Icefire Yin Yang Well

Seeing Huo Yuhao's somewhat bewildered expression, Gu Yue Na explained softly.

"Back when the dragon clan was at its peak, they were considered Dragon God's direct subordinates. And I am a part separated from the Dragon God—even regarded as the Dragon God's true body—so naturally, my status is different."

"So the Icefire Yin Yang Well is where the Icefire Dragon Kings' remains are located?"

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Gu Yue Na.

"Would it help you?"

Gu Yue Na did not answer. Instead, she raised her head and gave him a strange look. Thoroughly confused by her gaze, Huo Yuhao hesitantly spoke.

"What is it?"

"...Nothing."

Gu Yue Na withdrew her gaze and shook her head.

"Only power left behind by the Dragon God, which shares the same origin as me, can help me. In comparison, what the Ice Dragon King left behind would be far more helpful to you. Not only could it evolve that Ice Attribute Martial Soul, it would also greatly benefit you personally."

Huo Yuhao froze at her words. He had not expected Gu Yue Na to bring this up because the Ice Dragon King could help him, intending for him to absorb it.

He opened his mouth several times, yet had no idea what to say. After a long while, Huo Yuhao softly uttered two words.

"Thank you."

"...You're welcome. If you grow stronger, you'll also be able to gain influence among humans sooner. It's mutually beneficial, that's all."

Her voice remained ethereal, but Huo Yuhao vaguely felt that her tone seemed a little lighter than before.

Returning to the matter they had been discussing, absorbing the Ice Dragon King sounded wonderful, but actually doing so would not be easy.

Gu Yue Na had once mentioned that her current strength was only at the level of a Level One God, while the Icefire Dragon Kings had been even stronger than her. Didn't that mean... God Kings?

Was that really something he could absorb?

He only had one ring!

He could not even absorb the Cold Spring radiating from the Ice Dragon King's remains, yet he was thinking of absorbing the Ice Dragon King itself?

Wasn't that too big a leap?

Dragons were often arrogant and domineering. Even after death, their lingering wills would not allow their power to be absorbed so easily by others.

Hadn't his teacher from his previous life, Mu En, suffered greatly because of a Dragon Pill?

Even after nurturing it for a hundred years, he had still been carelessly backlashed by the baleful aura hidden within the Dragon Pill, ultimately damaging his foundation.

A mere Light Sacred Dragon had caused the renowned Dragon God Douluo to suffer such a loss. What he was about to absorb was a king of the dragon clan. How could the difficulty be merely several times greater?

"The two Dragon Kings have been dead for many years. Their remaining energy has long since ceased to be at the God King level. Whether it can even reach the level of a Level One God is hard to say."

As though she had guessed Huo Yuhao's thoughts, Gu Yue Na glanced sideways at him and explained softly.

"Besides, while you cannot completely absorb it in your current state, you can still absorb a little—enough to let your Martial Soul complete one evolution. Get ready. We're leaving immediately."

Huo Yuhao said nothing more. He turned and gave Tang Ya, who was still gathering life force, a brief instruction before looking back at Gu Yue Na.

"Let's go. I happen to know the way—"

Before he could finish, a soft, delicate touch came from his palm. Huo Yuhao froze and instinctively looked at the slender hand holding his, accompanied by Gu Yue Na's ethereal voice beside his ear.

"There's no need to make it so troublesome."

As soon as she spoke, Huo Yuhao clearly felt an invisible ripple spread outward with Gu Yue Na at its center. Fear flashed through the eyes of the surrounding Soul Beasts. After a series of whimpers, they all hurried away from where the two of them stood.

The next second, an ink-black Space Rift appeared out of thin air before them and swallowed the two of them whole.

When his vision returned, he saw the multicolored poisonous clouds in the sky, as well as the distinctly divided red-and-white lake not far ahead.

The plants had clearly noticed these two uninvited guests as well. Some emitted faint glows, while others turned their stems and leaves, vaguely facing in their direction.

The pale pink flower on the shore where the two colors met gently swayed its body, its tone carrying a trace of vigilance.

"Who are you? How did you get in here?"

It could not help being nervous. It had not sensed even the slightest disturbance in the poisonous formation outside, yet these two had appeared here out of nowhere. Even stranger, it could not sense the slightest aura fluctuation from that silver-haired human girl.

Plant Soul Beasts were naturally far more perceptive than animal Soul Beasts. It had never encountered such a situation before.

Yet in the face of its questioning, the Silver-Haired Girl could not even be bothered to answer. Her purple eyes merely swept over it indifferently before she pulled the boy straight toward the Cold Spring.

"Stop! Answer my question! Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!"

Seeing herself ignored, the pink flower's voice took on a note of anger.

It was not merely because of the other party's attitude. It was also to protect the environment they depended on for survival from being destroyed by humans. If they did not learn where these two humans had come from, who knew whether they would reveal this place after leaving?

If that happened, all the plants here would likely face utter annihilation.

At those words, the girl finally stopped as it wished. She turned her head toward it. Though her eyes remained as calm as ever, they made it feel an indescribable chill.

"Y-you, what are you trying to do?"

In an instant, the pink flower's petals instinctively drew together. Before Gu Yue Na's faint yet ever-present pressure, even its tone became somewhat cautious.

"You trespassed into our home. You should at least... at least state who you are."

"Home?"

As if she had heard some ridiculous joke, Gu Yue Na gave a light scoff. After arriving at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, she gave it a brief inspection and found that it was indeed as Huo Yuhao had described: the surrounding Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers and even the Jade Scale Nine Absolute Flowers bore traces of deliberate cultivation.

It looked as though whoever had planted them intended to protect this place, but in truth, even these plant Soul Beasts themselves were blocked by the Poison Barrier. They had been completely penned in, with no way to leave.

"You're nothing more than livestock raised by someone else, yet you call this a homeland? Parasites who gained sentience only by relying on the grace of the dragon race—what right do you have to be disrespectful to me!?"

By the end, Gu Yue Na's originally ethereal voice carried a chill that made one feel as if they had fallen into an icy abyss. Her crystalline silver hair moved without wind, blazing with dazzling light.

In an instant, terrifying pressure descended upon every plant in the Icefire Yin Yang Well. As far as the eye could see, all the plants trembled violently beneath that pressure, while the pink flower facing it directly let out pained pleas for mercy.

"Stop, stop! I was wrong—I really know I was wrong!"