The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

He carefully observed the area around the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower. The surrounding vegetation was noticeably more lush, and he could even vaguely discern the remains of soul beast bones. With the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower here, it was no wonder he hadn't encountered any soul beasts along the way.

At that moment, a look of realization dawned on his eyes.

The mutated two-headed ghost wolf fled this way perhaps to lead them into the area where the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower was located. The two-headed ghost wolf itself, thanks to its Void Light soul skill, was also immune to the Nightmare toxin.

Xu Zihuang glanced back at the all-terrain detection soul guide, then walked towards the direction where the two-headed Netherwolf corpse was located in the distance.

He planned to retrieve the Thunder Rocket first. With the protection of the all-terrain detection soul tool, no soul beast with a cultivation level below five thousand years could pose a threat to Ju Zi and Ke Ke. Moreover, the location of the two-headed Netherworld Wolf's corpse was less than two thousand meters away, so he would be able to react quickly if anything unexpected happened.

As his mental strength increased, the maximum attack range of his second soul skill, Mirror Annihilation, and his fifth soul skill, Mental Storm, reached a diameter of two kilometers. His outward-projected mental energy could also cover this area.

That mutated two-headed ghost wolf was cunning. It was indeed deliberately leading them closer, but it maintained its distance from the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower.

Soon, Xu Zihuang found the corpse of the two-headed ghost wolf a kilometer south of the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower.

The strange flowers and plants unique to the nearby southern forest were stained with crimson blood. The two enormous heads of the two-headed ghost wolf had been pierced by the lightning rocket and connected together.

At the wounds on the two heads, a faint green light flickered, and two waves of soul power were released, merging with each other to form an even more intense wave of soul power.

Xu Zihuang raised an eyebrow, took out the longsword Shark Tooth from his storage soul tool, and pried open the skull of the two-headed Netherwolf. Two pieces of the head soul bone, which were entirely dark green, rolled to the ground.

The pale green halo gave it an unreal, dreamlike quality.

It turned out to be two head soul bones, and they were exactly the same.

This two-headed Netherwolf's cultivation level is around 4,500 years, less than 5,000 years. It was already an unexpected surprise to find a soul bone, but to find two head soul bones at once was truly remarkable.

That's probably due to the peculiarity of this mutated two-headed Netherwolf. Mutated soul beasts cannot be judged by ordinary standards.

Xu Zihuang learned from his memories of his previous life that in the Star Dou Great Forest, a three-headed mutated wolf-ape soul beast dropped three identical leg soul bones at once.

Sensing the unique soul power fluctuations within the two soul bones, he roughly guessed the soul skills associated with them.

It is highly likely that this is the Void Light Soul Skill that the two-headed Netherwolf used earlier, which can simultaneously grant immunity to physical and energy attacks and increase speed to a certain extent.

It's important to know that Void is a divine skill comparable to Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation. For any Soul Master, it's a life-saving skill they dream of.

Although they are only two thousand-year-old soul bones, their amplification and abilities will be somewhat lacking compared to ten-thousand-year-old soul bones. But let's not forget that soul bone synthesis was originally the most advanced research on the Douluo Continent.

The so-called soul bone synthesis refers to combining several related soul bones together in a special way to create a brand new soul bone.

These two soul bones, which originated from the same soul beast and have completely identical attributes, are almost impossible to fuse without damage.

This is not just a simple matter of one plus one equals two; it is a fundamental elevation.

In other words, once these two thousand-year-old soul bones are fused, their quality will definitely be higher than many ten-thousand-year-old soul bones. Furthermore, the accompanying soul skill, Void Light, makes them even more precious.

It has to be said that Xu Zihuang is really lucky.

Xu Zihuang used his soul power to guide the two soul bones into his hand. The touch was icy cold, somewhat like caressing cold jade. A faint light shone in Xu Zihuang's eyes.

But there was no trace of infatuation or obsession in his eyes. With his knowledge, he wouldn't be so easily distracted by just two soul bones.

After storing the two coveted head bones into his soul tool, Xu Zihuang began his return journey. He also extracted some materials from the two-headed Netherwolf that could be used to craft the soul tool.

