Absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot

With that in mind, Jin Yan arrived at the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Somewhat hesitant, he asked, "If I go down there, can I really persuade the two Dragon Kings?"

"That depends on your ability. In any case, with me here, they won't kill you," the Golden Dragon King said confidently within Jin Yan's sea of consciousness.

"If that's the case..."

Jin Yan had come well prepared. He had brought an iron pestle and a jade pickaxe. With the formidable physical constitution of a fortieth-rank Soul Master, harvesting the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would not be a problem.

Half an incense stick later, Jin Yan held two supreme Immortal Herbs in his hands. Feeling the icy chill and blazing heat surging from them into his palms, he did not hesitate and directly swallowed both herbs.

The two energies neutralized each other in Jin Yan's mouth, opposing yet generating one another. They were no longer as violent and tyrannical as before. They melted upon entering his mouth and flowed smoothly down his throat.

After swallowing the Immortal Herbs and giving Snake Lance a quick instruction from the shore, Jin Yan rapidly stripped off his clothes and valuables. The various precious treasures the seven Worships had given him when he awakened his martial soul were still on him. He did not want to emerge later only to find everything gone.

As he undressed, the medicinal effects of the two Immortal Herbs began to take hold. Jin Yan's body visibly turned red, then vaguely blue, shifting back and forth between the two colors.

Amid the alternating red and blue, Jin Yan had already removed all his clothes.

Jin Yan's senses had dropped to their lowest point. He could already feel the two energies raging within his body, their extreme auras crashing against each other.

He had no time to think. The instant he finished removing his clothes, he leaped into the center of the boundary between the icy and fiery springs.

After entering the water, warm energy enveloped Jin Yan. With the energies inside and outside his body blending together, the burden caused by the collision of the two energies lessened considerably. However, unlike Tang San, he did not lose his awareness of his surroundings.

Jin Yan's body slowly sank. Opening his eyes, he felt tiny strands of ice and fire energy entering his body. He quickly assumed a cultivation posture and circulated his Soul Power, accelerating his body's absorption of the ice and fire energy.

The original work had said that the two Immortal Herbs Jin Yan absorbed could only be considered ordinary among the many Immortal Herbs. They could not even significantly increase Soul Power. Yet after neutralizing each other, they allowed Jin Yan to move freely through the ice and fire spring, even forging a body immune to water and fire. It could be said that all the energy of the two Immortal Herbs had been used to transform his body and strengthen his foundation as a Soul Master.

(Sticking to the original work, so don't curse me. That's just how it was in the original.)

The sun rose and the moon set, and a day quickly passed.

As a soft moan came from the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Lingling, who sat cross-legged on the ground as tranquil as a sleeping lotus, white watery radiance flowing around her body, was the first to awaken.

She opened her eyes, and a glimmer flashed through them. Spreading her hands, she summoned a large flower of flawless white, its stamen a deep blue, into her palms.

Tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

"The curse... the curse..."

she murmured.

She raised her head, wanting to find Jin Yan.

But after looking around, she still could not spot him. Then, a bubbling sound from the ice and fire spring caught her attention.

"Jin Yan!"

The moment she saw Jin Yan's condition clearly, her pupils contracted. She let out a sharp cry and was about to rush forward.

She had heard Snake Lance say that even Titled Douluo could not endure this spring water, while Jin Yan was only a Soul Ancestor!

Snake Lance at the shore reacted swiftly and stopped her at once.

"You little girl, are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"Kid Yan ate an Immortal Herb. He'll be fine."

Only after hearing Snake Lance's explanation did Ye Lingling calm down, though her eyes still kept drifting toward Jin Yan in the spring.

Seeing this, Snake Lance sighed.

"Young Master, I told you to come in person. Now look what happened—someone else beat you to it."

At that moment, a metallic chime rang out. Zhang Yan had finished absorbing his Immortal Herb as well.

Zhang Yan rose to his feet, and a powerful aura at the Titled Douluo level instantly spread in all directions before quickly retracting.

He clenched his fist, feeling the inexhaustible, powerful Soul Power coursing through his body, and a smile appeared on his face.

When he saw Jin Yan soaking in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he was momentarily stunned. But upon seeing Snake Lance still guarding the spring, he relaxed.

He knew the Young Master's capabilities. Others might not be able to enter the spring, but Jin Yan might have a way. Moreover, sensing Jin Yan's stable Soul Power aura, he had nothing to worry about.

"Snake Lance Douluo, please guard this place a little longer. I'll be right back."

"Fine, go on."

Zhang Yan got up and passed through the poisonous mist to the outside.

Now that he was a Titled Douluo, passing through the poison formation Dugu Bo had set up could not have been easier.

"Clan Master Tuo Ba, these are the Immortal Herbs the Young Master prepared for everyone. There's a letter from the Young Master inside. Please return to Spirit Hall and deliver it to the Second Worship."

Taking out the Immortal Herbs Jin Yan had prepared for everyone, Zhang Yan spoke.

"Alright, I understand."

The burly Tuo Ba Xi leaped down from a tree and accepted the Immortal Herbs.

Watching Tuo Ba Xi's figure disappear in just a few bounds, Zhang Yan finally returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Brother Zhang, have you decided on a title yet? Hahaha."

Snake Lance Douluo teased him.

Zhang Yan smiled modestly.

"I haven't thought about that yet. Let's wait until the Young Master wakes up and have him come up with one."

"You're still the same. When you fight, you're like a madman, but once you retract your martial soul, you become a blockhead. No wonder Ling Yuan hinted so blatantly back then, yet you were completely unmoved. So you really didn't understand, hahaha."

"That's all in the past. She's a Titled Douluo now," Zhang Yan said, though no emotion showed on his face.

"You... forget it. It's not my place to say much about your affairs. I'll be leaving first."

Snake Lance left. Zhang Yan sat beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, looking at the figure cultivating in the spring, and smiled.

As dusk gathered, another day was about to pass.

Dugu Yan had awakened long ago. She now stood beside her grandfather, standing guard as he absorbed his Immortal Herb.

Just then, the green cocoon enveloping Dugu Bo suddenly stirred and split open with a crack.

"Grandfather!"

Dugu Yan could not help calling out.

The green cocoon gradually shattered from within. Dugu Bo's black hair slowly emerged, along with a face that looked decades younger, leaving Dugu Yan stunned.

She took two steps back and examined him carefully.

Only when she saw the dark green battle robe did she confirm that this young old man was her grandfather.

Dugu Bo opened his eyes. Feeling this younger, incomparably comfortable body, he could not help letting out an exuberant roar.

He released his martial soul. The massive body of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor coiled behind him, its scarlet serpent eyes sweeping across the surroundings, while a venom gland extended from its head to its tail.

"Ninety-fourth rank. Not bad, truly not bad.

Where's that kid Jin Yan? This old man must properly thank him. I was sitting atop Baoshan without realizing it. Good thing I met Kid Yan. If that shameless fellow had found it, who knows how he would have swindled this old man."