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

Before the two could even exchange words, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass spoke first, "Could you take me with you?"

Chapter 501 Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pill and One Year Later

Among the four plant-type soul beasts within the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, the Fiery Apricot is the most straightforward, the Fragrant Fairy is quick-witted, the Fairy Tulip is insightful, and the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass is the most adept at thinking.

Long ago, it had harbored the idea of ​​becoming Xu Zihuang's soul spirit, but unfortunately, its own attributes were incompatible with Xu Zihuang's two martial souls. Now that the Qiluo Tulip had become Ning Tian's soul spirit, it was simply too impatient to resist.

"It's over. Not only Xiangxiang, but even Bajiao has gone mad. If they had stayed in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, they could at least have survived the second Heavenly Tribulation. I really don't understand why you all have to rush to attach yourselves to humans?"

Meanwhile, the fragrant and elegant fairy spirit, seeing its companions one after another wanting to become human soul masters, was unsettled. But after a moment's thought, it felt a surge of joy.

"Fine, whatever you want. As long as he doesn't come after me, hehe."

"Your attribute is ice, which is not suitable for us," Xu Zihuang said calmly, glancing sideways at the eight-cornered Xuanbing Grass in the center of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well's cold spring.

Hearing this, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass felt disheartened, but there was nothing it could do.

Just when the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass had given up hope, Xu Zihuang suddenly changed the subject.

"However, I can make you, like the Qiluo Tulip, the soul of someone by my side."

Ning Tianxia subconsciously looked at Xu Zihuang.

Xu Zihuang explained with a smile, "When Ning Qing awakens her martial soul at the age of six, we will attach Tianmeng's ice attribute martial soul to her."

Ning Tian smiled sweetly, not particularly surprised by Yu Tianhuang's decision. She had witnessed Yu Tianhuang's doting affection for Ning Qing.

Yu Tianhuang said this because he must have glimpsed part of the future related to Ning Qing through the power of his Golden Eye Martial Soul.

Seeing that the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass seemed a little hesitant, Ning Tian picked up where Xu Zihuang left off, adding a sentence with a smile.

"Ning Qing is our daughter."

Although Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian's words contained a lot of information, the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass didn't need to pay attention to anything else. It only needed to confirm the relationship between 'Ning Qing' and Xu Zihuang.

“Alright. Please bring her here then.” The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass agreed without hesitation, its gentle voice filled with indescribable excitement.

Xu Zihuang smiled calmly, shifting his gaze from the octagonal ice grass, and, holding Ning Tian's hand, carefully surveyed the valley within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

His trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was not only to help Ning Tian obtain his seventh soul ring, but also to collect the various essences condensed by these plant-type soul beasts and refine them into pills.

Xu Zihuang's foundation had been very solid since childhood. Although his soul power cultivation had improved rapidly in recent years, it was basically due to some opportunities and the gradual accumulation of strength. Moreover, taking this kind of pill made from rare and precious materials would not have any side effects. He didn't need to stubbornly refuse to rely on external forces.

He successfully fused the life essence of the plant-type soul beasts within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to refine a pill. Consuming it will undoubtedly allow him to reach the level 90 bottleneck in a very short time.

Sensing Xu Zihuang's gaze, Youxiang Qiluo Xianpin shrank back in alarm, fearing that she would be targeted.

Xu Zihuang chuckled softly, noticing the subtle movements of the Fragrant Silk Immortal Herb, but his gaze didn't linger on it for long. Although the Fragrant Silk Immortal Herb could cure all poisons, its medicinal effect was also singular; using it to refine pills was actually less effective than other rare and precious herbs.

Ning Tian silently followed behind Xu Zihuang, a charming smile on her pretty face. The two of them temporarily left Xiao Ningqing behind, and being alone together reminded her of the time she spent with Yu Tianhuang at Shrek Academy when she was young.

When Xu Zihuang was gathering the materials, Ning Tian tacitly took out a jade box from his storage soul tool and handed it to him. Although the methods of harvesting many rare and precious herbs differ, they are all basically stored in warm jade boxes to preserve their medicinal effects.

In this way, Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian almost ransacked the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, collecting all the rare and precious materials.

The plant-type soul beasts, led by Youxiang Qiluo Xianpin, dared not speak out against their anger and could only let Xu Zihuang do as he pleased.

Just as Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian were about to leave, the voice of the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass rang out again.

"Wait. Since we've decided to go with you from now on, there's no need to keep this. This is an octagonal Xuanbing Crystal that I've cultivated for ten thousand years. Take it with you. If an ice-attribute Soul Master carries it, it will greatly accelerate their cultivation speed. If it's embedded in a weapon, it can give any metal the power of ultimate ice. The most essential part of my one hundred thousand years of cultivation is all here."

As he spoke, the strange octagonal crystals on the body of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass fully appeared, slowly drifting to Xu Zihuang's front, radiating a pure and chilling coldness.

"Ok?"

Stimulated by the chill, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was instantly awakened.

"Good heavens! The purity and concentration of ice elements contained here are far superior to those of the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. This must be the essence of the extreme cold spring that it has been refined over ten thousand years."