As for the firm, sour wolf meat, he left it where it was. Perhaps this wolf meat would have some nourishing effects for ordinary people, but for him, it had little value.

Xu Zihuang leaned against the all-terrain detection soul guide device, closed his eyes to rest, and at the same time kept a watchful eye on the surrounding situation.

Sunset and moonrise, moonset and sunrise. A cycle that repeats itself.

It wasn't until late the next night that Orange finally came to her senses.

When Xu Zihuang detoxified Ju Zi and Ke Ke, the Nightmare Toxin in Ju Zi's body was cleared out first. This allowed Ju Zi, whose physical condition was weaker, to wake up first.

At this moment, her body was extremely weak; her once rosy complexion had turned pale, and she felt weak in her limbs. These were all signs of severe exhaustion.

Orange felt as if she had a very long and happy dream.

Although he didn't remember anything from his dream, when she woke up, a slight smile still lingered on her lips.

Immediately afterwards, she recalled the encounter of the three of them with the terrible vines and also noticed that her clothes had been tampered with.

A crimson fire flickered in the distance, and Orange subconsciously peered through the blue crystal window of her all-terrain detection soul tool. There she saw Xu Zihuang sitting by the campfire, cooking a pot of steaming meat soup.

She guessed that the marks on her clothes were made by Yu Tianhuang, but for some reason, she felt no sense of rejection at all.

Perhaps they felt that Yu Tianhuang had a reason for doing this, or perhaps it was for other reasons.

Orange raised her hand and opened the crystal window in front of the all-terrain detection soul tool beside her, preparing to come out from it.

Xu Zihuang, who originally wanted to give Ju Zi some time to calm down, could no longer keep up the act and got up to look at Ju Zi.

Ju Zi, whose limbs were not strong enough, lost her footing and almost fell, but Xu Zihuang caught her in time.

"Watch out, Senior Orange."

With her knees and waist supported by Xu Zihuang, Ju Zi unconsciously reached out and placed a hand on Xu Zihuang's shoulder to maintain her balance.

Their eyes met, their faces and the flickering firelight reflecting off them. Their breaths mingled, and an atmosphere of ambiguity spread between them.

Gazing into Xu Zihuang's deep purple eyes, Ju Zi always felt a strange sense of familiarity and peace of mind.

After a long while, Ju Zi, her face slightly flushed, struggled to break free from Xu Zihuang's embrace.

Xu Zihuang calmly walked to the campfire, ladled out a bowl of meat soup, and handed it to Ju Zi.

"Senior Orange, have a bowl of meat soup first. I think it's necessary for you to know what happened before. The plant-type soul beast we encountered was a Nightmare Man-Eating Flower, and you and Senior Keke were both poisoned by its Nightmare Toxin. That Nightmare Toxin can penetrate through the skin, so in order to detoxify you, I had no choice but to take off your clothes."

"So you've seen me naked, and you're just going to let it go like that?" Orange's expression softened slightly as she sat down opposite Xu Zihuang, sipping her meat soup and muttering softly.

Even she herself was unaware of the deep longing and expectation within her heart.

Xu Zihuang blinked and replied in a half-joking, half-serious tone, "Then what should we do? How about Senior Orange, you marry me?"

Upon hearing this, Orange froze on the spot, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

In that instant, a complex emotion welled up from the depths of her heart, an emotion she couldn't even discern. Deep within that emotion lay a deep-seated obsession and tenderness.

She didn't understand why she was so deeply moved.

Have I really fallen for him?

Orange gently bit her red lips, her voice trembling slightly.

"Don't say things like that to girls so easily in the future, they might take it seriously."

Chapter 268 The Intimidation of Reigning Supreme and a New Beginning

After Orange said that, both of them fell silent.

The crimson firelight reflected in their eyes, with only the crackling of burning wood and the bubbling of broth remaining.

Because of the existence of that eternal nightmare man-eating flower, virtually no soul beasts dare to approach this area. It doesn't feel like being in a soul beast forest at all; it's more like being in an ancient forest isolated from the world.

