Inside the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye.
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Hui's Storage Soul Tool was already stuffed full of all kinds of Immortal Herbs.
"Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Ink Jade Divine Bamboo..."
As he packed Immortal Herbs into his Storage Soul Tool, he muttered their names, making sure he hadn't missed a single top-grade Immortal Herb.
While he was at it, he also stripped the surrounding area of every high-grade herb growing alongside them.
Every one of these herbs was a rare treasure; any single one could fetch an astronomical price at auction.
Su Hui's gaze finally settled on the water of the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye pool before him.
"Could the pool water of the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye be useful too?"
It'd be a real shame not to take some.
He had just stepped toward the edge of the pool.
"Hiss! That's hot!"
The Silver Dragon Spear mark in the palm of his left hand suddenly burned fiercely.
A flash of silver light, and the Silver Dragon Spear shot straight out of the mark.
Before Su Hui could react, the Silver Dragon Spear plunged into the pool with a splash and vanished in the blink of an eye.
The sudden turn of events left Su Hui rooted to the spot.
A few breaths later, he finally came back to his senses.
"The Silver Dragon Spear is the Silver Dragon King's divine weapon, bound to the dragon race's origin."
"The original Douluo Continent story mentioned that the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye formed because the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, two kings of the dragon race, fell here. The origin power of their remains nourished the land and created this treasure trove of Ultimate Attributes."
"It must have sensed the origin aura of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings and gone in on its own."
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a cold sweat broke out across Su Hui's back.
"Oh, no."
He had no idea when it would come back out.
Nor did he know when Dugu Bo would return.
This place belonged to Dugu Bo.
Every extra second he stayed increased the risk of being caught red-handed by a Titled Douluo.
But there was no way he could leave without the Silver Dragon Spear.
In this situation, all he could do was wait cautiously beside the pool.
Half an hour passed.
The pool still shimmered with red and blue light, but there was no sign of the Silver Dragon Spear.
Su Hui's heart began to pound faster and faster.
"If it doesn't come out soon, Dugu Bo really will be back!"
He circulated his Soul Power and called out to the Silver Dragon Spear in the pool.
Suddenly, a streak of silver light broke through the water and shot over to Su Hui.
The Silver Dragon Spear was back!
Su Hui's gaze immediately fell on the spear. At a glance, he spotted the change.
Two of the twelve empty grooves on its shaft had been completely filled.
One held a clear blue gem.
The other held a blazing red gem.
They were set into the grooves, perfectly fused with the shaft and glowing with an aura of the same origin.
At a glance, Su Hui knew the gems were no ordinary treasures.
Those two gems were definitely connected to the origin of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings!
"Did the Silver Dragon Spear absorb the residual origin power of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings and undergo a transformation?"
His voice carried undisguised surprise and delight.
But this was no time to investigate.
With a thought, Su Hui drew the Silver Dragon Spear back into the mark on his left hand.
Without stopping, he rushed straight toward the nearby Anywhere Door. He didn't even look back as he stepped through it.
With a snap, the Anywhere Door slowly closed.
It disappeared completely into the air, entering a year-long cooldown.
Just as the Anywhere Door vanished—
"BOOM!!!"
A green figure tore across the sky and plunged down beside the pool of the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye.
Poison Douluo Dugu Bo had returned!
His gaze, cold as a venomous snake, swept over the ravaged herb garden.
The places where all kinds of medicinal herbs had once grown were now nothing but bare earth.
He understood in an instant.
"Damn it! Someone actually dared to break into my herb garden and steal my herbs!"
"BOOM!!!"
Terrifying pressure on the level of a Titled Douluo erupted from Dugu Bo.
Emerald-green poisonous mist swept across the entire Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye, and the surrounding vegetation instantly withered into ash.
Dugu Bo was consumed by a fury so intense it burned white-hot.
By now, Su Hui had already returned to the primeval forest outside Skywater City.
He had no idea that Dugu Bo was raging helplessly at the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye.
