Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes

"We're here!"

The three of them finally climbed to the highest point. Though poisonous clouds still shrouded the area ahead, obscuring the details within, they could sense that the ground beneath their feet was extremely steep.

"Jump straight down."

Du Busi grabbed his two disciples and leaped forward.

Within the poisonous clouds, there was no visibility whatsoever beyond the range covered by Chen Ming's Lotus Phantom. The three could only free-fall through the air.

Every muscle in Du Busi's body tensed as he remained ready to deal with any sudden danger.

Suddenly, a black shadow darted toward them.

Du Busi snorted coldly. His Soul Power surged, forming a ripple that knocked the black shadow off course.

Chen Ming's third soul ring seemed to devour all light in an instant.

"Third Soul Skill, Ice Soul Transformation!"

Centered on him, vast amounts of icy mist rapidly spread in all directions. The dark poisonous clouds swiftly dispersed, and the scene inside the valley finally came into view.

Perhaps intimidated by Du Busi's Soul Power, the attack did not continue.

The three landed. Du Busi did not immediately retaliate; instead, he was drawn in by the sight within the valley.

What met their eyes was not a perilous scene teeming with danger, but a dazzling valley like an earthly paradise. Even the air around them was filled with Life Aura, fresh and invigorating.

Every breath felt as though life force were pouring into their bodies.

Plants of every color grew throughout the valley, laden with fruit and radiating hazy treasure-light. Even at a glance, they were clearly extraordinary.

Most astonishing of all was a lake surrounded by countless plants. It was distinctly divided into two halves: one white, the other fiery red. White vapor rose above the two springs. One side looked incomparably cold, while the other contained endless blazing heat. The extreme cold and extreme heat within the vapor even distorted the light.

Red and white formed the heart of the valley, as well as the source of its abundant vital energy.

With this source, these Heavenly Treasures could grow so vibrantly, releasing their respective Life Auras and accumulating them within this small valley.

"The concentration of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy here is nearly high enough to liquefy."

Du Busi's words were still an understatement. Wisps of white mist hung in the air—they were condensed vital energy, not water vapor!

Long Aotian was utterly dumbfounded, unable to find words.

Even Chen Ming, despite having expected it, was stunned by the sight within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

In his previous eight lives, he had never come here. It was not because he had never considered it, but because he had never truly achieved that goal. That showed just how heavily Tang San had guarded this place.

In nearby Heaven Dou City, hidden deep among the clouds, those two turncoats who had once served as divine officials were no slackers.

But this time, he had entered.

"The Time God Position really is a wonderful thing."

Tang San probably had not even received the news yet, and Da Ming and Er Ming had no way of learning about it from Tang San either.

"Verification successful!"

It could now be confirmed that time had been disrupted. Even if the Divine Realm and Douluo Star had not completely lost contact, they were close to it.

"In that case, the contingencies Tang San left behind on Douluo Star will all lose their brains and operate according to their respective programs. And AI can't defeat humans."

In truth, without Spiritual Sense capable of independent thought, the programs Tang San had left behind did not even qualify as AI.

"This should be the so-called Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, right?"

Du Busi's voice pulled Chen Ming's thoughts back to reality.

Beside the red-and-white springs, in the innermost ring, several plants occupied a remarkably large amount of space. That was highly unusual in a valley where everything else was packed so tightly together.

Each of those plants was extraordinary. The hazy radiance they emitted was far beyond anything the plants on the outskirts could compare to.

"Those plants should be the so-called immortal herbs?"

Du Busi recalled what little information he knew.

Over the past ten thousand years, in order to display its status, the Tang Sect had still revealed many accounts of Tang San's deeds.

"Stop playing dead. This old man has quite a few questions to ask you."

Du Busi snorted coldly, and his Soul Power erupted, making the entire valley tremble.

"Wait, wait, wait! Please show mercy, Senior!"

A miserable cry rang out, hurriedly stopping Du Busi.

The voice came from a large pink flower beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. Its voice was gentle and soothing. Combined with the pink pollen released as the flower swayed, which filled the air and entered the three of them with every breath, it made them feel comfortable and content.

Of them all, Du Busi felt it most deeply. He sensed the toxins within his body becoming docile, as though the massive boulder weighing upon him had vanished in an instant.

That was the most exaggerated part.

Things capable of suppressing his toxins would usually suppress his Soul Power as well, making him uncomfortable. Yet the pollen of this pink flower somehow bypassed his Soul Power and only suppressed the toxins within it.

"My name is Youyou. Senior, we mean no harm." The pink flower, the Aromatic Silk Beauty, spoke with a trace of helplessness in her voice.

The pollen she had just squandered would take at least a thousand years of cultivation to accumulate again.

And although the other party had invaded her territory, she still had to show weakness first. Youyou felt bitter inside.

Why had human soul masters entered this place? And it was different from what that person had described.

"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!" Du Busi stared intently at several immortal herbs, his gaze flickering as he pondered something.

"Senior, your guess just now was correct. This is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. We are also immortal herbs, but unlike what you imagined, we have already transformed into true soul beasts."

Youyou did not dare pause and continued, "And if you wish to obtain the effects of our original forms, you do not need to consume all of us. You only need the essence condensed within our bodies."

"Hmph. How am I supposed to know whether what you say is true or false?" A cold gleam flashed through Du Busi's eyes.

Youyou swayed her large flower, releasing pollen once more and sending it into Du Busi's body. "If you do not believe us, there is a book here that records all the information about us immortal herbs."

Youyou had completely forgotten that person's instructions. She felt it was more important to save the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes first.

She handed a snow-white book to Du Busi.

Chen Ming covered both hands in Extreme Ice, took the book, and began flipping through it.

Beside him, Du Busi read the contents of the book.

"I am delighted that someone can see my message and pass the trial of the Aromatic Silk Beauty—"

The moment Chen Ming saw the opening line, he could no longer hold it in.

AI could not defeat humans.

When a fixed program made an error, it became a series of blunders.

Du Busi was not fooled by the words Tang San had left behind.

"Hypocritical. He did not even leave this treasure ground to his own sect, instead hiding it away for ten thousand years. That would have been one thing, but he did not even leave the sect's inheritance to the sect."

They continued reading the rest.

"Those who use poison and medicine can save others, but can also harm them. Should they encounter someone of poor character, I fear all living beings will suffer—"

Skipping past all the nonsense, Du Busi and Chen Ming found records on many immortal herbs and examined their uses.

Du Busi compared what was recorded in the book with the information he already knew and roughly confirmed that there was no problem with it.

Knowledge of immortal herbs was merely scarce on the continent, not nonexistent. The Body Sect had the Poison Quenching Method, so naturally it also had methods of using medicine. Given the Body Sect's dominance over the past several thousand years, it had collected no small amount of pharmacological knowledge.

"Um..." After the two finished reading, Youyou spoke timidly. "Could you return the book after you're done? That person told me not to give it to anyone else."