Quan Yi hadn't quite figured out the current situation, but he couldn't allow this immortal herb to disturb Huo Wu.
He lightly leaped in front of the flower, changing the patterns on his hand to the Ultimate Wood, and grabbed the flower stalk of the large blossom.
However, Quan Yi's touch had the opposite effect, causing the large flower to strongly resist.
But, how could a mere flower break free from Quan Yi's immense strength?
Even so, the power that the flower erupted with was exceptionally astonishing.
Moreover, such a powerful clash of forces did not cause any damage to its flower stalk.
From the tenacious feeling transmitted from his hand, Quan Yi felt that even ordinary Title Douluo-level power would not be able to harm it in the slightest.
"What a hard stem!
This flower is definitely not ordinary."
Although Quan Yi wanted to study it carefully, the key now was to stop its movements.
Green light emanated from the arm grasping the large flower, and Quan Yi attempted to infiltrate it with the Ultimate Wood, completely controlling the flower from the inside.
He originally thought that the current state of being unsealed was the best time to control it, but the moment the light of the Ultimate Wood touched the flower, it erupted with golden-red light, pushing Quan Yi's Ultimate Wood back.
"To be able to resist the Ultimate Wood, you are the first."
Quan Yi sighed helplessly.
Then, he said softly, "Don't be impulsive, Xiao Wu is fine, she doesn't need you to protect her yet."
When force didn't work, Quan Yi went directly for gentleness.
He merged his spiritual power with the Ultimate Wood, repeatedly conveying the same intention.
Slowly, the large flower seemed to understand human speech, and it also seemed to confirm Huo Wu's situation, actually calming down, and the golden-red light on its body gradually subsided.
Even more miraculously, it conveyed its apology to Quan Yi.
Although it couldn't compare to humans, or even Soul Beasts, this immortal herb did possess the intelligence to communicate.
Moreover, Quan Yi also discovered Huo Wu's aura on the large flower, and there was indeed a hidden connection between it and Huo Wu.
This situation made the large flower even more precious.
Moreover, the vitality and energy condensed on its body were rarely seen by Quan Yi in his life. If Huo Wu were to consume this immortal herb, she could definitely break through to level eighty directly.
This was just the benefit at the energy level. Like other immortal herbs, it would definitely have different effects on the body.
Of course, how to deal with it would have to wait until Huo Wu, the owner, woke up before a decision could be made.
"However, is the condition for picking this flower really just blood?"
Quan Yi's heart was full of doubts.
However, he was right. Blood alone would definitely not be able to make this Acacia Heartbroken Red bloom in its true form.
The condition for picking the Acacia Heartbroken Red is that the picker must drip a drop of heart's blood onto the petals, and when picking it, the picker must be thinking of their beloved. If there is even a little bit of hesitation, they will never be able to pick it successfully.
Just now, when Huo Wu was burning her internal organs, when she finally burned her heart, countless boiling and scattered heart's blood vapor fell onto the petals of the Acacia Heartbroken Red with the wind.
Heart's blood is the essence of a person, and every drop is extremely precious to them, but Huo Wu, relying on her abnormal recovery power, repeatedly re-condensed her heart countless times.
In this process, Huo Wu's heart's blood scattered almost saturatedly everywhere, and before long, it reached the amount required for picking.
Of course, just meeting the quantity is not enough. The most important thing is the subsequent condition.
To be in love with someone, and to be sincerely and earnestly in love.
It is already remarkable to know this incredibly harsh and abnormal condition, and on this basis, completing this condition is even more difficult.
But what is astonishing is that Huo Wu inadvertently happened to meet these two conditions.
In other words, Huo Wu was always thinking of Quan Yi in her heart during the bone tempering process.
Huo Wu is not an iron man. The endless, extreme pain of flames burning the flesh cannot be endured for a long time by relying on willpower alone.
Therefore, Huo Wu transferred her attention by recalling the happy experiences she had with Quan Yi, in order to alleviate the pain.
This was her shy little secret hidden deep in her heart.
As for the most crucial sincerity and earnestness, this matter no longer needs to be proven by the Acacia Heartbroken Red.
Looking back at Huo Wu, her flesh and blood had already been burned away, leaving only the soul bone to be tempered by the Yang Spring.
But what was amazing was that the fire shadow behind Huo Wu still maintained its original complete human form.
The person is there, the shadow is there, the shadow is there, the person is there.
This scene, which defied common sense, could not help but make people wonder whether the person constructed the shadow, or the shadow constructed the person.
While Quan Yi was secretly sighing, he also keenly discovered that as Huo Wu's flesh gradually decreased, the corresponding parts of the shadow would become brighter, and even the torso seemed to become more solid than other parts.
This change did not seem to be caused by the phoenix's protection.
Activating the recovery skill would cause the Fire Shadow Soul to emit light as a whole, rather than specific parts becoming brighter.
"The destruction of the flesh will in turn enhance the shadow."
Quan Yi silently noted this discovery in his heart.
Regarding the Fire Shadow Soul, Quan Yi believed that he had studied it very carefully and had a sufficient understanding of it, but this unfamiliar change made Quan Yi realize that the Fire Shadow still contained mysteries that he did not know.
The tempering continued.
The soul bone began to repeatedly change between a charred and smooth state.
But it did not completely burn away like the flesh and blood. It stubbornly maintained the shape of the bones.
And this state had reached equilibrium.
After paying attention for a while, Quan Yi determined that Huo Wu was fine, so he walked to the opposite side, sat on the shore, soaked his feet in the spring water, absorbing energy to nourish the soul bone while recovering his depleted spiritual power.
Noon slowly passed.
Time gradually came to around two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.
Just as Quan Yi's depleted sea of spirit had recovered to half its normal level, a strange noise erupted from Huo Wu's side.
It was the crisp sound of bones rubbing against each other.
When Quan Yi looked up at Huo Wu, he found that Huo Wu's soul bone was shaking violently, and the energy fluctuations were even more obvious, as if something was brewing inside.
More than an hour had passed, and even under the same high temperature, the soul bone was no longer charred, but had become whiter and more condensed, giving people a strange sense of vitality.
When the energy inside had brewed to the extreme, a phoenix cry erupted from the soul bone.
The strong energy fluctuations stirred up ripples on the water surface.
Quan Yi knew what this represented.
This was the evolutionary fluctuation caused by the soul bone crossing the hundred thousand year level.
This meant that the Lanyan Phoenix torso bone, which was originally only a little over two hundred thousand years old, had successfully evolved into three hundred thousand years old.
The level-crossing evolution of the soul bone will have a concentrated burst of attribute increase.
The three hundred thousand year torso bone of Huo Wu released a peculiar energy, and at the same time, a red light appeared in her chest.
Huo Wu's heart recovered quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Thump, thump!"
The long-silent heartbeat sounded again, and starting from the heart, countless blood vessels extended from the heart, beginning to reconstruct Huo Wu's flesh and blood.
