Chapter 72 It's you?! Emperor Auspicious Beast Descends!
The Chrysanthemum and the Dew that Seems to Pierce the Autumn Water.
These two Immortal Herbs would provide him with the greatest boost at this stage.
The Chrysanthemum primarily tempered the body and could greatly enhance physical strength.
The Dew that Seems to Pierce the Autumn Water targeted spiritual power, making it perfect for further developing the Eye of Life.
He first picked up the Chrysanthemum.
This was a huge chrysanthemum, each petal resembling a fuzzy tail. Following his memory, Dai Huabin first ate the petals, then sucked out the stamens.
Upon tasting the Immortal Herb, a balanced and peaceful energy instantly exploded within his body.
There was no tearing sensation, only an extremely thick and intense heat that surged wildly through his limbs and bones.
Dai Huabin felt that his bones were making subtle popping sounds, and his muscle fibers were being constantly stretched and reorganized.
Combined with the powerful regenerative abilities of the Life Gold, this transformation process became exceptionally smooth.
Then, he took the Dew that Seems to Pierce the Autumn Water.
A cool liquid dripped into his eyes, and a wave of clarity rushed straight to his brain.
Within his spiritual sea, Electrolux's fragments of consciousness seemed to sense this pure spiritual energy, emitting pleasant fluctuations.
The Eye of Life appeared on his forehead, its cyan-gold light growing ever deeper.
A day later, Dai Huabin suddenly opened his eyes.
A faint golden light flashed deep within his eyes.
He stood up, casually threw a punch, and a muffled thud resounded in the air.
His physical strength had at least doubled.
The Chrysanthemum truly lived up to its reputation!
More importantly, it was his soul power.
Originally stuck at level 38, his soul power, propelled by the medicinal power of the Chrysanthemum, broke through level 39 without any hindrance and directly reached the level 40 threshold.
Further levels of soul power could only be obtained after completing the fourth soul ring acquisition.
Dai Huabin turned to look at Hyotei, who was still in seclusion, but did not disturb her.
He left the undead demiplane alone and determined his direction.
The quality of the soul beasts in Sunset Forest was too poor, making it difficult to find a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast suitable for his Ice Soul White Tiger Spirit.
If he wanted top-quality spirit rings, he still had to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
...
Dai Huabin spent three days traveling eastward from Sunset Forest, passing through two small towns, and finally standing on the northern edge of Star Dou Great Forest.
The last time he came here was when he enrolled and was waiting for Huo Yuhao.
Now...
Things were completely different now.
Hyotei's blood pact altered his physique, and the Chrysanthemum further elevated his physical abilities to an absurd level.
Furthermore, with the nourishment of the Life Gold for so long, his physical endurance was far beyond that of ordinary Soul Masters.
Therefore, he did not intend to play by the rules for his fourth soul ring.
Under normal circumstances, obtaining a fourth soul ring that was four to five thousand years old was already considered excellent.
A truly daring genius might attempt one that was ten thousand years old.
He planned to go straight for 30,000 years.
Even 40,000 years.
The prerequisite was that he had to find a suitable ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.
...
On the first day, he circled around the perimeter and practiced against three-thousand-year-old soul beasts.
After being possessed by the Ice Soul White Tiger, his combat power was more than one level stronger than it had been half a year ago; even thousand-year-old soul beasts couldn't withstand more than three moves from him.
The next day, he ventured deep into the central part of the forest.
The soul beasts here were noticeably more ferocious; he could occasionally encounter one or two that were ten thousand years old.
But either the attributes were incorrect, or the cultivation years were insufficient.
On the third day, he had already entered the mixed zone of Star Dou Great Forest.
The vegetation in this area was tall and dense, with the tree canopies almost completely blocking out the sunlight, leaving only a few scattered beams of light to pierce through the gaps.
The air was filled with a strong smell of humus, mixed with the scents of various flowers, plants, and animals.
Dai Huabin stopped under a thick ancient tree and looked around.
There was no suitable target.
It had been three days, and he still hadn't encountered a single one that met the criteria.
As for why Dai Huabin dared to be so unscrupulous, it was partly due to the existence of the undead demiplane, and partly due to the existence of the Ice Emperor.
"Forget it, there's no use in rushing."
Dai Huabin decided to fill his stomach first.
He found a relatively open space nearby, where a shallow stream flowed by, its water crystal clear. It was the perfect place to cook.
He captured a soul beast, detached its two legs, and then took out spare seasonings from his storage ring.
After all, he was a transmigrator, so grilling meat was nothing new to him.
A fire was lit, and the skewered thigh meat was placed on it. The grease dripped onto the charcoal and sizzled, and the aroma of the meat quickly filled the air.
Dai Huabin sprinkled salt on the meat while turning it over and grilling.
Lighting a fire and roasting meat on the outer edge of the core area of Star Dou Great Forest would be considered suicidal by any normal Soul Master.
The sense of smell of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast was extremely sensitive; the aroma of roasted meat could travel for miles, which was equivalent to having a sign hanging on his head that said, "Come and eat me."
But Dai Huabin wasn't worried.
He carried the aura of Hyotei.
As long as that trace of bloodline was activated, relying on the bloodline suppression of a 400,000-year-old ferocious beast, ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts within a radius of several miles would not dare to approach.
And that was indeed the case.
On the day he entered the outer edge of the core area, almost all the soul beasts along the way actively avoided him, even those that were ten thousand years old.
So he felt very reassured while roasting.
When the meat was about 70-80% cooked, Dai Huabin took off the first piece of thigh meat and took a bite.
It tasted good.
Although the seasonings were simple, the thigh meat itself was delicious.
He ate while thinking about his next plan.
It still had to be a tiger-type soul beast.
Just then, he sensed something.
To be precise, all the hairs on the back of his neck stood up.
This feeling was not murderous intent, nor hostility, but a pure instinctive alertness.
The meat in Dai Huabin's hand stopped in mid-air, and he hadn't swallowed the meat in his mouth yet.
He didn't turn around, but his mental power had already been fully unleashed.
The Eye of Life faintly glowed on his forehead, taking in and perceiving everything within a hundred meters.
About thirty meters behind him, a cat was perched on a branch of a giant tree.
Wrong.
The "cat" was entirely golden, its fur shimmering like liquid gold.
It was three or four times larger than an average domestic cat, with strong and powerful limbs, and its tail hung leisurely under the tree branch, swaying gently.
There was a vertical eye in the very center of its forehead.
Its vertical eye was slightly narrowed, staring at the roasted meat in Dai Huabin's hand.
Dai Huabin almost dropped the meat on the ground.
Ah?
This was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Dai Huabin's mind raced.
In the original novel, the storyline between the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Huo Yuhao took place after the Soul Master Competition.
Because of Xuanzi's forceful intervention, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Huo Yuhao underwent a fate-guided encounter.
Although Dai Huabin had been thinking about how to intercept this destiny-guided encounter, he never expected to encounter the Three-Eyed Golden Lion today.
Dai Huabin slowly swallowed the roasted meat in his mouth.
Then he did something that even he found absurd: he picked up the remaining roast meat in his hand and waved it in the direction of the tree.
"Want some?"
The golden figure in the tree paused for a moment.
The vertical eye blinked, seemingly surprised that this human had discovered it, and that his first reaction was not to run, but to offer food.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion leaped down from the tree branch.
The landing was almost silent; its four golden claws stepped on the withered leaves without crushing a single one.
It walked gracefully to a spot five or six meters away from Dai Huabin and stopped.
Upon closer inspection, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was even more beautiful than Dai Huabin had imagined.
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