Absorbing Immortal Herbs, Dugu Bo Arrives

Before them stood towering mountain walls, forming a circle around the area.

It looked like a crater smashed out by a massive meteorite, with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Immortal Herbs within.

But Lin Yu knew it had not been created by a meteorite impact.

It had been formed when two powerful divine dragons, slain during a war in the Divine Realm between beast gods and human gods, fell here and struck the ground.

The divine dragons that had perished here were the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, two of the Nine Great Dragon Kings under the Dragon God, the strongest beast deity in the Divine Realm.

It was precisely because the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen here that the energy radiating from their corpses had, over countless years, formed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and given rise to these supreme Immortal Herbs.

"I think what we're looking for is inside," Lin Yu said.

"Brother, protect Xiao Yu. I'll charge in first and clear the way!"

Jiang Mo Douluo took the lead, easily breaking through all the poison formations Dugu Bo had set up.

Protected by Qian Jun, Lin Yu followed closely behind and entered as well.

At last, he saw the spring pool, its waters divided into the colors of ice and fire.

And the Immortal Herbs growing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lin Yu's gaze became incomparably fervent, and he was thrilled. "Good heavens, there are so many!"

He saw over a hundred Immortal Herbs, with dozens of them already fully matured!

He could not say that he recognized every one of them, but he had at least seen the vast majority before!

This world's understanding of heavenly treasures and rare herbs was extremely shallow. Even a Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo, despite possessing a pile of top-tier Immortal Herb resources, did not know how to use them.

Yet there were always people who studied such knowledge.

For example, Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan.

And Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan.

If anyone understood Immortal Herbs best, it was probably Chrysanthemum Douluo.

Lin Yu had once learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo knew not only Immortal Herbs like the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but many more besides.

At the time, he had wondered how Chrysanthemum Douluo had learned of them.

Could it have been in Spirit Hall's library?

After all, Spirit Hall had a history spanning over ten thousand years and possessed the richest reserve of knowledge and resources in all of Douluo Continent.

So one day, Lin Yu went up to the floor of the library that only elders were permitted to enter.

Sure enough, in a dusty corner long since neglected, he found a book documenting all kinds of Immortal Herbs!

Thus, Lin Yu had already made every preparation before coming here.

Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he discovered an Immortal Herb that seemed practically tailor-made for him.

This Immortal Herb was called the Seven-Colored Purple Gold Flower.

It possessed the same Seven Attributes as his martial soul—fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space. Though it was not among the absolute best, it was the most suitable for him.

Without hesitation, Lin Yu plucked it and stored it separately in his Space Spirit Tool.

The Seven-Colored Purple Gold Flower could also strengthen one's foundation, nurture one's origin, and raise one's Soul Power Level.

He was already at 18th Level Soul Power, so he could not absorb it now, or it would be far too wasteful.

Lin Yu planned to wait until he reached Level 20. Thus, his main targets on this trip were the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Of these two Immortal Herbs, one contained supreme fire poison, while the other contained supreme ice poison.

Absorbing them would surely make Lin Yu's fire and water attributes even stronger, while allowing his body to truly achieve ice-and-fire immunity!

He would also become immune to all poisons, while his physique would be strengthened. The effect would be far greater than any Whale Rubber!

Without question, these were the finest Immortal Herbs for improving one's physique.

However, precisely because they were Immortal Herbs meant to improve one's physique, absorbing them would not provide much of an increase in soul power.

"I've found the resources I wanted. I'm going to absorb them immediately, so please wait here patiently, Grandpas!"

"There's no need to worry!"

As he spoke, Lin Yu released the Wings of Angel and flew above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"After absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, when I, Lin Yu, absorb my second soul ring, it will be at least a four-thousand-year level!!"

"Come!"

"Octagonal Mysterious Ice!"

"Infernal Delicate Apricot!"

Lin Yu's wings suddenly spread wide, and ice-and-fire energy swept forth, instantly dragging the two Immortal Herbs before him.

Then he made them collide with each other.

Finally, he swallowed them in one gulp!

"Hm? My body can actually resist their supreme ice poison and fire poison for a short time? Still, to be safe, I need to go down and absorb them immediately."

Splash!

Lin Yu plunged into the spring in one leap.

A long while later.

Elsewhere.

Dugu Bo was rapidly making his way back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, with a girl of around thirteen following at his side.

The girl had short, dark-purple hair and looked exceptionally spirited. She was not breathtakingly beautiful, but she possessed a rare sort of beauty, carrying an alluring, bewitching charm.

This girl was none other than Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

"Grandpa, I feel like if I come here and cultivate for a few more days this time, I'll be able to break through to rank 26!~" Dugu Yan said happily.

"Hehe, really? My granddaughter is amazing!" Dugu Bo said kindly.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the best sacred ground for Dugu Bo to cultivate his poison arts, and it was equally effective for Dugu Yan. Thus, whenever he had time, Dugu Bo would bring Dugu Yan here to cultivate.

But what puzzled Dugu Bo was that his granddaughter was clearly a genius with rank-eight Innate Soul Power, and she also had a cultivation holy land like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, perfect for poison arts.

Why, then, had her soul power only reached rank 25 at the age of thirteen?

Dugu Bo himself had relied on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate to the realm of a Titled Douluo, so he knew full well how quickly poison arts could be cultivated here.

Logically speaking, with such resources aiding her, his granddaughter should have broken through rank 30 by now, shouldn't she?

Dugu Bo had even begun to suspect that his granddaughter had already been affected by the Poison Backlash of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, causing her cultivation speed to slow.

"Sigh, I, Dugu Bo, have played with poison all my life, yet I can do nothing about the poison in my own body. I've even brought disaster upon my descendants. Yanyan, Grandpa has wronged you!" Dugu Bo sighed inwardly.

Before long, grandfather and granddaughter arrived at the entrance to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Not good! Someone has destroyed my poison formation!"

Dugu Bo's expression abruptly changed, and killing intent surged from him. "Which suicidal bastard dared trespass into my, Dugu Bo's, cultivation grounds?!"

Dugu Bo charged in aggressively with his granddaughter.

At that moment, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo were guarding the area near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They sat cross-legged with their eyes closed, meditating.

They suddenly opened their eyes at the same time.

"Hm?"

They had already sensed Dugu Bo's arrival.

Yet Qian Jun and Jiang Mo remained seated cross-legged, utterly calm, as though the one who had come was merely some insignificant nobody.

And to them, Dugu Bo truly was just an insignificant nobody.

"Brother, that poison-playing fellow has arrived."

"Little brother, since we've run into him, let's kill him. Though this Dugu Bo isn't particularly strong, he is unrivaled in poison among soul masters and famed for being most adept at group attacks."

"If Spirit Hall is to unify the continent in the future, Dugu Bo will be no small trouble for us if he stands with the Empire."