To be honest, Lin Hao never expected that there would be such benefits here. Dugu Bo, who had already been searching for various herbs according to the map and had started to try to refine medicine using Lin Hao's alchemy furnace, which was actually not that many years old, was also here.

Lin Hao, who had followed the guidance of his martial soul to a tulip bush, felt a sudden sense of relief after abandoning his malice towards Tang San. He simply summoned his martial soul and resonated with it, and felt a joy that his own certain flaws had been made up for.

Under the influence of the two orchid-shaped tulips, the primordial energy of heaven and earth continuously flowed into Lin Hao's body. His own level 24 soul power also began to surge rapidly due to the constant replenishment in these gardens and the continuous purification and refinement by the basic Qi Refining Technique, which had become almost instinctive.

Right under Dugu Bo's horrified gaze, as if he had seen a ghost, he rushed all the way to level 30. Then, a light purple soul ring condensed out of thin air. The soul ring only stopped after it turned completely dark purple and faintly carried a wisp of black light, and then it was placed on Lin Hao's martial soul.

"A soul beast in human form?! Wait, no, it doesn't have the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. No! What is that?...A god!"

The faint golden mark on his forehead shone brightly, causing Dugu Bo to completely suppress all desire to explore it. As the divine light swept across the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, the Asura Divine Sense paused for a moment before dissipating from some unimportant immortal herbs and concentrating on the three immortal herbs that were most precious to his successor.

As Lin Hao was condensing his third spirit ring, he faintly heard an extremely majestic voice.

"Naturally, as the Supreme God-King, I welcome your return, but you must remember, you are not allowed to disrupt my plans, otherwise, you will fall into slumber once more!"

Ignoring the message sent to him by the Asura Divine Sense, after extracting energy from the Eyes of Ice and Fire and condensing a third soul ring with a limit of 9,999 years, Lin Hao turned his attention to the immortal herb he needed.

Abandoning the original plan to consume the tulip, he instead plucked it by the roots, preserving the stem so it could continue to grow. He then channeled his Qi into it through his martial soul, intending to refine it into his natal weapon, combining it with his martial soul to protect his life.

After witnessing such a miracle, Dugu Bo completely lost the will to continue refining medicine. He quickly took out the herbs he had put into the alchemy furnace, stopped the transmission of soul power, shut it down, and then took off directly towards the capital of Tiandou City.

He suddenly felt that compared to Yu Tianheng, whom he had carefully selected and who had finally become a couple with his granddaughter through various coincidences, this kid seemed more suitable to be his granddaughter's husband.

As for that assertive girl who clearly has a thing with this guy? Anyway, as long as his granddaughter is the first wife, that's fine.

The high compatibility between the refining materials and the martial soul allowed Lin Hao to absorb the Qiluo Tulip into his martial soul in less than half an hour, allowing it to interact with his martial soul and enhance his foundation.

After completing this initial refinement, Lin Hao opened his eyes again and found that he seemed to have broken through again, reaching level 40 Soul Master, and his fourth Soul Ring was a deep, dark... ten-thousand-year Soul Ring!

"What is this? A sacrifice? But why only for ten thousand years?"

Feeling the vibrant life force within his martial soul, completely different from the one that only possessed a hint of mystique within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, this immortal herb, now fully displaying its power as the king of herbs, and looking at all the immortal herbs within the inner circle of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, a bold guess immediately surfaced in Lin Hao's mind.

"Perhaps they have been around for more than 100,000 years. However, due to the isolation between the Asura Divine Sense and the corpse of the Ice and Fire Dragon King, they escaped the 100,000-year calamity that all soul beasts feared. But because of the influence of the Asura Divine Sense, they lost all the conditions to awaken their intelligence. Therefore, they were completely trapped for more than 100,000 years."

"And I..."

With his left palm open, an incredibly realistic Qiluo tulip appeared on his hand. Feeling his own nature and life constantly growing stronger under the nourishment of an extremely pure energy, Lin Hao felt as if he had made a huge profit.

At this moment, as the poisonous fog that had enveloped the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye surged, Dugu Bo, who was slightly out of breath, returned here with his granddaughter and saw the bright 100,000-year soul ring on Lin Hao's body.

"One yellow, two purple, one black... a nine-year-old four-ring Soul Master..."

Muttering words that even Dugu Yan couldn't hear, Dugu Bo almost collapsed from lack of breath, which startled Lin Hao so much that he immediately activated his second and fourth soul skills at full power, pushing the healing aura and the spirit of nature to their limits to heal this person who might be one of his key players in the early to mid-stages.

It took a while for Dugu Bo to fully recover.

Then the old poisoner abandoned his granddaughter, who was almost terrified, and dragged Lin Hao to a corner, where he started talking about his granddaughter's good points.

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"No, kid, I'm giving you such a wonderful granddaughter, and I'm not even restricting you from marrying or loving only one person. All you want is the position of a first wife. I, a titled Douluo, am your biggest backer. Isn't that enough?"

"No, senior, please stop playing matchmaker! I admit your granddaughter is outstanding and beautiful, but she likes Yu Tianheng, and that guy is truly in love with her. You said they should stay together and get married when they're old enough, but you're here to play matchmaker again!"

"No, you..."

"Stop! Let's not even talk about how I don't like to ruin other people's happiness. Just look at us, we just made a snap decision and decided on your granddaughter and me. Okay! I got a great deal, but what about your granddaughter? Do you really think that someone so young can have such a high soul power level? You're really talented!"

"I spend almost all of my time cultivating, except for eating and sleeping. Apart from having a lot of professional knowledge and a decent level of soul power, I'm just a useless person when it comes to daily life."

"Rui'er, um, that's the little girl who pointed at me as a life-saving tool before. What do you think of her talent?"

"Tsk... Judging from her bone age, she's only 11, but I've also seen her spirit rings. One is yellow and the other is purple. Coupled with her incredibly skilled basic spear technique and her incredibly solid Soul-Breaking Spear Intent, her spirit power level should be around 25! This girl is quite the little genius!"

"Yes! But this talented girl has taken care of me for more than three years. Let me be frank with you! I'm a useless person. You're ruining your granddaughter's original happiness and making her accommodate me. Isn't this deliberately pushing her into a fire pit?"