His blood was boiling, and his fingertips trembled with excitement.
"That loot-and-scoot run was a peak performance for a knife-runner—a true million-coin extraction!"
"Hahaha! Every Immortal Herb that was supposed to belong to Tang San in the original story is now in my Storage Soul Tool!"
Su Hui was truly savoring the thrill of striking it rich in one run.
He sat down cross-legged.
He took all the Immortal Herbs from his storage ring and laid them out on the ground in front of him.
After sorting through them, he picked out the four that best suited him.
First: Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
Second: Infernal Delicate Apricot.
"These two Immortal Herbs each carry the origin power of Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, making them a perfect match for my Silver Dragon King Martial Soul."
The Silver Dragon King already controlled the world's seven great elements, so naturally, it could control Ultimate Elements too.
Third: Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's main effect was to strengthen the body's foundation and temper the bones and flesh.
Simply put, it could enhance a Soul Master's physical abilities to an inhuman level.
"This thing is perfect for replacing Whale Rubber and laying a solid foundation for my body."
Fourth: Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
Su Hui remembered that this was a purely auxiliary Immortal Herb whose main effect was to boost spiritual power.
Spiritual power was the foundation of a Soul Master.
Soul Rings older than ten thousand years required formidable spiritual power to withstand Soul Shock.
These Immortal Herbs were all extremely useful to him, and each had a different effect.
Su Hui wanted them so badly he could hardly wait to eat every last one.
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a thorny problem presented itself.
Su Hui was troubled.
Douluo Continent had one bizarre rule: a Soul Master could only consume one Immortal Herb.
"In the original story, only Tang San could absorb both the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, along with the special auxiliary Immortal Herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew."
"But he relied on a special method—soaking in the spring water of the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye—to neutralize the extreme medicinal powers of the ice and fire herbs. The whole process took several days."
"The Anywhere Door is in its cooldown now, so there's no way I can return to the Ice-Fire Dual Instrument Eye."
"Even if I could go back, I wouldn't dare spend several days absorbing Immortal Herbs while Dugu Bo could return at any moment. That would be no different from asking for death."
Just as he was agonizing over it, the mark on his left hand began to burn again.
A flash of silver light, and the Silver Dragon Spear flew out.
"Hm?"
Su Hui saw the blue and red gems on the shaft of the Silver Dragon Spear light up at the same time.
Two beams of red and blue light shone down, one enveloping the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the other the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
Then something miraculous happened.
Before Su Hui's eyes, the Ultimate Ice and Fire origin energy within the two Immortal Herbs flowed continuously into the gems.
As Su Hui stared in astonishment, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot slowly lost their original immortal sheen, then crumbled completely into a pile of ash.
"???"
"What's going on? Did the Silver Dragon Spear absorb my Immortal Herbs?"
Before Su Hui could react—
The red and blue gems on the Silver Dragon Spear shone two gentle beams of red and blue energy at him.
Su Hui was horrified.
"Holy crap, you're not going to eat me too, are you?"
His first instinct was to dodge.
But the beams shot into his body at incredible speed.
His body was instantly caught between ice and fire.
Extreme cold and scorching heat coursed through his meridians.
Strangely, there was no backlash.
Instead, guided by some unknown force, the energy gently nourished his meridians and Martial Soul Origin.
Once he sensed no danger, Su Hui quickly realized what might be happening.
"The Silver Dragon Spear is helping me!"
"It's neutralizing the extreme medicinal power of the ice and fire herbs, completely eliminating the risk of their conflicting!"
Su Hui understood at once.
He gritted his teeth.
He immediately picked up the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and stuffed the petals and stamens into his mouth, chewing them to a pulp before swallowing.
Next, he picked up the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
He carefully dripped the clear dew gathered in its leaves onto his eyes.
Having done all that, he immediately sat cross-legged and focused all his attention on guiding the medicinal power within his body.
Whether or not only one Immortal Herb could actually take effect—
He'd eat them first and worry about it later!
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