Mysterious Plaza

Though these two Ice Fire Immortal Herbs were poisonous, after mutually restraining each other, they no longer possessed their former tyranny. They melted upon entering his mouth, turning into sweet liquid that slid down his throat. Li Chang'an felt saliva well up beneath his tongue as a fragrant sweetness filled his mouth. They were truly delicious beyond compare.

After swallowing the two immortal herbs, and before their effects could take hold, Li Chang'an quickly walked several steps forward until he reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After waiting quietly for a moment.

Li Chang'an's body suddenly shook violently. A layer of Ice Blue rose directly from beneath his feet, and in the blink of an eye, his entire body had turned blue. Immediately afterward, a layer of red rose over him, making him look like a freshly boiled shrimp.

Blue and red continuously alternated across his entire body, creating an exceedingly strange sight.

In the distance, Dugu Bo could not help clenching his fists. Although he was certain there had been no mistake in taking the immortal herbs, he still feared that something unexpected might happen. After all, even if the records said so, who could guarantee that they were entirely accurate?

Ice and fire intertwined.

Such a simple alternating process brought Li Chang'an incomparable agony. The clash of those two extreme auras felt as though it were about to tear his entire body apart. The pain was simply unbearable.

Barely maintaining the last shred of his sanity, he staggered one step forward, then closed his eyes. His entire body fell directly toward the point where the Extreme Cold Yin Spring and Blazing Yang Spring met.

With a splash, Li Chang'an plunged into the spring water and sank beneath its surface in an instant.

Dugu Bo's eyelids twitched wildly as he watched. He knew all too well how terrifying the Ice and Fire spring water was. Though it looked beautiful, its power was horrifying. Even if he touched the slightest bit, the only outcome would be his flesh and bones melting away.

Yet Li Chang'an had fallen straight into it.

If he had not said that, after consuming the Ice Fire Immortal Herbs, the medicinal power of the two herbs would protect his body, and that he could use the Ice and Fire spring water to help refine their effects—

Dugu Bo would never have agreed to let him jump into the spring. It looked no different from suicide.

At that moment, Li Chang'an, submerged in the spring water, was undergoing the agony of a complete transformation!

The clothes on his body had dissolved and vaporized the instant they touched the spring water! Fortunately, important items such as his Storage Soul Guidance Device had long been placed elsewhere, so they would not be destroyed along with them.

These two immortal-grade poisonous herbs had grown while inheriting the auras of the two extreme springs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Only they could counter the terrifying power of those two springs.

Only by consuming both of these immortal herbs at once could he qualify to enter the spring water. Otherwise, even a Titled Douluo should not dream of remaining unharmed within it.

Outside.

The waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well churned briefly when Li Chang'an fell in. Before long, however, as the spring water surged, the surface returned to calm. Milky white and crimson red remained as distinctly divided as ever.

Water vapor continued to hang in the air, and everything returned to silence.

Watching the tranquil scene, Dugu Bo began to feel that something was wrong. Why was there no movement at all? Could that brat have been dissolved and corroded completely the moment he fell into the spring?

No, impossible. He was probably just focused on digesting the medicinal power.

Dugu Bo suddenly shook his head. He remembered Li Chang'an saying that the process of transforming one's physique and digesting the medicinal power within the spring could take as little as several days or as long as half a month. Sometimes, it could even take one or two months.

So he had only just gone in. The lack of movement did not prove anything. Perhaps he was merely concentrating on digesting the medicinal power, having entered a state akin to sleep.

Dugu Bo consoled himself like this in his heart. He could only console himself this way now. The deed was done; Li Chang'an was already inside, and regret would be useless.

Brat, you have to hold on!

While Li Chang'an's main body soaked in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and absorbed the medicinal power, the Azure Serpent Emperor clone on the other side was likewise affected in sync.

Inside the spacious underground cavern.

The Azure Serpent Emperor, which had originally been coiled into a heap, had vanished. In its place was a cocoon of pure white and vermilion red.

The Azure Serpent Emperor slept within the cocoon, as though undergoing a wondrous metamorphosis!

When it broke free of the cocoon, it would surely possess an entirely new form.

Night fell, and darkness shrouded the earth.

The area around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had once again sunk into darkness. Yet Li Chang'an, who had submerged within it, still had not surfaced. It was as though he had completely vanished into the spring water. Left with no choice, Dugu Bo could only return to the cave for the time being to check on his granddaughter's absorption of the immortal herb.

Yet Li Chang'an, soaking in the spring water, felt as though his consciousness had left his body and arrived in a strange place.

"Where... is this?"

Li Chang'an looked around blankly and discovered that this place resembled some kind of memorial plaza.

Lifelike statues stood scattered around the area. He unconsciously approached them and found that the statues took various forms—most were beasts, while a small number resembled humanoid figures.

Li Chang'an stopped before one statue and found that it looked like a standard Chinese divine dragon, except that it had a pair of wings growing from its back.

It reminded him of a name: Yinglong.

Yinglong was a divine dragon with wings.

Could this be a statue of Yinglong?

Filled with doubt, Li Chang'an walked toward another nearby statue.

There stood a fox with a slender, graceful body and nine fluffy tails. It was undoubtedly a statue of a Nine-tailed Fox.

A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

He continued toward the next statue.

It was a strange beast that resembled a lion, yet possessed goat horns and a goat beard.

"Could this be... Bai Ze?"

Li Chang'an said uncertainly.

The mythical descriptions of the Divine Beast Bai Ze varied greatly. So he could not be completely certain whether this statue was Bai Ze.

Shaking his head, he continued toward the other statues.

Among the statues in the plaza, there was Candle Dragon, which opened its eyes to create day and closed them to create night, governing time itself; Heavenly Dog, capable of devouring the sun and moon; the Three-legged Golden Crow, illuminating heaven and earth; the Qilin, symbolizing good fortune; the Phoenix, reborn through fire; the one-legged Kui Bull; Kun Peng, which was a fish in water and a bird in the sky... A rough count revealed that hundreds of statues stood within this plaza.

Li Chang'an found that he recognized more than half of the statues here. They were all Ferocious Beasts, Exotic Beasts, Divine Beasts, and the like from traditional Chinese mythology.

"What's going on? I was clearly absorbing medicinal power in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. How did I suddenly end up here?" His brows were tightly furrowed, utterly confused by his current situation.

Just then, a peculiar statue ahead caught his attention.

Li Chang'an quickly approached and finally stopped beneath it, falling into deep thought.

Although the many statues throughout the plaza looked lifelike on the surface, they were all dull gray, making it obvious at a glance that they were inanimate objects.

But this statue before him was different. It actually possessed the coloring of flesh and blood. If it had not remained completely still, he might even have suspected it was alive. It was simply too realistic, too vivid.

An indescribable pressure bore down on him!

Staring at the strange statue that stood utterly out of place among the others, Li Chang'an unconsciously and slowly extended his hand, touching it.

In an instant, the statue erupted with dazzling light. Then, it transformed from a rigid inanimate object into a body of flesh and blood, lunging straight at him!

Li Chang'an had no time to react before he merged with the revived statue.

The protagonist's true Cheat had arrived!

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