Hum!
The instant the Dragon-Phoenix Pool concealed the three of them, dense white mist, almost solid, surged from the water into the sky.
The mist spread across the entire summit of White Bone Mountain, making it look like a realm of immortals from afar.
Within the churning mist, shadows of a True Dragon and a True Phoenix seemed to circle and flash. Dragon cries and phoenix calls rose and fell, lingering in the air.
A strange fragrance drifted from the summit of White Bone Mountain, spreading silently in every direction like an invisible tide.
It was unlike the scent of flowers or the rich Medicinal Fragrance of a pill. Its pull was older and more instinctive, as though it awakened an ancient memory buried in the depths of life itself.
Everyone who smelled it felt their spiritual energy stir beyond their control. Blood rushed faster through their veins, and their hearts beat harder in their chests.
It stirred a longing deep in their bloodlines, an urge rising from the soul to rush into the Dragon-Phoenix Pool and become one with its power.
Many experts who still lingered around White Bone Mountain had bloodshot eyes and ragged breathing. They clenched their fists until their knuckles turned white.
They stared at the mist-shrouded summit, their gazes brimming with greed and desire they could no longer suppress.
The fragrance grew stronger. Each breath brought a slight improvement to their spiritual energy. If even the escaping scent could do that, what astonishing benefits would they gain by entering the Dragon-Phoenix Pool and letting it cleanse them?
Yet for all their greed, not one of them dared take that step.
They had seen how effortlessly the young man had beaten She Yuan half to death, and how the purple-haired woman had dominated Ling Mei throughout