Martial Soul Poison, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Ji Wuming watched Ye Lingling struggle to support Dugu Yan and immediately seized the opportunity. He hurried forward and scooped Dugu Yan up in his arms.

"I can walk by myself, you liar!"

"This is a matter of life and death. The fewer steps you take, the better! Otherwise, your blood will circulate faster and the poison will worsen."

Ji Wuming ignored Dugu Yan's kitten-like struggles in his arms. He had been looking for an excuse to stay at the Ye Family Medical Hall—hadn't one just presented itself?

Dugu Yan had practically buried her head in her chest by then, her face red as could be. Other than her Grandfather and her deceased parents when she was little, no man had ever held her like this.

As the three entered the Consultation Room once more, Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan with great concern and forced the snake venom erupting within her body out of her system. With Ye Wuyi treating her at the side, her complexion finally improved after less than half an hour.

Yet at that moment, the Soul Pressure of a Titled Douluo descended upon Ji Wuming again. He did not resist much, and his entire body was pinned flat to the ground.

"Your Excellency, what is this?"

Ye Wuyi was also deeply puzzled as she looked at the pitiful child who had suddenly been suppressed.

"You two, leave for now. I have a few words to say to this brat."

"Alright."

Before a Titled Douluo, even as a Soul Emperor, Ye Wuyi could do nothing. She led Ye Lingling away, while Dugu Bo walked up to Ji Wuming and looked down at him.

"Why aren't you resisting? Do you think that means I won't kill you?"

"I have long heard that Poison Douluo is solitary by nature, and that your poison arts dominate the world. Even Titled Douluo stronger than you would show you some measure of deference. If you wished to kill me, how could I possibly remain alive?"

Unable to move, Ji Wuming answered Dugu Bo with all his strength. Though he could not quite grasp Dugu Bo's temperament, one thing was certain: Dugu Bo would never kill someone inside the medical hall.

After all, the Ye Family was the Nine Star Begonia Family. Nine Star Begonia held tremendous influence within the Empire and across the entire Soul Master world, not to mention that he still needed the Ye Family to detoxify him.

Being praised by a junior put Dugu Bo in quite a good mood. Moreover, this brat bore no ill will toward his granddaughter and had even helped a little. He chuckled softly before withdrawing his Soul Power.

"Get lost. If you dare tell anyone what you saw today, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, this old man will kill you."

"Senior, based on what I know of Martial Souls, Miss Dugu Yan's poison is not an ordinary case of poisoning, but Martial Soul Poison, like my Martial Soul—"

Before Ji Wuming could finish, an overwhelming and vicious Soul Pressure crushed down upon him once again, leaving him unable to breathe. The bones throughout his body let out harsh grinding sounds.

"Brat, do you truly think I dare not kill you?"

What Ji Wuming had said involved the secret of the Dugu Family, the matter Dugu Bo least wished to mention. Why had an outsider learned of it? To threaten him? Or to use his granddaughter to accomplish something shameful after his death?

"I have no other intentions. I only wish to mention a few not entirely mature solutions. Would Your Excellency be willing to hear me out?"

After hearing this, Dugu Bo regarded Ji Wuming warily, yet he had already begun to feel curious. What solution could this brat possibly have?

As the pressure on his body slowly receded, Ji Wuming was finally able to stand. Honestly, in order to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, today had been the most humiliating day of his life.

But in exchange for obtaining Immortal Herbs and befriending this independent Titled Douluo, such a little humiliation was worth it.

Ji Wuming said solemnly, "Because of the flaws in my own Martial Soul, I once researched much about Martial Souls and Soul Beasts. While poison-attributed Martial Souls grant Soul Masters the advantages of poison, they also bring a backlash."

"The Jade Phosphorous Serpent is a highly venomous Soul Beast, and the poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul is likewise extraordinary. Though it does not affect cultivation, it causes Soul Masters who awaken this type of Martial Soul to die young. I have read some ancient prescriptions that described several herbs capable of completely resolving Martial Soul Poison, but such herbs are exceedingly precious and difficult to find."

As for the method of using a Soul Bone to store the poison—a solution that treated the symptoms but not the root cause—Ji Wuming had no intention of mentioning it at all.

Dugu Bo frowned upon hearing this. I happen to have an Herb Garden. Could this brat possibly possess the ability to foresee the future?

Impossible. The area surrounding the Herb Garden was covered in Poison Mist he had laid down himself. Even some Titled Douluo would not dare set foot there lightly.

At that moment, Dugu Yan stared at Ji Wuming with blazing eyes, utterly astonished.

"Are you a healer too?"

Ji Wuming shook his head helplessly. "If merely knowing about a few herbs that can resolve Martial Soul flaws were enough to become a healer like those of the Ye Family, that would be wonderful!"

Hearing this, Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan and instructed her.

"Yanyan, rest well in the medical hall for now. Your Grandfather still needs to take this brat to the Herb Garden."

Before Dugu Yan could speak, Dugu Bo grabbed Ji Wuming and left. After asking Ye Wuyi to take good care of Dugu Yan, he flew toward Sunset Forest.

"This old man happens to have an Herb Garden. If you can use the herbs inside to cure the illnesses of my granddaughter and me, I can grant you one request. If you cannot cure us—"

Ji Wuming looked at Dugu Bo's expression and naturally understood that failure meant death. He looked at the rapidly flying Dugu Bo.

As expected of Dugu Bo, he never did things according to common sense. Since that was the case, Ji Wuming needed to advance by retreating.

"Your Excellency, then I'd better not go!"

"Not go? Then I'll throw you into a pack of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts and watch them tear you to pieces!"

"I'll go, I'll go..."

Ji Wuming put on an incomparably terrified expression and hurriedly agreed to Dugu Bo's request, though inwardly he was secretly overjoyed.

In less than half an hour, Ji Wuming and Dugu Bo passed through a stretch of Poison Mist and arrived at a somewhat eerie Cave shrouded in green light.

"Brat, hurry up. Pass through this Cave, and we'll be there."

The two headed toward the faint yellow light ahead. Once they emerged from the Cave, the view suddenly opened up. Ji Wuming looked down below.

There, a small circular basin lay nestled in the landscape. The few mountains surrounding it were dotted with red and blue ice crystals. Though Ji Wuming had long expected it, seeing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before him still filled him with excitement.

"This... this is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. I never expected such a treasured land to exist in this world."

"Huh? Brat, you know of this Ice and Fire Lake?"

Seeing how familiar Ji Wuming appeared with the place, Dugu Bo began to look forward to the Immortal Herb he had mentioned earlier.

"That's right. This is a treasured land I learned of from ancient prescriptions—the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. One cold, one hot; yin and yang born together; the two forces restraining one another. There is an eighty percent chance that the herbs capable of curing Your Excellency can be found here."

After seeing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ji Wuming did not dare grow too reckless. Instead, he became even more cautious, afraid that Dugu Bo might suddenly lose his mind and kill him ahead of time.

"An eighty percent chance is already very high. Hurry and take me to find them."

Ji Wuming looked at Dugu Bo, who had already gone down first, then at the two- to three-hundred-meter cliff beneath his feet. He was immediately speechless.

"Your Excellency, I can't get down!"