Icefire Alchemy Body: Royal Deluxe Edition Plus!

It felt like it was about to go mad. Though it had no idea who the other party was, the trembling that coursed through its body made it vividly sense the aura of death.

Yet Gu Yue Na acted as if she saw nothing. Her violet eyes calmly swept over the trembling plant Soul Beasts around her. Her lips parted slightly, and her voice resounded from all directions like the thunderous might of heaven.

"Now, all of you, kneel before me!"

Every plant Soul Beast present shuddered. They actually bent their stalks toward Gu Yue Na as though kneeling.

Huo Yuhao was dumbfounded. After being together for so long, Gu Yue Na had always seemed detached from worldly affairs in front of him. This was the first time he had seen this side of her.

He squeezed the soft hand still held in his own and spoke softly.

"I'll talk to them."

"...Mm."

With that soft acknowledgment by his ear, the terrifying pressure receded like a tide. The feeling of surviving a disaster made the plants tremble, yet they did not dare raise their branches and leaves, maintaining their kneeling posture.

Huo Yuhao ignored them and simply looked at the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Treasure before him, speaking calmly.

"May I ask what your name is?"

"I don't have a name, but you can call me You You."

Perhaps because Huo Yuhao looked easier to talk to, You You's body trembled as her emotions eased slightly.

"Human, you're very nice. I-I won't hold it against you for trespassing into our home."

Then, clearly still bothered by Gu Yue Na's earlier words, she continued.

"And we aren't being kept in captivity! The Poison Barrier around us was deliberately set up by that person to protect us and keep humans from entering this place."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yue Na and Huo Yuhao subconsciously exchanged a glance. For some reason, even though Gu Yue Na's face remained expressionless, Huo Yuhao could understand what her eyes meant.

She did not want to talk to an idiot.

For fear of being infected by stupidity.

Barely holding himself together, Huo Yuhao could only cough twice before asking calmly.

"You You, since you say the Poison Barrier protects you, then let me ask you this: aside from you, can the other plants leave?"

His calm voice reached the ears of every plant Soul Beast, bringing about a stretch of silence.

This was entirely within Huo Yuhao's expectations. In his previous life, a major reason the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had been willing to become his soul spirit was that it too had been trapped by the Poison Barrier and simply could not leave.

In fact, if the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Treasure had not helped block the Poison Barrier, the plants here would not even have been able to remain at the Icefire Yin Yang Well. It was precisely because of this that You You had become the one in charge here.

"E-even if things are as you say..." You You's tone was hesitant, her conviction shaken. "That person also planned things out for us, allowing us to better use the Icefire Yin Yang Well to increase our cultivation."

Huo Yuhao's lips twitched as he looked at the pink flower before him with pity.

"People who raise livestock all try their best to fatten them up. Surely you understand that principle?"

Seeing You You suddenly fall silent, Huo Yuhao spoke evenly.

"I believe you already have your answer, don't you?"

With that, he no longer looked at her. Taking Gu Yue Na's hand, he headed toward the Ice Spring that radiated waves of cold air.

With Gu Yue Na's intimidation, the plants along the way looked desperate to avoid them whenever they approached. As the distance closed, Huo Yuhao gradually began to feel the terrifying chill of the Cold Spring, and he involuntarily shivered.

Although he already possessed an Ice Attribute Martial Soul, the quality of the Ice Attribute Energy provided by Skydream Iceworm was not particularly high. Combined with his low cultivation, he was still unable to withstand the terrifying cold of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

"Here will do."

Fortunately, Gu Yue Na did not make him go too deep. After pulling him to a stop, she stared intently at the Ice-white Spring in the distance, her voice taking on a hint of seriousness.

"The process may be rather painful. If you can't endure it, just cry out."

"Alright."

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, sat cross-legged where he was, and released his Ice Attribute Martial Soul.

Since this Martial Soul had thus far only absorbed the Ice Attribute Energy provided by Skydream Iceworm, it was temporarily an elemental Martial Soul. Thus, aside from emitting a trace of cold air around his body, it gave Huo Yuhao no other obvious features.