Xu Zihuang dared to light a fire in the Mingdou Great Forest because of the intimidation of the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower, and also because of his confidence in his own strength.

Although the Mingdou Great Forest is rich in highly aggressive mutated soul beasts, the overall quality and quantity of soul beasts there are far inferior to those in the Xingdou Great Forest.

With his current strength, he could easily handle even a spirit beast with 50,000 years of cultivation, and spirit beasts of that level of cultivation were extremely rare in the Mingdou Great Forest. Moreover, they were only just crossing the outer edge of the Mingdou Great Forest.

Xu Zihuang poked at the campfire with a stick, creating sparks that gradually dissipated in mid-air.

From Ju Zi's attitude and tone just now, he could tell that he had already occupied a certain place in Ju Zi's heart.

Although he knew it was mostly because his cooking tasted like his father's, he had at least achieved his goal.

Ju Zi simply kept her head down, her legs straight and together, sipping the fragrant meat broth from her bowl. Her eyes darted away, deliberately avoiding Xu Zihuang's gaze, as if she were trying her best to calm herself.

"what--"

In the midst of this somber atmosphere, a scream suddenly rang out.

Xu Zihuang didn't react much, only glancing in the direction of the all-terrain detection soul tool. Meanwhile, Ju Zi, lost in thought, seemed greatly startled, nearly knocking over the bowl she was holding on her lap.

The crystal window of the all-terrain detection soul tool was opened, and Coco emerged from it.

Her condition was similar to Orange's; she was also somewhat weak in her limbs. However, because of her innate superhuman strength, she didn't nearly fall like Orange.

At this moment, she covered her chest with her hands, her pretty face flushed, and glared angrily at Xu Zihuang.

"What exactly did you do to me?!"

Although she was glaring angrily, her eyes were mostly filled with shyness.

"Tell me! Did you take off my clothes?!" Keke felt a surge of anger.

Her physical condition was much stronger than Orange's. Although she and Orange had both been poisoned by the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower, she had remained conscious for a period of time at the beginning.

She also realized that it was Yu Tianhuang who saved her and Ju Zi.

But that's no excuse for you to take off my clothes, you brat! My nineteen years of innocence are gone just like that?!

Of course, her immediate actions clearly showed that she had a very good impression of Yu Tianhuang.

If it were someone else, she probably wouldn't have questioned them like that; she would have attacked them directly.

Keke quickly came to Ju Zi's side, hugged Ju Zi's right hand, and her voice was filled with grievance.

"Waaaah, Sister Orange, I've been seen naked."

As she spoke, she glared fiercely at Xu Zihuang.

"Tell me, how do you plan to resolve this? My innocence has been tarnished for nineteen years!"

Xu Zihuang smiled wryly and said helplessly, "Senior Keke, there's a reason for all of this. I can assure you, I didn't do anything to you."

Keke, this naturally fierce girl, seemed to have a focus completely different from normal people. Upon hearing Xu Zihuang's words, she was first taken aback, then immediately frowned and retorted angrily.

"What kind of expression is that?! I'm smart, clever, and cute, are you trying to say I have absolutely no charm?!"

It has a distinctly beastly or even worse feel to it.

"Alright, Keke. I helped you take off your clothes; he's been outside the whole time. The plant-type spirit beast we encountered before was called the Nightmare Man-Eating Flower. You were poisoned by its Nightmare Toxin, which can penetrate through the skin. To get the antidote, you have to take off your clothes," Ju Zi explained while comforting Keke.

For some reason, Orange felt uneasy. That strange emotion from before surged up again.

The thought that Keke had indeed been seen naked by Yu Tianhuang made her feel a tightness in her chest and a sense of suffocation. Was it jealousy or possessiveness at play, or perhaps both?

That's why she said those words. She didn't want Keke and Yu Tianhuang to develop such an ambiguous relationship.

"Sister Orange, is this true?" Keke stared wide-eyed at Orange.

Orange nodded slowly, returning to her usual demeanor, and said coquettishly.

Why would I need to lie to you?