Jade Dragon Radiance Tree

"How peculiar. I never imagined things would unfold like this."

Danheng looked at the enormous tree before him, its radiance perfectly enveloping the entire Herb Garden, and found it utterly fascinating.

His blood, the power of ice and fire, and the unique life force faintly contained within this treasured land after forming for so long had somehow melded together into such a colossal tree.

Moreover, its trunk resembled the body of his Vidyadhara form. The spiritual energy surrounding the entire tree was even more abundant, more than ten times stronger than that hot spring from before.

"What is this...?"

At that moment, Dugu Bo slowly approached from afar. Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings before him, a thousand questions sprang into his mind.

Where the hell did Danheng's massive Herb Garden go? Why have the herbs here all grown so huge?

And when did this tree appear? He remembered that before he left, this was a hot spring, wasn't it?

If Danheng had not been standing there, Dugu Bo might have suspected that someone had kidnapped him and brought him somewhere else.

"Oh, it's nothing. The energy here went out of control just now, so I stepped in to balance it. I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

"Uh, haha, it's fine. This is already your Herb Garden, sir. Whatever you wish to do with it, there's naturally no need to care about anyone else's opinion."

Dugu Bo gave an awkward laugh and looked up at the giant tree, witnessing firsthand what it meant to have "golden branches and jade leaves."

Not only that, but the giant tree constantly emitted a gentle glow. Bathed in that light, Dugu Bo felt an immense peace settle over his heart.

Suddenly, Dugu Bo felt a wondrous power enter his body.

"What is this?"

Dugu Bo immediately became alert, but he soon lowered his guard.

Because that energy was actually dispelling the toxins that had accumulated in his body for many years!

Realizing this, Dugu Bo's pupils constricted sharply, and his body trembled faintly. The comfort of a long-standing ailment finally being cured nearly made him want to lie down directly on the grass.

Although the detoxification was extremely slow, if he could remain beneath this giant tree's radiance, then one day, he would surely be free from the torment of toxins that had plagued him for so many years!

"What's wrong with you?"

Danheng looked at Dugu Bo with some confusion. What was wrong with this little poison freak now? Were his toxins acting up again? Was it really this frequent?

Hadn't he just used that spring water to suppress them before?

The situation doesn't look good. Still, for this little poison freak to endure the torment of those toxins for so many years, he does have some ability.

"Sir, did you create this tree?"

Dugu Bo asked in a trembling voice, his fists tightly clenched as he struggled to contain his excitement.

"You could say that. Is there a problem?"

"..."

Dugu Bo fell silent for a moment, taking several deep breaths in succession and forcing himself to calm down.

Without warning, Dugu Bo dropped to one knee before Danheng. Lowering his head, he shouted, "I am willing to place this life in your hands, sir! I will obey any command! I only ask that you give me a chance to bathe beneath this tree's holy radiance!"

"Huh?"

Danheng frowned. He looked at the tree, then at Dugu Bo kneeling with his head bowed, and came to a guess.

"Don't tell me the light from this tree can cure the toxins in your body?"

No one told him the tree could do that!

Could it be because the tree had fused the extreme cold and extreme heat that could originally suppress the toxins in Dugu Bo's body, along with the life force Danheng had drawn in from the Herb Garden?

What was this? Dugu Bo getting a bargain?

And he still hadn't even met that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan!

"That's right. So long as you are willing to give me this chance, I am willing to place my life in your hands!"

"That won't be necessary. I have no use for you."

Dugu Bo did not argue after hearing this. He knew that his strength was neither here nor there to Danheng. That was why he could only offer his life to the other party.

But in truth, whether he offered it or not, his life was already in the hands of someone with absolute strength like Danheng.

"No, since you're a Titled Douluo, you should know something about the major events on the continent, as well as the other Titled Douluo, right?"

Suddenly, Danheng thought of a good job for Dugu Bo. That way, he would not be making a loss.

"Indeed. I have no way of knowing the hidden secrets within those major powers, but I can still learn about the other matters on the continent. As for the Titled Douluo whose names are known, I have general information on all of them."

"Very good."

Danheng nodded in satisfaction. This idea had only just flashed into his mind.

"Organize all that information into files and give them to me. Once I've read them, I'll give you an answer."

Learning more now would be of some help for his future journey.

It was better to make more preparations than to have no intelligence at all and be forced to make snap decisions whenever something happened.

"Thank you, sir!"

Dugu Bo immediately rose to his feet, grateful that he was still useful to Danheng. Otherwise, he feared he would have had no chance at all of gaining his approval.

"Sir, does this tree have a name?"

"A name?"

Danheng paused, then shook his head. This was merely the result of him balancing the energy. What name could it possibly have?

"If it does not, why not name it yourself, sir? I have a feeling that this place will surely endure in this world even after ten thousand years!"

Hearing the words "endure forever," Danheng could not help but glance at Dugu Bo again.

"I'm not very good at naming things. If it must have a name, then call it the Jade Dragon Radiance Tree."

"Jade Dragon, Radiance... it truly suits this tree's characteristics."

Dugu Bo repeated the name several times. Jade Dragon Radiance Tree—it did have a certain charm to it.

"Enough. Hurry up and organize the information."

"Yes."

At the same time, beneath the Jade Dragon Radiance Tree, where the bottom of the spring had once been.

"Mm..."

Within the corpses of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, two Remnant Souls that had originally been incredibly frail simultaneously let out an indistinct groan.

"That feeling just now... was so strange."

The two Remnant Souls opened their eyes at the same time, only to see an old acquaintance.

"..."

The two dragons stared at each other in silence, and the atmosphere immediately became bizarre.

"..."

A long while passed, and the two dragons were still locked in a staring contest. Yet from each other's eyes, they could both tell what the other was thinking.

"...Isn't this a little pointless?"

"A little."

"It seems our Soul Bones were taken away."

"Indeed."

"But where did this power that restored us come from?"

"I don't know."

"..."

The Fire Dragon King fell silent. This precious ice block of his really was...

Forget it. He had only just recovered. He could not get angry, or he might lose his breath and have nowhere to cry about it.

The two Dragon Kings had only just awakened from ten thousand years of slumber, and their minds had yet to fully recover, so there was still a youthful quality to their speech.

"I wonder how many years it has been since we fell. I never expected there would be a day when we could regain consciousness."

"Mm."

"...Will you die if you say more than five words?"

"I'm already dead."

"..."

No, he could not keep talking to this guy, or he would be angered to death!