"We'll accept your octagonal Xuanbing Crystal. Don't worry, I'll keep my promise." Xu Zihuang naturally knew that the octagonal Xuanbing Grass was doing this to show its determination. As he spoke, he used his soul power to guide the octagonal Xuanbing Crystal to move slowly, and handed it over to Ning Tian.

"Let's put it away for Ning Qing in advance. In the future, we can use it as the core to make a natal soul tool for Ning Qing."

"Hmm." Ning Tian nodded slightly, then put the octagonal Xuanbing Crystal into her Starlight Sapphire Storage Ring.

Xu Zihuang nodded solemnly to the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass before leading Ning Tian away.

Sensing the strange looks from her companions, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass ignored them and fell into a deep sleep, completely blocking out the talkative Youyou.

Upon returning to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School, Xu Zihuang began preparing for alchemy.

Over the past month, he had meticulously studied some of the elixir recipes within the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. While the elixir-refining recipes of the Douluo Continent varied, they all ultimately led to the same goal. The first step was to melt various medicinal herbs into a liquid and extract impurities. Then, based on their properties, these liquids were blended together without repulsion. The final step was to form the elixir.

It sounds simple, but it's not so easy to implement in practice.

The reason why the Xuanming Sect's Xuan Shui Dan is so rare and valuable is not only because the materials required are extremely rare, but also because the refining process has a high failure rate.

If any step goes wrong, or even if there is a slight difference in the proportion of medicinal materials, the pill refining process may fail.

Of course, Xu Zihuang's spiritual power, which had already reached the level of a demigod, and his Golden Eye Martial Soul's talent for seeing the essence of things, destined him to have a unique advantage in refining pills.

The back mountain of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School.

In the sky, countless purple-gold lightning bolts raged. Under the tempering of the lightning, the fist-sized golden medicinal essence began to condense into pills, differentiating into purple-gold pills the size of longan, containing a vast amount of pure medicinal power.

There are ten of these purplish-gold pills in total. They are crystal clear and bright gold in color, and on the round surface of the pills, there are nine strange purple halo cloud patterns.

Unlike conventional methods of alchemy, Xu Zihuang chose not to use high-temperature flames, but rather the power of thunder under his control.

As the saying goes, after the worst comes the best; at the end of destruction lies new life. Thunder brings not only destruction, but also life. This is why many withered trees are rejuvenated after being struck by lightning.

Xu Zihuang used lightning to temper and solidify the pills, perfectly stimulating the life force within the medicinal essence with astonishing control. Just like crafting a high-level soul tool, he imbued these pills with life and soul.

A shimmering light spread out, forming a lustrous sheen. Within this lustrous sheen, the faint glow of the sun and moon could be seen.

The rich medicinal fragrance was released outwards like a geyser for a moment, then completely contained within the pill, no longer leaking out the slightest aroma.

Xu Zihuang used his soul power to guide the ten pills into ten separate jade bottles. Compared to the so-called Qiankun Creation Pill from the Tang Sect, the Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pill he refined would only be more potent.

The Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pill was just a name he casually gave to these pills. It had the effect of enhancing soul power cultivation and body tempering. The only drawback was that the Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pill was too potent, and only soul masters with at least the cultivation level of a Title Douluo could refine and absorb it.

After putting away the ten Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pills, Xu Zihuang crossed the void and disappeared from the spot.

From then on, Xu Zihuang entered a period of rapid growth in cultivation by consuming and refining the Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pill. However, he did not retreat into seclusion to cultivate, but spent his spare time with Ning Tian and Xiao Ningqing. Occasionally, he would travel between Shrek Academy and Mingdu.

A year passed in the blink of an eye. When Xu Zihuang refined the effects of the seventh Nine-Turn Thunder Spirit Pill, his soul power level reached the peak of level eighty-nine. His flawless golden body was only one step away from the Great Perfection realm.

During this time, Ye Guyi was also trying to break through to the Title Douluo realm and condense a second soul core. Her approach was still the same as the dual soul cores of a human Limit Douluo, but even so, the condensation of the second soul core was not going smoothly.

“Hoo—” In the quiet room on the top floor of the central castle of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xu Zihuang let out a long breath. The divine light in his eyes was restrained, and his aura as deep as the abyss quietly dissipated into nothingness.

The speed at which he approached the level 90 bottleneck was even faster than he had imagined. Next, once he successfully condensed his second soul core, which complemented Yin and Yang, and broke through to the Title Douluo realm, he could completely shed all his pretenses and take revenge on Xu Tianran.

Chapter 502 Vina's Request

Unlike Ye Guyi, Xu Zihuang's mental strength and physical strength were both sufficient to support the Yin-Yang complementary second soul core.

For him, condensing a second soul core, while not entirely without bottlenecks, wasn't as difficult as he had imagined. In fact, condensing a second soul core that complemented Yin and Yang was probably easier for him than for Elder Xuan and Poison Undying to condense second soul cores that resonated in the same position.

This is the difference in natural talent. Like Huo Yuhao in his past life memories, he was limited by his talent, which is why even after obtaining countless heaven-defying opportunities, he didn't show much potential.

