However, Qian Ye merely nodded faintly.
"Acceptable."
He still wore that same unruffled expression.
Qian Renxue felt a little disappointed, but quickly rallied herself.
Her master's level was far beyond anything she could fathom.
To receive even an "acceptable" from him was already an immense honor.
Just then, the skies stirred once more!
The familiar golden screen spread across the heavens again, grander and more boundless than before!
Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes lit up, her face brimming with anticipation.
"The eighth place on the Rare Treasures List is about to be revealed!"
"I wonder what earth-shaking treasure it will be this time?"
As golden characters slowly appeared across the sky, a flicker of interest finally crossed Qian Ye's usually placid eyes.
"Interesting."
"So it's this treasure."
As his voice fell, several ancient, flowing characters appeared on the Heavenly Vault Golden List, catching the eyes of every living being!
[The Eighth Place on the Rare Treasures List — Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!]
Allied Forces Camp.
The instant they saw those words, the Shrek group froze. Then they erupted into even wilder cheers than before!
"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well! It's Senior Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
"Hahahaha! We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich again!"
"Heaven favors Shrek! Heaven favors Third Brother!"
Tang San was trembling with excitement, a burning light shining in his eyes.
Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Buddha Wrath Tang Lotus, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
The first three treasures on the list were all connected to me, Tang San!
I truly am the one favored by fate!
Although the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well nominally belonged to Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, in the eyes of everyone in Shrek, it was no different from belonging to them.
Back then, it was the Immortal Herbs from that place that had transformed them completely.
Now that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had made the list, the Heavenly Dao would surely bestow rewards. They would certainly get a share!
Heaven Dou City, Poison Douluo's residence.
Dugu Bo stared at the Golden List in the sky, completely stunned.
Then a surge of immense delight welled up inside him.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
The treasure land he had guarded all his life was actually recognized as a Rare Treasure by the Heavenly Dao!
This was an immense opportunity—a chance to defy fate and change his lot!
Yet after the initial euphoria, a deep worry rose in his heart.
He thought of Shrek, and of Tang San.
Once, he had regarded that young man as a friend despite their age difference, someone who understood him.
But ever since the Golden List exposed Tang San's identity as a transmigrator, a thorn had lodged in his heart.
Could a soul from another world really be as trustworthy as he seemed?
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was so extraordinary. Would he... truly not be tempted?
"Grandpa, what's troubling you?"
His granddaughter, Dugu Yan, came to his side. Following his gaze toward Shrek Camp, she offered words of comfort.
"Are you worried about Tang San and the others? They wouldn't do something like that."
Dugu Bo slowly shook his head, his aged face filled with conflicting emotions.
"I hope... you're right."
Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.
Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts stared at the Golden List, surprise in their eyes.
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? That place made the list?"
A ripple stirred in Gu Yuena's beautiful violet eyes, and a strange feeling rose within her.
With countless eyes fixed upon the sky, the image on the Heavenly Vault Golden List began to shift.
Lines of golden text slowly revealed the origins and purpose of the treasured land.
[The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was formed when the Dragon God fell. His resentment seeped into the earth, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth over countless millennia...]
[The Dragon God fell, and his resentment seeped into the earth, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth over countless millennia...]
[Its Yin and Yang forces oppose and nourish one another, making it the coldest and hottest place in the world.]
[It contains the lingering souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings. It can accelerate the growth of spiritual treasures and nurture divine Immortal Herbs—a blessed land that steals the creations of heaven and earth!]
As these lines of golden text appeared slowly across the heavens, every living being on Douluo Continent and even in the Divine Realm fell into deathly silence.
Then the comments beneath the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking burst forth like a river breaking through its banks!
[Holy crap! The Dragon God?! This place is actually connected to the legendary Dragon God?!]
[The place where the Water and Fire Dragon Kings fell... My god, what does that even mean? No wonder it could nurture so many Immortal Herbs!]
[A patch of land made the eighth place on the Rare Treasures List just because it was formed by the fall of Dragon Kings? What an extraordinary origin!]
[I get it now. This isn't some blessed land at all—it's the Dragon Kings' grave!]
[It's deeply moving. The dragons once ruled an entire age, yet now even the place where they fell has become an opportunity for others.]
Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.
Di Tian, Zi JI, and the other Ferocious Beasts stared solemnly at the sky, not daring to make a sound.
Before them stood Gu Yuena, perfectly still. Ripples spread through her breathtaking violet eyes as her emotions surged violently.
It was them...
The auras of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
As the incarnation of the Dragon God's Goodness, she could clearly sense the grief and resentment described on the Golden List, rising from the depths of their bloodline.
The Dragon God had once bestowed different elemental powers upon the Nine Great Dragon Kings. They were the hope of the dragon race's continuation, the Dragon God's most trusted arms.
Yet in the end, this was how they had met their fate.
Gu Yuena sighed softly, her voice tinged with desolation.
"In the end, fate was against them."
Hearing this, Di Tian and the others lowered their heads even further, not daring to disturb their lord's grief.
Elsewhere, at Allied Forces Camp.
The Shrek group was also so shaken by the astonishing origins that they could barely speak.
"So... so it was where the Dragon Kings fell!"
Oscar murmured to himself.
"No wonder, no wonder it could nurture so many heaven-defying Immortal Herbs!"
Tang San's breathing quickened. His fists clenched unconsciously, and unprecedented greed shone in his eyes.
He said in a low voice, "It's a pity. Back then, for everyone's sake, I harvested all the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
At his words, regret flickered across everyone's faces.
Then Tang San changed his tune, the corner of his mouth curling into a meaningful smile.
"But now, it seems those Immortal Herbs were hardly the greatest opportunity the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had to offer!"
Dai Mubai's spirits lifted, and he hurriedly asked, "Third Brother, what do you mean?"
Tang San stared fixedly at the words "lingering souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings" on the Golden List, speaking each word distinctly:
"The greatest opportunity is the lingering souls of those two Dragon Kings!"
"If I can obtain them, then forget Qian Renxue—even if a God King comes in person, I can still fight!"
Hiss—
Everyone drew in a sharp breath. Then greed identical to Tang San's blazed in every pair of eyes.
Dragon King souls!
These were treasures tens of thousands of times more precious than Immortal Herbs!
Ma Hongjun rubbed his hands together, unable to wait any longer. "Then what are we waiting for? Third Brother, let's go claim that opportunity right now!"
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