I've Had Enough of These Formalities!

Outside the residence, Ye Lingling stood at the door, waiting anxiously.

She raised her hand, hesitating over whether to knock again.

Bang—

The door suddenly swung open. A large hand reached through the gap, grabbed Ye Lingling, and pulled her into the courtyard.

Bang—

The gate shut.

Startled by the sudden move, Ye Lingling pressed her back against the gate and held her breath, not daring to speak.

Yu Mingfei stood before her, his bright eyes fixed intently on her.

"Why are you in Seven Treasure City?" he asked.

The blankness in Ye Lingling's mind faded. Breathing rapidly, she answered instinctively.

"I... the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wanted to recruit me, so they arranged a place for me to stay here."

A glint flashed through Yu Mingfei's eyes.

There had always been plenty of conflict between the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and the Nine Heart Begonia.

All for the title of the number one support Martial Soul. How laughable.

Ning Fengzhi had gotten smarter, though. The Nine Heart Begonia was passed down through a single line and could never truly grow powerful.

Rather than compete, he might as well recruit them outright. Then, no matter who claimed the title of the number one support Martial Soul, they would belong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Not to mention that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda had an innate flaw—it could never break through Rank 80.

Ye Lingling came back to her senses and anxiously grabbed Yu Mingfei's hand.

"Forget that for now, Yanyan is in danger!

"You have a way, don't you? Come with me, quickly!"

In her panic, she had no idea where she found the strength. She tugged at Yu Mingfei, trying to drag him away.

Their outstretched arms were like a taut rope.

Thud—

She could not move him.

Yu Mingfei pulled his hand from Ye Lingling's grasp.

Then he turned and went back inside.

Seeing this, Ye Lingling thought of her dear friend's miserable state. Her voice trembled with urgency.

"Yu Mingfei, something really happened to Yanyan.

"Please go take a look!

"You're the only one I could think of!

"Yanyan, she..."

Before she could finish, Yu Mingfei emerged from the house again.

Only now, he had a bamboo basket on his back and a cloak draped over himself.

"Got it. Let's go."

He cut her off, grabbed her arm, and instead of leaving through either gate, vaulted over the side wall of the residence.

The two landed on the silent nighttime streets of Seven Treasure City. Ye Lingling looked utterly bewildered.

"Don't space out. Lead the way."

At the foot of the mountain where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lay in the Sunset Mountain Range.

Holding a sachet in her hand, Ye Lingling led Yu Mingfei through layer after layer of Emerald Poison Barrier toward the center of the valley.

Yu Mingfei carefully examined the sachet in Ye Lingling's hand.

His keen sense of smell allowed him to detect the ingredients of numerous medicinal substances within it.

Once exposed to the air, those ingredients changed and concealed the scent of one's body.

It likely also contained substances that Soul Beasts disliked, giving it the added effect of repelling them.

At that moment, the two relied on the substances released by the sachet to neutralize the Poison Barrier surrounding the valley.

There was no need to think about it. This had to be Dugu Bo's handiwork.

Ever since his granddaughter's accident, Ye Lingling had stayed by her side almost every day, using her Martial Soul to help Dugu Yan recover and suppress the poison.

Although the Nine Heart Begonia could not detoxify poison, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul itself possessed the ability to control toxins. It was merely that this ability had weakened after her Martial Soul was damaged.

The Nine Heart Begonia's extraordinary healing power could temporarily repair the damage to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

Yu Mingfei let Ye Lingling pull him through the Poison Barrier, weaving left and right along a winding route.

Since Dugu Yan was at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo had to be there as well.

That old bastard had wanted to kill Yu Mingfei and take his bones back in the Star Dou Great Forest.

A few days ago, after learning that Chen Xin had brought Yu Mingfei back, he had even gone to Seven Treasure City to demand him. Chen Xin had stopped him.

Yu Mingfei should have been avoiding him at all costs. Why would he come knocking on his door?

It's been so long, running and hiding!

I've had enough!

Yu Mingfei's expression remained calm, but it was as though flames burned in his eyes.

I had intended to settle Dugu Yan's matter back in the Star Dou Great Forest.

