliary ingredients, he changed the main ingredients. After changing everything, wouldn't that be equivalent to deducing the prescription from scratch?

"Could this also be within Da Mu's expectations? He deliberately chose common materials from younger years and rare materials from older years to avoid large-scale conflict on the continent?"

The more Yue Guan thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and he couldn't help but exclaim inwardly how horrible it was.

He inquired, "Where is Da Mu? Did he say anything?"

Lu Hongwen had already made it clear: "Da Mu was unwilling to join the Spirit Hall and hid his identity when he received his royalties."

"He also said that if Spirit Hall doesn't publish this paper or tries to find him, future papers will be handed over to the three upper sects."

"really."

Yue Guan showed an expression of noticing something unexpected: "He wants the whole continent to see his paper. Is it for fame or something else?"

He couldn't figure it out.

Looking at Lu Hongwen, he said, "You go back first. I will hand the paper over to His Holiness the Pope for his decision."

"Yes, elder."

Upon hearing this, Lu Hongwen bowed and took his leave.

Yue Guan did not delay. He took the thesis and ointment, climbed up Wuhun Mountain, and came to the Pope's Palace in the center of the mountain.

The Templar Knight opened the ten-meter-high gate, and Yue Guan walked into the Pope's Palace. The sound of a door closing was heard behind him. The Pope's Palace was pitch black, with only a graceful and elegant woman sitting high up.

Pope Bibi Dong.

"Your Holiness, I have something to report."

Yue Guan summarized the paper and sent it to Bibi Dong along with the ointment using his soul power.

“Oh, is it really that effective?”

Bibi Dong became interested.

"I dare not speak nonsense." Yue Guan expressed his speculation on pharmacology and his speculation on the prescription of Gao Nian.

Bibi Dong's eyes flickered slightly. "So, the author of this article was able to research a body-building medicine that can be used by spirit masters throughout their lives. He is indeed a talented person in theory."

"If a spirit master from my Spirit Hall had taken the Body Strengthening and Bone Strengthening Paste since childhood, his strength would be 10% higher than others of the same level. As the time of taking the medicine and training increases, the gap will become larger and larger."

"Uh, Your Majesty, I have something else to report."

Yue Guan had to interrupt Bibi Dong. "Speak."

Bibi Dong didn't care. Yue Guan was her confidant and handled most of her chores, so she was somewhat tolerant of him.

Yue Guan breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since the death of the previous Pope, Bibi Dong's temper had become increasingly erratic. As a Titled Douluo, he knew even better how terrifying the Pope was, and he didn't dare to make any mistakes.

"The medicinal ingredients in the prescription are very common, but if you want to maintain a daily supply, it will cost at least 5,000 gold coins per year for each person below the Soul Venerable level. Below the Soul King level, the cost will double as the ability to digest the medicinal power is enhanced."

"By analogy, the effects of medicine are ultimately not as good as those of spirit rings and spirit bones. Therefore, even the Spirit Hall would find it difficult to afford the large-scale promotion of the Body Strengthening and Bone Strengthening Cream."

"In my opinion, using the ointment for three years is the most cost-effective period, allowing a spirit master to challenge the 9,000-year spirit ring at the fourth ring."

"At the same time, strengthening the body is also a tempering of the will. There may be a few geniuses who can withstand the mental shock of the ten thousand year spirit ring in advance. Perhaps an unprecedented fourth ten thousand year spirit ring will appear. If that happens, it will be a great honor for our Spirit Hall."

As a Titled Douluo, Yue Guan certainly knew that the biggest difficulty for a soul master to absorb a ten thousand year soul ring was not his physical fitness, but the mental shock caused by the residual soul of the soul beast in the ten thousand year soul ring.

This is also a concept mentioned by Gula in his paper, which prepares him for the possibility of unreasonable spirit ring configurations in the future.

Bibi Dong knew Yue Guan well and asked, "Is this all what the paper says?"

"That's exactly what Da Mu wrote in his paper. I believe he probably has some basis for this, perhaps even having seen a spirit master who has absorbed spirit rings beyond their limits. This is why his choice of words carries an inexplicable sense of certainty."

Bibi Dong tapped the armrest with her jade fingers, as if she was thinking about something.

Yue Guan continued, "Da Mu even dared to threaten that if Spirit Hall did not publish his paper, he would hand over the next paper to the three upper sects."

"Ok?"

Bibi Dong hummed lightly, her voice revealing displeasure. She had no good feelings towards the three major sects. The strong pressure flashed away, and she laughed in anger:
"It's normal for a reckless person to be arrogant because of his talent."

After praising him, Bibi Dong calmed down and said calmly, "Yue Guan, I leave it to you. Find him and bring him back to the Spirit Hall."

Yueguan: "..."

Sometimes I am really speechless. He doesn’t know any information. Where can he find people?
But he didn't dare to refuse and had to accept it.

"As ordered."

Yue Guan said calmly, "I believe that since Da Mu dared to threaten me, he must have some unpublished articles in his possession."

"He must have believed that the value of the article would cause us to retreat. Otherwise, I cannot imagine how he could have the confidence to threaten Spirit Hall."

Accepting a task does not mean you have to do it.

Yue Guan calmly advised Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong understood the hidden meaning of Yue Guan's words and thought for a moment. She thought of the stubborn figure in her heart and her heart softened. She did not force it after all.

"Then keep in touch with him and ask him to give his paper to Spirit Hall for review first. If he has any requests, Spirit Hall will consider them as appropriate."

Bibi Dong offered what she thought were very suitable conditions. It was already a concession for the continent's leading force to cooperate with a lone individual. She hoped that Da Mu would not be ungrateful.

Although Gula didn't want to get any benefits from the Spirit Hall.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Yue Guan bowed and agreed.

Bibi Dong nodded and said, "Elder Yue is familiar with pharmacology, so I'll leave the promotion of herbal medicine to you."

"First, purchase a batch of medicinal herbs on the mainland, then publish a paper, and use the herbs as a guide to attract a group of spirit masters to join the Spirit Hall."

The Spirit Hall is not short of money, and Bibi Dong also thought of hoarding goods at high prices, but her purpose was to attract soul masters to join the Spirit Hall.

(End of this chapter)