"I'm ready."

Gu Yue Na nodded gently. An aura Huo Yuhao found somewhat familiar—an aura belonging solely to the Silver Dragon King—spread from her body. In an instant, the entire valley containing the Icefire Yin Yang Well seemed to trigger a chain reaction and began to shake violently.

"W-what's happening!?"

All the plants stared at the springs in terror. With their naturally sharp senses, they could clearly feel the terrifying energy buried beneath the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

"Is that... a dragon?"

You You spoke in shock. Only after sensing the aura of the dragon race within that energy did she understand what Gu Yue Na had meant when she called them "parasites that gained sentience only by relying on the grace of the dragon race."

"I've lived here for so long, yet I never knew there was something like this beneath the Icefire Yin Yang Well..."

The once-calm lake surface now looked as though it were boiling, huge waves constantly rising. As the energy left behind by the Ice Dragon King surged upward, the already terrifying temperature plummeted once more, causing large swathes of frost to condense in the air above the lake.

And it was not only the Cold Spring. The crimson, scorching spring displayed the same phenomenon. The surrounding plants had no doubt that if even the slightest trace of spring water were to spill out now, the energy it contained would be enough to burn everything in the valley to ashes, turning it into scorched earth.

However, their worries were clearly unnecessary. Under Gu Yue Na's control, the spring water seemed blocked by an invisible barrier and could not leak out in the slightest.

As seconds ticked by, two pillars of light suddenly shot into the sky from the turbulent lake surface. The blinding radiance made everyone instinctively narrow their eyes. Several seconds later, the light began to fade, and two enormous dragons that appeared to be formed from lake water emerged before everyone.

One white and one red—though they looked no different from the lake water, the energy they radiated far surpassed that of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

"This..."

Even from so far away, Huo Yuhao could clearly sense the terrifying energy contained within those two giant dragons. His throat bobbed slightly as he looked at Gu Yue Na.

"Didn't you say I was only absorbing a little?"

"I said you would absorb a little, not that I would only take away a little."

Gu Yue Na stared at the two dragons, her voice carrying a rare note of excitement. "I'll seal up the rest and take it away. Still, I didn't expect the Dragon Souls of these two to not have completely dissipated yet. That's an unexpected bonus."

"Will it help you?"

"Yes. Their power is useless to me, but their Divine Souls can help me recover my strength. And with their cooperation, sealing them will be much easier as well."

Huo Yuhao's expression twitched, but he continued asking, "Then this Fire Dragon King..."

"That will also be for you to absorb."

As she spoke, Gu Yue Na raised a hand and beckoned. Excitement flashed through the eyes of the two Dragon Souls, which were almost entirely driven by instinct, and they rushed toward her impatiently.

"The energy of two Dragon Kings—even absorbing a single trace would be fatal to you as you are now. You should be grateful that there are two Dragon Kings here, and that they are the Icefire Dragon Kings with opposing attributes."

No one knew what Gu Yue Na had done, but the two giant dragons continuously shrank as they charged over. In the end, they became two thumb-sized spheres, one red and one white, their surfaces etched with profound dragon-shaped patterns.

"These are... Dragon Pills?"

As Huo Yuhao's puzzled voice fell, two faint phantoms detached from the Dragon Pills and vanished into Gu Yue Na's body in the blink of an eye.

"Any single attribute will rapidly destroy your body, so you need to absorb them simultaneously and keep the two energies in balance. It should also greatly improve your Physical Quality."

Listening to Gu Yue Na's explanation, Huo Yuhao inexplicably recalled something he had read in the Poison Scripture in his previous life: the Icefire Alchemy Body achieved by absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicate Shrub at the same time. He nodded with an odd expression.

So this was an upgraded version of the Icefire Alchemy Body?

"Since you understand, let's begin."

With a gesture from Gu Yue Na's hand, two threadlike wisps of energy split from the Dragon Pills and burrowed into his chest.

Excruciating pain descended in an instant.