Douluo: Fiery Chains of the Soul, Sealing the Gods — Part 14

At this moment, a butler in a neat uniform was waiting respectfully by the gate. Seeing Ye Lingling step out of the academy, he hurried forward and said in a courteous tone, "Miss, please get in the carriage."

Lingling turned to look at Dugu Yan and asked with concern, "Yanyan, where is your grandfather? Has he arrived as well?"

Dugu Yan put her hands on her hips, her lips curling slightly as she replied with a hint of coquettish annoyance, "Hmph, that old stubborn man is late again!

I've decided not to speak to him for a full three days this time!"

Her words carried both the spoiled affection she felt toward her grandfather and the stubborn adorableness of a young girl.

Oh? What divine being has managed to upset my Yanyan?

At that moment, a cheerful, hearty voice drifted over.

Upon hearing it, Dugu Yan initially looked delighted, but she quickly resumed the proud and tsundere air unique to a young girl. "Who else could it be? Naturally, it's you, Grandfather."

Dugu Bo looked at his granddaughter fondly and said gently, "Yanyan, Grandfather specially prepared some gifts for you this time. I'm sure they'll make you happy."

A flicker of curiosity flashed through Dugu Yan's eyes. "Then what gifts did you prepare for me, Grandfather?

Let's hurry home. I want to see you take them out yourself."

Afterward, Dugu Yan turned to her close friend Ye Lingling and said, "Lingling, Grandfather and I will head off first. You should go home early too!"

Ye Lingling nodded lightly at this and replied, "Mm-hmm. Goodbye, Yanyan. Goodbye, Grandpa Dugu."

Dugu Bo nodded slightly. He knew that this girl was his granddaughter's closest friend, and he was not so arrogant as to put on airs before his granddaughter's good friend.

After a day of rapid travel by carriage, Su Han also arrived at the outskirts of Sunset Forest.

Su Han took out a carefully planned route map from his Storage Soul Tool, preparing to set off for the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

Over the past few years, through his teacher's meticulous guidance, in-depth discussions with the other two education committee members, and extensive reading of related texts, he had gained a broad and comprehensive understanding of the distribution of spirit beasts within Sunset Forest.

Su Han had been carefully planning for the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for a long time.

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Sunset Forest might not have been as boundlessly vast as Star Dou Great Forest, but it was still broad enough to rival the territory of a kingdom.

The rare Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts hidden within it were even more countless than could be numbered.

When Su Han reached the outskirts of Sunset Forest, he cautiously surveyed his surroundings. After confirming that no one else was nearby, he activated the powerful skill bestowed by his hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

Using his ability to fly, Su Han shot forward like lightning, speeding toward the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

Throughout the journey, Su Han remained highly vigilant, carefully avoiding every spirit beast he encountered along the way to prevent unnecessary conflict.

After a full eight hours of relentless travel, Su Han finally arrived before a mountain shrouded in dense poisonous mist.

The mountain was wreathed in toxic fumes. This was clearly the entrance to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

Su Han took out a prepared antidote pill and swallowed it.

This antidote pill was no ordinary one. Otherwise, Su Han would have been poisoned to death by this toxic fog.

Following the Immortal Herb Record given to him by his teacher Zhi Lin, he had found several rare medicinal ingredients that could be purchased, then formulated the pill based on the poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent and the properties of other mixed poisons.

Su Han cautiously but swiftly ran into the poison formation. He saw a passage several hundred meters long, its road covered with the mangled corpses of spirit beasts, glowing with an eerie light and giving off a foul stench.

After passing through the entrance passage, Su Han clearly beheld the sight before him, and his heart began to race uncontrollably.

This was a mountain hollow shaped like an inverted cone, and the mountaintop where he currently stood formed one boundary along the edge of that hollow.

From the bottom of the hollow, an intense, scorching aura rose in billowing waves, filling the air.

With his sharp sense of smell, he could distinguish a faint but distinctive scent of sulfur mixed within it.

Su Han's heart surged with excitement. Time was like sand slipping through an hourglass, every grain incomparably precious.

Without hesitation, he leaped from the edge of the mountaintop. The bottomless cliff became his shortcut to his destination, and in the blink of an eye, he landed firmly at the valley floor.

The scene before him matched the blueprint in his mind perfectly.

A hot spring sat embedded in the valley like a pearl, streams of vapor rising from it in curling wisps, making the place seem like a fairyland. The spring was extraordinarily strange, divided clearly into two halves.

On one side, the water was milky white like frost, its cold air piercing; on the other, it was crimson like fire, heat waves rolling forth.

The two currents intertwined in the air before gradually merging into one and spreading outward in all directions. This was the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, a miracle of nature and a creation of heaven and earth.

Around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, exotic flowers and rare herbs competed in splendor. Nourished by the spring water, they possessed an otherworldly spiritual nature and had become immortal herbs rarely found in the world.

Su Han's gaze was sharp as he moved through the immortal herbs. He was unmoved by their abundance; he already knew exactly what he wanted.

Dugu Bo could return at any moment. Time was pressing, and there was no room for hesitation.

Su Han's eyes swept lightly across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, instantly locking onto his targets—the incomparably rare Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, king of cold poison, and the spirit of the flames, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, symbol of supreme fire poison.