Any one of these opportunities, if given to someone else, could easily create a top-tier powerhouse.

Xu Zihuang slowly walked out of the quiet room, subconsciously releasing his spiritual power to sense the locations of Ye Guyi, Ning Tian, ​​and Ning Qing.

In order to bring his soul power cultivation as close as possible to the bottleneck of level ninety, he briefly went into seclusion to cultivate. Ye Guyi, on the other hand, struggled to break through for a long time and prepared to accumulate more experience and deepen his foundation. He would often take Ning Qing with him to play around the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the vicinity of Heaven Dou City.

The Sun Moon Empire has been relatively peaceful over the past year. In addition, with the presence of two Limit Douluo, Gu Lao and Du Bu Si, in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and Heaven Dou City, its safety is relatively guaranteed.

As expected, Xu Zihuang spotted Ye Guyi, Ning Tian, ​​and Ning Qing in the most bustling area of ​​Tiandou City.

The mental power of a demigod is truly capable of traveling a thousand miles in a single thought.

Just then, an ancient, gentle voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Xu Zihuang's expression shifted slightly, and with a flash, he appeared in a pavilion area in front of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's central castle. The lake, formed by drawing water from underground springs, was far smaller than Shrek Academy's Sea God Lake, but much clearer. A gentle breeze rippled across the clear surface.

Ancient and elegant pavilions and towers are situated on it, and wooden bridges crisscross the area.

Ning Xingxu and Gu Lao were on one of the pavilions, smiling as they watched Xu Zihuang walk towards them.

"Tianhuang, I heard from Grandpa Long that you've made great progress in your seclusion this time. Judging from your aura, you should be only one step away from breaking through to the Title Douluo realm, right?" Ning Xingxu asked Xu Zihuang affectionately.

"Great-grandfather is right, my current soul power cultivation has indeed reached the peak of level eighty-nine."

Xu Zihuang nodded frankly, then changed the subject.

"However, I condensed my first soul core with spiritual attributes a long time ago. To break through to the Title Douluo level, I must successfully condense my second soul core."

Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian already had Ning Qing, so their relationship was already inseparable. Xu Zihuang's way of addressing Gu naturally changed.

However, due to his special experiences and background since childhood, he is not used to addressing Ning Xingxu like Ning Tian does, and calling him father-in-law or Uncle Ning directly would seem too formal, so he avoids addressing Ning Xingxu in this way most of the time.

Ning Xingxu was perceptive and always took the initiative to guide the conversation, so as not to make Xu Zihuang feel awkward about how to address him.

“Tianhuang, your talent surpasses even that of the Bone Robe. I believe that condensing a second soul core should not be difficult for you.” Gu Lao laughed heartily, subconsciously believing that Xu Zihuang would condense a second soul core with the same resonance.

After all, the cultivation method of the Yin-Yang complementary second soul core is too unbelievable, and no human soul master has ever tried such a cultivation method. Among soul beasts, the only one with a clear record of successfully cultivating the Yin-Yang complementary second soul core is the Beast God Di Tian, ​​who ranks first among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

However, in reality, the Evil Eye Tyrant also cultivated a dual soul core that complemented Yin and Yang. Otherwise, the Evil Eye Tyrant would have been no match for the Beast God Emperor Tian.

Xu Zihuang met the ancient gaze, his expression suddenly turning serious.

"Great-grandfather, I'm preparing to cultivate a second soul core that complements Yin and Yang."

"What?!" Upon hearing this, both Ning Xingxu and Gu Lao's expressions changed drastically, and they could no longer maintain their previous composure.

As someone who had been through it all, Gu Lao knew the immense risks involved in condensing a second soul core. He believed Yu Tianhuang could handle a second soul core that resonated with the same location as the original. However, the cultivation method for a Yin-Yang complementary second soul core was far beyond the control of human soul masters, and its danger was at least dozens of times greater than that of the resonance cultivation method.

The old man said in a deep voice, "Tianhuang, do you know what you're saying? I think Mu En must have told you about the dangers of the Yin-Yang Complementary Second Soul Core Cultivation Method back then."

“Old Mu did say these things to me back then, but I’m not content with that,” Xu Zihuang nodded slightly.

"Moreover, I am confident that I have a certain degree of success and I am fully prepared."

His preparation consisted of the 100,000-year-old Acacia Heartbreak Red that Wang Qiu'er had picked for him. As the king of immortal herbs, even if he failed to cultivate the Yin-Yang Complementary Second Soul Core and suffered severe injuries, this Acacia Heartbreak Red would be enough to allow him to recover his vitality in a short time.

Gu Lao opened his mouth as if to say something, but Ning Xingxu stopped him with a look.

Ning Xingxu turned his gaze back to Xu Zihuang and asked seriously, "Tianhuang, what are you planning to do next?"

Xu Zihuang was taken aback at first, but quickly realized what was happening, his eyes becoming deep.

"Once I break through to the Title Douluo realm, all the conflicts on the continent will be resolved. Next, I will go to a place suitable for my secluded cultivation to try and break through to the Title Douluo realm."