"Elder Gui, let's follow him."
Withdrawing his gaze, Ye Qifeng looked at Gui Mei and gave the order.
Hearing this, Gui Mei wasted no words. He immediately gathered his soul power, carrying Ye Qifeng and Rui Wen as he followed behind Dugu Bo and slowly descended toward the thick white mist below.
Before long.
Led by Dugu Bo.
The four of them passed through the white mist and drifted gracefully onto the summit of a mountain.
Upon arriving here, Ye Qifeng and the other two could not help but be stunned by the terrain before them.
What entered their eyes was actually an inverted cone-shaped mountain hollow.
And their current position was right at the edge of the hollow's uppermost rim.
Dense heat rose from within the mountain hollow, bringing warm, moist air that stood in stark contrast to the cool chill of the surrounding atmosphere.
"Is that a hot spring below?"
Catching the distinct scent of sulfur within the damp air, Gui Mei, who was usually taciturn, suddenly asked a concise question.
"That's right."
Dugu Bo glanced at him, nodded, and said:
"My medicinal herb garden is near the hot spring at the very bottom of the mountain hollow."
Ordinarily, hot springs were not suitable for nurturing plants, as they contained too many minerals. However, some special plants were different and were instead exceptionally well suited to such an environment.
Such as poisonous plants.
Dugu Bo's greatest lifelong hobby had been researching poisons.
He had turned this place into his medicinal herb garden in order to use its abundant minerals and geothermal resources to cultivate highly toxic herbs.
Without saying anything further, Dugu Bo spread his body and leaped directly from the slightly overhanging mountainside.
Because the mountain opening was shrouded in thick white mist condensed from water vapor,