"Borrowing" an Immortal Herb

"Thanks, I'm fine."

Qian Renxue wiped away her tears and said to herself, "This is the second Candied Hawthorn I've ever eaten. When I was little, my grandfather bought me one once. That was the first Candied Hawthorn I ever ate."

"You never bought any yourself?"

Yuan Luo's voice softened as well. Sure enough, she was the most miserable woman on the Douluo Continent.

Qian Renxue merely shook her head without saying anything.

Yuan Luo said nothing more and kept her company as she finished the Candied Hawthorn.

"Come on, there's a Snack Street up ahead. I'll treat you to something tasty!"

"Huh? Didn't we just eat?"

"That was hardly anything. It's already digested. My treat!"

Then Yuan Luo pulled Qian Renxue toward the street.

Perhaps Qian Renxue had not noticed, but he actually pulled her along the entire way.

An hour later, Qian Renxue still had snacks in her hands, while Yuan Luo's stomach was already stuffed.

"Wait here for a moment. I'll go buy a bottle of water."

Yuan Luo suddenly said this.

Qian Renxue's cheeks were puffed out as she ate, making her look rather adorable.

She glanced at Yuan Luo and nodded.

Then Yuan Luo headed north.

The moment he reached an alley, he took off running.

Now was the best time for him to escape.

Who cared whether he hurt a girl's feelings? Staying alive came first.

Once Qian Renxue finished eating, she would probably torment him to death.

Two quarters of an hour later, Qian Renxue looked around in confusion but saw no sign of Yuan Luo.

She had long since finished everything in her hands.

"Hm? Why isn't he back yet?"

Sensing that something was wrong, Qian Renxue checked her Angel Mark.

She discovered that the mark was rapidly moving away from her.

Anger immediately appeared on her face.

"Fine! Yuan Luo, you actually dared to run away!"

Qian Renxue was furious. She had only intended to teach Yuan Luo a lesson, yet this guy had actually run away.

Yuan Luo: You never said that!

Thinking back on Yuan Luo's words, his actions, his concern, and his gentleness, all of it now turned into lies and pretenses!

"Once I find you, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Anger flickered in her beautiful eyes.

After sensing Yuan Luo's location again, Qian Renxue quickly gave chase.

However, her speed was rather limited. There were too many people here, and she could not use her martial soul.

Yuan Luo soon arrived at another forest.

A laugh-crying feeling immediately spread through his heart.

This can't be Sunset Forest, can it?

"Brother, may I ask where this is?"

Five people soon approached him, four men and one woman. Every one of them was a Soul Grandmaster.

"This is Sunset Forest. What's wrong?"

The leader looked surprised. Was this guy an idiot? He had come here without even knowing where he was?

"Got it!"

Once Yuan Luo learned that this was Sunset Forest, he quickly charged deeper inside.

He really could not get along with forests. He had ended up here again.

This time, he had visited all three great Soul Beast Forests.

It felt like an ill omen.

But what choice did he have? He could not exactly walk into Qian Renxue's jaws.

He could only press onward.

Along the way, Yuan Luo encountered Ten-Year Soul Beasts, Hundred-Year Soul Beasts, and Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

He did not know the direction, so he could only determine the inner and outer regions based on how frequently different Soul Beasts appeared.

With his current strength, encountering a Soul Beast over twenty thousand years old would be extremely dangerous. He had to be careful.

At that moment, a speck of black light suddenly appeared ahead.

The light quickly expanded in Yuan Luo's pupils.

Gradually, it became clear.

It was a puddle of poison!

Yuan Luo swiftly turned aside and dodged the attack.

Soon after, he felt something sliding sideways across the ground.

A gigantic black serpent appeared before Yuan Luo.

It was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a Black Poison Serpent.

Pythons were generally nonvenomous, but this one was different.

It was a mutated python, and its venom was no weaker than that of a Man Faced Demon Spider.

Most Soul Beasts would avoid it upon seeing it. The Black Poison Serpent could be said to be invincible among those of the same rank.

"Damn it!"

Yuan Luo's expression darkened. The serpent was in front of him, while Qian Renxue was behind him.

This serpent was especially fast, too.

"Hm?"

At that moment, Yuan Luo seemed to have an idea.

He immediately ran sideways.

The Black Poison Serpent followed behind him.

Yuan Luo was fast, but the Black Poison Serpent was no slower, constantly trailing behind him.

It occasionally spat highly poisonous venom. Whenever the venom landed on the ground, it instantly blasted a large crater into the earth.

Yuan Luo ran ahead, occasionally checking behind him and his surroundings.

Before long, the Black Poison Serpent came to a stop, while Yuan Luo sensed a faint but looming danger.

Looks like I'm here!

Yuan Luo looked at the blackish-green poisonous mist before him and slowly swallowed.

He was not craving the poison. He was craving what lay inside.

There should only be one patch of poisonous mist in Sunset Forest: Dugu Bo's territory.

And Yuan Luo's goal was to steal medicinal herbs.

No, to borrow them!

Looking at the poisonous mist ahead, Yuan Luo covered himself in Soul Power.

Ice-blue Soul Power curled around his body.

His ice attribute was now Ultimate Ice!

Ultimate Ice was not afraid of poison, which was why Yuan Luo had planned to borrow medicinal herbs here.

The closer he got, the stronger Yuan Luo's sense of danger became, and the denser the poisonous mist grew.

Ahead of him appeared a massive pit, filled with thick fog. The place resembled an immortal realm.

"System! Use the Invisibility Card!"

As the Invisibility Card took effect, Yuan Luo's figure gradually became illusory.

Looking at the bottomless abyss before him, Yuan Luo condensed his ice attribute beneath his feet.

He casually tore off a vine, stepped on a block of ice, and slowly made his way downward.

From time to time, he also infused the Stone Wall with his ice attribute.

As long as he controlled his Soul Power, the sections of Stone Wall infused with ice would explode.

Yuan Luo was doing this to make it easier to climb back up later.

But he could not let anyone discover it. If Dugu Bo found out, even ten lives would not be enough for him.

Before long, Yuan Luo reached the bottom.

He was immediately drawn in by the sight before him.

Two pools, one red and one blue, sat at the center. As the saying went, water and fire could not coexist.

Yet these two springs touched one another without the slightest sense of discord, instead creating a different kind of artistic beauty.

Countless strange medicinal herbs grew around the springs.

Yuan Luo swallowed. These were all good things, but unfortunately, he did not recognize them.

The book Grandmaster had given him recorded some precious medicinal herbs, but it was far from complete.

After all, perhaps no one on the entire continent knew what these things were. Grandmaster had already done remarkably well to compile as much as he had.

Yuan Luo had really come here to try his luck. He was looking for Purple Orchid Incense, a medicinal herb that Grandmaster's records described as being entirely suited for spiritual cultivation.

If he could find it, Yuan Luo would no longer have to fear being driven senseless by slaughter.

Yuan Luo wandered around, looking at the strange flowers, grasses, and fruits.

It would have been great if Tang San were here. He could help pick a few plants.

Forget it!

Tang San would come here sooner or later anyway.

At that moment, one flower caught his attention.

The entire flower was purple and had five petals. Each petal bore strange patterns, like a beautiful painting.

That was it. This was what Yuan Luo had been looking for.

He gently plucked it and placed it into a jade box.

His goal achieved, Yuan Luo was about to leave.

But at that moment, faint scraping sounds came from above.

Then a light breeze stirred, and an elderly man in a dark green robe appeared before Yuan Luo.

Yuan Luo felt as though his blood were about to freeze.

Dugu Bo had actually come!