After passing through the last layer of nauseating miasma, the view before them suddenly opened up.
It was as if they had stepped from a dark, damp hell into a bizarre, fantastical paradise.
What met their eyes was no longer withered vines and old trees, but exotic flowers and rare herbs growing wantonly throughout the valley.
Some were shaped like emeralds, their entire bodies a vibrant, dripping green.
Others resembled raging fires, burning with crimson flames.
Some exhaled purple mist, while others twinkled with silver light like stars.
Each plant seemed to possess its own life rhythm, emitting treasure light of varying intensity, illuminating the normally dim valley floor as brightly as daylight.
Multicolor and resplendent, they were beautiful to the point of being otherworldly.
But what was most stunning was not these competing flowers and herbs, but the lake at the center, surrounded by them as if in a star-studded court.
It was an extremely peculiar, yet breathtakingly beautiful spring.
The spring water was clearly divided into two distinct parts, refusing to mix.
One side was an extreme ice white, with a faint mist of cold air rising from the surface. Even light seemed to freeze instantly upon entering, exuding a deathly chill.
The other side was a blazing fiery red, the water shimmering as if lava were flowing. The air above warped violently due to the high temperature, making vision through it blurry.
Red and white, extreme heat and extreme cold.
They looked like two massive jade stones embedded in the earth, or perhaps a giant red and white eye, indifferently gazing at the sky.
The dense, almost viscous life force in the air filled every inch of the valley, born from the collision, evaporation, and intermingling of these two extreme powers of ice and fire.
"It really is here."
Gu Yuejin looked at the familiar scene before him, a playful curve appearing at the corner of his lips.
"One of the legendary Three Great Treasure Pots, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes."
"Or, in more common terms—a natural hot pot."
Huo Yuhao: "..."
Although Master's description was down-to-earth, this place looked nothing like it was meant for hot pot!
"Wow! Such dense Heaven and Earth Energy!"
In his Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had been dormant, was the first to pop out, his voice filled with astonishment, practically drooling.
"If this brother had slept here back then, maybe he could have slept his way to two million years of cultivation!"
Immediately after, two aloof figures also appeared.
A deep surprise flickered in Snow Empress's icy blue eyes. She sensed the unique coldness in the air and frowned slightly.
"How is this possible? A place on the mortal plane, to be able to nurture such pure Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire..."
"And these two diametrically opposed forces haven't exploded, but instead achieved a bizarre balance, nourishing all things."
Ice Empress was equally shocked. She took a deep breath, her spiritual body feeling refreshed. "The energy density here is outrageous! If one could cultivate here, that idiot Yuhao's physical fitness would definitely improve rapidly!"
"Don't just stand there marveling."
Gu Yuejin interrupted the group chat of the "Three Wise Soul Rings," leading Huo Yuhao directly towards the center of the spring.
"Yuhao, stay close to me."
"This place looks beautiful, but it's dangerous at every step."
The two walked along a small path and soon arrived at the shore where the red and white springs met.
At the very core, a strange, large flower grew.
It was a pink flower with a pale purple stamen. It had no leaves, its stem was three feet long, and the flower itself was enormous, with a diameter of one foot. Each petal was crystal clear, as if carved from the finest pink crystal, emitting a faint, sweet fragrance.
It simply grew there, swaying gently with the mist, appearing exceptionally elegant and noble.
Most peculiar was that within a ten-zhang radius around it, there was a vacuum zone, with no other plants growing.
In this valley, densely vegetated and where every inch of land was precious, this blank space was particularly striking, as if it were some kind of... inviolable territory.
"Master, that flower..."
Huo Yuhao activated his spiritual detection and immediately sensed something was wrong.
Not just this pink flower, but several other plants in the vicinity were similar.
Some were entirely black, ghostly in appearance, emitting a chilling aura.
Some were crimson like fire, resembling the scorching sun, with the surrounding air burning.
They all had one thing in common—no weeds around them, and the treasure light they emitted far surpassed others, carrying a strong spiritual fluctuation.
That was the aura of a hundred-thousand-year-old plant-type Soul Beast!
"That is what we are looking for."
Gu Yuejin's gaze locked onto the pink flower, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
The Aromatic Silk Beauty.
The person in charge of Tang San's affairs here is named "Youyou".
In the original work, Huo Yuhao had to go through some melodramatic trials like the "Qiankun Asking Love Valley" and chat with these flowers and plants. Only after gaining their approval could he get some scraps.
But Gu Yuejin didn't have that kind of free time.
He was here to stock up, not to make friends.
"So easy to distinguish, saves me the trouble of looking for them one by one."
Gu Yuejin let out a cold laugh, and without any further words, he took a step forward.
BOOM--!
Without any warning, a terrifying, suffocating Bloodline Power erupted from his body.
Body Martial Soul, activate!
"Smash them!"
Gu Yuejin let out a low shout, golden light surging around him, a manifestation of his intensely concentrated Blood Essence.
An invisible force field instantly spread out from him as the center, like Mount Tai pressing down, fiercely bearing down on this valley.
This was not a Soul Skill, but a pressure formed by reaching an extremely high realm with his Main Body Martial Soul, similar to a domain.
Gu Yuejin liked to call it—the Bloodline Domain!
Under this heavy, lead-like pressure, the air within a hundred-meter radius seemed to solidify.
The immortal herbs and spiritual medicines, which had been freely stretching and competing in beauty, were now unable to lift their heads under this pure physical oppression, their branches trembling as if quaking in fear.
Even the pink large flower standing proudly in the core area couldn't help but tremble violently, its crystal-clear petals almost bending under the pressure.
"Who's there?!"
A panicked scream suddenly rang out.
The pink large flower, which had been swaying leisurely, clearly hadn't expected anyone to break in, let alone someone who wouldn't even exchange pleasantries and would immediately launch a full-on assault!
"What audacious human! How dare you run rampant in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes!"
Youyou's voice sounded soft and sweet, but at this moment, it was filled with shock and anger.
As the "big sister" here, how could it endure such humiliation?
Even more terrifying was that the Bloodline pressure emanating from the other party made it, a hundred-thousand-year immortal herb, feel an instinctive fear.
"What terrifying Bloodline Power... Did this guy grow up eating dragon meat?!"
Youyou was greatly alarmed, its pistil trembling violently.
Its huge petals instantly closed, and a pink barrier of light rose out of thin air, attempting to resist the overbearing pressure.
At the same time, it shook its body vigorously, and a pink halo directly connected to the intensely hot yang spring behind it.
"Don't think I'm easy to bully! Take this!"
WHOOSH--!
Under Youyou's control, the calm fire lake instantly boiled.
A thick, crimson pillar of light, carrying the aura of extreme flames, like an enraged fire dragon, was drawn directly from the spring. It traced a scorching arc through the air, heading straight for Gu Yuejin!
This was its counterattack using the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes itself!
"Oh, you can even borrow the terrain?"
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