"Oh, Senior Dugu, Miss Dugu Yan, this matter is just too serious. I'm genuinely worried."
"This place is called the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
When Dugu Bo heard "Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well," he looked at the twin springs. The name really was fitting.
Seeing the tension ease, Su Ming pressed his advantage and said,
"There are some incredibly precious Heavenly Treasures in this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—in other words, Immortal Herbs. Let me put it this way."
"If an ordinary Soul Master ate one of these Immortal Herbs, they'd immediately gain the potential to become a Titled Douluo."
"I took a rough look around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There are about nine Immortal Herbs of the kind I just mentioned that can be eaten. The other medicinal plants are ordinary quality. They're not as good as Immortal Herbs, but they're still better than what you'd find outside."
Hearing Su Ming say that a single Immortal Herb could grant someone the potential to become a Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo understood why he had insisted on a Martial Soul Oath.
"Are any of those nine Immortal Herbs suitable for Yanyan?"
"No."
Su Ming saw Dugu Bo watching him with suspicion and thought, Forget it. I'd better guide him into handing over the Poison Pill sooner rather than later.
"None of them are. But one of those nine Immortal Herbs can strengthen the body, consolidate the foundation, and remove impurities."
As he spoke, Su Ming walked over to an orchid.
Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan followed him and saw an Eight-Petal Orchid, its petals quivering faintly as if trembling. It was crystalline white all over, with an air of lofty, otherworldly elegance.
The rich orchid fragrance cleared the mind and soothed the spirit. Its refreshing scent invigorated everyone, who couldn't help taking several more deep breaths.
Seeing them come over, Su Ming began his explanation.
"Senior Dugu, this Immortal Herb is called the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. Its medicinal properties are gentle and mellow. It's easy to absorb but difficult to digest, and its effects last a long time. It can strengthen the body, consolidate the foundation, and remove impurities."
"Over the next while, I'll study the medicinal plants here and use their properties to help clear the poison from your bodies. Once the poison in Miss Dugu Yan's body has been cleared..."
"I'll provide some possible evolutionary paths for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. There should be two or three options for you to choose from. It's already so late, so why don't you get some sleep, Senior Dugu? I'll study the medicinal plants tonight, and we can officially begin removing the poison first thing tomorrow morning."
Dugu Bo considered it, then glanced at Yanyan beside him. "You're right. We should rest. I also need to calm the poison in my body. Besides, the poisonous miasma outside is deadly. A mere Soul Elder like him can't escape. Still, to be safe, I should use something to keep him in check."
As he thought, Dugu Bo circulated his Soul Power and spat a jade-green pearl from his mouth. Controlled by his Soul Power, it slowly settled into his right hand.
Seeing the jade-green pearl come out of Dugu Bo's mouth and land in his hand, Su Ming stared in shock and blurted, "Holy shit!" He quickly reached out, snatched the pearl, and examined it closely.
"Senior, I understand your concerns, but think about it: there's poisonous fog and miasma all over outside, and you're a Titled Douluo. How could I possibly escape?"
"If you're still worried, you can leave a Soul Power mark on me. If I leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's boundaries, you can't kill me because of the Martial Soul Oath we just made, but you can still lock me up."
"All right, go get some rest. Let me borrow this Snake Pill for research."
Dugu Bo was left speechless. He'd been about to place a mark on Su Ming, but after hearing that, he felt a little embarrassed. He simply took Dugu Yan with him to their residence outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Seeing the two of them fly away, Su Ming tossed the Snake Pill into the Creation Furnace to be analyzed. Let's see how Dugu Bo managed to condense this by sheer accident.
Then he hurriedly took out the Immortal Herb notes he'd prepared earlier and began searching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, checking each plant against his notes.
"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Aromatic Silk Beauty..." Su Ming found, one by one, the eleven Immortal Herbs that had appeared in the Douyin videos.
After finding them, Su Ming considered the attributes of his Cloud Martial Soul: wind, water, ice, fire, lightning, and space.
Increasing just one attribute wouldn't suit him, so in the end, he chose to consume the Autumn Water Dew of Gazing River first. It would increase his Spiritual Power, making it easier to control those attributes.
Su Ming went over to the Autumn Water Dew of Gazing River and crouched down. Carefully brushing the soil aside and preserving the roots, he lifted the entire plant from the ground.
Then he sat cross-legged right where he was. The way to consume the Autumn Water Dew of Gazing River was to drink the few crystalline drops of dew inside it. Su Ming held the plant up in front of him and tilted it slightly. A few drops of transparent liquid fell into his mouth.
Once the drops had left the Autumn Water Dew of Gazing River, the entire plant withered in Su Ming's hand. In the blink of an eye, it turned to dust and scattered in his palm.
The roots, of course, remained. If left alone for several decades, it would grow back.
After three hours of refining, Su Ming's Spiritual Power had indeed made a tremendous leap. His Soul Power Level had already been on the verge of reaching Level 34, and after absorbing the Immortal Herb and gaining more Spiritual Power, his Soul Power broke through to Level 34 as well.
After finishing the refinement, Su Ming sensed the changes in his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, then stretched out his right hand and released his Martial Soul. He tested the attributes within it and found that, sure enough, he could control them with greater ease.
After absorbing the herb, Su Ming didn't rush to use Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to strengthen himself with ice and fire. Instead, he took out his Immortal Herb notes and began searching for plants that hadn't been mentioned in the original story.
Sure enough, he found the Primordial Immortal Grass, Star Luo Spirit Pearl, and Earth Dragon Golden Melon, which had only appeared in Douluo II and Douluo III. After finding them, Su Ming left them untouched and continued searching for other medicinal plants.
"Ten-Thousand-Year He Shou Wu, Nine Grade Dragon Ganoderma, Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Ginseng, and Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Grass." The more he found, the more shocked Su Ming became. Damn, there's so much good stuff here, and he let Tang San turn it all into King of Hell's Paste. Tang San really is a lousy guy—he has no eye for treasure at all.
If someone who knew what they were doing used these resources, they could help a dozen or more people become gods. And the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was formed from the corpses of two dragons, so it has more dragon-type medicinal plants than anything else.
After identifying every medicinal plant and Immortal Herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Su Ming dug up two ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng roots and a Ten-Thousand-Year He Shou Wu and tossed them into the Creation Furnace to convert them into Creation Qi.
With so much Creation Qi to use, the Creation Furnace's analysis naturally sped up. As expected, Dugu Bo's Poison Pill had indeed been condensed by accident.
Then Su Ming used the Golden Finger—the Creation Furnace—to obtain the complete Dragon Pill Method of the dragon race. After another round of refinement by the Creation Furnace, he successfully adapted it into a cultivation method suitable for dragon-type Soul Beasts.
Once that was done, Su Ming took out the two Detox Pills he'd prepared earlier and scraped off a little powder before putting them away. He collected some Fragrant Silk's pollen, picked petals from the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma, added a little Dragon Blood Ginseng root, and kneaded the mixture into two pills.
And so, two Detox Pills with the combined effects of "nourishing the body and strengthening its foundation" were born.
After all that, Su Ming dug up a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Ginseng, used the Golden Finger to turn it into a gentle medicinal pill, swallowed it, and found a place to sleep.
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