But that idiot Dugu Bo could only think of killing me and taking my bones to save his granddaughter. He didn't even let me finish speaking.

Then the Beast Tide caused by Chen Xin happened, so I had no choice but to put it aside.

I planned to deal with it later, first using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's power to open up a path through Qian Renxue.

Who knew Chen Xin would be useless too? Ning Fengzhi did not think much of me at all.

Fine! Then I'll start from the source of it all and set things right!

Yu Tianheng is trash, but I'm not!

While he pondered, Ye Lingling had already led Yu Mingfei through the Poison Barrier and arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

At the center of the valley lay an extreme Divine Spring where ice and fire coexisted.

Various Immortal Herbs and poisonous plants grew around the twin yin-yang springs.

Farther away, on an open stretch of ground, stood a small wooden cabin.

Dugu Bo stood outside it, his gaze icy as he looked at Ye Lingling and Yu Mingfei.

"Very good, Lingling! Yanyan did not make a friend of you for nothing!"

Dugu Bo appeared to be in an awful mood. His face was dark and gloomy, yet he forcibly pulled out a stiff, ferocious smile.

His head of green hair reflected an eerie light beneath the night sky, and even his eyes were an oily green.

A chilling wind suddenly rose. Without any visible movement from him, a cloud of emerald mist surrounded the two.

Ye Lingling spread her arms and stepped in front of Yu Mingfei.

"Senior, Yanyan is on the verge of death. Do you still want to kill Yu Mingfei?"

"This Old Man is doing this to save Yanyan. As long as there's a good Soul Bone to help gather her poison... This Old Man... This Old Man..."

Dugu Bo had already lost his mind. He approached step by step, staring at Yu Mingfei as he muttered to himself.

"Senior, wake up! Yanyan would not want to see you do this either!

"Yu Mingfei must have a way! Let him try!"

Ye Lingling refused to yield even an inch as she shouted her plea.

Dugu Bo could no longer hear her. His eyes gradually turned crazed.

"What can a mere Soul Grandmaster possibly do!

"His only value is his Soul Bone!"

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black! Nine Soul Rings emerged one after another, and the overwhelming might of a Titled Douluo bore down on them.

Dugu Bo did not even spare Ye Lingling a thought. He intended to crush both of them to death with his pressure.

Ye Lingling stamped her feet in panic.

Yu Mingfei, however, was entirely unruffled. He looked around for a moment.

He noticed that the poisonous mist Dugu Bo had released rapidly dissipated under the vapors rising from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The mist's color also gradually faded from its initial near-dark-green emerald hue.

The spring water's suppressive effect on poison was obvious.

Even though Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo, his poison could not contend against it.

That was precisely why he had brought Dugu Yan here.

He wanted to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's effects to suppress the poison within her.

In this environment, Dugu Yan's condition should not worsen as long as she stops forcing herself to cultivate the Poison Arts.

Although her Martial Soul is damaged and the poison in her body is out of control, she can still cultivate her Soul Power!

Dugu Bo drew closer and closer, his pressure growing heavier.

Ye Lingling shut her eyes and shouted as if throwing caution to the wind.

"Yanyan... Yanyan likes him!

"She didn't reject Yu Tianheng because of you. It was because of Yu Mingfei!

"If you do this, she'll hate you for the rest of her life!"

Yu Mingfei abruptly turned toward Ye Lingling.

The pressure vanished.

Dugu Bo's eyes went blank. His voice trembled as he spoke.

"What did you say? Yanyan...

"How could Yanyan like this piece of trash!

"He's practically become a joke in Heaven Dou City! The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect produced another mutated piece of trash! Haven't you heard?

"How could Yanyan possibly have her eye on him!"

Seeing that her words had worked, Ye Lingling immediately pressed on.

"Just let Yanyan see him, and you'll know!

"He eased Yanyan's pain in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Maybe he really has a way!"

Dugu Bo seemed to age ten years in an instant, his face filled with despair.

He tossed Yu Mingfei a small sachet. Inside was a Poison Pill, and the substances it emitted could neutralize the aura of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Bo staggered aside, pointed at the wooden cabin behind him, and spoke hoarsely.

"Yanyan is inside. Go."