"This was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well." Ye Yuan stared at the half-red, half-blue lake and exclaimed.
"Alright, tell me how you plan to treat me," Dugu Bo said in an aged voice.
"I'll keep you in suspense for now, Senior." Ye Yuan smiled.
"Good, good, good. Yan Yan and I will wait nearby. Use anything here as you please."
With that, he left with Dugu Yan.
"As expected of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The area is full of precious Immortal Herbs."
Ye Yuan walked to higher ground, where two distinct energies rushed toward him from either side.
One was scorching hot, while the other was freezing cold.
Ye Yuan focused his gaze and saw two different flowers growing on either side of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
If his guess was correct, they were the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
As long as he consumed these two Immortal Herbs, he would forge a body immune to all poisons. The next time he encountered an opponent who used poison, things would be much easier.
He took out the Soul Tool he had crafted over the past few days. Its internal space measured 10*10*10.
Moreover, it could store living things.
His purpose in coming here, aside from recruiting Dugu Bo into Spirit Hall, was to obtain the Immortal Herbs here.
That was right. He intended to leave none of these Immortal Herbs behind.
What did it mean to take more than enough, leaving an inexhaustible supply for generations to come?
If he did not take them all, was he supposed to leave them for Tang San and let this place become the Tang family's private garden?
Ye Yuan wanted to see whether Dai Mubai and the others could still take the Sea God Trial without these Immortal Herbs.
Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing were certainly talented, but they were only somewhat more outstanding than ordinary geniuses.
Without the premium herbs Tang San gave them, they could never pass the Sea God Trial with their talent alone.
After all, this was an era where stars shone brightly and geniuses emerged in endless numbers. This era did not lack geniuses.
At that thought, Ye Yuan thought of someone else.
Shui Bing'er, the girl who had nearly broken Tang San's composure. If he could tie her to Spirit Hall, Spirit Hall would gain a tremendous advantage in the coming war.
After all, aside from battles between top-tier Soul Masters, there would also be battles among the soldiers below.
No matter how formidable an army of thousands was, it still had to rely on terrain.
As long as he found a way to bring Shui Bing'er over, Spirit Hall's soldiers would gain a huge advantage over their enemies.
However, Ye Yuan was not in a hurry to seek out Shui Bing'er. His most urgent task was to consume these two Immortal Herbs first.
Then, he would pack all the Immortal Herbs here into his Soul Tool.
Ye Yuan's Bloodthirsty Sword was immune to both water and fire, making it perfect for harvesting the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
"Clang!" The Bloodthirsty Sword swept toward the roots of the two Immortal Herbs, uprooting them along with the soil.
Ye Yuan cautiously circulated his Soul Power and drew the two Immortal Herbs closer.
"What tyrannical fire poison!" The Infernal Delicate Apricot continuously radiated fire poison in all directions. If the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass beside it had not happened to counter it, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
Ye Yuan severed the roots of the two Immortal Herbs and stored them in his storage Soul Tool.
Then he swallowed both Immortal Herbs.
In an instant, two utterly different forces ran wild within Ye Yuan's body.
One moment, his entire body was freezing; the next, it was burning hot.
Ye Yuan immediately sat cross-legged and began absorbing the medicinal effects.
"Grandpa, is he going to be alright?!" Dugu Yan, who was hiding nearby, asked with a worried expression.
Dugu Bo stroked his beard, clasped his hands behind his back, and said in astonishment, "What a lad!"
"I noticed those two Immortal Herbs long ago, but their ultimate and extreme powers left me unable to figure out how to use them."
"I never expected this boy to come up with a method."
"Why hadn't this old man thought of it?" Dugu Bo stroked his beard again and pondered briefly.
Dugu Yan called out, "Grandpa!"
"Oh, oh, oh! Yan Yan, Grandpa was only marveling at the boy's cleverness."
"Don't worry. He may look to be in bad shape, but he is actually mostly fine."
"Although their attributes clash, they have formed an ultimate balance within his body."
"Even if he can't endure it, Grandpa will still have a chance to save him."
Only then did Dugu Yan relax.
Ye Yuan continued absorbing the two forces. Before long, the two powers inside his body gradually calmed.
His Soul Power continued to rise.
Level 30... Level 34... Level 36... Level 38... Level 39.
His Soul Power had risen to Level 39 in an instant!
Even Dugu Bo, standing nearby, widened his eyes.
He had never seen such an outrageous rate of advancement.
One had to know that the higher a Soul Master's level became, the harder it was to advance.
A rate of advancement like Ye Yuan's was simply unheard of.
Who the hell gained nine levels in an instant?!
Did he think this was a game?!
Dugu Bo even suspected that this boy might be some old monster reincarnated.
Before long, Ye Yuan would surely become famous across Douluo Continent.
He looked at his granddaughter.
"Yan Yan, Grandpa will create an opportunity for you when the time comes."
"You must seize it well."
"With this boy's talent, he will probably have quite a few female companions in the future."
"Your grandmother's words may have been nothing more than a joke. Besides, this boy's name doesn't match. Wasn't the person your grandmother mentioned called Heavenly Court?"
"If you want to back out, it's not too late. It would save you from being hurt over matters of the heart in the future."
Dugu Yan shook her head and tightly gripped the eyebrow pencil in her hand. It already looked somewhat worn.
"Grandpa, Grandma's words cannot be wrong."
"She said back then that you would receive help from a young man. Hasn't that already been proven true?"
"Besides, this man even drew my eyebrows for me."
"It's him. There's no mistake."
Dugu Bo sighed. "Sigh..."
"Your grandmother became rather superstitious in her later years. Maybe she was just talking nonsense."
"It can't be that this boy gave us a fake name, can it?"
"Forget it... Since you want this, Grandpa will help you."
Just as Ye Yuan was about to finish, his consciousness suddenly plunged into darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, a snowy landscape filled his vision.
Douluo Continent, the former site of Spirit Hall, Heavenly Court.
"Where is this?"
Ye Yuan opened his eyes and looked around in a daze.
"That is!" A person suddenly appeared not far from Ye Yuan. That person looked exactly like him!
The difference was that this Ye Yuan had lost some of his youthful spirit and gained a touch of weathered age.
Just as Ye Yuan wanted to approach him, an inexplicable force blocked his way.
It was the Golden Man who had helped him twice.
"Are you telling me to obediently remain a spectator?"
The man nodded, then vanished again.
"Fine. I want to see what this is all about."
Ye Yuan slowly followed him.
"Teacher!" A youthful, beautiful blonde girl ran toward Ye Yuan. She looked to be around eighteen or nineteen.
That Ye Yuan opened his arms. "Little Xue, why are you here?"
The girl did not answer. She simply leaped straight into his embrace.
The observing Ye Yuan's pupils abruptly contracted. He recognized this girl. Although she was still somewhat immature compared to before,
her exquisite appearance still made him recognize her at a glance.
She was the woman Ye Yuan had dreamed of at the hotel with Ning Rongrong.
"She called him Teacher. Could this Little Xue before me, the obsessive Little Xue from that dream, and the disciple Little Xue I dreamed of while soaking in the medicinal bath all be the same person?!"
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