This fire-attribute immortal herb matched his current state of mind: calm yet blazing. He was determined to claim the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

To consume an immortal herb, one first had to harvest it.

Su Han's thoughts raced. He drew a harvesting tool from the Soul Tool at his waist and immediately began his search.

In an instant, a soft crimson figure leaped into view—it was the Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower, an immortal herb overflowing with pure yang energy.

Its leaves were crimson, its top shaped like a rooster's comb, and scarlet-gold veins flowed through its leaves, dazzlingly brilliant. This herb could greatly increase a soul master's cultivation. With a swift motion, Su Han harvested it and stored it within the Soul Tool capable of preserving living things.

Before he could even catch his breath, he discovered the lush green Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

At the center of this herb stood three snow-white jade leaves, with several crystalline drops of dew suspended in their hearts, like the first glimmer of dawn—fresh and clear.

Su Han smiled faintly, gently plucked it, and put it away.

Among immortal herbs, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was not particularly prominent. Its effects could not compare to those rare treasures that directly replenished Soul Power, making it seem rather plain.

Yet this inconspicuous auxiliary immortal herb had now become the treasure Su Han longed for most.

Though it could not directly increase Su Han's Soul Power, it could miraculously hone the sharpness of his eyesight and spiritual power.

As a Control type soul master, Su Han often felt that his spiritual power struggled to keep pace with his physical body through endless cultivation and fierce battles.

And this Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was precisely the key he had dreamed of to make up for that deficiency.

Once he absorbed its essence, his spiritual power and eyesight would surely advance by leaps and bounds, laying a solid foundation for his future path.

Su Han acted decisively, storing the immortal herb within the Myriad Spirits Treasure Casket to await the best time to use it.

Afterward, he continued exploring this mysterious land.

Suddenly, an enormous chrysanthemum entered his view. It bloomed in a magnificent, deep purple, its petals fluffy, soft, and delicate. Though it was astonishingly large,

it did not seem clumsy in the slightest. Instead, it exuded an otherworldly elegance, like a work of art painstakingly sculpted by nature itself, leaving one in awe.

What was surprising was that despite its brilliant colors, this chrysanthemum released not the slightest fragrance, as though it had hidden all its aroma within its core.

Its stamen stood proudly above its petals, nearly half a foot tall, its tip glimmering faintly with gold and radiating an extraordinary, mysterious power.

Su Han recognized this neutral immortal herb at once—Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

"Tsk, tsk," Su Han said with a smile. "If Yue Guan ate this immortal herb, his martial soul could evolve into a god-tier martial soul. He might even gain a domain."

Afterward, Su Han also harvested Aromatic Silk Beauty, known as the bane of all poisons; Lovesick Heartbreak Red, the king of flowers; White Swan Kiss, which could catalyze toxins; and the sacred auxiliary herb Aromatic Silk Beauty.

As he moved along, he spotted an Earth Dragon Golden Gourd that had not yet fully matured, but he did not rush to pluck it. Another opportunity would come in the future.

With his goals clear, the spiritual herbs Su Han sought had long been laid out in his mind like a scroll. In only a short while, he had gathered every one of them.

During this tense hour, Su Han's heartstrings remained taut. He felt both exhilarated and awed.

At this moment, this former holy land of spiritual herbs was nearly barren. Aside from the immortal herbs consumed by Bie San and his protagonist group, several hundred rare medicinal ingredients that were almost impossible to find in a thousand years had all been swept into Su Han's possession.

Even a single thousand-year medicinal herb, taken out at random, would have been enough to stir up a tremendous storm across Douluo Continent.

Now, only the ultimate challenge remained—harvest the Infernal Delicate Apricot, consume it, and leave immediately.

Such a peerless immortal herb possessed fierce toxicity, and even its harvesting method required care.

However, this was merely a trivial matter to Su Han. He had planned everything long ago. To harvest the scorching Infernal Delicate Apricot, one had to use a jade tool.

Thus, holding a smooth white jade blade, Su Han skillfully and gently cut the fiery-red immortal herb away from its stem, his movements exceptionally precise.

As for the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Su Han had another thought: he decided to destroy it.

As someone with a Fire Attribute physique, ice-attribute medicinal herbs were useless to him.

As for cultivating an ice-and-fire physique?

What a joke. Wasn't Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum better? Couldn't he cultivate a vajra physique instead?

Besides, they were both yang in nature. If he consumed it together with the Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower, he would become a body of pure yang.

And who said immortal herbs could not be eaten in greater quantities? What a joke. Don't listen to Bie San's nonsense.

In an instant, an extremely cold force froze a patch of rock into ice, shattering it into fragments, while on the other side, a scorching force reduced another patch of rock to ash.

The two immortal herbs, one cold and one hot, fell before Su Han at the same time.

Just as he had expected, the moment the two immortal herbs with completely opposing attributes met, their cold and heat silently dissipated.

Su Han acted decisively. Holding Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect himself, he swallowed the Infernal Delicate Apricot in one gulp, then leaped into the deep-blue hot spring.

Without the protection of Aromatic Silk Beauty, he would surely have succumbed to the poison and died.

In an instant, Su Han felt as though his entire body had been wrapped in blazing flames, especially inside him, where the heat was almost unbearable.